Editing Calvin Coolidge (section)

===1920 election===
{{Main|1920 United States presidential election}}

At the [[1920 Republican National Convention]], most of the delegates were selected by state party caucuses, not primaries. As such, the field was divided among many local favorites.{{sfn|Sobel|1998a|pp=152–153}} Coolidge was one such candidate, and while he placed as high as sixth in the voting, the powerful party bosses running the convention, primarily the party's U.S. Senators, never considered him seriously.{{sfn|White|1938|pp=198–199}} After ten ballots, the bosses and then the delegates settled on Senator [[Warren G. Harding]] of [[Ohio]] as their nominee for president.{{sfn|Fuess|1940|pp=259–260}} 

When the time came to select a vice-presidential nominee, the bosses also announced their choice, Senator [[Irvine Lenroot]] of Wisconsin, and then departed after his name was put forth, relying on the rank and file to confirm their decision. A delegate from [[Oregon]], [[Wallace McCamant]], had read ''Have Faith in Massachusetts'' and proposed Coolidge for vice president instead. The suggestion caught on quickly, with the masses craving an act of independence from the absent bosses, and Coolidge was unexpectedly nominated.{{sfn|White|1938|pp=211–213}}

The Democrats nominated another Ohioan, [[James M. Cox]], for president and the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], for vice president. The question of the United States joining the [[League of Nations]] was a major issue in the campaign, as was the unfinished legacy of [[Progressivism]].{{sfn|Sobel|1998a|pp=204–212}} Harding ran a "[[Front porch campaign|front-porch" campaign]] from his home in [[Marion, Ohio]], but Coolidge took to the campaign trail in the [[Upper South]], New York, and New England{{snd}}his audiences carefully limited to those familiar with Coolidge and those placing a premium upon concise and short speeches.{{sfn|White|1938|pp=217–219}} On November 2, 1920, Harding and Coolidge were victorious in a landslide, winning more than 60 percent of the popular vote, including every state outside the South.{{sfn|Sobel|1998a|pp=204–212}} They won in [[Tennessee]], the first time a Republican ticket had won a Southern state since [[Reconstruction era of the United States|Reconstruction]].{{sfn|Sobel|1998a|pp=204–212}}
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