James E. Ferguson - Presidential Candidate

Presidential Candidate

Ferguson also ran for President of the United States in the 1920 election as the candidate of the American Party. Ferguson was on the ballot in only Texas, where he received 47,968 votes (9.86 percent of the vote in Texas, 0.18 percent of the vote nationwide). The 1920 presidential election was won by Republican candidate Warren Harding although Democratic nominee James M. Cox won in Texas.

Ferguson was also surpassed by three other unsuccessful candidates:

• Eugene Victor Debs of the Socialist Party of America.
• Parley Parker Christensen of the United States Farmer-Labor Party.
• Aaron Sherman Watkins of the United States Prohibition Party.