See main article: 1924 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1924 United States presidential election in Montana |
| Country: | Montana |
| Flag Year: | 1905 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1920 United States presidential election in Montana |
| Previous Year: | 1920 |
| Next Election: | 1928 United States presidential election in Montana |
| Next Year: | 1928 |
| Election Date: | November 4, 1924 |
| Image1: | Calvin Coolidge cph.3g10777 crop.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Calvin Coolidge |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | Massachusetts |
| Running Mate1: | Charles G. Dawes |
| Electoral Vote1: | 4 |
| Popular Vote1: | 74,138 |
| Percentage1: | 42.50% |
| Nominee2: | Robert M. La Follette |
| Party2: | La Follette-Wheeler Independent |
| Colour2: | 66ff99 |
| Home State2: | Wisconsin |
| Running Mate2: | Burton K. Wheeler |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 66,123 |
| Percentage2: | 37.91% |
| Image3: | John William Davis.jpg |
| Nominee3: | John W. Davis |
| Party3: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State3: | West Virginia |
| Running Mate3: | Charles W. Bryan |
| Electoral Vote3: | 0 |
| Popular Vote3: | 33,805 |
| Percentage3: | 19.38% |
| Map Size: | 350px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Calvin Coolidge |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Calvin Coolidge |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1924 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 4, 1924 as part of the 1924 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Montana voted for the Republican nominee, President Calvin Coolidge, over the liberal third-party candidate Robert La Follette who ran locally as a "La Follette-Wheeler Independent" and the Democratic nominee, former United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom John W. Davis. Coolidge won Montana by a margin of 4.59%.
Coolidge was credited for the booming economy while the Democratic electorate was divided between the conservative Davis and the liberal third-party candidate Robert La Follette who ran as a Progressive and chose Montana Senator Burton K. Wheeler as his running mate., this is the last election in which Deer Lodge County voted for a Republican Presidential candidate.[1]
With 37.91 percent of the popular vote, Montana would prove to be La Follette's fourth strongest state in the 1924 election in terms of popular vote percentage after Wisconsin, North Dakota and Minnesota.[2] North Dakota and Montana were the only two states that La Follette lost by less than 5%, so that had he won the two states he was close to winning La Follette would have gained 22 electoral votes in total.
| 1924 United States presidential election in Montana[3] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Republican | Calvin Coolidge (incumbent) | 74,138 | 42.50% | 4 | ||
| La Follette-Wheeler Independent Farmer-Labor Socialist | Robert M. La Follette, Sr. | 66,123 | 37.91% | 0 | ||
| Democratic | John W. Davis | 33,805 | 19.38% | 0 | ||
| Communist | William Z. Foster | 357 | 0.20% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 174,425 | 100.00% | 4 | |||
| County | John Calvin Coolidge Republican | John William Davis Democratic | Robert M. La Follette, Sr.[4] La Follette-Wheeler Farmer-Labor Socialist | William Z. Foster Communist | Margin | Total votes cast[5] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Beaverhead | 1,386 | 50.55% | 766 | 27.94% | 587 | 21.41% | 3 | 0.11% | 620 | 22.61% | 2,742 | ||||||||||||
| Big Horn | 1,082 | 57.74% | 327 | 17.45% | 465 | 24.81% | 0 | 0.00% | 617 | 32.92% | 1,874 | ||||||||||||
| Blaine | 827 | 45.74% | 337 | 18.64% | 642 | 35.51% | 2 | 0.11% | 185 | 10.23% | 1,808 | ||||||||||||
| Broadwater | 531 | 37.71% | 486 | 34.52% | 390 | 27.70% | 1 | 0.07% | 45 | 3.20% | 1,408 | ||||||||||||
| Carbon | 1,891 | 44.33% | 698 | 16.36% | 1,648 | 38.63% | 29 | 0.68% | 243 | 5.70% | 4,266 | ||||||||||||
| Carter | 669 | 54.17% | 283 | 22.91% | 283 | 22.91% | 0 | 0.00% | 386 | 31.26% | 1,235 | ||||||||||||
| Cascade | 5,081 | 43.41% | 2,220 | 18.96% | 4,373 | 37.36% | 32 | 0.27% | 708 | 6.05% | 11,706 | ||||||||||||
| Chouteau | 1,347 | 46.15% | 706 | 24.19% | 857 | 29.36% | 9 | 0.31% | 490 | 16.79% | 2,919 | ||||||||||||
| Custer | 1,654 | 43.78% | 412 | 10.91% | 1,707 | 45.18% | 5 | 0.13% | -53 | -1.40% | 3,778 | ||||||||||||
| Daniels | 505 | 35.19% | 185 | 12.89% | 740 | 51.57% | 5 | 0.35% | -235 | -16.38% | 1,435 | ||||||||||||
| Dawson | 1,326 | 50.63% | 346 | 13.21% | 941 | 35.93% | 6 | 0.23% | 385 | 14.70% | 2,619 | ||||||||||||
| Deer Lodge | 1,937 | 35.43% | 1,611 | 29.47% | 1,918 | 35.08% | 1 | 0.02% | 19 | 0.35% | 5,467 | ||||||||||||
| Fallon | 731 | 55.63% | 220 | 16.74% | 363 | 27.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 368 | 28.01% | 1,314 | ||||||||||||
| Fergus | 2,942 | 38.50% | 1,580 | 20.68% | 3,119 | 40.81% | 1 | 0.01% | -177 | -2.32% | 7,642 | ||||||||||||
| Flathead | 2,541 | 43.28% | 788 | 13.42% | 2,537 | 43.21% | 5 | 0.09% | 4 | 0.07% | 5,871 | ||||||||||||
| Gallatin | 2,494 | 44.35% | 1,564 | 27.81% | 1,564 | 27.81% | 1 | 0.02% | 930 | 16.54% | 5,623 | ||||||||||||
| Garfield | 876 | 50.55% | 355 | 20.48% | 502 | 28.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 374 | 21.58% | 1,733 | ||||||||||||
| Glacier | 586 | 41.68% | 511 | 36.34% | 309 | 21.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 75 | 5.33% | 1,406 | ||||||||||||
| Golden Valley | 422 | 37.88% | 118 | 10.59% | 573 | 51.44% | 1 | 0.09% | -151 | -13.55% | 1,114 | ||||||||||||
| Granite | 582 | 43.47% | 353 | 26.36% | 402 | 30.02% | 2 | 0.15% | 180 | 13.44% | 1,339 | ||||||||||||
| Hill | 1,110 | 30.60% | 602 | 16.59% | 1,906 | 52.54% | 10 | 0.28% | -796 | -21.94% | 3,628 | ||||||||||||
| Jefferson | 648 | 36.49% | 434 | 24.44% | 689 | 38.80% | 5 | 0.28% | -41 | -2.31% | 1,776 | ||||||||||||
| Judith Basin | 888 | 41.34% | 480 | 22.35% | 763 | 35.52% | 17 | 0.79% | 125 | 5.82% | 2,148 | ||||||||||||
| Lake | 884 | 28.00% | 340 | 10.77% | 1,932 | 61.20% | 1 | 0.03% | -1,048 | -33.20% | 3,157 | ||||||||||||
| Lewis and Clark | 3,433 | 49.93% | 1,869 | 27.19% | 1,570 | 22.84% | 3 | 0.04% | 1,564 | 22.75% | 6,875 | ||||||||||||
| Liberty | 239 | 33.71% | 141 | 19.89% | 329 | 46.40% | 0 | 0.00% | -90 | -12.69% | 709 | ||||||||||||
| Lincoln | 976 | 40.89% | 374 | 15.67% | 1,030 | 43.15% | 7 | 0.29% | -54 | -2.26% | 2,387 | ||||||||||||
| McCone | 494 | 38.18% | 143 | 11.05% | 651 | 50.31% | 6 | 0.46% | -157 | -12.13% | 1,294 | ||||||||||||
| Madison | 1,137 | 45.85% | 672 | 27.10% | 641 | 25.85% | 30 | 1.21% | 465 | 18.75% | 2,480 | ||||||||||||
| Meagher | 624 | 59.60% | 257 | 24.55% | 166 | 15.85% | 0 | 0.00% | 367 | 35.05% | 1,047 | ||||||||||||
| Mineral | 223 | 21.61% | 123 | 11.92% | 686 | 66.47% | 0 | 0.00% | -463 | -44.86% | 1,032 | ||||||||||||
| Missoula | 2,386 | 29.44% | 1,012 | 12.49% | 4,704 | 58.05% | 2 | 0.02% | -2,318 | -28.60% | 8,104 | ||||||||||||
| Musselshell | 1,488 | 45.55% | 247 | 7.56% | 1,512 | 46.28% | 20 | 0.61% | -24 | -0.73% | 3,267 | ||||||||||||
| Park | 2,199 | 50.70% | 688 | 15.86% | 1,447 | 33.36% | 3 | 0.07% | 752 | 17.34% | 4,337 | ||||||||||||
| Phillips | 1,236 | 46.69% | 473 | 17.87% | 935 | 35.32% | 3 | 0.11% | 301 | 11.37% | 2,647 | ||||||||||||
| Pondera | 764 | 37.67% | 414 | 20.41% | 849 | 41.86% | 1 | 0.05% | -85 | -4.19% | 2,028 | ||||||||||||
| Powder River | 480 | 48.68% | 123 | 12.47% | 380 | 38.54% | 3 | 0.30% | 100 | 10.14% | 986 | ||||||||||||
| Powell | 982 | 40.39% | 559 | 22.99% | 889 | 36.57% | 1 | 0.04% | 93 | 3.83% | 2,431 | ||||||||||||
| Prairie | 683 | 56.21% | 162 | 13.33% | 367 | 30.21% | 3 | 0.25% | 316 | 26.01% | 1,215 | ||||||||||||
| Ravalli | 1,311 | 37.79% | 562 | 16.20% | 1,594 | 45.95% | 2 | 0.06% | -283 | -8.16% | 3,469 | ||||||||||||
| Richland | 926 | 49.95% | 238 | 12.84% | 688 | 37.11% | 2 | 0.11% | 238 | 12.84% | 1,854 | ||||||||||||
| Roosevelt | 965 | 39.10% | 389 | 15.76% | 1,110 | 44.98% | 4 | 0.16% | -145 | -5.88% | 2,468 | ||||||||||||
| Rosebud | 1,115 | 49.12% | 259 | 11.41% | 893 | 39.34% | 3 | 0.13% | 222 | 9.78% | 2,270 | ||||||||||||
| Sanders | 588 | 28.65% | 188 | 9.16% | 1,275 | 62.13% | 1 | 0.05% | -687 | -33.48% | 2,052 | ||||||||||||
| Sheridan | 905 | 35.32% | 176 | 6.87% | 1,464 | 57.14% | 17 | 0.66% | -559 | -21.82% | 2,562 | ||||||||||||
| Silver Bow | 6,520 | 34.66% | 5,393 | 28.66% | 6,813 | 36.21% | 88 | 0.47% | -293 | -1.56% | 18,814 | ||||||||||||
| Stillwater | 1,412 | 59.88% | 375 | 15.90% | 567 | 24.05% | 4 | 0.17% | 845 | 35.84% | 2,358 | ||||||||||||
| Sweet Grass | 853 | 59.57% | 248 | 17.32% | 331 | 23.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 522 | 36.45% | 1,432 | ||||||||||||
| Teton | 775 | 40.36% | 396 | 20.63% | 746 | 38.85% | 3 | 0.16% | 29 | 1.51% | 1,920 | ||||||||||||
| Toole | 697 | 37.49% | 439 | 23.61% | 720 | 38.73% | 3 | 0.16% | -23 | -1.24% | 1,859 | ||||||||||||
| Treasure | 289 | 55.36% | 84 | 16.09% | 148 | 28.35% | 1 | 0.19% | 141 | 27.01% | 522 | ||||||||||||
| Valley | 1,555 | 51.10% | 497 | 16.33% | 986 | 32.40% | 5 | 0.16% | 569 | 18.70% | 3,043 | ||||||||||||
| Wheatland | 723 | 44.22% | 221 | 13.52% | 691 | 42.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 32 | 1.96% | 1,635 | ||||||||||||
| Wibaux | 505 | 56.93% | 189 | 21.31% | 191 | 21.53% | 2 | 0.23% | 314 | 35.40% | 887 | ||||||||||||
| Yellowstone | 4,715 | 55.91% | 1,172 | 13.90% | 2,541 | 30.13% | 5 | 0.06% | 2,174 | 25.78% | 8,433 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 74,138 | 42.50% | 33,805 | 19.38% | 66,124 | 37.91% | 358 | 0.21% | 8,014 | 4.59% | 174,425 | ||||||||||||