The 1920 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 2, 1920, as part of the 1920 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all contemporary forty-eight states. Voters chose twelve representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
1920 United States presidential election in North Carolina
Like all former Confederate states, North Carolina would during its “Redemption” develop a politics based upon Jim Crow laws, disfranchisement of its African-American population and dominance of the Democratic Party. Unlike the Deep South, the Republican Party possessed sufficient historic Unionist white support from the mountains and northwestern Piedmont to gain a stable one-third of the statewide vote total in general elections even after blacks lost the right to vote.[1] Although with disfranchisement of blacks the state introduced a poll tax, it was less severe than other former Confederate states with the result that a greater proportion of whites participated than anywhere else in the South.[2] A rapid move following disenfranchisement to a completely “lily-white” state GOP also helped maintain Republican support amongst the state’s voters.[3] Like Virginia, Tennessee and Oklahoma, the relative strength of Republican opposition meant that North Carolina did not have statewide White primaries, although certain counties did use the White primary.[4]
Although North Carolina had never given women suffrage rights at any level of government before 1919, nor did its legislature consider the Nineteenth Amendment when it passed the Federal House and Senate, during 1920 the state passed by more a more than three-to-one margin a constitutional amendment that made it the first former Confederate state to abolish its poll tax.[5] This amendment was first proposed as early as 1908,[6] but was only given serious thought by the state legislature after the Sixteenth Amendment took effect in 1913 and it was recognized that North Carolina was burdened with an inefficient and regressive tax system.[7] The abolition of the poll tax and women's suffrage, as it turned out, would cause in North Carolina amongst the largest mobilizations of new voters in the Union.[8]
Although Republican nominee Warren G. Harding had urged the state's mountain Republican legislators to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment,[9] neither Harding nor Democratic nominee and Ohio GovernorJames M. Cox did any campaigning in a state which had voted Democratic at every election since 1876. However, at the end of October the GOP, sensing a landslide, believed based on an early Rexall straw poll that it had a chance of carrying North Carolina as well as Tennessee[a] for its first victory in a former Confederate state since 1876.[10] Later returns, however, gave Cox a larger win than Woodrow Wilson had gained in 1916.[11] As it turned out, Cox would carry the state comfortably, and North Carolina would prove the state that most resisted the anti-Wilson trend, with Cox losing fewer than 3 percentage points on Wilson and Polk County even switching from voting for Republican Charles Evans Hughes in 1916 to voting for Cox.[12]
^Harding would actually carry Tennessee by 13,271 votes and thus achieve the first GOP victory in the former Confederacy since 1876 and in Tennessee since 1868.
^ abThese third-party votes were not separated by county but listed only as a statewide total.[14]
^Rusk. J.J, and Stucker J.J.; ‘The Effect of Southern Election Laws on Turnout Rates’ in Silbey, Joel H. and Bogue, Allan G., The History of American Electoral Behavior, p. 246 ISBN0691606625
^Heersink, Boris; Jenkins, Jeffery A. Republican Party Politics and the American South, 1865–1968. pp. 48–50, 239–243. ISBN9781316663950.
^Klarman, Michael J. (2001). "The White Primary Rulings: A Case Study in the Consequences of Supreme Court Decision-Making". Florida State University Law Review. 29: 55–107.
^‘Vote for Constitutional Amendments by Counties’, in North Carolina Manual (1920), pp. 324-328
^‘Poll-Tax Abolition Urged.: North Carolina Board Favors Levy of 2-3 Per Cent on Assessments’; Special to the Washington Post, December 24, 1908, p. 3
^Steelman, Joseph F.; Origins of the Campaign for Constitutional Reform in North Carolina, 1912-1913; The North Carolina Historical Review, vol. 56, no. 4 (October, 1979) pp. 396-418
^Schuyler, Lorraine Gates; The Weight of Their Votes: Southern Women and Political Leverage in the 1920s, p. 190 ISBN9780807857762
^‘Harding resents Suffrage Attack: Declares He Is Impatient Over Charges That Republicans Oppose Women’; New York Times, July 15, 1920, p. 1
^‘Victory is Claimed by Rival Chairmen: Hays Sees 368 Electoral Votes for Harding’; The Washington Post, October 31, 1920, p. 1
^‘Cox Gains in Straw Vote: Late Returns Give Him Missouri – Some Other States Close’; New York Times, October 31, 1920, p. 6
^Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 52 ISBN0786422173
^"1920 Presidential General Election Results – North Carolina". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
^ ab"Vote for President by Counties, 1912-1920". North Carolina Manual (Report). North Carolina State Board of Elections. 1921.
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Main article 1920 United States presidential election The 1920 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 2 1920 as part of the 1920 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary forty eight states Voters chose twelve representatives or electors to the Electoral College who voted for president and vice president 1920 United States presidential election in North Carolina 1916 November 2 1920 1924 Nominee James M Cox Warren G HardingParty Democratic RepublicanHome state Ohio OhioRunning mate Franklin D Roosevelt Calvin CoolidgeElectoral vote 12 0Popular vote 305 447 232 848Percentage 56 69 43 22 County Results Cox 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 90 100 Harding 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 President before electionWoodrow WilsonDemocratic Elected President Warren G HardingRepublicanLike all former Confederate states North Carolina would during its Redemption develop a politics based upon Jim Crow laws disfranchisement of its African American population and dominance of the Democratic Party Unlike the Deep South the Republican Party possessed sufficient historic Unionist white support from the mountains and northwestern Piedmont to gain a stable one third of the statewide vote total in general elections even after blacks lost the right to vote 1 Although with disfranchisement of blacks the state introduced a poll tax it was less severe than other former Confederate states with the result that a greater proportion of whites participated than anywhere else in the South 2 A rapid move following disenfranchisement to a completely lily white state GOP also helped maintain Republican support amongst the state s voters 3 Like Virginia Tennessee and Oklahoma the relative strength of Republican opposition meant that North Carolina did not have statewide White primaries although certain counties did use the White primary 4 Although North Carolina had never given women suffrage rights at any level of government before 1919 nor did its legislature consider the Nineteenth Amendment when it passed the Federal House and Senate during 1920 the state passed by more a more than three to one margin a constitutional amendment that made it the first former Confederate state to abolish its poll tax 5 This amendment was first proposed as early as 1908 6 but was only given serious thought by the state legislature after the Sixteenth Amendment took effect in 1913 and it was recognized that North Carolina was burdened with an inefficient and regressive tax system 7 The abolition of the poll tax and women s suffrage as it turned out would cause in North Carolina amongst the largest mobilizations of new voters in the Union 8 Although Republican nominee Warren G Harding had urged the state s mountain Republican legislators to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment 9 neither Harding nor Democratic nominee and Ohio Governor James M Cox did any campaigning in a state which had voted Democratic at every election since 1876 However at the end of October the GOP sensing a landslide believed based on an early Rexall straw poll that it had a chance of carrying North Carolina as well as Tennessee a for its first victory in a former Confederate state since 1876 10 Later returns however gave Cox a larger win than Woodrow Wilson had gained in 1916 11 As it turned out Cox would carry the state comfortably and North Carolina would prove the state that most resisted the anti Wilson trend with Cox losing fewer than 3 percentage points on Wilson and Polk County even switching from voting for Republican Charles Evans Hughes in 1916 to voting for Cox 12 Contents 1 Results 1 1 Results by county 2 Notes 3 ReferencesResults editPresidential Candidate Running Mate Party Electoral Vote EV Popular Vote PV James M Cox of Ohio Franklin D Roosevelt Democratic 12 13 305 447 56 69 Warren G Harding Calvin Coolidge Republican 0 232 848 43 22 Eugene V Debs Seymour Stedman Socialist 0 446 b 0 08 Aaron S Watkins D Leigh Colvin Prohibition 0 17 b 0 00 Results by county edit 1920 United States presidential election in North Carolina by county 14 County James Middleton CoxDemocratic Warren Gamaliel HardingRepublican Margin Edgecombe 99 29 3 343 0 71 24 98 57 3 319Northampton 93 32 2 305 6 68 165 86 64 2 140Currituck 92 08 1 000 7 92 86 84 16 914Bertie 89 67 1 840 10 33 212 79 34 1 628Hoke 88 41 1 266 11 59 166 76 82 1 100Anson 88 00 3 175 12 00 433 76 00 2 742Halifax 86 74 3 429 13 26 524 73 49 2 905Warren 86 34 1 865 13 66 295 72 69 1 570New Hanover 85 21 4 102 14 79 712 70 42 3 390Scotland 84 78 1 705 15 22 306 69 57 1 399Chowan 83 92 1 091 16 08 209 67 85 882Hertford 83 32 1 104 16 68 221 66 64 883Pitt 82 92 4 196 17 08 864 65 85 3 332Martin 82 85 2 561 17 15 530 65 71 2 031Craven 82 36 3 413 17 64 731 64 72 2 682Franklin 82 32 2 742 17 68 589 64 64 2 153Camden 79 18 540 20 82 142 58 36 398Greene 78 98 1 649 21 02 439 57 95 1 210Pasquotank 77 40 1 736 22 60 507 54 79 1 229Mecklenburg 76 78 11 313 23 22 3 421 53 56 7 892Granville 75 89 2 622 24 11 833 51 78 1 789Vance 75 10 2 461 24 90 816 50 20 1 645Richmond 74 83 3 341 25 17 1 124 49 65 2 217Union 74 80 4 168 25 20 1 404 49 61 2 764Robeson 73 58 6 183 26 42 2 220 47 16 3 963Nash 72 15 4 031 27 85 1 556 44 30 2 475Wilson 71 79 3 496 28 21 1 374 43 57 2 122Jones 71 46 964 28 54 385 42 92 579Caswell 71 04 1 239 28 96 505 42 09 734Gates 70 88 796 29 12 327 41 76 469Pender 69 33 1 580 30 67 699 38 66 881Lenoir 68 95 2 560 31 05 1 153 37 89 1 407Wake 68 71 8 020 31 29 3 653 37 41 4 367Perquimans 68 15 1 042 31 85 487 36 30 555Hyde 68 15 1 134 31 85 530 36 30 604Lee 67 06 2 327 32 94 1 143 34 12 1 184Onslow 64 61 1 557 35 39 853 29 21 704Bladen 64 57 1 939 35 43 1 064 29 14 875Cleveland 63 70 5 181 36 30 2 953 27 39 2 228Columbus 63 57 3 111 36 43 1 783 27 14 1 328Wayne 62 95 4 794 37 05 2 822 25 89 1 972Cumberland 62 11 3 233 37 89 1 972 24 23 1 261Beaufort 60 85 3 522 39 15 2 266 21 70 1 256Iredell 59 51 6 470 40 49 4 402 19 02 2 068Haywood 58 50 4 229 41 50 3 000 17 00 1 229Tyrrell 57 44 718 42 56 532 14 88 186Rowan 56 78 6 421 43 22 4 888 13 56 1 533Durham 56 69 4 646 43 31 3 550 13 37 1 096Dare 56 62 825 43 38 632 13 25 193Pamlico 56 06 1 286 43 94 1 008 12 12 278Rutherford 55 96 5 101 44 04 4 015 11 91 1 086Buncombe 55 91 10 167 44 09 8 017 11 82 2 150Duplin 55 75 3 398 44 25 2 697 11 50 701Rockingham 55 56 4 507 44 44 3 605 11 12 902Gaston 55 19 7 148 44 81 5 803 10 39 1 345Guilford 54 83 9 615 45 17 7 920 9 67 1 695Forsyth 54 46 8 123 45 54 6 792 8 92 1 331Harnett 54 20 3 919 45 80 3 311 8 41 608Moore 54 03 2 679 45 97 2 279 8 07 400Alleghany 53 98 1 409 46 02 1 201 7 97 208Washington 53 47 1 116 46 53 971 6 95 145Orange 53 43 1 993 46 57 1 737 6 86 256Alamance 53 22 5 255 46 78 4 619 6 44 636McDowell 52 31 2 809 47 69 2 561 4 62 248Chatham 52 30 3 186 47 70 2 906 4 60 280Johnston 51 90 6 030 48 10 5 588 3 80 442Macon 51 50 2 177 48 50 2 050 3 00 127Lincoln 51 50 3 331 48 50 3 137 3 00 194Person 51 25 1 646 48 75 1 566 2 49 80Polk 50 65 1 361 49 35 1 326 1 30 35Jackson 50 32 2 385 49 68 2 355 0 63 30Montgomery 50 18 2 321 49 82 2 304 0 37 17Brunswick 47 92 1 253 52 08 1 362 4 17 109Transylvania 47 86 1 542 52 14 1 680 4 28 138Catawba 47 66 5 404 52 34 5 935 4 68 531Burke 47 59 3 262 52 41 3 592 4 81 330Ashe 47 40 3 431 52 60 3 808 5 21 377Carteret 47 21 2 070 52 79 2 315 5 59 245Stanly 47 12 3 843 52 88 4 312 5 75 469Caldwell 47 05 2 931 52 95 3 298 5 89 367Yancey 46 76 2 280 53 24 2 596 6 48 316Cabarrus 46 18 4 418 53 82 5 148 7 63 730Clay 45 32 755 54 68 911 9 36 156Randolph 44 80 5 110 55 20 6 297 10 41 1 187Davidson 44 59 4 797 55 41 5 960 10 81 1 163Alexander 43 62 2 045 56 38 2 643 12 76 598Henderson 42 79 2 496 57 21 3 337 14 42 841Graham 41 31 644 58 69 915 17 38 271Cherokee 41 27 1 761 58 73 2 506 17 46 745Surry 40 69 3 547 59 31 5 170 18 62 1 623Stokes 40 59 1 999 59 41 2 926 18 82 927Watauga 39 55 1 721 60 45 2 631 20 91 910Swain 39 04 1 434 60 96 2 239 21 92 805Davie 38 53 1 624 61 47 2 591 22 94 967Sampson 31 19 2 426 68 81 5 353 37 63 2 927Wilkes 30 59 2 843 69 41 6 451 38 82 3 608Yadkin 29 03 1 350 70 97 3 301 41 95 1 951Madison 27 04 1 340 72 96 3 616 45 92 2 276Mitchell 24 46 697 75 54 2 153 51 09 1 456Avery 13 69 397 86 31 2 503 72 62 2 106Notes edit Harding would actually carry Tennessee by 13 271 votes and thus achieve the first GOP victory in the former Confederacy since 1876 and in Tennessee since 1868 a b These third party votes were not separated by county but listed only as a statewide total 14 References edit Phillips Kevin P The Emerging Republican Majority pp 210 242 ISBN 978 0 691 16324 6 Rusk J J and Stucker J J The Effect of Southern Election Laws on Turnout Rates in Silbey Joel H and Bogue Allan G The History of American Electoral Behavior p 246 ISBN 0691606625 Heersink Boris Jenkins Jeffery A Republican Party Politics and the American South 1865 1968 pp 48 50 239 243 ISBN 9781316663950 Klarman Michael J 2001 The White Primary Rulings A Case Study in the Consequences of Supreme Court Decision Making Florida State University Law Review 29 55 107 Vote for Constitutional Amendments by Counties in North Carolina Manual 1920 pp 324 328 Poll Tax Abolition Urged North Carolina Board Favors Levy of 2 3 Per Cent on Assessments Special to the Washington Post December 24 1908 p 3 Steelman Joseph F Origins of the Campaign for Constitutional Reform in North Carolina 1912 1913 The North Carolina Historical Review vol 56 no 4 October 1979 pp 396 418 Schuyler Lorraine Gates The Weight of Their Votes Southern Women and Political Leverage in the 1920s p 190 ISBN 9780807857762 Harding resents Suffrage Attack Declares He Is Impatient Over Charges That Republicans Oppose Women New York Times July 15 1920 p 1 Victory is Claimed by Rival Chairmen Hays Sees 368 Electoral Votes for Harding The Washington Post October 31 1920 p 1 Cox Gains in Straw Vote Late Returns Give Him Missouri Some Other States Close New York Times October 31 1920 p 6 Menendez Albert J 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