1920 Presidential Election Results

Warren G. Harding (Republican) won the 1920 presidential election with 404 of 531 electoral votes, defeating James M. Cox (Democratic, 127). Harding also won the popular vote with 63.9%.

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Results by state

State	EV	Harding	Cox	Votes cast
Alabama	12	32.4%74,719	67.6%156,06412 EV	230,783
Arkansas	9	39.8%71,117	60.2%107,4099 EV	178,526
Arizona	3	55.6%37,0163 EV	44.4%29,546	66,562
California	13	73.2%624,99213 EV	26.8%229,191	854,183
Colorado	6	62.3%173,2486 EV	37.7%104,936	278,184
Connecticut	7	65.5%229,2387 EV	34.5%120,721	349,959
Delaware	3	57.0%52,8583 EV	43.0%39,911	92,769
Florida	6	33.1%44,853	66.9%90,5156 EV	135,368
Georgia	14	28.8%42,981	71.2%106,11214 EV	149,093
Iowa	13	73.6%634,67413 EV	26.4%227,804	862,478
Idaho	4	66.1%91,3514 EV	33.9%46,930	138,281
Illinois	29	72.7%1,420,48029 EV	27.3%534,395	1,954,875
Indiana	15	57.7%696,37015 EV	42.3%511,364	1,207,734
Kansas	10	66.6%369,26810 EV	33.4%185,464	554,732
Kentucky	13	49.8%452,480	50.2%456,49713 EV	908,977
Louisiana	10	30.6%38,539	69.4%87,51910 EV	126,058
Massachusetts	18	71.1%681,15318 EV	28.9%276,691	957,844
Maryland	8	56.7%236,1178 EV	43.3%180,626	416,743
Maine	6	69.8%136,3556 EV	30.2%58,961	195,316
Michigan	15	76.6%762,86515 EV	23.4%233,450	996,315
Minnesota	12	78.4%519,42112 EV	21.6%142,994	662,415
Missouri	18	55.9%727,25218 EV	44.1%574,699	1,301,951
Mississippi	10	14.3%11,576	85.7%69,13610 EV	80,712
Montana	4	65.6%109,4304 EV	34.4%57,372	166,802
North Carolina	12	43.3%232,819	56.7%305,36712 EV	538,186
North Dakota	5	81.1%160,0825 EV	19.0%37,422	197,504
Nebraska	8	67.4%247,4988 EV	32.6%119,608	367,106
New Hampshire	4	60.3%95,1964 EV	39.7%62,662	157,858
New Jersey	14	70.4%615,33314 EV	29.6%258,761	874,094
New Mexico	3	55.3%57,6343 EV	44.7%46,668	104,302
Nevada	3	61.1%15,4793 EV	38.9%9,851	25,330
New York	45	70.6%1,871,16745 EV	29.5%781,238	2,652,405
Ohio	24	60.2%1,182,02224 EV	39.8%780,037	1,962,059
Oklahoma	10	53.0%243,84010 EV	47.0%216,122	459,962
Oregon	5	64.2%143,5925 EV	35.8%80,019	223,611
Pennsylvania	38	70.8%1,218,21538 EV	29.2%503,202	1,721,417
Rhode Island	5	66.1%107,4635 EV	33.9%55,062	162,525
South Carolina	9	3.9%2,610	96.1%64,1709 EV	66,780
South Dakota	5	75.5%110,6925 EV	24.5%35,938	146,630
Tennessee	12	51.5%219,22912 EV	48.5%206,558	425,787
Texas	20	28.5%114,658	71.5%287,92020 EV	402,578
Utah	4	59.0%81,5554 EV	41.0%56,639	138,194
Virginia	12	38.2%87,456	61.8%141,67012 EV	229,126
Vermont	4	76.5%68,2124 EV	23.5%20,919	89,131
Washington	7	72.6%223,1377 EV	27.4%84,298	307,435
Wisconsin	13	81.5%498,57613 EV	18.5%113,422	611,998
West Virginia	8	56.1%282,0078 EV	43.9%220,785	502,792
Wyoming	3	66.8%35,0913 EV	33.2%17,429	52,520

Popular vote shares are of the votes for the candidates listed in the source. A dash under Votes cast means the state legislature chose the electors. Sources: the National Archives (electoral votes), the American Presidency Project and the Clerk of the House (popular vote).