1920 United States presidential election in Iowa

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1920 United States presidential election in Iowa
Flag of Iowa.svg
  1916 November 2, 1920 1924  
  Warren G Harding-Harris & Ewing crop.jpg James M. Cox 1920.jpg
Nominee Warren G. Harding James M. Cox
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Ohio Ohio
Running mate Calvin Coolidge Franklin D. Roosevelt
Electoral vote130
Popular vote634,674227,921
Percentage70.91%25.46%

Iowa Presidential Election Results 1920.svg
County Results
Harding
  50–60%
  60–70%
  70–80%
  80–90%

The 1920 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 2, 1920, as part of the 1920 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Iowa voted for the Republican nominee, Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio, over the Democratic nominee, Governor James M. Cox of Ohio. Harding ran with Governor Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts, while Cox ran with Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York. Harding won the state by a margin of 45.45%.

With 70.91 percent of the popular, Iowa would prove to be Harding's fifth strongest state in the 1920 election terms of popular vote percentage after North Dakota, Vermont, Michigan, and Wisconsin. [1] Harding's performance is, by a margin of 6.79 percent, the best by any candidate in Iowa presidential election history, [2] and he and Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952 are the only presidential candidates to sweep all of Iowa's counties.

Results

1920 United States presidential election in Iowa [3]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Republican Warren Gamaliel Harding of Ohio Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts 634,67470.91%13100.00%
Democratic James Middleton Cox of Ohio Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York 227,92125.46%00.00%
Socialist Eugene Victor Debs of Indiana Seymour Stedman of Illinois 16,9811.90%00.00%
Farmer–Labor Parley P. Christensen of Illinois Max S. Hayes of Ohio 10,3211.15%00.00%
Prohibition Aaron S. Watkins of Indiana D. Leigh Colvin of New York 4,1970.47%00.00%
Socialist Labor William Wesley Cox of Missouri August Gillhaus of New York 9820.11%00.00%
N/AOthersOthers6<0.00%00.00%
Total895,082100.00%13100.00%

Results by county

County [4] Warren Gamaliel Harding
Republican
James Middleton Cox
Democratic
Eugene Victor Debs
Socialist
Parley Parker Christensen
Farmer-Labor
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%#%#%
Adair 4,13374.29%1,35824.41%340.61%190.34%190.34%2,77549.88%5,563
Adams 2,84562.43%1,67036.65%140.31%120.26%160.35%1,17525.78%4,557
Allamakee 5,19273.23%1,83325.85%480.68%140.20%30.04%3,35947.38%7,090
Appanoose 6,38265.50%2,95230.30%3393.48%90.09%610.63%3,43035.20%9,743
Audubon 2,96367.68%1,40532.09%60.14%40.09%00.00%1,55835.59%4,378
Benton 6,53971.02%2,34325.45%1281.39%1681.82%290.31%4,19645.57%9,207
Black Hawk 16,92076.56%4,00018.10%4872.20%5472.48%1470.67%12,92058.46%22,101
Boone 7,09371.07%2,24022.44%4234.24%1121.12%1121.12%4,85348.63%9,980
Bremer 6,28786.49%90212.41%320.44%330.45%150.21%5,38574.08%7,269
Buchanan 6,33479.20%1,60020.01%170.21%130.16%330.41%4,73459.20%7,997
Buena Vista 4,92778.58%1,20419.20%1021.63%170.27%200.32%3,72359.38%6,270
Butler 5,90086.69%83012.20%360.53%170.25%230.34%5,07074.49%6,806
Calhoun 5,27776.95%1,47921.57%380.55%320.47%320.47%3,79855.38%6,858
Carroll 6,32072.89%2,17425.07%690.80%810.93%270.31%4,14647.81%8,671
Cass 6,55878.23%1,66819.90%1041.24%300.36%230.27%4,89058.33%8,383
Cedar 5,69777.88%1,42019.41%1401.91%270.37%310.42%4,27758.47%7,315
Cerro Gordo 8,29375.73%2,30221.02%1381.26%1461.33%720.66%5,99154.71%10,951
Cherokee 4,54477.69%1,21120.70%330.56%310.53%300.51%3,33356.98%5,849
Chickasaw 4,51766.98%2,17132.19%220.33%210.31%130.19%2,34634.79%6,744
Clarke 3,15070.79%1,25728.25%180.40%40.09%210.47%1,89342.54%4,450
Clay 4,47180.05%1,00117.92%530.95%190.34%410.73%3,47062.13%5,585
Clayton 6,74777.50%1,80820.77%1041.19%240.28%230.26%4,93956.73%8,706
Clinton 11,74666.98%3,15317.98%1220.70%2,44413.94%710.40%8,59349.00%17,536
Crawford 5,47368.65%2,15126.98%1942.43%1121.40%420.53%3,32241.67%7,972
Dallas 6,67770.63%2,57727.26%930.98%290.31%780.83%4,10043.37%9,454
Davis 3,11756.31%2,35342.51%320.58%80.14%250.45%76413.80%5,535
Decatur 4,18761.17%2,59237.87%300.44%70.10%290.42%1,59523.30%6,845
Delaware 5,88082.96%1,11115.67%390.55%350.49%230.32%4,76967.28%7,088
Des Moines 8,28763.76%3,44926.54%8866.82%2421.86%1331.02%4,83837.22%12,997
Dickinson 3,29880.42%76018.53%230.56%80.20%120.29%2,53861.89%4,101
Dubuque 12,43659.22%7,63636.36%6783.23%2040.97%460.22%4,80022.86%21,000
Emmet 3,36076.00%99122.42%300.68%290.66%110.25%2,36953.59%4,421
Fayette 8,26579.14%1,94118.58%1181.13%530.51%670.64%6,32460.55%10,444
Floyd 6,10684.84%93312.96%971.35%320.44%290.40%5,17371.88%7,197
Franklin 4,39786.06%60111.76%661.29%130.25%320.63%3,79674.30%5,109
Fremont 3,77659.33%2,52439.66%370.58%30.05%240.38%1,25219.67%6,364
Greene 5,10278.98%1,30320.17%230.36%160.25%160.25%3,79958.81%6,460
Grundy 4,66285.82%71413.14%210.39%280.52%70.13%3,94872.68%5,432
Guthrie 5,33875.19%1,64723.20%240.34%200.28%700.99%3,69151.99%7,099
Hamilton 5,92482.88%1,12615.75%380.53%250.35%350.49%4,79867.12%7,148
Hancock 3,61780.84%72516.20%160.36%942.10%220.49%2,89264.64%4,474
Hardin 6,64683.97%1,07613.59%981.24%280.35%670.85%5,57070.37%7,915
Harrison 6,12762.89%3,47935.71%660.68%220.23%480.49%2,64827.18%9,742
Henry 5,25471.91%1,93926.54%380.52%250.34%500.68%3,31545.37%7,306
Howard 3,60166.46%1,71731.69%510.94%200.37%290.54%1,88434.77%5,418
Humboldt 3,57782.82%68115.77%210.49%300.69%100.23%2,89667.05%4,319
Ida 3,54775.73%1,09023.27%280.60%100.21%90.19%2,45752.46%4,684
Iowa 4,89269.92%2,01928.86%480.69%150.21%230.33%2,87341.06%6,997
Jackson 4,76367.99%1,95427.89%1752.50%701.00%430.61%2,80940.10%7,005
Jasper 7,41767.25%3,39030.74%1241.12%190.17%790.72%4,02736.51%11,029
Jefferson 4,55874.62%1,45023.74%340.56%130.21%530.87%3,10850.88%6,108
Johnson 5,69652.15%5,03246.07%1361.25%270.25%320.29%6646.08%10,923
Jones 5,96270.46%2,43628.79%390.46%140.17%100.12%3,52641.67%8,461
Keokuk 6,20767.95%2,80030.65%470.51%280.31%530.58%3,40737.30%9,135
Kossuth 6,01877.46%1,68221.65%260.33%350.45%80.10%4,33655.81%7,769
Lee 10,76365.94%5,17731.72%1801.10%1330.81%700.43%5,58634.22%16,323
Linn 20,03672.02%6,93224.92%5351.92%1140.41%2040.73%13,10447.10%27,821
Louisa 3,56077.49%93220.29%531.15%160.35%330.72%2,62857.21%4,594
Lucas 3,77568.56%1,46326.57%1572.85%190.35%921.67%2,31241.99%5,506
Lyon 3,63381.48%72916.35%571.28%380.85%20.04%2,90465.13%4,459
Madison 4,46568.83%1,89929.27%440.68%110.17%681.05%2,56639.56%6,487
Mahaska 6,73964.55%3,33931.98%1101.05%170.16%2352.25%3,40032.57%10,440
Marion 5,43556.62%3,86140.22%2132.22%240.25%660.69%1,57416.40%9,599
Marshall 9,33479.10%2,16618.36%1961.66%250.21%790.67%7,16860.75%11,800
Mills 3,68369.00%1,59229.82%360.67%80.15%190.36%2,09139.17%5,338
Mitchell 4,47683.95%77314.50%470.88%190.36%170.32%3,70369.45%5,332
Monona 4,56969.49%1,96029.81%290.44%90.14%80.12%2,60939.68%6,575
Monroe 4,50061.21%2,08128.31%6659.05%510.69%550.75%2,41932.90%7,352
Montgomery 4,98076.50%1,40421.57%781.20%110.17%370.57%3,57654.93%6,510
Muscatine 8,11570.30%2,29319.86%1,0409.01%490.42%470.41%5,82250.43%11,544
O'Brien 5,13776.51%1,46821.86%681.01%220.33%190.28%3,66954.65%6,714
Osceola 2,71776.73%75421.29%461.30%180.51%60.17%1,96355.44%3,541
Page 6,94976.10%1,93121.15%1261.38%220.24%1031.13%5,01854.96%9,131
Palo Alto 3,90471.42%1,46726.84%430.79%410.75%110.20%2,43744.58%5,466
Plymouth 6,09076.16%1,80122.52%310.39%510.64%230.29%4,28953.64%7,996
Pocahontas 4,04670.07%1,63928.39%470.81%240.42%180.31%2,40741.69%5,774
Polk 36,07366.82%16,28130.16%9781.81%4170.77%2370.44%19,79236.66%53,986
Pottawattamie 13,50664.66%6,65931.88%2791.34%3731.79%700.34%6,84732.78%20,887
Poweshiek 5,80671.41%2,12526.14%991.22%280.34%720.89%3,68145.28%8,130
Ringgold 3,70272.66%1,32726.05%150.29%90.18%420.82%2,37546.61%5,095
Sac 4,98478.69%1,26820.02%390.62%100.16%330.52%3,71658.67%6,334
Scott 16,23358.75%5,47319.81%4,10114.84%1,3354.83%4891.77%10,76038.94%27,631
Shelby 4,62170.55%1,88228.73%290.44%90.14%90.14%2,73941.82%6,550
Sioux 6,06879.29%1,51019.73%360.47%160.21%230.30%4,55859.56%7,653
Story 8,71380.80%1,90917.70%500.46%330.31%790.73%6,80463.09%10,784
Tama 6,35270.01%2,55228.13%931.03%230.25%530.58%3,80041.88%9,073
Taylor 4,99772.41%1,75725.46%370.54%330.48%771.12%3,24046.95%6,901
Union 4,46665.63%2,22832.74%480.71%160.24%470.69%2,23832.89%6,805
Van Buren 4,32171.00%1,68227.64%490.81%120.20%220.36%2,63943.36%6,086
Wapello 9,88467.99%4,13128.42%4092.81%420.29%710.49%5,75339.57%14,537
Warren 5,32370.51%2,06627.37%340.45%150.20%1111.47%3,25743.14%7,549
Washington 5,81371.09%2,25727.60%320.39%150.18%600.73%3,55643.49%8,177
Wayne 4,23462.51%2,43435.94%530.78%90.13%430.63%1,80026.58%6,773
Webster 8,31264.00%2,80421.59%1341.03%1,67612.90%620.48%5,50842.41%12,988
Winnebago 3,93187.08%46910.39%461.02%320.71%360.80%3,46276.69%4,514
Winneshiek 6,68475.98%1,93321.97%1021.16%540.61%240.27%4,75154.01%8,797
Woodbury 17,60362.07%9,81534.61%5451.92%2470.87%1520.54%7,78827.46%28,362
Worth 3,40184.83%51612.87%340.85%370.92%210.52%2,88571.96%4,009
Wright 5,73981.04%1,20517.01%550.78%200.28%630.89%4,53464.02%7,082
Totals634,67470.92%227,80425.45%16,9811.90%10,3211.15%5,1850.58%406,87045.46%894,965

See also

References

  1. "1920 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  2. "Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Iowa". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  3. "1920 Presidential General Election Results – Iowa". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  4. Iowa Secretary of State; Iowa Official Register 1921-1922 pp. 452-454