Warren harding death
Who won the 1920 presidential election!
Warren G. Harding: Campaigns and Elections
The Campaign and Election of 1920:
No one expected Warren G. Harding to gain the Republican nomination for President when he arrived at the Chicago convention in 1920.
Why did warren g harding won the election of 1920
No one, that is, except his close friend and political manager, Harry Daugherty, the wealthy corporate lawyer and lobbyist from Ohio. Daugherty believed that none of the front-runners would carry the nomination on the first ballots.
Harding was known to all of them, had played poker with most of them, and was "right" on every important issue. He represented a critically important state in the election, had not opposed prohibition or suffrage, and had no political enemies.
Finally, with his distinguished "presidential" profile, he was among the best-looking politicians in the nation—a sure plus, believed his friends, in an election when millions of women would vote for the first time in the nation's history.
The party leaders gave Harding the nomination on the tenth ball