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1920 election for governor of Illinois
1920 Illinois gubernatorial election|
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The 1920 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1920.
Incumbent first-term
Republican
Governor
Frank Orren Lowden declined to stand for re-election. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for
U.S. President at the
1920 Republican National Convention.
Republican nominee
Len Small defeated
Democratic nominee
James Hamilton Lewis with 58.78% of the vote.
Primary elections
Primary elections were held on September 15, 1920.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Results
Socialist primary
Candidates
Results
General election
Candidates
Major candidates
Minor candidates
- Harrison Parker, Co-operative, former president of the Chicago-American Newspaper Company
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John H. Walker, Farmer-Labor, national Chairman of the Farmer-Labor Party
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John Maynard Harlan, Harding-Coolidge Republican, Independent nominee for
mayor of Chicago
1897 and Republican nominee for mayor of Chicago in
1905
- Parke Longworth, Liberal
- James H. Woertendyke, Prohibition, Prohibition nominee for
U.S. House in 1904 from
Illinois's 13th congressional district
- Lewis D. Spaulding, Single Tax
- Andrew Lafin, Socialist, Socialist nominee for
U.S. House in 1916 from
Illinois's 9th congressional district
- John M. Francis, Socialist Labor, nominee for Governor in
1916
Results
See also
References
Bibliography
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