1920 United States presidential election in West Virginia

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1920 United States presidential election in West Virginia
Flag of West Virginia (1907-1929).png
  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 vote80
Popular vote282,007220,789
Percentage55.3%43.3%

West Virginia 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 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.

Contents

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]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Warren G. Harding 282,00755.30%8
Democratic James M. Cox 220,78943.30%0
Socialist Eugene V. Debs 5,6181.10%0
Prohibition Aaron S. Watkins 1,5280.30%0
Totals509,942100.00%8

Results by county

1920 United States presidential election in West Virginia by county [3]
CountyWarren Gamaliel Harding
Republican
James Middleton Cox
Democratic
Eugene Victor Debs
Socialist
Aaron Sherman Watkins
Prohibition
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %
Barbour 3,76356.58%2,77741.75%941.41%170.26%98614.82%6,651
Berkeley 5,25953.95%4,39945.13%600.62%300.31%8608.82%9,748
Boone 2,67450.31%2,52947.58%1082.03%40.08%1452.73%5,315
Braxton 4,27449.91%4,26949.85%100.12%100.12%50.06%8,563
Brooke 3,06057.36%2,12939.91%1041.95%420.79%93117.45%5,335
Cabell 13,17050.80%12,48548.16%2040.79%640.25%6852.64%25,923
Calhoun 1,67148.48%1,77351.44%20.06%10.03%-102-2.96%3,447
Clay 1,98156.37%1,53343.63%00.00%00.00%44812.75%3,514
Doddridge 3,13572.96%1,13726.46%120.28%130.30%1,99846.50%4,297
Fayette 10,56152.98%9,00345.16%3401.71%300.15%1,5587.82%19,934
Gilmer 1,63546.58%1,85452.82%60.17%150.43%-219-6.24%3,510
Grant 2,41782.15%49216.72%260.88%70.24%1,92565.43%2,942
Greenbrier 4,85048.99%4,99450.45%550.56%00.00%-144-1.45%9,899
Hampshire 1,21435.02%2,22164.06%100.29%220.63%-1,007-29.05%3,467
Hancock 2,76863.43%1,43532.88%1012.31%601.37%1,33330.55%4,364
Hardy 1,35440.12%2,01459.67%60.18%10.03%-660-19.56%3,375
Harrison 13,78455.67%10,20641.22%6202.50%1490.60%3,57814.45%24,759
Jackson 4,33060.30%2,83139.42%180.25%20.03%1,49920.87%7,181
Jefferson 2,16835.27%3,94464.16%290.47%60.10%-1,776-28.89%6,147
Kanawha 23,78154.33%19,28444.06%6271.43%770.18%4,49710.27%43,769
Lewis 4,61857.14%3,31040.96%1091.35%450.56%1,30816.18%8,082
Lincoln 3,33955.58%2,64944.09%190.32%10.02%69011.48%6,008
Logan 4,30443.32%5,58856.24%270.27%170.17%-1,284-12.92%9,936
Marion 11,49455.23%8,73441.97%4081.96%1750.84%2,76013.26%20,811
Marshall 7,20858.22%4,81438.89%2592.09%990.80%2,39419.34%12,380
Mason 4,91259.88%3,17738.73%1011.23%130.16%1,73521.15%8,203
McDowell 12,19870.58%5,06829.33%160.09%00.00%7,13041.26%17,282
Mercer 8,61351.73%7,98147.93%380.23%180.11%6323.80%16,650
Mineral 3,64657.90%2,51639.96%991.57%360.57%1,13017.95%6,297
Mingo 3,97244.60%4,93455.40%00.00%00.00%-962-10.80%8,906
Monongalia 6,77363.99%3,44232.52%2842.68%850.80%3,33131.47%10,584
Monroe 3,00154.25%2,51945.54%80.14%40.07%4828.71%5,532
Morgan 1,81771.48%71228.01%130.51%00.00%1,10543.47%2,542
Nicholas 3,69150.53%3,56448.79%270.37%230.31%1271.74%7,305
Ohio 15,73558.62%10,27838.29%7462.78%830.31%5,45720.33%26,842
Pendleton 1,58146.51%1,81453.37%40.12%00.00%-233-6.85%3,399
Pleasants 1,65752.91%1,44946.26%160.51%100.32%2086.64%3,132
Pocahontas 2,83652.32%2,54046.85%260.48%190.35%2965.46%5,421
Preston 6,72974.73%2,15023.88%870.97%380.42%4,57950.86%9,004
Putnam 3,22354.49%2,57843.58%1081.83%60.10%64510.90%5,915
Raleigh 7,66856.19%5,91643.35%530.39%90.07%1,75212.84%13,646
Randolph 4,15846.11%4,67651.85%1531.70%310.34%-518-5.74%9,018
Ritchie 4,37767.39%2,05031.56%400.62%280.43%2,32735.83%6,495
Roane 4,23257.78%3,08242.08%60.08%40.05%1,15015.70%7,324
Summers 3,61150.24%3,55249.42%150.21%90.13%590.82%7,187
Taylor 3,64960.02%2,31138.01%761.25%440.72%1,33822.01%6,080
Tucker 2,49853.34%1,96141.87%1853.95%390.83%53711.47%4,683
Tyler 3,65466.33%1,76231.98%631.14%300.54%1,89234.34%5,509
Upshur 4,93677.17%1,41822.17%120.19%300.47%3,51855.00%6,396
Wayne 3,75445.54%4,49054.46%00.00%00.00%-736-8.93%8,244
Webster 1,56244.51%1,94255.34%50.14%00.00%-380-10.83%3,509
Wetzel 3,61946.37%4,10352.58%540.69%280.36%-484-6.20%7,804
Wirt 1,68054.88%1,37644.95%40.13%10.03%3049.93%3,061
Wood 10,46353.72%8,83945.38%1290.66%470.24%1,6248.34%19,478
Wyoming 2,95061.78%1,82538.22%00.00%00.00%1,12523.56%4,775
Totals282,00755.30%220,78543.30%5,6181.10%1,5260.30%61,22212.01%509,936

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References

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