1924 United States presidential election in Texas explained

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Election Name:1924 United States presidential election in Texas
Country:Texas
Flag Year:1923
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1920 United States presidential election in Texas
Previous Year:1920
Next Election:1928 United States presidential election in Texas
Next Year:1928
Election Date:November 4, 1924
Image1:John William Davis.jpg
Nominee1:John W. Davis
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Home State1:West Virginia
Running Mate1:Charles W. Bryan
Electoral Vote1:20
Popular Vote1:484,605
Percentage1:73.70%
Nominee2:Calvin Coolidge
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:Massachusetts
Running Mate2:Charles G. Dawes
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:130,023
Percentage2:19.78%
Image3:Robert La Follette Sr crop.jpg
Nominee3:Robert M. La Follette
Party3:Progressive Party (United States, 1924)
Home State3:Wisconsin
Running Mate3:Burton K. Wheeler
Electoral Vote3:0
Popular Vote3:42,881
Percentage3:6.52%
President
Before Election:Calvin Coolidge
Before Party:Republican Party (United States)
After Election:Calvin Coolidge
After Party:Republican Party (United States)
Map Size:350px

The 1924 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 4, 1924, as part of the 1924 United States presidential election. State voters chose 20 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Ever since statehood, Texas had been very nearly the strongest state for the Democratic Party owing to its initial history being as a Deep South state based around slavery. Even during Reconstruction when African-Americans were briefly enfranchised, the Republican Party won just one statewide election, and after Redemption and the passing of a new constitution in 1876 the GOP became confined largely to areas of abolitionist German refugee settlement in the Hill Country,[1] and to a few South Texas counties where local Republican bosses could until 1920 outcompete their Democratic equivalents.[2] The Terrell Election Law created a poll tax that, from 1902, disenfranchised virtually all remaining African-American voters, the vast majority of Mexican Americans, and also most poor whites.[3] Voter turnout among males over twenty-one fell from over eighty percent to under thirty percent following the poll tax.[4]

The period following this disfranchisement nonetheless saw a considerable amount of typically "Progressive" reform under Governors James Stephen Hogg and Thomas M. Campbell, and despite this progressive faction ceding power in 1906 to the conservatives, Texas proved solid in its support for progressive candidate Woodrow Wilson at the 1912 Democratic National Convention.[5] Another populist, James Ferguson, took the governorship in 1914 on an anti-Prohibition platform, but was impeached for misappropriation of public funds.[6]

The 1916 presidential election had seen Democrat Woodrow Wilson establish firmer control over the machine-dominated areas of South Texas, but hostility towards Wilson's peace promises caused some losses amongst the German population.[7] Later Wilson became hated by German and Irish Americans for his entry into the war, his role in drafting the Treaty of Versailles and supporting many anti-German groups during the "Red Scare".[8] His League of Nations proposal was also opposed in the South where isolationism had long been very powerful,[9] but the reaction was much less pronounced than in Acadiana or the Ozarks.[9]

At the beginning of the campaign, the victory in the tantamount-to-election Democratic primary for Governor of Miriam A. Ferguson in opposition to the powerful Ku Klux Klan produced substantial doubt about whether Democratic nominee John W. Davis of West Virginia would maintain even James M. Cox’s reduced vote share from 1920,[10] with suggestions some of her supporters would back incumbent Republican president Calvin Coolidge or Progressive nominee Robert M. La Follette.

Texas had been a Democratic stronghold since it first became a state in 1845, and the first poll taken in early October had Davis winning 56 percent of the vote to 34 percent for Coolidge and 10 percent for La Follette, which constituted a slight decrease on Cox’s already reduced majority four years previously.[11] As it turned out, however, the conservative Southern Democrat Davis restored pre-existing Democratic hegemony in most of Texas, improving upon Cox‘s 1920 vote by fourteen percent and even exceeding Woodrow Wilson’s 1916 performance, whilst Coolidge fell four percent below what Warren G. Harding managed. Although La Follette would carry his home state of Wisconsin and relegate Davis to third in eleven other states, amongst Texas’ poll-tax-restricted electorate his appeal was almost entirely restricted to German Texans who were more culturally allied to the Midwest than to the South. Texas would be La Follette's sixteenth-weakest state nationally, but overwhelmingly German Gillespie and Comal Counties would be the only counties in antebellum slave states to be won by La Follette. In fact, in Comal County La Follette received 73.96 percent of the vote, his highest proportion in any county nationwide.[12]

Results

Results by county

1924 United States presidential election in Texas by county[13] [14]
CountyJohn William Davis
Democratic
John Calvin Coolidge
Republican
Robert M. La Follette
Progressive
MarginTotal votes cast
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Anderson37431.40%56247.19%25521.41%-188-15.79%1,191
Andrews6084.51%79.86%45.63%5374.65%71
Angelina3,91488.57%3337.54%1723.89%3,58181.04%4,419
Aransas19570.14%7526.98%82.88%12043.17%278
Archer88379.05%14613.07%887.88%73765.98%1,117
Armstrong42676.62%10619.06%244.32%32057.55%556
Atascosa86962.56%30321.81%21715.62%56640.75%1,389
Austin2,60171.71%45712.60%56915.69%2,03256.02%3,627
Bailey16666.40%6325.20%218.40%10341.20%250
Bandera42546.00%44247.84%576.17%-17-1.84%924
Bastrop2,71178.53%49414.31%2477.16%2,21764.22%3,452
Baylor1,01287.02%13511.61%161.38%87775.41%1,163
Bee89745.14%94447.51%1467.35%-47-2.37%1,987
Bell7,27376.91%1,63217.26%5525.84%5,64159.65%9,457
Bexar10,83843.88%9,89840.07%3,96316.05%9403.81%24,699
Blanco58654.36%31729.41%17516.23%26924.95%1,078
Borden7342.69%9857.31%00.00%-25-14.62%171
Bosque2,52483.94%40313.40%802.66%2,12170.54%3,007
Bowie3,45577.40%74016.58%2696.03%2,71560.82%4,464
Brazoria1,76158.82%1,11437.21%1193.97%64721.61%2,994
Brazos2,12887.07%25510.43%612.50%1,87376.64%2,444
Brewster36673.20%11322.60%214.20%25350.60%500
Briscoe39783.40%5311.13%265.46%34472.27%476
Brooks20576.49%5922.01%41.49%14654.48%268
Brown3,46787.48%3969.99%1002.52%3,07177.49%3,963
Burleson2,49690.96%2248.16%240.87%2,27282.80%2,744
Burnet1,72583.74%27713.45%582.82%1,44870.29%2,060
Caldwell2,19478.44%39914.27%2047.29%1,79564.18%2,797
Calhoun68676.05%18120.07%353.88%50555.99%902
Callahan1,61482.94%24412.54%884.52%1,37070.40%1,946
Cameron2,22560.68%1,26634.52%1764.80%95926.15%3,667
Camp1,18683.76%18713.21%433.04%99970.55%1,416
Carson61164.18%30632.14%353.68%30532.04%952
Cass2,12566.18%99731.05%892.77%1,12835.13%3,211
Castro21959.35%6818.43%8222.22%13737.13%369
Chambers31557.80%21940.18%112.02%9617.61%545
Cherokee4,34385.17%66613.06%901.77%3,67772.11%5,099
Childress1,11781.77%17813.03%715.20%93968.74%1,366
Clay1,40276.49%31817.35%1136.16%1,08459.14%1,833
Cochran5981.94%912.50%45.56%5069.44%72
Coke67387.86%8010.44%131.70%59377.42%766
Coleman2,76382.70%50215.03%762.27%2,26167.67%3,341
Collin7,21577.04%1,98121.15%1691.80%5,23455.89%9,365
Collingsworth73173.99%23423.68%232.33%49750.30%988
Colorado2,10566.57%68121.54%37611.89%1,42445.03%3,162
Comal33013.39%31212.66%1,82373.96%-1,493-60.57%2,465
Comanche37639.75%45648.20%11412.05%-80-8.46%946
Concho66885.53%9011.52%232.94%57874.01%781
Cooke3,17077.58%52512.85%3919.57%2,64564.73%4,086
Coryell2,89085.28%42912.66%702.07%2,46172.62%3,389
Cottle58088.15%598.97%192.89%52179.18%658
Crockett6937.91%11261.54%10.55%-43-23.63%182
Crosby1,24279.92%27817.89%342.19%96462.03%1,554
Culberson9379.49%1512.82%97.69%7866.67%117
Dallam50648.42%25424.31%28527.27%22121.15%1,045
Dallas30,20776.99%8,01820.43%1,0122.58%22,18956.55%39,237
Dawson1,07983.06%18514.24%352.69%89468.82%1,299
De Witt2,13156.21%86822.90%79220.89%1,26333.32%3,791
Deaf Smith53870.51%19225.16%334.33%34645.35%763
Delta2,18680.49%47917.64%511.88%1,70762.85%2,716
Denton4,70881.10%71212.27%3856.63%3,99668.84%5,805
Dickens84983.24%16115.78%100.98%68867.45%1,020
Dimmit28958.62%18036.51%244.87%10922.11%493
Donley89372.37%27322.12%685.51%62050.24%1,234
Duval1,29092.14%896.36%211.50%1,20185.79%1,400
Eastland4,54880.04%97217.11%1622.85%3,57662.94%5,682
Ector13889.03%127.74%53.23%12681.29%155
Edwards20436.17%34661.35%142.48%-142-25.18%564
El Paso6,22054.90%4,07835.99%1,0329.11%2,14218.91%11,330
Ellis7,67884.93%1,22013.50%1421.57%6,45871.44%9,040
Erath3,39685.89%40610.27%1523.84%2,99075.62%3,954
Falls2,81781.51%44812.96%1915.53%2,36968.55%3,456
Fannin5,59686.60%65310.11%2133.30%4,94376.49%6,462
Fayette3,85159.66%1,45022.46%1,15417.88%2,40137.20%6,455
Fisher1,65382.12%30215.00%582.88%1,35167.11%2,013
Floyd1,19785.99%16611.93%292.08%1,03174.07%1,392
Foard58581.82%9513.29%354.90%49068.53%715
Fort Bend1,69075.11%35615.82%2049.07%1,33459.29%2,250
Franklin1,15786.60%1188.83%614.57%1,03977.77%1,336
Freestone2,48478.31%60819.17%802.52%1,87659.14%3,172
Frio63778.84%15819.55%131.61%47959.28%808
Gaines34277.55%378.39%6214.06%28063.49%441
Galveston5,06866.52%1,91225.10%6398.39%3,15641.42%7,619
Garza58862.29%33135.06%252.65%25727.22%944
Gillespie35213.03%76828.42%1,58258.55%-814-30.13%2,702
Glasscock8981.65%1412.84%65.50%7568.81%109
Goliad73354.99%43832.86%16212.15%29522.13%1,333
Gonzales2,49975.96%46314.07%3289.97%2,03661.88%3,290
Gray60851.14%58148.86%00.00%272.27%1,189
Grayson7,41371.73%1,97319.09%9499.18%5,44052.64%10,335
Gregg1,28676.96%17710.59%20812.45%1,07864.51%1,671
Grimes2,13691.09%1777.55%321.36%1,95983.54%2,345
Guadalupe83120.32%1,65740.52%1,60139.15%561.37%4,089
Hale1,44670.85%50724.84%884.31%93946.01%2,041
Hall1,06078.34%22916.93%644.73%83161.42%1,353
Hamilton2,03587.45%2028.68%903.87%1,83378.77%2,327
Hansford26372.45%7620.94%246.61%18751.52%363
Hardeman1,09978.05%25618.18%533.76%84359.87%1,408
Hardin1,51666.55%64528.31%1175.14%87138.24%2,278
Harris20,64863.57%8,95327.57%2,8788.86%11,69536.01%32,479
Harrison2,57378.88%46314.19%2266.93%2,11064.68%3,262
Hartley15664.20%6125.10%2610.70%9539.09%243
Haskell2,05078.66%42816.42%1284.91%1,62262.24%2,606
Hays1,61677.36%39418.86%793.78%1,22258.50%2,089
Hemphill40562.99%16725.97%7111.04%23837.01%643
Henderson3,81988.73%4059.41%801.86%3,41479.32%4,304
Hidalgo3,66275.16%99620.44%2144.39%2,66654.72%4,872
Hill5,77886.39%80712.07%1031.54%4,97174.33%6,688
Hockley6973.40%2021.28%55.32%4952.13%94
Hood1,07485.51%1229.71%604.78%95275.80%1,256
Hopkins4,15685.97%55711.52%1212.50%3,59974.45%4,834
Houston3,28986.92%45712.08%381.00%2,83274.84%3,784
Howard1,10076.02%18612.85%16111.13%91463.17%1,447
Hudspeth8459.15%3423.94%2416.90%5035.21%142
Hunt6,82887.43%83610.70%1461.87%5,99276.72%7,810
Hutchinson15967.95%6929.49%62.56%9038.46%234
Irion20571.18%7325.35%103.47%13245.83%288
Jack1,15478.50%29019.73%261.77%86458.78%1,470
Jackson75864.84%35430.28%574.88%40434.56%1,169
Jasper1,52688.77%17610.24%170.99%1,35078.53%1,719
Jeff Davis11763.59%4926.63%189.78%6836.96%184
Jefferson5,92555.09%4,34840.42%4834.49%1,57714.66%10,756
Jim Hogg13987.97%1912.03%00.00%12075.95%158
Jim Wells65465.93%21321.47%12512.60%44144.46%992
Johnson4,60079.85%85114.77%3105.38%3,74965.08%5,761
Jones3,01081.86%56615.39%1012.75%2,44466.47%3,677
Karnes1,72769.19%53121.27%2389.54%1,19647.92%2,496
Kaufman5,57385.33%88413.54%741.13%4,68971.80%6,531
Kendall13611.04%68955.93%40733.04%28222.89%1,232
Kenedy6789.33%79.33%11.33%6080.00%75
Kent38681.43%8016.88%81.69%30664.56%474
Kerr73540.63%89249.31%18210.06%-157-8.68%1,809
Kimble46565.77%22331.54%192.69%24234.23%707
King8395.40%44.60%00.00%7990.80%87
Kinney14445.71%15850.16%134.13%-14-4.44%315
Kleberg72163.52%20618.15%20818.33%51345.20%1,135
Knox1,39972.30%45523.51%814.19%94448.79%1,935
La Salle45884.66%7313.49%101.85%38571.16%541
Lamar5,22487.37%5969.97%1592.66%4,62877.40%5,979
Lamb35670.22%12123.87%305.92%23546.35%507
Lampasas1,59686.46%22812.35%221.19%1,36874.11%1,846
Lavaca3,29062.42%74614.15%1,23523.43%2,05538.99%5,271
Lee1,56168.35%27111.87%45219.79%1,10948.56%2,284
Leon2,00483.71%31112.99%793.30%1,69370.72%2,394
Liberty1,50668.80%63929.19%442.01%86739.61%2,189
Limestone4,86889.58%5239.62%430.79%4,34579.96%5,434
Lipscomb43045.31%40542.68%11412.01%252.63%949
Live Oak59657.20%35333.88%938.93%24323.32%1,042
Llano92886.17%888.17%615.66%84077.99%1,077
Loving1285.71%214.29%00.00%1071.43%14
Lubbock1,71073.93%41117.77%1928.30%1,29956.16%2,313
Lynn1,13175.35%31320.85%573.80%81854.50%1,501
Madison1,59291.34%1468.38%50.29%1,44682.96%1,743
Marion62058.99%34733.02%847.99%27325.98%1,051
Martin32776.76%9221.60%71.64%23555.16%426
Mason38453.48%17123.82%16322.70%21329.67%718
Matagorda1,35356.99%89337.62%1285.39%46019.38%2,374
Maverick19940.53%26153.16%316.31%-62-12.63%491
McCulloch1,32771.96%49526.84%221.19%83245.12%1,844
McLennan7,88273.52%2,38422.24%4554.24%5,49851.28%10,721
McMullen10948.88%11149.78%31.35%-2-0.90%223
Medina98643.26%81635.81%47720.93%1707.46%2,279
Menard30452.60%24742.73%274.67%579.86%578
Midland39989.26%449.84%40.89%35579.42%447
Milam5,08780.31%93014.68%3175.00%4,15765.63%6,334
Mills1,28985.08%17511.55%513.37%1,11473.53%1,515
Mitchell1,24285.89%16911.69%352.42%1,07374.20%1,446
Montague2,23668.40%58617.93%44713.67%1,65050.47%3,269
Montgomery1,50088.81%1669.83%231.36%1,33478.98%1,689
Moore8289.13%99.78%11.09%7379.35%92
Morris96481.76%21518.24%00.00%74963.53%1,179
Motley45386.29%6211.81%101.90%39174.48%525
Nacogdoches3,41893.16%2045.56%471.28%3,21487.60%3,669
Navarro6,40885.66%99613.31%771.03%5,41272.34%7,481
Newton78282.49%14515.30%212.22%63767.19%948
Nolan1,42177.23%33718.32%824.46%1,08458.91%1,840
Nueces3,21465.89%1,53731.51%1272.60%1,67734.38%4,878
Ochiltree35262.63%15527.58%559.79%19735.05%562
Oldham18768.75%7126.10%145.15%11642.65%272
Orange1,38571.65%50926.33%392.02%87645.32%1,933
Palo Pinto1,92673.20%47317.98%2328.82%1,45355.23%2,631
Panola2,08893.51%1195.33%261.16%1,96988.18%2,233
Parker2,39180.26%43814.70%1505.04%1,95365.56%2,979
Parmer21462.76%9126.69%3610.56%12336.07%341
Pecos44066.47%19229.00%304.53%24837.46%662
Polk1,83985.85%27212.70%311.45%1,56773.16%2,142
Potter2,39462.82%83121.81%58615.38%1,56341.01%3,811
Presidio26776.72%6819.54%133.74%19957.18%348
Rains89981.88%15113.75%484.37%74868.12%1,098
Randall62774.20%15418.22%647.57%47355.98%845
Reagan11177.08%3121.53%21.39%8055.56%144
Real18837.75%30060.24%102.01%-112-22.49%498
Red River3,18389.84%3118.78%491.38%2,87281.06%3,543
Reeves38775.59%9618.75%295.66%29156.84%512
Refugio58562.63%25627.41%939.96%32935.22%934
Roberts24169.45%10429.97%20.58%13739.48%347
Robertson1,48764.60%75132.62%642.78%73631.97%2,302
Rockwall1,37193.20%936.32%70.48%1,27886.88%1,471
Runnels2,56481.09%45814.48%1404.43%2,10666.60%3,162
Rusk3,09781.18%65117.06%671.76%2,44664.12%3,815
Sabine1,15094.42%615.01%70.57%1,08989.41%1,218
San Augustine1,47594.43%784.99%90.58%1,39789.44%1,562
San Jacinto58583.57%10414.86%111.57%48168.71%700
San Patricio1,19752.89%98743.61%793.49%2109.28%2,263
San Saba1,81489.94%1879.27%160.79%1,62780.66%2,017
Schleicher24667.40%11832.33%10.27%12835.07%365
Scurry1,29280.25%26916.71%493.04%1,02363.54%1,610
Shackelford72950.07%72749.93%00.00%20.14%1,456
Shelby3,40892.16%1604.33%1303.52%3,24887.83%3,698
Sherman18862.67%8729.00%258.33%10133.67%300
Smith4,47378.16%1,07918.85%1712.99%3,39459.30%5,723
Somervell40385.93%428.96%245.12%36176.97%469
Starr75697.05%232.95%00.00%73394.09%779
Stephens2,18482.07%37213.98%1053.95%1,81268.09%2,661
Sterling24390.33%259.29%10.37%21881.04%269
Stonewall77872.91%17116.03%11811.06%60756.89%1,067
Sutton14353.16%12446.10%20.74%197.06%269
Swisher57365.19%27230.94%343.87%30134.24%879
Tarrant13,67361.73%5,85926.45%2,61911.82%7,81435.28%22,151
Taylor3,15786.26%44112.05%621.69%2,71674.21%3,660
Terrell10934.49%12238.61%8526.90%-13-4.11%316
Terry82382.22%16015.98%181.80%66366.23%1,001
Throckmorton53974.97%17424.20%60.83%36550.76%719
Titus1,58981.70%34817.89%80.41%1,24163.80%1,945
Tom Green2,11675.73%55419.83%1244.44%1,56255.91%2,794
Travis7,57377.06%1,90919.43%3453.51%5,66457.64%9,827
Trinity1,50488.89%1468.63%422.48%1,35880.26%1,692
Tyler92988.98%908.62%252.39%83980.36%1,044
Upshur2,61189.69%2588.86%421.44%2,35380.83%2,911
Upton3587.50%410.00%12.50%3177.50%40
Uvalde1,31276.50%35120.47%523.03%96156.03%1,715
Val Verde43443.49%45745.79%10710.72%-23-2.30%998
Van Zandt3,95779.16%1,03820.76%40.08%2,91958.39%4,999
Victoria1,65368.36%45918.98%30612.66%1,19449.38%2,418
Walker1,79289.78%20110.07%30.15%1,59179.71%1,996
Waller1,23984.80%20313.89%191.30%1,03670.91%1,461
Ward20675.18%4215.33%269.49%16459.85%274
Washington3,56886.25%49611.99%731.76%3,07274.26%4,137
Webb1,31373.19%42923.91%522.90%88449.28%1,794
Wharton2,02067.58%85828.71%1113.71%1,16238.88%2,989
Wheeler90878.89%19717.12%464.00%71161.77%1,151
Wichita5,83168.75%2,18925.81%4615.44%3,64242.94%8,481
Wilbarger1,22277.44%26917.05%875.51%95360.39%1,578
Willacy30770.74%11025.35%173.92%19745.39%434
Williamson6,32483.45%93412.33%3204.22%5,39071.13%7,578
Wilson1,63366.54%49520.17%32613.28%1,13846.37%2,454
Winkler1593.75%16.25%00.00%1487.50%16
Wise2,95881.24%53214.61%1514.15%2,42666.63%3,641
Wood2,80685.55%34210.43%1324.02%2,46475.12%3,280
Yoakum9584.82%98.04%87.14%8676.79%112
Young2,00084.28%32213.57%512.15%1,67870.71%2,373
Zapata30060.24%19739.56%10.20%10320.68%498
Zavala32671.96%9520.97%327.06%23150.99%453
Totals484,60573.70%130,02319.78%42,8816.52%355,62153.92%675,509

See also

Notes and References

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  2. Weeks. O. Douglas. The Texas Mexican and the Politics of South Texas. The American Political Science Review. 24. 3. August 1930. 606–627.
  3. Book: Davidson, Chandler. Race and Class in Texas Politics. 21. 0691025398.
  4. Davidson; Race and Class in Texas Politics, p. 24
  5. Book: Grantham, Dewey W.. The Life and Death of the Solid South: A Political History. 50–52. 0813148723.
  6. Book: Warren, Kenneth F.. Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior. 788. 1452265879.
  7. Book: Murrin. John M.. Johnson. Paul E.. McPherson. James M.. Fahs. Alice. Gerstle. Gary. Liberty, Equality, Power: A History of the American People (Concise Edition). 532. 1285545974.
  8. Book: Hough, Jerry F.. Changing Party Coalitions: The Mystery of the Red State-Blue State Alignment. 83–86. 0875864082.
  9. Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 211
  10. Hart. Albert Bushnell. The Presidential Election in the United States. Current History. December 1924. 21. 3. 325–328, 436–438. University of California Press.
  11. News: Davis Decreases College’s Lead in Straw Ballot. The Austin American. Austin, Texas. 14. October 5, 1924.
  12. Web site: Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. 1924 Presidential Election Statistics.
  13. Book: Robinson, Edgar Eugene. The Presidential Vote 1896-1932. 331–350, 395–396. 9780804716963.
  14. Web site: Géoelections. Popular Vote for Robert LaFollette. (.xlsx file for €15)