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1920 United States presidential election in West Virginia
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Nominee Warren G. Harding James M. Cox
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Ohio Ohio
Running mate Calvin Coolidge Franklin D. Roosevelt
Electoral vote 8 0
Popular vote 282,007 220,789
Percentage 55.30% 43.30%
County Results

Harding

  40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90%

Cox

  50-60%   60-70%

President before election

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

Elected President

Warren G. Harding
Republican

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The 1920 United States presidential election in West Virginia 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 eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

West Virginia voted for the Republican nominee, Ohio Senator Warren G. Harding, over the Democratic nominee, Ohio Governor James M. Cox. Harding ran with Massachusetts Governor Calvin Coolidge, while Cox ran with Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York.

Harding won the state by a margin of 12 percent, becoming the first ever Republican victor in Summers County, the first in Braxton County since Ulysses S. Grant in 1868, and the last until Richard Nixon in 1972 in both Braxton and Boone Counties.

Results

1920 United States presidential election in West Virginia
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Warren G. Harding 282,007 55.30% 8
Democratic James M. Cox 220,789 43.30% 0
Socialist Eugene V. Debs 5,618 1.10% 0
Prohibition Aaron S. Watkins 1,528 0.30% 0
Totals 509,942 100.00% 8

Results by county

1920 United States presidential election in West Virginia by county
County Warren Gamaliel Harding
Republican 		James Middleton Cox
Democratic 		Eugene Victor Debs
Socialist 		Aaron Sherman Watkins
Prohibition 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Barbour 3,763 56.58% 2,777 41.75% 94 1.41% 17 0.26% 986 14.82% 6,651
Berkeley 5,259 53.95% 4,399 45.13% 60 0.62% 30 0.31% 860 8.82% 9,748
Boone 2,674 50.31% 2,529 47.58% 108 2.03% 4 0.08% 145 2.73% 5,315
Braxton 4,274 49.91% 4,269 49.85% 10 0.12% 10 0.12% 5 0.06% 8,563
Brooke 3,060 57.36% 2,129 39.91% 104 1.95% 42 0.79% 931 17.45% 5,335
Cabell 13,170 50.80% 12,485 48.16% 204 0.79% 64 0.25% 685 2.64% 25,923
Calhoun 1,671 48.48% 1,773 51.44% 2 0.06% 1 0.03% -102 -2.96% 3,447
Clay 1,981 56.37% 1,533 43.63% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 448 12.75% 3,514
Doddridge 3,135 72.96% 1,137 26.46% 12 0.28% 13 0.30% 1,998 46.50% 4,297
Fayette 10,561 52.98% 9,003 45.16% 340 1.71% 30 0.15% 1,558 7.82% 19,934
Gilmer 1,635 46.58% 1,854 52.82% 6 0.17% 15 0.43% -219 -6.24% 3,510
Grant 2,417 82.15% 492 16.72% 26 0.88% 7 0.24% 1,925 65.43% 2,942
Greenbrier 4,850 48.99% 4,994 50.45% 55 0.56% 0 0.00% -144 -1.45% 9,899
Hampshire 1,214 35.02% 2,221 64.06% 10 0.29% 22 0.63% -1,007 -29.05% 3,467
Hancock 2,768 63.43% 1,435 32.88% 101 2.31% 60 1.37% 1,333 30.55% 4,364
Hardy 1,354 40.12% 2,014 59.67% 6 0.18% 1 0.03% -660 -19.56% 3,375
Harrison 13,784 55.67% 10,206 41.22% 620 2.50% 149 0.60% 3,578 14.45% 24,759
Jackson 4,330 60.30% 2,831 39.42% 18 0.25% 2 0.03% 1,499 20.87% 7,181
Jefferson 2,168 35.27% 3,944 64.16% 29 0.47% 6 0.10% -1,776 -28.89% 6,147
Kanawha 23,781 54.33% 19,284 44.06% 627 1.43% 77 0.18% 4,497 10.27% 43,769
Lewis 4,618 57.14% 3,310 40.96% 109 1.35% 45 0.56% 1,308 16.18% 8,082
Lincoln 3,339 55.58% 2,649 44.09% 19 0.32% 1 0.02% 690 11.48% 6,008
Logan 4,304 43.32% 5,588 56.24% 27 0.27% 17 0.17% -1,284 -12.92% 9,936
Marion 11,494 55.23% 8,734 41.97% 408 1.96% 175 0.84% 2,760 13.26% 20,811
Marshall 7,208 58.22% 4,814 38.89% 259 2.09% 99 0.80% 2,394 19.34% 12,380
Mason 4,912 59.88% 3,177 38.73% 101 1.23% 13 0.16% 1,735 21.15% 8,203
McDowell 12,198 70.58% 5,068 29.33% 16 0.09% 0 0.00% 7,130 41.26% 17,282
Mercer 8,613 51.73% 7,981 47.93% 38 0.23% 18 0.11% 632 3.80% 16,650
Mineral 3,646 57.90% 2,516 39.96% 99 1.57% 36 0.57% 1,130 17.95% 6,297
Mingo 3,972 44.60% 4,934 55.40% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -962 -10.80% 8,906
Monongalia 6,773 63.99% 3,442 32.52% 284 2.68% 85 0.80% 3,331 31.47% 10,584
Monroe 3,001 54.25% 2,519 45.54% 8 0.14% 4 0.07% 482 8.71% 5,532
Morgan 1,817 71.48% 712 28.01% 13 0.51% 0 0.00% 1,105 43.47% 2,542
Nicholas 3,691 50.53% 3,564 48.79% 27 0.37% 23 0.31% 127 1.74% 7,305
Ohio 15,735 58.62% 10,278 38.29% 746 2.78% 83 0.31% 5,457 20.33% 26,842
Pendleton 1,581 46.51% 1,814 53.37% 4 0.12% 0 0.00% -233 -6.85% 3,399
Pleasants 1,657 52.91% 1,449 46.26% 16 0.51% 10 0.32% 208 6.64% 3,132
Pocahontas 2,836 52.32% 2,540 46.85% 26 0.48% 19 0.35% 296 5.46% 5,421
Preston 6,729 74.73% 2,150 23.88% 87 0.97% 38 0.42% 4,579 50.86% 9,004
Putnam 3,223 54.49% 2,578 43.58% 108 1.83% 6 0.10% 645 10.90% 5,915
Raleigh 7,668 56.19% 5,916 43.35% 53 0.39% 9 0.07% 1,752 12.84% 13,646
Randolph 4,158 46.11% 4,676 51.85% 153 1.70% 31 0.34% -518 -5.74% 9,018
Ritchie 4,377 67.39% 2,050 31.56% 40 0.62% 28 0.43% 2,327 35.83% 6,495
Roane 4,232 57.78% 3,082 42.08% 6 0.08% 4 0.05% 1,150 15.70% 7,324
Summers 3,611 50.24% 3,552 49.42% 15 0.21% 9 0.13% 59 0.82% 7,187
Taylor 3,649 60.02% 2,311 38.01% 76 1.25% 44 0.72% 1,338 22.01% 6,080
Tucker 2,498 53.34% 1,961 41.87% 185 3.95% 39 0.83% 537 11.47% 4,683
Tyler 3,654 66.33% 1,762 31.98% 63 1.14% 30 0.54% 1,892 34.34% 5,509
Upshur 4,936 77.17% 1,418 22.17% 12 0.19% 30 0.47% 3,518 55.00% 6,396
Wayne 3,754 45.54% 4,490 54.46% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -736 -8.93% 8,244
Webster 1,562 44.51% 1,942 55.34% 5 0.14% 0 0.00% -380 -10.83% 3,509
Wetzel 3,619 46.37% 4,103 52.58% 54 0.69% 28 0.36% -484 -6.20% 7,804
Wirt 1,680 54.88% 1,376 44.95% 4 0.13% 1 0.03% 304 9.93% 3,061
Wood 10,463 53.72% 8,839 45.38% 129 0.66% 47 0.24% 1,624 8.34% 19,478
Wyoming 2,950 61.78% 1,825 38.22% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,125 23.56% 4,775
Totals 282,007 55.30% 220,785 43.30% 5,618 1.10% 1,526 0.30% 61,222 12.01% 509,936

References

  1. Menendez, Albert J. (2005). The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004. McFarland. pp. 334–336. ISBN 0786422173.
  2. "1920 Presidential General Election Results — West Virginia". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  3. "WV US President — November 02, 1920". Our Campaigns.
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