1924 United States presidential election in South Dakota

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1924 United States presidential election in South Dakota
Flag of South Dakota (1909-1963).svg
  1920 November 4, 1924 1928  
  Calvin Coolidge cph.3g10777 crop.jpg Robert La Follette Sr crop.jpg John William Davis.jpg
Nominee Calvin Coolidge Robert M. La Follette John W. Davis
Party Republican Independent Democratic
Alliance Progressive
Home state Massachusetts Wisconsin West Virginia
Running mate Charles G. Dawes Burton K. Wheeler Charles W. Bryan
Electoral vote500
Popular vote101,29975,35527,214
Percentage49.69%36.96%13.35%

South Dakota 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 South Dakota took place on November 4, 1924, as part of the 1924 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

South Dakota voted for the Republican nominee, incumbent President Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts, over Independent [lower-alpha 1] nominee, Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin and Democratic nominee, Ambassador John W. Davis of West Virginia. Coolidge ran with former Budget Director Charles G. Dawes of Illinois, while Davis ran with Governor Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska and La Follette ran with Montana Senator Burton K. Wheeler.

Coolidge won South Dakota by a margin of 12.73% of the vote.

With 36.96 percent of the popular vote, South Dakota would prove to be La Follette's fifth strongest state in the 1924 election in terms of popular vote percentage after Wisconsin, North Dakota, Minnesota and Montana. [1] He carried 18 counties here.

Results

1924 United States presidential election in South Dakota [2]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Republican Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts Charles Gates Dawes of Illinois 101,29949.69%5100.00%
Independent Robert Marion La Follette of Wisconsin Burton Kendall Wheeler of Montana 75,35536.96%00.00%
Democratic John William Davis of West Virginia Charles Wayland Bryan of Nebraska 27,21413.35%00.00%
Total203,868100.00%5100.00%

Results by county

CountyJohn Calvin Coolidge
Republican
John William Davis
Democratic
Robert Marion La Follette Sr.
Independent [lower-alpha 1]
Margin [lower-alpha 2] Total votes cast [3]
#%#%#%#%
Aurora 96736.31%66524.97%1,03138.72%-64-2.40%2,663
Beadle 3,46653.37%85113.10%2,17733.52%1,28919.85%6,494
Bennett 44457.07%10213.11%23229.82%21227.25%778
Bon Homme 1,42041.79%86025.31%1,11832.90%3028.89%3,398
Brookings 4,70848.51%1,01010.41%3,98741.08%7217.43%9,705
Brown 2,74060.67%3617.99%1,41531.33%1,32529.34%4,516
Brule 1,06037.11%65022.76%1,14640.13%-86-3.01%2,856
Buffalo 30941.53%22530.24%21028.23%84 [lower-alpha 3] 11.29%744
Butte 1,19955.59%27712.84%68131.57%51824.01%2,157
Campbell 64154.55%463.91%48841.53%15313.02%1,175
Charles Mix 1,68031.22%1,30624.27%2,39644.52%-716-13.30%5,382
Clark 1,68456.85%32510.97%95332.17%73124.68%2,962
Clay 1,41542.30%49214.71%1,43842.99%-23-0.69%3,345
Codington 1,86241.38%62713.93%2,01144.69%-149-3.31%4,500
Corson 1,36456.50%1405.80%91037.70%45418.81%2,414
Custer 83353.36%23615.12%49231.52%34121.84%1,561
Davison 2,80151.71%57810.67%2,03837.62%76314.09%5,417
Day 2,19355.17%3087.75%1,47437.08%71918.09%3,975
Deuel 1,36260.32%1687.44%72832.24%63428.08%2,258
Dewey 95653.05%22212.32%62434.63%33218.42%1,802
Douglas 1,12550.25%31714.16%79735.60%32814.65%2,239
Edmunds 1,04342.38%27711.26%1,14146.36%-98-3.98%2,461
Fall River 1,39252.13%34212.81%93635.06%45617.08%2,670
Faulk 1,11256.08%27713.97%59429.95%51826.12%1,983
Grant 1,22742.02%2026.92%1,49151.06%-264-9.04%2,920
Gregory 1,64344.61%81822.21%1,22233.18%42111.43%3,683
Haakon 79749.87%31919.96%48230.16%31519.71%1,598
Hamlin 1,14452.38%2079.48%83338.14%31114.24%2,184
Hand 1,72754.00%69021.58%78124.42%94629.58%3,198
Hanson 81140.47%29914.92%89444.61%-83-4.14%2,004
Harding 70262.07%1079.46%32228.47%38033.60%1,131
Hughes 1,26053.21%32513.72%78333.07%47720.14%2,368
Hutchinson 89324.65%1804.97%2,55070.38%-1,657-45.74%3,623
Hyde 66950.53%25719.41%39830.06%27120.47%1,324
Jackson 58356.93%19418.95%24724.12%33632.81%1,024
Jerauld 1,05452.89%22811.44%71135.67%34317.21%1,993
Jones 73255.45%14110.68%44733.86%28521.59%1,320
Kingsbury 2,24265.65%3339.75%84024.60%1,40241.05%3,415
Lake 1,88845.35%2977.13%1,97847.51%-90-2.16%4,163
Lawrence 3,25571.07%64914.17%67614.76%2,57956.31%4,580
Lincoln 1,82543.81%2656.36%2,07649.83%-251-6.02%4,166
Lyman 1,06144.30%38716.16%94739.54%1144.76%2,395
Marshall 1,27151.54%1907.70%1,00540.75%26610.79%2,466
McCook 1,36844.27%45714.79%1,26540.94%1033.33%3,090
McPherson 83328.83%943.25%1,96267.91%-1,129-39.08%2,889
Meade 2,00657.43%78622.50%70120.07%1,220 [lower-alpha 3] 34.93%3,493
Mellette 64239.93%60437.56%36222.51%38 [lower-alpha 3] 2.36%1,608
Miner 99535.65%30811.04%1,48853.31%-493-17.66%2,791
Minnehaha 8,82255.93%1,5249.66%5,42734.41%3,39521.52%15,773
Moody 1,18141.69%2348.26%1,41850.05%-237-8.37%2,833
Pennington 3,20163.57%85416.96%98019.46%2,22144.11%5,035
Perkins 1,42159.21%27711.54%70229.25%71929.96%2,400
Potter 1,07559.82%28315.75%43924.43%63635.39%1,797
Roberts 1,74440.99%2155.05%2,29653.96%-552-12.97%4,255
Sanborn 1,18447.34%32713.07%99039.58%1947.76%2,501
Shannon 99288.89%766.81%484.30%916 [lower-alpha 3] 82.08%1,116
Spink 2,61357.81%59513.16%1,31229.03%1,30128.78%4,520
Stanley 53143.81%24920.54%43235.64%998.17%1,212
Sully 55559.04%13814.68%24726.28%30832.77%940
Todd 83767.01%23718.98%17514.01%600 [lower-alpha 3] 48.04%1,249
Tripp 1,64742.45%93224.02%1,30133.53%3468.92%3,880
Turner 1,70845.93%2857.66%1,72646.41%-18-0.48%3,719
Union 1,66545.04%87723.72%1,15531.24%51013.79%3,697
Walworth 1,03344.15%1144.87%1,19350.98%-160-6.84%2,340
Washabaugh 24657.88%12128.47%5813.65%125 [lower-alpha 3] 29.41%425
Washington 27787.66%319.81%82.53%246 [lower-alpha 3] 77.85%316
Yankton 1,50439.78%69318.33%1,58441.89%-80-2.12%3,781
Ziebach 65955.01%15312.77%38632.22%27322.79%1,198
Totals101,29949.69%27,21413.35%75,35536.96%25,94412.73%203,868

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Although La Follette was nationally the nominee of the Progressive Party, he ran as an independent candidate without a party label in South Dakota.
  2. Because La Follette finished ahead of Davis in South Dakota as a whole, all margins given are Coolidge minus La Follette unless stated in the total for the county in question.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 In this county where Davis did run second ahead of La Follette, the margin given is Coolidge vote minus Davis vote.

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References

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