Year: | 1924 |
Type: | Presidential election year |
Election Day: | November 4 |
Incumbent President: | Calvin Coolidge (Republican) |
Next Congress: | 69th |
President Control: | Republican hold |
President Candidate1: | Calvin Coolidge (R) |
Electoral Vote1: | 382 |
President Candidate2: | John W. Davis (D) |
Electoral Vote2: | 136 |
President Candidate3: | Robert La Follette (P) |
Electoral Vote3: | 13 |
President Pv Margin: | Republican +25.2% |
President Map Caption: | 1924 presidential election results. Red denotes states won by Coolidge, blue denotes states won by Davis, and light green denotes states won by La Follette. Numbers indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate. |
Senate Seats Contested: | 34 of 96 seats (32 Class 2 seats + 4 special elections)[1] |
Senate Control: | Republican hold |
Senate Net Change: | Republican +4[2] |
Senate Map Caption: | 1924 Senate election results |
House Seats Contested: | All 435 voting members |
House Control: | Republican hold |
House Net Change: | Republican +22 |
House Map Caption: | 1924 House of Representatives results |
Governor Seats Contested: | 36 |
Governor Net Change: | Republican +2 |
Governor Map Caption: | 1924 gubernatorial election results |
The 1924 United States elections were held on November 4. The Republican Party retained control of the presidency and both chambers of Congress.
In the presidential election, Republican President Calvin Coolidge (who took office on August 2, 1923, upon the death of his predecessor, Warren G. Harding) was elected to serve a full term, defeating Democratic nominee, former Ambassador John W. Davis and Progressive Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr. from Wisconsin.[3] [4] Coolidge easily won the election, taking almost every state outside the Solid South. Davis won the Democratic nomination after a record 103 ballots, emerging as a compromise candidate between Treasury Secretary William Gibbs McAdoo and New York Governor Al Smith. La Follette, a former Republican who had sought the 1912 Republican nomination, drew sixteen percent of the popular vote and won his home state of Wisconsin.
The Republicans gained twenty-two seats in the House of Representatives, increasing their majority over the Democrats. The Republicans also furthered a majority in the Senate, gaining four seats from the Democrats.[4]