1920 United States presidential election in Indiana

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1920 United States presidential election in Indiana
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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 15 0
Popular vote 696,370 511,364
Percentage 55.14% 40.49%
County Results
President before election

Woodrow Wilson
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Elected President

Warren G. Harding
Republican

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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.

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]
# % # % # % # % # % # % # %
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

References

  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