1920 United States presidential election in Illinois

1920 United States presidential election in Illinois
All 29 Illinois votes to the Electoral College
Harding 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%	Cox 40-50% 50-60%
President before election; Woodrow Wilson ; Democratic	Elected President; Warren G. Harding ; Republican

Last updated November 14, 2023

The 1920 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 2, 1920, as part of the 1920 United States presidential election. State voters chose 29 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

A strongly Democratic state during the Second Party System, Illinois became Republican-leaning after the American Civil War due to a combination of strong Free Soil Party heritage amongst its Yankee northern counties with the wartime conversion of some Virginian-settled rock-ribbed Democratic Southern Illinois counties^[1] to Unionist Republicanism^[2] à la Appalachia.^[3] Between the Civil War and World War I, partisanship in Illinois – like in the Border States – largely re-fought the war, with the result that although the Democratic Party gained at least 43 percent of the statewide vote via Southern and German Catholic support in every election up to 1900, they never gained an absolute majority and carried the state's electoral votes only in 1892.^[4]

Due to the Democratic Party's growing Populist and prohibitionist leanings, a decline in Democratic support after 1900 in its German Central Illinois strongholds transformed Illinois into a powerfully Republican state at all levels.^[5] Even Woodrow Wilson in 1912 when the GOP was mortally divided carried the state by only a very narrow margin. Harding's managers were always confident he would carry the Prairie State as all but three GOP nominees had since that party was formed.^[6] However, actual polls in Illinois vacillated, with a straw ballot in The Farm Journal even placing Cox at 45 percent in this strong Republican state.^[7] As election day neared, estimates of a Republican plurality of “at least 264,000” were made via a national survey of newspaper editors.^[8]

As it turned out, the editorial estimate was shown extremely conservative by the very earliest reports on polling day, which showed Harding winning by three-to-one.^[9] Ultimately, Harding did not finish with so large a margin as this, but nonetheless he carried Illinois by 42.30 percentage points. This constitutes the biggest margin by which Illinois has been carried in the state's presidential election history, the best performance by any Republican candidate,^[4] and the third-best vote percentage overall behind Andrew Jackson’s two efforts in 1828 and 1832. Harding carried all but three counties, and was the first-ever Republican victor in the following counties: Calhoun, Cass, Clinton, Effingham, Gallatin, Hamilton, Jasper, Jersey, Mason, Pike, Schuyler, Wabash and White.^[10]

Primaries

The general election coincided with the general election for other federal offices (Senate and House), as well as those for state offices.^[11]

Turnout

The total vote in the state-run primary elections (Democratic, Republican, Socialist) was 408,586.^[11]

The total vote in the general election was 2,094,714.^[11] Both major parties, as well as the Socialist Party, held non-binding state-run preferential primaries on April 13.^[11]

Democratic

The 1920 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on April 13, 1920 in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Democratic Party's state primaries ahead of the 1920 presidential election.

The popular vote was a non-binding "beauty contest". Delegates were instead elected by direct votes by congressional district on delegate candidates.^[11] Delegate candidates either were listed on the ballot with their preference on for a particular presidential candidate, or were listed as expressing no preference.^[11] However, these delegates officially were uninstructed. 50 of the sate's 58 convention delegates were elected by this means, with eight further uninstructed delegates later being selected May 10 at the state party convention.^[12]

1920 Illinois Democratic presidential primary^[11]
Candidate	Votes	%
Edward I. Edwards (write-in)	6,117	33.04
William G. McAdoo (write-in)	3,401	18.37
William J. Bryan (write-in)	1,879	10.15
Woodrow Wilson (incumbent) (write-in)	879	4.75
Champ Clark (write-in)	536	2.90
James M. Cox (write-in)	259	1.40
James Hamilton Lewis (write-in)	38	0.21
Scattering	5,405	29.19
Total votes	18,514	100

Republican

The 1920 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on April 13, 1920 in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's state primaries ahead of the 1920 presidential election.

The preference vote was a "beauty contest". Delegates were instead selected by direct vote in each congressional district on delegate candidates.^[11] Delegate candidates either were listed on the ballot with their preference on for a particular presidential candidate, or were listed as expressing no preference.^[11]

1920 Illinois Republican presidential primary^[11]
Candidate	Votes	%
Frank O. Lowden	197,073	50.54
Leonard Wood	132,522	33.98
Hiram W. Johnson (write-in)	56,242	14.42
Herbert Hoover (write-in)	2,274	0.58
William Hale Thompson (write-in)	686	0.18
Scattering	1,169	0.30
Total votes	389,966	100

Socialist

1920 Illinois Socialist presidential primary

← 1916

April 13, 1920 (1920-04-13)


Candidate	Eugene V. Debs
Home state	Indiana
Popular vote	102
Percentage	96.23%

The 1920 Illinois Socialist presidential primary was held on April 13, 1920 in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Socialist Party's state primaries ahead of the 1920 presidential election.

1920 Illinois Socialist presidential primary^[11]
Candidate	Votes	%
Eugene V. Debs	102	96.23
Scattering	4	3.77
Total votes	106	100

Results

Presidential Candidate	Running Mate	Party	Electoral Vote (EV)	Popular Vote (PV)^[11]
Warren G. Harding of Ohio	Calvin Coolidge	Republican	29	1,420,480	67.81%
James M. Cox	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Democratic	0	534,395	25.51%
Eugene V. Debs	Seymour Stedman	Socialist	0	74,747	3.57%
Parley P. Christensen	Max S. Hayes	Farmer-Labor	0	49,630	2.37%
Aaron S. Watkins	Leigh Colvin	Prohibition	0	11,216	0.54%
William Wesley Cox	August Gillhaus	Socialist Labor	0	3,471	0.17%
Robert Macauley	Richard Barnum	Single Tax	0	775	0.04%

Results by county

County	Warren Gamaliel Harding Republican		James Middleton Cox Democratic		Eugene Victor Debs Socialist		Parley Parker Christensen Farmer-Labor		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast^[13]
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes cast^[13]
Adams	12,852	57.07%	7,222	32.07%	373	1.66%	1,877	8.33%	197	0.87%	5,630	25.00%	22,521
Alexander	5,287	61.92%	3,167	37.09%	58	0.68%	5	0.06%	22	0.26%	2,120	24.83%	8,539
Bond	3,662	64.67%	1,533	27.07%	45	0.79%	191	3.37%	232	4.10%	2,129	37.59%	5,663
Boone	5,386	89.39%	496	8.23%	104	1.73%	10	0.17%	29	0.48%	4,890	81.16%	6,025
Brown	1,590	45.08%	1,866	52.91%	7	0.20%	5	0.14%	59	1.67%	-276	-7.83%	3,527
Bureau	9,968	74.94%	2,354	17.70%	607	4.56%	186	1.40%	187	1.41%	7,614	57.24%	13,302
Calhoun	1,367	64.82%	703	33.33%	14	0.66%	4	0.19%	21	1.00%	664	31.48%	2,109
Carroll	5,194	86.65%	606	10.11%	87	1.45%	65	1.08%	42	0.70%	4,588	76.54%	5,994
Cass	3,956	54.06%	2,861	39.10%	53	0.72%	374	5.11%	74	1.01%	1,095	14.96%	7,318
Champaign	15,573	71.83%	5,247	24.20%	159	0.73%	409	1.89%	293	1.35%	10,326	47.63%	21,681
Christian	7,535	52.75%	5,398	37.79%	347	2.43%	741	5.19%	264	1.85%	2,137	14.96%	14,285
Clark	5,312	55.35%	4,181	43.57%	33	0.34%	7	0.07%	64	0.67%	1,131	11.78%	9,597
Clay	3,683	59.90%	2,358	38.35%	75	1.22%	9	0.15%	24	0.39%	1,325	21.55%	6,149
Clinton	4,564	63.71%	1,661	23.19%	241	3.36%	630	8.79%	68	0.95%	2,903	40.52%	7,164
Coles	8,563	58.76%	5,811	39.87%	86	0.59%	9	0.06%	105	0.72%	2,752	18.88%	14,574
Cook	635,197	71.12%	197,499	22.11%	52,475	5.88%	4,966	0.56%	3,000	0.34%	437,698	49.01%	893,137
Crawford	5,188	55.02%	4,092	43.39%	52	0.55%	2	0.02%	96	1.02%	1,096	11.62%	9,430
Cumberland	3,095	58.18%	2,162	40.64%	11	0.21%	3	0.06%	49	0.92%	933	17.54%	5,320
DeKalb	10,374	83.93%	1,700	13.75%	163	1.32%	43	0.35%	81	0.66%	8,674	70.17%	12,361
DeWitt	5,001	60.68%	3,079	37.36%	52	0.63%	39	0.47%	71	0.86%	1,922	23.32%	8,242
Douglas	4,885	65.21%	2,308	30.81%	51	0.68%	148	1.98%	99	1.32%	2,577	34.40%	7,491
DuPage	12,280	82.00%	2,084	13.92%	349	2.33%	121	0.81%	142	0.95%	10,196	68.08%	14,976
Edgar	6,750	53.29%	5,694	44.95%	136	1.07%	6	0.05%	81	0.64%	1,056	8.34%	12,667
Edwards	3,002	79.21%	742	19.58%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	46	1.21%	2,260	59.63%	3,790
Effingham	4,176	57.47%	2,985	41.08%	43	0.59%	16	0.22%	47	0.65%	1,191	16.39%	7,267
Fayette	5,758	58.48%	3,824	38.84%	108	1.10%	45	0.46%	111	1.13%	1,934	19.64%	9,846
Ford	4,995	82.40%	958	15.80%	22	0.36%	30	0.49%	57	0.94%	4,037	66.60%	6,062
Franklin	7,608	51.11%	4,894	32.88%	584	3.92%	1,630	10.95%	170	1.14%	2,714	18.23%	14,886
Fulton	9,523	59.25%	5,293	32.93%	743	4.62%	248	1.54%	265	1.65%	4,230	26.32%	16,072
Gallatin	2,184	49.94%	2,000	45.74%	37	0.85%	116	2.65%	36	0.82%	184	4.21%	4,373
Greene	3,685	47.96%	3,776	49.15%	63	0.82%	110	1.43%	49	0.64%	-91	-1.18%	7,683
Grundy	4,647	80.05%	803	13.83%	82	1.41%	225	3.88%	48	0.83%	3,844	66.22%	5,805
Hamilton	3,220	54.71%	2,591	44.02%	27	0.46%	24	0.41%	24	0.41%	629	10.69%	5,886
Hancock	7,379	57.75%	5,125	40.11%	64	0.50%	32	0.25%	178	1.39%	2,254	17.64%	12,778
Hardin	1,555	61.54%	943	37.32%	8	0.32%	10	0.40%	11	0.44%	612	24.22%	2,527
Henderson	2,747	76.65%	740	20.65%	23	0.64%	14	0.39%	60	1.67%	2,007	56.00%	3,584
Henry	12,379	78.96%	2,530	16.14%	436	2.78%	129	0.82%	203	1.29%	9,849	62.82%	15,677
Iroquois	9,186	77.79%	2,429	20.57%	35	0.30%	20	0.17%	139	1.18%	6,757	57.22%	11,809
Jackson	8,003	59.96%	4,575	34.28%	75	0.56%	590	4.42%	104	0.78%	3,428	25.68%	13,347
Jasper	3,279	51.63%	2,971	46.78%	41	0.65%	6	0.09%	54	0.85%	308	4.85%	6,351
Jefferson	5,711	53.57%	4,772	44.77%	64	0.60%	30	0.28%	83	0.78%	939	8.81%	10,660
Jersey	2,873	57.90%	1,999	40.29%	23	0.46%	20	0.40%	47	0.95%	874	17.61%	4,962
Jo Daviess	6,098	76.25%	1,604	20.06%	203	2.54%	28	0.35%	64	0.80%	4,494	56.20%	7,997
Johnson	2,972	70.91%	1,137	27.13%	38	0.91%	28	0.67%	16	0.38%	1,835	43.78%	4,191
Kane	26,832	82.82%	4,323	13.34%	756	2.33%	278	0.86%	209	0.65%	22,509	69.48%	32,398
Kankakee	12,853	79.33%	2,828	17.46%	82	0.51%	353	2.18%	85	0.52%	10,025	61.88%	16,201
Kendall	3,459	87.99%	439	11.17%	8	0.20%	3	0.08%	22	0.56%	3,020	76.83%	3,931
Knox	12,559	73.85%	2,852	16.77%	233	1.37%	1,184	6.96%	177	1.04%	9,707	57.08%	17,005
Lake	15,712	82.28%	2,321	12.15%	787	4.12%	159	0.83%	117	0.61%	13,391	70.12%	19,096
LaSalle	23,751	73.23%	6,626	20.43%	927	2.86%	943	2.91%	187	0.58%	17,125	52.80%	32,434
Lawrence	4,720	54.17%	3,707	42.54%	100	1.15%	7	0.08%	180	2.07%	1,013	11.62%	8,714
Lee	7,615	78.94%	1,715	17.78%	173	1.79%	38	0.39%	105	1.09%	5,900	61.17%	9,646
Livingston	10,382	74.83%	3,101	22.35%	74	0.53%	195	1.41%	122	0.88%	7,281	52.48%	13,874
Logan	6,957	64.79%	3,232	30.10%	199	1.85%	198	1.84%	152	1.42%	3,725	34.69%	10,738
Macon	16,486	65.27%	7,917	31.35%	378	1.50%	236	0.93%	240	0.95%	8,569	33.93%	25,257
Macoupin	8,700	44.68%	5,936	30.49%	1,208	6.20%	3,320	17.05%	306	1.57%	2,764	14.20%	19,470
Madison	19,249	57.82%	10,149	30.48%	1,000	3.00%	2,613	7.85%	281	0.84%	9,100	27.33%	33,292
Marion	6,620	52.06%	4,351	34.22%	157	1.23%	1,379	10.85%	208	1.64%	2,269	17.85%	12,715
Marshall	3,734	67.61%	1,568	28.39%	108	1.96%	80	1.45%	33	0.60%	2,166	39.22%	5,523
Mason	3,842	58.40%	2,595	39.44%	43	0.65%	29	0.44%	70	1.06%	1,247	18.95%	6,579
Massac	3,731	82.98%	688	15.30%	14	0.31%	29	0.65%	34	0.76%	3,043	67.68%	4,496
McDonough	7,221	63.18%	3,930	34.38%	118	1.03%	30	0.26%	131	1.15%	3,291	28.79%	11,430
McHenry	9,885	85.10%	1,536	13.22%	104	0.90%	28	0.24%	63	0.54%	8,349	71.88%	11,616
McLean	16,680	65.27%	6,411	25.09%	133	0.52%	1,904	7.45%	427	1.67%	10,269	40.18%	25,555
Menard	2,882	59.19%	1,864	38.28%	30	0.62%	24	0.49%	69	1.42%	1,018	20.91%	4,869
Mercer	5,531	74.58%	1,574	21.22%	90	1.21%	102	1.38%	119	1.60%	3,957	53.36%	7,416
Monroe	2,955	70.11%	932	22.11%	42	1.00%	271	6.43%	15	0.36%	2,023	48.00%	4,215
Montgomery	7,429	52.92%	4,756	33.88%	216	1.54%	1,365	9.72%	273	1.94%	2,673	19.04%	14,039
Morgan	8,169	62.87%	4,447	34.23%	151	1.16%	114	0.88%	112	0.86%	3,722	28.65%	12,993
Moultrie	3,279	55.76%	2,513	42.73%	24	0.41%	17	0.29%	48	0.82%	766	13.02%	5,881
Ogle	9,322	82.99%	1,720	15.31%	75	0.67%	13	0.12%	103	0.92%	7,602	67.68%	11,233
Peoria	24,541	66.00%	9,453	25.42%	712	1.91%	2,174	5.85%	302	0.81%	15,088	40.58%	37,182
Perry	4,598	58.47%	2,478	31.51%	101	1.28%	544	6.92%	143	1.82%	2,120	26.96%	7,864
Piatt	4,283	68.16%	1,903	30.28%	34	0.54%	4	0.06%	60	0.95%	2,380	37.87%	6,284
Pike	5,564	54.12%	4,279	41.62%	178	1.73%	68	0.66%	191	1.86%	1,285	12.50%	10,280
Pope	2,486	77.42%	687	21.40%	24	0.75%	8	0.25%	6	0.19%	1,799	56.03%	3,211
Pulaski	4,002	62.85%	2,276	35.74%	45	0.71%	8	0.13%	37	0.58%	1,726	27.10%	6,368
Putnam	1,623	74.04%	362	16.51%	72	3.28%	119	5.43%	16	0.73%	1,261	57.53%	2,192
Randolph	6,180	62.54%	3,181	32.19%	135	1.37%	305	3.09%	81	0.82%	2,999	30.35%	9,882
Richland	3,026	57.05%	2,174	40.99%	41	0.77%	5	0.09%	58	1.09%	852	16.06%	5,304
Rock Island	21,908	71.32%	5,208	16.95%	2,221	7.23%	1,123	3.66%	259	0.84%	16,700	54.36%	30,719
Saline	6,722	52.96%	3,500	27.58%	70	0.55%	2,321	18.29%	79	0.62%	3,222	25.39%	12,692
Sangamon	21,820	59.42%	11,000	29.95%	752	2.05%	2,691	7.33%	460	1.25%	10,820	29.46%	36,723
Schuyler	2,800	53.86%	2,258	43.43%	24	0.46%	8	0.15%	109	2.10%	542	10.43%	5,199
Scott	2,075	52.25%	1,786	44.98%	19	0.48%	44	1.11%	47	1.18%	289	7.28%	3,971
Shelby	6,351	53.93%	5,113	43.42%	68	0.58%	33	0.28%	211	1.79%	1,238	10.51%	11,776
St. Clair	21,681	51.34%	14,032	33.23%	1,326	3.14%	4,851	11.49%	341	0.81%	7,649	18.11%	42,231
Stark	2,750	79.57%	661	19.13%	13	0.38%	16	0.46%	16	0.46%	2,089	60.45%	3,456
Stephenson	9,570	74.64%	2,772	21.62%	272	2.12%	99	0.77%	108	0.84%	6,798	53.02%	12,821
Tazewell	7,679	62.69%	3,640	29.71%	229	1.87%	546	4.46%	156	1.27%	4,039	32.97%	12,250
Union	3,119	45.55%	3,660	53.45%	25	0.37%	5	0.07%	38	0.55%	-541	-7.90%	6,847
Vermilion	18,175	61.74%	8,634	29.33%	389	1.32%	1,714	5.82%	527	1.79%	9,541	32.41%	29,439
Wabash	2,871	52.40%	2,514	45.88%	23	0.42%	10	0.18%	61	1.11%	357	6.52%	5,479
Warren	6,309	69.41%	2,236	24.60%	105	1.16%	280	3.08%	160	1.76%	4,073	44.81%	9,090
Washington	4,519	70.76%	1,102	17.26%	66	1.03%	654	10.24%	45	0.70%	3,417	53.51%	6,386
Wayne	4,908	60.50%	3,137	38.67%	25	0.31%	2	0.02%	41	0.51%	1,771	21.83%	8,113
White	4,494	51.23%	4,148	47.29%	89	1.01%	5	0.06%	36	0.41%	346	3.94%	8,772
Whiteside	10,923	81.74%	1,927	14.42%	125	0.94%	220	1.65%	168	1.26%	8,996	67.32%	13,363
Will	21,746	76.37%	5,410	19.00%	490	1.72%	682	2.40%	146	0.51%	16,336	57.37%	28,474
Williamson	10,118	56.73%	4,728	26.51%	296	1.66%	2,402	13.47%	290	1.63%	5,390	30.22%	17,834
Winnebago	19,913	79.23%	3,355	13.35%	1,175	4.67%	507	2.02%	184	0.73%	16,558	65.88%	25,134
Woodford	4,929	69.06%	1,977	27.70%	76	1.06%	69	0.97%	86	1.20%	2,952	41.36%	7,137
Totals	1,420,480	67.81%	534,395	25.51%	74,747	3.57%	49,630	2.37%	15,462	0.74%	886,085	42.30%	2,094,714

Analysis

Despite Illinois’ position within the core of reliable Republican states in the “System of 1896”, at the beginning of the 1920 presidential campaign former Progressive Illinois Republican Harold L. Ickes came out against Republican nominee Warren Harding and supported the Democratic nominee, Ohio Governor James Cox.^[14] Cox would visit the state on two occasions during his national fall campaign tour, once in September^[15] and once in October.^[16] In the first campaign, Cox claimed that Harding wanted to fund his campaign by imposing an onerous levy upon the coal dealers of Chicago, and said the Democrats were making every effort to win the state,^[15] despite it having been Charles Evans Hughes’ fifth-strongest nationwide in 1916.^[17] In the second, Cox criticized Harding’s stand on the League of Nations,^[16] and argued that it would benefit American business and spiritual morals to enter therein.

At the end of the third week of October, another Illinois Republican leader in Morton D. Hull followed Ickes in deserting Harding and endorsing Cox, this time exclusively over the issue of the League of Nations.^[18]

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The 2016 United States presidential election in Illinois was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Illinois voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and her running mate Virginia Senator Tim Kaine. Illinois had 20 votes in the Electoral College.

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The 1916 United States presidential election in Illinois was held on November 7, 1916, as part of the 1916 United States presidential election. State voters chose 29 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

The 1932 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 8, 1932, as part of the 1932 United States presidential election. State voters chose 29 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

The 1924 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 4, 1924, as part of the 1924 United States presidential election. State voters chose 29 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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References

↑ Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 341-344 ISBN 978-0-691-16324-6
↑ Wells, Damon; Stephen Douglas: The Last Years, 1857–1861, p. 285 ISBN 0292776357
↑ Copeland, James E.; ‘Where Were the Kentucky Unionists and Secessionists’; The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, volume 71, no. 4 (October, 1973), pp. 344-363
1 2 "Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Illinois". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
↑ Schattschneider, Elmer Eric; The Semisovereign People: A Realist's View of Democracy in America, pp. 76-84 ISBN 0030133661
↑ Price, Harry N.; ‘Harding Back Home: Speaks to First Voters Today From His Front Porch’; The Washington Post , October 18, 1920, p. 1
↑ ‘Farm Vote Favors Harding: Farm Journal Poll Puts Cox Ahead, However, in Illinois and Indiana’; New York Times, October 22, 1920, p. 4
↑ ‘Harding 363 Votes, Cox 168, Is Result Obtained From Estimates by 47 Editors: Maryland, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Montana, Utah and Arizona, With Solid South, Are Only States Conceded to Democratic Candidate in Nation-Wide Canvass’; Washington Post, October 31, 1920, p. 1
↑ ‘Illinois for G.O.P. by Half a Million: Harding Gets 3 to 1 Vote Over Cox – Carries Cook County by 150,000’; Washington Post, November 3, 1920, p. 1
↑ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 180-184 ISBN 0786422173
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "OFFICIAL VOTE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS CAST AT THE General Election, Nov. 2, 1920 Delegates to Constitutional Convention Questions of Public Policy, Nov, 4, 1919 Judicial Elections, 1919-1920 PRIMARY ELECTIONS General Primary, Sept, 15, 1920 Delegates to the Constitutional Convention, Sept. 10, 1919 Presidential Preference April 13, 1920" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 17, 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
↑ "Democratic National Convention, 1920". The New York Times . June 20, 1920.
↑ Illinois State Board of Elections; Official Vote of the State of Illinois Cast at the General Election November 2, 1920 (highest elector for each slate)
↑ ‘H.L. Ickes Deserts Harding as “Unfit”: Ex-Progressive Leader and Illinois Republican Delegate Comes Out for Cox’; New York Times , August 19, 1920, p. 11
1 2 ‘Cox Gives Leads for Fund Inquiry: Charges That the Republicans Fixed $80,000 Levy for Chicago Coal Dealers Last Summer’; New York Times, September 6, 1920, p. 1
1 2 ‘Harding Is Wabbler Cox Says in Attack: Declares Senator Presents the “Most Pitiable Spectacle” in Our Political History’; New York Times, October 13, 1920, p. 3
↑ "1916 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
↑ ‘Hull, Illinois Leader, Repudiates Harding: Former Congressman Announces His Support of Cox on League of Nations Issue’; New York Times, October 21, 1920, p. 1

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[1] Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 341-344 ISBN 978-0-691-16324-6

[2] Wells, Damon; Stephen Douglas: The Last Years, 1857–1861, p. 285 ISBN 0292776357

[3] Copeland, James E.; ‘Where Were the Kentucky Unionists and Secessionists’; The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, volume 71, no. 4 (October, 1973), pp. 344-363

[Comparison-4] 1 2 "Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Illinois". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.

[5] Schattschneider, Elmer Eric; The Semisovereign People: A Realist's View of Democracy in America, pp. 76-84 ISBN 0030133661

[6] Price, Harry N.; ‘Harding Back Home: Speaks to First Voters Today From His Front Porch’; The Washington Post , October 18, 1920, p. 1

[7] ‘Farm Vote Favors Harding: Farm Journal Poll Puts Cox Ahead, However, in Illinois and Indiana’; New York Times, October 22, 1920, p. 4

[8] ‘Harding 363 Votes, Cox 168, Is Result Obtained From Estimates by 47 Editors: Maryland, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Montana, Utah and Arizona, With Solid South, Are Only States Conceded to Democratic Candidate in Nation-Wide Canvass’; Washington Post, October 31, 1920, p. 1

[9] ‘Illinois for G.O.P. by Half a Million: Harding Gets 3 to 1 Vote Over Cox – Carries Cook County by 150,000’; Washington Post, November 3, 1920, p. 1

[10] Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 180-184 ISBN 0786422173

[results-11] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "OFFICIAL VOTE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS CAST AT THE General Election, Nov. 2, 1920 Delegates to Constitutional Convention Questions of Public Policy, Nov, 4, 1919 Judicial Elections, 1919-1920 PRIMARY ELECTIONS General Primary, Sept, 15, 1920 Delegates to the Constitutional Convention, Sept. 10, 1919 Presidential Preference April 13, 1920" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 17, 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2020.

[12] "Democratic National Convention, 1920". The New York Times . June 20, 1920.

[13] Illinois State Board of Elections; Official Vote of the State of Illinois Cast at the General Election November 2, 1920 (highest elector for each slate)

[14] ‘H.L. Ickes Deserts Harding as “Unfit”: Ex-Progressive Leader and Illinois Republican Delegate Comes Out for Cox’; New York Times , August 19, 1920, p. 11

[Gives-15] 1 2 ‘Cox Gives Leads for Fund Inquiry: Charges That the Republicans Fixed $80,000 Levy for Chicago Coal Dealers Last Summer’; New York Times, September 6, 1920, p. 1

[Wabbler-16] 1 2 ‘Harding Is Wabbler Cox Says in Attack: Declares Senator Presents the “Most Pitiable Spectacle” in Our Political History’; New York Times, October 13, 1920, p. 3

[17] "1916 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.

[18] ‘Hull, Illinois Leader, Repudiates Harding: Former Congressman Announces His Support of Cox on League of Nations Issue’; New York Times, October 21, 1920, p. 1

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U.S. House	2000 (1st) 2006 2008 2010 (17th) 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022
Special	2nd congressional, 1995 14th congressional, 2008 5th congressional, 2009 2nd congressional, 2013 18th congressional, 2015 Comptroller, 2016
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Ballot measures and referendums	State capitol referendum (1834) Cutback Amendment (1980) Crime Victim Rights Amendment (1992) Governor Recall Amendment (2010) Public Pension Amendment (2012) Marsy's Law (2014) Right to Vote Amendment (2014) Transportation Taxes and Fees Lockbox Amendment (2016) Fair Tax (2020) Right to Collective Bargaining Amendment (2022)
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Other municipal	1924 Cicero
Cook County	1946 1980 (State's Attorney) 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022

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