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With the 2020 election fast approaching, now seems like a good time to look at the one that took place 100 years ago. The 1920 election was one of those that had a huge impact on American history.

Woodrow Wilson was finishing up eight years as president – the last two of which had been trying for him.

For one thing, Wilson’s Democratic Party had lost the 1918 midterm elections to the Republicans. This made it difficult, of course, for Wilson to get any legislation he wanted past the Republican-controlled Congress.

Moreover, a stroke Wilson suffered in 1919 adversely affected not only his healt...