Missouri — 1920 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1920 presidential electionMissouri · PresidentHardingR+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 |
1920presidential margin
D+60R+60
115 counties, each filled by 1920 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Missouri cast 18 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (115 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adair County, MO | Republican | R+29.5 |
| Andrew County, MO | Republican | R+22.5 |
| Atchison County, MO | Republican | R+18.3 |
| Audrain County, MO | Democratic | D+17.9 |
| Barry County, MO | Republican | R+15.8 |
| Barton County, MO | Republican | R+6.5 |
| Bates County, MO | Republican | R+6.2 |
| Benton County, MO | Republican | R+37.9 |
| Bollinger County, MO | Republican | R+17.2 |
| Boone County, MO | Democratic | D+36.2 |
| Buchanan County, MO | Republican | R+3.0 |
| Butler County, MO | Republican | R+26.1 |
| Caldwell County, MO | Republican | R+25.0 |
| Callaway County, MO | Democratic | D+29.6 |
| Camden County, MO | Republican | R+37.1 |
| Cape Girardeau County, MO | Republican | R+24.1 |
| Carroll County, MO | Republican | R+15.7 |
| Carter County, MO | Republican | R+6.2 |
| Cass County, MO | Democratic | D+10.6 |
| Cedar County, MO | Republican | R+28.2 |
| Chariton County, MO | Democratic | D+3.8 |
| Christian County, MO | Republican | R+59.2 |
| Clark County, MO | Republican | R+16.1 |
| Clay County, MO | Democratic | D+38.2 |
| Clinton County, MO | Democratic | D+2.1 |
| Cole County, MO | Republican | R+17.0 |
| Cooper County, MO | Republican | R+16.9 |
| Crawford County, MO | Republican | R+22.4 |
| Dade County, MO | Republican | R+29.6 |
| Dallas County, MO | Republican | R+41.1 |
| Daviess County, MO | Republican | R+11.1 |
| DeKalb County, MO | Republican | R+17.0 |
| Dent County, MO | Republican | R+5.5 |
| Douglas County, MO | Republican | R+67.9 |
| Dunklin County, MO | Democratic | D+7.5 |
| Franklin County, MO | Republican | R+50.3 |
| Gasconade County, MO | Republican | R+80.9 |
| Gentry County, MO | Republican | R+1.0 |
| Greene County, MO | Republican | R+15.1 |
| Grundy County, MO | Republican | R+30.1 |
| Harrison County, MO | Republican | R+34.2 |
| Henry County, MO | Democratic | D+0.5 |
| Hickory County, MO | Republican | R+58.9 |
| Holt County, MO | Republican | R+27.8 |
| Howard County, MO | Democratic | D+37.9 |
| Howell County, MO | Republican | R+29.4 |
| Iron County, MO | Democratic | D+3.0 |
| Jackson County, MO | Republican | R+1.9 |
| Jasper County, MO | Republican | R+20.8 |
| Jefferson County, MO | Republican | R+9.9 |
| Johnson County, MO | Republican | R+2.3 |
| Knox County, MO | Republican | R+9.9 |
| Laclede County, MO | Republican | R+22.3 |
| Lafayette County, MO | Republican | R+9.5 |
| Lawrence County, MO | Republican | R+25.8 |
| Lewis County, MO | Democratic | D+11.4 |
| Lincoln County, MO | Democratic | D+6.5 |
| Linn County, MO | Republican | R+3.4 |
| Livingston County, MO | Republican | R+16.1 |
| Macon County, MO | Republican | R+5.6 |
| Madison County, MO | Republican | R+5.0 |
| Maries County, MO | Democratic | D+7.4 |
| Marion County, MO | Democratic | D+17.8 |
| McDonald County, MO | Republican | R+12.8 |
| Mercer County, MO | Republican | R+49.7 |
| Miller County, MO | Republican | R+31.5 |
| Mississippi County, MO | Democratic | D+5.3 |
| Moniteau County, MO | Republican | R+18.9 |
| Monroe County, MO | Democratic | D+62.0 |
| Montgomery County, MO | Republican | R+11.4 |
| Morgan County, MO | Republican | R+22.5 |
| New Madrid County, MO | Republican | R+1.4 |
| Newton County, MO | Republican | R+14.8 |
| Nodaway County, MO | Republican | R+12.5 |
| Oregon County, MO | Democratic | D+19.3 |
| Osage County, MO | Republican | R+53.2 |
| Ozark County, MO | Republican | R+61.3 |
| Pemiscot County, MO | Republican | R+6.4 |
| Perry County, MO | Republican | R+41.5 |
| Pettis County, MO | Republican | R+13.2 |
| Phelps County, MO | Republican | R+5.2 |
| Pike County, MO | Democratic | D+13.1 |
| Platte County, MO | Democratic | D+43.2 |
| Polk County, MO | Republican | R+26.8 |
| Pulaski County, MO | Democratic | D+3.2 |
| Putnam County, MO | Republican | R+48.2 |
| Ralls County, MO | Democratic | D+34.3 |
| Randolph County, MO | Democratic | D+36.3 |
| Ray County, MO | Democratic | D+20.0 |
| Reynolds County, MO | Democratic | D+21.8 |
| Ripley County, MO | Republican | R+0.5 |
| Saline County, MO | Democratic | D+11.7 |
| Schuyler County, MO | Republican | R+0.4 |
| Scotland County, MO | Republican | R+8.1 |
| Scott County, MO | Republican | R+0.5 |
| Shannon County, MO | Democratic | D+0.7 |
| Shelby County, MO | Democratic | D+29.5 |
| St. Charles County, MO | Republican | R+45.3 |
| St. Clair County, MO | Republican | R+16.7 |
| St. Francois County, MO | Republican | R+1.8 |
| St. Louis city, MO | Republican | R+20.2 |
| St. Louis County, MO | Republican | R+32.0 |
| Ste. Genevieve County, MO | Republican | R+24.9 |
| Stoddard County, MO | Republican | R+2.3 |
| Stone County, MO | Republican | R+59.3 |
| Sullivan County, MO | Republican | R+13.6 |
| Taney County, MO | Republican | R+36.8 |
| Texas County, MO | Republican | R+8.9 |
| Vernon County, MO | Democratic | D+7.6 |
| Warren County, MO | Republican | R+71.8 |
| Washington County, MO | Republican | R+17.4 |
| Wayne County, MO | Republican | R+6.8 |
| Webster County, MO | Republican | R+24.2 |
| Worth County, MO | Republican | R+10.3 |
| Wright County, MO | Republican | R+28.8 |
Missouri results by county
115 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adair County | Warren G. Harding+2,327 | 4,86161.7% | 2,53432.2% | 4836.1% | 7,878 |
| Andrew County | Warren G. Harding+1,447 | 3,91360.9% | 2,46638.4% | 500.8% | 6,429 |
| Atchison County | Warren G. Harding+1,009 | 3,23658.7% | 2,22740.4% | 510.9% | 5,514 |
| Audrain County | James M. Cox+1,687 | 3,82740.7% | 5,51458.6% | 680.7% | 9,409 |
| Barry County | Warren G. Harding+1,433 | 5,16257.0% | 3,72941.2% | 1581.7% | 9,049 |
| Barton County | Warren G. Harding+440 | 3,48051.1% | 3,04044.6% | 2944.3% | 6,814 |
| Bates County | Warren G. Harding+606 | 5,03951.9% | 4,43345.7% | 2362.4% | 9,708 |
| Benton County | Warren G. Harding+1,861 | 3,36768.5% | 1,50630.6% | 420.9% | 4,915 |
| Bollinger County | Warren G. Harding+850 | 2,86958.0% | 2,01940.8% | 611.2% | 4,949 |
| Boone County | James M. Cox+4,671 | 4,07731.6% | 8,74867.9% | 650.5% | 12,890 |
| Buchanan County | Warren G. Harding+1,003 | 17,19151.0% | 16,18848.0% | 3351.0% | 33,714 |
| Butler County | Warren G. Harding+1,939 | 4,60161.8% | 2,66235.8% | 1792.4% | 7,442 |
| Caldwell County | Warren G. Harding+1,670 | 4,16862.3% | 2,49837.4% | 220.3% | 6,688 |
| Callaway County | James M. Cox+2,761 | 3,27435.1% | 6,03564.6% | 300.3% | 9,339 |
| Camden County | Warren G. Harding+1,242 | 2,27668.0% | 1,03430.9% | 391.2% | 3,349 |
| Cape Girardeau County | Warren G. Harding+2,953 | 7,53761.4% | 4,58437.4% | 1521.2% | 12,273 |
| Carroll County | Warren G. Harding+1,534 | 5,60957.4% | 4,07541.7% | 961.0% | 9,780 |
| Carter County | Warren G. Harding+127 | 1,05751.6% | 93045.4% | 602.9% | 2,047 |
| Cass County | James M. Cox+975 | 4,05544.1% | 5,03054.8% | 1001.1% | 9,185 |
| Cedar County | Warren G. Harding+1,552 | 3,48863.5% | 1,93635.2% | 711.3% | 5,495 |
| Chariton County | James M. Cox+344 | 4,33147.7% | 4,67551.5% | 780.9% | 9,084 |
| Christian County | Warren G. Harding+2,876 | 3,79578.1% | 91918.9% | 1432.9% | 4,857 |
| Clark County | Warren G. Harding+927 | 3,31057.5% | 2,38341.4% | 681.2% | 5,761 |
| Clay County | James M. Cox+3,479 | 2,80430.8% | 6,28368.9% | 310.3% | 9,118 |
| Clinton County | James M. Cox+139 | 3,16548.6% | 3,30450.7% | 450.7% | 6,514 |
| Cole County | Warren G. Harding+1,711 | 5,87858.3% | 4,16741.3% | 360.4% | 10,081 |
| Cooper County | Warren G. Harding+1,494 | 5,15158.2% | 3,65741.3% | 480.5% | 8,856 |
| Crawford County | Warren G. Harding+976 | 2,63460.4% | 1,65838.0% | 661.5% | 4,358 |
| Dade County | Warren G. Harding+1,628 | 3,52063.9% | 1,89234.4% | 951.7% | 5,507 |
| Dallas County | Warren G. Harding+1,565 | 2,66569.9% | 1,10028.9% | 461.2% | 3,811 |
| Daviess County | Warren G. Harding+898 | 4,45854.9% | 3,56043.9% | 1001.2% | 8,118 |
| DeKalb County | Warren G. Harding+880 | 3,00157.8% | 2,12140.9% | 671.3% | 5,189 |
| Dent County | Warren G. Harding+234 | 2,20451.7% | 1,97046.2% | 902.1% | 4,264 |
| Douglas County | Warren G. Harding+2,750 | 3,32782.1% | 57714.2% | 1493.7% | 4,053 |
| Dunklin County | James M. Cox+744 | 4,45544.7% | 5,19952.2% | 3093.1% | 9,963 |
| Franklin County | Warren G. Harding+5,898 | 8,71274.3% | 2,81424.0% | 2071.8% | 11,733 |
| Gasconade County | Warren G. Harding+4,027 | 4,48190.0% | 4549.1% | 430.9% | 4,978 |
| Gentry County | Warren G. Harding+68 | 3,44249.7% | 3,37448.7% | 1131.6% | 6,929 |
| Greene County | Warren G. Harding+4,241 | 15,75556.0% | 11,51440.9% | 8573.0% | 28,126 |
| Grundy County | Warren G. Harding+2,402 | 5,12364.3% | 2,72134.1% | 1291.6% | 7,973 |
| Harrison County | Warren G. Harding+2,649 | 5,15166.6% | 2,50232.3% | 871.1% | 7,740 |
| Henry County | James M. Cox+54 | 5,31349.1% | 5,36749.6% | 1331.2% | 10,813 |
| Hickory County | Warren G. Harding+1,599 | 2,13178.5% | 53219.6% | 501.8% | 2,713 |
| Holt County | Warren G. Harding+1,824 | 4,15363.3% | 2,32935.5% | 741.1% | 6,556 |
| Howard County | James M. Cox+2,610 | 2,12530.9% | 4,73568.7% | 280.4% | 6,888 |
| Howell County | Warren G. Harding+2,021 | 4,34463.2% | 2,32333.8% | 2022.9% | 6,869 |
| Iron County | James M. Cox+91 | 1,46347.6% | 1,55450.6% | 541.8% | 3,071 |
| Jackson County | Warren G. Harding+3,084 | 79,87550.5% | 76,79148.5% | 1,5481.0% | 158,214 |
| Jasper County | Warren G. Harding+6,068 | 17,07458.4% | 11,00637.7% | 1,1453.9% | 29,225 |
| Jefferson County | Warren G. Harding+1,046 | 5,73054.1% | 4,68444.2% | 1811.7% | 10,595 |
| Johnson County | Warren G. Harding+256 | 5,70050.7% | 5,44448.4% | 1081.0% | 11,252 |
| Knox County | Warren G. Harding+499 | 2,74954.3% | 2,25044.5% | 621.2% | 5,061 |
| Laclede County | Warren G. Harding+1,286 | 3,46960.3% | 2,18337.9% | 1021.8% | 5,754 |
| Lafayette County | Warren G. Harding+1,302 | 7,47154.4% | 6,16944.9% | 940.7% | 13,734 |
| Lawrence County | Warren G. Harding+2,561 | 6,09361.3% | 3,53235.6% | 3103.1% | 9,935 |
| Lewis County | James M. Cox+732 | 2,81043.9% | 3,54255.3% | 530.8% | 6,405 |
| Lincoln County | James M. Cox+451 | 3,20946.4% | 3,66053.0% | 400.6% | 6,909 |
| Linn County | Warren G. Harding+373 | 5,55751.1% | 5,18447.7% | 1371.3% | 10,878 |
| Livingston County | Warren G. Harding+1,427 | 5,09357.5% | 3,66641.4% | 971.1% | 8,856 |
| Macon County | Warren G. Harding+683 | 6,30951.7% | 5,62646.1% | 2572.1% | 12,192 |
| Madison County | Warren G. Harding+193 | 2,02352.2% | 1,83047.2% | 230.6% | 3,876 |
| Maries County | James M. Cox+232 | 1,44545.9% | 1,67753.2% | 280.9% | 3,150 |
| Marion County | James M. Cox+2,059 | 4,66040.4% | 6,71958.2% | 1661.4% | 11,545 |
| McDonald County | Warren G. Harding+679 | 2,92155.2% | 2,24242.4% | 1282.4% | 5,291 |
| Mercer County | Warren G. Harding+2,126 | 3,17074.2% | 1,04424.4% | 601.4% | 4,274 |
| Miller County | Warren G. Harding+1,722 | 3,55564.9% | 1,83333.5% | 861.6% | 5,474 |
| Mississippi County | James M. Cox+249 | 2,19346.9% | 2,44252.2% | 440.9% | 4,679 |
| Moniteau County | Warren G. Harding+1,130 | 3,53559.0% | 2,40540.1% | 540.9% | 5,994 |
| Monroe County | James M. Cox+4,730 | 1,40618.4% | 6,13680.4% | 931.2% | 7,635 |
| Montgomery County | Warren G. Harding+807 | 3,91055.2% | 3,10343.8% | 751.1% | 7,088 |
| Morgan County | Warren G. Harding+1,077 | 2,91160.9% | 1,83438.4% | 350.7% | 4,780 |
| New Madrid County | Warren G. Harding+108 | 3,74549.9% | 3,63748.5% | 1161.5% | 7,498 |
| Newton County | Warren G. Harding+1,463 | 5,54155.9% | 4,07841.1% | 2933.0% | 9,912 |
| Nodaway County | Warren G. Harding+1,567 | 6,97155.8% | 5,40443.3% | 1180.9% | 12,493 |
| Oregon County | James M. Cox+642 | 1,31939.6% | 1,96158.8% | 531.6% | 3,333 |
| Osage County | Warren G. Harding+2,581 | 3,69976.2% | 1,11823.0% | 390.8% | 4,856 |
| Ozark County | Warren G. Harding+1,888 | 2,45779.7% | 56918.5% | 561.8% | 3,082 |
| Pemiscot County | Warren G. Harding+542 | 4,44352.6% | 3,90146.1% | 1091.3% | 8,453 |
| Perry County | Warren G. Harding+2,148 | 3,65270.5% | 1,50429.0% | 250.5% | 5,181 |
| Pettis County | Warren G. Harding+2,034 | 8,59556.0% | 6,56142.7% | 1991.3% | 15,355 |
| Phelps County | Warren G. Harding+270 | 2,69252.3% | 2,42247.0% | 380.7% | 5,152 |
| Pike County | James M. Cox+1,174 | 3,86043.1% | 5,03456.2% | 690.8% | 8,963 |
| Platte County | James M. Cox+2,637 | 1,72428.3% | 4,36171.5% | 170.3% | 6,102 |
| Polk County | Warren G. Harding+2,120 | 4,96762.8% | 2,84736.0% | 931.2% | 7,907 |
| Pulaski County | James M. Cox+125 | 1,85347.9% | 1,97851.1% | 391.0% | 3,870 |
| Putnam County | Warren G. Harding+2,565 | 3,88072.9% | 1,31524.7% | 1262.4% | 5,321 |
| Ralls County | James M. Cox+1,441 | 1,36232.5% | 2,80366.8% | 320.8% | 4,197 |
| Randolph County | James M. Cox+4,347 | 3,76831.5% | 8,11567.8% | 850.7% | 11,968 |
| Ray County | James M. Cox+1,637 | 3,22839.5% | 4,86559.6% | 720.9% | 8,165 |
| Reynolds County | James M. Cox+664 | 1,17338.5% | 1,83760.3% | 361.2% | 3,046 |
| Ripley County | Warren G. Harding+17 | 1,75247.7% | 1,73547.2% | 1895.1% | 3,676 |
| Saline County | James M. Cox+1,501 | 5,61343.8% | 7,11455.5% | 850.7% | 12,812 |
| Schuyler County | Warren G. Harding+13 | 1,80649.7% | 1,79349.3% | 381.0% | 3,637 |
| Scotland County | Warren G. Harding+385 | 2,50953.1% | 2,12445.0% | 911.9% | 4,724 |
| Scott County | Warren G. Harding+47 | 4,20449.0% | 4,15748.5% | 2182.5% | 8,579 |
| Shannon County | James M. Cox+22 | 1,63948.6% | 1,66149.3% | 712.1% | 3,371 |
| Shelby County | James M. Cox+1,807 | 2,12834.7% | 3,93564.2% | 711.2% | 6,134 |
| St. Charles County | Warren G. Harding+4,173 | 6,64572.1% | 2,47226.8% | 961.0% | 9,213 |
| St. Clair County | Warren G. Harding+953 | 3,24956.9% | 2,29640.2% | 1612.8% | 5,706 |
| St. Francois County | Warren G. Harding+204 | 5,50449.9% | 5,30048.0% | 2352.1% | 11,039 |
| St. Louis city | Warren G. Harding+57,233 | 163,28057.8% | 106,04737.5% | 13,3254.7% | 282,652 |
| St. Louis County | Warren G. Harding+12,570 | 25,00863.6% | 12,43831.6% | 1,8964.8% | 39,342 |
| Ste. Genevieve County | Warren G. Harding+768 | 1,91762.1% | 1,14937.2% | 220.7% | 3,088 |
| Stoddard County | Warren G. Harding+213 | 4,64149.2% | 4,42846.9% | 3723.9% | 9,441 |
| Stone County | Warren G. Harding+2,077 | 2,74978.5% | 67219.2% | 792.3% | 3,500 |
| Sullivan County | Warren G. Harding+1,101 | 4,57656.3% | 3,47542.8% | 700.9% | 8,121 |
| Taney County | Warren G. Harding+1,088 | 2,00167.7% | 91330.9% | 421.4% | 2,956 |
| Texas County | Warren G. Harding+587 | 3,55253.9% | 2,96545.0% | 681.0% | 6,585 |
| Vernon County | James M. Cox+774 | 4,64545.3% | 5,41952.9% | 1821.8% | 10,246 |
| Warren County | Warren G. Harding+2,967 | 3,51285.0% | 54513.2% | 761.8% | 4,133 |
| Washington County | Warren G. Harding+781 | 2,61858.4% | 1,83740.9% | 310.7% | 4,486 |
| Wayne County | Warren G. Harding+308 | 2,38052.3% | 2,07245.5% | 1002.2% | 4,552 |
| Webster County | Warren G. Harding+1,572 | 4,00061.5% | 2,42837.3% | 811.2% | 6,509 |
| Worth County | Warren G. Harding+356 | 1,88854.7% | 1,53244.4% | 300.9% | 3,450 |
| Wright County | Warren G. Harding+1,653 | 3,66163.7% | 2,00834.9% | 791.4% | 5,748 |
Nominees: James M. Cox (D) · Warren G. Harding (R)
Missouri's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1920 contest in context
| 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% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1920 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.