1924 United States presidential election in Louisiana
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The 1924 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 4, 1924, as part of the 1924 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all contemporary forty-eight states. Voters chose ten representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Ever since the passage of a new constitution in 1898,
disenfranchisement of blacks and the complete absence of other support bases as Louisiana completely lacked upland or German refugee whites opposed to secession.[1] Despite this absolute single-party dominance, non-partisan tendencies remained strong among wealthy sugar planters in Acadiana and within the business elite of New Orleans.[2]
Following disfranchisement, the state's politics became dominated by the Choctaw Club of Louisiana, generally called the “Old Regulars”. This political machine was based in New Orleans and united with
Progressive Party member in Whitmell P. Martin[a] to be elected to the Third Congressional District in 1914, and in 1920 the racially less hardline[5] Acadiana parishes turned to Republican candidate Warren G. Harding[6] over disagreements on foreign policy and the Nineteenth Amendment.[7] Continued opposition to the Choctaws would elect the reformer John M. Parker, originally part of Theodore Roosevelt's Bull Moose Party, as governor at the beginning of 1920.[8]
Progressive nominee Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin was not on the ballot, although it is known that there were write-in votes cast for him.[10]
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John W. Davis | 93,218 | 76.44% | |
Republican | Calvin Coolidge (incumbent) | 24,670 | 20.23% | |
Write-ins | — | 4,063 | 3.33% | |
Total votes | 117,888 | 100% |
Results by parish
Parish | John William Davis Democratic |
John Calvin Coolidge Republican |
Various candidates Write-ins |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Acadia | 1,481 | 64.73% | 691 | 30.20% | 116 | 5.07% | 790 | 34.53% | 2,288 |
Allen | 1,012 | 71.17% | 410 | 28.83% | 602 | 42.33% | 1,422 | ||
Ascension | 679 | 71.03% | 277 | 28.97% | 402 | 42.05% | 956 | ||
Assumption | 305 | 33.66% | 601 | 66.34% | -296 | -32.67% | 906 | ||
Avoyelles | 1,010 | 76.28% | 314 | 23.72% | 696 | 52.57% | 1,324 | ||
Beauregard | 1,191 | 83.46% | 235 | 16.47% | 1 | 0.07% | 956 | 66.99% | 1,427 |
Bienville | 774 | 91.71% | 67 | 7.94% | 3 | 0.36% | 707 | 83.77% | 844 |
Bossier | 751 | 91.36% | 48 | 5.84% | 23 | 2.80% | 703 | 85.52% | 822 |
Caddo | 4,517 | 75.41% | 1,062 | 17.73% | 411 | 6.86% | 3,455 | 57.68% | 5,990 |
Calcasieu | 2,494 | 68.22% | 1,129 | 30.88% | 33 | 0.90% | 1,365 | 37.34% | 3,656 |
Caldwell | 442 | 84.51% | 77 | 14.72% | 4 | 0.76% | 365 | 69.79% | 523 |
Cameron | 353 | 94.64% | 20 | 5.36% | 333 | 89.28% | 373 | ||
Catahoula | 218 | 73.65% | 78 | 26.35% | 140 | 47.30% | 296 | ||
Claiborne | 1,252 | 95.87% | 54 | 4.13% | 1,198 | 91.73% | 1,306 | ||
Concordia | 319 | 87.40% | 46 | 12.60% | 273 | 74.79% | 365 | ||
De Soto
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1,146 | 89.88% | 118 | 9.25% | 11 | 0.86% | 1,028 | 80.63% | 1,275 |
East Baton Rouge | 2,764 | 81.44% | 611 | 18.00% | 19 | 0.56% | 2,153 | 63.44% | 3,394 |
East Carroll | 277 | 79.60% | 71 | 20.40% | 206 | 59.20% | 348 | ||
East Feliciana | 504 | 95.27% | 25 | 4.73% | 479 | 90.55% | 529 | ||
Evangeline | 603 | 79.66% | 153 | 20.21% | 1 | 0.13% | 450 | 59.45% | 757 |
Franklin | 687 | 82.77% | 143 | 17.23% | 544 | 65.54% | 830 | ||
Grant | 595 | 78.08% | 167 | 21.92% | 428 | 56.17% | 762 | ||
Iberia | 740 | 52.15% | 679 | 47.85% | 61 | 4.30% | 1,419 | ||
Iberville | 556 | 58.28% | 391 | 40.99% | 7 | 0.73% | 165 | 17.30% | 954 |
Jackson | 682 | 88.57% | 88 | 11.43% | 594 | 77.14% | 770 | ||
Jefferson | 1,663 | 76.46% | 296 | 13.61% | 216 | 9.93% | 1,367 | 62.85% | 2,175 |
Jefferson Davis | 973 | 52.42% | 883 | 47.58% | 90 | 4.85% | 1,856 | ||
Lafayette | 978 | 53.36% | 531 | 28.97% | 324 | 17.68% | 447 | 24.39% | 1,833 |
Lafourche | 678 | 52.60% | 611 | 47.40% | 67 | 5.20% | 1,289 | ||
LaSalle | 456 | 80.14% | 102 | 17.93% | 11 | 1.93% | 354 | 62.21% | 569 |
Lincoln | 1,005 | 86.19% | 157 | 13.46% | 4 | 0.34% | 848 | 72.73% | 1,166 |
Livingston | 657 | 85.66% | 110 | 14.34% | 547 | 71.32% | 767 | ||
Madison | 274 | 95.47% | 13 | 4.53% | 261 | 90.94% | 287 | ||
Morehouse | 582 | 80.50% | 141 | 19.50% | 441 | 61.00% | 723 | ||
Natchitoches | 1,132 | 84.10% | 200 | 14.86% | 14 | 1.04% | 932 | 69.24% | 1,346 |
Orleans
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37,785 | 79.06% | 7,865 | 16.46% | 2,141 | 4.48% | 29,920 | 62.61% | 47,791 |
Ouachita | 1,542 | 73.15% | 480 | 22.77% | 86 | 4.08% | 1,062 | 50.38% | 2,108 |
Plaquemines | 432 | 75.66% | 119 | 20.84% | 20 | 3.50% | 313 | 54.82% | 571 |
Pointe Coupee | 369 | 69.89% | 146 | 27.65% | 13 | 2.46% | 223 | 42.23% | 528 |
Rapides | 2,159 | 65.62% | 1,022 | 31.06% | 109 | 3.31% | 1,137 | 34.56% | 3,290 |
Red River | 579 | 89.49% | 34 | 5.26% | 34 | 5.26% | 545 | 84.23% | 647 |
Richland | 678 | 85.39% | 116 | 14.61% | 562 | 70.78% | 794 | ||
Sabine | 1,176 | 83.82% | 217 | 15.47% | 10 | 0.71% | 959 | 68.35% | 1,403 |
Saint Bernard
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526 | 97.59% | 13 | 2.41% | 513 | 95.18% | 539 | ||
Saint Charles
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488 | 78.71% | 132 | 21.29% | 356 | 57.42% | 620 | ||
Saint Helena
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185 | 91.13% | 18 | 8.87% | 167 | 82.27% | 203 | ||
Saint James
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615 | 68.64% | 278 | 31.03% | 3 | 0.33% | 337 | 37.61% | 896 |
Saint John the Baptist
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336 | 63.40% | 194 | 36.60% | 142 | 26.79% | 530 | ||
Saint Landry
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1,354 | 79.14% | 357 | 20.86% | 997 | 58.27% | 1,711 | ||
Saint Martin
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461 | 71.36% | 172 | 26.63% | 13 | 2.01% | 289 | 44.74% | 646 |
Saint Mary
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639 | 49.15% | 633 | 48.69% | 28 | 2.15% | 6 | 0.46% | 1,300 |
Saint Tammany
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969 | 73.91% | 269 | 20.52% | 73 | 5.57% | 700 | 53.39% | 1,311 |
Tangipahoa | 1,626 | 77.24% | 479 | 22.76% | 1,147 | 54.49% | 2,105 | ||
Tensas | 338 | 94.15% | 21 | 5.85% | 317 | 88.30% | 359 | ||
Terrebonne | 482 | 53.73% | 415 | 46.27% | 67 | 7.47% | 897 | ||
Union | 875 | 99.09% | 7 | 0.79% | 1 | 0.11% | 868 | 98.30% | 883 |
Vermilion | 598 | 58.97% | 416 | 41.03% | 182 | 17.95% | 1,014 | ||
Vernon | 1,372 | 88.69% | 142 | 9.18% | 33 | 2.13% | 1,230 | 79.51% | 1,547 |
Washington | 1,278 | 77.64% | 179 | 10.87% | 189 | 11.48% | 1,099 | 66.77% | 1,646 |
Webster | 929 | 89.93% | 52 | 5.03% | 52 | 5.03% | 877 | 84.90% | 1,033 |
West Baton Rouge | 191 | 58.95% | 92 | 28.40% | 41 | 12.65% | 99 | 30.56% | 324 |
West Carroll | 342 | 81.62% | 68 | 16.23% | 9 | 2.15% | 274 | 65.39% | 419 |
West Feliciana | 347 | 95.86% | 15 | 4.14% | 332 | 91.71% | 362 | ||
Winn | 797 | 86.91% | 120 | 13.09% | 677 | 73.83% | 917 | ||
Totals | 93,218 | 76.44% | 24,670 | 20.23% | 4,063 | 3.33% | 68,548 | 56.21% | 121,951 |
See also
Notes
- ^ Martin would join the Democratic Party in 1919.
References
- ISBN 9780691163246.
- ^ Schott, Matthew J. (Summer 1979). "Progressives against Democracy: Electoral Reform in Louisiana, 1894-1921". Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association. 20 (3): 247–260.
- ISBN 1118619293.
- ^ Collin, Richard H. (Winter 1971). "Theodore Roosevelt's Visit to New Orleans and the Progressive Campaign of 1914". Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association. 12 (1): 5–19.
- OCLC 8115.
- ^ Phillips. The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 268
- ^ Wall and Rodriguez. Louisiana: A History, p. 277
- ^ Sindler, Allan P. (1956). Huey Long's Louisiana: State Politics, 1920-1952. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 40–41.
- ^ "1924 Presidential General Election Results — Louisiana". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
- ISBN 0405077114.
- ^ "LA US President Race, November 04, 1924". Our Campaigns.