1920 U.S. Presidential Election
Who won the 1920 U.S. Presidential Election?
Warren G. Harding won the 1920 U.S. Presidential Election. Warren G. Harding received 16,147,249 popular votes (60.3%) and 404 electoral votes. The main challenger was James M. Cox (34.1%).
See the full head-to-head between Harding and Cox
Harding +26.2 pts · won by 7,006,385 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 5.6% of the popular vote; only the leading tickets are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote counts come from official certified totals (1976–2024) and official public returns for earlier years, cross-checked against the MIT Election Lab. The 1824 count is partial. Six states chose electors through their legislatures.