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During the Roaring Twenties, a Utahn's candidacy for president sought to shake up America's two-party politics.
Whether farmer or unionist, Socialist or reformer, teacher, minister or war veteran, these delegates had gathered for a serious task—the formation of a new political party.
A sultry summer greeted the assembled delegates to Chicago in July of 1920, but their proceedings became even more stifling by the poor ventilation of their venue and the heated feelings of their factions. Whether farmer or unionist, Socialist or reformer, teacher, minister or war veteran, these delegates had gathered for a serious task—the formation of a new political party.
Warren G. Harding and James M. Cox—the respective presidential candidates for the Republican and Democratic camps—inspired little enthusiasm for what was shaping up to be a lifeless election.
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