1924 Democratic Party presidential primaries

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The 1924 Democratic Party presidential primaries were a series of state-level contests in which Democratic voters and party leaders selected delegates to the tumultuous national convention that ultimately nominated John W. Davis for president.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Democratic Party presidential primary ⓘ
United States presidential primary ⓘ
aim selection of pledged and unpledged delegates ⓘ
appliesToPoliticalParty Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party
characterizedBy fragmented field of candidates ⓘ
limited use of binding popular primaries ⓘ
regional factionalism within the Democratic Party ⓘ
significant influence of party leaders and state conventions ⓘ
context Prohibition-era political conflicts ⓘ
post–World War I American politics ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
electoralProcess selection of delegates to the 1924 Democratic National Convention ⓘ
electoralSystem mixture of popular primaries and delegate selection by party conventions ⓘ
electorate Democratic voters in participating states ⓘ
endTime 1924 ⓘ
followedBy 1928 Democratic Party presidential primaries ⓘ
follows 1920 Democratic Party presidential primaries ⓘ
hasEffect 1924 Democratic National Convention ⓘ
higherLevelEvent Democratic Party presidential nomination process, 1924 ⓘ
issue Ku Klux Klan influence in politics ⓘ
Prohibition ⓘ
progressive versus conservative wings of the party ⓘ
urban versus rural interests in the Democratic Party ⓘ
languageOfRecord English ⓘ
leadsTo prolonged balloting at the 1924 Democratic National Convention ⓘ
locatedInTime 1920s ⓘ
majorCandidate Al Smith ⓘ
John W. Davis ⓘ
Oscar Underwood ⓘ
William Gibbs McAdoo ⓘ
nominatedCandidate John W. Davis ⓘ
notableFor emergence of compromise nominee John W. Davis ⓘ
failure of leading primary candidates to secure the nomination ⓘ
officeContested President of the United States ⓘ
organizer state Democratic Party organizations ⓘ
partOf 1924 United States presidential election ⓘ
precededByEvent state party conventions in some states ⓘ
relatedEvent 1924 Republican Party presidential primaries ⓘ
resultedInNominationOf John W. Davis ⓘ
startTime 1924 ⓘ

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William Gibbs McAdoo → candidateIn → 1924 Democratic Party presidential primaries ⓘ
1924 Democratic Party presidential primaries → higherLevelEvent → Democratic Party presidential nomination process, 1924 ⓘ
linked to: 1924 Democratic Party presidential primaries