1924 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

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1924 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
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  1920 November 4, 1924 1928  
  Calvin Coolidge cph.3g10777 crop.jpg John William Davis.jpg Robert La Follette Sr crop.jpg
Nominee Calvin Coolidge John W. Davis Robert M. La Follette
Party Republican Democratic Labor/Socialist [lower-alpha 1]
Home state Massachusetts West Virginia Wisconsin
Running mate Charles G. Dawes Charles W. Bryan Burton K. Wheeler
Electoral vote3800
Popular vote1,401,481409,192307,567
Percentage65.34%19.08%14.34%

Pennsylvania Presidential Election Results 1924.svg
County Results

President before election

Calvin Coolidge
Republican

Elected President

Calvin Coolidge
Republican

The 1924 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 4, 1924 as part of the 1924 United States presidential election. Voters chose 38 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Pennsylvania overwhelmingly voted for the Republican nominee, President Calvin Coolidge, over the Democratic nominee, former United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom John W. Davis. Coolidge won Pennsylvania by a landslide margin of 46.26%.

Coolidge was credited for the booming economy while the Democratic electorate was divided between the conservative Davis and the liberal third-party candidate Robert M. La Follette who ran as a Progressive. This was the first presidential election in which all American Indians were citizens and thus allowed to vote.

The 1920s were a fiercely Republican decade in American politics, and Pennsylvania in that era was a fiercely Republican state in presidential elections. The economic boom and social good feelings of the Roaring Twenties under popular Republican leadership virtually guaranteed Calvin Coolidge an easy win in the state against the conservative Southern Democrat John Davis, [2] who had little appeal in Northern states like Pennsylvania.

With 65.34% of the popular vote, Pennsylvania would prove to be Coolidge's fourth strongest state in the 1924 election in terms of popular vote percentage after Vermont, Michigan and Maine. [3]

Results

1924 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania [4]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Calvin Coolidge (incumbent)1,401,48165.34%38
Democratic John W. Davis 409,19219.08%0
Labor
Socialist [lower-alpha 1]
Robert M. La Follette 307,56714.34%0
American Gilbert Nations 13,0350.61%0
Prohibition Herman Faris 9,7790.46%0
Communist William Z. Foster 2,7350.13%0
Socialist Labor Frank Johns 6340.03%0
Commonwealth LandWilliam Wallace2960.01%0
Write-insWrite-ins1310.01%0
Totals2,144,850100.00%38

Results by county

CountyJohn Calvin Coolidge
Republican
John William Davis
Democratic
Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
Labor/Socialist [lower-alpha 1]
Gilbert Owen Nations
American
Herman Preston Faris
Prohibition
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast [5]
# %# %# %# %# %# %# %
Adams 5,77852.92%4,84044.33%2732.50%110.10%140.13%20.02%9388.59%10,918
Allegheny 149,29659.01%21,9848.69%79,09531.26%1,0590.42%7240.29%8550.34%70,201 [lower-alpha 2] 27.75%253,013
Armstrong 11,19264.18%2,93116.81%2,22812.78%9215.28%1310.75%360.21%8,26147.37%17,439
Beaver 16,76864.14%3,22012.32%5,59921.42%3121.19%1650.63%770.29%11,169 [lower-alpha 2] 42.73%26,141
Bedford 6,15461.72%2,31523.22%9319.34%5185.20%390.39%140.14%3,83938.50%9,971
Berks 28,18651.35%17,22031.37%9,27316.89%570.10%680.12%890.16%10,96619.98%54,893
Blair 20,31365.93%4,24413.78%6,02719.56%670.22%1150.37%420.14%14,286 [lower-alpha 2] 46.37%30,808
Bradford 11,62073.62%2,30714.62%1,71810.88%250.16%1110.70%30.02%9,31359.00%15,784
Bucks 17,46066.88%6,58225.21%1,9417.43%210.08%740.28%300.11%10,87841.67%26,108
Butler 13,11369.45%3,46218.34%1,93210.23%2021.07%1610.85%100.05%9,65151.12%18,880
Cambria 24,72851.77%13,56328.40%9,16719.19%1040.22%940.20%1080.23%11,16523.38%47,764
Cameron 1,36677.18%26014.69%1337.51%20.11%80.45%10.06%1,10662.49%1,770
Carbon 10,23655.55%5,15027.95%2,97516.14%140.08%270.15%250.14%5,08627.60%18,427
Centre 7,72359.13%4,44334.01%6735.15%920.70%1220.93%90.07%3,28025.11%13,062
Chester 22,33375.76%5,94620.17%1,0133.44%780.26%1000.34%100.03%16,38755.59%29,480
Clarion 5,91355.27%3,64234.04%8978.38%1391.30%1000.93%70.07%2,27121.23%10,698
Clearfield 13,74560.32%5,02722.06%3,38314.85%3381.48%2471.08%470.21%8,71838.26%22,787
Clinton 5,12954.62%1,93920.65%1,62417.29%6286.69%660.70%50.05%3,19033.97%9,391
Columbia 7,33647.42%7,39047.77%5263.40%630.41%1330.86%210.14%-54-0.35%15,469
Crawford 10,91863.09%2,96917.16%2,98717.26%670.39%3482.01%160.09%7,931 [lower-alpha 2] 45.83%17,305
Cumberland 10,19653.22%7,64339.89%1,1325.91%440.23%1380.72%70.04%2,55313.32%19,160
Dauphin 27,83868.04%9,00422.01%3,7569.18%430.11%2450.60%300.07%18,83446.03%40,916
Delaware 41,99881.80%6,36812.40%2,7505.36%520.10%1300.25%470.09%35,63069.39%51,345
Elk 6,62670.85%1,37014.65%1,17512.56%200.21%1341.43%270.29%5,25656.20%9,352
Erie 19,48061.29%3,50211.02%8,26726.01%690.22%3901.23%760.24%11,213 [lower-alpha 2] 35.28%31,784
Fayette 19,06453.57%8,85524.88%6,10317.15%1,2643.55%2100.59%910.26%10,20928.69%35,587
Forest 1,13071.20%28017.64%955.99%60.38%764.79%00.00%85053.56%1,587
Franklin 9,79158.82%5,77034.67%1,0106.07%20.01%670.40%50.03%4,02124.16%16,645
Fulton 1,16047.64%1,20749.57%421.72%261.07%00.00%00.00%-47-1.93%2,435
Greene 4,59041.82%5,87453.52%3783.44%950.87%300.27%90.08%-1,284-11.70%10,976
Huntingdon 6,56773.99%1,48816.77%7508.45%290.33%350.39%60.07%5,07957.23%8,875
Indiana 12,74869.75%2,06711.31%2,64814.49%3251.78%4592.51%300.16%10,100 [lower-alpha 2] 55.26%18,277
Jefferson 10,67364.88%2,66416.19%2,61815.91%3382.05%1440.88%130.08%8,00948.69%16,450
Juniata 2,17757.41%1,42037.45%1774.67%10.03%170.45%00.00%75719.96%3,792
Lackawanna 37,70860.43%16,85927.02%7,53312.07%120.02%1840.29%1050.17%20,84933.41%62,401
Lancaster 42,78773.73%12,09120.83%2,8714.95%350.06%2000.34%500.09%30,69652.89%58,034
Lawrence 12,53364.58%1,8809.69%4,21121.70%4652.40%2741.41%430.22%8,322 [lower-alpha 2] 42.88%19,406
Lebanon 9,49474.27%2,46419.28%7565.91%190.15%450.35%50.04%7,03054.99%12,783
Lehigh 20,82659.02%10,41529.52%3,87910.99%600.17%650.18%390.11%10,41129.51%35,284
Luzerne 46,47553.18%20,47223.42%20,09322.99%610.07%1710.20%1240.14%26,00329.75%87,396
Lycoming 14,03958.70%6,85728.67%2,43210.17%1720.72%4081.71%80.03%7,18230.03%23,916
McKean 9,07268.99%2,37618.07%1,37310.44%500.38%2712.06%70.05%6,69650.92%13,149
Mercer 14,63965.29%3,68816.45%3,58015.97%1350.60%3391.51%390.17%10,95148.84%22,420
Mifflin 4,78066.92%1,99927.99%3224.51%130.18%270.38%20.03%2,78138.93%7,143
Monroe 3,46244.28%3,90149.89%4265.45%40.05%210.27%50.06%-439-5.61%7,819
Montgomery 45,40775.48%11,09418.44%3,4505.74%540.09%1130.19%360.06%34,31357.04%60,154
Montour 2,49955.83%1,79940.19%1483.31%120.27%160.36%20.04%70015.64%4,476
Northampton 20,45958.42%11,45932.72%2,8828.23%550.16%930.27%740.21%9,00025.70%35,022
Northumberland 17,51656.18%7,57124.28%5,90218.93%770.25%840.27%270.09%9,94531.90%31,177
Perry 4,18557.52%2,71037.25%3334.58%170.23%280.38%30.04%1,47520.27%7,276
Philadelphia 347,45777.73%54,21312.13%44,2309.89%1420.03%3640.08%6160.14%293,24465.60%447,022
Pike 1,58154.20%99334.04%32911.28%70.24%50.17%20.07%58820.16%2,917
Potter 4,08765.49%1,16118.60%92514.82%160.26%420.67%100.16%2,92646.88%6,241
Schuylkill 34,57864.44%10,11118.84%8,53315.90%1700.32%830.15%1810.34%24,46745.60%53,656
Snyder 3,05572.00%97022.86%2104.95%20.05%40.09%20.05%2,08549.14%4,243
Somerset 12,38972.74%2,31513.59%1,97411.59%2041.20%1170.69%330.19%10,07459.15%17,032
Sullivan 1,66859.76%91332.71%1555.55%70.25%471.68%10.04%75527.05%2,791
Susquehanna 7,26667.38%2,20820.47%1,22311.34%30.03%710.66%130.12%5,05846.90%10,784
Tioga 8,45281.22%1,27112.21%5415.20%160.15%1211.16%50.05%7,18169.01%10,406
Union 3,70771.59%1,20923.35%2364.56%60.12%200.39%00.00%2,49848.24%5,178
Venango 10,84174.29%1,88612.92%1,49610.25%1310.90%2321.59%60.04%8,95561.37%14,592
Warren 8,50270.93%2,16118.03%8417.02%400.33%4223.52%200.17%6,34152.90%11,986
Washington 22,31560.64%6,70618.22%7,08919.27%3090.84%1510.41%2270.62%15,226 [lower-alpha 2] 41.38%36,797
Wayne 5,57872.87%1,47719.29%5136.70%160.21%640.84%70.09%4,10153.57%7,655
Westmoreland 34,52255.22%10,22316.35%13,40321.44%3,6175.79%5380.86%2110.34%21,119 [lower-alpha 2] 33.78%62,514
Wyoming 3,21368.06%1,19425.29%2365.00%20.04%711.50%50.11%2,01942.77%4,721
York 23,04456.15%15,60038.01%2,1465.23%740.18%1660.40%90.02%7,44418.14%41,039
Totals1,401,48165.34%409,19219.08%307,56714.34%13,0350.61%9,7790.46%3,7960.18%992,28946.26%2,144,850

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Pennsylvania La Follette vote was the fusion of 214,126 Labor and 93,441 Socialist parties. [1]
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 In this county where Davis ran third behind Coolidge and La Follette, margin given is Coolidge vote minus La Follette vote and percentage margin Coolidge percentage minus La Follette percentage.

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