With Wilson 's popularity declining , many Republican leaders believed that their party would win the 1920 presidential election . Hughes remained popular in the party , and many influential Republicans favored him as the party 's candidate in 1920 . Hughes was struck by personal disaster when his daughter , Helen , died in 1920 of tuberculosis , and he refused to allow his name to be considered for the presidential nomination at the 1920 Republican National Convention . The party instead nominated a ticket consisting of Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio and Governor Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts . The Republican ticket won in a landslide , taking 61 percent of the popular vote
1920 Republican National Convention
1920 Republican National Convention
Charles Evans Hughes