1920 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania explained

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Election Name:	1920 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
Country:	Pennsylvania
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1916 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
Previous Year:	1916
Next Election:	1924 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
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:	38
Popular Vote1:	1,218,216
Percentage1:	65.76%
Nominee2:	James M. Cox
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	Ohio
Running Mate2:	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	503,843
Percentage2:	27.20%
Map Size:	300px
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 Pennsylvania took place on November 2, 1920, as part of the 1920 United States presidential election. Voters chose 38 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Pennsylvania overwhelmingly voted for the Republican nominee, Senator Warren G. Harding, over the Democratic nominee, Ohio Governor James M. Cox. Harding won Pennsylvania by a landslide margin of 38.56%. This was the first time ever that Berks County and Pike County voted Republican. Fulton County voted Republican for the first time since 1872.

Results

1920 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Warren G. Harding	1,218,216	65.76%	38
	Democratic	James M. Cox	503,843	27.20%	0
	Socialist	Eugene Debs	70,571	3.81%	0
	Prohibition	Aaron Watkins	42,696	2.30%	0
	Farmer-Labor	Parley P. Christensen	15,704	0.85%	0
	Single Tax	Robert Macauley	806	0.04%	0
	Socialist Labor	William Wesley Cox	753	0.04%	0
	Write-ins	Write-ins	27	0.00%	0
Totals			1,852,616	100.00%	38

Results by county

County	Warren Gamaliel Harding Republican		James Middleton Cox Democratic		Eugene Victor Debs Socialist		Aaron Sherman Watkins Prohibition		Parley Parker Christensen Farmer-Labor		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast^[2]
		%		%		%		%		%		%		%
	Adams		5,323		56.94%		3,852		41.20%		85		0.91%		81		0.87%		6		0.06%		2		0.02%		1,471		15.73%		9,349
	Allegheny		138,908		69.21%		40,278		20.07%		16,262		8.10%		3,670		1.83%		1,312		0.65%		286		0.14%		98,630		49.14%		200,716
	Armstrong		8,995		69.23%		3,262		25.11%		220		1.69%		427		3.29%		84		0.65%		4		0.03%		5,733		44.13%		12,992
	Beaver		11,691		62.90%		4,771		25.67%		1,164		6.26%		816		4.39%		101		0.54%		43		0.23%		6,920		37.23%		18,586
	Bedford		5,800		61.67%		2,594		27.58%		80		0.85%		189		2.01%		736		7.83%		6		0.06%		3,206		34.09%		9,405
	Berks		22,221		47.69%		18,361		39.41%		5,674		12.18%		288		0.62%		24		0.05%		23		0.05%		3,860		8.28%		46,591
	Blair		15,035		56.97%		5,668		21.48%		389		1.47%		582		2.21%		4,671		17.70%		47		0.18%		9,367		35.49%		26,392
	Bradford		11,947		75.14%		2,825		17.77%		161		1.01%		943		5.93%		19		0.12%		5		0.03%		9,122		57.37%		15,900
	Bucks		14,130		65.17%		6,867		31.67%		405		1.87%		224		1.03%		42		0.19%		13		0.06%		7,263		33.50%		21,681
	Butler		10,467		66.87%		3,829		24.46%		214		1.37%		1,103		7.05%		25		0.16%		15		0.10%		6,638		42.41%		15,653
	Cambria		19,629		63.91%		6,961		22.67%		834		2.72%		635		2.07%		2,603		8.48%		50		0.16%		12,668		41.25%		30,712
	Cameron		1,364		68.06%		497		24.80%		9		0.45%		130		6.49%		3		0.15%		1		0.05%		867		43.26%		2,004
	Carbon		7,900		59.19%		5,030		37.69%		281		2.11%		86		0.64%		40		0.30%		9		0.07%		2,870		21.50%		13,346
	Centre		7,615		57.82%		4,783		36.31%		84		0.64%		569		4.32%		115		0.87%		5		0.04%		2,832		21.50%		13,171
	Chester		18,129		69.57%		7,004		26.88%		277		1.06%		599		2.30%		37		0.14%		14		0.05%		11,125		42.69%		26,060
	Clarion		4,615		53.28%		3,487		40.26%		126		1.45%		406		4.69%		22		0.25%		6		0.07%		1,128		13.02%		8,662
	Clearfield		9,615		52.28%		5,987		32.55%		657		3.57%		1,163		6.32%		948		5.15%		23		0.13%		3,628		19.72%		18,393
	Clinton		4,303		54.58%		2,976		37.75%		259		3.29%		228		2.89%		111		1.41%		7		0.09%		1,327		16.83%		7,884
	Columbia		6,238		45.65%		6,965		50.97%		81		0.59%		363		2.66%		14		0.10%		4		0.03%		-727		-5.32%		13,665
	Crawford		10,032		62.31%		4,175		25.93%		423		2.63%		1,419		8.81%		33		0.20%		17		0.11%		5,857		36.38%		16,099
	Cumberland		8,579		54.73%		6,455		41.18%		92		0.59%		476		3.04%		68		0.43%		4		0.03%		2,124		13.55%		15,674
	Dauphin		26,094		65.36%		11,990		30.03%		628		1.57%		776		1.94%		419		1.05%		16		0.04%		14,104		35.33%		39,923
	Delaware		34,126		75.34%		9,602		21.20%		697		1.54%		670		1.48%		153		0.34%		45		0.10%		24,524		54.15%		45,293
	Elk		5,267		66.14%		2,093		26.28%		178		2.24%		390		4.90%		30		0.38%		6		0.08%		3,174		39.85%		7,964
	Erie		19,465		63.68%		6,311		20.65%		1,833		6.00%		2,801		9.16%		87		0.28%		72		0.24%		13,154		43.03%		30,569
	Fayette		20,186		56.68%		13,358		37.51%		1,204		3.38%		770		2.16%		81		0.23%		12		0.03%		6,828		19.17%		35,611
	Forest		993		56.36%		389		22.08%		58		3.29%		320		18.16%		2		0.11%		0		0.00%		604		34.28%		1,762
	Franklin		8,376		60.45%		5,020		36.23%		177		1.28%		246		1.78%		33		0.24%		5		0.04%		3,356		24.22%		13,857
	Fulton		1,292		50.19%		1,231		47.82%		11		0.43%		24		0.93%		13		0.51%		3		0.12%		61		2.37%		2,574
	Greene		4,253		42.41%		5,592		55.76%		51		0.51%		124		1.24%		2		0.02%		6		0.06%		-1,339		-13.35%		10,028
	Huntingdon		5,232		67.74%		1,784		23.10%		64		0.83%		199		2.58%		441		5.71%		4		0.05%		3,448		44.64%		7,724
	Indiana		8,616		71.84%		1,936		16.14%		354		2.95%		947		7.90%		131		1.09%		9		0.08%		6,680		55.70%		11,993
	Jefferson		7,970		66.69%		3,060		25.61%		386		3.23%		437		3.66%		83		0.69%		14		0.12%		4,910		41.09%		11,950
	Juniata		2,112		58.21%		1,443		39.77%		13		0.36%		54		1.49%		6		0.17%		0		0.00%		669		18.44%		3,628
	Lackawanna		40,593		60.55%		24,581		36.67%		971		1.45%		746		1.11%		125		0.19%		24		0.04%		16,012		23.88%		67,040
	Lancaster		29,549		72.88%		9,521		23.48%		636		1.57%		797		1.97%		29		0.07%		10		0.02%		20,028		49.40%		40,542
	Lawrence		9,448		64.38%		2,720		18.53%		854		5.82%		1,586		10.81%		50		0.34%		18		0.12%		6,728		45.84%		14,676
	Lebanon		8,778		70.78%		3,016		24.32%		246		1.98%		301		2.43%		55		0.44%		6		0.05%		5,762		46.46%		12,402
	Lehigh		18,032		59.49%		10,863		35.84%		829		2.74%		262		0.86%		311		1.03%		13		0.04%		7,169		23.65%		30,310
	Luzerne		49,419		65.39%		23,473		31.06%		1,891		2.50%		555		0.73%		190		0.25%		47		0.06%		25,946		34.33%		75,575
	Lycoming		10,570		56.72%		5,853		31.41%		695		3.73%		1,470		7.89%		34		0.18%		13		0.07%		4,717		25.31%		18,635
	McKean		7,830		68.65%		2,505		21.96%		328		2.88%		699		6.13%		36		0.32%		8		0.07%		5,325		46.69%		11,406
	Mercer		11,575		60.29%		4,823		25.12%		1,009		5.26%		1,677		8.73%		102		0.53%		13		0.07%		6,752		35.17%		19,199
	Mifflin		3,872		58.93%		2,400		36.52%		156		2.37%		124		1.89%		15		0.23%		4		0.06%		1,472		22.40%		6,571
	Monroe		3,278		48.01%		3,396		49.74%		33		0.48%		114		1.67%		3		0.04%		4		0.06%		-118		-1.73%		6,828
	Montgomery		31,963		69.70%		12,239		26.69%		1,180		2.57%		303		0.66%		106		0.23%		64		0.14%		19,724		43.01%		45,855
	Montour		2,296		53.76%		1,872		43.83%		21		0.49%		77		1.80%		5		0.12%		0		0.00%		424		9.93%		4,271
	Northampton		14,227		58.78%		9,086		37.54%		508		2.10%		299		1.24%		71		0.29%		13		0.05%		5,141		21.24%		24,204
	Northumberland		17,288		58.44%		9,854		33.31%		1,797		6.07%		590		1.99%		37		0.13%		15		0.05%		7,434		25.13%		29,581
	Perry		3,787		60.64%		2,314		37.05%		20		0.32%		86		1.38%		28		0.45%		10		0.16%		1,473		23.59%		6,245
	Philadelphia		307,826		73.43%		90,151		21.50%		17,845		4.26%		1,831		0.44%		1,207		0.29%		352		0.08%		217,675		51.92%		419,212
	Pike		1,319		58.05%		880		38.73%		36		1.58%		31		1.36%		6		0.26%		0		0.00%		439		19.32%		2,272
	Potter		4,036		70.19%		1,106		19.23%		251		4.37%		342		5.95%		12		0.21%		3		0.05%		2,930		50.96%		5,750
	Schuylkill		30,259		59.46%		18,746		36.84%		1,313		2.58%		356		0.70%		168		0.33%		45		0.09%		11,513		22.62%		50,887
	Snyder		2,751		72.20%		964		25.30%		56		1.47%		34		0.89%		4		0.10%		1		0.03%		1,787		46.90%		3,810
	Somerset		12,436		75.81%		2,912		17.75%		490		2.99%		492		3.00%		67		0.41%		7		0.04%		9,524		58.06%		16,404
	Sullivan		1,620		57.57%		1,061		37.70%		10		0.36%		122		4.34%		1		0.04%		0		0.00%		559		19.86%		2,814
	Susquehanna		6,572		66.41%		2,905		29.36%		80		0.81%		320		3.23%		15		0.15%		4		0.04%		3,667		37.06%		9,896
	Tioga		9,718		83.28%		1,258		10.78%		60		0.51%		613		5.25%		11		0.09%		9		0.08%		8,460		72.50%		11,669
	Union		3,305		71.38%		1,155		24.95%		38		0.82%		128		2.76%		2		0.04%		2		0.04%		2,150		46.44%		4,630
	Venango		7,718		65.71%		2,669		22.72%		283		2.41%		1,032		8.79%		38		0.32%		6		0.05%		5,049		42.98%		11,746
	Warren		7,791		65.07%		2,180		18.21%		312		2.61%		1,669		13.94%		10		0.08%		12		0.10%		5,611		46.86%		11,974
	Washington		18,514		62.49%		8,827		29.80%		1,157		3.91%		836		2.82%		268		0.90%		23		0.08%		9,687		32.70%		29,625
	Wayne		5,164		73.14%		1,589		22.51%		69		0.98%		229		3.24%		6		0.08%		3		0.04%		3,575		50.64%		7,060
	Westmoreland		27,077		59.71%		12,845		28.32%		3,338		7.36%		1,866		4.11%		166		0.37%		57		0.13%		14,232		31.38%		45,349
	Wyoming		3,208		68.43%		1,247		26.60%		25		0.53%		200		4.27%		4		0.09%		4		0.09%		1,961		41.83%		4,688
	York		19,879		55.72%		14,396		40.35%		603		1.69%		754		2.11%		27		0.08%		20		0.06%		5,483		15.37%		35,679
Totals	1,218,216	65.76%	503,843	27.20%	70,571	3.81%	42,696	2.30%	15,704	0.85%	1,586	0.09%	714,373	38.56%	1,852,616

See also

• List of United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1920 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania. 2018-03-17 . Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
2. Pennsylvania Bureau of Publications, comp., ‘Official Vote of Pennsylvania for Presidential Electors, November 2, 1920,’ Smull’s Legislative Hand Book and Manual of the State of Pennsylvania 1921-22 (Harrisburg: J. L. L. Kuhn, 1922)