1924 United States elections
The 1924 United States elections was held on November 4. The Republican Party retained control of the presidency and both chambers of Congress.
| ← 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 → Presidential election year | |
| Election day | November 4 |
|---|---|
| Incumbent president | Calvin Coolidge (Republican) |
| Next Congress | 69th |
| Presidential election | |
| Partisan control | Republican hold |
| Popular vote margin | Republican +25.2% |
| Electoral vote | |
| Calvin Coolidge (R) | 382 |
| John W. Davis (D) | 136 |
| Robert La Follette (P) | 13 |
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| 1924 presidential election results. Red denotes states won by Coolidge, blue denotes states won by Davis, and light green denotes states won by La Follette. Numbers indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate. | |
| Senate elections | |
| Overall control | Republican hold |
| Seats contested | 34 of 96 seats (32 Class 2 seats + 4 special elections)[1] |
| Net seat change | Republican +4[2] |
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| 1924 Senate results
Democratic gain Democratic hold | |
| House elections | |
| Overall control | Republican hold |
| Seats contested | All 435 voting members |
| Net seat change | Republican +22 |
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| 1924 House of Representatives results | |
| Gubernatorial elections | |
| Seats contested | 36 |
| Net seat change | Republican +2 |
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| 1924 gubernatorial election results
Democratic gain Democratic hold | |
In the presidential election, Republican President Calvin Coolidge (who took office on August 2, 1923, upon the death of his predecessor, Warren G. Harding) was elected to serve a full term, defeating Democratic nominee, former Ambassador John W. Davis and Progressive Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr. from Wisconsin.[3][4] Coolidge easily won the election, taking almost every state outside the Solid South. Davis won the Democratic nomination after a record 103 ballots, emerging as a compromise candidate between Treasury Secretary William Gibbs McAdoo and New York Governor Al Smith. La Follette, a former Republican who had sought the 1912 Republican nomination, drew sixteen percent of the popular vote and won his home state of Wisconsin.
The Republicans gained twenty-two seats in the House of Representatives, increasing their majority over the Democrats. The Republicans also furthered a majority in the Senate, gaining four seats from the Democrats.[4]
See also
References
- Two Class 2 seats held both a regularly-scheduled election and a special election in 1924. These seats are not double-counted for the total number of seats contested.
- Republicans picked up three Senate seats in the regularly-scheduled elections and picked up an additional seat in the special elections.
- "1924 Presidential Election". The American Presidency Project. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
- "Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 4, 1924" (PDF). U.S. House of Reps, Office of the Clerk. Retrieved 29 December 2011.