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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%.
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