United States presidential election of 1924

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Date:: November 4, 1924

Participants:: Calvin Coolidge; John W. Davis; Charles G. Dawes; William Z. Foster; Robert M. La Follette; Charles W. Bryan

Key People:: John W. Davis

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United States presidential election of 1924, American presidential election held on November 4, 1924, in which Republican Calvin Coolidge defeated Democrat John W. Davis. Running as the Progressive Party candidate, Robert M. La Follette captured some one-sixth of the popular vote. Upon the unexpected death of Pres. Warren G. Harding in 1923, Coolidge ascended to the presidency. He had inherited an administration mired in scandal, including the Teapot Dome Scandal, in which federal oil reserves had been secretly leased by the secretary of the interior. Cautiously, quietly, and skillfully, Coolidge rooted out the perpetrators and restored integrity to the executive ...(100 of 695 words)

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