1920 United States presidential election in West Virginia

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1920 United States presidential election in West Virginia

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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 8 0 Popular vote 282,007 220,789 Percentage 55.30% 43.30%

County Results Harding   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% Cox   50–60%   60–70%

President before election Woodrow Wilson Democratic Elected President Warren G. Harding Republican

The 1920 United States presidential election in West Virginia 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 eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

West Virginia voted for the Republican nominee, Ohio Senator Warren G. Harding, over the Democratic nominee, Ohio Governor James M. Cox. Harding ran with Massachusetts Governor Calvin Coolidge, while Cox ran with Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York.

Harding won the state by a margin of 12 percent, becoming the first ever Republican victor in Summers County, the first in Braxton County since Ulysses S. Grant in 1868, and the last until Richard Nixon in 1972 in both Braxton and Boone Counties. ^[1]

Results

1920 United States presidential election in West Virginia [2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Warren G. Harding	282,007	55.30%	8
	Democratic	James M. Cox	220,789	43.30%	0
	Socialist	Eugene V. Debs	5,618	1.10%	0
	Prohibition	Aaron S. Watkins	1,528	0.30%	0
Totals			509,942	100.00%	8

Results by county

1920 United States presidential election in West Virginia by county ^[3]

County	Warren Gamaliel Harding Republican		James Middleton Cox Democratic		Eugene Victor Debs Socialist		Aaron Sherman Watkins Prohibition		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Barbour	3,763	56.58%	2,777	41.75%	94	1.41%	17	0.26%	986	14.82%	6,651
Berkeley	5,259	53.95%	4,399	45.13%	60	0.62%	30	0.31%	860	8.82%	9,748
Boone	2,674	50.31%	2,529	47.58%	108	2.03%	4	0.08%	145	2.73%	5,315
Braxton	4,274	49.91%	4,269	49.85%	10	0.12%	10	0.12%	5	0.06%	8,563
Brooke	3,060	57.36%	2,129	39.91%	104	1.95%	42	0.79%	931	17.45%	5,335
Cabell	13,170	50.80%	12,485	48.16%	204	0.79%	64	0.25%	685	2.64%	25,923
Calhoun	1,671	48.48%	1,773	51.44%	2	0.06%	1	0.03%	-102	-2.96%	3,447
Clay	1,981	56.37%	1,533	43.63%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	448	12.75%	3,514
Doddridge	3,135	72.96%	1,137	26.46%	12	0.28%	13	0.30%	1,998	46.50%	4,297
Fayette	10,561	52.98%	9,003	45.16%	340	1.71%	30	0.15%	1,558	7.82%	19,934
Gilmer	1,635	46.58%	1,854	52.82%	6	0.17%	15	0.43%	-219	-6.24%	3,510
Grant	2,417	82.15%	492	16.72%	26	0.88%	7	0.24%	1,925	65.43%	2,942
Greenbrier	4,850	48.99%	4,994	50.45%	55	0.56%	0	0.00%	-144	-1.45%	9,899
Hampshire	1,214	35.02%	2,221	64.06%	10	0.29%	22	0.63%	-1,007	-29.05%	3,467
Hancock	2,768	63.43%	1,435	32.88%	101	2.31%	60	1.37%	1,333	30.55%	4,364
Hardy	1,354	40.12%	2,014	59.67%	6	0.18%	1	0.03%	-660	-19.56%	3,375
Harrison	13,784	55.67%	10,206	41.22%	620	2.50%	149	0.60%	3,578	14.45%	24,759
Jackson	4,330	60.30%	2,831	39.42%	18	0.25%	2	0.03%	1,499	20.87%	7,181
Jefferson	2,168	35.27%	3,944	64.16%	29	0.47%	6	0.10%	-1,776	-28.89%	6,147
Kanawha	23,781	54.33%	19,284	44.06%	627	1.43%	77	0.18%	4,497	10.27%	43,769
Lewis	4,618	57.14%	3,310	40.96%	109	1.35%	45	0.56%	1,308	16.18%	8,082
Lincoln	3,339	55.58%	2,649	44.09%	19	0.32%	1	0.02%	690	11.48%	6,008
Logan	4,304	43.32%	5,588	56.24%	27	0.27%	17	0.17%	-1,284	-12.92%	9,936
Marion	11,494	55.23%	8,734	41.97%	408	1.96%	175	0.84%	2,760	13.26%	20,811
Marshall	7,208	58.22%	4,814	38.89%	259	2.09%	99	0.80%	2,394	19.34%	12,380
Mason	4,912	59.88%	3,177	38.73%	101	1.23%	13	0.16%	1,735	21.15%	8,203
McDowell	12,198	70.58%	5,068	29.33%	16	0.09%	0	0.00%	7,130	41.26%	17,282
Mercer	8,613	51.73%	7,981	47.93%	38	0.23%	18	0.11%	632	3.80%	16,650
Mineral	3,646	57.90%	2,516	39.96%	99	1.57%	36	0.57%	1,130	17.95%	6,297
Mingo	3,972	44.60%	4,934	55.40%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-962	-10.80%	8,906
Monongalia	6,773	63.99%	3,442	32.52%	284	2.68%	85	0.80%	3,331	31.47%	10,584
Monroe	3,001	54.25%	2,519	45.54%	8	0.14%	4	0.07%	482	8.71%	5,532
Morgan	1,817	71.48%	712	28.01%	13	0.51%	0	0.00%	1,105	43.47%	2,542
Nicholas	3,691	50.53%	3,564	48.79%	27	0.37%	23	0.31%	127	1.74%	7,305
Ohio	15,735	58.62%	10,278	38.29%	746	2.78%	83	0.31%	5,457	20.33%	26,842
Pendleton	1,581	46.51%	1,814	53.37%	4	0.12%	0	0.00%	-233	-6.85%	3,399
Pleasants	1,657	52.91%	1,449	46.26%	16	0.51%	10	0.32%	208	6.64%	3,132
Pocahontas	2,836	52.32%	2,540	46.85%	26	0.48%	19	0.35%	296	5.46%	5,421
Preston	6,729	74.73%	2,150	23.88%	87	0.97%	38	0.42%	4,579	50.86%	9,004
Putnam	3,223	54.49%	2,578	43.58%	108	1.83%	6	0.10%	645	10.90%	5,915
Raleigh	7,668	56.19%	5,916	43.35%	53	0.39%	9	0.07%	1,752	12.84%	13,646
Randolph	4,158	46.11%	4,676	51.85%	153	1.70%	31	0.34%	-518	-5.74%	9,018
Ritchie	4,377	67.39%	2,050	31.56%	40	0.62%	28	0.43%	2,327	35.83%	6,495
Roane	4,232	57.78%	3,082	42.08%	6	0.08%	4	0.05%	1,150	15.70%	7,324
Summers	3,611	50.24%	3,552	49.42%	15	0.21%	9	0.13%	59	0.82%	7,187
Taylor	3,649	60.02%	2,311	38.01%	76	1.25%	44	0.72%	1,338	22.01%	6,080
Tucker	2,498	53.34%	1,961	41.87%	185	3.95%	39	0.83%	537	11.47%	4,683
Tyler	3,654	66.33%	1,762	31.98%	63	1.14%	30	0.54%	1,892	34.34%	5,509
Upshur	4,936	77.17%	1,418	22.17%	12	0.19%	30	0.47%	3,518	55.00%	6,396
Wayne	3,754	45.54%	4,490	54.46%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-736	-8.93%	8,244
Webster	1,562	44.51%	1,942	55.34%	5	0.14%	0	0.00%	-380	-10.83%	3,509
Wetzel	3,619	46.37%	4,103	52.58%	54	0.69%	28	0.36%	-484	-6.20%	7,804
Wirt	1,680	54.88%	1,376	44.95%	4	0.13%	1	0.03%	304	9.93%	3,061
Wood	10,463	53.72%	8,839	45.38%	129	0.66%	47	0.24%	1,624	8.34%	19,478
Wyoming	2,950	61.78%	1,825	38.22%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	1,125	23.56%	4,775
Totals	282,007	55.30%	220,785	43.30%	5,618	1.10%	1,526	0.30%	61,222	12.01%	509,936

References

1. Menendez, Albert J. (2005). The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004. McFarland. pp. 334–336. ISBN   0786422173.
2. "1920 Presidential General Election Results — West Virginia". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
3. "WV US President — November 02, 1920". Our Campaigns.