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The1920 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 2, 1920, as part of the1920 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Nebraska voted strongly forRepublican nominee,SenatorWarren G. Harding ofOhio, over theDemocratic nominee,GovernorJames M. Cox ofOhio. Harding ran withGovernorCalvin Coolidge ofMassachusetts, while Cox ran withAssistant Secretary of the NavyFranklin D. Roosevelt ofNew York. Harding won every county in the state, although the trend – dramatic as it was – was substantially smaller than Harding's landslides in heavilyGerman-AmericanNorth andSouth Dakota.[1] This was the first time since1904 that Nebraska voted Republican in a presidential election.
| Presidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren G. Harding ofOhio | Calvin Coolidge | Republican | 8[2] | 247,498 | 64.66% |
| James M. Cox | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Democratic | 0 | 119,608 | 31.25% |
| Eugene V. Debs | Seymour Stedman | Socialist | 0 | 9,600 | 2.51% |
| Aaron S. Watkins | D. Leigh Colvin | Prohibition | 0 | 5,947 | 1.55% |
| — | — | Write-ins | 0 | 90 | 0.02% |
| County[3] | Warren Gamaliel Harding Republican | James Middleton Cox Democratic | Eugene Victor Debs Socialist | Aaron Sherman Watkins Prohibition | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 4,849 | 69.19% | 1,932 | 27.57% | 118 | 1.68% | 109 | 1.56% | 2,917 | 41.62% | 7,008 |
| Antelope | 3,322 | 70.91% | 1,154 | 24.63% | 83 | 1.77% | 126 | 2.69% | 2,168 | 46.28% | 4,685 |
| Arthur | 167 | 57.00% | 94 | 32.08% | 18 | 6.14% | 14 | 4.78% | 73 | 24.91% | 293 |
| Banner | 258 | 72.47% | 69 | 19.38% | 24 | 6.74% | 5 | 1.40% | 189 | 53.09% | 356 |
| Blaine | 328 | 63.81% | 176 | 34.24% | 6 | 1.17% | 4 | 0.78% | 152 | 29.57% | 514 |
| Boone | 3,108 | 65.97% | 1,461 | 31.01% | 60 | 1.27% | 82 | 1.74% | 1,647 | 34.96% | 4,711 |
| Box Butte | 1,630 | 65.12% | 756 | 30.20% | 65 | 2.60% | 52 | 2.08% | 874 | 34.92% | 2,503 |
| Boyd | 1,482 | 70.04% | 527 | 24.91% | 79 | 3.73% | 28 | 1.32% | 955 | 45.13% | 2,116 |
| Brown | 1,417 | 68.62% | 558 | 27.02% | 33 | 1.60% | 57 | 2.76% | 859 | 41.60% | 2,065 |
| Buffalo | 4,954 | 65.56% | 2,258 | 29.88% | 177 | 2.34% | 168 | 2.22% | 2,696 | 35.68% | 7,557 |
| Burt | 2,969 | 70.22% | 1,194 | 28.24% | 47 | 1.11% | 18 | 0.43% | 1,775 | 41.98% | 4,228 |
| Butler | 2,478 | 55.24% | 1,918 | 42.76% | 40 | 0.89% | 50 | 1.11% | 560 | 12.48% | 4,486 |
| Cass | 3,575 | 58.35% | 2,192 | 35.78% | 245 | 4.00% | 115 | 1.88% | 1,383 | 22.57% | 6,127 |
| Cedar | 3,906 | 74.50% | 1,279 | 24.39% | 35 | 0.67% | 23 | 0.44% | 2,627 | 50.10% | 5,243 |
| Chase | 976 | 66.17% | 414 | 28.07% | 33 | 2.24% | 52 | 3.53% | 562 | 38.10% | 1,475 |
| Cherry | 1,636 | 66.37% | 711 | 28.84% | 66 | 2.68% | 52 | 2.11% | 925 | 37.53% | 2,465 |
| Cheyenne | 1,857 | 71.92% | 604 | 23.39% | 76 | 2.94% | 45 | 1.74% | 1,253 | 48.53% | 2,582 |
| Clay | 3,392 | 67.73% | 1,466 | 29.27% | 79 | 1.58% | 71 | 1.42% | 1,926 | 38.46% | 5,008 |
| Colfax | 1,992 | 66.29% | 957 | 31.85% | 42 | 1.40% | 14 | 0.47% | 1,035 | 34.44% | 3,005 |
| Cuming | 3,177 | 78.64% | 764 | 18.91% | 81 | 2.00% | 18 | 0.45% | 2,413 | 59.73% | 4,040 |
| Custer | 4,974 | 59.31% | 2,739 | 32.66% | 387 | 4.61% | 263 | 3.14% | 2,235 | 26.65% | 8,387[a] |
| Dakota | 1,525 | 62.58% | 873 | 35.82% | 28 | 1.15% | 11 | 0.45% | 652 | 26.75% | 2,437 |
| Dawes | 1,801 | 64.60% | 900 | 32.28% | 63 | 2.26% | 24 | 0.86% | 901 | 32.32% | 2,788 |
| Dawson | 3,384 | 65.99% | 1,444 | 28.16% | 140 | 2.73% | 160 | 3.12% | 1,940 | 37.83% | 5,128 |
| Deuel | 684 | 64.83% | 321 | 30.43% | 35 | 3.32% | 15 | 1.42% | 363 | 34.41% | 1,055 |
| Dixon | 2,435 | 71.43% | 911 | 26.72% | 16 | 0.47% | 47 | 1.38% | 1,524 | 44.71% | 3,409 |
| Dodge | 4,832 | 70.40% | 1,799 | 26.21% | 161 | 2.35% | 72 | 1.05% | 3,033 | 44.19% | 6,864 |
| Douglas | 28,543 | 57.81% | 18,439 | 37.34% | 2,116 | 4.29% | 246 | 0.50% | 10,104 | 20.46% | 49,375[b] |
| Dundy | 1,094 | 69.59% | 375 | 23.85% | 70 | 4.45% | 33 | 2.10% | 719 | 45.74% | 1,572 |
| Fillmore | 2,803 | 63.43% | 1,549 | 35.05% | 26 | 0.59% | 41 | 0.93% | 1,254 | 28.38% | 4,419 |
| Franklin | 2,294 | 67.41% | 1,030 | 30.27% | 36 | 1.06% | 43 | 1.26% | 1,264 | 37.14% | 3,403 |
| Frontier | 1,750 | 68.09% | 673 | 26.19% | 66 | 2.57% | 81 | 3.15% | 1,077 | 41.91% | 2,570 |
| Furnas | 2,445 | 60.53% | 1,371 | 33.94% | 72 | 1.78% | 151 | 3.74% | 1,074 | 26.59% | 4,039 |
| Gage | 6,059 | 68.96% | 2,477 | 28.19% | 106 | 1.21% | 144 | 1.64% | 3,582 | 40.77% | 8,786 |
| Garden | 924 | 66.24% | 421 | 30.18% | 26 | 1.86% | 24 | 1.72% | 503 | 36.06% | 1,395 |
| Garfield | 611 | 64.32% | 252 | 26.53% | 65 | 6.84% | 22 | 2.32% | 359 | 37.79% | 950 |
| Gosper | 794 | 58.04% | 486 | 35.53% | 41 | 3.00% | 47 | 3.44% | 308 | 22.51% | 1,368 |
| Grant | 256 | 64.16% | 141 | 35.34% | 2 | 0.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 115 | 28.82% | 399 |
| Greeley | 1,345 | 51.38% | 1,180 | 45.07% | 58 | 2.22% | 35 | 1.34% | 165 | 6.30% | 2,618 |
| Hall | 4,719 | 66.25% | 1,724 | 24.20% | 582 | 8.17% | 98 | 1.38% | 2,995 | 42.05% | 7,123 |
| Hamilton | 2,950 | 66.89% | 1,356 | 30.75% | 45 | 1.02% | 59 | 1.34% | 1,594 | 36.15% | 4,410 |
| Harlan | 1,756 | 59.59% | 974 | 33.05% | 143 | 4.85% | 74 | 2.51% | 782 | 26.54% | 2,947 |
| Hayes | 512 | 66.41% | 207 | 26.85% | 42 | 5.45% | 10 | 1.30% | 305 | 39.56% | 771 |
| Hitchcock | 1,127 | 61.58% | 615 | 33.61% | 58 | 3.17% | 30 | 1.64% | 512 | 27.98% | 1,830 |
| Holt | 3,163 | 64.58% | 1,577 | 32.20% | 75 | 1.53% | 83 | 1.69% | 1,586 | 32.38% | 4,898 |
| Hooker | 230 | 63.54% | 117 | 32.32% | 8 | 2.21% | 7 | 1.93% | 113 | 31.22% | 362 |
| Howard | 1,508 | 50.76% | 1,311 | 44.13% | 109 | 3.67% | 43 | 1.45% | 197 | 6.63% | 2,971 |
| Jefferson | 3,488 | 67.94% | 1,408 | 27.43% | 107 | 2.08% | 131 | 2.55% | 2,080 | 40.51% | 5,134 |
| Johnson | 2,416 | 71.29% | 909 | 26.82% | 24 | 0.71% | 40 | 1.18% | 1,507 | 44.47% | 3,389 |
| Kearney | 1,683 | 55.31% | 1,273 | 41.83% | 48 | 1.58% | 39 | 1.28% | 410 | 13.47% | 3,043 |
| Keith | 1,050 | 64.73% | 472 | 29.10% | 77 | 4.75% | 23 | 1.42% | 578 | 35.64% | 1,622 |
| Keya Paha | 479 | 64.73% | 218 | 29.46% | 29 | 3.92% | 14 | 1.89% | 261 | 35.27% | 740 |
| Kimball | 910 | 70.05% | 339 | 26.10% | 25 | 1.92% | 25 | 1.92% | 571 | 43.96% | 1,299 |
| Knox | 3,678 | 69.87% | 1,470 | 27.93% | 82 | 1.56% | 34 | 0.65% | 2,208 | 41.95% | 5,264 |
| Lancaster | 15,638 | 62.58% | 8,435 | 33.75% | 382 | 1.53% | 503 | 2.01% | 7,203 | 28.82% | 24,990[c] |
| Lincoln | 3,342 | 57.40% | 1,896 | 32.57% | 400 | 6.87% | 184 | 3.16% | 1,446 | 24.84% | 5,822 |
| Logan | 312 | 57.78% | 180 | 33.33% | 31 | 5.74% | 17 | 3.15% | 132 | 24.44% | 540 |
| Loup | 343 | 66.73% | 117 | 22.76% | 35 | 6.81% | 19 | 3.70% | 226 | 43.97% | 514 |
| Madison | 5,171 | 73.29% | 1,716 | 24.32% | 98 | 1.39% | 71 | 1.01% | 3,455 | 48.97% | 7,056 |
| McPherson | 229 | 70.03% | 75 | 22.94% | 13 | 3.98% | 10 | 3.06% | 154 | 47.09% | 327 |
| Merrick | 2,385 | 65.11% | 1,075 | 29.35% | 55 | 1.50% | 148 | 4.04% | 1,310 | 35.76% | 3,663 |
| Morrill | 1,366 | 65.52% | 667 | 31.99% | 34 | 1.63% | 18 | 0.86% | 699 | 33.53% | 2,085 |
| Nance | 1,877 | 69.49% | 746 | 27.62% | 40 | 1.48% | 38 | 1.41% | 1,131 | 41.87% | 2,701 |
| Nemaha | 2,888 | 64.02% | 1,512 | 33.52% | 50 | 1.11% | 61 | 1.35% | 1,376 | 30.50% | 4,511 |
| Nuckolls | 2,637 | 64.07% | 1,337 | 32.48% | 89 | 2.16% | 53 | 1.29% | 1,300 | 31.58% | 4,116 |
| Otoe | 3,869 | 67.62% | 1,671 | 29.20% | 75 | 1.31% | 107 | 1.87% | 2,198 | 38.41% | 5,722 |
| Pawnee | 2,510 | 69.88% | 972 | 27.06% | 35 | 0.97% | 75 | 2.09% | 1,538 | 42.82% | 3,592 |
| Perkins | 722 | 61.19% | 387 | 32.80% | 48 | 4.07% | 23 | 1.95% | 335 | 28.39% | 1,180 |
| Phelps | 2,324 | 61.91% | 1,169 | 31.14% | 152 | 4.05% | 109 | 2.90% | 1,155 | 30.77% | 3,754 |
| Pierce | 2,478 | 75.11% | 743 | 22.52% | 45 | 1.36% | 33 | 1.00% | 1,735 | 52.59% | 3,299 |
| Platte | 4,058 | 73.88% | 1,367 | 24.89% | 29 | 0.53% | 39 | 0.71% | 2,691 | 48.99% | 5,493 |
| Polk | 2,393 | 63.80% | 1,236 | 32.95% | 43 | 1.15% | 76 | 2.03% | 1,157 | 30.85% | 3,751[d] |
| Red Willow | 1,993 | 58.88% | 1,133 | 33.47% | 188 | 5.55% | 71 | 2.10% | 860 | 25.41% | 3,385 |
| Richardson | 4,496 | 61.72% | 2,679 | 36.78% | 46 | 0.63% | 63 | 0.86% | 1,817 | 24.95% | 7,284 |
| Rock | 621 | 70.17% | 239 | 27.01% | 14 | 1.58% | 11 | 1.24% | 382 | 43.16% | 885 |
| Saline | 3,197 | 58.67% | 2,172 | 39.86% | 20 | 0.37% | 60 | 1.10% | 1,025 | 18.81% | 5,449 |
| Sarpy | 1,662 | 59.78% | 1,027 | 36.94% | 70 | 2.52% | 21 | 0.76% | 635 | 22.84% | 2,780 |
| Saunders | 3,733 | 59.99% | 2,296 | 36.90% | 127 | 2.04% | 67 | 1.08% | 1,437 | 23.09% | 6,223 |
| Scotts Bluff | 3,189 | 71.52% | 969 | 21.73% | 162 | 3.63% | 139 | 3.12% | 2,220 | 49.79% | 4,459 |
| Seward | 3,690 | 69.98% | 1,497 | 28.39% | 30 | 0.57% | 56 | 1.06% | 2,193 | 41.59% | 5,273 |
| Sheridan | 1,714 | 64.53% | 784 | 29.52% | 106 | 3.99% | 52 | 1.96% | 930 | 35.02% | 2,656 |
| Sherman | 1,582 | 60.96% | 848 | 32.68% | 110 | 4.24% | 55 | 2.12% | 734 | 28.29% | 2,595 |
| Sioux | 627 | 64.97% | 252 | 26.11% | 58 | 6.01% | 28 | 2.90% | 375 | 38.86% | 965 |
| Stanton | 1,457 | 72.67% | 501 | 24.99% | 32 | 1.60% | 15 | 0.75% | 956 | 47.68% | 2,005 |
| Thayer | 3,456 | 73.31% | 1,120 | 23.76% | 78 | 1.65% | 60 | 1.27% | 2,336 | 49.55% | 4,714 |
| Thomas | 305 | 55.86% | 207 | 37.91% | 21 | 3.85% | 13 | 2.38% | 98 | 17.95% | 546 |
| Thurston | 1,667 | 63.34% | 925 | 35.14% | 29 | 1.10% | 11 | 0.42% | 742 | 28.19% | 2,632 |
| Valley | 1,935 | 64.80% | 912 | 30.54% | 78 | 2.61% | 61 | 2.04% | 1,023 | 34.26% | 2,986 |
| Washington | 2,409 | 63.60% | 1,295 | 34.19% | 39 | 1.03% | 45 | 1.19% | 1,114 | 29.41% | 3,788 |
| Wayne | 2,312 | 74.46% | 681 | 21.93% | 69 | 2.22% | 43 | 1.38% | 1,631 | 52.53% | 3,105 |
| Webster | 2,599 | 70.72% | 913 | 24.84% | 69 | 1.88% | 94 | 2.56% | 1,686 | 45.88% | 3,675 |
| Wheeler | 352 | 57.52% | 165 | 26.96% | 85 | 13.89% | 10 | 1.63% | 187 | 30.56% | 612 |
| York | 4,265 | 66.87% | 1,857 | 29.12% | 140 | 2.20% | 116 | 1.82% | 2,408 | 37.75% | 6,378 |
| Totals | 247,498 | 64.66% | 119,608 | 31.25% | 9,600 | 2.51% | 5,947 | 1.55% | 127,890 | 33.41% | 382,743 |
State and district results of the1920 United States presidential election | ||
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