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Election in Alabama
1920 United States presidential election in Alabama
County Results
Cox
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90–100%
Harding
50–60%
60–70%
The 1920 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 2, 1920, as part of the 1920 general election , in which all 48 states participated. Alabama voters chose twelve electors to represent them in the Electoral College via popular vote pitting Democratic nominee James M. Cox and his running mate, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin Roosevelt , against Republican challenger U.S. Senator Warren G. Harding and his running mate, Governor Calvin Coolidge .
Cox won the election in Alabama with 67.31% of the vote. Harding received 31.37% of the vote. Nonetheless, Harding managed to carry nine counties as against only Union holdout Winston County , Populist stronghold Chilton County and urbanized Shelby County carried by Hughes in 1916, with his most notable triumph being in DeKalb County , where he was the first-ever Republican victor.[ 1]
Results
Results by county
County
James M. Cox Democratic
Warren G. Harding Republican
Eugene V. Debs[ 4] Socialist
Aaron S. Watkins[ 4] Prohibition
Margin
Total votes cast[ 5]
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Autauga
918
80.60%
210
18.44%
7
0.61%
4
0.35%
708
62.16%
1,139
Baldwin
1,230
63.50%
556
28.70%
134
6.92%
17
0.88%
674
34.80%
1,937
Barbour
1,568
87.79%
203
11.37%
13
0.73%
2
0.11%
1,365
76.42%
1,786
Bibb
1,643
76.49%
364
16.95%
136
6.33%
5
0.23%
1,279
59.54%
2,148
Blount
3,535
50.14%
3,465
49.15%
45
0.64%
5
0.07%
70
0.99%
7,050
Bullock
877
99.66%
2
0.23%
0
0.00%
1
0.11%
875
99.43%
880
Butler
1,299
88.31%
153
10.40%
12
0.82%
7
0.48%
1,146
77.91%
1,471
Calhoun
3,423
74.40%
1,139
24.76%
22
0.48%
17
0.37%
2,284
49.64%
4,601
Chambers
1,994
85.58%
322
13.82%
8
0.34%
6
0.26%
1,672
71.76%
2,330
Cherokee
1,969
54.65%
1,576
43.74%
58
1.61%
0
0.00%
393
10.91%
3,603
Chilton
962
29.25%
2,273
69.11%
48
1.46%
6
0.18%
-1,311
-39.86%
3,289
Choctaw
1,071
92.65%
82
7.09%
3
0.26%
0
0.00%
989
85.56%
1,156
Clarke
1,253
96.24%
43
3.30%
1
0.08%
5
0.38%
1,210
92.94%
1,302
Clay
2,165
50.34%
2,133
49.59%
2
0.05%
1
0.02%
32
0.75%
4,301
Cleburne
684
41.28%
971
58.60%
2
0.12%
0
0.00%
-287
-17.32%
1,657
Coffee
1,721
71.47%
673
27.95%
4
0.17%
10
0.42%
1,048
43.52%
2,408
Colbert
1,869
72.41%
650
25.18%
62
2.40%
0
0.00%
1,219
47.23%
2,581
Conecuh
1,315
87.43%
189
12.57%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,126
74.86%
1,504
Coosa
1,007
57.09%
741
42.01%
14
0.79%
2
0.11%
266
15.08%
1,764
Covington
2,039
76.83%
548
20.65%
64
2.41%
3
0.11%
1,491
56.18%
2,654
Crenshaw
1,411
81.61%
310
17.93%
4
0.23%
4
0.23%
1,101
63.68%
1,729
Cullman
2,566
42.06%
3,492
57.24%
37
0.61%
6
0.10%
-926
-15.18%
6,101
Dale
1,386
63.72%
768
35.31%
5
0.23%
16
0.74%
618
28.41%
2,175
Dallas
2,702
97.19%
78
2.81%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2,624
94.38%
2,780
DeKalb
3,894
44.28%
4,852
55.17%
46
0.52%
3
0.03%
-958
-10.89%
8,795
Elmore
1,762
83.07%
353
16.64%
2
0.09%
4
0.19%
1,409
66.43%
2,121
Escambia
1,455
88.88%
178
10.87%
2
0.12%
2
0.12%
1,277
78.01%
1,637
Etowah
5,917
64.05%
3,218
34.83%
100
1.08%
3
0.03%
2,699
29.22%
9,238
Fayette
1,413
42.70%
1,865
56.36%
15
0.45%
16
0.48%
-452
-13.66%
3,309
Franklin
2,093
41.14%
2,930
57.59%
64
1.26%
1
0.02%
-837
-16.45%
5,088
Geneva
1,488
56.97%
1,088
41.65%
24
0.92%
12
0.46%
400
15.32%
2,612
Greene
520
97.93%
10
1.88%
0
0.00%
1
0.19%
510
96.05%
531
Hale
953
97.74%
18
1.85%
0
0.00%
4
0.41%
935
95.89%
975
Henry
715
59.34%
489
40.58%
1
0.08%
0
0.00%
226
18.76%
1,205
Houston
2,045
77.00%
571
21.50%
31
1.17%
9
0.34%
1,474
55.50%
2,656
Jackson
2,513
62.62%
1,483
36.95%
9
0.22%
8
0.20%
1,030
25.67%
4,013
Jefferson
24,982
75.84%
7,124
21.63%
555
1.68%
278
0.84%
17,858
54.21%
32,939
Lamar
1,087
79.40%
262
19.19%
6
0.44%
10
0.73%
825
60.21%
1,365
Lauderdale
2,644
68.32%
1,164
30.08%
56
1.45%
6
0.16%
1,480
38.24%
3,870
Lawrence
935
52.47%
831
46.63%
10
0.56%
6
0.34%
104
5.84%
1,782
Lee
1,620
85.58%
155
8.19%
111
5.86%
7
0.37%
1,465
77.39%
1,893
Limestone
1,812
85.71%
285
13.48%
14
0.66%
3
0.14%
1,527
72.23%
2,114
Lowndes
727
99.18%
6
0.82%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
721
98.36%
733
Macon
693
91.30%
64
8.43%
2
0.26%
0
0.00%
629
82.87%
759
Madison
2,822
84.49%
489
14.64%
24
0.72%
5
0.15%
2,333
69.85%
3,340
Marengo
1,370
97.03%
42
2.97%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,328
94.06%
1,412
Marion
2,461
56.85%
1,865
43.08%
3
0.07%
0
0.00%
596
13.77%
4,329
Marshall
4,041
50.78%
3,879
48.74%
36
0.45%
2
0.03%
162
2.04%
7,958
Mobile
6,171
68.39%
2,681
29.71%
133
1.47%
38
0.42%
3,490
38.68%
9,023
Monroe
1,295
97.52%
20
1.51%
6
0.45%
7
0.53%
1,275
96.01%
1,328
Montgomery
6,411
94.63%
314
4.63%
32
0.47%
18
0.27%
6,097
90.00%
6,775
Morgan
4,057
76.13%
1,201
22.54%
50
0.94%
21
0.39%
2,856
53.59%
5,329
Perry
1,195
96.14%
34
2.74%
13
1.05%
1
0.08%
1,161
93.40%
1,243
Pickens
1,419
83.37%
263
15.45%
17
1.00%
3
0.18%
1,156
67.92%
1,702
Pike
1,586
88.01%
204
11.32%
3
0.17%
9
0.50%
1,382
76.69%
1,802
Randolph
1,357
54.74%
1,113
44.90%
8
0.32%
1
0.04%
244
9.84%
2,479
Russell
671
89.71%
29
3.88%
45
6.02%
3
0.40%
626[ a]
83.69%
748
St. Clair
1,934
41.56%
2,561
56.67%
13
0.29%
11
0.24%
-627
-15.11%
4,519
Shelby
2,523
43.64%
3,235
54.68%
47
0.79%
111
1.88%
-712
-11.04%
5,916
Sumter
1,088
98.37%
15
1.36%
3
0.27%
0
0.00%
1,073
97.01%
1,106
Talladega
2,137
69.18%
931
30.14%
11
0.36%
10
0.32%
1,206
39.04%
3,089
Tallapoosa
2,257
88.44%
269
10.54%
24
0.94%
2
0.08%
1,988
77.90%
2,552
Tuscaloosa
3,438
86.91%
491
12.41%
16
0.40%
11
0.28%
2,947
74.50%
3,956
Walker
4,703
50.04%
4,488
47.75%
186
1.98%
22
0.23%
215
2.29%
9,399
Washington
575
86.73%
85
12.82%
3
0.45%
0
0.00%
490
73.91%
663
Wilcox
1,099
99.73%
2
0.18%
0
0.00%
1
0.09%
1,097
99.55%
1,102
Winston
1,037
31.01%
2,307
68.99%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
-1,270
-37.98%
3,344
Totals
155,522
66.72%
74,405
31.92%
2,402
1.03%
766
0.33%
81,117
34.80%
233,095
See also
Notes
^ In this county where Debs ran second ahead of Harding, margin given is Cox vote minus Debs vote.
References
^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004 , pp. 52, 143–145 ISBN 0786422173
^ Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections; 1920 Presidential General Election Results – Alabama
^ Gans, Curtis; and Mulling, Matthew; Voter Turnout in the United States, 1788-2009 , p. 383 ISBN 9781604265958
^ a b Géoelections; Popular Vote for Eugene Debs (1920) (.xlsx file for €15)
^ Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932 , pp. 133–138 ISBN 9780804716963