Candidates: Democratic Party: Woodrow Wilson (New Jersey) and Thomas Marshall (Indiana) Republican Party: Charles Evans Hughes (New York) and Charles Fairbanks (Indiana) Socialist Party: Allan Benson (New York) and George Kirkpatrick (New Jersey) Election Results: Wilson and Marshall: 9.12 million popular votes, 277 electoral votes. Hughes and Fairbanks: 8.54 million popular votes, 254 electoral votes. ...
Candidates: Republican Party: Warren Harding (Ohio) and Calvin Coolidge (Massachusetts) Democratic Party: James Cox (Ohio) and Franklin Roosevelt (New York) Socialist Party: Eugene Debs (Indiana) and Seymour Stedman (Illinois) Election Results: Harding/Coolidge: 404 electoral votes, 16.1 million popular votes Cox/Roosevelt: 127 electoral votes, 9.1 million popular votes Debs/Stedman: 0 electoral votes, 915,000 popular votes Summary: ...
Throughout America’s history, certain events, independent of any particular political figure, have managed to drastically change the nature of American politics. Such events have had the power to alter voting patterns, bring politicians into and out of office, and determine both domestic and foreign policy for years to come. These events have also changed party ...
“The Treaty [of Versailles] includes no provisions for the economic rehabilitations of Europe.”[1] After World War One, Europe had broken down. The war not only had a lot of casualties but created an enormous amount of economic problems in Europe. “Europe is not self sufficient; in particular it cannot feed itself.”[2] No one was there ...
Woodrow Wilson was born in Staunton, Virginia on December 28, 1856 as Thomas Woodrow Wilson. His father Joseph Ruggles Wilson moved the family many times throughout the South. Joseph Wilson worked as a teacher and a clergyman. Woodrow Wilson’s mother’s name was Janet “Jessie” Woodrow Wilson. She had three other children with Wilson’s father. He ...
