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The 1924 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 4, 1924, as part of the 1924 United States presidential election. State voters chose 29 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
A strongly Democratic state during the Second Party System, Illinois became Republican-leaning after the American Civil War due to a combination of strong Free Soil Party heritage amongst its Yankee northern counties with the wartime conversion of some Virginian-settled rock-ribbed Democratic Southern Illinois counties[1] to Unionist Republicanism[2] à la Appalachia.[3] Between the Civil War and World War I, partisanship in Illinois – like in the Border States – largely re-fought the war, with the result that although the Democratic Party gained at least 43 percent of the statewide vote via Southern and German Catholic support in every election up to 1900, they never gained an absolute majority and carried the state's electoral votes only in 1892.[4]
Due to the Democratic Party's growing
During
At the beginning of the campaign it was considered possible that Davis could carry Illinois if there was a strong enough vote for La Follette.[15] However, as early as mid-August it was thought that the Coolidge-Dawes ticket was certain of carrying Illinois,[16] and in mid-September it seemed likely Coolidge was a clear first with La Follette running ahead of Davis,[17] a result that would be repeated in a survey during the second week of October.[18]
Primaries
The primaries and general elections coincided with those for other federal offices (Senate and House), as well as those for state offices.[19]
Turnout
The total vote in the state-run primary elections (Democratic and Republican) was 1,101,583.[19]
The total vote in the general election was 2,470,067.[19] Both major parties held non-binding state-run preferential primaries on April 8.[19]
Democratic
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The 1924 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on April 8, 1924 in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Democratic Party's state primaries ahead of the 1924 presidential election.
The preference vote was a non-binding "beauty contest". Delegates were instead elected by direct votes by congressional district on delegate candidates.[19] Delegate candidates either were listed on the ballot with their preference on for a particular presidential candidate, or were listed as expressing no preference.[19]
The preference vote was near-unanimously won by the only name on the ballot, former United States Secretary of the Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo.[19]
| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| William Gibbs McAdoo | 180,544 | 98.93 |
William E. Dever (write-in)
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1,574 | 0.86 |
| Al Smith (write-in) | 235 | 0.13 |
| James Reed (write-in) | 84 | 0.05 |
| Scattering | 66 | 0.04 |
| Total | 182,503 | 100 |
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The 1924 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on April 8, 1924 in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's state primaries ahead of the 1924 presidential election.
The preference vote was a "beauty contest". Delegates were instead selected by direct vote in each congressional district on delegate candidates.[19] Delegate candidates either were listed on the ballot with their preference on for a particular presidential candidate, or were listed as expressing no preference.[19]
| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Calvin Coolidge (incumbent) | 533,193 | 58.01 |
Hiram W. Johnson
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385,590 | 41.95 |
Robert La Follette (write-in)
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278 | 0.03 |
| Scattering | 21 | 0.00 |
| Total | 919,082 | 100 |
Results
| Presidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV)[19] | |
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| Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts (incumbent) | Charles G. Dawes | Republican | 29 | 1,453,321 | 58.84% |
| John W. Davis | Charles W. Bryan | Democratic | 0 | 576,975 | 23.36% |
| Robert M. La Follette | Burton K. Wheeler | Progressive | 0 | 432,027 | 17.49% |
| William Z. Foster | Benjamin Gitlow | Workers' Party America | 0 | 2,622 | 0.11% |
| Herman P. Faris | Marie C. Brehm | Prohibition | 0 | 2,367 | 0.10% |
| Frank T. Johns | Verne L. Reynolds | Socialist Labor | 0 | 2,334 | 0.09% |
| William Wallace | John C. Lincoln | Commonwealth Land
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0 | 421 | 0.02% |
Results by county
| County | John Calvin Coolidge Republican |
John William Davis Democratic |
Robert Marion La Follette Sr. Progressive |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[20] | |||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 9,985 | 40.92% | 8,628 | 35.35% | 5,693 | 23.33% | 98 | 0.40% | 1,357 | 5.56% | 24,404 |
| Alexander | 4,465 | 58.10% | 2,639 | 34.34% | 573 | 7.46% | 8 | 0.10% | 1,826 | 23.76% | 7,685 |
| Bond | 3,644 | 56.88% | 2,143 | 33.45% | 585 | 9.13% | 35 | 0.55% | 1,501 | 23.43% | 6,407 |
| Boone | 4,872 | 75.37% | 348 | 5.38% | 1,235 | 19.11% | 9 | 0.14% | 3,637[a] | 56.27% | 6,464 |
| Brown | 1,637 | 41.49% | 2,149 | 54.46% | 139 | 3.52% | 21 | 0.53% | -512 | -12.98% | 3,946 |
| Bureau | 9,457 | 60.38% | 1,995 | 12.74% | 4,169 | 26.62% | 42 | 0.27% | 5,288[a] | 33.76% | 15,663 |
| Calhoun | 1,136 | 48.12% | 1,115 | 47.23% | 100 | 4.24% | 10 | 0.42% | 21 | 0.89% | 2,361 |
| Carroll | 4,559 | 60.93% | 603 | 8.06% | 2,301 | 30.75% | 19 | 0.25% | 2,258[a] | 30.18% | 7,482 |
| Cass | 3,139 | 41.23% | 2,909 | 38.21% | 1,547 | 20.32% | 18 | 0.24% | 230 | 3.02% | 7,613 |
| Champaign | 14,244 | 62.81% | 5,221 | 23.02% | 3,149 | 13.89% | 63 | 0.28% | 9,023 | 39.79% | 22,677 |
| Christian | 7,398 | 46.08% | 5,826 | 36.29% | 2,741 | 17.07% | 91 | 0.57% | 1,572 | 9.79% | 16,056 |
| Clark | 4,731 | 51.55% | 4,203 | 45.79% | 211 | 2.30% | 33 | 0.36% | 528 | 5.75% | 9,178 |
| Clay | 3,432 | 49.60% | 2,987 | 43.17% | 479 | 6.92% | 21 | 0.30% | 445 | 6.43% | 6,919 |
| Clinton | 2,358 | 29.69% | 1,693 | 21.32% | 3,876 | 48.80% | 15 | 0.19% | -1,518[a] | -19.11% | 7,942 |
| Coles | 8,342 | 54.90% | 5,544 | 36.49% | 1,275 | 8.39% | 33 | 0.22% | 2,798 | 18.42% | 15,194 |
| Cook | 688,973 | 61.87% | 226,141 | 20.31% | 196,149 | 17.61% | 2,389 | 0.21% | 462,832 | 41.56% | 1,113,652 |
| Crawford | 4,830 | 51.25% | 4,223 | 44.81% | 364 | 3.86% | 8 | 0.08% | 607 | 6.44% | 9,425 |
| Cumberland | 2,698 | 51.09% | 2,384 | 45.14% | 190 | 3.60% | 9 | 0.17% | 314 | 5.95% | 5,281 |
De Witt
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5,173 | 58.77% | 2,752 | 31.27% | 846 | 9.61% | 31 | 0.35% | 2,421 | 27.51% | 8,802 |
| DeKalb | 10,500 | 76.40% | 1,540 | 11.20% | 1,654 | 12.03% | 50 | 0.36% | 8,846[a] | 64.36% | 13,744 |
| Douglas | 4,046 | 55.65% | 2,315 | 31.84% | 874 | 12.02% | 35 | 0.48% | 1,731 | 23.81% | 7,270 |
| DuPage | 16,917 | 72.81% | 1,893 | 8.15% | 4,378 | 18.84% | 45 | 0.19% | 12,539[a] | 53.97% | 23,233 |
| Edgar | 6,297 | 52.31% | 5,222 | 43.38% | 500 | 4.15% | 18 | 0.15% | 1,075 | 8.93% | 12,037 |
| Edwards | 2,750 | 69.59% | 1,047 | 26.49% | 140 | 3.54% | 15 | 0.38% | 1,703 | 43.09% | 3,952 |
| Effingham | 3,159 | 39.18% | 3,814 | 47.30% | 1,070 | 13.27% | 20 | 0.25% | -655 | -8.12% | 8,063 |
| Fayette | 5,010 | 48.43% | 4,668 | 45.13% | 627 | 6.06% | 39 | 0.38% | 342 | 3.31% | 10,344 |
| Ford | 4,672 | 70.53% | 1,093 | 16.50% | 849 | 12.82% | 10 | 0.15% | 3,579 | 54.03% | 6,624 |
| Franklin | 6,779 | 39.59% | 5,791 | 33.82% | 4,304 | 25.14% | 247 | 1.44% | 988 | 5.77% | 17,121 |
| Fulton | 8,664 | 48.35% | 5,011 | 27.96% | 4,150 | 23.16% | 96 | 0.54% | 3,653 | 20.38% | 17,921 |
| Gallatin | 1,792 | 39.16% | 2,385 | 52.12% | 368 | 8.04% | 31 | 0.68% | -593 | -12.96% | 4,576 |
| Greene | 3,527 | 39.73% | 4,648 | 52.35% | 687 | 7.74% | 16 | 0.18% | -1,121 | -12.63% | 8,878 |
| Grundy | 4,337 | 63.97% | 742 | 10.94% | 1,681 | 24.79% | 20 | 0.29% | 2,656[a] | 39.17% | 6,780 |
| Hamilton | 2,659 | 44.02% | 3,168 | 52.44% | 200 | 3.31% | 14 | 0.23% | -509 | -8.43% | 6,041 |
| Hancock | 6,678 | 51.83% | 5,189 | 40.27% | 963 | 7.47% | 55 | 0.43% | 1,489 | 11.56% | 12,885 |
| Hardin | 1,378 | 49.06% | 1,358 | 48.34% | 70 | 2.49% | 3 | 0.11% | 20 | 0.71% | 2,809 |
| Henderson | 2,879 | 72.87% | 803 | 20.32% | 257 | 6.50% | 12 | 0.30% | 2,076 | 52.54% | 3,951 |
| Henry | 13,159 | 72.39% | 1,944 | 10.69% | 3,027 | 16.65% | 49 | 0.27% | 10,132[a] | 55.73% | 18,179 |
| Iroquois | 7,498 | 64.07% | 2,303 | 19.68% | 1,873 | 16.01% | 28 | 0.24% | 5,195 | 44.39% | 11,702 |
| Jackson | 6,424 | 49.30% | 4,707 | 36.12% | 1,845 | 14.16% | 54 | 0.41% | 1,717 | 13.18% | 13,030 |
| Jasper | 3,030 | 47.37% | 3,144 | 49.15% | 201 | 3.14% | 22 | 0.34% | -114 | -1.78% | 6,397 |
| Jefferson | 5,406 | 44.57% | 6,258 | 51.59% | 436 | 3.59% | 30 | 0.25% | -852 | -7.02% | 12,130 |
| Jersey | 2,460 | 44.44% | 2,723 | 49.19% | 335 | 6.05% | 18 | 0.33% | -263 | -4.75% | 5,536 |
| Jo Daviess | 4,864 | 50.36% | 1,477 | 15.29% | 3,279 | 33.95% | 39 | 0.40% | 1,585[a] | 16.41% | 9,659 |
| Johnson | 2,468 | 60.59% | 1,408 | 34.57% | 188 | 4.62% | 9 | 0.22% | 1,060 | 26.03% | 4,073 |
| Kane | 32,717 | 76.34% | 3,517 | 8.21% | 6,517 | 15.21% | 107 | 0.25% | 26,200[a] | 61.13% | 42,858 |
| Kankakee | 12,462 | 67.47% | 2,488 | 13.47% | 3,438 | 18.61% | 83 | 0.45% | 9,024[a] | 48.85% | 18,471 |
| Kendall | 3,513 | 79.68% | 432 | 9.80% | 455 | 10.32% | 9 | 0.20% | 3,058[a] | 69.36% | 4,409 |
| Knox | 12,968 | 65.89% | 2,617 | 13.30% | 4,044 | 20.55% | 51 | 0.26% | 8,924[a] | 45.35% | 19,680 |
| Lake | 18,229 | 75.48% | 2,008 | 8.31% | 3,671 | 15.20% | 242 | 1.00% | 14,558[a] | 60.28% | 24,150 |
| LaSalle | 21,417 | 60.47% | 6,216 | 17.55% | 7,686 | 21.70% | 98 | 0.28% | 13,731[a] | 38.77% | 35,417 |
| Lawrence | 4,607 | 51.50% | 4,103 | 45.87% | 167 | 1.87% | 68 | 0.76% | 504 | 5.63% | 8,945 |
| Lee | 8,363 | 69.36% | 2,367 | 19.63% | 1,289 | 10.69% | 38 | 0.32% | 5,996 | 49.73% | 12,057 |
| Livingston | 9,695 | 64.53% | 2,911 | 19.37% | 2,387 | 15.89% | 32 | 0.21% | 6,784 | 45.15% | 15,025 |
| Logan | 7,063 | 57.16% | 3,708 | 30.01% | 1,537 | 12.44% | 48 | 0.39% | 3,355 | 27.15% | 12,356 |
| Macon | 16,458 | 60.22% | 6,670 | 24.40% | 4,120 | 15.07% | 83 | 0.30% | 9,788 | 35.81% | 27,331 |
| Macoupin | 8,571 | 39.24% | 6,134 | 28.08% | 6,959 | 31.86% | 177 | 0.81% | 1,612[a] | 7.38% | 21,841 |
| Madison | 19,926 | 47.61% | 12,863 | 30.74% | 8,965 | 21.42% | 97 | 0.23% | 7,063 | 16.88% | 41,851 |
| Marion | 5,889 | 44.01% | 4,768 | 35.63% | 2,671 | 19.96% | 53 | 0.40% | 1,121 | 8.38% | 13,381 |
| Marshall | 3,776 | 58.41% | 1,836 | 28.40% | 823 | 12.73% | 30 | 0.46% | 1,940 | 30.01% | 6,465 |
| Mason | 3,522 | 52.72% | 2,536 | 37.96% | 604 | 9.04% | 18 | 0.27% | 986 | 14.76% | 6,680 |
| Massac | 3,227 | 71.44% | 920 | 20.37% | 350 | 7.75% | 20 | 0.44% | 2,307 | 51.07% | 4,517 |
| McDonough | 7,505 | 60.99% | 4,016 | 32.63% | 746 | 6.06% | 39 | 0.32% | 3,489 | 28.35% | 12,306 |
| McHenry | 8,751 | 67.24% | 1,372 | 10.54% | 2,864 | 22.01% | 28 | 0.22% | 5,887[a] | 45.23% | 13,015 |
| McLean | 16,550 | 55.95% | 6,826 | 23.07% | 6,132 | 20.73% | 74 | 0.25% | 9,724 | 32.87% | 29,582 |
| Menard | 2,931 | 56.18% | 1,954 | 37.45% | 319 | 6.11% | 13 | 0.25% | 977 | 18.73% | 5,217 |
| Mercer | 5,618 | 68.30% | 1,699 | 20.66% | 890 | 10.82% | 18 | 0.22% | 3,919 | 47.65% | 8,225 |
| Monroe | 2,390 | 48.35% | 1,369 | 27.70% | 1,173 | 23.73% | 11 | 0.22% | 1,021 | 20.66% | 4,943 |
| Montgomery | 8,022 | 47.26% | 5,622 | 33.12% | 3,225 | 19.00% | 106 | 0.62% | 2,400 | 14.14% | 16,975 |
| Morgan | 8,223 | 55.40% | 5,721 | 38.54% | 877 | 5.91% | 23 | 0.15% | 2,502 | 16.86% | 14,844 |
| Moultrie | 3,001 | 53.10% | 2,403 | 42.52% | 225 | 3.98% | 23 | 0.41% | 598 | 10.58% | 5,652 |
| Ogle | 8,449 | 71.61% | 1,591 | 13.48% | 1,727 | 14.64% | 32 | 0.27% | 6,722[a] | 56.97% | 11,799 |
| Peoria | 25,243 | 58.55% | 6,343 | 14.71% | 11,306 | 26.22% | 220 | 0.51% | 13,937[a] | 32.33% | 43,112 |
| Perry | 3,693 | 39.76% | 3,007 | 32.37% | 2,536 | 27.30% | 53 | 0.57% | 686 | 7.39% | 9,289 |
| Piatt | 3,799 | 64.31% | 1,733 | 29.34% | 354 | 5.99% | 21 | 0.36% | 2,066 | 34.98% | 5,907 |
| Pike | 4,989 | 45.59% | 5,424 | 49.57% | 481 | 4.40% | 49 | 0.45% | -435 | -3.98% | 10,943 |
| Pope | 2,161 | 66.51% | 978 | 30.10% | 106 | 3.26% | 4 | 0.12% | 1,183 | 36.41% | 3,249 |
| Pulaski | 3,355 | 61.57% | 1,700 | 31.20% | 390 | 7.16% | 4 | 0.07% | 1,655 | 30.37% | 5,449 |
| Putnam | 1,364 | 61.50% | 260 | 11.72% | 586 | 26.42% | 8 | 0.36% | 778[a] | 35.08% | 2,218 |
| Randolph | 4,527 | 41.61% | 3,734 | 34.32% | 2,591 | 23.81% | 28 | 0.26% | 793 | 7.29% | 10,880 |
| Richland | 3,082 | 50.07% | 2,749 | 44.66% | 295 | 4.79% | 29 | 0.47% | 333 | 5.41% | 6,155 |
| Rock Island | 20,563 | 57.69% | 3,631 | 10.19% | 11,320 | 31.76% | 133 | 0.37% | 9,243[a] | 25.93% | 35,647 |
| Saline | 6,084 | 47.03% | 4,037 | 31.21% | 2,743 | 21.20% | 73 | 0.56% | 2,047 | 15.82% | 12,937 |
| Sangamon | 23,443 | 51.58% | 12,640 | 27.81% | 9,054 | 19.92% | 309 | 0.68% | 10,803 | 23.77% | 45,446 |
| Schuyler | 2,729 | 46.21% | 2,860 | 48.43% | 298 | 5.05% | 19 | 0.32% | -131 | -2.22% | 5,906 |
| Scott | 2,227 | 50.49% | 1,994 | 45.21% | 180 | 4.08% | 10 | 0.23% | 233 | 5.28% | 4,411 |
| Shelby | 5,605 | 48.13% | 5,265 | 45.21% | 717 | 6.16% | 59 | 0.51% | 340 | 2.92% | 11,646 |
| St. Clair | 23,380 | 45.85% | 14,921 | 29.26% | 12,468 | 24.45% | 225 | 0.44% | 8,459 | 16.59% | 50,994 |
| Stark | 2,698 | 71.07% | 784 | 20.65% | 310 | 8.17% | 4 | 0.11% | 1,914 | 50.42% | 3,796 |
| Stephenson | 8,638 | 53.27% | 2,452 | 15.12% | 5,088 | 31.38% | 38 | 0.23% | 3,550[a] | 21.89% | 16,216 |
| Tazewell | 7,488 | 52.11% | 3,375 | 23.49% | 3,470 | 24.15% | 37 | 0.26% | 4,018[a] | 27.96% | 14,370 |
| Union | 2,579 | 39.16% | 3,783 | 57.44% | 216 | 3.28% | 8 | 0.12% | -1,204 | -18.28% | 6,586 |
| Vermilion | 17,822 | 54.64% | 6,424 | 19.70% | 8,073 | 24.75% | 296 | 0.91% | 9,749[a] | 29.89% | 32,615 |
| Wabash | 2,564 | 45.61% | 2,442 | 43.44% | 589 | 10.48% | 26 | 0.46% | 122 | 2.17% | 5,621 |
| Warren | 6,912 | 65.07% | 2,440 | 22.97% | 1,225 | 11.53% | 46 | 0.43% | 4,472 | 42.10% | 10,623 |
| Washington | 3,444 | 56.43% | 1,717 | 28.13% | 917 | 15.03% | 25 | 0.41% | 1,727 | 28.30% | 6,103 |
| Wayne | 4,937 | 52.70% | 4,247 | 45.34% | 164 | 1.75% | 20 | 0.21% | 690 | 7.37% | 9,368 |
| White | 3,780 | 44.71% | 4,377 | 51.77% | 278 | 3.29% | 19 | 0.22% | -597 | -7.06% | 8,454 |
| Whiteside | 11,532 | 74.04% | 1,957 | 12.56% | 2,057 | 13.21% | 30 | 0.19% | 9,475[a] | 60.83% | 15,576 |
| Will | 22,780 | 64.16% | 4,707 | 13.26% | 7,902 | 22.26% | 116 | 0.33% | 14,878[a] | 41.90% | 35,505 |
| Williamson | 9,366 | 45.27% | 6,117 | 29.57% | 5,114 | 24.72% | 92 | 0.44% | 3,249 | 15.70% | 20,689 |
| Winnebago | 21,978 | 71.32% | 2,228 | 7.23% | 6,434 | 20.88% | 174 | 0.56% | 15,544[a] | 50.44% | 30,814 |
| Woodford | 4,290 | 57.48% | 1,828 | 24.49% | 1,326 | 17.77% | 20 | 0.27% | 2,462 | 32.98% | 7,464 |
| Totals | 1,453,321 | 58.84% | 576,975 | 23.36% | 432,027 | 17.49% | 7,744 | 0.31% | 876,346 | 35.48% | 2,470,067 |
Analysis
After polls in mid-October suggested a trend toward him, Davis intended to campaign downstate, but never did so. As election day neared, it became clearer that Coolidge would carry Illinois, although at the beginning of the fourth week of October it was thought he would win by only half Harding's 1920 margin, even with La Follette abandoning his campaigns in the Corn Belt.[21] Polls on October 29 further confirmed Illinois as in Coolidge's hands,[22]
Ultimately Coolidge won by substantially more than the mid-October predictions, although by less than Harding had in 1920. Davis did regain seven of the thirteen counties that defected to the GOP for the first time in 1920, but still did worse than any other major party nominee in Illinois presidential election history except William Howard Taft in 1912.[4] La Follette ran third below Davis, running far below his performance in his adjacent home state of Wisconsin and other states to the northwest, but nonetheless performed extremely well for a third party in German Catholic precincts and in industrial areas of the Upper Mississippi Valley adjacent to Iowa. The Wisconsin Senator did carry one county – German Catholic Clinton – which was the nation's southeasternmost county to vote for La Follette. Coolidge maintained the dominance that Warren Harding had enjoyed in 1920, despite losing substantial German Catholic and Mississippi Valley industrial support to La Folette.[23] This is the most recent presidential election in which Illinois would vote to the right of neighboring Indiana.
See also
Notes
References
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- ^ Copeland, James E.; ‘Where Were the Kentucky Unionists and Secessionists’; The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, volume 71, no. 4 (October, 1973), pp. 344-363
- ^ a b "Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Illinois". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
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- New York Times, June 13, 1924, p. 1
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- ^ ‘La Follette Opens Drive on Labor Day: Campaign Will Start With a Radio Speech From Washington. Hope to Carry Illinois: Leaders Say Small Won’t Support Coolidge – To Talk Finances Today’; New York Times, August 23, 1924, p. 1
- ^ ‘Davis Optimistic as He Departs on Tour in the West: Situation in Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa Better Than Figured’; The Washington Post, September 6, 1924, p. 2
- ^ Price, Harry N.; ‘Middle West Trips Urged on Coolidge by Close Adversers: Sentiment for La Follette Is Growing There’; The Washington Post, September 13, 1924, p. 4
- ^ Bohn, Frank; ‘Forecast of Election in All the States: Political Analyst Asserts That La Follette Vote Will Be Decisive Factor in Large Cities of North and West – Predicts Victory for Davis’; New York Times, September 14, 1924, p. XX4
- ^ ‘Wheeler Assails Dawes in Chicago: Goes Into Rival's Connection With Lorimer and Bank That Failed’; New York Times, September 21, 1924, p. 3
- ^ ‘Electoral Arthmetic’, New York Times, July 13, 1924, p. E2
- ^ ‘Republicans Admit Their “Sure” States Fail of Majority: Those Now Counted as Certain for Coolidge Have Only 206 Electoral Votes’; New York Times, August 11, 1924, p. 1
- ^ ‘Coolidge Is Leading in a Test Ballot: First 25,000 in Literary Digest Poll Puts Davis Third. La Follette Now Second; But It Is Explained the Returns Thus Far Are Too Scattered to Be Typical’; New York Times, September 19, 1924, p. 3
- ^ ‘Davis Percentage Increases in Poll: But Coolidge Still Leads With 808,340 Out of Total of 1,451,591 Votes. La Follette Is Second: Democratic Candidate Has 10 States Thus Far, Coolidge 31 and La Follette Only 1’; New York Times, October 10, 1924, p. 3
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "OFFICIAL VOTE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS CAST AT THE GENERAL ELECTION, November 4, 1924 JUDICIAL ELECTIONS, 1923-1924 SPECIAL ELECTIONS 1923-1924 PRIMARY ELECTION GENERAL PRIMARY, April 8, 1924 PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE, APRIL 8, 1924" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved August 5, 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Illinois State Board of Elections; Official Vote of the State of Illinois Cast at the General Election November 4, 1924 (highest elector for each slate)
- ^ ‘Illinois Is Likely to Go to Coolidge: Davis Seems to Have Greater Hold on Farmers Than La Follette’; New York Times, October 22, 1924, p. 2
- Boston Daily Globe; October 31, 1924, p. 1A
- ^ Menendez; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, p. 59
