1920 United States presidential election in Alabama
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 a 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.
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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
| 1920 United States presidential election in Alabama[2] | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | James M. Cox | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 159,965 | 67.32% | 12 | |
| Republican | Warren G. Harding | Calvin Coolidge | 74,556 | 31.37% | 0 | |
| Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | Seymour Stedman | 2,369 | 1.00% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Aaron S. Watkins | D. Leigh Colvin | 748 | 0.32% | 0 | |
| Totals | 237,638 | 100.00% | 12 | |||
| Voter turnout (Voting age) | 20.3%[3] | |||||
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[lower-alpha 1] | 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 |
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
- Géoelections; Popular Vote for Eugene Debs (1920) (.xlsx file for €15)
- Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 133–138 ISBN 9780804716963
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