1920 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

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1920 United States presidential election in Rhode Island
Flag of Rhode Island.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 vote50
Popular vote107,46355,062
Percentage63.97%32.78%

Rhode Island Presidential Election Results 1920.svg
Rhode Island Presidential Election Municipality Results 1920.svg
Harding
  50-60%
  60-70%
  70-80%
  80-90%
  90-100%

The 1920 United States presidential election in Rhode Island 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 five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Rhode Island voted for 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 Rhode Island by a margin of 31.19%. This is the largest margin of victory in a tipping point state in American history. His victory in the New England states was helped in by the local popularity of his running mate, Calvin Coolidge, a traditional New England Yankee born in the small town of Plymouth Notch, Vermont, who had started his political career nearby as Governor of Massachusetts. As of the 2020 United States presidential election , this is the last time a Republican won over sixty percent of the vote in Rhode Island.

Results

1920 United States presidential election in Rhode Island [1]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Republican Warren Gamaliel Harding of Ohio Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts 107,46363.97%5100.00%
Democratic James Middleton Cox of Ohio Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York 55,06232.78%00.00%
Socialist Eugene Victor Debs of Indiana Seymour Stedman of Illinois 4,3512.59%00.00%
Prohibition Aaron Sherman Watkins of Indiana David Leigh Colvin of New York 5100.30%00.00%
Socialist Labor William Wesley Cox of Missouri August Gillhaus of New York 4950.29%00.00%
Single Tax Robert Colvin Macauley Richard C. Barnum 1000.06%00.00%
Total167,981100.00%5100.00%

Results by town

TownWarren G. Harding
Republican
James M. Cox
Democratic
Eugene V. Debs
Socialist
Aaron S. Watkins
Prohibition
William W. Cox
Socialist Labor
Robert C. Macauley
Single Tax
MarginTotal votes cast [2]
# %# %# %# %# %# %# %
Barrington 93380.92%19416.83%60.52%151.30%50.43%00.00%73964.09%1,153
Bristol 1,54262.53%86835.20%391.58%130.53%30.12%10.04%67427.33%2,466
Burrillville 1,77365.02%88432.42%592.16%10.04%80.29%20.07%88932.60%2,727
Central Falls 2,88650.36%2,73447.71%881.54%70.12%130.23%30.05%1522.65%5,731
Charlestown 27684.40%4714.37%30.92%10.31%00.00%00.00%22970.03%327
Coventry 1,15170.40%44927.46%181.10%110.67%60.37%00.00%70242.94%1,635
Cranston 6,46877.99%1,59119.18%1872.25%210.25%190.23%70.08%4,87758.81%8,293
Cumberland 1,85253.65%1,52044.03%681.97%50.14%60.17%10.03%3329.62%3,452
East Greenwich 95976.35%28322.53%90.72%40.32%10.08%00.00%67653.82%1,256
East Providence 4,28470.67%1,60326.44%1432.36%110.18%140.23%70.12%2,68144.23%6,062
Exeter 22076.12%6823.53%10.35%00.00%00.00%00.00%15252.60%289
Foster 30872.81%11126.24%00.00%40.95%00.00%00.00%19746.57%423
Glocester 43574.23%13923.72%101.71%10.17%10.17%00.00%29650.51%586
Hopkinton 71878.38%19020.74%20.22%50.55%10.11%00.00%52857.64%916
Jamestown 49785.69%508.62%305.17%00.00%30.52%00.00%44777.07%580
Johnston 1,09471.64%33922.20%764.98%130.85%50.33%00.00%75549.44%1,527
Lincoln 1,70060.80%1,04137.23%431.54%110.39%00.00%10.04%65923.57%2,796
Little Compton 35693.68%195.00%30.79%20.53%00.00%00.00%33788.68%380
Middletown 38990.68%378.62%30.70%00.00%00.00%00.00%35282.05%429
Narragansett 41076.49%12222.76%10.19%20.37%00.00%10.19%28853.73%536
New Shoreham 34388.40%389.79%00.00%51.29%10.26%10.26%30578.61%388
Newport 6,47972.77%1,91021.45%4785.37%140.16%160.18%60.07%4,56951.32%8,903
North Kingstown 1,00369.36%43029.74%20.14%90.62%20.14%00.00%57339.63%1,446
North Providence 1,38964.66%66030.73%874.05%40.19%60.28%20.09%72933.94%2,148
North Smithfield 52068.15%22629.62%91.18%20.26%60.79%00.00%29438.53%763
Pawtucket 13,16161.03%7,76536.01%5222.42%480.22%610.28%90.04%5,39625.02%21,566
Portsmouth 48385.19%508.82%81.41%254.41%10.18%00.00%43376.37%567
Providence 36,40858.79%22,94637.05%2,0983.39%1760.28%2490.40%550.09%13,46221.74%61,932
Richmond 36577.49%9921.02%20.42%40.85%10.21%00.00%26656.48%471
Scituate 80781.93%16116.35%10.10%111.12%50.51%00.00%64665.58%985
Smithfield 57364.45%28632.17%202.25%91.01%10.11%00.00%28732.28%889
South Kingstown 1,35369.60%56929.27%130.67%50.26%40.21%00.00%78440.33%1,944
Tiverton 77285.87%12413.79%00.00%10.11%10.11%10.11%64872.08%899
Warren 1,21769.66%50729.02%90.52%90.52%50.29%00.00%71040.64%1,747
Warwick 3,79280.22%80116.95%1032.18%170.36%130.28%10.02%2,99163.27%4,727
West Greenwich 14089.74%138.33%00.00%31.92%00.00%00.00%12781.41%156
West Warwick 2,43256.09%1,84842.62%350.81%110.25%90.21%10.02%58413.47%4,336
Westerly 2,07578.63%48718.45%521.97%170.64%80.30%00.00%1,58860.17%2,639
Woonsocket 5,90059.53%3,85338.88%1231.24%130.13%210.21%10.01%2,04720.65%9,911
Totals107,46363.97%55,06232.78%4,3512.59%5100.30%4950.29%1000.06%52,40131.19%167,981

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References

  1. "1920 Presidential General Election Results – Rhode Island". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  2. Rhode Island Board of Elections, Rhode Island Manual 1921-22, p. 208