1920 United States presidential election in Oregon

none June 2025 September 2023 1920 United States presidential election in Oregon Oregon 1920 File:Flag of Oregon (1900–1925).gif presidential no 1916 United States presidential election in Oregon 1916 1924 United States presidential election in Oregon 1924 November 2, 1920 x200px Warren G Harding-Harris & Ewing crop.jpg Warren G. Harding Republican Party (United States) Ohio Calvin Coolidge 5 143,592 60.20% James M. Cox 1920.jpg James M. Cox Democratic Party (United States) Ohio Franklin D. Roosevelt 0 80,019 33.55% 1920 United States presidential election in Oregon results map by county.svg 375px County results Harding #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% President Woodrow Wilson Democratic Party (United States) Warren G. Harding Republican Party (United States) 1920 United States presidential election The 1920 United States presidential election in Oregon took place on November 2, 1920. All contemporary 48 states were part of the 1920 United States presidential election. Voters chose five electors to the Electoral College, who selected the president and vice president. This is the earliest presidential election in Oregon to include all 36 of the state's present counties. Oregon had been in the 1900s solidified as a one-party Republican bastion, which it would remain at a Presidential level apart from the 1910s GOP split until Franklin D. Roosevelt rose to power in 1932,Burnham, Walter Dean; ‘The System of 1896’, in Kleppner, Paul (editor), The Evolution of American Electoral Systems, pp. 176-179 0313213798 and apart from a very short New Deal interlude at state level until the “Revolution of 1954”. As of 1920, the state had not elected a Democratic Congressman since 1878, and between 1900 and 1954 Democratic representation in the Oregon legislature would never exceed fifteen percent except during the above-mentioned 1930s interlude,Schattschneider, Elmer Eric; The Semisovereign People: A Realist's View of Democracy in America, pp. 76-84 0030133661 so that Republican primaries would become the chief mode of competition.Murray, Keith; ‘Issues and Personalities of Pacific Northwest Politics, 1889-1950’, The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 3 (July 1950), pp. 213-233 In 1916, when a powerful "peace vote" due to opposition to participation in World War IMenendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 47 0786422173 allowed Woodrow Wilson to sweep most of the West and Great Plains, Western Oregon’s largely Yankee population rejected Wilson’s progressivism as it had rejected the “free silver” politics of William Jennings Bryan in 1896.Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 497 9780691163246 Thus, Oregon was the only Western state apart from South Dakota to back Charles Evans Hughes, although Ozark mountaineer-settled Eastern Oregon did vote for Wilson. By the beginning of 1920 skyrocketing inflation and Wilson's focus upon his proposed League of Nations at the expense of domestic policy had helped make the incumbent President very unpopularGoldberg, David Joseph; Discontented America: The United States in the 1920s, p. 44 0801860059 – besides which Wilson also had major health problems that had left First Lady Edith effectively running the nation. Political unrest seen in the Palmer Raids and the "Red Scare" further added to the unpopularity of the Democratic Party, since this global political turmoil produced considerable fear of alien revolutionaries invading the country.Leuchtenburg, William E.; The Perils of Prosperity, 1914-1932, p. 75 0226473724 Demand in the West for exclusion of Asian immigrants became even stronger than before.Vought, Hans P.; The Bully Pulpit and the Melting Pot: American Presidents And The Immigrant, 1897-1933, p. 167 0865548870 Despite the fact that Oregon had been the only Western state to support Hughes and had not voted Democratic in a two-way race for over half a century, Cox did visit the state on September 14 to discuss Prohibition, saying that the League of Nations was an opportunity that would not be repeated (“This League or None”).Small, Robert T.; ‘Cox Claims Reward: Lists Fourteen Attitudes He Says Harding Has Taken’; The Washington Post, October 22, 1920, p. 1 Cox also said whilst touring the West that Prohibition should not be an issue as it would depend on enforcement rather than the actual passage of the Eighteenth amendment.‘Governor Cox Declares Prohibition Is Not a Campaign Issue: Tells Washington State “Drys” and Democrats He Enforced Law in Ohio’; Special to the New York Times, September 12, 1920, p. 1 Oregon went with this tide, voting strongly for Republican nominee, Ohio Senator Warren G. Harding, over Democratic nominee Ohio Governor James M. Cox. Harding carried every county in the state; however, the conservatism of Western Oregon where most of the state's population resided meant that the swing toward the Republicans was extremely muted vis-à-vis any other Western State,Phillips; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 498 and also that left-wing third parties did not have the impact they did in Washington State or some states in the Midwest. In fact, Oregon was the only state in the West, Plains or Upper Midwest except New Mexico where the swing against the Democrats was less than the national swing,https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/data.php?year=1920&def=tnd&datatype=national&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1920 Presidential General Election Data – National Vote Trend: D–R Margin Change from Previous Election Relative to National Change and indeed it was Harding's weakest state north of the Missouri–Iowa border and west of the Great Lakes. Results Presidential CandidateRunning MatePartyElectoral Vote (EV)Popular Vote (PV)Warren G. Harding of OhioCalvin CoolidgeRepublican5https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1920&off=0&elect=0&fips=41&f=0 1920 Presidential General Election Results – Oregon Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas 29 December 2019143,59260.20%James M. CoxFranklin D. RooseveltDemocratic080,01933.55%Eugene V. DebsSeymour StedmanSocialist09,8014.11%Aaron S. WatkinsLeigh ColvinProhibition03,5951.51%William Wesley CoxAugust GillhausIndustrial Labor01,5150.64% Results by county CountyWarren G. HardingRepublicanJames M. CoxDemocraticEugene V. DebsSocialistAaron S. WatkinsProhibitionWilliam W. CoxIndustrial LaborMarginTotal votescastOregon Secretary of State Elections Division; Abstract of Votes Cast in the several counties in the State of Oregon at a General Election held on the Second Day of November, A.D. 1920, for Presidential Electors, United States Senator in Congress...#%#%#%#%#%#%Baker3,49558.63%2,17136.42%1793.00%781.31%380.64%1,32422.21%5,961Benton3,75266.25%1,71930.35%861.52%891.57%170.30%2,03335.90%5,663Clackamas6,92859.52%3,74032.13%7066.07%1791.54%860.74%3,18827.39%11,639Clatsop3,49861.40%1,68729.61%3976.97%560.98%591.04%1,81131.79%5,697Columbia2,00761.53%97029.74%1735.30%581.78%541.66%1,03731.79%3,262Coos3,27252.73%2,29737.02%4857.82%961.55%550.89%97515.71%6,205Crook87259.20%52835.85%402.72%231.56%100.68%34423.35%1,473Curry59960.87%28028.46%919.25%101.02%40.41%31932.42%984Deschutes1,64954.24%1,07235.26%2307.57%451.48%441.45%57718.98%3,040Douglas4,40260.18%2,42833.19%3344.57%971.33%540.74%1,97426.99%7,315Gilliam82160.59%49836.75%181.33%141.03%40.30%32323.84%1,355Grant1,31068.59%49726.02%774.03%180.94%80.42%81342.57%1,910Harney1,02663.26%47929.53%764.69%181.11%231.42%54733.72%1,622Hood River1,44959.95%76131.49%1225.05%632.61%220.91%68828.47%2,417Jackson4,38259.81%2,50334.17%2473.37%1351.84%590.81%1,87925.65%7,326Jefferson62361.56%30029.64%383.75%373.66%141.38%32331.92%1,012Josephine1,60662.22%81931.73%993.84%341.32%230.89%78730.49%2,581Klamath2,74270.18%90123.06%1644.20%350.90%651.66%1,84147.12%3,907Lake1,13672.08%35822.72%593.74%130.82%100.63%77849.37%1,576Lane7,71461.97%3,98632.02%4573.67%2321.86%580.47%3,72829.95%12,447Lincoln1,22959.09%66932.16%1406.73%281.35%140.67%56026.92%2,080Linn4,69356.17%3,17738.03%2643.16%1802.15%410.49%1,51618.14%8,355Malheur2,35264.97%1,07529.70%1233.40%471.30%230.64%1,27735.28%3,620Marion8,79866.16%3,83128.81%3272.46%2872.16%550.41%4,96737.35%13,298Morrow1,18668.75%45126.14%573.30%241.39%70.41%73542.61%1,725Multnomah44,80658.06%27,60735.77%3,4884.52%8461.10%4270.55%17,19922.29%77,174Polk2,70958.97%1,65335.98%1232.68%972.11%120.26%1,05622.99%4,594Sherman89365.57%42331.06%302.20%130.95%30.22%47034.51%1,362Tillamook1,66460.80%82830.25%1656.03%491.79%311.13%83630.54%2,737Umatilla4,97958.03%3,25537.94%1962.28%1081.26%420.49%1,72420.09%8,580Union2,84456.65%1,89937.83%1733.45%701.39%340.68%94518.82%5,020Wallowa1,61260.28%89633.51%1003.74%441.65%220.82%71626.78%2,674Wasco2,69862.25%1,43433.09%1222.81%581.34%220.51%1,26429.16%4,334Washington4,94764.74%2,26229.60%2553.34%1331.74%440.58%2,68535.14%7,641Wheeler79776.56%21220.37%111.06%161.54%50.48%58556.20%1,041Yamhill4,10259.49%2,35334.13%1492.16%2653.84%260.38%1,74925.37%6,895Totals143,59260.20%80,01933.55%9,8014.11%3,5951.51%1,5150.64%63,57326.65%238,522 See also United States presidential elections in Oregon References 30em expanded Oregon 1920 Category:1920 Oregon elections