1920 United States presidential election in Indiana
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The 1920 United States presidential election in Indiana 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 15 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Indiana 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 14.65%.
Results[]
1920 United States presidential election in Indiana[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | Warren G. Harding | 696,370 | 55.14% | 15 | |
Democratic | James M. Cox | 511,364 | 40.49% | 0 | |
Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 24,703 | 1.96% | 0 | |
Farmer-Labor | Parley P. Christensen | 16,499 | 1.31% | 0 | |
Prohibition | Aaron S. Watkins | 13,462 | 1.07% | 0 | |
Single Tax | Robert Macauley | 566 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Totals | 1,262,964 | 100.00% | 15 |
Results by county[]
County | Warren G. Harding Republican |
James M. Cox Democratic |
Eugene V. Debs Socialist |
Parley P. Christensen Farmer-Labor |
Aaron S. Watkins Prohibition |
Robert C. Macauley Single Tax |
Margin | Total votes cast[2] | |||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 4,144 | 51.81% | 3,653 | 45.67% | 21 | 0.26% | 48 | 0.60% | 131 | 1.64% | 1 | 0.01% | 491 | 6.14% | 7,998 |
Allen | 24,208 | 57.40% | 13,804 | 32.73% | 497 | 1.18% | 3,344 | 7.93% | 268 | 0.64% | 56 | 0.13% | 10,404 | 24.67% | 42,177 |
Bartholomew | 6,585 | 53.93% | 5,420 | 44.39% | 85 | 0.70% | 4 | 0.03% | 113 | 0.93% | 3 | 0.02% | 1,165 | 9.54% | 12,210 |
Benton | 3,900 | 64.13% | 2,098 | 34.50% | 13 | 0.21% | 11 | 0.18% | 59 | 0.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,802 | 29.63% | 6,081 |
Blackford | 3,145 | 51.79% | 2,555 | 42.07% | 224 | 3.69% | 15 | 0.25% | 129 | 2.12% | 5 | 0.08% | 590 | 9.72% | 6,073 |
Boone | 6,650 | 50.93% | 6,178 | 47.31% | 64 | 0.49% | 1 | 0.01% | 163 | 1.25% | 2 | 0.02% | 472 | 3.61% | 13,058 |
Brown | 788 | 36.75% | 1,316 | 61.38% | 16 | 0.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 24 | 1.12% | 0 | 0.00% | -528 | -24.63% | 2,144 |
Carroll | 5,006 | 53.92% | 4,186 | 45.09% | 30 | 0.32% | 4 | 0.04% | 58 | 0.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 820 | 8.83% | 9,284 |
Cass | 9,545 | 52.12% | 8,194 | 44.74% | 190 | 1.04% | 161 | 0.88% | 221 | 1.21% | 3 | 0.02% | 1,351 | 7.38% | 18,314 |
Clark | 6,466 | 48.41% | 6,729 | 50.38% | 72 | 0.54% | 54 | 0.40% | 36 | 0.27% | 0 | 0.00% | -263 | -1.97% | 13,357 |
Clay | 6,129 | 48.20% | 5,612 | 44.13% | 393 | 3.09% | 456 | 3.59% | 111 | 0.87% | 15 | 0.12% | 517 | 4.07% | 12,716 |
Clinton | 7,739 | 52.59% | 6,721 | 45.67% | 93 | 0.63% | 6 | 0.04% | 156 | 1.06% | 2 | 0.01% | 1,018 | 6.92% | 14,717 |
Crawford | 2,290 | 49.05% | 2,213 | 47.40% | 94 | 2.01% | 2 | 0.04% | 70 | 1.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 77 | 1.65% | 4,669 |
Daviess | 6,748 | 53.42% | 5,587 | 44.23% | 201 | 1.59% | 36 | 0.28% | 59 | 0.47% | 2 | 0.02% | 1,161 | 9.19% | 12,633 |
Dearborn | 5,159 | 50.66% | 4,884 | 47.96% | 66 | 0.65% | 11 | 0.11% | 63 | 0.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 275 | 2.70% | 10,183 |
Decatur | 5,516 | 57.66% | 3,896 | 40.73% | 48 | 0.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 106 | 1.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,620 | 16.93% | 9,566 |
DeKalb | 6,514 | 56.35% | 4,750 | 41.09% | 101 | 0.87% | 33 | 0.29% | 162 | 1.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,764 | 15.26% | 11,560 |
Delaware | 14,845 | 61.78% | 8,329 | 34.66% | 480 | 2.00% | 40 | 0.17% | 327 | 1.36% | 9 | 0.04% | 6,516 | 27.12% | 24,030 |
Dubois | 3,738 | 46.18% | 4,238 | 52.35% | 80 | 0.99% | 10 | 0.12% | 29 | 0.36% | 0 | 0.00% | -500 | -6.18% | 8,095 |
Elkhart | 12,297 | 60.10% | 5,770 | 28.20% | 909 | 4.44% | 929 | 4.54% | 516 | 2.52% | 40 | 0.20% | 6,527 | 31.90% | 20,461 |
Fayette | 4,742 | 54.27% | 3,768 | 43.12% | 48 | 0.55% | 108 | 1.24% | 70 | 0.80% | 2 | 0.02% | 974 | 11.15% | 8,738 |
Floyd | 7,669 | 49.65% | 7,391 | 47.85% | 156 | 1.01% | 112 | 0.73% | 117 | 0.76% | 2 | 0.01% | 278 | 1.80% | 15,447 |
Fountain | 5,218 | 54.09% | 4,088 | 42.38% | 267 | 2.77% | 8 | 0.08% | 64 | 0.66% | 2 | 0.02% | 1,130 | 11.71% | 9,647 |
Franklin | 3,137 | 45.51% | 3,671 | 53.26% | 10 | 0.15% | 16 | 0.23% | 58 | 0.84% | 1 | 0.01% | -534 | -7.75% | 6,893 |
Fulton | 4,618 | 53.99% | 3,602 | 42.11% | 229 | 2.68% | 11 | 0.13% | 92 | 1.08% | 2 | 0.02% | 1,016 | 11.88% | 8,554 |
Gibson | 7,498 | 51.32% | 6,384 | 43.70% | 225 | 1.54% | 253 | 1.73% | 241 | 1.65% | 9 | 0.06% | 1,114 | 7.62% | 14,610 |
Grant | 12,349 | 55.12% | 7,900 | 35.26% | 1,321 | 5.90% | 17 | 0.08% | 800 | 3.57% | 18 | 0.08% | 4,449 | 19.86% | 22,405 |
Greene | 7,486 | 48.65% | 6,335 | 41.17% | 1,209 | 7.86% | 239 | 1.55% | 119 | 0.77% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,151 | 7.48% | 15,388 |
Hamilton | 7,897 | 63.04% | 4,280 | 34.17% | 39 | 0.31% | 28 | 0.22% | 282 | 2.25% | 1 | 0.01% | 3,617 | 28.87% | 12,527 |
Hancock | 4,422 | 46.16% | 4,958 | 51.76% | 53 | 0.55% | 4 | 0.04% | 141 | 1.47% | 1 | 0.01% | -536 | -5.60% | 9,579 |
Harrison | 4,271 | 51.45% | 3,898 | 46.96% | 52 | 0.63% | 8 | 0.10% | 72 | 0.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 373 | 4.49% | 8,301 |
Hendricks | 6,293 | 59.20% | 4,192 | 39.44% | 45 | 0.42% | 4 | 0.04% | 95 | 0.89% | 1 | 0.01% | 2,101 | 19.76% | 10,630 |
Henry | 8,742 | 57.03% | 5,824 | 38.00% | 335 | 2.19% | 13 | 0.08% | 412 | 2.69% | 2 | 0.01% | 2,918 | 19.04% | 15,328 |
Howard | 10,379 | 58.54% | 5,767 | 32.53% | 1,132 | 6.38% | 104 | 0.59% | 332 | 1.87% | 16 | 0.09% | 4,612 | 26.01% | 17,730 |
Huntington | 8,100 | 53.67% | 6,506 | 43.11% | 136 | 0.90% | 73 | 0.48% | 275 | 1.82% | 3 | 0.02% | 1,594 | 10.56% | 15,093 |
Jackson | 5,069 | 48.04% | 5,319 | 50.41% | 55 | 0.52% | 3 | 0.03% | 105 | 1.00% | 1 | 0.01% | -250 | -2.37% | 10,552 |
Jasper | 3,942 | 66.87% | 1,872 | 31.76% | 14 | 0.24% | 11 | 0.19% | 56 | 0.95% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,070 | 35.11% | 5,895 |
Jay | 6,089 | 53.35% | 4,759 | 41.69% | 80 | 0.70% | 119 | 1.04% | 367 | 3.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,330 | 11.65% | 11,414 |
Jefferson | 5,732 | 58.02% | 4,000 | 40.49% | 45 | 0.46% | 10 | 0.10% | 93 | 0.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,732 | 17.53% | 9,880 |
Jennings | 3,404 | 55.65% | 2,603 | 42.55% | 30 | 0.49% | 9 | 0.15% | 70 | 1.14% | 1 | 0.02% | 801 | 13.09% | 6,117 |
Johnson | 4,863 | 45.36% | 5,452 | 50.85% | 324 | 3.02% | 4 | 0.04% | 77 | 0.72% | 2 | 0.02% | -589 | -5.49% | 10,722 |
Knox | 10,011 | 51.39% | 8,052 | 41.34% | 919 | 4.72% | 311 | 1.60% | 176 | 0.90% | 10 | 0.05% | 1,959 | 10.06% | 19,479 |
Kosciusko | 8,326 | 61.66% | 4,836 | 35.81% | 114 | 0.84% | 21 | 0.16% | 207 | 1.53% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,490 | 25.84% | 13,504 |
LaGrange | 3,852 | 68.02% | 1,687 | 29.79% | 21 | 0.37% | 17 | 0.30% | 86 | 1.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,165 | 38.23% | 5,663 |
Lake | 26,296 | 69.15% | 7,136 | 18.77% | 1,449 | 3.81% | 2,815 | 7.40% | 292 | 0.77% | 40 | 0.11% | 19,160 | 50.38% | 38,028 |
LaPorte | 11,204 | 65.00% | 5,459 | 31.67% | 340 | 1.97% | 105 | 0.61% | 129 | 0.75% | 1 | 0.01% | 5,745 | 33.33% | 17,238 |
Lawrence | 6,808 | 58.15% | 4,709 | 40.22% | 146 | 1.25% | 1 | 0.01% | 44 | 0.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,099 | 17.93% | 11,708 |
Madison | 15,704 | 49.76% | 13,325 | 42.22% | 1,833 | 5.81% | 17 | 0.05% | 672 | 2.13% | 11 | 0.03% | 2,379 | 7.54% | 31,562 |
Marion | 79,957 | 54.93% | 61,460 | 42.22% | 3,262 | 2.24% | 262 | 0.18% | 582 | 0.40% | 48 | 0.03% | 18,497 | 12.71% | 145,571 |
Marshall | 5,708 | 53.64% | 4,631 | 43.52% | 75 | 0.70% | 23 | 0.22% | 204 | 1.92% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,077 | 10.12% | 10,642 |
Martin | 2,747 | 52.27% | 2,443 | 46.49% | 46 | 0.88% | 4 | 0.08% | 15 | 0.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 304 | 5.78% | 5,255 |
Miami | 7,336 | 51.94% | 6,259 | 44.31% | 310 | 2.19% | 13 | 0.09% | 206 | 1.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,077 | 7.63% | 14,124 |
Monroe | 5,633 | 53.65% | 4,751 | 45.25% | 51 | 0.49% | 6 | 0.06% | 59 | 0.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 882 | 8.40% | 10,500 |
Montgomery | 8,792 | 54.49% | 7,159 | 44.37% | 106 | 0.66% | 6 | 0.04% | 71 | 0.44% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,633 | 10.12% | 16,135 |
Morgan | 5,634 | 55.95% | 4,254 | 42.25% | 68 | 0.68% | 2 | 0.02% | 111 | 1.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,380 | 13.71% | 10,069 |
Newton | 3,129 | 64.37% | 1,664 | 34.23% | 30 | 0.62% | 7 | 0.14% | 31 | 0.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,465 | 30.14% | 4,861 |
Noble | 6,820 | 60.82% | 4,148 | 36.99% | 73 | 0.65% | 48 | 0.43% | 123 | 1.10% | 1 | 0.01% | 2,672 | 23.83% | 11,213 |
Ohio | 1,177 | 50.91% | 1,097 | 47.45% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 37 | 1.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 80 | 3.46% | 2,312 |
Orange | 4,726 | 58.86% | 3,222 | 40.13% | 60 | 0.75% | 6 | 0.07% | 15 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,504 | 18.73% | 8,029 |
Owen | 2,997 | 49.18% | 2,948 | 48.38% | 100 | 1.64% | 14 | 0.23% | 35 | 0.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 49 | 0.80% | 6,094 |
Parke | 4,989 | 56.13% | 3,543 | 39.86% | 148 | 1.67% | 108 | 1.22% | 93 | 1.05% | 7 | 0.08% | 1,446 | 16.27% | 8,888 |
Perry | 3,864 | 51.76% | 3,560 | 47.69% | 25 | 0.33% | 7 | 0.09% | 9 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 304 | 4.07% | 7,465 |
Pike | 4,069 | 51.75% | 3,067 | 39.01% | 256 | 3.26% | 405 | 5.15% | 31 | 0.39% | 35 | 0.45% | 1,002 | 12.74% | 7,863 |
Porter | 5,570 | 72.68% | 1,671 | 21.80% | 126 | 1.64% | 233 | 3.04% | 62 | 0.81% | 2 | 0.03% | 3,899 | 50.87% | 7,664 |
Posey | 4,802 | 49.72% | 4,695 | 48.61% | 45 | 0.47% | 17 | 0.18% | 98 | 1.01% | 1 | 0.01% | 107 | 1.11% | 9,658 |
Pulaski | 2,740 | 53.88% | 2,228 | 43.82% | 76 | 1.49% | 5 | 0.10% | 36 | 0.71% | 0 | 0.00% | 512 | 10.07% | 5,085 |
Putnam | 5,140 | 47.83% | 5,417 | 50.41% | 108 | 1.01% | 4 | 0.04% | 77 | 0.72% | 0 | 0.00% | -277 | -2.58% | 10,746 |
Randolph | 8,773 | 65.28% | 4,198 | 31.24% | 85 | 0.63% | 10 | 0.07% | 370 | 2.75% | 3 | 0.02% | 4,575 | 34.04% | 13,439 |
Ripley | 5,372 | 56.83% | 3,976 | 42.07% | 48 | 0.51% | 11 | 0.12% | 45 | 0.48% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,396 | 14.77% | 9,452 |
Rush | 6,113 | 56.59% | 4,513 | 41.78% | 35 | 0.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 142 | 1.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,600 | 14.81% | 10,803 |
Scott | 1,709 | 47.51% | 1,848 | 51.38% | 9 | 0.25% | 6 | 0.17% | 25 | 0.70% | 0 | 0.00% | -139 | -3.86% | 3,597 |
Shelby | 6,336 | 47.15% | 6,845 | 50.94% | 55 | 0.41% | 10 | 0.07% | 191 | 1.42% | 0 | 0.00% | -509 | -3.79% | 13,437 |
Spencer | 5,270 | 57.03% | 3,855 | 41.72% | 39 | 0.42% | 15 | 0.16% | 57 | 0.62% | 4 | 0.04% | 1,415 | 15.31% | 9,240 |
St. Joseph | 17,675 | 56.46% | 12,355 | 39.47% | 798 | 2.55% | 161 | 0.51% | 310 | 0.99% | 6 | 0.02% | 5,320 | 16.99% | 31,305 |
Starke | 2,683 | 62.92% | 1,467 | 34.40% | 52 | 1.22% | 25 | 0.59% | 36 | 0.84% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,216 | 28.52% | 4,264 |
Steuben | 4,963 | 72.47% | 1,676 | 24.47% | 28 | 0.41% | 10 | 0.15% | 171 | 2.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,287 | 48.00% | 6,848 |
Sullivan | 5,376 | 41.38% | 6,160 | 47.42% | 365 | 2.81% | 867 | 6.67% | 164 | 1.26% | 59 | 0.45% | -784 | -6.03% | 12,991 |
Switzerland | 2,525 | 50.12% | 2,412 | 47.88% | 27 | 0.54% | 3 | 0.06% | 71 | 1.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 113 | 2.24% | 5,038 |
Tippecanoe | 12,730 | 61.68% | 7,562 | 36.64% | 102 | 0.49% | 90 | 0.44% | 152 | 0.74% | 3 | 0.01% | 5,168 | 25.04% | 20,639 |
Tipton | 4,357 | 51.43% | 3,956 | 46.69% | 46 | 0.54% | 9 | 0.11% | 104 | 1.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 401 | 4.73% | 8,472 |
Union | 1,984 | 58.30% | 1,375 | 40.41% | 10 | 0.29% | 2 | 0.06% | 32 | 0.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 609 | 17.90% | 3,403 |
Vanderburgh | 19,357 | 52.39% | 13,904 | 37.63% | 666 | 1.80% | 2,782 | 7.53% | 177 | 0.48% | 60 | 0.16% | 5,453 | 14.76% | 36,946 |
Vermillion | 4,916 | 52.08% | 3,218 | 34.09% | 587 | 6.22% | 580 | 6.14% | 111 | 1.18% | 27 | 0.29% | 1,698 | 17.99% | 9,439 |
Vigo | 18,668 | 50.30% | 15,739 | 42.41% | 1,498 | 4.04% | 935 | 2.52% | 241 | 0.65% | 33 | 0.09% | 2,929 | 7.89% | 37,114 |
Wabash | 8,018 | 60.33% | 4,827 | 36.32% | 166 | 1.25% | 24 | 0.18% | 250 | 1.88% | 5 | 0.04% | 3,191 | 24.01% | 13,290 |
Warren | 3,337 | 70.89% | 1,311 | 27.85% | 21 | 0.45% | 6 | 0.13% | 32 | 0.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,026 | 43.04% | 4,707 |
Warrick | 4,675 | 51.75% | 3,915 | 43.34% | 199 | 2.20% | 147 | 1.63% | 92 | 1.02% | 5 | 0.06% | 760 | 8.41% | 9,033 |
Washington | 3,708 | 46.86% | 4,157 | 52.53% | 16 | 0.20% | 1 | 0.01% | 31 | 0.39% | 0 | 0.00% | -449 | -5.67% | 7,913 |
Wayne | 12,631 | 59.52% | 8,015 | 37.77% | 330 | 1.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 245 | 1.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,616 | 21.75% | 21,221 |
Wells | 4,430 | 47.61% | 4,653 | 50.01% | 215 | 2.31% | 7 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -223 | -2.40% | 9,305 |
White | 4,871 | 58.57% | 3,375 | 40.58% | 12 | 0.14% | 8 | 0.10% | 51 | 0.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,496 | 17.99% | 8,317 |
Whitley | 4,530 | 52.50% | 3,929 | 45.53% | 34 | 0.39% | 14 | 0.16% | 122 | 1.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 601 | 6.96% | 8,629 |
Totals | 696,370 | 55.14% | 511,364 | 40.49% | 24,703 | 1.96% | 16,499 | 1.31% | 13,462 | 1.07% | 566 | 0.04% | 185,006 | 14.65% | 1,262,964 |
See also[]
- United States presidential elections in Indiana
References[]
- ^ "1920 Presidential General Election Results – Indiana". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
- ^ Indiana Secretary of State Elections; ‘Abstract of Vote for Presidential Electors, State Officers … at the General Election held on November 2, 1920’; Yearbook of the State of Indiana 1920 pp. 61-62
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