Harding's 60.3% remains among the largest popular-vote shares ever, a repudiation of Wilsonian internationalism in the first election with nationwide women's suffrage and the first with radio-reported returns. Debs polled 900,000 votes from a federal prison cell.
Elected
Warren G. Harding
Republican
Electoral vote
404 of 531
Popular vote
60.3%
16,114,093 votes
Turnout
49.2%
The result
Warren G. Harding
Republican · 60.30% of votes
404
electoral votes
James M. Cox
Democratic · 34.20% of votes
127
electoral votes
Eugene V. Debs
Socialist · 3.41% of votes
—
electoral votes
Parley P. Christensen
Farmer–Labor · 0.99% of votes
—
electoral votes
Aaron S. Watkins
Prohibition · 0.70% of votes
—
electoral votes
James E. Ferguson
American Party (Texas) · 0.18% of votes
—
electoral votes
EV share
Warren G. Harding
Republican
Calvin Coolidge
404
16,114,093
60.30%
37
James M. Cox
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt
127
9,139,661
34.20%
11
Eugene V. Debs
Socialist
Seymour Stedman
—
914,191
3.41%
—
Parley P. Christensen
Farmer–Labor
Max S. Hayes
—
265,395
0.99%
—
Aaron S. Watkins
Prohibition
D. Leigh Colvin
—
188,709
0.70%
—
James E. Ferguson
American Party (Texas)
William J. Hough
—
47,968
0.18%
—
26,670,017 votes recorded for the candidates listed.
Results by state
Alabama
James M. Cox · 66.7% · runner-up Warren G. Harding 31.9%
11
electoral votes
Arizona
Warren G. Harding · 55.6% · runner-up James M. Cox 44.4%
3
electoral votes
Arkansas
James M. Cox · 58.5% · runner-up Warren G. Harding 38.7%
9
electoral votes
California
Warren G. Harding · 66.2% · runner-up James M. Cox 24.3%
13
electoral votes
Colorado
Warren G. Harding · 59.4% · runner-up James M. Cox 35.9%
6
electoral votes
Connecticut
Warren G. Harding · 62.7% · runner-up James M. Cox 33.0%
7
electoral votes
Delaware
Warren G. Harding · 55.7% · runner-up James M. Cox 42.1%
3
electoral votes
Florida
James M. Cox · 62.0% · runner-up Warren G. Harding 30.8%
6
electoral votes
Georgia
James M. Cox · 70.9% · runner-up Warren G. Harding 28.7%
14
electoral votes
Idaho
Warren G. Harding · 65.6% · runner-up James M. Cox 34.3%
4
electoral votes
Illinois
Warren G. Harding · 67.8% · runner-up James M. Cox 25.5%
29
electoral votes
Indiana
Warren G. Harding · 55.1% · runner-up James M. Cox 40.5%
15
electoral votes
Alabama
James M. Cox
66.7%
11
Warren G. Harding · 31.9%
Arizona
Warren G. Harding
55.6%
3
James M. Cox · 44.4%
Arkansas
James M. Cox
58.5%
9
Warren G. Harding · 38.7%
California
Warren G. Harding
66.2%
13
James M. Cox · 24.3%
Colorado
Warren G. Harding
59.4%
6
James M. Cox · 35.9%
Connecticut
Warren G. Harding
62.7%
7
James M. Cox · 33.0%
Delaware
Warren G. Harding
55.7%
3
James M. Cox · 42.1%
Florida
James M. Cox
62.0%
6
Warren G. Harding · 30.8%
Georgia
James M. Cox
70.9%
14
Warren G. Harding · 28.7%
Idaho
Warren G. Harding
65.6%
4
James M. Cox · 34.3%
Illinois
Warren G. Harding
67.8%
29
James M. Cox · 25.5%
Indiana
Warren G. Harding
55.1%
15
James M. Cox · 40.5%
Iowa
Warren G. Harding
70.9%
13
James M. Cox · 25.5%
Kansas
Warren G. Harding
64.8%
10
James M. Cox · 32.5%
Kentucky
James M. Cox
49.8%
13
Warren G. Harding · 49.2%
Louisiana
James M. Cox
69.2%
10
Warren G. Harding · 30.5%
Maine
Warren G. Harding
65.5%
6
James M. Cox · 33.3%
Maryland
Warren G. Harding
55.1%
8
James M. Cox · 42.2%
Massachusetts
Warren G. Harding
68.6%
18
James M. Cox · 27.8%
Michigan
Warren G. Harding
72.8%
15
James M. Cox · 22.3%
Minnesota
Warren G. Harding
70.6%
12
James M. Cox · 19.4%
Mississippi
James M. Cox
84.0%
10
Warren G. Harding · 14.0%
Missouri
Warren G. Harding
54.6%
18
James M. Cox · 43.2%
Montana
Warren G. Harding
61.0%
4
James M. Cox · 32.1%
Nebraska
Warren G. Harding
64.7%
8
James M. Cox · 31.3%
Nevada
Warren G. Harding
56.9%
3
James M. Cox · 36.2%
New Hampshire
Warren G. Harding
59.8%
4
James M. Cox · 39.4%
New Jersey
Warren G. Harding
67.7%
14
James M. Cox · 28.4%
New Mexico
Warren G. Harding
54.7%
3
James M. Cox · 44.3%
New York
Warren G. Harding
64.6%
45
James M. Cox · 27.0%
North Carolina
James M. Cox
56.7%
12
Warren G. Harding · 43.2%
North Dakota
Warren G. Harding
77.7%
5
James M. Cox · 18.3%
Ohio
Warren G. Harding
58.5%
24
James M. Cox · 38.6%
Oklahoma
Warren G. Harding
50.2%
10
James M. Cox · 44.5%
Oregon
Warren G. Harding
60.2%
5
James M. Cox · 33.6%
Pennsylvania
Warren G. Harding
65.8%
38
James M. Cox · 27.2%
Rhode Island
Warren G. Harding
64.0%
5
James M. Cox · 32.8%
South Carolina
James M. Cox
96.1%
9
Warren G. Harding · 3.4%
South Dakota
Warren G. Harding
60.7%
5
James M. Cox · 19.8%
Tennessee
Warren G. Harding
51.2%
12
James M. Cox · 48.3%
Texas
James M. Cox
59.4%
20
Warren G. Harding · 23.5%
Utah
Warren G. Harding
55.9%
4
James M. Cox · 38.8%
Vermont
Warren G. Harding
75.8%
4
James M. Cox · 23.3%
Virginia
James M. Cox
61.3%
12
Warren G. Harding · 37.9%
Washington
Warren G. Harding
56.0%
7
James M. Cox · 21.1%
West Virginia
Warren G. Harding
55.3%
8
James M. Cox · 43.2%
Wisconsin
Warren G. Harding
71.1%
13
James M. Cox · 16.2%
Wyoming
Warren G. Harding
64.2%
3
James M. Cox · 31.9%
The state table accounts for 126 of James M. Cox's 127 official electoral votes. The remainder reflect split delegations, district allocations, faithless electors or votes not counted, as recorded at the electoral count.
The Congress it seated
67th Congress
1921–1923
Unified government
Senate
37–59
Republican control · Democratic–Republican
House
132–300 +1
Republican control · Democratic–Republican +1 independent