1924 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
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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.
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 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] As of the 2020 election, this was the Republican Party's best showing in Pennsylvania.
Results
[edit]| 1924 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[4] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Calvin Coolidge (incumbent) | 1,401,481 | 65.34% | 38 | |
| Democratic | John W. Davis | 409,192 | 19.08% | 0 | |
| Labor Socialist[a] |
Robert M. La Follette | 307,567 | 14.34% | 0 | |
| American | Gilbert Nations | 13,035 | 0.61% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Herman Faris | 9,779 | 0.46% | 0 | |
| Communist | William Z. Foster | 2,735 | 0.13% | 0 | |
| Socialist Labor | Frank Johns | 634 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Commonwealth Land | William Wallace | 296 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Write-ins | Write-ins | 131 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Totals | 2,144,850 | 100.00% | 38 | ||
Results by county
[edit]| County | John Calvin Coolidge Republican |
John William Davis Democratic |
Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Labor/Socialist[a] |
Gilbert Owen Nations American |
Herman Preston Faris Prohibition |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[5] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 5,778 | 52.92% | 4,840 | 44.33% | 273 | 2.50% | 11 | 0.10% | 14 | 0.13% | 2 | 0.02% | 938 | 8.59% | 10,918 |
| Allegheny | 149,296 | 59.01% | 21,984 | 8.69% | 79,095 | 31.26% | 1,059 | 0.42% | 724 | 0.29% | 855 | 0.34% | 70,201[b] | 27.75% | 253,013 |
| Armstrong | 11,192 | 64.18% | 2,931 | 16.81% | 2,228 | 12.78% | 921 | 5.28% | 131 | 0.75% | 36 | 0.21% | 8,261 | 47.37% | 17,439 |
| Beaver | 16,768 | 64.14% | 3,220 | 12.32% | 5,599 | 21.42% | 312 | 1.19% | 165 | 0.63% | 77 | 0.29% | 11,169[b] | 42.73% | 26,141 |
| Bedford | 6,154 | 61.72% | 2,315 | 23.22% | 931 | 9.34% | 518 | 5.20% | 39 | 0.39% | 14 | 0.14% | 3,839 | 38.50% | 9,971 |
| Berks | 28,186 | 51.35% | 17,220 | 31.37% | 9,273 | 16.89% | 57 | 0.10% | 68 | 0.12% | 89 | 0.16% | 10,966 | 19.98% | 54,893 |
| Blair | 20,313 | 65.93% | 4,244 | 13.78% | 6,027 | 19.56% | 67 | 0.22% | 115 | 0.37% | 42 | 0.14% | 14,286[b] | 46.37% | 30,808 |
| Bradford | 11,620 | 73.62% | 2,307 | 14.62% | 1,718 | 10.88% | 25 | 0.16% | 111 | 0.70% | 3 | 0.02% | 9,313 | 59.00% | 15,784 |
| Bucks | 17,460 | 66.88% | 6,582 | 25.21% | 1,941 | 7.43% | 21 | 0.08% | 74 | 0.28% | 30 | 0.11% | 10,878 | 41.67% | 26,108 |
| Butler | 13,113 | 69.45% | 3,462 | 18.34% | 1,932 | 10.23% | 202 | 1.07% | 161 | 0.85% | 10 | 0.05% | 9,651 | 51.12% | 18,880 |
| Cambria | 24,728 | 51.77% | 13,563 | 28.40% | 9,167 | 19.19% | 104 | 0.22% | 94 | 0.20% | 108 | 0.23% | 11,165 | 23.38% | 47,764 |
| Cameron | 1,366 | 77.18% | 260 | 14.69% | 133 | 7.51% | 2 | 0.11% | 8 | 0.45% | 1 | 0.06% | 1,106 | 62.49% | 1,770 |
| Carbon | 10,236 | 55.55% | 5,150 | 27.95% | 2,975 | 16.14% | 14 | 0.08% | 27 | 0.15% | 25 | 0.14% | 5,086 | 27.60% | 18,427 |
| Centre | 7,723 | 59.13% | 4,443 | 34.01% | 673 | 5.15% | 92 | 0.70% | 122 | 0.93% | 9 | 0.07% | 3,280 | 25.11% | 13,062 |
| Chester | 22,333 | 75.76% | 5,946 | 20.17% | 1,013 | 3.44% | 78 | 0.26% | 100 | 0.34% | 10 | 0.03% | 16,387 | 55.59% | 29,480 |
| Clarion | 5,913 | 55.27% | 3,642 | 34.04% | 897 | 8.38% | 139 | 1.30% | 100 | 0.93% | 7 | 0.07% | 2,271 | 21.23% | 10,698 |
| Clearfield | 13,745 | 60.32% | 5,027 | 22.06% | 3,383 | 14.85% | 338 | 1.48% | 247 | 1.08% | 47 | 0.21% | 8,718 | 38.26% | 22,787 |
| Clinton | 5,129 | 54.62% | 1,939 | 20.65% | 1,624 | 17.29% | 628 | 6.69% | 66 | 0.70% | 5 | 0.05% | 3,190 | 33.97% | 9,391 |
| Columbia | 7,336 | 47.42% | 7,390 | 47.77% | 526 | 3.40% | 63 | 0.41% | 133 | 0.86% | 21 | 0.14% | -54 | -0.35% | 15,469 |
| Crawford | 10,918 | 63.09% | 2,969 | 17.16% | 2,987 | 17.26% | 67 | 0.39% | 348 | 2.01% | 16 | 0.09% | 7,931[b] | 45.83% | 17,305 |
| Cumberland | 10,196 | 53.22% | 7,643 | 39.89% | 1,132 | 5.91% | 44 | 0.23% | 138 | 0.72% | 7 | 0.04% | 2,553 | 13.32% | 19,160 |
| Dauphin | 27,838 | 68.04% | 9,004 | 22.01% | 3,756 | 9.18% | 43 | 0.11% | 245 | 0.60% | 30 | 0.07% | 18,834 | 46.03% | 40,916 |
| Delaware | 41,998 | 81.80% | 6,368 | 12.40% | 2,750 | 5.36% | 52 | 0.10% | 130 | 0.25% | 47 | 0.09% | 35,630 | 69.39% | 51,345 |
| Elk | 6,626 | 70.85% | 1,370 | 14.65% | 1,175 | 12.56% | 20 | 0.21% | 134 | 1.43% | 27 | 0.29% | 5,256 | 56.20% | 9,352 |
| Erie | 19,480 | 61.29% | 3,502 | 11.02% | 8,267 | 26.01% | 69 | 0.22% | 390 | 1.23% | 76 | 0.24% | 11,213[b] | 35.28% | 31,784 |
| Fayette | 19,064 | 53.57% | 8,855 | 24.88% | 6,103 | 17.15% | 1,264 | 3.55% | 210 | 0.59% | 91 | 0.26% | 10,209 | 28.69% | 35,587 |
| Forest | 1,130 | 71.20% | 280 | 17.64% | 95 | 5.99% | 6 | 0.38% | 76 | 4.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 850 | 53.56% | 1,587 |
| Franklin | 9,791 | 58.82% | 5,770 | 34.67% | 1,010 | 6.07% | 2 | 0.01% | 67 | 0.40% | 5 | 0.03% | 4,021 | 24.16% | 16,645 |
| Fulton | 1,160 | 47.64% | 1,207 | 49.57% | 42 | 1.72% | 26 | 1.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -47 | -1.93% | 2,435 |
| Greene | 4,590 | 41.82% | 5,874 | 53.52% | 378 | 3.44% | 95 | 0.87% | 30 | 0.27% | 9 | 0.08% | -1,284 | -11.70% | 10,976 |
| Huntingdon | 6,567 | 73.99% | 1,488 | 16.77% | 750 | 8.45% | 29 | 0.33% | 35 | 0.39% | 6 | 0.07% | 5,079 | 57.23% | 8,875 |
| Indiana | 12,748 | 69.75% | 2,067 | 11.31% | 2,648 | 14.49% | 325 | 1.78% | 459 | 2.51% | 30 | 0.16% | 10,100[b] | 55.26% | 18,277 |
| Jefferson | 10,673 | 64.88% | 2,664 | 16.19% | 2,618 | 15.91% | 338 | 2.05% | 144 | 0.88% | 13 | 0.08% | 8,009 | 48.69% | 16,450 |
| Juniata | 2,177 | 57.41% | 1,420 | 37.45% | 177 | 4.67% | 1 | 0.03% | 17 | 0.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 757 | 19.96% | 3,792 |
| Lackawanna | 37,708 | 60.43% | 16,859 | 27.02% | 7,533 | 12.07% | 12 | 0.02% | 184 | 0.29% | 105 | 0.17% | 20,849 | 33.41% | 62,401 |
| Lancaster | 42,787 | 73.73% | 12,091 | 20.83% | 2,871 | 4.95% | 35 | 0.06% | 200 | 0.34% | 50 | 0.09% | 30,696 | 52.89% | 58,034 |
| Lawrence | 12,533 | 64.58% | 1,880 | 9.69% | 4,211 | 21.70% | 465 | 2.40% | 274 | 1.41% | 43 | 0.22% | 8,322[b] | 42.88% | 19,406 |
| Lebanon | 9,494 | 74.27% | 2,464 | 19.28% | 756 | 5.91% | 19 | 0.15% | 45 | 0.35% | 5 | 0.04% | 7,030 | 54.99% | 12,783 |
| Lehigh | 20,826 | 59.02% | 10,415 | 29.52% | 3,879 | 10.99% | 60 | 0.17% | 65 | 0.18% | 39 | 0.11% | 10,411 | 29.51% | 35,284 |
| Luzerne | 46,475 | 53.18% | 20,472 | 23.42% | 20,093 | 22.99% | 61 | 0.07% | 171 | 0.20% | 124 | 0.14% | 26,003 | 29.75% | 87,396 |
| Lycoming | 14,039 | 58.70% | 6,857 | 28.67% | 2,432 | 10.17% | 172 | 0.72% | 408 | 1.71% | 8 | 0.03% | 7,182 | 30.03% | 23,916 |
| McKean | 9,072 | 68.99% | 2,376 | 18.07% | 1,373 | 10.44% | 50 | 0.38% | 271 | 2.06% | 7 | 0.05% | 6,696 | 50.92% | 13,149 |
| Mercer | 14,639 | 65.29% | 3,688 | 16.45% | 3,580 | 15.97% | 135 | 0.60% | 339 | 1.51% | 39 | 0.17% | 10,951 | 48.84% | 22,420 |
| Mifflin | 4,780 | 66.92% | 1,999 | 27.99% | 322 | 4.51% | 13 | 0.18% | 27 | 0.38% | 2 | 0.03% | 2,781 | 38.93% | 7,143 |
| Monroe | 3,462 | 44.28% | 3,901 | 49.89% | 426 | 5.45% | 4 | 0.05% | 21 | 0.27% | 5 | 0.06% | -439 | -5.61% | 7,819 |
| Montgomery | 45,407 | 75.48% | 11,094 | 18.44% | 3,450 | 5.74% | 54 | 0.09% | 113 | 0.19% | 36 | 0.06% | 34,313 | 57.04% | 60,154 |
| Montour | 2,499 | 55.83% | 1,799 | 40.19% | 148 | 3.31% | 12 | 0.27% | 16 | 0.36% | 2 | 0.04% | 700 | 15.64% | 4,476 |
| Northampton | 20,459 | 58.42% | 11,459 | 32.72% | 2,882 | 8.23% | 55 | 0.16% | 93 | 0.27% | 74 | 0.21% | 9,000 | 25.70% | 35,022 |
| Northumberland | 17,516 | 56.18% | 7,571 | 24.28% | 5,902 | 18.93% | 77 | 0.25% | 84 | 0.27% | 27 | 0.09% | 9,945 | 31.90% | 31,177 |
| Perry | 4,185 | 57.52% | 2,710 | 37.25% | 333 | 4.58% | 17 | 0.23% | 28 | 0.38% | 3 | 0.04% | 1,475 | 20.27% | 7,276 |
| Philadelphia | 347,457 | 77.73% | 54,213 | 12.13% | 44,230 | 9.89% | 142 | 0.03% | 364 | 0.08% | 616 | 0.14% | 293,244 | 65.60% | 447,022 |
| Pike | 1,581 | 54.20% | 993 | 34.04% | 329 | 11.28% | 7 | 0.24% | 5 | 0.17% | 2 | 0.07% | 588 | 20.16% | 2,917 |
| Potter | 4,087 | 65.49% | 1,161 | 18.60% | 925 | 14.82% | 16 | 0.26% | 42 | 0.67% | 10 | 0.16% | 2,926 | 46.88% | 6,241 |
| Schuylkill | 34,578 | 64.44% | 10,111 | 18.84% | 8,533 | 15.90% | 170 | 0.32% | 83 | 0.15% | 181 | 0.34% | 24,467 | 45.60% | 53,656 |
| Snyder | 3,055 | 72.00% | 970 | 22.86% | 210 | 4.95% | 2 | 0.05% | 4 | 0.09% | 2 | 0.05% | 2,085 | 49.14% | 4,243 |
| Somerset | 12,389 | 72.74% | 2,315 | 13.59% | 1,974 | 11.59% | 204 | 1.20% | 117 | 0.69% | 33 | 0.19% | 10,074 | 59.15% | 17,032 |
| Sullivan | 1,668 | 59.76% | 913 | 32.71% | 155 | 5.55% | 7 | 0.25% | 47 | 1.68% | 1 | 0.04% | 755 | 27.05% | 2,791 |
| Susquehanna | 7,266 | 67.38% | 2,208 | 20.47% | 1,223 | 11.34% | 3 | 0.03% | 71 | 0.66% | 13 | 0.12% | 5,058 | 46.90% | 10,784 |
| Tioga | 8,452 | 81.22% | 1,271 | 12.21% | 541 | 5.20% | 16 | 0.15% | 121 | 1.16% | 5 | 0.05% | 7,181 | 69.01% | 10,406 |
| Union | 3,707 | 71.59% | 1,209 | 23.35% | 236 | 4.56% | 6 | 0.12% | 20 | 0.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,498 | 48.24% | 5,178 |
| Venango | 10,841 | 74.29% | 1,886 | 12.92% | 1,496 | 10.25% | 131 | 0.90% | 232 | 1.59% | 6 | 0.04% | 8,955 | 61.37% | 14,592 |
| Warren | 8,502 | 70.93% | 2,161 | 18.03% | 841 | 7.02% | 40 | 0.33% | 422 | 3.52% | 20 | 0.17% | 6,341 | 52.90% | 11,986 |
| Washington | 22,315 | 60.64% | 6,706 | 18.22% | 7,089 | 19.27% | 309 | 0.84% | 151 | 0.41% | 227 | 0.62% | 15,226[b] | 41.38% | 36,797 |
| Wayne | 5,578 | 72.87% | 1,477 | 19.29% | 513 | 6.70% | 16 | 0.21% | 64 | 0.84% | 7 | 0.09% | 4,101 | 53.57% | 7,655 |
| Westmoreland | 34,522 | 55.22% | 10,223 | 16.35% | 13,403 | 21.44% | 3,617 | 5.79% | 538 | 0.86% | 211 | 0.34% | 21,119[b] | 33.78% | 62,514 |
| Wyoming | 3,213 | 68.06% | 1,194 | 25.29% | 236 | 5.00% | 2 | 0.04% | 71 | 1.50% | 5 | 0.11% | 2,019 | 42.77% | 4,721 |
| York | 23,044 | 56.15% | 15,600 | 38.01% | 2,146 | 5.23% | 74 | 0.18% | 166 | 0.40% | 9 | 0.02% | 7,444 | 18.14% | 41,039 |
| Totals | 1,401,481 | 65.34% | 409,192 | 19.08% | 307,567 | 14.34% | 13,035 | 0.61% | 9,779 | 0.46% | 3,796 | 0.18% | 992,289 | 46.26% | 2,144,850 |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c Pennsylvania La Follette vote was the fusion of 214,126 Labor and 93,441 Socialist parties.[1]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i 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.
References
[edit]- ^ Our Campaigns; PA US President Race, November 03, 1924
- ^ Roseboom, Eugene Holloway and Eckes, Alfred E.; A History of Presidential Elections, from George Washington to Jimmy Carter; pp. 151-158 ISBN 0020364202
- ^ "1924 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ "1924 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
- ^ Pennsylvania Bureau of Publications, ‘Official Vote of Pennsylvania for Presidential Electors, 1924,’ Pennsylvania State Manual 1925-26 (Harrisburg, 1925)
