1920 United States elections
In the aftermath of World War I, the Republican Party re-established the dominant position it lost in the 1910 and 1912 elections.[1][2] Harding won a landslide victory, taking every state outside the South and dominating the popular vote.Harding won the Republican nomination on the tenth ballot, defeating former Army Chief of Staff Leonard Wood, Illinois governor Frank Lowden, California senator Hiram Johnson, and several other candidates.Cox won the Democratic nomination on the 44th ballot over former Treasury Secretary William Gibbs McAdoo, Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, New York governor Al Smith, and several other candidates.The Republicans made large gains in the House and the Senate, strengthening their majority in both chambers.