1920 United States presidential election in Missouri explained

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Election Name:	1920 United States presidential election in Missouri
Country:	Missouri
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1916 United States presidential election in Missouri
Previous Year:	1916
Next Election:	1924 United States presidential election in Missouri
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:	18
Popular Vote1:	727,162
Percentage1:	54.56%
Nominee2:	James M. Cox
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	Ohio
Running Mate2:	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	574,799
Percentage2:	43.13%
Map Size:	340px
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 Missouri took place on November 2, 1920, as a part of the 1920 United States presidential election. Voters chose 18 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

The Republican candidate, Warren G. Harding, won the state of Missouri and collected its 18 electoral votes.^[1] This election marked the first time since 1868 that a Republican carried Missouri with a majority of the vote.

Results

Results by county

1920 United States presidential election in Missouri by county^[2]
County	Republican		Democratic		Socialist		Prohibition						Margin
	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"			data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%
	Adair		4,861		61.70%		2,534		32.17%		389		4.94%		54		0.69%		8		0.10%		32		0.41%		2,327		29.54%		7,878
	Andrew		3,913		60.86%		2,466		38.36%		3		0.05%		36		0.56%		5		0.08%		6		0.09%		1,447		22.51%		6,429
	Atchison		3,236		58.69%		2,227		40.39%		20		0.36%		25		0.45%		6		0.11%		0		0.00%		1,009		18.30%		5,514
	Audrain		3,827		40.67%		5,514		58.60%		28		0.30%		29		0.31%		7		0.07%		4		0.04%		-1,687		-17.93%		9,409
	Barry		5,162		57.04%		3,729		41.21%		122		1.35%		24		0.27%		11		0.12%		1		0.01%		1,433		15.84%		9,049
	Barton		3,480		51.07%		3,040		44.61%		214		3.14%		56		0.82%		8		0.12%		16		0.23%		440		6.46%		6,814
	Bates		5,039		51.91%		4,433		45.66%		119		1.23%		82		0.84%		21		0.22%		14		0.14%		606		6.24%		9,708
	Benton		3,367		68.50%		1,506		30.64%		15		0.31%		25		0.51%		0		0.00%		2		0.04%		1,861		37.86%		4,915
	Bollinger		2,869		57.97%		2,019		40.80%		41		0.83%		14		0.28%		4		0.08%		2		0.04%		850		17.18%		4,949
	Boone		4,077		31.63%		8,748		67.87%		28		0.22%		16		0.12%		14		0.11%		7		0.05%		-4,671		-36.24%		12,890
	Buchanan		17,191		50.99%		16,188		48.02%		201		0.60%		75		0.22%		39		0.12%		20		0.06%		1,003		2.98%		33,714
	Butler		4,601		61.82%		2,662		35.77%		133		1.79%		28		0.38%		7		0.09%		11		0.15%		1,939		26.05%		7,442
	Caldwell		4,168		62.32%		2,498		37.35%		0		0.00%		22		0.33%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,670		24.97%		6,688
	Callaway		3,274		35.06%		6,035		64.62%		11		0.12%		17		0.18%		2		0.02%		0		0.00%		-2,761		-29.56%		9,339
	Camden		2,276		67.96%		1,034		30.87%		25		0.75%		9		0.27%		2		0.06%		3		0.09%		1,242		37.09%		3,349
			7,537		61.41%		4,584		37.35%		68		0.55%		62		0.51%		18		0.15%		4		0.03%		2,953		24.06%		12,273
	Carroll		5,609		57.35%		4,075		41.67%		28		0.29%		60		0.61%		7		0.07%		1		0.01%		1,534		15.69%		9,780
	Carter		1,057		51.64%		930		45.43%		53		2.59%		1		0.05%		2		0.10%		4		0.20%		127		6.20%		2,047
	Cass		4,055		44.15%		5,030		54.76%		21		0.23%		61		0.66%		12		0.13%		6		0.07%		-975		-10.62%		9,185
	Cedar		3,488		63.48%		1,936		35.23%		60		1.09%		9		0.16%		2		0.04%		0		0.00%		1,552		28.24%		5,495
	Chariton		4,331		47.68%		4,675		51.46%		17		0.19%		51		0.56%		8		0.09%		2		0.02%		-344		-3.79%		9,084
	Christian		3,795		78.13%		919		18.92%		100		2.06%		35		0.72%		6		0.12%		2		0.04%		2,876		59.21%		4,857
	Clark		3,310		57.46%		2,383		41.36%		27		0.47%		30		0.52%		7		0.12%		4		0.07%		927		16.09%		5,761
	Clay		2,804		30.75%		6,283		68.91%		18		0.20%		8		0.09%		4		0.04%		1		0.01%		-3,479		-38.16%		9,118
	Clinton		3,165		48.59%		3,304		50.72%		11		0.17%		31		0.48%		3		0.05%		0		0.00%		-139		-2.13%		6,514
	Cole		5,878		58.31%		4,167		41.34%		31		0.31%		4		0.04%		0		0.00%		1		0.01%		1,711		16.97%		10,081
	Cooper		5,151		58.16%		3,657		41.29%		15		0.17%		27		0.30%		5		0.06%		1		0.01%		1,494		16.87%		8,856
	Crawford		2,634		60.44%		1,658		38.04%		39		0.89%		14		0.32%		9		0.21%		4		0.09%		976		22.40%		4,358
	Dade		3,520		63.92%		1,892		34.36%		44		0.80%		44		0.80%		5		0.09%		2		0.04%		1,628		29.56%		5,507
	Dallas		2,665		69.93%		1,100		28.86%		25		0.66%		19		0.50%		0		0.00%		2		0.05%		1,565		41.07%		3,811
	Daviess		4,458		54.92%		3,560		43.85%		45		0.55%		44		0.54%		4		0.05%		7		0.09%		898		11.06%		8,118
	DeKalb		3,001		57.83%		2,121		40.87%		7		0.13%		53		1.02%		4		0.08%		3		0.06%		880		16.96%		5,189
	Dent		2,204		51.69%		1,970		46.20%		58		1.36%		7		0.16%		17		0.40%		8		0.19%		234		5.49%		4,264
	Douglas		3,327		82.09%		577		14.24%		123		3.03%		19		0.47%		4		0.10%		3		0.07%		2,750		67.85%		4,053
	Dunklin		4,455		44.72%		5,199		52.18%		289		2.90%		14		0.14%		3		0.03%		3		0.03%		-744		-7.47%		9,963
	Franklin		8,712		74.25%		2,814		23.98%		133		1.13%		43		0.37%		21		0.18%		10		0.09%		5,898		50.27%		11,733
	Gasconade		4,481		90.02%		454		9.12%		15		0.30%		16		0.32%		9		0.18%		3		0.06%		4,027		80.90%		4,978
	Gentry		3,442		49.68%		3,374		48.69%		19		0.27%		89		1.28%		3		0.04%		2		0.03%		68		0.98%		6,929
	Greene		15,755		56.02%		11,514		40.94%		645		2.29%		164		0.58%		30		0.11%		18		0.06%		4,241		15.08%		28,126
	Grundy		5,123		64.25%		2,721		34.13%		41		0.51%		75		0.94%		9		0.11%		4		0.05%		2,402		30.13%		7,973
	Harrison		5,151		66.55%		2,502		32.33%		11		0.14%		70		0.90%		5		0.06%		1		0.01%		2,649		34.22%		7,740
	Henry		5,313		49.14%		5,367		49.63%		53		0.49%		59		0.55%		16		0.15%		5		0.05%		-54		-0.50%		10,813
	Hickory		2,131		78.55%		532		19.61%		35		1.29%		13		0.48%		2		0.07%		0		0.00%		1,599		58.94%		2,713
	Holt		4,153		63.35%		2,329		35.52%		23		0.35%		35		0.53%		14		0.21%		2		0.03%		1,824		27.82%		6,556
	Howard		2,125		30.85%		4,735		68.74%		9		0.13%		14		0.20%		5		0.07%		0		0.00%		-2,610		-37.89%		6,888
	Howell		4,344		63.24%		2,323		33.82%		150		2.18%		29		0.42%		18		0.26%		5		0.07%		2,021		29.42%		6,869
	Iron		1,463		47.64%		1,554		50.60%		23		0.75%		27		0.88%		3		0.10%		1		0.03%		-91		-2.96%		3,071
	Jackson		79,875		50.49%		76,791		48.54%		628		0.40%		453		0.29%		361		0.23%		106		0.07%		3,084		1.95%		158,214
	Jasper		17,074		58.42%		11,006		37.66%		793		2.71%		240		0.82%		37		0.13%		75		0.26%		6,068		20.76%		29,225
	Jefferson		5,730		54.08%		4,684		44.21%		119		1.12%		40		0.38%		20		0.19%		2		0.02%		1,046		9.87%		10,595
	Johnson		5,700		50.66%		5,444		48.38%		36		0.32%		58		0.52%		10		0.09%		4		0.04%		256		2.28%		11,252
	Knox		2,749		54.32%		2,250		44.46%		34		0.67%		23		0.45%		2		0.04%		3		0.06%		499		9.86%		5,061
	Laclede		3,469		60.29%		2,183		37.94%		67		1.16%		27		0.47%		4		0.07%		4		0.07%		1,286		22.35%		5,754
	Lafayette		7,471		54.40%		6,169		44.92%		60		0.44%		13		0.09%		12		0.09%		9		0.07%		1,302		9.48%		13,734
	Lawrence		6,093		61.33%		3,532		35.55%		216		2.17%		80		0.81%		9		0.09%		5		0.05%		2,561		25.78%		9,935
	Lewis		2,810		43.87%		3,542		55.30%		22		0.34%		15		0.23%		15		0.23%		1		0.02%		-732		-11.43%		6,405
	Lincoln		3,209		46.45%		3,660		52.97%		11		0.16%		22		0.32%		4		0.06%		3		0.04%		-451		-6.53%		6,909
	Linn		5,557		51.08%		5,184		47.66%		62		0.57%		66		0.61%		0		0.00%		9		0.08%		373		3.43%		10,878
	Livingston		5,093		57.51%		3,666		41.40%		14		0.16%		74		0.84%		6		0.07%		3		0.03%		1,427		16.11%		8,856
	Macon		6,309		51.75%		5,626		46.15%		187		1.53%		43		0.35%		16		0.13%		11		0.09%		683		5.60%		12,192
	Madison		2,023		52.19%		1,830		47.21%		15		0.39%		7		0.18%		0		0.00%		1		0.03%		193		4.98%		3,876
	Maries		1,445		45.87%		1,677		53.24%		23		0.73%		4		0.13%		1		0.03%		0		0.00%		-232		-7.37%		3,150
	Marion		4,660		40.36%		6,719		58.20%		61		0.53%		81		0.70%		16		0.14%		8		0.07%		-2,059		-17.83%		11,545
	McDonald		2,921		55.21%		2,242		42.37%		100		1.89%		15		0.28%		6		0.11%		7		0.13%		679		12.83%		5,291
	Mercer		3,170		74.17%		1,044		24.43%		18		0.42%		40		0.94%		1		0.02%		1		0.02%		2,126		49.74%		4,274
	Miller		3,555		64.94%		1,833		33.49%		63		1.15%		17		0.31%		4		0.07%		2		0.04%		1,722		31.46%		5,474
	Mississippi		2,193		46.87%		2,442		52.19%		38		0.81%		5		0.11%		1		0.02%		0		0.00%		-249		-5.32%		4,679
	Moniteau		3,535		58.98%		2,405		40.12%		17		0.28%		26		0.43%		9		0.15%		2		0.03%		1,130		18.85%		5,994
	Monroe		1,406		18.42%		6,136		80.37%		25		0.33%		24		0.31%		40		0.52%		4		0.05%		-4,730		-61.95%		7,635
	Montgomery		3,910		55.16%		3,103		43.78%		13		0.18%		59		0.83%		2		0.03%		1		0.01%		807		11.39%		7,088
	Morgan		2,911		60.90%		1,834		38.37%		9		0.19%		19		0.40%		6		0.13%		1		0.02%		1,077		22.53%		4,780
			3,745		49.95%		3,637		48.51%		96		1.28%		3		0.04%		6		0.08%		11		0.15%		108		1.44%		7,498
	Newton		5,541		55.90%		4,078		41.14%		229		2.31%		55		0.55%		1		0.01%		8		0.08%		1,463		14.76%		9,912
	Nodaway		6,971		55.80%		5,404		43.26%		22		0.18%		83		0.66%		10		0.08%		3		0.02%		1,567		12.54%		12,493
	Oregon		1,319		39.57%		1,961		58.84%		53		1.59%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		-642		-19.26%		3,333
	Osage		3,699		76.17%		1,118		23.02%		27		0.56%		7		0.14%		4		0.08%		1		0.02%		2,581		53.15%		4,856
	Ozark		2,457		79.72%		569		18.46%		46		1.49%		8		0.26%		0		0.00%		2		0.06%		1,888		61.26%		3,082
	Pemiscot		4,443		52.56%		3,901		46.15%		108		1.28%		1		0.01%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		542		6.41%		8,453
	Perry		3,652		70.49%		1,504		29.03%		6		0.12%		14		0.27%		4		0.08%		1		0.02%		2,148		41.46%		5,181
	Pettis		8,595		55.98%		6,561		42.73%		123		0.80%		59		0.38%		13		0.08%		4		0.03%		2,034		13.25%		15,355
	Phelps		2,692		52.25%		2,422		47.01%		23		0.45%		9		0.17%		4		0.08%		2		0.04%		270		5.24%		5,152
	Pike		3,860		43.07%		5,034		56.16%		33		0.37%		35		0.39%		1		0.01%		0		0.00%		-1,174		-13.10%		8,963
	Platte		1,724		28.25%		4,361		71.47%		0		0.00%		10		0.16%		7		0.11%		0		0.00%		-2,637		-43.22%		6,102
	Polk		4,967		62.82%		2,847		36.01%		37		0.47%		45		0.57%		7		0.09%		4		0.05%		2,120		26.81%		7,907
	Pulaski		1,853		47.88%		1,978		51.11%		21		0.54%		12		0.31%		6		0.16%		0		0.00%		-125		-3.23%		3,870
	Putnam		3,880		72.92%		1,315		24.71%		71		1.33%		43		0.81%		6		0.11%		6		0.11%		2,565		48.21%		5,321
	Ralls		1,362		32.45%		2,803		66.79%		16		0.38%		12		0.29%		4		0.10%		0		0.00%		-1,441		-34.33%		4,197
	Randolph		3,768		31.48%		8,115		67.81%		33		0.28%		46		0.38%		4		0.03%		2		0.02%		-4,347		-36.32%		11,968
	Ray		3,228		39.53%		4,865		59.58%		27		0.33%		35		0.43%		6		0.07%		4		0.05%		-1,637		-20.05%		8,165
	Reynolds		1,173		38.51%		1,837		60.31%		27		0.89%		5		0.16%		1		0.03%		3		0.10%		-664		-21.80%		3,046
	Ripley		1,752		47.66%		1,735		47.20%		179		4.87%		7		0.19%		3		0.08%		0		0.00%		17		0.46%		3,676
			6,645		72.13%		2,472		26.83%		49		0.53%		21		0.23%		15		0.16%		11		0.12%		4,173		45.29%		9,213
			3,249		56.94%		2,296		40.24%		101		1.77%		38		0.67%		3		0.05%		19		0.33%		953		16.70%		5,706
			5,504		49.86%		5,300		48.01%		184		1.67%		45		0.41%		3		0.03%		3		0.03%		204		1.85%		11,039
			25,008		63.57%		12,438		31.62%		1,396		3.55%		143		0.36%		225		0.57%		132		0.34%		12,570		31.95%		39,342
			163,280		57.77%		106,047		37.52%		10,083		3.57%		722		0.26%		1,705		0.60%		815		0.29%		57,233		20.25%		282,652
			1,917		62.08%		1,149		37.21%		6		0.19%		10		0.32%		6		0.19%		0		0.00%		768		24.87%		3,088
	Saline		5,613		43.81%		7,114		55.53%		14		0.11%		59		0.46%		7		0.05%		5		0.04%		-1,501		-11.72%		12,812
	Schuyler		1,806		49.66%		1,793		49.30%		13		0.36%		24		0.66%		0		0.00%		1		0.03%		13		0.36%		3,637
	Scotland		2,509		53.11%		2,124		44.96%		57		1.21%		23		0.49%		6		0.13%		5		0.11%		385		8.15%		4,724
	Scott		4,204		49.00%		4,157		48.46%		147		1.71%		54		0.63%		10		0.12%		7		0.08%		47		0.55%		8,579
	Shannon		1,639		48.62%		1,661		49.27%		59		1.75%		8		0.24%		3		0.09%		1		0.03%		-22		-0.65%		3,371
	Shelby		2,128		34.69%		3,935		64.15%		14		0.23%		49		0.80%		7		0.11%		1		0.02%		-1,807		-29.46%		6,134
	Stoddard		4,641		49.16%		4,428		46.90%		324		3.43%		25		0.26%		8		0.08%		15		0.16%		213		2.26%		9,441
	Stone		2,749		78.54%		672		19.20%		57		1.63%		11		0.31%		6		0.17%		5		0.14%		2,077		59.34%		3,500
	Sullivan		4,576		56.35%		3,475		42.79%		26		0.32%		37		0.46%		5		0.06%		2		0.02%		1,101		13.56%		8,121
	Taney		2,001		67.69%		913		30.89%		22		0.74%		15		0.51%		4		0.14%		1		0.03%		1,088		36.81%		2,956
	Texas		3,552		53.94%		2,965		45.03%		43		0.65%		17		0.26%		4		0.06%		4		0.06%		587		8.91%		6,585
	Vernon		4,645		45.33%		5,419		52.89%		113		1.10%		45		0.44%		16		0.16%		8		0.08%		-774		-7.55%		10,246
	Warren		3,512		84.97%		545		13.19%		54		1.31%		14		0.34%		6		0.15%		2		0.05%		2,967		71.79%		4,133
	Washington		2,618		58.36%		1,837		40.95%		23		0.51%		6		0.13%		1		0.02%		1		0.02%		781		17.41%		4,486
	Wayne		2,380		52.28%		2,072		45.52%		71		1.56%		25		0.55%		2		0.04%		2		0.04%		308		6.77%		4,552
	Webster		4,000		61.45%		2,428		37.30%		40		0.61%		35		0.54%		6		0.09%		0		0.00%		1,572		24.15%		6,509
	Worth		1,888		54.72%		1,532		44.41%		4		0.12%		26		0.75%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		356		10.32%		3,450
	Wright		3,661		63.69%		2,008		34.93%		49		0.85%		21		0.37%		2		0.03%		7		0.12%		1,653		28.76%		5,748
Totals	727,162	54.56%	574,799	43.13%	20,242	1.52%	5,142	0.39%	3,291	0.25%	2,164	0.16%	152,363	11.43%	1,332,800

See also

• United States presidential elections in Missouri

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1920 Presidential General Election Results – Missouri. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
2. Missouri Office of the Secretary of State Elections. Missouri Vote for President, 1920, by Counties. Official Manual State of Missouri 1921-1922. 1922. 270–271.