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The1920 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 2, 1920, as part of the1920 United States presidential election. State voters chose 29 representatives, or electors, tothe Electoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
A strongly Democratic state during theSecond Party System,Illinois became Republican-leaning after theAmerican Civil War due to a combination of strongFree Soil Party heritage amongst itsYankee northern counties with the wartime conversion of some Virginian-settled rock-ribbed DemocraticSouthern Illinois counties[1] to Unionist Republicanism[2] à laAppalachia.[3] Between the Civil War and World War I, partisanship in Illinois – like inthe Border States – largely re-fought the war, with the result that although the Democratic Party gained at least 43 percent of the statewide vote via Southern and German Catholic support in every election up to1900, they never gained an absolute majority and carried the state's electoral votes only in1892.[4]
Due to the Democratic Party's growingPopulist andprohibitionist leanings, a decline in Democratic support after 1900 in its GermanCentral Illinois strongholds transformed Illinois into a powerfully Republican state at all levels.[5] EvenWoodrow Wilson in1912 when the GOP was mortally divided carried the state by only a very narrow margin. Harding's managers were always confident he would carry Illinois as all but three GOP nominees had since that party was formed.[6] However, actual polls in Illinois vacillated, with a straw ballot inThe Farm Journal even placing Cox at 45 percent in this strong Republican state.[7] As election day neared, estimates of a Republican plurality of “at least 264,000” were made via a national survey of newspaper editors.[8]
As it turned out, the editorial estimate was shown extremely conservative by the very earliest reports on polling day, which showed Harding winning by three-to-one.[9] Ultimately, Harding did not finish with so large a margin as this, but nonetheless he carried Illinois by 42.30 percentage points. This constitutes the biggest margin by which Illinois has been carried in the state's presidential election history, the best performance by any Republican candidate,[4] and the third-best vote percentage overall behindAndrew Jackson’s two efforts in1828 and1832. Harding carried all but three counties, and was the first-ever Republican victor in the following counties:Calhoun,Cass,Clinton,Effingham,Gallatin,Hamilton,Jasper,Jersey,Mason,Pike,Schuyler,Wabash andWhite.[10]
The general election coincided with the general election for other federal offices (Senate andHouse), as well asthose for state offices.[11]
The total vote in the state-run primary elections (Democratic, Republican, Socialist) was 408,586.[11]
The total vote in the general election was 2,094,714.[11] Both major parties, as well as theSocialist Party, held non-binding state-run preferential primaries on April 13.[11]
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The1920 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on April 13, 1920 in the U.S. state ofIllinois as one of theDemocratic Party's state primaries ahead of the 1920 presidential election.
The popular vote was a non-binding "beauty contest". Delegates were instead elected by direct votes by congressional district on delegate candidates.[11] Delegate candidates either were listed on the ballot with their preference on for a particular presidential candidate, or were listed as expressing no preference.[11] However, these delegates officially were uninstructed. 50 of the sate's 58 convention delegates were elected by this means, with eight further uninstructed delegates later being selected May 10 at the state party convention.[12]
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Edward I. Edwards(write-in) | 6,117 | 33.04 | |
| William G. McAdoo(write-in) | 3,401 | 18.37 | |
| William J. Bryan(write-in) | 1,879 | 10.15 | |
| Woodrow Wilson (incumbent)(write-in) | 879 | 4.75 | |
| Champ Clark(write-in) | 536 | 2.90 | |
| James M. Cox(write-in) | 259 | 1.40 | |
| James Hamilton Lewis(write-in) | 38 | 0.21 | |
| Scattering | 5,405 | 29.19 | |
| Total votes | 18,514 | 100 | |
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The1920 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on April 13, 1920, in the U.S. state ofIllinois as one of theRepublican Party's state primaries ahead of the 1920 presidential election.
The preference vote was a "beauty contest". Delegates were instead selected by direct vote in each congressional district on delegate candidates.[11] Delegate candidates either were listed on the ballot with their preference on for a particular presidential candidate, or were listed as expressing no preference.[11]
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Frank O. Lowden | 197,073 | 50.54 | |
| Leonard Wood | 132,522 | 33.98 | |
| Hiram W. Johnson(write-in) | 56,242 | 14.42 | |
| Herbert Hoover(write-in) | 2,274 | 0.58 | |
| William Hale Thompson(write-in) | 686 | 0.18 | |
| Scattering | 1,169 | 0.30 | |
| Total votes | 389,966 | 100 | |
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The1920 Illinois Socialist presidential primary was held on April 13, 1920, in the U.S. state ofIllinois as one of the Socialist Party's state primaries ahead of the 1920 presidential election.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Eugene V. Debs | 102 | 96.23 | |
| Scattering | 4 | 3.77 | |
| Total votes | 106 | 100 | |
| Presidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV)[11] | |
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| Warren G. Harding ofOhio | Calvin Coolidge | Republican | 29 | 1,420,480 | 67.81% |
| James M. Cox | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Democratic | 0 | 534,395 | 25.51% |
| Eugene V. Debs | Seymour Stedman | Socialist | 0 | 74,747 | 3.57% |
| Parley P. Christensen | Max S. Hayes | Farmer-Labor | 0 | 49,630 | 2.37% |
| Aaron S. Watkins | Leigh Colvin | Prohibition | 0 | 11,216 | 0.54% |
| William Wesley Cox | August Gillhaus | Socialist Labor | 0 | 3,471 | 0.17% |
| Robert Macauley | Richard Barnum | Single Tax | 0 | 775 | 0.04% |
| County | Warren Gamaliel Harding Republican | James Middleton Cox Democratic | Eugene Victor Debs Socialist | Parley Parker Christensen Farmer-Labor | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast[13] | ||||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 12,852 | 57.07% | 7,222 | 32.07% | 373 | 1.66% | 1,877 | 8.33% | 197 | 0.87% | 5,630 | 25.00% | 22,521 |
| Alexander | 5,287 | 61.92% | 3,167 | 37.09% | 58 | 0.68% | 5 | 0.06% | 22 | 0.26% | 2,120 | 24.83% | 8,539 |
| Bond | 3,662 | 64.67% | 1,533 | 27.07% | 45 | 0.79% | 191 | 3.37% | 232 | 4.10% | 2,129 | 37.59% | 5,663 |
| Boone | 5,386 | 89.39% | 496 | 8.23% | 104 | 1.73% | 10 | 0.17% | 29 | 0.48% | 4,890 | 81.16% | 6,025 |
| Brown | 1,590 | 45.08% | 1,866 | 52.91% | 7 | 0.20% | 5 | 0.14% | 59 | 1.67% | -276 | -7.83% | 3,527 |
| Bureau | 9,968 | 74.94% | 2,354 | 17.70% | 607 | 4.56% | 186 | 1.40% | 187 | 1.41% | 7,614 | 57.24% | 13,302 |
| Calhoun | 1,367 | 64.82% | 703 | 33.33% | 14 | 0.66% | 4 | 0.19% | 21 | 1.00% | 664 | 31.48% | 2,109 |
| Carroll | 5,194 | 86.65% | 606 | 10.11% | 87 | 1.45% | 65 | 1.08% | 42 | 0.70% | 4,588 | 76.54% | 5,994 |
| Cass | 3,956 | 54.06% | 2,861 | 39.10% | 53 | 0.72% | 374 | 5.11% | 74 | 1.01% | 1,095 | 14.96% | 7,318 |
| Champaign | 15,573 | 71.83% | 5,247 | 24.20% | 159 | 0.73% | 409 | 1.89% | 293 | 1.35% | 10,326 | 47.63% | 21,681 |
| Christian | 7,535 | 52.75% | 5,398 | 37.79% | 347 | 2.43% | 741 | 5.19% | 264 | 1.85% | 2,137 | 14.96% | 14,285 |
| Clark | 5,312 | 55.35% | 4,181 | 43.57% | 33 | 0.34% | 7 | 0.07% | 64 | 0.67% | 1,131 | 11.78% | 9,597 |
| Clay | 3,683 | 59.90% | 2,358 | 38.35% | 75 | 1.22% | 9 | 0.15% | 24 | 0.39% | 1,325 | 21.55% | 6,149 |
| Clinton | 4,564 | 63.71% | 1,661 | 23.19% | 241 | 3.36% | 630 | 8.79% | 68 | 0.95% | 2,903 | 40.52% | 7,164 |
| Coles | 8,563 | 58.76% | 5,811 | 39.87% | 86 | 0.59% | 9 | 0.06% | 105 | 0.72% | 2,752 | 18.88% | 14,574 |
| Cook | 635,197 | 71.12% | 197,499 | 22.11% | 52,475 | 5.88% | 4,966 | 0.56% | 3,000 | 0.34% | 437,698 | 49.01% | 893,137 |
| Crawford | 5,188 | 55.02% | 4,092 | 43.39% | 52 | 0.55% | 2 | 0.02% | 96 | 1.02% | 1,096 | 11.62% | 9,430 |
| Cumberland | 3,095 | 58.18% | 2,162 | 40.64% | 11 | 0.21% | 3 | 0.06% | 49 | 0.92% | 933 | 17.54% | 5,320 |
| DeKalb | 10,374 | 83.93% | 1,700 | 13.75% | 163 | 1.32% | 43 | 0.35% | 81 | 0.66% | 8,674 | 70.17% | 12,361 |
| DeWitt | 5,001 | 60.68% | 3,079 | 37.36% | 52 | 0.63% | 39 | 0.47% | 71 | 0.86% | 1,922 | 23.32% | 8,242 |
| Douglas | 4,885 | 65.21% | 2,308 | 30.81% | 51 | 0.68% | 148 | 1.98% | 99 | 1.32% | 2,577 | 34.40% | 7,491 |
| DuPage | 12,280 | 82.00% | 2,084 | 13.92% | 349 | 2.33% | 121 | 0.81% | 142 | 0.95% | 10,196 | 68.08% | 14,976 |
| Edgar | 6,750 | 53.29% | 5,694 | 44.95% | 136 | 1.07% | 6 | 0.05% | 81 | 0.64% | 1,056 | 8.34% | 12,667 |
| Edwards | 3,002 | 79.21% | 742 | 19.58% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 46 | 1.21% | 2,260 | 59.63% | 3,790 |
| Effingham | 4,176 | 57.47% | 2,985 | 41.08% | 43 | 0.59% | 16 | 0.22% | 47 | 0.65% | 1,191 | 16.39% | 7,267 |
| Fayette | 5,758 | 58.48% | 3,824 | 38.84% | 108 | 1.10% | 45 | 0.46% | 111 | 1.13% | 1,934 | 19.64% | 9,846 |
| Ford | 4,995 | 82.40% | 958 | 15.80% | 22 | 0.36% | 30 | 0.49% | 57 | 0.94% | 4,037 | 66.60% | 6,062 |
| Franklin | 7,608 | 51.11% | 4,894 | 32.88% | 584 | 3.92% | 1,630 | 10.95% | 170 | 1.14% | 2,714 | 18.23% | 14,886 |
| Fulton | 9,523 | 59.25% | 5,293 | 32.93% | 743 | 4.62% | 248 | 1.54% | 265 | 1.65% | 4,230 | 26.32% | 16,072 |
| Gallatin | 2,184 | 49.94% | 2,000 | 45.74% | 37 | 0.85% | 116 | 2.65% | 36 | 0.82% | 184 | 4.21% | 4,373 |
| Greene | 3,685 | 47.96% | 3,776 | 49.15% | 63 | 0.82% | 110 | 1.43% | 49 | 0.64% | -91 | -1.18% | 7,683 |
| Grundy | 4,647 | 80.05% | 803 | 13.83% | 82 | 1.41% | 225 | 3.88% | 48 | 0.83% | 3,844 | 66.22% | 5,805 |
| Hamilton | 3,220 | 54.71% | 2,591 | 44.02% | 27 | 0.46% | 24 | 0.41% | 24 | 0.41% | 629 | 10.69% | 5,886 |
| Hancock | 7,379 | 57.75% | 5,125 | 40.11% | 64 | 0.50% | 32 | 0.25% | 178 | 1.39% | 2,254 | 17.64% | 12,778 |
| Hardin | 1,555 | 61.54% | 943 | 37.32% | 8 | 0.32% | 10 | 0.40% | 11 | 0.44% | 612 | 24.22% | 2,527 |
| Henderson | 2,747 | 76.65% | 740 | 20.65% | 23 | 0.64% | 14 | 0.39% | 60 | 1.67% | 2,007 | 56.00% | 3,584 |
| Henry | 12,379 | 78.96% | 2,530 | 16.14% | 436 | 2.78% | 129 | 0.82% | 203 | 1.29% | 9,849 | 62.82% | 15,677 |
| Iroquois | 9,186 | 77.79% | 2,429 | 20.57% | 35 | 0.30% | 20 | 0.17% | 139 | 1.18% | 6,757 | 57.22% | 11,809 |
| Jackson | 8,003 | 59.96% | 4,575 | 34.28% | 75 | 0.56% | 590 | 4.42% | 104 | 0.78% | 3,428 | 25.68% | 13,347 |
| Jasper | 3,279 | 51.63% | 2,971 | 46.78% | 41 | 0.65% | 6 | 0.09% | 54 | 0.85% | 308 | 4.85% | 6,351 |
| Jefferson | 5,711 | 53.57% | 4,772 | 44.77% | 64 | 0.60% | 30 | 0.28% | 83 | 0.78% | 939 | 8.81% | 10,660 |
| Jersey | 2,873 | 57.90% | 1,999 | 40.29% | 23 | 0.46% | 20 | 0.40% | 47 | 0.95% | 874 | 17.61% | 4,962 |
| Jo Daviess | 6,098 | 76.25% | 1,604 | 20.06% | 203 | 2.54% | 28 | 0.35% | 64 | 0.80% | 4,494 | 56.20% | 7,997 |
| Johnson | 2,972 | 70.91% | 1,137 | 27.13% | 38 | 0.91% | 28 | 0.67% | 16 | 0.38% | 1,835 | 43.78% | 4,191 |
| Kane | 26,832 | 82.82% | 4,323 | 13.34% | 756 | 2.33% | 278 | 0.86% | 209 | 0.65% | 22,509 | 69.48% | 32,398 |
| Kankakee | 12,853 | 79.33% | 2,828 | 17.46% | 82 | 0.51% | 353 | 2.18% | 85 | 0.52% | 10,025 | 61.88% | 16,201 |
| Kendall | 3,459 | 87.99% | 439 | 11.17% | 8 | 0.20% | 3 | 0.08% | 22 | 0.56% | 3,020 | 76.83% | 3,931 |
| Knox | 12,559 | 73.85% | 2,852 | 16.77% | 233 | 1.37% | 1,184 | 6.96% | 177 | 1.04% | 9,707 | 57.08% | 17,005 |
| Lake | 15,712 | 82.28% | 2,321 | 12.15% | 787 | 4.12% | 159 | 0.83% | 117 | 0.61% | 13,391 | 70.12% | 19,096 |
| LaSalle | 23,751 | 73.23% | 6,626 | 20.43% | 927 | 2.86% | 943 | 2.91% | 187 | 0.58% | 17,125 | 52.80% | 32,434 |
| Lawrence | 4,720 | 54.17% | 3,707 | 42.54% | 100 | 1.15% | 7 | 0.08% | 180 | 2.07% | 1,013 | 11.62% | 8,714 |
| Lee | 7,615 | 78.94% | 1,715 | 17.78% | 173 | 1.79% | 38 | 0.39% | 105 | 1.09% | 5,900 | 61.17% | 9,646 |
| Livingston | 10,382 | 74.83% | 3,101 | 22.35% | 74 | 0.53% | 195 | 1.41% | 122 | 0.88% | 7,281 | 52.48% | 13,874 |
| Logan | 6,957 | 64.79% | 3,232 | 30.10% | 199 | 1.85% | 198 | 1.84% | 152 | 1.42% | 3,725 | 34.69% | 10,738 |
| Macon | 16,486 | 65.27% | 7,917 | 31.35% | 378 | 1.50% | 236 | 0.93% | 240 | 0.95% | 8,569 | 33.93% | 25,257 |
| Macoupin | 8,700 | 44.68% | 5,936 | 30.49% | 1,208 | 6.20% | 3,320 | 17.05% | 306 | 1.57% | 2,764 | 14.20% | 19,470 |
| Madison | 19,249 | 57.82% | 10,149 | 30.48% | 1,000 | 3.00% | 2,613 | 7.85% | 281 | 0.84% | 9,100 | 27.33% | 33,292 |
| Marion | 6,620 | 52.06% | 4,351 | 34.22% | 157 | 1.23% | 1,379 | 10.85% | 208 | 1.64% | 2,269 | 17.85% | 12,715 |
| Marshall | 3,734 | 67.61% | 1,568 | 28.39% | 108 | 1.96% | 80 | 1.45% | 33 | 0.60% | 2,166 | 39.22% | 5,523 |
| Mason | 3,842 | 58.40% | 2,595 | 39.44% | 43 | 0.65% | 29 | 0.44% | 70 | 1.06% | 1,247 | 18.95% | 6,579 |
| Massac | 3,731 | 82.98% | 688 | 15.30% | 14 | 0.31% | 29 | 0.65% | 34 | 0.76% | 3,043 | 67.68% | 4,496 |
| McDonough | 7,221 | 63.18% | 3,930 | 34.38% | 118 | 1.03% | 30 | 0.26% | 131 | 1.15% | 3,291 | 28.79% | 11,430 |
| McHenry | 9,885 | 85.10% | 1,536 | 13.22% | 104 | 0.90% | 28 | 0.24% | 63 | 0.54% | 8,349 | 71.88% | 11,616 |
| McLean | 16,680 | 65.27% | 6,411 | 25.09% | 133 | 0.52% | 1,904 | 7.45% | 427 | 1.67% | 10,269 | 40.18% | 25,555 |
| Menard | 2,882 | 59.19% | 1,864 | 38.28% | 30 | 0.62% | 24 | 0.49% | 69 | 1.42% | 1,018 | 20.91% | 4,869 |
| Mercer | 5,531 | 74.58% | 1,574 | 21.22% | 90 | 1.21% | 102 | 1.38% | 119 | 1.60% | 3,957 | 53.36% | 7,416 |
| Monroe | 2,955 | 70.11% | 932 | 22.11% | 42 | 1.00% | 271 | 6.43% | 15 | 0.36% | 2,023 | 48.00% | 4,215 |
| Montgomery | 7,429 | 52.92% | 4,756 | 33.88% | 216 | 1.54% | 1,365 | 9.72% | 273 | 1.94% | 2,673 | 19.04% | 14,039 |
| Morgan | 8,169 | 62.87% | 4,447 | 34.23% | 151 | 1.16% | 114 | 0.88% | 112 | 0.86% | 3,722 | 28.65% | 12,993 |
| Moultrie | 3,279 | 55.76% | 2,513 | 42.73% | 24 | 0.41% | 17 | 0.29% | 48 | 0.82% | 766 | 13.02% | 5,881 |
| Ogle | 9,322 | 82.99% | 1,720 | 15.31% | 75 | 0.67% | 13 | 0.12% | 103 | 0.92% | 7,602 | 67.68% | 11,233 |
| Peoria | 24,541 | 66.00% | 9,453 | 25.42% | 712 | 1.91% | 2,174 | 5.85% | 302 | 0.81% | 15,088 | 40.58% | 37,182 |
| Perry | 4,598 | 58.47% | 2,478 | 31.51% | 101 | 1.28% | 544 | 6.92% | 143 | 1.82% | 2,120 | 26.96% | 7,864 |
| Piatt | 4,283 | 68.16% | 1,903 | 30.28% | 34 | 0.54% | 4 | 0.06% | 60 | 0.95% | 2,380 | 37.87% | 6,284 |
| Pike | 5,564 | 54.12% | 4,279 | 41.62% | 178 | 1.73% | 68 | 0.66% | 191 | 1.86% | 1,285 | 12.50% | 10,280 |
| Pope | 2,486 | 77.42% | 687 | 21.40% | 24 | 0.75% | 8 | 0.25% | 6 | 0.19% | 1,799 | 56.03% | 3,211 |
| Pulaski | 4,002 | 62.85% | 2,276 | 35.74% | 45 | 0.71% | 8 | 0.13% | 37 | 0.58% | 1,726 | 27.10% | 6,368 |
| Putnam | 1,623 | 74.04% | 362 | 16.51% | 72 | 3.28% | 119 | 5.43% | 16 | 0.73% | 1,261 | 57.53% | 2,192 |
| Randolph | 6,180 | 62.54% | 3,181 | 32.19% | 135 | 1.37% | 305 | 3.09% | 81 | 0.82% | 2,999 | 30.35% | 9,882 |
| Richland | 3,026 | 57.05% | 2,174 | 40.99% | 41 | 0.77% | 5 | 0.09% | 58 | 1.09% | 852 | 16.06% | 5,304 |
| Rock Island | 21,908 | 71.32% | 5,208 | 16.95% | 2,221 | 7.23% | 1,123 | 3.66% | 259 | 0.84% | 16,700 | 54.36% | 30,719 |
| Saline | 6,722 | 52.96% | 3,500 | 27.58% | 70 | 0.55% | 2,321 | 18.29% | 79 | 0.62% | 3,222 | 25.39% | 12,692 |
| Sangamon | 21,820 | 59.42% | 11,000 | 29.95% | 752 | 2.05% | 2,691 | 7.33% | 460 | 1.25% | 10,820 | 29.46% | 36,723 |
| Schuyler | 2,800 | 53.86% | 2,258 | 43.43% | 24 | 0.46% | 8 | 0.15% | 109 | 2.10% | 542 | 10.43% | 5,199 |
| Scott | 2,075 | 52.25% | 1,786 | 44.98% | 19 | 0.48% | 44 | 1.11% | 47 | 1.18% | 289 | 7.28% | 3,971 |
| Shelby | 6,351 | 53.93% | 5,113 | 43.42% | 68 | 0.58% | 33 | 0.28% | 211 | 1.79% | 1,238 | 10.51% | 11,776 |
| St. Clair | 21,681 | 51.34% | 14,032 | 33.23% | 1,326 | 3.14% | 4,851 | 11.49% | 341 | 0.81% | 7,649 | 18.11% | 42,231 |
| Stark | 2,750 | 79.57% | 661 | 19.13% | 13 | 0.38% | 16 | 0.46% | 16 | 0.46% | 2,089 | 60.45% | 3,456 |
| Stephenson | 9,570 | 74.64% | 2,772 | 21.62% | 272 | 2.12% | 99 | 0.77% | 108 | 0.84% | 6,798 | 53.02% | 12,821 |
| Tazewell | 7,679 | 62.69% | 3,640 | 29.71% | 229 | 1.87% | 546 | 4.46% | 156 | 1.27% | 4,039 | 32.97% | 12,250 |
| Union | 3,119 | 45.55% | 3,660 | 53.45% | 25 | 0.37% | 5 | 0.07% | 38 | 0.55% | -541 | -7.90% | 6,847 |
| Vermilion | 18,175 | 61.74% | 8,634 | 29.33% | 389 | 1.32% | 1,714 | 5.82% | 527 | 1.79% | 9,541 | 32.41% | 29,439 |
| Wabash | 2,871 | 52.40% | 2,514 | 45.88% | 23 | 0.42% | 10 | 0.18% | 61 | 1.11% | 357 | 6.52% | 5,479 |
| Warren | 6,309 | 69.41% | 2,236 | 24.60% | 105 | 1.16% | 280 | 3.08% | 160 | 1.76% | 4,073 | 44.81% | 9,090 |
| Washington | 4,519 | 70.76% | 1,102 | 17.26% | 66 | 1.03% | 654 | 10.24% | 45 | 0.70% | 3,417 | 53.51% | 6,386 |
| Wayne | 4,908 | 60.50% | 3,137 | 38.67% | 25 | 0.31% | 2 | 0.02% | 41 | 0.51% | 1,771 | 21.83% | 8,113 |
| White | 4,494 | 51.23% | 4,148 | 47.29% | 89 | 1.01% | 5 | 0.06% | 36 | 0.41% | 346 | 3.94% | 8,772 |
| Whiteside | 10,923 | 81.74% | 1,927 | 14.42% | 125 | 0.94% | 220 | 1.65% | 168 | 1.26% | 8,996 | 67.32% | 13,363 |
| Will | 21,746 | 76.37% | 5,410 | 19.00% | 490 | 1.72% | 682 | 2.40% | 146 | 0.51% | 16,336 | 57.37% | 28,474 |
| Williamson | 10,118 | 56.73% | 4,728 | 26.51% | 296 | 1.66% | 2,402 | 13.47% | 290 | 1.63% | 5,390 | 30.22% | 17,834 |
| Winnebago | 19,913 | 79.23% | 3,355 | 13.35% | 1,175 | 4.67% | 507 | 2.02% | 184 | 0.73% | 16,558 | 65.88% | 25,134 |
| Woodford | 4,929 | 69.06% | 1,977 | 27.70% | 76 | 1.06% | 69 | 0.97% | 86 | 1.20% | 2,952 | 41.36% | 7,137 |
| Totals | 1,420,480 | 67.81% | 534,395 | 25.51% | 74,747 | 3.57% | 49,630 | 2.37% | 15,462 | 0.74% | 886,085 | 42.30% | 2,094,714 |
Despite Illinois’ position within the core of reliable Republican states in the “System of 1896”, at the beginning of the 1920 presidential campaign former Progressive Illinois RepublicanHarold L. Ickes came out against Republican nominee Warren Harding and supported the Democratic nominee,Ohio GovernorJames Cox.[14] Cox would visit the state on two occasions during his national fall campaign tour, once in September[15] and once in October.[16] In the first campaign, Cox claimed that Harding wanted to fund his campaign by imposing an onerous levy upon thecoal dealers of Chicago, and said the Democrats were making every effort to win the state,[15] despite it having beenCharles Evans Hughes’ fifth-strongest nationwide in1916.[17] In the second, Cox criticized Harding's stand on theLeague of Nations,[16] and argued that it would benefit American business and spiritual morals to enter therein.
At the end of the third week of October, another Illinois Republican leader inMorton D. Hull followed Ickes in deserting Harding and endorsing Cox, this time exclusively over the issue of the League of Nations.[18]
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