The 1920 United States presidential election in Nebraska 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.
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 County Results
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Nebraska voted strongly 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 every county in the state, although the trend – dramatic as it was – was substantially smaller than Harding's landslides in heavily German-American North and South Dakota.[1] This was the first time since 1904 that Nebraska voted Republican in a presidential election.
Results
edit| Presidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren G. Harding of Ohio | Calvin Coolidge | Republican | 8[2] | 247,498 | 64.66% |
| James M. Cox | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Democratic | 0 | 119,608 | 31.25% |
| Eugene V. Debs | Seymour Stedman | Socialist | 0 | 9,600 | 2.51% |
| Aaron S. Watkins | D. Leigh Colvin | Prohibition | 0 | 5,947 | 1.55% |
| — | — | Write-ins | 0 | 90 | 0.02% |
Results by county
edit| County[3] | Warren Gamaliel Harding Republican |
James Middleton Cox Democratic |
Eugene Victor Debs Socialist |
Aaron Sherman Watkins Prohibition |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 4,849 | 69.19% | 1,932 | 27.57% | 118 | 1.68% | 109 | 1.56% | 2,917 | 41.62% | 7,008 |
| Antelope | 3,322 | 70.91% | 1,154 | 24.63% | 83 | 1.77% | 126 | 2.69% | 2,168 | 46.28% | 4,685 |
| Arthur | 167 | 57.00% | 94 | 32.08% | 18 | 6.14% | 14 | 4.78% | 73 | 24.91% | 293 |
| Banner | 258 | 72.47% | 69 | 19.38% | 24 | 6.74% | 5 | 1.40% | 189 | 53.09% | 356 |
| Blaine | 328 | 63.81% | 176 | 34.24% | 6 | 1.17% | 4 | 0.78% | 152 | 29.57% | 514 |
| Boone | 3,108 | 65.97% | 1,461 | 31.01% | 60 | 1.27% | 82 | 1.74% | 1,647 | 34.96% | 4,711 |
| Box Butte | 1,630 | 65.12% | 756 | 30.20% | 65 | 2.60% | 52 | 2.08% | 874 | 34.92% | 2,503 |
| Boyd | 1,482 | 70.04% | 527 | 24.91% | 79 | 3.73% | 28 | 1.32% | 955 | 45.13% | 2,116 |
| Brown | 1,417 | 68.62% | 558 | 27.02% | 33 | 1.60% | 57 | 2.76% | 859 | 41.60% | 2,065 |
| Buffalo | 4,954 | 65.56% | 2,258 | 29.88% | 177 | 2.34% | 168 | 2.22% | 2,696 | 35.68% | 7,557 |
| Burt | 2,969 | 70.22% | 1,194 | 28.24% | 47 | 1.11% | 18 | 0.43% | 1,775 | 41.98% | 4,228 |
| Butler | 2,478 | 55.24% | 1,918 | 42.76% | 40 | 0.89% | 50 | 1.11% | 560 | 12.48% | 4,486 |
| Cass | 3,575 | 58.35% | 2,192 | 35.78% | 245 | 4.00% | 115 | 1.88% | 1,383 | 22.57% | 6,127 |
| Cedar | 3,906 | 74.50% | 1,279 | 24.39% | 35 | 0.67% | 23 | 0.44% | 2,627 | 50.10% | 5,243 |
| Chase | 976 | 66.17% | 414 | 28.07% | 33 | 2.24% | 52 | 3.53% | 562 | 38.10% | 1,475 |
| Cherry | 1,636 | 66.37% | 711 | 28.84% | 66 | 2.68% | 52 | 2.11% | 925 | 37.53% | 2,465 |
| Cheyenne | 1,857 | 71.92% | 604 | 23.39% | 76 | 2.94% | 45 | 1.74% | 1,253 | 48.53% | 2,582 |
| Clay | 3,392 | 67.73% | 1,466 | 29.27% | 79 | 1.58% | 71 | 1.42% | 1,926 | 38.46% | 5,008 |
| Colfax | 1,992 | 66.29% | 957 | 31.85% | 42 | 1.40% | 14 | 0.47% | 1,035 | 34.44% | 3,005 |
| Cuming | 3,177 | 78.64% | 764 | 18.91% | 81 | 2.00% | 18 | 0.45% | 2,413 | 59.73% | 4,040 |
| Custer | 4,974 | 59.31% | 2,739 | 32.66% | 387 | 4.61% | 263 | 3.14% | 2,235 | 26.65% | 8,387[a] |
| Dakota | 1,525 | 62.58% | 873 | 35.82% | 28 | 1.15% | 11 | 0.45% | 652 | 26.75% | 2,437 |
| Dawes | 1,801 | 64.60% | 900 | 32.28% | 63 | 2.26% | 24 | 0.86% | 901 | 32.32% | 2,788 |
| Dawson | 3,384 | 65.99% | 1,444 | 28.16% | 140 | 2.73% | 160 | 3.12% | 1,940 | 37.83% | 5,128 |
| Deuel | 684 | 64.83% | 321 | 30.43% | 35 | 3.32% | 15 | 1.42% | 363 | 34.41% | 1,055 |
| Dixon | 2,435 | 71.43% | 911 | 26.72% | 16 | 0.47% | 47 | 1.38% | 1,524 | 44.71% | 3,409 |
| Dodge | 4,832 | 70.40% | 1,799 | 26.21% | 161 | 2.35% | 72 | 1.05% | 3,033 | 44.19% | 6,864 |
| Douglas | 28,543 | 57.81% | 18,439 | 37.34% | 2,116 | 4.29% | 246 | 0.50% | 10,104 | 20.46% | 49,375[b] |
| Dundy | 1,094 | 69.59% | 375 | 23.85% | 70 | 4.45% | 33 | 2.10% | 719 | 45.74% | 1,572 |
| Fillmore | 2,803 | 63.43% | 1,549 | 35.05% | 26 | 0.59% | 41 | 0.93% | 1,254 | 28.38% | 4,419 |
| Franklin | 2,294 | 67.41% | 1,030 | 30.27% | 36 | 1.06% | 43 | 1.26% | 1,264 | 37.14% | 3,403 |
| Frontier | 1,750 | 68.09% | 673 | 26.19% | 66 | 2.57% | 81 | 3.15% | 1,077 | 41.91% | 2,570 |
| Furnas | 2,445 | 60.53% | 1,371 | 33.94% | 72 | 1.78% | 151 | 3.74% | 1,074 | 26.59% | 4,039 |
| Gage | 6,059 | 68.96% | 2,477 | 28.19% | 106 | 1.21% | 144 | 1.64% | 3,582 | 40.77% | 8,786 |
| Garden | 924 | 66.24% | 421 | 30.18% | 26 | 1.86% | 24 | 1.72% | 503 | 36.06% | 1,395 |
| Garfield | 611 | 64.32% | 252 | 26.53% | 65 | 6.84% | 22 | 2.32% | 359 | 37.79% | 950 |
| Gosper | 794 | 58.04% | 486 | 35.53% | 41 | 3.00% | 47 | 3.44% | 308 | 22.51% | 1,368 |
| Grant | 256 | 64.16% | 141 | 35.34% | 2 | 0.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 115 | 28.82% | 399 |
| Greeley | 1,345 | 51.38% | 1,180 | 45.07% | 58 | 2.22% | 35 | 1.34% | 165 | 6.30% | 2,618 |
| Hall | 4,719 | 66.25% | 1,724 | 24.20% | 582 | 8.17% | 98 | 1.38% | 2,995 | 42.05% | 7,123 |
| Hamilton | 2,950 | 66.89% | 1,356 | 30.75% | 45 | 1.02% | 59 | 1.34% | 1,594 | 36.15% | 4,410 |
| Harlan | 1,756 | 59.59% | 974 | 33.05% | 143 | 4.85% | 74 | 2.51% | 782 | 26.54% | 2,947 |
| Hayes | 512 | 66.41% | 207 | 26.85% | 42 | 5.45% | 10 | 1.30% | 305 | 39.56% | 771 |
| Hitchcock | 1,127 | 61.58% | 615 | 33.61% | 58 | 3.17% | 30 | 1.64% | 512 | 27.98% | 1,830 |
| Holt | 3,163 | 64.58% | 1,577 | 32.20% | 75 | 1.53% | 83 | 1.69% | 1,586 | 32.38% | 4,898 |
| Hooker | 230 | 63.54% | 117 | 32.32% | 8 | 2.21% | 7 | 1.93% | 113 | 31.22% | 362 |
| Howard | 1,508 | 50.76% | 1,311 | 44.13% | 109 | 3.67% | 43 | 1.45% | 197 | 6.63% | 2,971 |
| Jefferson | 3,488 | 67.94% | 1,408 | 27.43% | 107 | 2.08% | 131 | 2.55% | 2,080 | 40.51% | 5,134 |
| Johnson | 2,416 | 71.29% | 909 | 26.82% | 24 | 0.71% | 40 | 1.18% | 1,507 | 44.47% | 3,389 |
| Kearney | 1,683 | 55.31% | 1,273 | 41.83% | 48 | 1.58% | 39 | 1.28% | 410 | 13.47% | 3,043 |
| Keith | 1,050 | 64.73% | 472 | 29.10% | 77 | 4.75% | 23 | 1.42% | 578 | 35.64% | 1,622 |
| Keya Paha | 479 | 64.73% | 218 | 29.46% | 29 | 3.92% | 14 | 1.89% | 261 | 35.27% | 740 |
| Kimball | 910 | 70.05% | 339 | 26.10% | 25 | 1.92% | 25 | 1.92% | 571 | 43.96% | 1,299 |
| Knox | 3,678 | 69.87% | 1,470 | 27.93% | 82 | 1.56% | 34 | 0.65% | 2,208 | 41.95% | 5,264 |
| Lancaster | 15,638 | 62.58% | 8,435 | 33.75% | 382 | 1.53% | 503 | 2.01% | 7,203 | 28.82% | 24,990[c] |
| Lincoln | 3,342 | 57.40% | 1,896 | 32.57% | 400 | 6.87% | 184 | 3.16% | 1,446 | 24.84% | 5,822 |
| Logan | 312 | 57.78% | 180 | 33.33% | 31 | 5.74% | 17 | 3.15% | 132 | 24.44% | 540 |
| Loup | 343 | 66.73% | 117 | 22.76% | 35 | 6.81% | 19 | 3.70% | 226 | 43.97% | 514 |
| Madison | 5,171 | 73.29% | 1,716 | 24.32% | 98 | 1.39% | 71 | 1.01% | 3,455 | 48.97% | 7,056 |
| McPherson | 229 | 70.03% | 75 | 22.94% | 13 | 3.98% | 10 | 3.06% | 154 | 47.09% | 327 |
| Merrick | 2,385 | 65.11% | 1,075 | 29.35% | 55 | 1.50% | 148 | 4.04% | 1,310 | 35.76% | 3,663 |
| Morrill | 1,366 | 65.52% | 667 | 31.99% | 34 | 1.63% | 18 | 0.86% | 699 | 33.53% | 2,085 |
| Nance | 1,877 | 69.49% | 746 | 27.62% | 40 | 1.48% | 38 | 1.41% | 1,131 | 41.87% | 2,701 |
| Nemaha | 2,888 | 64.02% | 1,512 | 33.52% | 50 | 1.11% | 61 | 1.35% | 1,376 | 30.50% | 4,511 |
| Nuckolls | 2,637 | 64.07% | 1,337 | 32.48% | 89 | 2.16% | 53 | 1.29% | 1,300 | 31.58% | 4,116 |
| Otoe | 3,869 | 67.62% | 1,671 | 29.20% | 75 | 1.31% | 107 | 1.87% | 2,198 | 38.41% | 5,722 |
| Pawnee | 2,510 | 69.88% | 972 | 27.06% | 35 | 0.97% | 75 | 2.09% | 1,538 | 42.82% | 3,592 |
| Perkins | 722 | 61.19% | 387 | 32.80% | 48 | 4.07% | 23 | 1.95% | 335 | 28.39% | 1,180 |
| Phelps | 2,324 | 61.91% | 1,169 | 31.14% | 152 | 4.05% | 109 | 2.90% | 1,155 | 30.77% | 3,754 |
| Pierce | 2,478 | 75.11% | 743 | 22.52% | 45 | 1.36% | 33 | 1.00% | 1,735 | 52.59% | 3,299 |
| Platte | 4,058 | 73.88% | 1,367 | 24.89% | 29 | 0.53% | 39 | 0.71% | 2,691 | 48.99% | 5,493 |
| Polk | 2,393 | 63.80% | 1,236 | 32.95% | 43 | 1.15% | 76 | 2.03% | 1,157 | 30.85% | 3,751[d] |
| Red Willow | 1,993 | 58.88% | 1,133 | 33.47% | 188 | 5.55% | 71 | 2.10% | 860 | 25.41% | 3,385 |
| Richardson | 4,496 | 61.72% | 2,679 | 36.78% | 46 | 0.63% | 63 | 0.86% | 1,817 | 24.95% | 7,284 |
| Rock | 621 | 70.17% | 239 | 27.01% | 14 | 1.58% | 11 | 1.24% | 382 | 43.16% | 885 |
| Saline | 3,197 | 58.67% | 2,172 | 39.86% | 20 | 0.37% | 60 | 1.10% | 1,025 | 18.81% | 5,449 |
| Sarpy | 1,662 | 59.78% | 1,027 | 36.94% | 70 | 2.52% | 21 | 0.76% | 635 | 22.84% | 2,780 |
| Saunders | 3,733 | 59.99% | 2,296 | 36.90% | 127 | 2.04% | 67 | 1.08% | 1,437 | 23.09% | 6,223 |
| Scotts Bluff | 3,189 | 71.52% | 969 | 21.73% | 162 | 3.63% | 139 | 3.12% | 2,220 | 49.79% | 4,459 |
| Seward | 3,690 | 69.98% | 1,497 | 28.39% | 30 | 0.57% | 56 | 1.06% | 2,193 | 41.59% | 5,273 |
| Sheridan | 1,714 | 64.53% | 784 | 29.52% | 106 | 3.99% | 52 | 1.96% | 930 | 35.02% | 2,656 |
| Sherman | 1,582 | 60.96% | 848 | 32.68% | 110 | 4.24% | 55 | 2.12% | 734 | 28.29% | 2,595 |
| Sioux | 627 | 64.97% | 252 | 26.11% | 58 | 6.01% | 28 | 2.90% | 375 | 38.86% | 965 |
| Stanton | 1,457 | 72.67% | 501 | 24.99% | 32 | 1.60% | 15 | 0.75% | 956 | 47.68% | 2,005 |
| Thayer | 3,456 | 73.31% | 1,120 | 23.76% | 78 | 1.65% | 60 | 1.27% | 2,336 | 49.55% | 4,714 |
| Thomas | 305 | 55.86% | 207 | 37.91% | 21 | 3.85% | 13 | 2.38% | 98 | 17.95% | 546 |
| Thurston | 1,667 | 63.34% | 925 | 35.14% | 29 | 1.10% | 11 | 0.42% | 742 | 28.19% | 2,632 |
| Valley | 1,935 | 64.80% | 912 | 30.54% | 78 | 2.61% | 61 | 2.04% | 1,023 | 34.26% | 2,986 |
| Washington | 2,409 | 63.60% | 1,295 | 34.19% | 39 | 1.03% | 45 | 1.19% | 1,114 | 29.41% | 3,788 |
| Wayne | 2,312 | 74.46% | 681 | 21.93% | 69 | 2.22% | 43 | 1.38% | 1,631 | 52.53% | 3,105 |
| Webster | 2,599 | 70.72% | 913 | 24.84% | 69 | 1.88% | 94 | 2.56% | 1,686 | 45.88% | 3,675 |
| Wheeler | 352 | 57.52% | 165 | 26.96% | 85 | 13.89% | 10 | 1.63% | 187 | 30.56% | 612 |
| York | 4,265 | 66.87% | 1,857 | 29.12% | 140 | 2.20% | 116 | 1.82% | 2,408 | 37.75% | 6,378 |
| Totals | 247,498 | 64.66% | 119,608 | 31.25% | 9,600 | 2.51% | 5,947 | 1.55% | 127,890 | 33.41% | 382,743 |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ 24 write-in votes for various candidates were recorded from this county.
- ^ 31 write-in votes for various candidates were recorded from this county.
- ^ 32 write-in votes for various candidates were recorded from this county.
- ^ Three write-in votes for various candidates were recorded from this county.
References
edit- ^ Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 420, 424 ISBN 9780691163246
- ^ "1920 Presidential General Election Results – Nebraska". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
- ^ Nebraska Secretary of State Election Administration; Official Report of the Nebraska State Canvassing Board: General Election Held November 2nd, 1920