1920 United States presidential election in North Dakota
1920 United States presidential election in North Dakota
County Results
Harding 60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
90-100%
The 1920 United States presidential election in North Dakota 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 five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
North Dakota voted for 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 landslide margin of 59.60 percentage points, the strongest performance of any presidential candidate in state history.
With 77.97 percent of the popular vote, North Dakota would prove to be Harding's strongest state in terms of popular vote percentage and margin of victory.[ 1]
Results
Results by county
County[ 3]
Warren Gamaliel Harding Republican
James Middleton Cox Democratic
Eugene Victor Debs Socialist
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Adams
1,377
77.88%
347
19.63%
44
2.49%
1,030
58.26%
1,768
Barnes
5,150
80.27%
1,101
17.16%
165
2.57%
4,049
63.11%
6,416
Benson
3,540
81.10%
680
15.58%
145
3.32%
2,860
65.52%
4,365
Billings
787
91.51%
61
7.09%
12
1.40%
726
84.42%
860
Bottineau
3,487
72.52%
970
20.17%
351
7.30%
2,517
52.35%
4,808
Bowman
1,192
69.79%
321
18.79%
195
11.42%
871
51.00%
1,708
Burke
1,911
70.94%
456
16.93%
327
12.14%
1,455
54.01%
2,694
Burleigh
4,300
77.28%
943
16.95%
321
5.77%
3,357
60.33%
5,564
Cass
10,735
77.02%
2,817
20.21%
386
2.77%
7,918
56.81%
13,938
Cavalier
3,936
79.21%
981
19.74%
52
1.05%
2,955
59.47%
4,969
Dickey
2,887
75.79%
766
20.11%
156
4.10%
2,121
55.68%
3,809
Divide
2,438
80.81%
462
15.31%
117
3.88%
1,976
65.50%
3,017
Dunn
2,102
80.60%
457
17.52%
49
1.88%
1,645
63.08%
2,608
Eddy
1,525
68.76%
577
26.01%
116
5.23%
948
42.74%
2,218
Emmons
2,900
91.77%
238
7.53%
22
0.70%
2,662
84.24%
3,160
Foster
1,583
78.99%
371
18.51%
50
2.50%
1,212
60.48%
2,004
Golden Valley
1,177
77.08%
286
18.73%
64
4.19%
891
58.35%
1,527
Grand Forks
7,646
74.00%
2,527
24.46%
159
1.54%
5,119
49.55%
10,332
Grant
2,184
83.17%
296
11.27%
146
5.56%
1,888
71.90%
2,626
Griggs
1,739
73.84%
530
22.51%
86
3.65%
1,209
51.34%
2,355
Hettinger
1,849
83.44%
327
14.76%
40
1.81%
1,522
68.68%
2,216
Kidder
1,855
80.69%
336
14.62%
108
4.70%
1,519
66.07%
2,299
LaMoure
2,991
77.59%
645
16.73%
219
5.68%
2,346
60.86%
3,855
Logan
1,590
89.68%
154
8.69%
29
1.64%
1,436
80.99%
1,773
McHenry
3,534
74.09%
848
17.78%
388
8.13%
2,686
56.31%
4,770
McIntosh
1,782
94.34%
79
4.18%
28
1.48%
1,703
90.15%
1,889
McKenzie
2,587
79.50%
511
15.70%
156
4.79%
2,076
63.80%
3,254
McLean
3,724
74.23%
748
14.91%
545
10.86%
2,976
59.32%
5,017
Mercer
1,786
87.25%
172
8.40%
89
4.35%
1,614
78.85%
2,047
Morton
4,618
86.37%
632
11.82%
97
1.81%
3,986
74.55%
5,347
Mountrail
2,960
72.73%
687
16.88%
423
10.39%
2,273
55.85%
4,070
Nelson
3,127
84.49%
501
13.54%
73
1.97%
2,626
70.95%
3,701
Oliver
1,105
85.86%
111
8.62%
71
5.52%
994
77.23%
1,287
Pembina
3,925
73.24%
1,405
26.22%
29
0.54%
2,520
47.02%
5,359
Pierce
2,102
84.59%
294
11.83%
89
3.58%
1,808
72.76%
2,485
Ramsey
3,996
79.33%
937
18.60%
104
2.06%
3,059
60.73%
5,037
Ransom
3,010
77.30%
802
20.60%
82
2.11%
2,208
56.70%
3,894
Renville
1,987
73.65%
581
21.53%
130
4.82%
1,406
52.11%
2,698
Richland
5,483
79.46%
1,339
19.41%
78
1.13%
4,144
60.06%
6,900
Rolette
2,139
75.05%
535
18.77%
176
6.18%
1,604
56.28%
2,850
Sargent
2,787
78.18%
673
18.88%
105
2.95%
2,114
59.30%
3,565
Sheridan
1,776
92.12%
134
6.95%
18
0.93%
1,642
85.17%
1,928
Sioux
776
80.75%
163
16.96%
22
2.29%
613
63.79%
961
Slope
1,143
76.56%
235
15.74%
115
7.70%
908
60.82%
1,493
Stark
3,526
86.23%
532
13.01%
31
0.76%
2,994
73.22%
4,089
Steele
2,222
85.17%
337
12.92%
50
1.92%
1,885
72.25%
2,609
Stutsman
5,531
77.41%
1,394
19.51%
220
3.08%
4,137
57.90%
7,145
Towner
2,192
79.33%
476
17.23%
95
3.44%
1,716
62.11%
2,763
Traill
3,666
86.00%
523
12.27%
74
1.74%
3,143
73.73%
4,263
Walsh
4,581
67.13%
2,047
30.00%
196
2.87%
2,534
37.13%
6,824
Ward
6,166
67.41%
2,291
25.05%
690
7.54%
3,875
42.36%
9,147
Wells
3,202
85.71%
456
12.21%
78
2.09%
2,746
73.50%
3,736
Williams
3,768
65.31%
1,330
23.05%
671
11.63%
2,438
42.26%
5,769
Totals
160,072
77.79%
37,422
18.19%
8,282
4.02%
122,650
59.60%
205,776
See also
References