1924 United States presidential election in Kansas
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The 1924 United States presidential election in Kansas was held on November 4, 1924 as part of the 1924 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
A rapid recovery from the depression of 1920 and 1921, despite major Republican losses during the 1922 House elections[1] placed the Republican Party – who gained a record popular-vote majority in the 1920 election – in a secure position despite the death of President Warren G. Harding in 1923. Rises in wages and ebbing of discontent further solidified the GOP's hold on power.[1]
More critically, the Democratic Party was mortally divided between its rural
The conservatism of Coolidge and Davis made it inevitable that aging Wisconsin maverick Robert M. La Follette, Sr. would mount a third-party challenge – which La Follette had planned even before the Democratic Convention.[6] La Follette was formally nominated on July 4 by the "Conference for Progressive Political Action" and developed a platform dedicated to eliminating child labor and American interference in Latin American political affairs, along with a formal denunciation of the Ku Klux Klan.[7] La Follette also proposed major judicial reforms including amendments allowing congress to override judicial review and to re-enact laws declared unconstitutional.[8] La Follette also called for election of federal judges for ten-year terms.[9]
Despite problems in the state's large agricultural sector, La Follette did not have the appeal in Kansas he had in more northerly areas of the Midwest, as isolationism was much weaker in this largely Anglo-Saxon Protestant state and Bryan-era pietist Democratic support struck a different cultural vein from La Follette's largely Catholic and Lutheran backers.[10] Unlike the Bryanites, La Follette's base strongly opposed the Ku Klux Klan, which was widely popular in Kansas, and was focused on farm cooperatives.
Results
Presidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV) | |
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Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts | Charles G. Dawes | Republican
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10[13] | 407,671 | 61.54% |
John W. Davis | Charles W. Bryan | Democratic
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0 | 156,319 | 23.60% |
Robert M. La Follette | Burton K. Wheeler | Independent | 0 | 98,461 | 14.86% |
Write-ins | — | — | 0 | 3 | 0.00% |
Results by county
1924 United States presidential election in Kansas by county[14] | |||||||||
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County | John Calvin Coolidge Republican |
John William Davis Democratic |
Robert Marion La Follette Sr. Independent |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Allen | 6,101 | 69.94% | 2,181 | 25.00% | 441 | 5.06% | 3,920 | 44.94% | 8,723 |
Anderson | 3,101 | 60.98% | 1,421 | 27.94% | 563 | 11.07% | 1,680 | 33.04% | 5,085 |
Atchison | 6,246 | 63.83% | 2,199 | 22.47% | 1,341 | 13.70% | 4,047 | 41.35% | 9,786 |
Barber | 2,218 | 58.25% | 909 | 23.87% | 681 | 17.88% | 1,309 | 34.38% | 3,808 |
Barton | 4,109 | 56.49% | 1,605 | 22.06% | 1,560 | 21.45% | 2,504 | 34.42% | 7,274 |
Bourbon | 4,210 | 48.96% | 2,850 | 33.15% | 1,538 | 17.89% | 1,360 | 15.82% | 8,598 |
Brown | 5,647 | 68.94% | 1,866 | 22.78% | 678 | 8.28% | 3,781 | 46.16% | 8,191 |
Butler | 7,367 | 57.93% | 3,642 | 28.64% | 1,707 | 13.42% | 3,725 | 29.29% | 12,716 |
Chase | 1,822 | 62.61% | 758 | 26.05% | 330 | 11.34% | 1,064 | 36.56% | 2,910 |
Chautauqua | 2,439 | 59.99% | 1,087 | 26.73% | 540 | 13.28% | 1,352 | 33.25% | 4,066 |
Cherokee | 5,437 | 52.90% | 3,071 | 29.88% | 1,770 | 17.22% | 2,366 | 23.02% | 10,278 |
Cheyenne | 1,119 | 50.38% | 485 | 21.84% | 617 | 27.78% | 502[a] | 22.60% | 2,221 |
Clark | 969 | 59.16% | 410 | 25.03% | 259 | 15.81% | 559 | 34.13% | 1,638 |
Clay | 3,767 | 62.93% | 1,417 | 23.67% | 802 | 13.40% | 2,350 | 39.26% | 5,986 |
Cloud | 4,342 | 62.57% | 1,238 | 17.84% | 1,359 | 19.58% | 2,983[a] | 42.99% | 6,939 |
Coffey | 3,552 | 62.47% | 1,631 | 28.68% | 503 | 8.85% | 1,921 | 33.78% | 5,686 |
Comanche | 1,049 | 60.25% | 432 | 24.81% | 260 | 14.93% | 617 | 35.44% | 1,741 |
Cowley | 8,529 | 58.51% | 3,161 | 21.68% | 2,887 | 19.81% | 5,368 | 36.83% | 14,577 |
Crawford | 9,063 | 50.34% | 3,433 | 19.07% | 5,509 | 30.60% | 3,554[a] | 19.74% | 18,005 |
Decatur | 1,621 | 46.89% | 1,218 | 35.23% | 618 | 17.88% | 403 | 11.66% | 3,457 |
Dickinson | 6,178 | 64.58% | 1,690 | 17.67% | 1,698 | 17.75% | 4,480[a] | 46.83% | 9,566 |
Doniphan | 3,789 | 72.78% | 1,072 | 20.59% | 345 | 6.63% | 2,717 | 52.19% | 5,206 |
Douglas | 8,052 | 75.25% | 1,922 | 17.96% | 726 | 6.79% | 6,130 | 57.29% | 10,700 |
Edwards | 1,929 | 66.98% | 548 | 19.03% | 403 | 13.99% | 1,381 | 47.95% | 2,880 |
Elk | 2,443 | 64.26% | 1,104 | 29.04% | 255 | 6.71% | 1,339 | 35.22% | 3,802 |
Ellis | 1,763 | 46.37% | 842 | 22.15% | 1,197 | 31.48% | 566[a] | 14.89% | 3,802 |
Ellsworth | 2,286 | 58.77% | 950 | 24.42% | 654 | 16.81% | 1,336 | 34.34% | 3,890 |
Finney | 1,753 | 61.66% | 614 | 21.60% | 476 | 16.74% | 1,139 | 40.06% | 2,843 |
Ford | 3,449 | 57.99% | 1,551 | 26.08% | 948 | 15.94% | 1,898 | 31.91% | 5,948 |
Franklin | 6,008 | 67.05% | 2,324 | 25.94% | 628 | 7.01% | 3,684 | 41.12% | 8,960 |
Geary | 2,678 | 66.34% | 723 | 17.91% | 636 | 15.75% | 1,955 | 48.43% | 4,037 |
Gove | 1,211 | 67.77% | 400 | 22.38% | 176 | 9.85% | 811 | 45.38% | 1,787 |
Graham | 1,631 | 53.78% | 629 | 20.74% | 773 | 25.49% | 858[a] | 28.29% | 3,033 |
Grant | 459 | 67.11% | 148 | 21.64% | 77 | 11.26% | 311 | 45.47% | 684 |
Gray | 959 | 59.34% | 463 | 28.65% | 194 | 12.00% | 496 | 30.69% | 1,616 |
Greeley | 357 | 64.21% | 75 | 13.49% | 124 | 22.30% | 233[a] | 41.91% | 556 |
Greenwood | 4,181 | 64.02% | 1,794 | 27.47% | 556 | 8.51% | 2,387 | 36.55% | 6,531 |
Hamilton | 610 | 52.27% | 307 | 26.31% | 250 | 21.42% | 303 | 25.96% | 1,167 |
Harper | 2,280 | 53.25% | 1,321 | 30.85% | 681 | 15.90% | 959 | 22.40% | 4,282 |
Harvey | 4,499 | 58.96% | 1,744 | 22.86% | 1,387 | 18.18% | 2,755 | 36.11% | 7,630 |
Haskell | 493 | 65.13% | 167 | 22.06% | 97 | 12.81% | 326 | 43.06% | 757 |
Hodgeman | 899 | 60.66% | 367 | 24.76% | 216 | 14.57% | 532 | 35.90% | 1,482 |
Jackson | 4,391 | 71.09% | 1,419 | 22.97% | 367 | 5.94% | 2,972 | 48.11% | 6,177 |
Jefferson | 4,422 | 72.71% | 1,320 | 21.70% | 340 | 5.59% | 3,102 | 51.00% | 6,082 |
Jewell | 4,342 | 64.83% | 1,861 | 27.78% | 495 | 7.39% | 2,481 | 37.04% | 6,698 |
Johnson | 6,102 | 66.15% | 2,519 | 27.31% | 603 | 6.54% | 3,583 | 38.84% | 9,224 |
Kearny | 635 | 57.57% | 199 | 18.04% | 269 | 24.39% | 366[a] | 33.18% | 1,103 |
Kingman | 2,416 | 54.33% | 1,077 | 24.22% | 954 | 21.45% | 1,339 | 30.11% | 4,447 |
Kiowa | 1,541 | 70.08% | 498 | 22.65% | 160 | 7.28% | 1,043 | 47.43% | 2,199 |
Labette | 6,593 | 55.25% | 2,971 | 24.90% | 2,369 | 19.85% | 3,622 | 30.35% | 11,933 |
Lane | 693 | 59.08% | 281 | 23.96% | 199 | 16.97% | 412 | 35.12% | 1,173 |
Leavenworth | 9,429 | 68.05% | 2,982 | 21.52% | 1,445 | 10.43% | 6,447 | 46.53% | 13,856 |
Lincoln | 2,277 | 59.41% | 615 | 16.04% | 941 | 24.55% | 1,336[a] | 34.86% | 3,833 |
Linn | 3,161 | 57.91% | 1,683 | 30.84% | 614 | 11.25% | 1,478 | 27.08% | 5,458 |
Logan | 942 | 63.86% | 286 | 19.39% | 247 | 16.75% | 656 | 44.47% | 1,475 |
Lyon | 6,290 | 57.32% | 2,750 | 25.06% | 1,934 | 17.62% | 3,540 | 32.26% | 10,974 |
Marion | 4,008 | 56.38% | 1,520 | 21.38% | 1,581 | 22.24% | 2,427[a] | 34.14% | 7,109 |
Marshall | 5,809 | 62.35% | 2,369 | 25.43% | 1,139 | 12.22% | 3,440 | 36.92% | 9,317 |
McPherson | 5,128 | 65.99% | 1,530 | 19.69% | 1,113 | 14.32% | 3,598 | 46.30% | 7,771 |
Meade | 1,290 | 66.94% | 472 | 24.49% | 165 | 8.56% | 818 | 42.45% | 1,927 |
Miami | 4,788 | 61.76% | 1,994 | 25.72% | 971 | 12.52% | 2,794 | 36.04% | 7,753 |
Mitchell | 3,161 | 59.79% | 1,470 | 27.80% | 656 | 12.41% | 1,691 | 31.98% | 5,287 |
Montgomery | 11,160 | 65.02% | 4,178 | 24.34% | 1,825 | 10.63% | 6,982 | 40.68% | 17,163 |
Morris | 3,089 | 64.70% | 1,040 | 21.78% | 645 | 13.51% | 2,049 | 42.92% | 4,774 |
Morton | 669 | 55.02% | 286 | 23.52% | 261 | 21.46% | 383 | 31.50% | 1,216 |
Nemaha | 4,096 | 60.24% | 1,846 | 27.15% | 857 | 12.60% | 2,250 | 33.09% | 6,799 |
Neosho | 5,106 | 58.70% | 2,274 | 26.14% | 1,319 | 15.16% | 2,832 | 32.56% | 8,699 |
Ness | 1,629 | 64.64% | 541 | 21.47% | 350 | 13.89% | 1,088 | 43.17% | 2,520 |
Norton | 2,778 | 59.33% | 1,261 | 26.93% | 643 | 13.73% | 1,517 | 32.40% | 4,682 |
Osage | 4,957 | 63.20% | 2,050 | 26.14% | 836 | 10.66% | 2,907 | 37.06% | 7,843 |
Osborne | 3,333 | 71.55% | 905 | 19.43% | 420 | 9.02% | 2,428 | 52.13% | 4,658 |
Ottawa | 2,475 | 60.25% | 854 | 20.79% | 779 | 18.96% | 1,621 | 39.46% | 4,108 |
Pawnee | 2,407 | 62.54% | 1,111 | 28.86% | 331 | 8.60% | 1,296 | 33.67% | 3,849 |
Phillips | 2,647 | 54.97% | 1,376 | 28.58% | 792 | 16.45% | 1,271 | 26.40% | 4,815 |
Pottawatomie | 4,340 | 68.28% | 1,471 | 23.14% | 545 | 8.57% | 2,869 | 45.14% | 6,356 |
Pratt | 2,762 | 57.36% | 1,205 | 25.03% | 848 | 17.61% | 1,557 | 32.34% | 4,815 |
Rawlins | 1,213 | 45.79% | 742 | 28.01% | 694 | 26.20% | 471 | 17.78% | 2,649 |
Reno | 10,339 | 65.23% | 3,675 | 23.18% | 1,837 | 11.59% | 6,664 | 42.04% | 15,851 |
Republic | 3,671 | 59.96% | 1,616 | 26.40% | 835 | 13.64% | 2,055 | 33.57% | 6,122 |
Rice | 3,920 | 68.53% | 1,303 | 22.78% | 497 | 8.69% | 2,617 | 45.75% | 5,720 |
Riley | 5,455 | 70.03% | 1,646 | 21.13% | 689 | 8.84% | 3,809 | 48.90% | 7,790 |
Rooks | 2,442 | 66.02% | 930 | 25.14% | 324 | 8.76% | 1,512 | 40.88% | 3,699[b] |
Rush | 1,780 | 57.25% | 787 | 25.31% | 542 | 17.43% | 993 | 31.94% | 3,109 |
Russell | 2,637 | 64.30% | 687 | 16.75% | 777 | 18.95% | 1,860[a] | 45.35% | 4,101 |
Saline | 6,534 | 62.20% | 1,966 | 18.71% | 2,005 | 19.09% | 4,529[a] | 43.11% | 10,505 |
Scott | 734 | 50.87% | 445 | 30.84% | 264 | 18.30% | 289 | 20.03% | 1,443 |
Sedgwick | 21,144 | 57.23% | 8,712 | 23.58% | 7,087 | 19.18% | 12,432 | 33.65% | 36,943 |
Seward | 1,184 | 52.00% | 676 | 29.69% | 417 | 18.31% | 508 | 22.31% | 2,277 |
Shawnee | 20,132 | 72.21% | 5,099 | 18.29% | 2,647 | 9.49% | 15,033 | 53.92% | 27,878 |
Sheridan | 1,320 | 59.11% | 542 | 24.27% | 371 | 16.61% | 778 | 34.84% | 2,233 |
Sherman | 1,122 | 45.89% | 528 | 21.60% | 795 | 32.52% | 327[a] | 13.37% | 2,445 |
Smith | 3,226 | 57.23% | 1,634 | 28.99% | 777 | 13.78% | 1,592 | 28.24% | 5,637 |
Stafford | 3,100 | 68.58% | 957 | 21.17% | 463 | 10.24% | 2,143 | 47.41% | 4,520 |
Stanton | 379 | 62.44% | 158 | 26.03% | 70 | 11.53% | 221 | 36.41% | 607 |
Stevens | 913 | 66.55% | 302 | 22.01% | 157 | 11.44% | 611 | 44.53% | 1,372 |
Sumner | 5,552 | 54.93% | 2,556 | 25.29% | 2,000 | 19.79% | 2,996 | 29.64% | 10,108 |
Thomas | 1,436 | 52.50% | 822 | 30.05% | 477 | 17.44% | 614 | 22.45% | 2,735 |
Trego | 1,121 | 58.14% | 399 | 20.70% | 408 | 21.16% | 713[a] | 36.98% | 1,928 |
Wabaunsee | 2,742 | 65.90% | 633 | 15.21% | 786 | 18.89% | 1,956[a] | 47.01% | 4,161 |
Wallace | 603 | 53.70% | 171 | 15.23% | 349 | 31.08% | 254[a] | 22.62% | 1,123 |
Washington | 4,120 | 60.98% | 1,528 | 22.62% | 1,108 | 16.40% | 2,592 | 38.37% | 6,756 |
Wichita | 482 | 62.68% | 147 | 19.12% | 140 | 18.21% | 335 | 43.56% | 769 |
Wilson | 4,596 | 65.00% | 1,736 | 24.55% | 739 | 10.45% | 2,860 | 40.45% | 7,071 |
Woodson | 2,412 | 63.17% | 1,026 | 26.87% | 380 | 9.95% | 1,386 | 36.30% | 3,818 |
Wyandotte | 23,881 | 59.48% | 8,913 | 22.20% | 7,354 | 18.32% | 14,968 | 37.28% | 40,148 |
Totals | 407,671 | 61.54% | 156,319 | 23.60% | 98,461 | 14.86% | 251,352 | 37.94% | 662,455 |
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p In this county where La Follette ran second ahead of Davis, the margin given is that between Coolidge and La Follette and percentage margin Coolidge percentage minus La Follette percentage.
- ^ In this county there were three write-in votes for candidates not on the ballot.
References
- ^ ISBN 0547166354
- ISBN 1610753895
- ISBN 0275968650
- ISBN 0275989720
- ISBN 0300113005
- ISBN 0595481264
- ^ Richardson; Others, pp. 182-183
- ISBN 1107067715
- ISBN 0393311341
- ISBN 9780691163246
- ^ Phillips; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 412-413
- ^ Stark, Rodney and Christiano, Kevin J.; ‘Support for the American Left, 1920-1924: The Opiate Thesis Reconsidered’; Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 31, No. 1 (March, 1992), pp. 62-75
- ^ "1924 Presidential General Election Results – Kansas". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
- ISBN 0405077114