1920 United States presidential election in Missouri

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1920 United States presidential election in Missouri
Flag of Missouri.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 vote180
Popular vote727,162574,799
Percentage54.56%43.13%

Missouri Presidential Election Results 1920.svg
County results

President before election

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

Elected President

Warren G. Harding
Republican

The 1920 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 2, 1920, as part of the 1920 United States presidential election. Voters chose 18 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

The Republican candidate, Warren G. Harding, won the state of Missouri and collected its 18 electoral votes. [1] This election marked the first time since 1868 that a Republican carried Missouri with a majority of the vote.

Results

1920 United States presidential election in Missouri
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Warren G. Harding 727,162 54.56%
Democratic James M. Cox 574,79943.13%
Socialist Eugene Debs 20,2421.52%
Prohibition Aaron S. Watkins 5,1420.39%
Farmer–Labor Parley P. Christensen 3,2910.25%
Socialist Labor William Cox 2,1640.16%
Total votes1,332,800 100%

Results by county

1920 United States presidential election in Missouri by county [2]
CountyWarren G. Harding
Republican
James M. Cox
Democratic
Eugene V. Debs
Socialist
Aaron S. Watkins
Prohibition
Parley P. Christensen
Farmer–Labor
Verne L. Reynolds
Socialist Labor
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%#%#%#%
Adair 4,86161.70%2,53432.17%3894.94%540.69%80.10%320.41%2,32729.54%7,878
Andrew 3,91360.86%2,46638.36%30.05%360.56%50.08%60.09%1,44722.51%6,429
Atchison 3,23658.69%2,22740.39%200.36%250.45%60.11%00.00%1,00918.30%5,514
Audrain 3,82740.67%5,51458.60%280.30%290.31%70.07%40.04%-1,687-17.93%9,409
Barry 5,16257.04%3,72941.21%1221.35%240.27%110.12%10.01%1,43315.84%9,049
Barton 3,48051.07%3,04044.61%2143.14%560.82%80.12%160.23%4406.46%6,814
Bates 5,03951.91%4,43345.66%1191.23%820.84%210.22%140.14%6066.24%9,708
Benton 3,36768.50%1,50630.64%150.31%250.51%00.00%20.04%1,86137.86%4,915
Bollinger 2,86957.97%2,01940.80%410.83%140.28%40.08%20.04%85017.18%4,949
Boone 4,07731.63%8,74867.87%280.22%160.12%140.11%70.05%-4,671-36.24%12,890
Buchanan 17,19150.99%16,18848.02%2010.60%750.22%390.12%200.06%1,0032.98%33,714
Butler 4,60161.82%2,66235.77%1331.79%280.38%70.09%110.15%1,93926.05%7,442
Caldwell 4,16862.32%2,49837.35%00.00%220.33%00.00%00.00%1,67024.97%6,688
Callaway 3,27435.06%6,03564.62%110.12%170.18%20.02%00.00%-2,761-29.56%9,339
Camden 2,27667.96%1,03430.87%250.75%90.27%20.06%30.09%1,24237.09%3,349
Cape Girardeau 7,53761.41%4,58437.35%680.55%620.51%180.15%40.03%2,95324.06%12,273
Carroll 5,60957.35%4,07541.67%280.29%600.61%70.07%10.01%1,53415.69%9,780
Carter 1,05751.64%93045.43%532.59%10.05%20.10%40.20%1276.20%2,047
Cass 4,05544.15%5,03054.76%210.23%610.66%120.13%60.07%-975-10.62%9,185
Cedar 3,48863.48%1,93635.23%601.09%90.16%20.04%00.00%1,55228.24%5,495
Chariton 4,33147.68%4,67551.46%170.19%510.56%80.09%20.02%-344-3.79%9,084
Christian 3,79578.13%91918.92%1002.06%350.72%60.12%20.04%2,87659.21%4,857
Clark 3,31057.46%2,38341.36%270.47%300.52%70.12%40.07%92716.09%5,761
Clay 2,80430.75%6,28368.91%180.20%80.09%40.04%10.01%-3,479-38.16%9,118
Clinton 3,16548.59%3,30450.72%110.17%310.48%30.05%00.00%-139-2.13%6,514
Cole 5,87858.31%4,16741.34%310.31%40.04%00.00%10.01%1,71116.97%10,081
Cooper 5,15158.16%3,65741.29%150.17%270.30%50.06%10.01%1,49416.87%8,856
Crawford 2,63460.44%1,65838.04%390.89%140.32%90.21%40.09%97622.40%4,358
Dade 3,52063.92%1,89234.36%440.80%440.80%50.09%20.04%1,62829.56%5,507
Dallas 2,66569.93%1,10028.86%250.66%190.50%00.00%20.05%1,56541.07%3,811
Daviess 4,45854.92%3,56043.85%450.55%440.54%40.05%70.09%89811.06%8,118
DeKalb 3,00157.83%2,12140.87%70.13%531.02%40.08%30.06%88016.96%5,189
Dent 2,20451.69%1,97046.20%581.36%70.16%170.40%80.19%2345.49%4,264
Douglas 3,32782.09%57714.24%1233.03%190.47%40.10%30.07%2,75067.85%4,053
Dunklin 4,45544.72%5,19952.18%2892.90%140.14%30.03%30.03%-744-7.47%9,963
Franklin 8,71274.25%2,81423.98%1331.13%430.37%210.18%100.09%5,89850.27%11,733
Gasconade 4,48190.02%4549.12%150.30%160.32%90.18%30.06%4,02780.90%4,978
Gentry 3,44249.68%3,37448.69%190.27%891.28%30.04%20.03%680.98%6,929
Greene 15,75556.02%11,51440.94%6452.29%1640.58%300.11%180.06%4,24115.08%28,126
Grundy 5,12364.25%2,72134.13%410.51%750.94%90.11%40.05%2,40230.13%7,973
Harrison 5,15166.55%2,50232.33%110.14%700.90%50.06%10.01%2,64934.22%7,740
Henry 5,31349.14%5,36749.63%530.49%590.55%160.15%50.05%-54-0.50%10,813
Hickory 2,13178.55%53219.61%351.29%130.48%20.07%00.00%1,59958.94%2,713
Holt 4,15363.35%2,32935.52%230.35%350.53%140.21%20.03%1,82427.82%6,556
Howard 2,12530.85%4,73568.74%90.13%140.20%50.07%00.00%-2,610-37.89%6,888
Howell 4,34463.24%2,32333.82%1502.18%290.42%180.26%50.07%2,02129.42%6,869
Iron 1,46347.64%1,55450.60%230.75%270.88%30.10%10.03%-91-2.96%3,071
Jackson 79,87550.49%76,79148.54%6280.40%4530.29%3610.23%1060.07%3,0841.95%158,214
Jasper 17,07458.42%11,00637.66%7932.71%2400.82%370.13%750.26%6,06820.76%29,225
Jefferson 5,73054.08%4,68444.21%1191.12%400.38%200.19%20.02%1,0469.87%10,595
Johnson 5,70050.66%5,44448.38%360.32%580.52%100.09%40.04%2562.28%11,252
Knox 2,74954.32%2,25044.46%340.67%230.45%20.04%30.06%4999.86%5,061
Laclede 3,46960.29%2,18337.94%671.16%270.47%40.07%40.07%1,28622.35%5,754
Lafayette 7,47154.40%6,16944.92%600.44%130.09%120.09%90.07%1,3029.48%13,734
Lawrence 6,09361.33%3,53235.55%2162.17%800.81%90.09%50.05%2,56125.78%9,935
Lewis 2,81043.87%3,54255.30%220.34%150.23%150.23%10.02%-732-11.43%6,405
Lincoln 3,20946.45%3,66052.97%110.16%220.32%40.06%30.04%-451-6.53%6,909
Linn 5,55751.08%5,18447.66%620.57%660.61%00.00%90.08%3733.43%10,878
Livingston 5,09357.51%3,66641.40%140.16%740.84%60.07%30.03%1,42716.11%8,856
Macon 6,30951.75%5,62646.15%1871.53%430.35%160.13%110.09%6835.60%12,192
Madison 2,02352.19%1,83047.21%150.39%70.18%00.00%10.03%1934.98%3,876
Maries 1,44545.87%1,67753.24%230.73%40.13%10.03%00.00%-232-7.37%3,150
Marion 4,66040.36%6,71958.20%610.53%810.70%160.14%80.07%-2,059-17.83%11,545
McDonald 2,92155.21%2,24242.37%1001.89%150.28%60.11%70.13%67912.83%5,291
Mercer 3,17074.17%1,04424.43%180.42%400.94%10.02%10.02%2,12649.74%4,274
Miller 3,55564.94%1,83333.49%631.15%170.31%40.07%20.04%1,72231.46%5,474
Mississippi 2,19346.87%2,44252.19%380.81%50.11%10.02%00.00%-249-5.32%4,679
Moniteau 3,53558.98%2,40540.12%170.28%260.43%90.15%20.03%1,13018.85%5,994
Monroe 1,40618.42%6,13680.37%250.33%240.31%400.52%40.05%-4,730-61.95%7,635
Montgomery 3,91055.16%3,10343.78%130.18%590.83%20.03%10.01%80711.39%7,088
Morgan 2,91160.90%1,83438.37%90.19%190.40%60.13%10.02%1,07722.53%4,780
New Madrid 3,74549.95%3,63748.51%961.28%30.04%60.08%110.15%1081.44%7,498
Newton 5,54155.90%4,07841.14%2292.31%550.55%10.01%80.08%1,46314.76%9,912
Nodaway 6,97155.80%5,40443.26%220.18%830.66%100.08%30.02%1,56712.54%12,493
Oregon 1,31939.57%1,96158.84%531.59%00.00%00.00%00.00%-642-19.26%3,333
Osage 3,69976.17%1,11823.02%270.56%70.14%40.08%10.02%2,58153.15%4,856
Ozark 2,45779.72%56918.46%461.49%80.26%00.00%20.06%1,88861.26%3,082
Pemiscot 4,44352.56%3,90146.15%1081.28%10.01%00.00%00.00%5426.41%8,453
Perry 3,65270.49%1,50429.03%60.12%140.27%40.08%10.02%2,14841.46%5,181
Pettis 8,59555.98%6,56142.73%1230.80%590.38%130.08%40.03%2,03413.25%15,355
Phelps 2,69252.25%2,42247.01%230.45%90.17%40.08%20.04%2705.24%5,152
Pike 3,86043.07%5,03456.16%330.37%350.39%10.01%00.00%-1,174-13.10%8,963
Platte 1,72428.25%4,36171.47%00.00%100.16%70.11%00.00%-2,637-43.22%6,102
Polk 4,96762.82%2,84736.01%370.47%450.57%70.09%40.05%2,12026.81%7,907
Pulaski 1,85347.88%1,97851.11%210.54%120.31%60.16%00.00%-125-3.23%3,870
Putnam 3,88072.92%1,31524.71%711.33%430.81%60.11%60.11%2,56548.21%5,321
Ralls 1,36232.45%2,80366.79%160.38%120.29%40.10%00.00%-1,441-34.33%4,197
Randolph 3,76831.48%8,11567.81%330.28%460.38%40.03%20.02%-4,347-36.32%11,968
Ray 3,22839.53%4,86559.58%270.33%350.43%60.07%40.05%-1,637-20.05%8,165
Reynolds 1,17338.51%1,83760.31%270.89%50.16%10.03%30.10%-664-21.80%3,046
Ripley 1,75247.66%1,73547.20%1794.87%70.19%30.08%00.00%170.46%3,676
Saint Charles 6,64572.13%2,47226.83%490.53%210.23%150.16%110.12%4,17345.29%9,213
Saint Clair 3,24956.94%2,29640.24%1011.77%380.67%30.05%190.33%95316.70%5,706
Saint Francois 5,50449.86%5,30048.01%1841.67%450.41%30.03%30.03%2041.85%11,039
Saint Louis County 25,00863.57%12,43831.62%1,3963.55%1430.36%2250.57%1320.34%12,57031.95%39,342
Saint Louis City 163,28057.77%106,04737.52%10,0833.57%7220.26%1,7050.60%8150.29%57,23320.25%282,652
Sainte Genevieve 1,91762.08%1,14937.21%60.19%100.32%60.19%00.00%76824.87%3,088
Saline 5,61343.81%7,11455.53%140.11%590.46%70.05%50.04%-1,501-11.72%12,812
Schuyler 1,80649.66%1,79349.30%130.36%240.66%00.00%10.03%130.36%3,637
Scotland 2,50953.11%2,12444.96%571.21%230.49%60.13%50.11%3858.15%4,724
Scott 4,20449.00%4,15748.46%1471.71%540.63%100.12%70.08%470.55%8,579
Shannon 1,63948.62%1,66149.27%591.75%80.24%30.09%10.03%-22-0.65%3,371
Shelby 2,12834.69%3,93564.15%140.23%490.80%70.11%10.02%-1,807-29.46%6,134
Stoddard 4,64149.16%4,42846.90%3243.43%250.26%80.08%150.16%2132.26%9,441
Stone 2,74978.54%67219.20%571.63%110.31%60.17%50.14%2,07759.34%3,500
Sullivan 4,57656.35%3,47542.79%260.32%370.46%50.06%20.02%1,10113.56%8,121
Taney 2,00167.69%91330.89%220.74%150.51%40.14%10.03%1,08836.81%2,956
Texas 3,55253.94%2,96545.03%430.65%170.26%40.06%40.06%5878.91%6,585
Vernon 4,64545.33%5,41952.89%1131.10%450.44%160.16%80.08%-774-7.55%10,246
Warren 3,51284.97%54513.19%541.31%140.34%60.15%20.05%2,96771.79%4,133
Washington 2,61858.36%1,83740.95%230.51%60.13%10.02%10.02%78117.41%4,486
Wayne 2,38052.28%2,07245.52%711.56%250.55%20.04%20.04%3086.77%4,552
Webster 4,00061.45%2,42837.30%400.61%350.54%60.09%00.00%1,57224.15%6,509
Worth 1,88854.72%1,53244.41%40.12%260.75%00.00%00.00%35610.32%3,450
Wright 3,66163.69%2,00834.93%490.85%210.37%20.03%70.12%1,65328.76%5,748
Totals727,16254.56%574,79943.13%20,2421.52%5,1420.39%3,2910.25%2,1640.16%152,36311.43%1,332,800

See also

References

  1. "1920 Presidential General Election Results – Missouri". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  2. "Missouri Vote for President, 1920, by Counties". Official Manual State of Missouri 1921-1922 (Report). Missouri Office of the Secretary of State Elections. 1922. pp. 270–271.