Editing Irvine Lenroot (section)

==1920 Republican Convention==

Lenroot attended the [[1920 Republican National Convention]] at the [[Chicago Coliseum]], and after the selection of [[Warren G. Harding]] of [[Ohio]] as the nominee for president, party leaders decided that the progressive Lenroot would be a balance to a ticket with the more conservative Harding. By Saturday night, June 12, many of the delegates had gone home, along with most of the party bosses. After Lenroot's name had been placed in nomination and seconded but before a vote could be taken, an [[Oregon]] delegate, [[Wallace McCamant]],<ref name=":0" /> nominated [[Calvin Coolidge]] of [[Massachusetts]] for vice president.<ref>Sol Barzman, ''Madmen and Geniuses: The Vice-Presidents of the United States'', pp198-199 (Follett Publishing, 1974)</ref> Unfettered by party bosses, the delegates weighed in for Coolidge, who received 674 votes to Lenroot's 146 and won on the first ballot.