<P> The United States presidential election of 1920 was the 34th quadrennial presidential election , held on Tuesday , November 2 , 1920 . The Republicans nominated newspaper publisher and Senator Warren G. Harding from Ohio , while the Democrats chose newspaper publisher and Ohio Governor James M. Cox . Incumbent President Woodrow Wilson , a Democrat , in poor health , chose not to run for a third term . Former President Theodore Roosevelt had been the front - runner for the Republican nomination , but his health collapsed in 1918 . He died in January 1919 without leaving an obvious heir to his progressive legacy . With both Wilson and Roosevelt out of the running , the major parties turned to little - known dark horse candidates from the state of Ohio , one of the states with the largest number of electoral votes . As his running mate , Cox chose Franklin D. Roosevelt , a fifth cousin of Theodore Roosevelt who would be elected president himself in 1932 . </P>
<P> The United States presidential election of 1920 was the 34th quadrennial presidential election , held on Tuesday , November 2 , 1920 . The Republicans nominated newspaper publisher and Senator Warren G. Harding from Ohio , while the Democrats chose newspaper publisher and Ohio Governor James M. Cox . Incumbent President Woodrow Wilson , a Democrat , in poor health , chose not to run for a third term . Former President Theodore Roosevelt had been the front - runner for the Republican nomination , but his health collapsed in 1918 . He died in January 1919 without leaving an obvious heir to his progressive legacy . With both Wilson and Roosevelt out of the running , the major parties turned to little - known dark horse candidates from the state of Ohio , one of the states with the largest number of electoral votes . As his running mate , Cox chose Franklin D. Roosevelt , a fifth cousin of Theodore Roosevelt who would be elected president himself in 1932 . </P>
who was the democrat candidate for president in 1920
who was the democrat candidate for president in 1920
Ohio Governor James M. Cox
Ohio Governor James M. Cox