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1920 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

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1920 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

← 1916 November 2, 1920 1924 →
 
Nominee Warren G. Harding James M. Cox
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Ohio Ohio
Running mate Calvin Coolidge Franklin D. Roosevelt
Electoral vote 5 0
Popular vote 107,463 55,062
Percentage 63.97% 32.78%

Harding
  50-60%
  60-70%
  70-80%
  80-90%
  90-100%


President before election

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

Elected President

Warren G. Harding
Republican

The 1920 United States presidential election in Rhode Island 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 five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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

Harding won Rhode Island by a margin of 31.19%. This is the largest margin of victory in a tipping point state in American history. His victory in the New England states was helped in by the local popularity of his running mate, Calvin Coolidge, a traditional New England Yankee born in the small town of Plymouth Notch, Vermont, who had started his political career nearby as Governor of Massachusetts. As of the 2020 United States presidential election, this is the last time a Republican won over sixty percent of the vote in Rhode Island.

Results

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1920 United States presidential election in Rhode Island[1]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican Warren Gamaliel Harding of Ohio Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts 107,463 63.97% 5 100.00%
Democratic James Middleton Cox of Ohio Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York 55,062 32.78% 0 0.00%
Socialist Eugene Victor Debs of Indiana Seymour Stedman of Illinois 4,351 2.59% 0 0.00%
Prohibition Aaron Sherman Watkins of Indiana David Leigh Colvin of New York 510 0.30% 0 0.00%
Socialist Labor William Wesley Cox of Missouri August Gillhaus of New York 495 0.29% 0 0.00%
Single Tax Robert Colvin Macauley Richard C. Barnum 100 0.06% 0 0.00%
Total 167,981 100.00% 5 100.00%

Results by town

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Town Warren G. Harding
Republican
James M. Cox
Democratic
Eugene V. Debs
Socialist
Aaron S. Watkins
Prohibition
William W. Cox
Socialist Labor
Robert C. Macauley
Single Tax
Margin Total votes cast[2]
# % # % # % # % # % # % # %
Barrington 933 80.92% 194 16.83% 6 0.52% 15 1.30% 5 0.43% 0 0.00% 739 64.09% 1,153
Bristol 1,542 62.53% 868 35.20% 39 1.58% 13 0.53% 3 0.12% 1 0.04% 674 27.33% 2,466
Burrillville 1,773 65.02% 884 32.42% 59 2.16% 1 0.04% 8 0.29% 2 0.07% 889 32.60% 2,727
Central Falls 2,886 50.36% 2,734 47.71% 88 1.54% 7 0.12% 13 0.23% 3 0.05% 152 2.65% 5,731
Charlestown 276 84.40% 47 14.37% 3 0.92% 1 0.31% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 229 70.03% 327
Coventry 1,151 70.40% 449 27.46% 18 1.10% 11 0.67% 6 0.37% 0 0.00% 702 42.94% 1,635
Cranston 6,468 77.99% 1,591 19.18% 187 2.25% 21 0.25% 19 0.23% 7 0.08% 4,877 58.81% 8,293
Cumberland 1,852 53.65% 1,520 44.03% 68 1.97% 5 0.14% 6 0.17% 1 0.03% 332 9.62% 3,452
East Greenwich 959 76.35% 283 22.53% 9 0.72% 4 0.32% 1 0.08% 0 0.00% 676 53.82% 1,256
East Providence 4,284 70.67% 1,603 26.44% 143 2.36% 11 0.18% 14 0.23% 7 0.12% 2,681 44.23% 6,062
Exeter 220 76.12% 68 23.53% 1 0.35% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 152 52.60% 289
Foster 308 72.81% 111 26.24% 0 0.00% 4 0.95% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 197 46.57% 423
Glocester 435 74.23% 139 23.72% 10 1.71% 1 0.17% 1 0.17% 0 0.00% 296 50.51% 586
Hopkinton 718 78.38% 190 20.74% 2 0.22% 5 0.55% 1 0.11% 0 0.00% 528 57.64% 916
Jamestown 497 85.69% 50 8.62% 30 5.17% 0 0.00% 3 0.52% 0 0.00% 447 77.07% 580
Johnston 1,094 71.64% 339 22.20% 76 4.98% 13 0.85% 5 0.33% 0 0.00% 755 49.44% 1,527
Lincoln 1,700 60.80% 1,041 37.23% 43 1.54% 11 0.39% 0 0.00% 1 0.04% 659 23.57% 2,796
Little Compton 356 93.68% 19 5.00% 3 0.79% 2 0.53% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 337 88.68% 380
Middletown 389 90.68% 37 8.62% 3 0.70% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 352 82.05% 429
Narragansett 410 76.49% 122 22.76% 1 0.19% 2 0.37% 0 0.00% 1 0.19% 288 53.73% 536
New Shoreham 343 88.40% 38 9.79% 0 0.00% 5 1.29% 1 0.26% 1 0.26% 305 78.61% 388
Newport 6,479 72.77% 1,910 21.45% 478 5.37% 14 0.16% 16 0.18% 6 0.07% 4,569 51.32% 8,903
North Kingstown 1,003 69.36% 430 29.74% 2 0.14% 9 0.62% 2 0.14% 0 0.00% 573 39.63% 1,446
North Providence 1,389 64.66% 660 30.73% 87 4.05% 4 0.19% 6 0.28% 2 0.09% 729 33.94% 2,148
North Smithfield 520 68.15% 226 29.62% 9 1.18% 2 0.26% 6 0.79% 0 0.00% 294 38.53% 763
Pawtucket 13,161 61.03% 7,765 36.01% 522 2.42% 48 0.22% 61 0.28% 9 0.04% 5,396 25.02% 21,566
Portsmouth 483 85.19% 50 8.82% 8 1.41% 25 4.41% 1 0.18% 0 0.00% 433 76.37% 567
Providence 36,408 58.79% 22,946 37.05% 2,098 3.39% 176 0.28% 249 0.40% 55 0.09% 13,462 21.74% 61,932
Richmond 365 77.49% 99 21.02% 2 0.42% 4 0.85% 1 0.21% 0 0.00% 266 56.48% 471
Scituate 807 81.93% 161 16.35% 1 0.10% 11 1.12% 5 0.51% 0 0.00% 646 65.58% 985
Smithfield 573 64.45% 286 32.17% 20 2.25% 9 1.01% 1 0.11% 0 0.00% 287 32.28% 889
South Kingstown 1,353 69.60% 569 29.27% 13 0.67% 5 0.26% 4 0.21% 0 0.00% 784 40.33% 1,944
Tiverton 772 85.87% 124 13.79% 0 0.00% 1 0.11% 1 0.11% 1 0.11% 648 72.08% 899
Warren 1,217 69.66% 507 29.02% 9 0.52% 9 0.52% 5 0.29% 0 0.00% 710 40.64% 1,747
Warwick 3,792 80.22% 801 16.95% 103 2.18% 17 0.36% 13 0.28% 1 0.02% 2,991 63.27% 4,727
West Greenwich 140 89.74% 13 8.33% 0 0.00% 3 1.92% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 127 81.41% 156
West Warwick 2,432 56.09% 1,848 42.62% 35 0.81% 11 0.25% 9 0.21% 1 0.02% 584 13.47% 4,336
Westerly 2,075 78.63% 487 18.45% 52 1.97% 17 0.64% 8 0.30% 0 0.00% 1,588 60.17% 2,639
Woonsocket 5,900 59.53% 3,853 38.88% 123 1.24% 13 0.13% 21 0.21% 1 0.01% 2,047 20.65% 9,911
Totals 107,463 63.97% 55,062 32.78% 4,351 2.59% 510 0.30% 495 0.29% 100 0.06% 52,401 31.19% 167,981

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1920 Presidential General Election Results – Rhode Island". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  2. ^ Rhode Island Board of Elections, Rhode Island Manual 1921-22, p. 208