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Election of 1924

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- The ^V1 notations refers to notes in the red cell immediately below.
- The popular vote shown is for the Party Ticket. Popular Vote Results will vary among sources but will give a general idea of the percentage in relation to the other results. Popular vote figures exclude those states that did not use a popular vote to select their electors to the Electoral College.
- - - Amendment XII was enacted after the tie in 1800 - In 1804 the electors began voting for President and Vice President using separate ballots. This change ensured the Vice President would most likely be of the same party as the President.
- Beginning in 1848 all States hold the presidential election on the same day in November.
- The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gives women, across America, the right to vote.

1923

Calvin Coolidge ascends to the presidency on August 3rd the day after the death of President William Harding.

Year

Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

Popular Vote

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1924

1
2
3
4
5
6

Calvin Coolidge ^V1
John William Davis
Robert M. La Follette
Herman P. Faris
William Zebulon Foster
Other

Republican
Democratic ^V2
Progressive/Socialist ^V3
Prohibition
Communist
(nominal parties)

382
136
13
    0
    0
    0

15,725,016
8,385,586
4,822,856
55,951
38,669
60,750

Vice Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

1
2
3
4
5
6

Charles G. Dawes
Charles W. Bryan
Burton K. Wheeler
Marie Brehm
Benjamin Gitlow
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Republican
Democratic
Progress/Socialist
Prohibition
Communist
---

382
136
13
0
0
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Index

^V1	A landslide popular vote favored Coolidge by 25 percentage points, doing so well that the Republicans won in New York City, a local victory unrivaled since.
^V2	Davis won only the solid South and Oklahoma, gaining less than half the electoral votes.
^V3	La Follette ran on a Socialist platform of nationalizing railroads and natural resources, and supported collective bargaining and increasing taxes on the wealthy. La Follette garnered only 16.5 % of the vote winning only his home state of Wisconsin even though had strong support of the AFL labor unions, Socialists and radical farmer groups.

United States of America
Election of 1924

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