1920 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
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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 voted Republican.
Results
1920 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[1] | |||||
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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] | |||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
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
References
- ^ "1920 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
- ^ 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)