Election in Mississippi
1920 United States presidential election in Mississippi County Results
Cox 60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
90-100%
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 [ edit ] 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
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