11 Most Popularly Elected US Presidents

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1.Warren Harding (Republican)

Year: 1920

% margin: 26.17%

Votes: 16,144,093

Margin: 7,004,432

Opponent: James Cox (Democratic)

And the most popularly elected US president was Warren Harding, the 34th President of the United States. Probably sensing the people’s resentment of his policies during the First World War, the incumbent president Wilson choose not to run for the third term. The Democratic Party chose James Cox as the candidate while Republicans nominated Warren Harding since Theodore Roosevelt died in 1919. Both men were from Ohio. Harding went to win the election with the largest popular margin ever recorded.

 Most Popularly Elected US Presidents Warren Harding (Republican)

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