American Decades

Important Events in Government and Politics, 1920–1929

The 1920 census reports that 105,710,620 people live in the United States and that for the first time urban residents outnumber rural residents. The center of population is 8.3 miles southeast of Spencer, Indiana.
On January 16, the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages, goes into effect.
On March 19, the United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles.
From May 8 to May 14, the Socialist Nationalist Convention meeting in New York City again nominates Eugene V. Debs for President and Seymour Stedman for Vice-President. Since 1918, Debs has been serving a ten-year prison sentence for violating the Espionage Act.
From June 8 to June 12, the National Republican Convention meeting in Chicago nominates Senator Warren G. Harding from Ohio for President on the tenth ballot. Governor Calvin Coolidge of...

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