1920 United States presidential election in Iowa

Summary

The 1920 United States presidential election in Iowa 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 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1920 United States presidential election in Iowa

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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 13 0
Popular vote 634,674 227,921
Percentage 70.91% 25.46%

County Results
Harding
  50-60%
  60-70%
  70-80%
  80-90%


President before election

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

Elected President

Warren G. Harding
Republican

Iowa voted for the 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 the state by a margin of 45.45%.

With 70.91 percent of the popular, Iowa would prove to be Harding's fifth strongest state in the 1920 election terms of popular vote percentage after North Dakota, Vermont, Michigan, and Wisconsin.[1] Harding's performance is, by a margin of 6.79 percent, the best by any candidate in Iowa presidential election history,[2] and he and Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952 are the only presidential candidates to sweep all of Iowa's counties.

Results edit

1920 United States presidential election in Iowa[3]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican Warren Gamaliel Harding of Ohio Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts 634,674 70.91% 13 100.00%
Democratic James Middleton Cox of Ohio Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York 227,921 25.46% 0 0.00%
Socialist Eugene Victor Debs of Indiana Seymour Stedman of Illinois 16,981 1.90% 0 0.00%
Farmer–Labor Parley P. Christensen of Illinois Max S. Hayes of Ohio 10,321 1.15% 0 0.00%
Prohibition Aaron S. Watkins of Indiana D. Leigh Colvin of New York 4,197 0.47% 0 0.00%
Socialist Labor William Wesley Cox of Missouri August Gillhaus of New York 982 0.11% 0 0.00%
N/A Others Others 6 <0.00% 0 0.00%
Total 895,082 100.00% 13 100.00%

Results by county edit

County[4] Warren Gamaliel Harding
Republican
James Middleton Cox
Democratic
Eugene Victor Debs
Socialist
Parley Parker Christensen
Farmer-Labor
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adair 4,133 74.29% 1,358 24.41% 34 0.61% 19 0.34% 19 0.34% 2,775 49.88% 5,563
Adams 2,845 62.43% 1,670 36.65% 14 0.31% 12 0.26% 16 0.35% 1,175 25.78% 4,557
Allamakee 5,192 73.23% 1,833 25.85% 48 0.68% 14 0.20% 3 0.04% 3,359 47.38% 7,090
Appanoose 6,382 65.50% 2,952 30.30% 339 3.48% 9 0.09% 61 0.63% 3,430 35.20% 9,743
Audubon 2,963 67.68% 1,405 32.09% 6 0.14% 4 0.09% 0 0.00% 1,558 35.59% 4,378
Benton 6,539 71.02% 2,343 25.45% 128 1.39% 168 1.82% 29 0.31% 4,196 45.57% 9,207
Black Hawk 16,920 76.56% 4,000 18.10% 487 2.20% 547 2.48% 147 0.67% 12,920 58.46% 22,101
Boone 7,093 71.07% 2,240 22.44% 423 4.24% 112 1.12% 112 1.12% 4,853 48.63% 9,980
Bremer 6,287 86.49% 902 12.41% 32 0.44% 33 0.45% 15 0.21% 5,385 74.08% 7,269
Buchanan 6,334 79.20% 1,600 20.01% 17 0.21% 13 0.16% 33 0.41% 4,734 59.20% 7,997
Buena Vista 4,927 78.58% 1,204 19.20% 102 1.63% 17 0.27% 20 0.32% 3,723 59.38% 6,270
Butler 5,900 86.69% 830 12.20% 36 0.53% 17 0.25% 23 0.34% 5,070 74.49% 6,806
Calhoun 5,277 76.95% 1,479 21.57% 38 0.55% 32 0.47% 32 0.47% 3,798 55.38% 6,858
Carroll 6,320 72.89% 2,174 25.07% 69 0.80% 81 0.93% 27 0.31% 4,146 47.81% 8,671
Cass 6,558 78.23% 1,668 19.90% 104 1.24% 30 0.36% 23 0.27% 4,890 58.33% 8,383
Cedar 5,697 77.88% 1,420 19.41% 140 1.91% 27 0.37% 31 0.42% 4,277 58.47% 7,315
Cerro Gordo 8,293 75.73% 2,302 21.02% 138 1.26% 146 1.33% 72 0.66% 5,991 54.71% 10,951
Cherokee 4,544 77.69% 1,211 20.70% 33 0.56% 31 0.53% 30 0.51% 3,333 56.98% 5,849
Chickasaw 4,517 66.98% 2,171 32.19% 22 0.33% 21 0.31% 13 0.19% 2,346 34.79% 6,744
Clarke 3,150 70.79% 1,257 28.25% 18 0.40% 4 0.09% 21 0.47% 1,893 42.54% 4,450
Clay 4,471 80.05% 1,001 17.92% 53 0.95% 19 0.34% 41 0.73% 3,470 62.13% 5,585
Clayton 6,747 77.50% 1,808 20.77% 104 1.19% 24 0.28% 23 0.26% 4,939 56.73% 8,706
Clinton 11,746 66.98% 3,153 17.98% 122 0.70% 2,444 13.94% 71 0.40% 8,593 49.00% 17,536
Crawford 5,473 68.65% 2,151 26.98% 194 2.43% 112 1.40% 42 0.53% 3,322 41.67% 7,972
Dallas 6,677 70.63% 2,577 27.26% 93 0.98% 29 0.31% 78 0.83% 4,100 43.37% 9,454
Davis 3,117 56.31% 2,353 42.51% 32 0.58% 8 0.14% 25 0.45% 764 13.80% 5,535
Decatur 4,187 61.17% 2,592 37.87% 30 0.44% 7 0.10% 29 0.42% 1,595 23.30% 6,845
Delaware 5,880 82.96% 1,111 15.67% 39 0.55% 35 0.49% 23 0.32% 4,769 67.28% 7,088
Des Moines 8,287 63.76% 3,449 26.54% 886 6.82% 242 1.86% 133 1.02% 4,838 37.22% 12,997
Dickinson 3,298 80.42% 760 18.53% 23 0.56% 8 0.20% 12 0.29% 2,538 61.89% 4,101
Dubuque 12,436 59.22% 7,636 36.36% 678 3.23% 204 0.97% 46 0.22% 4,800 22.86% 21,000
Emmet 3,360 76.00% 991 22.42% 30 0.68% 29 0.66% 11 0.25% 2,369 53.59% 4,421
Fayette 8,265 79.14% 1,941 18.58% 118 1.13% 53 0.51% 67 0.64% 6,324 60.55% 10,444
Floyd 6,106 84.84% 933 12.96% 97 1.35% 32 0.44% 29 0.40% 5,173 71.88% 7,197
Franklin 4,397 86.06% 601 11.76% 66 1.29% 13 0.25% 32 0.63% 3,796 74.30% 5,109
Fremont 3,776 59.33% 2,524 39.66% 37 0.58% 3 0.05% 24 0.38% 1,252 19.67% 6,364
Greene 5,102 78.98% 1,303 20.17% 23 0.36% 16 0.25% 16 0.25% 3,799 58.81% 6,460
Grundy 4,662 85.82% 714 13.14% 21 0.39% 28 0.52% 7 0.13% 3,948 72.68% 5,432
Guthrie 5,338 75.19% 1,647 23.20% 24 0.34% 20 0.28% 70 0.99% 3,691 51.99% 7,099
Hamilton 5,924 82.88% 1,126 15.75% 38 0.53% 25 0.35% 35 0.49% 4,798 67.12% 7,148
Hancock 3,617 80.84% 725 16.20% 16 0.36% 94 2.10% 22 0.49% 2,892 64.64% 4,474
Hardin 6,646 83.97% 1,076 13.59% 98 1.24% 28 0.35% 67 0.85% 5,570 70.37% 7,915
Harrison 6,127 62.89% 3,479 35.71% 66 0.68% 22 0.23% 48 0.49% 2,648 27.18% 9,742
Henry 5,254 71.91% 1,939 26.54% 38 0.52% 25 0.34% 50 0.68% 3,315 45.37% 7,306
Howard 3,601 66.46% 1,717 31.69% 51 0.94% 20 0.37% 29 0.54% 1,884 34.77% 5,418
Humboldt 3,577 82.82% 681 15.77% 21 0.49% 30 0.69% 10 0.23% 2,896 67.05% 4,319
Ida 3,547 75.73% 1,090 23.27% 28 0.60% 10 0.21% 9 0.19% 2,457 52.46% 4,684
Iowa 4,892 69.92% 2,019 28.86% 48 0.69% 15 0.21% 23 0.33% 2,873 41.06% 6,997
Jackson 4,763 67.99% 1,954 27.89% 175 2.50% 70 1.00% 43 0.61% 2,809 40.10% 7,005
Jasper 7,417 67.25% 3,390 30.74% 124 1.12% 19 0.17% 79 0.72% 4,027 36.51% 11,029
Jefferson 4,558 74.62% 1,450 23.74% 34 0.56% 13 0.21% 53 0.87% 3,108 50.88% 6,108
Johnson 5,696 52.15% 5,032 46.07% 136 1.25% 27 0.25% 32 0.29% 664 6.08% 10,923
Jones 5,962 70.46% 2,436 28.79% 39 0.46% 14 0.17% 10 0.12% 3,526 41.67% 8,461
Keokuk 6,207 67.95% 2,800 30.65% 47 0.51% 28 0.31% 53 0.58% 3,407 37.30% 9,135
Kossuth 6,018 77.46% 1,682 21.65% 26 0.33% 35 0.45% 8 0.10% 4,336 55.81% 7,769
Lee 10,763 65.94% 5,177 31.72% 180 1.10% 133 0.81% 70 0.43% 5,586 34.22% 16,323
Linn 20,036 72.02% 6,932 24.92% 535 1.92% 114 0.41% 204 0.73% 13,104 47.10% 27,821
Louisa 3,560 77.49% 932 20.29% 53 1.15% 16 0.35% 33 0.72% 2,628 57.21% 4,594
Lucas 3,775 68.56% 1,463 26.57% 157 2.85% 19 0.35% 92 1.67% 2,312 41.99% 5,506
Lyon 3,633 81.48% 729 16.35% 57 1.28% 38 0.85% 2 0.04% 2,904 65.13% 4,459
Madison 4,465 68.83% 1,899 29.27% 44 0.68% 11 0.17% 68 1.05% 2,566 39.56% 6,487
Mahaska 6,739 64.55% 3,339 31.98% 110 1.05% 17 0.16% 235 2.25% 3,400 32.57% 10,440
Marion 5,435 56.62% 3,861 40.22% 213 2.22% 24 0.25% 66 0.69% 1,574 16.40% 9,599
Marshall 9,334 79.10% 2,166 18.36% 196 1.66% 25 0.21% 79 0.67% 7,168 60.75% 11,800
Mills 3,683 69.00% 1,592 29.82% 36 0.67% 8 0.15% 19 0.36% 2,091 39.17% 5,338
Mitchell 4,476 83.95% 773 14.50% 47 0.88% 19 0.36% 17 0.32% 3,703 69.45% 5,332
Monona 4,569 69.49% 1,960 29.81% 29 0.44% 9 0.14% 8 0.12% 2,609 39.68% 6,575
Monroe 4,500 61.21% 2,081 28.31% 665 9.05% 51 0.69% 55 0.75% 2,419 32.90% 7,352
Montgomery 4,980 76.50% 1,404 21.57% 78 1.20% 11 0.17% 37 0.57% 3,576 54.93% 6,510
Muscatine 8,115 70.30% 2,293 19.86% 1,040 9.01% 49 0.42% 47 0.41% 5,822 50.43% 11,544
O'Brien 5,137 76.51% 1,468 21.86% 68 1.01% 22 0.33% 19 0.28% 3,669 54.65% 6,714
Osceola 2,717 76.73% 754 21.29% 46 1.30% 18 0.51% 6 0.17% 1,963 55.44% 3,541
Page 6,949 76.10% 1,931 21.15% 126 1.38% 22 0.24% 103 1.13% 5,018 54.96% 9,131
Palo Alto 3,904 71.42% 1,467 26.84% 43 0.79% 41 0.75% 11 0.20% 2,437 44.58% 5,466
Plymouth 6,090 76.16% 1,801 22.52% 31 0.39% 51 0.64% 23 0.29% 4,289 53.64% 7,996
Pocahontas 4,046 70.07% 1,639 28.39% 47 0.81% 24 0.42% 18 0.31% 2,407 41.69% 5,774
Polk 36,073 66.82% 16,281 30.16% 978 1.81% 417 0.77% 237 0.44% 19,792 36.66% 53,986
Pottawattamie 13,506 64.66% 6,659 31.88% 279 1.34% 373 1.79% 70 0.34% 6,847 32.78% 20,887
Poweshiek 5,806 71.41% 2,125 26.14% 99 1.22% 28 0.34% 72 0.89% 3,681 45.28% 8,130
Ringgold 3,702 72.66% 1,327 26.05% 15 0.29% 9 0.18% 42 0.82% 2,375 46.61% 5,095
Sac 4,984 78.69% 1,268 20.02% 39 0.62% 10 0.16% 33 0.52% 3,716 58.67% 6,334
Scott 16,233 58.75% 5,473 19.81% 4,101 14.84% 1,335 4.83% 489 1.77% 10,760 38.94% 27,631
Shelby 4,621 70.55% 1,882 28.73% 29 0.44% 9 0.14% 9 0.14% 2,739 41.82% 6,550
Sioux 6,068 79.29% 1,510 19.73% 36 0.47% 16 0.21% 23 0.30% 4,558 59.56% 7,653
Story 8,713 80.80% 1,909 17.70% 50 0.46% 33 0.31% 79 0.73% 6,804 63.09% 10,784
Tama 6,352 70.01% 2,552 28.13% 93 1.03% 23 0.25% 53 0.58% 3,800 41.88% 9,073
Taylor 4,997 72.41% 1,757 25.46% 37 0.54% 33 0.48% 77 1.12% 3,240 46.95% 6,901
Union 4,466 65.63% 2,228 32.74% 48 0.71% 16 0.24% 47 0.69% 2,238 32.89% 6,805
Van Buren 4,321 71.00% 1,682 27.64% 49 0.81% 12 0.20% 22 0.36% 2,639 43.36% 6,086
Wapello 9,884 67.99% 4,131 28.42% 409 2.81% 42 0.29% 71 0.49% 5,753 39.57% 14,537
Warren 5,323 70.51% 2,066 27.37% 34 0.45% 15 0.20% 111 1.47% 3,257 43.14% 7,549
Washington 5,813 71.09% 2,257 27.60% 32 0.39% 15 0.18% 60 0.73% 3,556 43.49% 8,177
Wayne 4,234 62.51% 2,434 35.94% 53 0.78% 9 0.13% 43 0.63% 1,800 26.58% 6,773
Webster 8,312 64.00% 2,804 21.59% 134 1.03% 1,676 12.90% 62 0.48% 5,508 42.41% 12,988
Winnebago 3,931 87.08% 469 10.39% 46 1.02% 32 0.71% 36 0.80% 3,462 76.69% 4,514
Winneshiek 6,684 75.98% 1,933 21.97% 102 1.16% 54 0.61% 24 0.27% 4,751 54.01% 8,797
Woodbury 17,603 62.07% 9,815 34.61% 545 1.92% 247 0.87% 152 0.54% 7,788 27.46% 28,362
Worth 3,401 84.83% 516 12.87% 34 0.85% 37 0.92% 21 0.52% 2,885 71.96% 4,009
Wright 5,739 81.04% 1,205 17.01% 55 0.78% 20 0.28% 63 0.89% 4,534 64.02% 7,082
Totals 634,674 70.92% 227,804 25.45% 16,981 1.90% 10,321 1.15% 5,185 0.58% 406,870 45.46% 894,965

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "1920 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  2. ^ "Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Iowa". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  3. ^ "1920 Presidential General Election Results – Iowa". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  4. ^ Iowa Secretary of State; Iowa Official Register 1921-1922 pp. 452-454