United States presidential election in Rhode Island, 1920

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United States presidential election in Rhode Island, 1920

November 2, 1920

Nominee Warren G. Harding James M. Cox Party Republican Democratic Home state Ohio Ohio Running mate Calvin Coolidge Franklin D. Roosevelt Electoral vote 5 0 Popular vote 107,463 55,062 Percentage 63.97% 32.78%

President before election Woodrow Wilson Democratic Elected President Warren G. Harding Republican

The 1920 United States Presidential Election in Rhode Island took place on November 2, 1920 as part of the 1920 United States Presidential Election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Rhode Island voted for Republican nominee, Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio, over the Democratic nominee, Governor James M. Cox of Ohio. Harding ran with Governor Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts, while Cox ran with Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York.

Harding won Rhode Island by a margin of 31.19%. His victory in the New England states was helped in by the local popularity of his running mate, Calvin Coolidge, a traditional New England Yankee born in the small-town of Plymouth Notch, Vermont, who had started his political career nearby as Governor of Massachusetts.

Results

United States presidential election in Rhode Island, 1920
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Republican	Warren Gamaliel Harding of Ohio	Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts	107,463	63.97%	5	100.00%
	Democratic	James Middleton Cox of Ohio	Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York	55,062	32.78%	0	0.00%
	Socialist	Eugene Victor Debs of Indiana	Seymour Stedman of Illinois	4,351	2.59%	0	0.00%
	Prohibition	Aaron Sherman Watkins of Indiana	David Leigh Colvin of New York	510	0.30%	0	0.00%
	Socialist Labor	William Wesley Cox of Missouri	August Gillhaus of New York	495	0.29%	0	0.00%
style="background-color: {{Template:Single Tax/meta/color}}; width: 5px;" |	[[Single Tax|{{Template:Single Tax/meta/shortname}}]]	Robert Colvin Macauley of Pennsylvania	Richard C. Barnum of Ohio	100	0.06%	0	0.00%
Total				167,981	100.00%	5	100.00%