1920 United States presidential election in Mississippi

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1920 United States presidential election in Mississippi

November 2, 1920

Nominee James M. Cox Warren G. Harding Party Democratic Republican Home state Ohio Ohio Running mate Franklin D. Roosevelt Calvin Coolidge Electoral vote 10 0 Popular vote 69,277 11,576 Percentage 83.98% 14.03%

County Results Cox   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 Mississippi 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 10 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. In Mississippi, voters voted for electors individually instead of as a slate, as in the other states.

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

Cox won Mississippi by a landslide margin of 69.95%.

Results

General election results^[1]

Party		Pledged to	Elector	Votes
	Democratic Party	James M. Cox	Henry Minor	69,277
	Democratic Party	James M. Cox	R. H. Henry	69,252
	Democratic Party	James M. Cox	Walker Wood	69,135
	Democratic Party	James M. Cox	J. S. Savage	69,118
	Democratic Party	James M. Cox	James Lee Byrd	69,107
	Democratic Party	James M. Cox	J. E. Davis	69,107
	Democratic Party	James M. Cox	Thomas E. Pegram	69,102
	Democratic Party	James M. Cox	E. H. Reber	69,071
	Democratic Party	James M. Cox	C. N. Harris, Sr.	69,058
	Democratic Party	James M. Cox	F. D. Mellen	69,025
	Republican Party	Warren G. Harding	J. Jay White	11,576
	Republican Party	Warren G. Harding	J. A. DeMonbrun	11,546
	Republican Party	Warren G. Harding	E. W. DuBoise	11,527
	Republican Party	Warren G. Harding	H. A. Moore	11,527
	Republican Party	Warren G. Harding	C. H. Thomas	11,522
	Republican Party	Warren G. Harding	Percy Matthews	11,513
	Republican Party	Warren G. Harding	G. M. Flynn	11,506
	Republican Party	Warren G. Harding	H. M. Ward	11,505
	Republican Party	Warren G. Harding	S. T. Walls	11,489
	Republican Party	Warren G. Harding	T. A. Helgason	11,465
	Socialist Party of America	Eugene V. Debs	J. T. Lester	1,639
	Socialist Party of America	Eugene V. Debs	G. W. Powell	1,604
	Socialist Party of America	Eugene V. Debs	J. W. Moore	1,602
	Socialist Party of America	Eugene V. Debs	William Davis	1,594
	Socialist Party of America	Eugene V. Debs	W. T. Roberts	1,588
	Socialist Party of America	Eugene V. Debs	John G. Adams, Jr.	1,582
	Socialist Party of America	Eugene V. Debs	C. W. Smith	1,580
	Socialist Party of America	Eugene V. Debs	J. M. Speed	1,576
	Socialist Party of America	Eugene V. Debs	W. C. Kennedy	1,575
	Socialist Party of America	Eugene V. Debs	S. P. Redmond	1,565
Total votes				82,492

References

1. Rowland, Dunbar (1904). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi, 1920-1924. Jackson, Mississippi: Hederman Bros. pp. 396–397.