Republican Party presidential primaries, 1920

Republican Party presidential primaries, 1920

1920

Candidate Hiram Johnson Leonard Wood Frank Orren Lowden Home state California New Hampshire Illinois Contests won 7 8 1 Popular vote 965,651 710,863 389,127 Percentage 30.3% 22.3% 12.2%   Candidate Herbert Hoover Edward R. Wood Warren G. Harding Home state California Pennsylvania Ohio Contests won 0 1 1 Popular vote 303,815 257,841 144,762 Percentage 9.5% 8.1% 4.5%

Previous Republican nominee Charles Evans Hughes Republican nominee Warren G. Harding

The 1920 Republican presidential primaries were the selection process by which voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 1920 U.S. presidential election. The nominee was selected through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1920 Republican National Convention held from June 8 to June 12, 1920, in Chicago, Illinois.^[1]

Candidates

Nominee

• 

  Senator
  Warren G. Harding
  of Ohio

Withdrew during convention

• 

  Senator
  Hiram Johnson
  of California
• 

  Army Chief of Staff
  Leonard Wood
  of New Hampshire
• 

  Governor
  Frank Orren Lowden
  of Illinois
• 

  Businessman
  Herbert Hoover
  of California

Withdrew during primaries

• 

  Edward R. Wood
  of Pennsylvania
• 

  General of the Armies
  John J. Pershing
  of Missouri

Results

State	Date	Hiram Johnson	Leonard Wood	Frank O. Lowden	Herbert Hoover	Edward R. Wood	Warren G. Harding	John J. Pershing	Unpledged
New Hampshire	March 9	12.3%	53.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	34.6%
North Dakota	March 16	96.1%	3.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
South Dakota	March 23	30.7%	36.5%	31.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Michigan	April 5	38.4%	27.5%	15.3%	12.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
New York	April 6	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
Wisconsin	April 6	8.0%	15.0%	3.1%	13.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Illinois	April 13	13.8%	33.8%	51.1%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Nebraska	April 20	46.2%	31.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	20.3%	0.0%
Montana	April 23	52.4%	17.0%	16.2%	12.6%	0.0%	1.8%	0.0%	0.0%
Massachusetts	April 27	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
New Jersey	April 27	49.0%	50.2%	0.0%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Ohio	April 27	6.5%	41.9%	0.0%	4.0%	0.0%	47.6%	0.0%	0.0%
Maryland	May 3	33.6%	66.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
California	May 4	63.9%	0.0%	0.0%	36.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Indiana	May 4	35.3%	37.9%	17.5%	0.0%	0.0%	9.2%	0.0%	0.0%
Pennsylvania	May 18	3.8%	1.4%	0.0%	1.0%	92.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Vermont	May 18	7.7%	66.1%	0.5%	10.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Oregon	May 21	38.4%	36.5%	13.0%	12.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
West Virginia	May 25	0.0%	44.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
North Carolina	June 5	73.3%	26.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Legend:		1st place (popular vote)		2nd place (popular vote)		3rd place (popular vote)

See also

• Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1920

References

1. "Guide to U.S. Elections - Google Books". Books.google.com. 2016-02-19. Retrieved 2016-02-19.