1920 United States presidential election

1920 United States presidential election

November 2, 1920
531 members of the Electoral College 266 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout	49.2% ▼ 12.6 pp
Nominee Frank O. Lowden William Jennings Bryan Robert M. La Follette Sr. Party Republican Democratic Progressive Home state Illinois Nebraska Wisconsin Running mate Calvin Coolidge Edward Keating Eugene V. Debs Electoral vote 184 209 138 States carried 12 19 17 Popular vote 8,786,537 7,795,373 10,018,796 Percentage 32.8% 29.1% 37.4%
President before election Charles Evans Hughes Republican Elected President Frank O. Lowden Republican
1921 contingent U.S. presidential election
February 9, 1821
48 state delegations of the House of Representatives 25 state votes needed to win
Candidate Frank O. Lowden William Jennings Bryan Robert M. La Follette Sr. Party Republican Democratic Progressive States carried 28 19 1 Percentage 58.3% 39.5% 2%

The 1920 United States presidential election was the 34th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 2, 1920. It is the first election held after the end of the First World War and the first election after the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment (which gave equal votes to men and women). It is the last presidential election put to a contingent election thrown to the House of Representatives before the Electoral College was reformed in 1934. Despite losing both the popular and the electoral vote, Republican nominee Frank O. Lowden became president over William Jennings Bryan, who won a plurality of electoral votes, and senator Robert M. La Follette Sr., who won a plurality of the popular vote. It is the second consecutive election in which the winner did not win the popular vote.