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1920 Republican National Convention

The 1920 Republican National Convention nominated Ohio Senator Warren G. Harding for president and Massachusetts Governor Calvin Coolidge for vice president. The convention was held in Chicago, Illinois, at the Chicago Coliseum from June 8 to June 12, 1920, with 940 delegates. Under convention rules, a majority plus one, or at least 471 of the 940 delegates, was necessary for a nomination.

Convention

June 8–12, 1920

Chicago, Illinois

Chicago Coliseum

Warren G. Harding
of Ohio

Calvin Coolidge
of Massachusetts

984

493

10

Many Republicans sought the presidential nomination, including General Leonard Wood, Illinois Governor Frank Lowden and California Senator Hiram Johnson. Dark horse Harding, however, was nominated. Many wanted to nominate Wisconsin Senator Irvine L. Lenroot for vice president, but Coolidge was nominated instead, because he was known for his response to the Boston Police Strike in 1919.^[1]

The convention also adopted a platform opposed to the accession of the United States to the League of Nations.^[2] The plank was carefully drawn up by Henry Cabot Lodge to appease opponents of the League such as Johnson, while still allowing eventual American entry into the League.^[3]

Senator
Warren G. Harding
of Ohio

Major General
Leonard Wood
of Massachusetts

Governor
Frank Orren Lowden
of Illinois

Senator
Hiram Johnson
of California

Governor
William C. Sproul
of Pennsylvania

Columbia President
Nicholas Murray Butler
of New York

Governor
Calvin Coolidge
of Massachusetts

Senator
Robert M. La Follette
of Wisconsin
(Not Nominated)

Circuit Court Judge
Jeter Pritchard
of North Carolina

Senator
Miles Poindexter
of Washington

Senator
Howard Sutherland
of West Virginia

ARA Director
Herbert Hoover
of California

Governor
Calvin Coolidge
of Massachusetts

Senator
Irvine Lenroot
of Wisconsin

Governor
Henry Justin Allen
of Kansas

ARC Commissioner
Henry W. Anderson
of Virginia

Senator
Hiram Johnson
of California
(Not Nominated –
Declined Consideration)

1920 Democratic National Convention

1920 United States presidential election

History of the United States Republican Party

List of Republican National Conventions

Margaret Hill McCarter

Republican Party presidential primaries, 1920

U.S. presidential nomination convention

at The American Presidency Project

Republican Party platform of 1920

at The American Presidency Project

Harding acceptance speech