Indiana — 1920 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1920 presidential electionIndiana · PresidentHardingR+14.6
How it voted
Share of the 1920 vote
| Warren G. Harding ✓Republican | 55.1% | 696,370 |
|---|---|---|
| James M. CoxDemocratic | 40.5% | 511,364 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 4.4% | 55,240 |
1920presidential margin
D+60R+60
92 counties, each filled by 1920 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Indiana cast 15 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (92 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County, IN | Republican | R+6.1 |
| Allen County, IN | Republican | R+24.7 |
| Bartholomew County, IN | Republican | R+9.5 |
| Benton County, IN | Republican | R+29.6 |
| Blackford County, IN | Republican | R+9.7 |
| Boone County, IN | Republican | R+3.6 |
| Brown County, IN | Democratic | D+24.6 |
| Carroll County, IN | Republican | R+8.8 |
| Cass County, IN | Republican | R+7.4 |
| Clark County, IN | Democratic | D+2.0 |
| Clay County, IN | Republican | R+4.1 |
| Clinton County, IN | Republican | R+6.9 |
| Crawford County, IN | Republican | R+1.6 |
| Daviess County, IN | Republican | R+9.2 |
| Dearborn County, IN | Republican | R+2.7 |
| Decatur County, IN | Republican | R+16.9 |
| DeKalb County, IN | Republican | R+15.3 |
| Delaware County, IN | Republican | R+27.1 |
| Dubois County, IN | Democratic | D+6.2 |
| Elkhart County, IN | Republican | R+31.9 |
| Fayette County, IN | Republican | R+11.1 |
| Floyd County, IN | Republican | R+1.8 |
| Fountain County, IN | Republican | R+11.7 |
| Franklin County, IN | Democratic | D+7.7 |
| Fulton County, IN | Republican | R+11.9 |
| Gibson County, IN | Republican | R+7.6 |
| Grant County, IN | Republican | R+19.9 |
| Greene County, IN | Republican | R+7.5 |
| Hamilton County, IN | Republican | R+28.9 |
| Hancock County, IN | Democratic | D+5.6 |
| Harrison County, IN | Republican | R+4.5 |
| Hendricks County, IN | Republican | R+19.8 |
| Henry County, IN | Republican | R+19.0 |
| Howard County, IN | Republican | R+26.0 |
| Huntington County, IN | Republican | R+10.6 |
| Jackson County, IN | Democratic | D+2.4 |
| Jasper County, IN | Republican | R+35.1 |
| Jay County, IN | Republican | R+11.7 |
| Jefferson County, IN | Republican | R+17.5 |
| Jennings County, IN | Republican | R+13.1 |
| Johnson County, IN | Democratic | D+5.5 |
| Knox County, IN | Republican | R+10.1 |
| Kosciusko County, IN | Republican | R+25.8 |
| LaGrange County, IN | Republican | R+38.2 |
| Lake County, IN | Republican | R+50.4 |
| LaPorte County, IN | Republican | R+33.3 |
| Lawrence County, IN | Republican | R+17.9 |
| Madison County, IN | Republican | R+7.5 |
| Marion County, IN | Republican | R+12.7 |
| Marshall County, IN | Republican | R+10.1 |
| Martin County, IN | Republican | R+5.8 |
| Miami County, IN | Republican | R+7.6 |
| Monroe County, IN | Republican | R+8.4 |
| Montgomery County, IN | Republican | R+10.1 |
| Morgan County, IN | Republican | R+13.7 |
| Newton County, IN | Republican | R+30.1 |
| Noble County, IN | Republican | R+23.8 |
| Ohio County, IN | Republican | R+3.5 |
| Orange County, IN | Republican | R+18.7 |
| Owen County, IN | Republican | R+0.8 |
| Parke County, IN | Republican | R+16.3 |
| Perry County, IN | Republican | R+4.1 |
| Pike County, IN | Republican | R+12.7 |
| Porter County, IN | Republican | R+50.9 |
| Posey County, IN | Republican | R+1.1 |
| Pulaski County, IN | Republican | R+10.1 |
| Putnam County, IN | Democratic | D+2.6 |
| Randolph County, IN | Republican | R+34.0 |
| Ripley County, IN | Republican | R+14.8 |
| Rush County, IN | Republican | R+14.8 |
| Scott County, IN | Democratic | D+3.9 |
| Shelby County, IN | Democratic | D+3.8 |
| Spencer County, IN | Republican | R+15.3 |
| St. Joseph County, IN | Republican | R+17.0 |
| Starke County, IN | Republican | R+28.5 |
| Steuben County, IN | Republican | R+48.0 |
| Sullivan County, IN | Democratic | D+6.0 |
| Switzerland County, IN | Republican | R+2.2 |
| Tippecanoe County, IN | Republican | R+25.0 |
| Tipton County, IN | Republican | R+4.7 |
| Union County, IN | Republican | R+17.9 |
| Vanderburgh County, IN | Republican | R+14.8 |
| Vermillion County, IN | Republican | R+18.0 |
| Vigo County, IN | Republican | R+7.9 |
| Wabash County, IN | Republican | R+24.0 |
| Warren County, IN | Republican | R+43.0 |
| Warrick County, IN | Republican | R+8.4 |
| Washington County, IN | Democratic | D+5.7 |
| Wayne County, IN | Republican | R+21.8 |
| Wells County, IN | Democratic | D+2.4 |
| White County, IN | Republican | R+18.0 |
| Whitley County, IN | Republican | R+7.0 |
Indiana results by county
92 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | Warren G. Harding+491 | 4,14451.8% | 3,65345.7% | 2012.5% | 7,998 |
| Allen County | Warren G. Harding+10,404 | 24,20857.4% | 13,80432.7% | 4,1659.9% | 42,177 |
| Bartholomew County | Warren G. Harding+1,165 | 6,58553.9% | 5,42044.4% | 2051.7% | 12,210 |
| Benton County | Warren G. Harding+1,802 | 3,90064.1% | 2,09834.5% | 831.4% | 6,081 |
| Blackford County | Warren G. Harding+590 | 3,14551.8% | 2,55542.1% | 3736.1% | 6,073 |
| Boone County | Warren G. Harding+472 | 6,65050.9% | 6,17847.3% | 2301.8% | 13,058 |
| Brown County | James M. Cox+528 | 78836.8% | 1,31661.4% | 401.9% | 2,144 |
| Carroll County | Warren G. Harding+820 | 5,00653.9% | 4,18645.1% | 921.0% | 9,284 |
| Cass County | Warren G. Harding+1,351 | 9,54552.1% | 8,19444.7% | 5753.1% | 18,314 |
| Clark County | James M. Cox+263 | 6,46648.4% | 6,72950.4% | 1621.2% | 13,357 |
| Clay County | Warren G. Harding+517 | 6,12948.2% | 5,61244.1% | 9757.7% | 12,716 |
| Clinton County | Warren G. Harding+1,018 | 7,73952.6% | 6,72145.7% | 2571.7% | 14,717 |
| Crawford County | Warren G. Harding+77 | 2,29049.0% | 2,21347.4% | 1663.6% | 4,669 |
| Daviess County | Warren G. Harding+1,161 | 6,74853.4% | 5,58744.2% | 2982.4% | 12,633 |
| Dearborn County | Warren G. Harding+275 | 5,15950.7% | 4,88448.0% | 1401.4% | 10,183 |
| Decatur County | Warren G. Harding+1,620 | 5,51657.7% | 3,89640.7% | 1541.6% | 9,566 |
| DeKalb County | Warren G. Harding+1,764 | 6,51456.3% | 4,75041.1% | 2962.6% | 11,560 |
| Delaware County | Warren G. Harding+6,516 | 14,84561.8% | 8,32934.7% | 8563.6% | 24,030 |
| Dubois County | James M. Cox+500 | 3,73846.2% | 4,23852.4% | 1191.5% | 8,095 |
| Elkhart County | Warren G. Harding+6,527 | 12,29760.1% | 5,77028.2% | 2,39411.7% | 20,461 |
| Fayette County | Warren G. Harding+974 | 4,74254.3% | 3,76843.1% | 2282.6% | 8,738 |
| Floyd County | Warren G. Harding+278 | 7,66949.6% | 7,39147.8% | 3872.5% | 15,447 |
| Fountain County | Warren G. Harding+1,130 | 5,21854.1% | 4,08842.4% | 3413.5% | 9,647 |
| Franklin County | James M. Cox+534 | 3,13745.5% | 3,67153.3% | 851.2% | 6,893 |
| Fulton County | Warren G. Harding+1,016 | 4,61854.0% | 3,60242.1% | 3343.9% | 8,554 |
| Gibson County | Warren G. Harding+1,114 | 7,49851.3% | 6,38443.7% | 7285.0% | 14,610 |
| Grant County | Warren G. Harding+4,449 | 12,34955.1% | 7,90035.3% | 2,1569.6% | 22,405 |
| Greene County | Warren G. Harding+1,151 | 7,48648.6% | 6,33541.2% | 1,56710.2% | 15,388 |
| Hamilton County | Warren G. Harding+3,617 | 7,89763.0% | 4,28034.2% | 3502.8% | 12,527 |
| Hancock County | James M. Cox+536 | 4,42246.2% | 4,95851.8% | 1992.1% | 9,579 |
| Harrison County | Warren G. Harding+373 | 4,27151.5% | 3,89847.0% | 1321.6% | 8,301 |
| Hendricks County | Warren G. Harding+2,101 | 6,29359.2% | 4,19239.4% | 1451.4% | 10,630 |
| Henry County | Warren G. Harding+2,918 | 8,74257.0% | 5,82438.0% | 7625.0% | 15,328 |
| Howard County | Warren G. Harding+4,612 | 10,37958.5% | 5,76732.5% | 1,5848.9% | 17,730 |
| Huntington County | Warren G. Harding+1,594 | 8,10053.7% | 6,50643.1% | 4873.2% | 15,093 |
| Jackson County | James M. Cox+250 | 5,06948.0% | 5,31950.4% | 1641.6% | 10,552 |
| Jasper County | Warren G. Harding+2,070 | 3,94266.9% | 1,87231.8% | 811.4% | 5,895 |
| Jay County | Warren G. Harding+1,330 | 6,08953.3% | 4,75941.7% | 5665.0% | 11,414 |
| Jefferson County | Warren G. Harding+1,732 | 5,73258.0% | 4,00040.5% | 1481.5% | 9,880 |
| Jennings County | Warren G. Harding+801 | 3,40455.6% | 2,60342.6% | 1101.8% | 6,117 |
| Johnson County | James M. Cox+589 | 4,86345.4% | 5,45250.8% | 4073.8% | 10,722 |
| Knox County | Warren G. Harding+1,959 | 10,01151.4% | 8,05241.3% | 1,4167.3% | 19,479 |
| Kosciusko County | Warren G. Harding+3,490 | 8,32661.7% | 4,83635.8% | 3422.5% | 13,504 |
| LaGrange County | Warren G. Harding+2,165 | 3,85268.0% | 1,68729.8% | 1242.2% | 5,663 |
| Lake County | Warren G. Harding+19,160 | 26,29669.1% | 7,13618.8% | 4,59612.1% | 38,028 |
| LaPorte County | Warren G. Harding+5,745 | 11,20465.0% | 5,45931.7% | 5753.3% | 17,238 |
| Lawrence County | Warren G. Harding+2,099 | 6,80858.1% | 4,70940.2% | 1911.6% | 11,708 |
| Madison County | Warren G. Harding+2,379 | 15,70449.8% | 13,32542.2% | 2,5338.0% | 31,562 |
| Marion County | Warren G. Harding+18,497 | 79,95754.9% | 61,46042.2% | 4,1542.9% | 145,571 |
| Marshall County | Warren G. Harding+1,077 | 5,70853.6% | 4,63143.5% | 3032.8% | 10,642 |
| Martin County | Warren G. Harding+304 | 2,74752.3% | 2,44346.5% | 651.2% | 5,255 |
| Miami County | Warren G. Harding+1,077 | 7,33651.9% | 6,25944.3% | 5293.7% | 14,124 |
| Monroe County | Warren G. Harding+882 | 5,63353.6% | 4,75145.2% | 1161.1% | 10,500 |
| Montgomery County | Warren G. Harding+1,633 | 8,79254.5% | 7,15944.4% | 1841.1% | 16,135 |
| Morgan County | Warren G. Harding+1,380 | 5,63456.0% | 4,25442.2% | 1811.8% | 10,069 |
| Newton County | Warren G. Harding+1,465 | 3,12964.4% | 1,66434.2% | 681.4% | 4,861 |
| Noble County | Warren G. Harding+2,672 | 6,82060.8% | 4,14837.0% | 2452.2% | 11,213 |
| Ohio County | Warren G. Harding+80 | 1,17750.9% | 1,09747.4% | 381.6% | 2,312 |
| Orange County | Warren G. Harding+1,504 | 4,72658.9% | 3,22240.1% | 811.0% | 8,029 |
| Owen County | Warren G. Harding+49 | 2,99749.2% | 2,94848.4% | 1492.4% | 6,094 |
| Parke County | Warren G. Harding+1,446 | 4,98956.1% | 3,54339.9% | 3564.0% | 8,888 |
| Perry County | Warren G. Harding+304 | 3,86451.8% | 3,56047.7% | 410.5% | 7,465 |
| Pike County | Warren G. Harding+1,002 | 4,06951.7% | 3,06739.0% | 7279.2% | 7,863 |
| Porter County | Warren G. Harding+3,899 | 5,57072.7% | 1,67121.8% | 4235.5% | 7,664 |
| Posey County | Warren G. Harding+107 | 4,80249.7% | 4,69548.6% | 1611.7% | 9,658 |
| Pulaski County | Warren G. Harding+512 | 2,74053.9% | 2,22843.8% | 1172.3% | 5,085 |
| Putnam County | James M. Cox+277 | 5,14047.8% | 5,41750.4% | 1891.8% | 10,746 |
| Randolph County | Warren G. Harding+4,575 | 8,77365.3% | 4,19831.2% | 4683.5% | 13,439 |
| Ripley County | Warren G. Harding+1,396 | 5,37256.8% | 3,97642.1% | 1041.1% | 9,452 |
| Rush County | Warren G. Harding+1,600 | 6,11356.6% | 4,51341.8% | 1771.6% | 10,803 |
| Scott County | James M. Cox+139 | 1,70947.5% | 1,84851.4% | 401.1% | 3,597 |
| Shelby County | James M. Cox+509 | 6,33647.2% | 6,84550.9% | 2561.9% | 13,437 |
| Spencer County | Warren G. Harding+1,415 | 5,27057.0% | 3,85541.7% | 1151.2% | 9,240 |
| St. Joseph County | Warren G. Harding+5,320 | 17,67556.5% | 12,35539.5% | 1,2754.1% | 31,305 |
| Starke County | Warren G. Harding+1,216 | 2,68362.9% | 1,46734.4% | 1142.7% | 4,264 |
| Steuben County | Warren G. Harding+3,287 | 4,96372.5% | 1,67624.5% | 2093.1% | 6,848 |
| Sullivan County | James M. Cox+784 | 5,37641.4% | 6,16047.4% | 1,45511.2% | 12,991 |
| Switzerland County | Warren G. Harding+113 | 2,52550.1% | 2,41247.9% | 1012.0% | 5,038 |
| Tippecanoe County | Warren G. Harding+5,168 | 12,73061.7% | 7,56236.6% | 3471.7% | 20,639 |
| Tipton County | Warren G. Harding+401 | 4,35751.4% | 3,95646.7% | 1591.9% | 8,472 |
| Union County | Warren G. Harding+609 | 1,98458.3% | 1,37540.4% | 441.3% | 3,403 |
| Vanderburgh County | Warren G. Harding+5,453 | 19,35752.4% | 13,90437.6% | 3,68510.0% | 36,946 |
| Vermillion County | Warren G. Harding+1,698 | 4,91652.1% | 3,21834.1% | 1,30513.8% | 9,439 |
| Vigo County | Warren G. Harding+2,929 | 18,66850.3% | 15,73942.4% | 2,7077.3% | 37,114 |
| Wabash County | Warren G. Harding+3,191 | 8,01860.3% | 4,82736.3% | 4453.3% | 13,290 |
| Warren County | Warren G. Harding+2,026 | 3,33770.9% | 1,31127.9% | 591.3% | 4,707 |
| Warrick County | Warren G. Harding+760 | 4,67551.8% | 3,91543.3% | 4434.9% | 9,033 |
| Washington County | James M. Cox+449 | 3,70846.9% | 4,15752.5% | 480.6% | 7,913 |
| Wayne County | Warren G. Harding+4,616 | 12,63159.5% | 8,01537.8% | 5752.7% | 21,221 |
| Wells County | James M. Cox+223 | 4,43047.6% | 4,65350.0% | 2222.4% | 9,305 |
| White County | Warren G. Harding+1,496 | 4,87158.6% | 3,37540.6% | 710.9% | 8,317 |
| Whitley County | Warren G. Harding+601 | 4,53052.5% | 3,92945.5% | 1702.0% | 8,629 |
Nominees: James M. Cox (D) · Warren G. Harding (R)
Indiana's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1920 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +1.2% |
| 1896 | −2.9% |
| 1900 | −3.8% |
| 1904 | −13.8% |
| 1908 | −1.5% |
| 1912 | +20.0% |
| 1916 | −0.9% |
| 1920 | −14.6% |
| 1924 | −16.6% |
| 1928 | −20.1% |
| 1932 | +11.7% |
| 1936 | +14.7% |
| 1940 | −1.4% |
| 1944 | −5.7% |
| 1948 | −0.8% |
| 1952 | −17.1% |
| 1956 | −20.2% |
| 1960 | −10.4% |
| 1964 | +12.4% |
| 1968 | −12.3% |
| 1972 | −32.8% |
| 1976 | −7.6% |
| 1980 | −18.4% |
| 1984 | −24.0% |
| 1988 | −20.2% |
| 1992 | −6.1% |
| 1996 | −5.6% |
| 2000 | −15.6% |
| 2004 | −20.7% |
| 2008 | +1.0% |
| 2012 | −10.2% |
| 2016 | −19.0% |
| 2020 | −16.1% |
| 2024 | −19.0% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1920 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.