1924 United States elections explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Two Class 2 seats held both a regularly-scheduled election and a special election in 1924. These seats are not double-counted for the total number of seats contested.
  2. Republicans picked up three Senate seats in the regularly-scheduled elections and picked up an additional seat in the special elections.
  3. Web site: 1924 Presidential Election. The American Presidency Project. 29 December 2011.
  4. Web site: Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 4, 1924. U.S. House of Reps, Office of the Clerk. 29 December 2011.