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1924 United States presidential election in Indiana

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1924 United States presidential election in Indiana

← 1920 November 4, 1924 1928 →
 
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 15 0 0
Popular vote 703,042 492,245 71,700
Percentage 55.25% 38.69% 5.64%

County Results

President before election

Calvin Coolidge
Republican

Elected President

Calvin Coolidge
Republican

The 1924 United States presidential election in Indiana 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 15 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Indiana voted for the Republican nominee, incumbent President Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts, over the 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. Due to the power of the Ku Klux Klan over the Indiana Republican Party, Coolidge had run his presidential campaign in Indiana separately from the statewide Republican candidates.[1] Also in the running that year was the Progressive Party nominee, Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin and his running mate Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana. However, owing to Indiana's strong Southern[2] leanings, the conservatism of its German Catholic counties, and the dominance of the Ku Klux Klan, the state was one of La Follette's weakest nationally.

Coolidge won the state by a margin of 16.56%; however, Indiana was easily Davis’ strongest antebellum free state, voting around 9 points more Democratic than the nation at-large. As of the 2020 presidential election this is the last occasion Indiana has voted more Democratic than the nation, as well as more Democratic than neighboring Illinois.

Results

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1924 United States presidential election in Indiana[3]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Calvin Coolidge (incumbent) 703,042 55.25% 15
Democratic John W. Davis 492,245 38.69% 0
Progressive Robert M. La Follette 71,700 5.64% 0
Prohibition Herman P. Faris 4,416 0.35% 0
Workers William Z. Foster 987 0.08% 0
Totals 1,272,390 100.00% 15

Results by county

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1924 United States presidential election in Indiana by county
County John Calvin Coolidge
Republican
John William Davis
Democratic
Robert Marion La Follette
Progressive
Herman Preston Faris
Prohibition
William Zebulon Foster
Workers
Margin Total votes cast[4]
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adams 3,330 41.34% 4,300 53.38% 391 4.85% 33 0.41% 1 0.01% -970 -12.04% 8,055
Allen 25,207 54.12% 17,244 37.03% 3,889 8.35% 125 0.27% 108 0.23% 7,963 17.10% 46,573
Bartholomew 6,606 56.62% 4,760 40.80% 272 2.33% 30 0.26% 0 0.00% 1,846 15.82% 11,668
Benton 3,250 58.14% 2,104 37.64% 216 3.86% 19 0.34% 1 0.02% 1,146 20.50% 5,590
Blackford 3,553 51.10% 3,094 44.50% 264 3.80% 40 0.58% 2 0.03% 459 6.60% 6,953
Boone 6,256 52.57% 5,466 45.93% 156 1.31% 18 0.15% 4 0.03% 790 6.64% 11,900
Brown 756 36.93% 1,229 60.04% 47 2.30% 14 0.68% 1 0.05% -473 -23.11% 2,047
Carroll 4,543 53.52% 3,660 43.11% 254 2.99% 31 0.37% 1 0.01% 883 10.40% 8,489
Cass 9,939 55.89% 5,276 29.67% 2,480 13.95% 43 0.24% 45 0.25% 4,663 26.22% 17,783
Clark 5,944 51.70% 5,218 45.38% 315 2.74% 21 0.18% 0 0.00% 726 6.31% 11,498
Clay 5,955 48.86% 5,349 43.88% 843 6.92% 42 0.34% 0 0.00% 606 4.97% 12,189
Clinton 7,469 53.88% 6,070 43.79% 261 1.88% 57 0.41% 5 0.04% 1,399 10.09% 13,862
Crawford 1,917 43.08% 2,384 53.57% 123 2.76% 26 0.58% 0 0.00% -467 -10.49% 4,450
Daviess 6,427 51.42% 5,558 44.46% 488 3.90% 25 0.20% 2 0.02% 869 6.95% 12,500
Dearborn 4,588 48.11% 4,330 45.41% 582 6.10% 35 0.37% 1 0.01% 258 2.71% 9,536
Decatur 4,907 52.94% 4,092 44.15% 246 2.65% 22 0.24% 2 0.02% 815 8.79% 9,269
DeKalb 6,093 54.63% 4,133 37.05% 872 7.82% 56 0.50% 0 0.00% 1,960 17.57% 11,154
Delaware 14,411 61.74% 7,830 33.55% 767 3.29% 299 1.28% 33 0.14% 6,581 28.20% 23,340
Dubois 2,708 30.53% 5,651 63.71% 504 5.68% 5 0.06% 2 0.02% -2,943 -33.18% 8,870
Elkhart 13,096 64.50% 4,729 23.29% 2,343 11.54% 123 0.61% 13 0.06% 8,367 41.21% 20,304
Fayette 5,284 62.16% 2,940 34.58% 244 2.87% 31 0.36% 2 0.02% 2,344 27.57% 8,501
Floyd 6,733 46.50% 6,971 48.15% 738 5.10% 29 0.20% 8 0.06% -238 -1.64% 14,479
Fountain 4,796 51.28% 4,282 45.78% 249 2.66% 18 0.19% 8 0.09% 514 5.50% 9,353
Franklin 3,296 44.43% 3,915 52.78% 190 2.56% 15 0.20% 2 0.03% -619 -8.34% 7,418
Fulton 4,329 55.53% 3,244 41.61% 192 2.46% 21 0.27% 10 0.13% 1,085 13.92% 7,796
Gibson 7,100 49.62% 6,149 42.98% 993 6.94% 61 0.43% 5 0.03% 951 6.65% 14,308
Grant 11,173 55.10% 7,086 34.95% 1,884 9.29% 120 0.59% 13 0.06% 4,087 20.16% 20,276
Greene 6,670 45.93% 5,966 41.09% 1,832 12.62% 53 0.36% 0 0.00% 704 4.85% 14,521
Hamilton 7,463 64.91% 3,785 32.92% 192 1.67% 58 0.50% 0 0.00% 3,678 31.99% 11,498
Hancock 4,063 47.27% 4,364 50.77% 113 1.31% 54 0.63% 1 0.01% -301 -3.50% 8,595
Harrison 3,896 48.31% 4,005 49.67% 147 1.82% 16 0.20% 0 0.00% -109 -1.35% 8,064
Hendricks 5,766 61.02% 3,489 36.92% 168 1.78% 23 0.24% 3 0.03% 2,277 24.10% 9,449
Henry 8,800 60.85% 5,376 37.18% 205 1.42% 72 0.50% 8 0.06% 3,424 23.68% 14,461
Howard 10,438 60.05% 5,451 31.36% 1,378 7.93% 116 0.67% 0 0.00% 4,987 28.69% 17,383
Huntington 7,437 51.42% 5,506 38.07% 1,446 10.00% 70 0.48% 3 0.02% 1,931 13.35% 14,462
Jackson 4,187 41.63% 5,332 53.02% 506 5.03% 31 0.31% 1 0.01% -1,145 -11.39% 10,057
Jasper 3,679 64.36% 1,744 30.51% 281 4.92% 12 0.21% 0 0.00% 1,935 33.85% 5,716
Jay 5,753 52.83% 4,812 44.19% 269 2.47% 53 0.49% 3 0.03% 941 8.64% 10,890
Jefferson 5,192 55.50% 3,914 41.84% 221 2.36% 25 0.27% 3 0.03% 1,278 13.66% 9,355
Jennings 3,506 54.41% 2,730 42.36% 184 2.86% 22 0.34% 2 0.03% 776 12.04% 6,444
Johnson 4,954 50.77% 4,699 48.16% 90 0.92% 13 0.13% 1 0.01% 255 2.61% 9,757
Knox 8,493 44.31% 8,603 44.88% 1,986 10.36% 57 0.30% 29 0.15% -110 -0.57% 19,168
Kosciusko 6,819 58.33% 4,384 37.50% 419 3.58% 64 0.55% 4 0.03% 2,435 20.83% 11,690
LaGrange 3,081 63.34% 1,566 32.20% 203 4.17% 13 0.27% 1 0.02% 1,515 31.15% 4,864
Lake 30,990 64.61% 10,918 22.76% 5,822 12.14% 150 0.31% 88 0.18% 20,072 41.84% 47,968
LaPorte 11,597 61.22% 5,214 27.52% 2,078 10.97% 29 0.15% 25 0.13% 6,383 33.70% 18,943
Lawrence 7,438 60.70% 4,414 36.02% 376 3.07% 24 0.20% 2 0.02% 3,024 24.68% 12,254
Madison 18,447 57.64% 12,061 37.69% 1,282 4.01% 187 0.58% 26 0.08% 6,386 19.95% 32,003
Marion 95,135 59.13% 59,498 36.98% 5,842 3.63% 230 0.14% 175 0.11% 35,637 22.15% 160,880
Marshall 5,354 53.22% 4,277 42.51% 377 3.75% 49 0.49% 3 0.03% 1,077 10.71% 10,060
Martin 2,470 46.77% 2,669 50.54% 134 2.54% 7 0.13% 1 0.02% -199 -3.77% 5,281
Miami 6,796 51.49% 4,976 37.70% 1,335 10.11% 65 0.49% 27 0.20% 1,820 13.79% 13,199
Monroe 6,247 55.22% 4,689 41.45% 348 3.08% 24 0.21% 4 0.04% 1,558 13.77% 11,312
Montgomery 8,366 58.52% 5,708 39.93% 186 1.30% 31 0.22% 4 0.03% 2,658 18.59% 14,295
Morgan 5,328 55.58% 4,042 42.17% 184 1.92% 31 0.32% 1 0.01% 1,286 13.42% 9,586
Newton 2,705 60.37% 1,523 33.99% 240 5.36% 12 0.27% 1 0.02% 1,182 26.38% 4,481
Noble 5,793 55.72% 4,163 40.04% 398 3.83% 35 0.34% 8 0.08% 1,630 15.68% 10,397
Ohio 989 46.98% 1,058 50.26% 44 2.09% 14 0.67% 0 0.00% -69 -3.28% 2,105
Orange 4,538 56.04% 3,374 41.66% 161 1.99% 23 0.28% 2 0.02% 1,164 14.37% 8,098
Owen 2,627 47.41% 2,670 48.19% 225 4.06% 18 0.32% 1 0.02% -43 -0.78% 5,541
Parke 4,877 59.12% 2,898 35.13% 415 5.03% 35 0.42% 24 0.29% 1,979 23.99% 8,249
Perry 3,240 44.30% 3,895 53.25% 170 2.32% 9 0.12% 0 0.00% -655 -8.96% 7,314
Pike 3,885 48.78% 3,604 45.25% 442 5.55% 22 0.28% 12 0.15% 281 3.53% 7,965
Porter 5,613 67.76% 1,640 19.80% 1,009 12.18% 22 0.27% 0 0.00% 3,973 47.96% 8,284
Posey 4,173 48.82% 4,115 48.14% 227 2.66% 29 0.34% 4 0.05% 58 0.68% 8,548
Pulaski 2,725 55.03% 1,953 39.44% 253 5.11% 12 0.24% 9 0.18% 772 15.59% 4,952
Putnam 4,930 49.14% 4,759 47.44% 326 3.25% 16 0.16% 1 0.01% 171 1.70% 10,032
Randolph 7,397 64.10% 3,768 32.65% 262 2.27% 108 0.94% 4 0.03% 3,629 31.45% 11,539
Ripley 4,694 49.02% 4,257 44.45% 605 6.32% 18 0.19% 2 0.02% 437 4.56% 9,576
Rush 5,958 62.58% 3,415 35.87% 110 1.16% 36 0.38% 2 0.02% 2,543 26.71% 9,521
Scott 1,532 44.59% 1,824 53.08% 64 1.86% 15 0.44% 1 0.03% -292 -8.50% 3,436
Shelby 6,664 51.52% 5,976 46.20% 228 1.76% 67 0.52% 1 0.01% 688 5.32% 12,936
Spencer 4,395 48.59% 4,409 48.75% 211 2.33% 20 0.22% 10 0.11% -14 -0.15% 9,045
St. Joseph 23,682 57.65% 15,056 36.65% 2,202 5.36% 108 0.26% 34 0.08% 8,626 21.00% 41,082
Starke 2,329 53.00% 1,555 35.39% 501 11.40% 8 0.18% 1 0.02% 774 17.61% 4,394
Steuben 4,046 68.52% 1,610 27.27% 216 3.66% 32 0.54% 1 0.02% 2,436 41.25% 5,905
Sullivan 5,139 42.64% 5,213 43.25% 1,610 13.36% 71 0.59% 20 0.17% -74 -0.61% 12,053
Switzerland 2,346 48.29% 2,414 49.69% 73 1.50% 25 0.51% 0 0.00% -68 -1.40% 4,858
Tippecanoe 12,161 58.40% 7,619 36.59% 976 4.69% 56 0.27% 11 0.05% 4,542 21.81% 20,823
Tipton 4,183 51.33% 3,660 44.91% 261 3.20% 46 0.56% 0 0.00% 523 6.42% 8,150
Union 1,907 58.77% 1,284 39.57% 40 1.23% 13 0.40% 1 0.03% 623 19.20% 3,245
Vanderburgh 25,907 55.29% 17,186 36.68% 3,640 7.77% 79 0.17% 44 0.09% 8,721 18.61% 46,856
Vermillion 4,489 49.14% 2,779 30.42% 1,800 19.70% 43 0.47% 24 0.26% 1,710 18.72% 9,135
Vigo 19,545 52.74% 12,999 35.08% 4,320 11.66% 146 0.39% 49 0.13% 6,546 17.66% 37,059
Wabash 7,277 60.44% 4,054 33.67% 610 5.07% 89 0.74% 10 0.08% 3,223 26.77% 12,040
Warren 3,035 69.66% 1,150 26.39% 159 3.65% 12 0.28% 1 0.02% 1,885 43.26% 4,357
Warrick 4,437 51.49% 3,797 44.06% 343 3.98% 19 0.22% 21 0.24% 640 7.43% 8,617
Washington 3,479 46.37% 3,942 52.55% 64 0.85% 16 0.21% 1 0.01% -463 -6.17% 7,502
Wayne 11,487 59.75% 6,211 32.31% 1,445 7.52% 81 0.42% 1 0.01% 5,276 27.44% 19,225
Wells 3,932 44.92% 4,537 51.83% 210 2.40% 73 0.83% 2 0.02% -605 -6.91% 8,754
White 4,475 56.36% 3,138 39.52% 305 3.84% 22 0.28% 0 0.00% 1,337 16.84% 7,940
Whitley 4,420 54.84% 3,484 43.23% 128 1.59% 28 0.35% 0 0.00% 936 11.61% 8,060
Totals 703,042 55.25% 492,245 38.69% 71,700 5.64% 4,416 0.35% 987 0.08% 210,797 16.57% 1,272,390

See also

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ Madison, James H. (1982). Indiana Through Tradition and Change: A History of the Hoosier State and Its People, 1920-1945. Indiana Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-87195-043-7.
  2. ^ Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 343-344 ISBN 978-0-691-16324-6
  3. ^ "1924 Presidential General Election Results - Indiana". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
  4. ^ Indiana Secretary of State Elections; ‘Abstract of Vote for Presidential Electors, State Officers at the General Election held on November 4, 1924’; Yearbook of the State of Indiana 1924, pp. 48-49