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1920 United States presidential election in Missouri

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1920 United States presidential election in Missouri

← 1916 November 2, 1920 1924 →
 
Nominee Warren G. Harding James M. Cox
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Ohio Ohio
Running mate Calvin Coolidge Franklin D. Roosevelt
Electoral vote 18 0
Popular vote 727,162 574,799
Percentage 54.56% 43.13%

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 a 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.

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

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1920 United States presidential election in Missouri
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Warren G. Harding 727,162 54.56%
Democratic James M. Cox 574,799 43.13%
Socialist Eugene Debs 20,242 1.52%
Prohibition Aaron S. Watkins 5,142 0.39%
Farmer–Labor Parley P. Christensen 3,291 0.25%
Socialist Labor William Cox 2,164 0.16%
Total votes 1,332,800 100%

Results by county

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1920 United States presidential election in Missouri by county[2]
County Warren 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
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # % # %
Adair 4,861 61.70% 2,534 32.17% 389 4.94% 54 0.69% 8 0.10% 32 0.41% 2,327 29.54% 7,878
Andrew 3,913 60.86% 2,466 38.36% 3 0.05% 36 0.56% 5 0.08% 6 0.09% 1,447 22.51% 6,429
Atchison 3,236 58.69% 2,227 40.39% 20 0.36% 25 0.45% 6 0.11% 0 0.00% 1,009 18.30% 5,514
Audrain 3,827 40.67% 5,514 58.60% 28 0.30% 29 0.31% 7 0.07% 4 0.04% -1,687 -17.93% 9,409
Barry 5,162 57.04% 3,729 41.21% 122 1.35% 24 0.27% 11 0.12% 1 0.01% 1,433 15.84% 9,049
Barton 3,480 51.07% 3,040 44.61% 214 3.14% 56 0.82% 8 0.12% 16 0.23% 440 6.46% 6,814
Bates 5,039 51.91% 4,433 45.66% 119 1.23% 82 0.84% 21 0.22% 14 0.14% 606 6.24% 9,708
Benton 3,367 68.50% 1,506 30.64% 15 0.31% 25 0.51% 0 0.00% 2 0.04% 1,861 37.86% 4,915
Bollinger 2,869 57.97% 2,019 40.80% 41 0.83% 14 0.28% 4 0.08% 2 0.04% 850 17.18% 4,949
Boone 4,077 31.63% 8,748 67.87% 28 0.22% 16 0.12% 14 0.11% 7 0.05% -4,671 -36.24% 12,890
Buchanan 17,191 50.99% 16,188 48.02% 201 0.60% 75 0.22% 39 0.12% 20 0.06% 1,003 2.98% 33,714
Butler 4,601 61.82% 2,662 35.77% 133 1.79% 28 0.38% 7 0.09% 11 0.15% 1,939 26.05% 7,442
Caldwell 4,168 62.32% 2,498 37.35% 0 0.00% 22 0.33% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,670 24.97% 6,688
Callaway 3,274 35.06% 6,035 64.62% 11 0.12% 17 0.18% 2 0.02% 0 0.00% -2,761 -29.56% 9,339
Camden 2,276 67.96% 1,034 30.87% 25 0.75% 9 0.27% 2 0.06% 3 0.09% 1,242 37.09% 3,349
Cape Girardeau 7,537 61.41% 4,584 37.35% 68 0.55% 62 0.51% 18 0.15% 4 0.03% 2,953 24.06% 12,273
Carroll 5,609 57.35% 4,075 41.67% 28 0.29% 60 0.61% 7 0.07% 1 0.01% 1,534 15.69% 9,780
Carter 1,057 51.64% 930 45.43% 53 2.59% 1 0.05% 2 0.10% 4 0.20% 127 6.20% 2,047
Cass 4,055 44.15% 5,030 54.76% 21 0.23% 61 0.66% 12 0.13% 6 0.07% -975 -10.62% 9,185
Cedar 3,488 63.48% 1,936 35.23% 60 1.09% 9 0.16% 2 0.04% 0 0.00% 1,552 28.24% 5,495
Chariton 4,331 47.68% 4,675 51.46% 17 0.19% 51 0.56% 8 0.09% 2 0.02% -344 -3.79% 9,084
Christian 3,795 78.13% 919 18.92% 100 2.06% 35 0.72% 6 0.12% 2 0.04% 2,876 59.21% 4,857
Clark 3,310 57.46% 2,383 41.36% 27 0.47% 30 0.52% 7 0.12% 4 0.07% 927 16.09% 5,761
Clay 2,804 30.75% 6,283 68.91% 18 0.20% 8 0.09% 4 0.04% 1 0.01% -3,479 -38.16% 9,118
Clinton 3,165 48.59% 3,304 50.72% 11 0.17% 31 0.48% 3 0.05% 0 0.00% -139 -2.13% 6,514
Cole 5,878 58.31% 4,167 41.34% 31 0.31% 4 0.04% 0 0.00% 1 0.01% 1,711 16.97% 10,081
Cooper 5,151 58.16% 3,657 41.29% 15 0.17% 27 0.30% 5 0.06% 1 0.01% 1,494 16.87% 8,856
Crawford 2,634 60.44% 1,658 38.04% 39 0.89% 14 0.32% 9 0.21% 4 0.09% 976 22.40% 4,358
Dade 3,520 63.92% 1,892 34.36% 44 0.80% 44 0.80% 5 0.09% 2 0.04% 1,628 29.56% 5,507
Dallas 2,665 69.93% 1,100 28.86% 25 0.66% 19 0.50% 0 0.00% 2 0.05% 1,565 41.07% 3,811
Daviess 4,458 54.92% 3,560 43.85% 45 0.55% 44 0.54% 4 0.05% 7 0.09% 898 11.06% 8,118
DeKalb 3,001 57.83% 2,121 40.87% 7 0.13% 53 1.02% 4 0.08% 3 0.06% 880 16.96% 5,189
Dent 2,204 51.69% 1,970 46.20% 58 1.36% 7 0.16% 17 0.40% 8 0.19% 234 5.49% 4,264
Douglas 3,327 82.09% 577 14.24% 123 3.03% 19 0.47% 4 0.10% 3 0.07% 2,750 67.85% 4,053
Dunklin 4,455 44.72% 5,199 52.18% 289 2.90% 14 0.14% 3 0.03% 3 0.03% -744 -7.47% 9,963
Franklin 8,712 74.25% 2,814 23.98% 133 1.13% 43 0.37% 21 0.18% 10 0.09% 5,898 50.27% 11,733
Gasconade 4,481 90.02% 454 9.12% 15 0.30% 16 0.32% 9 0.18% 3 0.06% 4,027 80.90% 4,978
Gentry 3,442 49.68% 3,374 48.69% 19 0.27% 89 1.28% 3 0.04% 2 0.03% 68 0.98% 6,929
Greene 15,755 56.02% 11,514 40.94% 645 2.29% 164 0.58% 30 0.11% 18 0.06% 4,241 15.08% 28,126
Grundy 5,123 64.25% 2,721 34.13% 41 0.51% 75 0.94% 9 0.11% 4 0.05% 2,402 30.13% 7,973
Harrison 5,151 66.55% 2,502 32.33% 11 0.14% 70 0.90% 5 0.06% 1 0.01% 2,649 34.22% 7,740
Henry 5,313 49.14% 5,367 49.63% 53 0.49% 59 0.55% 16 0.15% 5 0.05% -54 -0.50% 10,813
Hickory 2,131 78.55% 532 19.61% 35 1.29% 13 0.48% 2 0.07% 0 0.00% 1,599 58.94% 2,713
Holt 4,153 63.35% 2,329 35.52% 23 0.35% 35 0.53% 14 0.21% 2 0.03% 1,824 27.82% 6,556
Howard 2,125 30.85% 4,735 68.74% 9 0.13% 14 0.20% 5 0.07% 0 0.00% -2,610 -37.89% 6,888
Howell 4,344 63.24% 2,323 33.82% 150 2.18% 29 0.42% 18 0.26% 5 0.07% 2,021 29.42% 6,869
Iron 1,463 47.64% 1,554 50.60% 23 0.75% 27 0.88% 3 0.10% 1 0.03% -91 -2.96% 3,071
Jackson 79,875 50.49% 76,791 48.54% 628 0.40% 453 0.29% 361 0.23% 106 0.07% 3,084 1.95% 158,214
Jasper 17,074 58.42% 11,006 37.66% 793 2.71% 240 0.82% 37 0.13% 75 0.26% 6,068 20.76% 29,225
Jefferson 5,730 54.08% 4,684 44.21% 119 1.12% 40 0.38% 20 0.19% 2 0.02% 1,046 9.87% 10,595
Johnson 5,700 50.66% 5,444 48.38% 36 0.32% 58 0.52% 10 0.09% 4 0.04% 256 2.28% 11,252
Knox 2,749 54.32% 2,250 44.46% 34 0.67% 23 0.45% 2 0.04% 3 0.06% 499 9.86% 5,061
Laclede 3,469 60.29% 2,183 37.94% 67 1.16% 27 0.47% 4 0.07% 4 0.07% 1,286 22.35% 5,754
Lafayette 7,471 54.40% 6,169 44.92% 60 0.44% 13 0.09% 12 0.09% 9 0.07% 1,302 9.48% 13,734
Lawrence 6,093 61.33% 3,532 35.55% 216 2.17% 80 0.81% 9 0.09% 5 0.05% 2,561 25.78% 9,935
Lewis 2,810 43.87% 3,542 55.30% 22 0.34% 15 0.23% 15 0.23% 1 0.02% -732 -11.43% 6,405
Lincoln 3,209 46.45% 3,660 52.97% 11 0.16% 22 0.32% 4 0.06% 3 0.04% -451 -6.53% 6,909
Linn 5,557 51.08% 5,184 47.66% 62 0.57% 66 0.61% 0 0.00% 9 0.08% 373 3.43% 10,878
Livingston 5,093 57.51% 3,666 41.40% 14 0.16% 74 0.84% 6 0.07% 3 0.03% 1,427 16.11% 8,856
Macon 6,309 51.75% 5,626 46.15% 187 1.53% 43 0.35% 16 0.13% 11 0.09% 683 5.60% 12,192
Madison 2,023 52.19% 1,830 47.21% 15 0.39% 7 0.18% 0 0.00% 1 0.03% 193 4.98% 3,876
Maries 1,445 45.87% 1,677 53.24% 23 0.73% 4 0.13% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% -232 -7.37% 3,150
Marion 4,660 40.36% 6,719 58.20% 61 0.53% 81 0.70% 16 0.14% 8 0.07% -2,059 -17.83% 11,545
McDonald 2,921 55.21% 2,242 42.37% 100 1.89% 15 0.28% 6 0.11% 7 0.13% 679 12.83% 5,291
Mercer 3,170 74.17% 1,044 24.43% 18 0.42% 40 0.94% 1 0.02% 1 0.02% 2,126 49.74% 4,274
Miller 3,555 64.94% 1,833 33.49% 63 1.15% 17 0.31% 4 0.07% 2 0.04% 1,722 31.46% 5,474
Mississippi 2,193 46.87% 2,442 52.19% 38 0.81% 5 0.11% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% -249 -5.32% 4,679
Moniteau 3,535 58.98% 2,405 40.12% 17 0.28% 26 0.43% 9 0.15% 2 0.03% 1,130 18.85% 5,994
Monroe 1,406 18.42% 6,136 80.37% 25 0.33% 24 0.31% 40 0.52% 4 0.05% -4,730 -61.95% 7,635
Montgomery 3,910 55.16% 3,103 43.78% 13 0.18% 59 0.83% 2 0.03% 1 0.01% 807 11.39% 7,088
Morgan 2,911 60.90% 1,834 38.37% 9 0.19% 19 0.40% 6 0.13% 1 0.02% 1,077 22.53% 4,780
New Madrid 3,745 49.95% 3,637 48.51% 96 1.28% 3 0.04% 6 0.08% 11 0.15% 108 1.44% 7,498
Newton 5,541 55.90% 4,078 41.14% 229 2.31% 55 0.55% 1 0.01% 8 0.08% 1,463 14.76% 9,912
Nodaway 6,971 55.80% 5,404 43.26% 22 0.18% 83 0.66% 10 0.08% 3 0.02% 1,567 12.54% 12,493
Oregon 1,319 39.57% 1,961 58.84% 53 1.59% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -642 -19.26% 3,333
Osage 3,699 76.17% 1,118 23.02% 27 0.56% 7 0.14% 4 0.08% 1 0.02% 2,581 53.15% 4,856
Ozark 2,457 79.72% 569 18.46% 46 1.49% 8 0.26% 0 0.00% 2 0.06% 1,888 61.26% 3,082
Pemiscot 4,443 52.56% 3,901 46.15% 108 1.28% 1 0.01% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 542 6.41% 8,453
Perry 3,652 70.49% 1,504 29.03% 6 0.12% 14 0.27% 4 0.08% 1 0.02% 2,148 41.46% 5,181
Pettis 8,595 55.98% 6,561 42.73% 123 0.80% 59 0.38% 13 0.08% 4 0.03% 2,034 13.25% 15,355
Phelps 2,692 52.25% 2,422 47.01% 23 0.45% 9 0.17% 4 0.08% 2 0.04% 270 5.24% 5,152
Pike 3,860 43.07% 5,034 56.16% 33 0.37% 35 0.39% 1 0.01% 0 0.00% -1,174 -13.10% 8,963
Platte 1,724 28.25% 4,361 71.47% 0 0.00% 10 0.16% 7 0.11% 0 0.00% -2,637 -43.22% 6,102
Polk 4,967 62.82% 2,847 36.01% 37 0.47% 45 0.57% 7 0.09% 4 0.05% 2,120 26.81% 7,907
Pulaski 1,853 47.88% 1,978 51.11% 21 0.54% 12 0.31% 6 0.16% 0 0.00% -125 -3.23% 3,870
Putnam 3,880 72.92% 1,315 24.71% 71 1.33% 43 0.81% 6 0.11% 6 0.11% 2,565 48.21% 5,321
Ralls 1,362 32.45% 2,803 66.79% 16 0.38% 12 0.29% 4 0.10% 0 0.00% -1,441 -34.33% 4,197
Randolph 3,768 31.48% 8,115 67.81% 33 0.28% 46 0.38% 4 0.03% 2 0.02% -4,347 -36.32% 11,968
Ray 3,228 39.53% 4,865 59.58% 27 0.33% 35 0.43% 6 0.07% 4 0.05% -1,637 -20.05% 8,165
Reynolds 1,173 38.51% 1,837 60.31% 27 0.89% 5 0.16% 1 0.03% 3 0.10% -664 -21.80% 3,046
Ripley 1,752 47.66% 1,735 47.20% 179 4.87% 7 0.19% 3 0.08% 0 0.00% 17 0.46% 3,676
Saint Charles 6,645 72.13% 2,472 26.83% 49 0.53% 21 0.23% 15 0.16% 11 0.12% 4,173 45.29% 9,213
Saint Clair 3,249 56.94% 2,296 40.24% 101 1.77% 38 0.67% 3 0.05% 19 0.33% 953 16.70% 5,706
Saint Francois 5,504 49.86% 5,300 48.01% 184 1.67% 45 0.41% 3 0.03% 3 0.03% 204 1.85% 11,039
Saint Louis County 25,008 63.57% 12,438 31.62% 1,396 3.55% 143 0.36% 225 0.57% 132 0.34% 12,570 31.95% 39,342
Saint Louis City 163,280 57.77% 106,047 37.52% 10,083 3.57% 722 0.26% 1,705 0.60% 815 0.29% 57,233 20.25% 282,652
Sainte Genevieve 1,917 62.08% 1,149 37.21% 6 0.19% 10 0.32% 6 0.19% 0 0.00% 768 24.87% 3,088
Saline 5,613 43.81% 7,114 55.53% 14 0.11% 59 0.46% 7 0.05% 5 0.04% -1,501 -11.72% 12,812
Schuyler 1,806 49.66% 1,793 49.30% 13 0.36% 24 0.66% 0 0.00% 1 0.03% 13 0.36% 3,637
Scotland 2,509 53.11% 2,124 44.96% 57 1.21% 23 0.49% 6 0.13% 5 0.11% 385 8.15% 4,724
Scott 4,204 49.00% 4,157 48.46% 147 1.71% 54 0.63% 10 0.12% 7 0.08% 47 0.55% 8,579
Shannon 1,639 48.62% 1,661 49.27% 59 1.75% 8 0.24% 3 0.09% 1 0.03% -22 -0.65% 3,371
Shelby 2,128 34.69% 3,935 64.15% 14 0.23% 49 0.80% 7 0.11% 1 0.02% -1,807 -29.46% 6,134
Stoddard 4,641 49.16% 4,428 46.90% 324 3.43% 25 0.26% 8 0.08% 15 0.16% 213 2.26% 9,441
Stone 2,749 78.54% 672 19.20% 57 1.63% 11 0.31% 6 0.17% 5 0.14% 2,077 59.34% 3,500
Sullivan 4,576 56.35% 3,475 42.79% 26 0.32% 37 0.46% 5 0.06% 2 0.02% 1,101 13.56% 8,121
Taney 2,001 67.69% 913 30.89% 22 0.74% 15 0.51% 4 0.14% 1 0.03% 1,088 36.81% 2,956
Texas 3,552 53.94% 2,965 45.03% 43 0.65% 17 0.26% 4 0.06% 4 0.06% 587 8.91% 6,585
Vernon 4,645 45.33% 5,419 52.89% 113 1.10% 45 0.44% 16 0.16% 8 0.08% -774 -7.55% 10,246
Warren 3,512 84.97% 545 13.19% 54 1.31% 14 0.34% 6 0.15% 2 0.05% 2,967 71.79% 4,133
Washington 2,618 58.36% 1,837 40.95% 23 0.51% 6 0.13% 1 0.02% 1 0.02% 781 17.41% 4,486
Wayne 2,380 52.28% 2,072 45.52% 71 1.56% 25 0.55% 2 0.04% 2 0.04% 308 6.77% 4,552
Webster 4,000 61.45% 2,428 37.30% 40 0.61% 35 0.54% 6 0.09% 0 0.00% 1,572 24.15% 6,509
Worth 1,888 54.72% 1,532 44.41% 4 0.12% 26 0.75% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 356 10.32% 3,450
Wright 3,661 63.69% 2,008 34.93% 49 0.85% 21 0.37% 2 0.03% 7 0.12% 1,653 28.76% 5,748
Totals 727,162 54.56% 574,799 43.13% 20,242 1.52% 5,142 0.39% 3,291 0.25% 2,164 0.16% 152,363 11.43% 1,332,800

See also

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References

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  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.