Except for the UnionistOzark counties of Newton and Searcy where Republicans controlled local government, Arkansas since the end of Reconstruction had been a classic one-party Democratic “Solid South” state.[1]Disfranchisement during the 1890s of effectively all blacks and most poor whites had meant that outside those two aberrant counties, the Republican Party was completely moribund and Democratic primaries the only competitive elections. Although the northwest of the state was to develop a strong Socialist Party movement that served as a swing vote in county elections,[2] political repression[3] and internal party divisions[4] diminished that party's strength substantially.
The Democratic Party, under the influence of future federal Senate Minority and Majority LeaderJoseph Taylor Robinson and demagogic Governor and SenatorJeff Davis, was to make many familiar progressive changes in railroad regulation and child labor,[5] but under the administration of George W. Donaghey – who saw his administration and Democratic primary candidacy as a fight against the “Davis Machine”[6] – more rapid development occurred, especially in abolishing convict leasing and improving bank regulation.[7]
The aftermath of World War I, however, made for a temporary turn in Arkansas voter allegiances. The League of Nations was deeply unpopular in the isolationist and fundamentalist[8] Ozark region,[9] and outgoing President Woodrow Wilson was thus stigmatised for his advocacy of that organization. New Democratic nominee James M. Cox also supported American participation in the League,[10] whereas his rival Warren Harding was largely opposed to the League and was helped in the South by racial and labor unrest elsewhere in the country.[11]
Despite this, the solid Democratic majority of Arkansas was always conceded by polls across the nation at the end of October, even as the possibility of Harding breaking the “Solid South” was seen in Tennessee and even North Carolina.[12] Ultimately Cox won the election in Arkansas with 58.05 percent of the vote; Harding received 39.15 percent of the vote and the only other candidate on the ballot, imprisoned Socialist Eugene Debs received the remaining 2.80 percent. Harding’s result was nonetheless a major improvement upon the mere 28 percent won by Charles Evans Hughes in 1916, and rivaled any Republican performance in the state since the advent of the poll tax, although Theodore Roosevelt in 1904 had done marginally better. Harding was the first Republican to ever carry Van Buren County,[13] the first to carry Logan County since Ulysses S. Grant in 1872,[13] and the first Republican since Benjamin Harrison to carry Arkansas County and Lincoln County.[13]
^See Urwin, Cathy Kunzinger. Agenda for Reform: Winthrop Rockefeller as Governor of Arkansas, 1967-71. p. 32. ISBN1557282005.
^Reed, Roy. Faubus: the Life and Times of American Prodigal. p. 32. ISBN1610751485.
^Green, James R. Apocalypse and the Millennium in the American Civil War Era: Radical Movements in the Southwest, 1895-1943. pp. 316–318. ISBN0807107735.
^Faykosh, Joseph D. (2016). A party in peril: Franklin Roosevelt, the Democratic Party, and the Circular Letter of 1924 (Thesis). Bowling Green State University. p. 43.
^ abRobinson, Edgar Eugene (1947). The Presidential Vote; 1896-1932 (Second ed.). Stanford University Press. pp. 139–145.
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Main article 1920 United States presidential election The 1920 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 2 1920 as part of the 1920 United States presidential election in which all 48 states participated State voters chose nine electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting Democratic nominee James M Cox and his running mate Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin Roosevelt against Republican challenger U S Senator Warren G Harding and his running mate Governor Calvin Coolidge 1920 United States presidential election in Arkansas 1916 November 2 1920 1924 Nominee James M Cox Warren G HardingParty Democratic RepublicanHome state Ohio OhioRunning mate Franklin D Roosevelt Calvin CoolidgeElectoral vote 9 0Popular vote 106 682 71 948Percentage 58 05 39 15 County Results Cox 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 Harding 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 President before electionWoodrow WilsonDemocratic Elected President Warren G HardingRepublicanExcept for the Unionist Ozark counties of Newton and Searcy where Republicans controlled local government Arkansas since the end of Reconstruction had been a classic one party Democratic Solid South state 1 Disfranchisement during the 1890s of effectively all blacks and most poor whites had meant that outside those two aberrant counties the Republican Party was completely moribund and Democratic primaries the only competitive elections Although the northwest of the state was to develop a strong Socialist Party movement that served as a swing vote in county elections 2 political repression 3 and internal party divisions 4 diminished that party s strength substantially The Democratic Party under the influence of future federal Senate Minority and Majority Leader Joseph Taylor Robinson and demagogic Governor and Senator Jeff Davis was to make many familiar progressive changes in railroad regulation and child labor 5 but under the administration of George W Donaghey who saw his administration and Democratic primary candidacy as a fight against the Davis Machine 6 more rapid development occurred especially in abolishing convict leasing and improving bank regulation 7 The aftermath of World War I however made for a temporary turn in Arkansas voter allegiances The League of Nations was deeply unpopular in the isolationist and fundamentalist 8 Ozark region 9 and outgoing President Woodrow Wilson was thus stigmatised for his advocacy of that organization New Democratic nominee James M Cox also supported American participation in the League 10 whereas his rival Warren Harding was largely opposed to the League and was helped in the South by racial and labor unrest elsewhere in the country 11 Despite this the solid Democratic majority of Arkansas was always conceded by polls across the nation at the end of October even as the possibility of Harding breaking the Solid South was seen in Tennessee and even North Carolina 12 Ultimately Cox won the election in Arkansas with 58 05 percent of the vote Harding received 39 15 percent of the vote and the only other candidate on the ballot imprisoned Socialist Eugene Debs received the remaining 2 80 percent Harding s result was nonetheless a major improvement upon the mere 28 percent won by Charles Evans Hughes in 1916 and rivaled any Republican performance in the state since the advent of the poll tax although Theodore Roosevelt in 1904 had done marginally better Harding was the first Republican to ever carry Van Buren County 13 the first to carry Logan County since Ulysses S Grant in 1872 13 and the first Republican since Benjamin Harrison to carry Arkansas County and Lincoln County 13 Contents 1 Results 1 1 Results by county 2 See also 3 ReferencesResults edit1920 United States presidential election in Arkansas 14 Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votesDemocratic James M Cox Franklin D Roosevelt 106 682 58 05 9Republican Warren G Harding Calvin Coolidge 71 948 39 15 0Socialist Eugene V Debs Seymour Stedman 5 141 2 80 0Totals 183 637 100 00 9Results by county edit 1920 United States presidential election in Arkansas by county 14 County James Middleton CoxDemocratic Warren Gamaliel HardingRepublican Eugene Victor DebsSocialist Margin Total votes cast Arkansas 1 156 48 43 1 199 50 23 32 1 34 43 1 80 2 387Ashley 1 312 63 41 725 35 04 32 1 55 587 28 37 2 069Baxter 707 56 07 484 38 38 70 5 55 223 17 69 1 261Benton 2 838 58 28 1 916 39 34 116 2 38 922 18 94 4 870Boone 1 106 60 87 647 35 61 64 3 52 459 25 26 1 817Bradley 1 146 65 22 540 30 73 71 4 04 606 34 49 1 757Calhoun 736 64 62 337 29 59 66 5 79 399 35 03 1 139Carroll 1 344 48 93 1 338 48 71 65 2 37 6 0 22 2 747Chicot 887 64 00 489 35 28 10 0 72 398 28 72 1 386Clark 1 507 59 19 1 020 40 06 19 0 75 487 19 13 2 546Clay 1 775 50 83 1 536 43 99 181 5 18 239 6 84 3 492Cleburne 678 56 22 459 38 06 69 5 72 219 18 16 1 206Cleveland 809 62 28 475 36 57 15 1 15 334 25 71 1 299Columbia 2 052 70 13 857 29 29 17 0 58 1 195 40 84 2 926Conway 1 791 58 32 1 243 40 48 37 1 20 548 17 84 3 071Craighead 2 079 64 15 1 058 32 64 104 3 21 1 021 31 51 3 241Crawford 1 861 54 77 1 497 44 06 40 1 18 364 10 71 3 398Crittenden 905 83 80 167 15 46 8 0 74 738 68 34 1 080Cross 845 62 87 457 34 00 42 3 13 388 28 87 1 344Dallas 1 140 62 60 659 36 19 22 1 21 481 26 41 1 821Desha 931 70 85 360 27 40 23 1 75 571 43 45 1 314Drew 1 397 63 56 773 35 17 28 1 27 624 28 39 2 198Faulkner 1 971 60 63 1 148 35 31 132 4 06 823 25 32 3 251Franklin 1 502 62 79 769 32 15 121 5 06 733 30 64 2 392Fulton 763 59 47 502 39 13 18 1 40 261 20 34 1 283Garland 1 670 57 57 1 055 36 37 176 6 07 615 21 20 2 901Grant 619 71 56 230 26 59 16 1 85 389 44 97 865Greene 1 865 61 82 1 072 35 53 80 2 65 793 26 29 3 017Hempstead 2 239 55 72 1 754 43 65 25 0 62 485 12 07 4 018Hot Spring 1 061 52 42 910 44 96 53 2 62 151 7 46 2 024Howard 1 452 54 02 1 208 44 94 28 1 04 244 9 08 2 688Independence 1 546 57 05 1 077 39 74 87 3 21 469 17 31 2 710Izard 841 62 20 485 35 87 26 1 92 356 26 33 1 352Jackson 1 575 56 17 1 131 40 34 98 3 50 444 15 83 2 804Jefferson 2 670 70 58 1 048 27 70 65 1 72 1 622 42 88 3 783Johnson 1 579 57 31 996 36 15 180 6 53 583 21 16 2 755Lafayette 954 65 61 500 34 39 0 0 00 454 31 22 1 454Lawrence 1 686 69 27 699 28 72 49 2 01 987 40 55 2 434Lee 1 108 73 87 354 23 60 38 2 53 754 50 27 1 500Lincoln 888 47 11 988 52 41 9 0 48 100 5 30 1 885Little River 853 56 08 618 40 63 50 3 29 235 15 45 1 521Logan 1 840 49 58 1 871 50 42 0 0 00 31 0 84 3 711Lonoke 1 711 68 96 697 28 09 73 2 94 1 014 40 87 2 481Madison 1 463 45 29 1 715 53 10 52 1 61 252 7 81 3 230Marion 744 57 36 371 28 60 182 14 03 373 28 76 1 297Miller 1 545 62 65 836 33 90 85 3 45 709 28 75 2 466Mississippi 1 809 60 70 1 050 35 23 121 4 06 759 25 47 2 980Monroe 834 46 96 912 51 35 30 1 69 78 4 39 1 776Montgomery 430 38 43 615 54 96 74 6 61 185 16 53 1 119Nevada 1 220 47 82 1 292 50 65 39 1 53 72 2 83 2 551Newton 486 35 37 828 60 26 60 4 37 342 24 89 1 374Ouachita 1 307 52 83 1 141 46 12 26 1 05 166 6 71 2 474Perry 738 53 99 592 43 31 37 2 71 146 10 68 1 367Phillips 1 965 69 14 868 30 54 9 0 32 1 097 38 60 2 842Pike 849 46 73 921 50 69 47 2 59 72 3 96 1 817Poinsett 1 201 62 49 633 32 93 88 4 58 568 29 56 1 922Polk 1 208 47 65 1 173 46 27 154 6 07 35 1 38 2 535Pope 2 082 63 65 1 120 34 24 69 2 11 962 29 41 3 271Prairie 962 52 14 842 45 64 41 2 22 120 6 50 1 845Pulaski 6 506 62 76 3 711 35 80 150 1 45 2 795 26 96 10 367Randolph 1 412 67 50 652 31 17 28 1 34 760 36 33 2 092St Francis 1 252 56 60 903 40 82 57 2 58 349 15 78 2 212Saline 1 206 72 22 403 24 13 61 3 65 803 48 09 1 670Scott 771 48 13 751 46 88 80 4 99 20 1 25 1 602Searcy 594 33 75 1 070 60 80 96 5 45 476 27 05 1 760Sebastian 3 852 50 78 3 492 46 03 242 3 19 360 4 75 7 586Sevier 1 236 61 89 599 29 99 162 8 11 637 31 90 1 997Sharp 995 65 72 400 26 42 119 7 86 595 39 30 1 514Stone 516 55 19 367 39 25 52 5 56 149 15 94 935Union 1 967 78 06 493 19 56 60 2 38 1 474 58 50 2 520Van Buren 440 23 13 1 388 72 98 74 3 89 948 49 85 1 902Washington 2 637 54 05 2 118 43 41 124 2 54 519 10 64 4 879White 2 086 58 06 1 359 37 82 148 4 12 727 20 24 3 593Woodruff 1 049 51 62 943 46 41 40 1 97 106 5 21 2 032Yell 1 925 63 20 1 042 34 21 79 2 59 883 28 99 3 046Totals 106 682 58 05 71 948 39 15 5 141 2 80 34 734 18 90 183 771See also editUnited States presidential elections in ArkansasReferences edit See Urwin Cathy Kunzinger Agenda for Reform Winthrop Rockefeller as Governor of Arkansas 1967 71 p 32 ISBN 1557282005 Reed Roy Faubus the Life and Times of American Prodigal p 32 ISBN 1610751485 Green James R Apocalypse and the Millennium in the American Civil War Era Radical Movements in the Southwest 1895 1943 pp 316 318 ISBN 0807107735 Reed Faubus p 33 Moneyhon Carl H Arkansas and the New South 1874 1929 p 121 ISBN 1610750284 Moneyhon Arkansas and the New South p 122 Whayne Jeannie M DeBlack Thomas A Sabo George Arnold Morris S Arkansas A Narrative History p 302 ISBN 155728993X Ruotsila Markku Conservative American Protestantism in the League of Nations controversy Church History 72 3 593 616 Phillips Kevin P The Emerging Republican Majority p 211 ISBN 9780691163246 Faykosh Joseph D 2016 A party in peril Franklin Roosevelt the Democratic Party and the Circular Letter of 1924 Thesis Bowling Green State University p 43 Faykosh A Party in Peril Thesis p 42 Victory is Claimed by Rival Chairmen Hays Sees 368 Electoral Votes for Harding The Washington Post October 31 1920 p 1 a b c Menendez Albert J 2005 The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States 1868 2004 Jefferson North Carolina McFarland amp Company pp 148 151 ISBN 9780786422173 a b Robinson Edgar Eugene 1947 The Presidential Vote 1896 1932 Second ed Stanford University Press pp 139 145 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1920 United States presidential election in Arkansas amp oldid 1189110497, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
