1924 United States presidential election

The 1924 United States presidential election occurred on November 4, 1924. It was the 35th election in the history of the United States. The election was won by incumbent President Calvin Coolidge, who had been president since the death of Warren G. Harding in 1923.

1924 United States presidential election

November 4, 1924
531 members of the Electoral College 266 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout	48.9% 0.3 pp
Nominee Calvin Coolidge John W. Davis Robert M. La Follette Party Republican Democratic Progressive Home state Massachusetts West Virginia Wisconsin Running mate Charles G. Dawes Charles W. Bryan Burton K. Wheeler Electoral vote 382 136 13 States carried 35 12 1 Popular vote 15,723,789 8,386,242 4,831,706 Percentage 54.0% 28.8% 16.6%
Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Coolidge/Dawes, blue denotes those won by Davis/Bryan, green denotes Wisconsin, the state won by La Follette/Wheeler. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.
President before election Calvin Coolidge Republican Elected President Calvin Coolidge Republican

Robert M. La Follette, the losing candidate from the Progressive Party, would be the last major third-party candidate in a presidential election as well as the last candidate from neither the Republicans nor Democrats to secure any electoral votes until George C. Wallace in 1968

Republican Party

1924 Republican Party ticket
Calvin Coolidge	Charles G. Dawes
for President	for Vice President
30th President of the United States (1923–1929)	1st Director of the Bureau of the Budget (1921–1922)

• Calvin Coolidge, incumbent President (1923-1929) (nominee)
• Hiram Johnson, Senator of California (1917-1945)
• Robert M. La Follette, Senator of Wisconsin (1906-1925) (Ran as a third-party)

Candidates gallery

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  President
  Calvin Coolidge
  from Massachusetts
  (1923-1929)
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  Senator
  Hiram Johnson
  from California
  (1917-1945)
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  Senator
  Robert M. La Follette
  from Wisconsin
  (1906-1925)
  (Ran as a third-party)

Democratic Party

1924 Democratic Party ticket
John W. Davis	Charles W. Bryan
for President	for Vice President
37th U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1918–1921)	20th Governor of Nebraska (1923–1925)

• John W. Davis, former US Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1918-1921) (nominee)
• William Gibbs McAdoo, former Secretary of the Treasury (1913-1918)
• Al Smith, Governor of New York (1919-1920; 1923-1928) (1928 nominee)
• Oscar Underwood, Senator of Alabama (1915-1927)

Candidates gallery

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  Former Ambassador
  John W. Davis
  from West Virginia
  (1918-1921)
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  Former Secretary
  William Gibbs McAdoo
  from New York
  (1913-1918)
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  Governor
  Al Smith
  of New York
  (1919-1920, 1923-1928)
  
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  Senator
  Oscar Underwood
  from Alabama
  (1915-1927)

Progressive Party nomination

1924 Progressive Party ticket
Robert M. La Follette	Burton K. Wheeler
for President	for Vice President
U.S. Senator from Wisconsin (1906–1925)	U.S. Senator from Montana (1923–1947)

1924 United States Presidential Election Media

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  Cover of Life, 19 Jun 1924

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  Cover of The Forward's art section, featuring Senators La Follette and Wheeler in the top left cormer, 3 Aug 1924