1924 NY Times headline newspaper CALVIN COOLIDGE is ELECTED PRESIDENT of the US

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Please visit our EBAY STORE at the link directly below for HUNDREDS of HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS on sale or at auction: /Steve-Goldman-HISTORICAL-NEWSPAPERS_W0QQsspagenameZL2222QQtZkm SEE PHOTO----- COMPLETE, ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER, the NY Times dated Nov 5, 1924. This newspaper contains bold banner headlines and a long "first day" report of the ELECTION of CALVIN COOLIDGE as PRESIDENT of the US . The United States presidential election of 1924 was won by incumbent President Calvin Coolidge , the Republican candidate. Coolidge was vice-president under Warren G. Harding and became president in 1923 when Harding died in office. Coolidge was given credit for a booming economy at home and no visible crises abroad. His candidacy was aided by a split within the Democratic Party . The regular Democratic candidate was John W. Davis , a little-known former congressman and diplomat from West Virginia . Since Davis was a conservative, many liberal Democrats bolted the party and backed the third-party campaign of Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin , who ran as the candidate of the Progressive Party. Garland S. Tucker, in a 2010 book, argues that the election marked the "high tide of American conservatism ," as both major candidates campaigned for limited government, reduced taxes, and less regulation. Very good condition. This listing read more