Misplaced Pages

1920 West Virginia gubernatorial election

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

For related races, see 1920 United States gubernatorial elections.

1920 West Virginia gubernatorial election

← 1916 November 2, 1920 1924 →
 
Nominee Ephraim F. Morgan Arthur B. Koontz Samuel B. Montgomery
Party Republican Democratic Nonpartisan League
Popular vote 242,237 185,662 81,330
Percentage 47.32% 36.27% 15.89%

County results
Morgan:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Koontz:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Montgomery:      30–40%

Governor before election

John J. Cornwell
Democratic

Elected Governor

Ephraim F. Morgan
Republican

Elections in West Virginia
Federal government
Presidential elections
Presidential primaries
Democratic
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Republican
2000
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
U.S. Senate elections
U.S. House of Representatives elections
State government
General elections
Gubernatorial elections
Attorney General elections
Secretary of State elections
Auditor elections
Treasurer elections
Senate elections
House of Delegates elections
Local government
Charleston (mayoral elections)
2022
Huntington (municipal elections)
Wheeling (municipal elections)

The 1920 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1920, to elect the governor of West Virginia. Adam Brown Littlepage unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic nomination.

Results

West Virginia gubernatorial election, 1920
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ephraim F. Morgan 242,237 47.32
Democratic Arthur B. Koontz 185,662 36.27
Nonpartisan League Samuel B. Montgomery 81,330 15.89
Socialist Matthew Samuel Holt 2,695 0.53
Total votes 511,924 100
Republican gain from Democratic

References

  1. "USGW archives - West Virginia Legislative Handbook and Manual and Official Register, 1922". Retrieved May 30, 2016.
  2. "Our Campaigns - WV Governor Race - Nov 02, 1920". Retrieved May 26, 2016.
West Virginia West Virginia gubernatorial elections
(1919←)   1920 United States elections   (→1921)
President
U.S.
Senate
U.S.
House
State
governors
State
legislatures


Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This West Virginia elections-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: