1920 United States presidential election in Iowa
1920 United States presidential election in Iowa
County Results
Harding 50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
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 .
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
Results by county
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
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References
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