See main article: 1920 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1920 United States presidential election in Iowa |
| Country: | Iowa |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1916 United States presidential election in Iowa |
| Previous Year: | 1916 |
| Next Election: | 1924 United States presidential election in Iowa |
| Next Year: | 1924 |
| Election Date: | November 2, 1920 |
| Image1: | Warren G Harding-Harris & Ewing crop.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Warren G. Harding |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | Ohio |
| Running Mate1: | Calvin Coolidge |
| Electoral Vote1: | 13 |
| Popular Vote1: | 634,674 |
| Percentage1: | 70.91% |
| Nominee2: | James M. Cox |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Ohio |
| Running Mate2: | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 227,921 |
| Percentage2: | 25.46% |
| Map Size: | 312px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Woodrow Wilson |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Warren G. Harding |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
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.
| County[3] | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||