1920 United States presidential election in Indiana

1920 United States presidential election in Indiana
Harding 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%	Cox 40-50% 50-60% 60-70%
President before election; Woodrow Wilson; Democratic	Elected President ; Warren G. Harding; Republican

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.

Ever since the Civil War, partisan alliances in Indiana had been related to history of White settlement, with most of Southern Indiana and German-settled counties voting strongly Democratic, opposed to Yankee-settled Northern Indiana which voted Republican.^[1] Between the end of the Civil War and the end of the Third Party System, elections in the state were always very close; although the state become more Republican when William Jennings Bryan’s free silver policy drove conservative Democrats to the Republican party for the following two decades.^[2] However, only Alton B. Parker would lose the state by more than five percentage points as its strong Southern leanings meant its Democratic counties remained very loyal.^[3]

After being won by Woodrow Wilson and running mate Thomas R. Marshall over divided Republican opposition in 1912, Indiana would be won narrowly by Republican Charles Evans Hughes of New York in 1916, this being the first time a losing candidate carried the state since 1876 and the first time since 1848 that a candidate losing the popular vote won the state.

In 1920, the isolationism of the Midwest and Wilson’s extreme unpopularity ensures that Indiana would clearly vote 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 percentage points; however, Indiana would be easily Cox’s best antebellum free state, voting 11.52 percentage points more Democratic than the nation at-large.

Results

1920 United States presidential election in Indiana^[4]
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

1920 United States presidential election in Indiana 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^[5]
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes cast^[5]
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

References

^ Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 343 ISBN 9780691163246
^ Phillips; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 352
^ Menendez, Albert J. (2005). The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004. McFarland. p. 37. ISBN 0786422173.
^ "1920 Presidential General Election Results – Indiana". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
^ 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

[1] Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 343 ISBN 9780691163246

[2] Phillips; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 352

[3] Menendez, Albert J. (2005). The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004. McFarland. p. 37. ISBN 0786422173.

[4] "1920 Presidential General Election Results – Indiana". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved August 2, 2013.

[5] 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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1920 United States presidential election in Indiana

Results

Results by county

See also

References