Warren G. Harding carried Missouri R+11.5.

James M. Cox (D) vs Warren G. Harding (R) in Missouri, 1920. The state ran 14.7 points more Democratic than the nation (R+26.2 nationally).

Nominees: James M. Cox (D) · Warren G. Harding (R)

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Missouri result

1,332,140 votes counted

Cox (D)

574,699

43.1%

Harding (R)

727,252

54.6%

All others

30,189

2.3%

Margin

R+11.5

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1920 presidential election

Missouri, 1920

HardingR+11.5

How it voted

Share of the 1920 vote

Warren G. Harding ✓Republican	54.6%	727,252
James M. CoxDemocratic	43.1%	574,699
OtherAll other candidates	2.3%	30,189

D+60

R+60

115 counties, each filled by 1920 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Missouri's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1920 contest in context

Missouri's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+7.5%
1896	+8.7%
1900	+5.5%
1904	−3.9%
1908	−0.1%
1912	+17.6%
1916	+3.6%
1920	−11.5%
1924	−5.6%
1928	−11.4%
1932	+28.6%
1936	+22.6%
1940	+4.8%
1944	+2.9%
1948	+16.6%
1952	−1.6%
1956	+0.2%
1960	+0.5%
1964	+28.1%
1968	−1.1%
1972	−24.7%
1976	+3.6%
1980	−6.8%
1984	−20.0%
1988	−4.0%
1992	+10.1%
1996	+6.3%
2000	−3.3%
2004	−7.2%
2008	−0.1%
2012	−9.4%
2016	−18.5%
2020	−15.3%
2024	−18.4%

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County results — 1920

115 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−29.5%	2,534	4,861	7,878
Andrew County	R	−22.5%	2,466	3,913	6,429
Atchison County	R	−18.3%	2,227	3,236	5,514
Audrain County	D	+17.9%	5,514	3,827	9,409
Barry County	R	−15.8%	3,729	5,162	9,049
Barton County	R	−6.5%	3,040	3,480	6,814
Bates County	R	−6.2%	4,433	5,039	9,708
Benton County	R	−37.9%	1,506	3,367	4,915
Bollinger County	R	−17.2%	2,019	2,869	4,949
Boone County	D	+36.2%	8,748	4,077	12,890
Buchanan County	R	−3.0%	16,188	17,191	33,714
Butler County	R	−26.1%	2,662	4,601	7,442
Caldwell County	R	−25.0%	2,498	4,168	6,688
Callaway County	D	+29.6%	6,035	3,274	9,339
Camden County	R	−37.1%	1,034	2,276	3,349
Cape Girardeau County	R	−24.1%	4,584	7,537	12,273
Carroll County	R	−15.7%	4,075	5,609	9,780
Carter County	R	−6.2%	930	1,057	2,047
Cass County	D	+10.6%	5,030	4,055	9,185
Cedar County	R	−28.2%	1,936	3,488	5,495
Chariton County	D	+3.8%	4,675	4,331	9,084
Christian County	R	−59.2%	919	3,795	4,857
Clark County	R	−16.1%	2,383	3,310	5,761
Clay County	D	+38.2%	6,283	2,804	9,118
Clinton County	D	+2.1%	3,304	3,165	6,514
Cole County	R	−17.0%	4,167	5,878	10,081
Cooper County	R	−16.9%	3,657	5,151	8,856
Crawford County	R	−22.4%	1,658	2,634	4,358
Dade County	R	−29.6%	1,892	3,520	5,507
Dallas County	R	−41.1%	1,100	2,665	3,811
Daviess County	R	−11.1%	3,560	4,458	8,118
DeKalb County	R	−17.0%	2,121	3,001	5,189
Dent County	R	−5.5%	1,970	2,204	4,264
Douglas County	R	−67.9%	577	3,327	4,053
Dunklin County	D	+7.5%	5,199	4,455	9,963
Franklin County	R	−50.3%	2,814	8,712	11,733
Gasconade County	R	−80.9%	454	4,481	4,978
Gentry County	R	−1.0%	3,374	3,442	6,929
Greene County	R	−15.1%	11,514	15,755	28,126
Grundy County	R	−30.1%	2,721	5,123	7,973
Harrison County	R	−34.2%	2,502	5,151	7,740
Henry County	D	+0.5%	5,367	5,313	10,813
Hickory County	R	−58.9%	532	2,131	2,713
Holt County	R	−27.8%	2,329	4,153	6,556
Howard County	D	+37.9%	4,735	2,125	6,888
Howell County	R	−29.4%	2,323	4,344	6,869
Iron County	D	+3.0%	1,554	1,463	3,071
Jackson County	R	−1.9%	76,791	79,875	158,214
Jasper County	R	−20.8%	11,006	17,074	29,225
Jefferson County	R	−9.9%	4,684	5,730	10,595
Johnson County	R	−2.3%	5,444	5,700	11,252
Knox County	R	−9.9%	2,250	2,749	5,061
Laclede County	R	−22.3%	2,183	3,469	5,754
Lafayette County	R	−9.5%	6,169	7,471	13,734
Lawrence County	R	−25.8%	3,532	6,093	9,935
Lewis County	D	+11.4%	3,542	2,810	6,405
Lincoln County	D	+6.5%	3,660	3,209	6,909
Linn County	R	−3.4%	5,184	5,557	10,878
Livingston County	R	−16.1%	3,666	5,093	8,856
Macon County	R	−5.6%	5,626	6,309	12,192
Madison County	R	−5.0%	1,830	2,023	3,876
Maries County	D	+7.4%	1,677	1,445	3,150
Marion County	D	+17.8%	6,719	4,660	11,545
McDonald County	R	−12.8%	2,242	2,921	5,291
Mercer County	R	−49.7%	1,044	3,170	4,274
Miller County	R	−31.5%	1,833	3,555	5,474
Mississippi County	D	+5.3%	2,442	2,193	4,679
Moniteau County	R	−18.9%	2,405	3,535	5,994
Monroe County	D	+62.0%	6,136	1,406	7,635
Montgomery County	R	−11.4%	3,103	3,910	7,088
Morgan County	R	−22.5%	1,834	2,911	4,780
New Madrid County	R	−1.4%	3,637	3,745	7,498
Newton County	R	−14.8%	4,078	5,541	9,912
Nodaway County	R	−12.5%	5,404	6,971	12,493
Oregon County	D	+19.3%	1,961	1,319	3,333
Osage County	R	−53.2%	1,118	3,699	4,856
Ozark County	R	−61.3%	569	2,457	3,082
Pemiscot County	R	−6.4%	3,901	4,443	8,453
Perry County	R	−41.5%	1,504	3,652	5,181
Pettis County	R	−13.2%	6,561	8,595	15,355
Phelps County	R	−5.2%	2,422	2,692	5,152
Pike County	D	+13.1%	5,034	3,860	8,963
Platte County	D	+43.2%	4,361	1,724	6,102
Polk County	R	−26.8%	2,847	4,967	7,907
Pulaski County	D	+3.2%	1,978	1,853	3,870
Putnam County	R	−48.2%	1,315	3,880	5,321
Ralls County	D	+34.3%	2,803	1,362	4,197
Randolph County	D	+36.3%	8,115	3,768	11,968
Ray County	D	+20.0%	4,865	3,228	8,165
Reynolds County	D	+21.8%	1,837	1,173	3,046
Ripley County	R	−0.5%	1,735	1,752	3,676
Saline County	D	+11.7%	7,114	5,613	12,812
Schuyler County	R	−0.4%	1,793	1,806	3,637
Scotland County	R	−8.1%	2,124	2,509	4,724
Scott County	R	−0.5%	4,157	4,204	8,579
Shannon County	D	+0.7%	1,661	1,639	3,371
Shelby County	D	+29.5%	3,935	2,128	6,134
St. Charles County	R	−45.3%	2,472	6,645	9,213
St. Clair County	R	−16.7%	2,296	3,249	5,706
St. Francois County	R	−1.8%	5,300	5,504	11,039
St. Louis city	R	−20.2%	106,047	163,280	282,652
St. Louis County	R	−32.0%	12,438	25,008	39,342
Ste. Genevieve County	R	−24.9%	1,149	1,917	3,088
Stoddard County	R	−2.3%	4,428	4,641	9,441
Stone County	R	−59.3%	672	2,749	3,500
Sullivan County	R	−13.6%	3,475	4,576	8,121
Taney County	R	−36.8%	913	2,001	2,956
Texas County	R	−8.9%	2,965	3,552	6,585
Vernon County	D	+7.6%	5,419	4,645	10,246
Warren County	R	−71.8%	545	3,512	4,133
Washington County	R	−17.4%	1,837	2,618	4,486
Wayne County	R	−6.8%	2,072	2,380	4,552
Webster County	R	−24.2%	2,428	4,000	6,509
Worth County	R	−10.3%	1,532	1,888	3,450
Wright County	R	−28.8%	2,008	3,661	5,748