1920 United States presidential election in Iowa

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1920 United States presidential election in Iowa

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Nominee Warren G. Harding James M. Cox Party Republican Democratic Home state Ohio Ohio Running mate Calvin Coolidge Franklin D. Roosevelt Electoral vote 13 0 Popular vote 634,674 227,921 Percentage 70.91% 25.46%

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. 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] Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote Count % Count % Republican Warren Gamaliel Harding of Ohio Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts 634,674 70.91% 13 100.00% Democratic James Middleton Cox of Ohio Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York 227,921 25.46% 0 0.00% Socialist Eugene Victor Debs of Indiana Seymour Stedman of Illinois 16,981 1.90% 0 0.00% Farmer–Labor Parley P. Christensen of Illinois Max S. Hayes of Ohio 10,321 1.15% 0 0.00% Prohibition Aaron S. Watkins of Indiana D. Leigh Colvin of New York 4,197 0.47% 0 0.00% Socialist Labor William Wesley Cox of Missouri August Gillhaus of New York 982 0.11% 0 0.00% N/A Others Others 6 <0.00% 0 0.00% Total 895,082 100.00% 13 100.00% 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 Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # % Adair 4,133 74.29% 1,358 24.41% 34 0.61% 19 0.34% 19 0.34% 2,775 49.88% 5,563 Adams 2,845 62.43% 1,670 36.65% 14 0.31% 12 0.26% 16 0.35% 1,175 25.78% 4,557 Allamakee 5,192 73.23% 1,833 25.85% 48 0.68% 14 0.20% 3 0.04% 3,359 47.38% 7,090 Appanoose 6,382 65.50% 2,952 30.30% 339 3.48% 9 0.09% 61 0.63% 3,430 35.20% 9,743 Audubon 2,963 67.68% 1,405 32.09% 6 0.14% 4 0.09% 0 0.00% 1,558 35.59% 4,378 Benton 6,539 71.02% 2,343 25.45% 128 1.39% 168 1.82% 29 0.31% 4,196 45.57% 9,207 Black Hawk 16,920 76.56% 4,000 18.10% 487 2.20% 547 2.48% 147 0.67% 12,920 58.46% 22,101 Boone 7,093 71.07% 2,240 22.44% 423 4.24% 112 1.12% 112 1.12% 4,853 48.63% 9,980 Bremer 6,287 86.49% 902 12.41% 32 0.44% 33 0.45% 15 0.21% 5,385 74.08% 7,269 Buchanan 6,334 79.20% 1,600 20.01% 17 0.21% 13 0.16% 33 0.41% 4,734 59.20% 7,997 Buena Vista 4,927 78.58% 1,204 19.20% 102 1.63% 17 0.27% 20 0.32% 3,723 59.38% 6,270 Butler 5,900 86.69% 830 12.20% 36 0.53% 17 0.25% 23 0.34% 5,070 74.49% 6,806 Calhoun 5,277 76.95% 1,479 21.57% 38 0.55% 32 0.47% 32 0.47% 3,798 55.38% 6,858 Carroll 6,320 72.89% 2,174 25.07% 69 0.80% 81 0.93% 27 0.31% 4,146 47.81% 8,671 Cass 6,558 78.23% 1,668 19.90% 104 1.24% 30 0.36% 23 0.27% 4,890 58.33% 8,383 Cedar 5,697 77.88% 1,420 19.41% 140 1.91% 27 0.37% 31 0.42% 4,277 58.47% 7,315 Cerro Gordo 8,293 75.73% 2,302 21.02% 138 1.26% 146 1.33% 72 0.66% 5,991 54.71% 10,951 Cherokee 4,544 77.69% 1,211 20.70% 33 0.56% 31 0.53% 30 0.51% 3,333 56.98% 5,849 Chickasaw 4,517 66.98% 2,171 32.19% 22 0.33% 21 0.31% 13 0.19% 2,346 34.79% 6,744 Clarke 3,150 70.79% 1,257 28.25% 18 0.40% 4 0.09% 21 0.47% 1,893 42.54% 4,450 Clay 4,471 80.05% 1,001 17.92% 53 0.95% 19 0.34% 41 0.73% 3,470 62.13% 5,585 Clayton 6,747 77.50% 1,808 20.77% 104 1.19% 24 0.28% 23 0.26% 4,939 56.73% 8,706 Clinton 11,746 66.98% 3,153 17.98% 122 0.70% 2,444 13.94% 71 0.40% 8,593 49.00% 17,536 Crawford 5,473 68.65% 2,151 26.98% 194 2.43% 112 1.40% 42 0.53% 3,322 41.67% 7,972 Dallas 6,677 70.63% 2,577 27.26% 93 0.98% 29 0.31% 78 0.83% 4,100 43.37% 9,454 Davis 3,117 56.31% 2,353 42.51% 32 0.58% 8 0.14% 25 0.45% 764 13.80% 5,535 Decatur 4,187 61.17% 2,592 37.87% 30 0.44% 7 0.10% 29 0.42% 1,595 23.30% 6,845 Delaware 5,880 82.96% 1,111 15.67% 39 0.55% 35 0.49% 23 0.32% 4,769 67.28% 7,088 Des Moines 8,287 63.76% 3,449 26.54% 886 6.82% 242 1.86% 133 1.02% 4,838 37.22% 12,997 Dickinson 3,298 80.42% 760 18.53% 23 0.56% 8 0.20% 12 0.29% 2,538 61.89% 4,101 Dubuque 12,436 59.22% 7,636 36.36% 678 3.23% 204 0.97% 46 0.22% 4,800 22.86% 21,000 Emmet 3,360 76.00% 991 22.42% 30 0.68% 29 0.66% 11 0.25% 2,369 53.59% 4,421 Fayette 8,265 79.14% 1,941 18.58% 118 1.13% 53 0.51% 67 0.64% 6,324 60.55% 10,444 Floyd 6,106 84.84% 933 12.96% 97 1.35% 32 0.44% 29 0.40% 5,173 71.88% 7,197 Franklin 4,397 86.06% 601 11.76% 66 1.29% 13 0.25% 32 0.63% 3,796 74.30% 5,109 Fremont 3,776 59.33% 2,524 39.66% 37 0.58% 3 0.05% 24 0.38% 1,252 19.67% 6,364 Greene 5,102 78.98% 1,303 20.17% 23 0.36% 16 0.25% 16 0.25% 3,799 58.81% 6,460 Grundy 4,662 85.82% 714 13.14% 21 0.39% 28 0.52% 7 0.13% 3,948 72.68% 5,432 Guthrie 5,338 75.19% 1,647 23.20% 24 0.34% 20 0.28% 70 0.99% 3,691 51.99% 7,099 Hamilton 5,924 82.88% 1,126 15.75% 38 0.53% 25 0.35% 35 0.49% 4,798 67.12% 7,148 Hancock 3,617 80.84% 725 16.20% 16 0.36% 94 2.10% 22 0.49% 2,892 64.64% 4,474 Hardin 6,646 83.97% 1,076 13.59% 98 1.24% 28 0.35% 67 0.85% 5,570 70.37% 7,915 Harrison 6,127 62.89% 3,479 35.71% 66 0.68% 22 0.23% 48 0.49% 2,648 27.18% 9,742 Henry 5,254 71.91% 1,939 26.54% 38 0.52% 25 0.34% 50 0.68% 3,315 45.37% 7,306 Howard 3,601 66.46% 1,717 31.69% 51 0.94% 20 0.37% 29 0.54% 1,884 34.77% 5,418 Humboldt 3,577 82.82% 681 15.77% 21 0.49% 30 0.69% 10 0.23% 2,896 67.05% 4,319 Ida 3,547 75.73% 1,090 23.27% 28 0.60% 10 0.21% 9 0.19% 2,457 52.46% 4,684 Iowa 4,892 69.92% 2,019 28.86% 48 0.69% 15 0.21% 23 0.33% 2,873 41.06% 6,997 Jackson 4,763 67.99% 1,954 27.89% 175 2.50% 70 1.00% 43 0.61% 2,809 40.10% 7,005 Jasper 7,417 67.25% 3,390 30.74% 124 1.12% 19 0.17% 79 0.72% 4,027 36.51% 11,029 Jefferson 4,558 74.62% 1,450 23.74% 34 0.56% 13 0.21% 53 0.87% 3,108 50.88% 6,108 Johnson 5,696 52.15% 5,032 46.07% 136 1.25% 27 0.25% 32 0.29% 664 6.08% 10,923 Jones 5,962 70.46% 2,436 28.79% 39 0.46% 14 0.17% 10 0.12% 3,526 41.67% 8,461 Keokuk 6,207 67.95% 2,800 30.65% 47 0.51% 28 0.31% 53 0.58% 3,407 37.30% 9,135 Kossuth 6,018 77.46% 1,682 21.65% 26 0.33% 35 0.45% 8 0.10% 4,336 55.81% 7,769 Lee 10,763 65.94% 5,177 31.72% 180 1.10% 133 0.81% 70 0.43% 5,586 34.22% 16,323 Linn 20,036 72.02% 6,932 24.92% 535 1.92% 114 0.41% 204 0.73% 13,104 47.10% 27,821 Louisa 3,560 77.49% 932 20.29% 53 1.15% 16 0.35% 33 0.72% 2,628 57.21% 4,594 Lucas 3,775 68.56% 1,463 26.57% 157 2.85% 19 0.35% 92 1.67% 2,312 41.99% 5,506 Lyon 3,633 81.48% 729 16.35% 57 1.28% 38 0.85% 2 0.04% 2,904 65.13% 4,459 Madison 4,465 68.83% 1,899 29.27% 44 0.68% 11 0.17% 68 1.05% 2,566 39.56% 6,487 Mahaska 6,739 64.55% 3,339 31.98% 110 1.05% 17 0.16% 235 2.25% 3,400 32.57% 10,440 Marion 5,435 56.62% 3,861 40.22% 213 2.22% 24 0.25% 66 0.69% 1,574 16.40% 9,599 Marshall 9,334 79.10% 2,166 18.36% 196 1.66% 25 0.21% 79 0.67% 7,168 60.75% 11,800 Mills 3,683 69.00% 1,592 29.82% 36 0.67% 8 0.15% 19 0.36% 2,091 39.17% 5,338 Mitchell 4,476 83.95% 773 14.50% 47 0.88% 19 0.36% 17 0.32% 3,703 69.45% 5,332 Monona 4,569 69.49% 1,960 29.81% 29 0.44% 9 0.14% 8 0.12% 2,609 39.68% 6,575 Monroe 4,500 61.21% 2,081 28.31% 665 9.05% 51 0.69% 55 0.75% 2,419 32.90% 7,352 Montgomery 4,980 76.50% 1,404 21.57% 78 1.20% 11 0.17% 37 0.57% 3,576 54.93% 6,510 Muscatine 8,115 70.30% 2,293 19.86% 1,040 9.01% 49 0.42% 47 0.41% 5,822 50.43% 11,544 O'Brien 5,137 76.51% 1,468 21.86% 68 1.01% 22 0.33% 19 0.28% 3,669 54.65% 6,714 Osceola 2,717 76.73% 754 21.29% 46 1.30% 18 0.51% 6 0.17% 1,963 55.44% 3,541 Page 6,949 76.10% 1,931 21.15% 126 1.38% 22 0.24% 103 1.13% 5,018 54.96% 9,131 Palo Alto 3,904 71.42% 1,467 26.84% 43 0.79% 41 0.75% 11 0.20% 2,437 44.58% 5,466 Plymouth 6,090 76.16% 1,801 22.52% 31 0.39% 51 0.64% 23 0.29% 4,289 53.64% 7,996 Pocahontas 4,046 70.07% 1,639 28.39% 47 0.81% 24 0.42% 18 0.31% 2,407 41.69% 5,774 Polk 36,073 66.82% 16,281 30.16% 978 1.81% 417 0.77% 237 0.44% 19,792 36.66% 53,986 Pottawattamie 13,506 64.66% 6,659 31.88% 279 1.34% 373 1.79% 70 0.34% 6,847 32.78% 20,887 Poweshiek 5,806 71.41% 2,125 26.14% 99 1.22% 28 0.34% 72 0.89% 3,681 45.28% 8,130 Ringgold 3,702 72.66% 1,327 26.05% 15 0.29% 9 0.18% 42 0.82% 2,375 46.61% 5,095 Sac 4,984 78.69% 1,268 20.02% 39 0.62% 10 0.16% 33 0.52% 3,716 58.67% 6,334 Scott 16,233 58.75% 5,473 19.81% 4,101 14.84% 1,335 4.83% 489 1.77% 10,760 38.94% 27,631 Shelby 4,621 70.55% 1,882 28.73% 29 0.44% 9 0.14% 9 0.14% 2,739 41.82% 6,550 Sioux 6,068 79.29% 1,510 19.73% 36 0.47% 16 0.21% 23 0.30% 4,558 59.56% 7,653 Story 8,713 80.80% 1,909 17.70% 50 0.46% 33 0.31% 79 0.73% 6,804 63.09% 10,784 Tama 6,352 70.01% 2,552 28.13% 93 1.03% 23 0.25% 53 0.58% 3,800 41.88% 9,073 Taylor 4,997 72.41% 1,757 25.46% 37 0.54% 33 0.48% 77 1.12% 3,240 46.95% 6,901 Union 4,466 65.63% 2,228 32.74% 48 0.71% 16 0.24% 47 0.69% 2,238 32.89% 6,805 Van Buren 4,321 71.00% 1,682 27.64% 49 0.81% 12 0.20% 22 0.36% 2,639 43.36% 6,086 Wapello 9,884 67.99% 4,131 28.42% 409 2.81% 42 0.29% 71 0.49% 5,753 39.57% 14,537 Warren 5,323 70.51% 2,066 27.37% 34 0.45% 15 0.20% 111 1.47% 3,257 43.14% 7,549 Washington 5,813 71.09% 2,257 27.60% 32 0.39% 15 0.18% 60 0.73% 3,556 43.49% 8,177 Wayne 4,234 62.51% 2,434 35.94% 53 0.78% 9 0.13% 43 0.63% 1,800 26.58% 6,773 Webster 8,312 64.00% 2,804 21.59% 134 1.03% 1,676 12.90% 62 0.48% 5,508 42.41% 12,988 Winnebago 3,931 87.08% 469 10.39% 46 1.02% 32 0.71% 36 0.80% 3,462 76.69% 4,514 Winneshiek 6,684 75.98% 1,933 21.97% 102 1.16% 54 0.61% 24 0.27% 4,751 54.01% 8,797 Woodbury 17,603 62.07% 9,815 34.61% 545 1.92% 247 0.87% 152 0.54% 7,788 27.46% 28,362 Worth 3,401 84.83% 516 12.87% 34 0.85% 37 0.92% 21 0.52% 2,885 71.96% 4,009 Wright 5,739 81.04% 1,205 17.01% 55 0.78% 20 0.28% 63 0.89% 4,534 64.02% 7,082 Totals 634,674 70.92% 227,804 25.45% 16,981 1.90% 10,321 1.15% 5,185 0.58% 406,870 45.46% 894,965 See also United States presidential elections in Iowa References "1920 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018. "Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Iowa". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. "1920 Presidential General Election Results – Iowa". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013. Iowa Secretary of State; Iowa Official Register 1921-1922 pp. 452-454 This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.