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1924 United States presidential election

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1924 United States presidential election

 1920 November 4, 1924 1928 

531 members of the Electoral College
266 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout48.9%[1] Decrease 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

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.

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

Candidates

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Republican Party

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Republican Party (United States)
Republican Party (United States)
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)

Candidates gallery

Democratic Party

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Democratic Party (United States)
Democratic Party (United States)
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)

Candidates gallery

Progressive Party nomination

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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)

References

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  1. "National General Election VEP Turnout Rates, 1789-Present". United States Election Project. CQ Press.