See main article: 1920 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1920 United States presidential election in North Dakota |
| Country: | North Dakota |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1916 United States presidential election in North Dakota |
| Previous Year: | 1916 |
| Next Election: | 1924 United States presidential election in North Dakota |
| 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: | 5 |
| Popular Vote1: | 160,072 |
| Percentage1: | 77.97% |
| Nominee2: | James M. Cox |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Ohio |
| Running Mate2: | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 37,422 |
| Percentage2: | 18.19% |
| Map Size: | 325px |
| 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 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]
| County[2] | Warren Gamaliel Harding Republican | James Middleton Cox Democratic | Eugene Victor Debs Socialist | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||||||||
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| 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" | % | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||