1924 United States presidential election in North Dakota
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Elections in North Dakota |
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The 1924 United States presidential election in North Dakota 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 five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Ever since statehood, North Dakota had been overwhelmingly Republican at state level and in many presidential elections,[1] although progressive Democrat Woodrow Wilson was able to carry the state in both his campaigns in 1912 and 1916, in the second due to his anti-war platform. The Russian-Germans who dominated North Dakota’s populace were vehemently opposed to President Wilson’s pushing of the nation into World War I and his “League of Nations” proposal.[2] To this populace descended from Germans who had settled in Russia, Wilson’s entry into the war and his support for the Treaty of Versailles was a betrayal, whilst farmers were also faced with a postwar agricultural depression as prices fell with reduced demand in Europe.[3] Consequently, North Dakota went for the isolationist Warren G. Harding over the pro-League Democrat Cox by four-to-one in 1920.
Despite Harding’s massive victory, discontent amongst North Dakota’s large farm population persisted during his term,
The agrarian
With 45.17 percent of the popular vote, North Dakota would prove to be La Follette's second strongest state in the 1924 election in terms of popular vote percentage after Wisconsin.[14] This was one of only two states, the other being Wisconsin, in which La Follette won a majority of counties (32 of 53 counties in North Dakota were carried by him).[15] LaFollette and Coolidge did tie in one state, Nevada, where they both won 8 counties, and Davis won one.
Results
1924 United States presidential election in North Dakota[16] | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
Count | % | Count | % | |||||
Republican | Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts | Charles Gates Dawes of Illinois
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94,931 | 47.68% | 5 | 100.00% | ||
Nonpartisan League | Robert Marion La Follette of Wisconsin
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Burton Kendall Wheeler of Montana
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89,922 | 45.17% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Democratic | John William Davis of West Virginia
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Charles Wayland Bryan of Nebraska
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13,858 | 6.96% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Communist | William Z. Foster of Massachusetts | Benjamin Gitlow of New York | 370 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Total | 199,081 | 100.00% | 5 | 100.00% |
Results by county
County[17] | John Calvin Coolidge Republican |
John William Davis Democratic |
Robert Marion La Follette, Sr. Nonpartisan League |
William Z. Foster Workers |
Margin[a] | Total votes cast | |||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 776 | 40.25% | 106 | 5.50% | 1,045 | 54.20% | 1 | 0.05% | -269 | -13.95% | 1,928 |
Barnes | 3,205 | 51.46% | 346 | 5.56% | 2,675 | 42.95% | 2 | 0.03% | 530 | 8.51% | 6,228 |
Benson | 1,870 | 45.00% | 246 | 5.92% | 2,038 | 49.04% | 2 | 0.05% | -168 | -4.04% | 4,156 |
Billings | 421 | 48.34% | 32 | 3.67% | 418 | 47.99% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.34% | 871 |
Bottineau | 1,338 | 31.99% | 221 | 5.28% | 2,621 | 62.67% | 2 | 0.05% | -1,283 | -30.68% | 4,182 |
Bowman | 776 | 45.17% | 67 | 3.90% | 875 | 50.93% | 0 | 0.00% | -99 | -5.76% | 1,718 |
Burke | 996 | 39.62% | 135 | 5.37% | 1,376 | 54.73% | 7 | 0.28% | -380 | -15.12% | 2,514 |
Burleigh | 3,152 | 53.17% | 379 | 6.39% | 2,338 | 39.44% | 59 | 1.00% | 814 | 13.73% | 5,928 |
Cass | 9,906 | 65.86% | 1,352 | 8.99% | 3,769 | 25.06% | 14 | 0.09% | 6,137 | 40.80% | 15,041 |
Cavalier | 2,428 | 54.65% | 539 | 12.13% | 1,471 | 33.11% | 5 | 0.11% | 957 | 21.54% | 4,443 |
Dickey | 1,716 | 43.66% | 352 | 8.96% | 1,856 | 47.23% | 6 | 0.15% | -140 | -3.56% | 3,930 |
Divide | 743 | 30.43% | 91 | 3.73% | 1,605 | 65.72% | 3 | 0.12% | -862 | -35.30% | 2,442 |
Dunn | 980 | 42.78% | 190 | 8.29% | 1,112 | 48.54% | 9 | 0.39% | -132 | -5.76% | 2,291 |
Eddy | 881 | 39.33% | 101 | 4.51% | 1,258 | 56.16% | 0 | 0.00% | -377 | -16.83% | 2,240 |
Emmons | 1,198 | 39.66% | 123 | 4.07% | 1,695 | 56.11% | 5 | 0.17% | -497 | -16.45% | 3,021 |
Foster | 922 | 45.13% | 287 | 14.05% | 833 | 40.77% | 1 | 0.05% | 89 | 4.36% | 2,043 |
Golden Valley | 718 | 48.29% | 140 | 9.41% | 628 | 42.23% | 1 | 0.07% | 90 | 6.05% | 1,487 |
Grand Forks | 6,690 | 62.81% | 943 | 8.85% | 3,011 | 28.27% | 7 | 0.07% | 3,679 | 34.54% | 10,651 |
Grant | 1,120 | 39.07% | 125 | 4.36% | 1,618 | 56.44% | 4 | 0.14% | -498 | -17.37% | 2,867 |
Griggs | 738 | 33.33% | 116 | 5.24% | 1,360 | 61.43% | 0 | 0.00% | -622 | -28.09% | 2,214 |
Hettinger | 936 | 39.73% | 128 | 5.43% | 1,291 | 54.80% | 1 | 0.04% | -355 | -15.07% | 2,356 |
Kidder | 844 | 39.42% | 110 | 5.14% | 1,187 | 55.44% | 0 | 0.00% | -343 | -16.02% | 2,141 |
LaMoure | 1,647 | 43.23% | 221 | 5.80% | 1,940 | 50.92% | 2 | 0.05% | -293 | -7.69% | 3,810 |
Logan | 787 | 43.34% | 29 | 1.60% | 994 | 54.74% | 6 | 0.33% | -207 | -11.40% | 1,816 |
McHenry | 1,692 | 36.89% | 264 | 5.76% | 2,630 | 57.34% | 1 | 0.02% | -938 | -20.45% | 4,587 |
McIntosh | 637 | 34.45% | 39 | 2.11% | 1,172 | 63.39% | 1 | 0.05% | -535 | -28.93% | 1,849 |
McKenzie | 1,113 | 38.14% | 137 | 4.69% | 1,661 | 56.92% | 7 | 0.24% | -548 | -18.78% | 2,918 |
McLean | 1,651 | 36.02% | 194 | 4.23% | 2,718 | 59.31% | 20 | 0.44% | -1,067 | -23.28% | 4,583 |
Mercer | 522 | 25.02% | 70 | 3.36% | 1,489 | 71.38% | 5 | 0.24% | -967 | -46.36% | 2,086 |
Morton | 2,377 | 44.26% | 265 | 4.93% | 2,716 | 50.58% | 12 | 0.22% | -339 | -6.31% | 5,370 |
Mountrail | 1,354 | 36.19% | 130 | 3.48% | 2,209 | 59.05% | 48 | 1.28% | -855 | -22.85% | 3,741 |
Nelson | 1,697 | 49.20% | 175 | 5.07% | 1,571 | 45.55% | 6 | 0.17% | 126 | 3.65% | 3,449 |
Oliver | 367 | 32.16% | 31 | 2.72% | 739 | 64.77% | 4 | 0.35% | -372 | -32.60% | 1,141 |
Pembina | 2,783 | 59.02% | 588 | 12.47% | 1,341 | 28.44% | 3 | 0.06% | 1,442 | 30.58% | 4,715 |
Pierce | 1,160 | 46.89% | 157 | 6.35% | 1,156 | 46.73% | 1 | 0.04% | 4 | 0.16% | 2,474 |
Ramsey | 3,110 | 62.35% | 359 | 7.20% | 1,505 | 30.17% | 14 | 0.28% | 1,605 | 32.18% | 4,988 |
Ransom | 1,862 | 45.59% | 303 | 7.42% | 1,919 | 46.99% | 0 | 0.00% | -57 | -1.40% | 4,084 |
Renville | 649 | 32.18% | 120 | 5.95% | 1,247 | 61.82% | 1 | 0.05% | -598 | -29.65% | 2,017 |
Richland | 3,235 | 48.84% | 769 | 11.61% | 2,617 | 39.51% | 3 | 0.05% | 618 | 9.33% | 6,624 |
Rolette | 869 | 35.92% | 137 | 5.66% | 1,410 | 58.29% | 3 | 0.12% | -541 | -22.36% | 2,419 |
Sargent | 1,468 | 43.68% | 232 | 6.90% | 1,656 | 49.27% | 5 | 0.15% | -188 | -5.59% | 3,361 |
Sheridan | 594 | 34.66% | 49 | 2.86% | 1,069 | 62.37% | 2 | 0.12% | -475 | -27.71% | 1,714 |
Sioux | 777 | 62.21% | 58 | 4.64% | 407 | 32.59% | 7 | 0.56% | 370 | 29.62% | 1,249 |
Slope | 616 | 39.09% | 47 | 2.98% | 913 | 57.93% | 0 | 0.00% | -297 | -18.85% | 1,576 |
Stark | 2,130 | 50.58% | 266 | 6.32% | 1,808 | 42.94% | 7 | 0.17% | 322 | 7.65% | 4,211 |
Steele | 1,247 | 52.77% | 85 | 3.60% | 1,029 | 43.55% | 2 | 0.08% | 218 | 9.23% | 2,363 |
Stutsman | 3,952 | 56.68% | 463 | 6.64% | 2,552 | 36.60% | 6 | 0.09% | 1,400 | 20.08% | 6,973 |
Towner | 1,173 | 47.66% | 223 | 9.06% | 1,053 | 42.79% | 12 | 0.49% | 120 | 4.88% | 2,461 |
Traill | 2,596 | 56.64% | 234 | 5.11% | 1,752 | 38.23% | 1 | 0.02% | 844 | 18.42% | 4,583 |
Walsh | 2,837 | 49.17% | 917 | 15.89% | 2,009 | 34.82% | 7 | 0.12% | 828 | 14.35% | 5,770 |
Ward | 4,166 | 47.99% | 721 | 8.31% | 3,784 | 43.59% | 10 | 0.12% | 382 | 4.40% | 8,681 |
Wells | 1,644 | 44.40% | 138 | 3.73% | 1,917 | 51.77% | 4 | 0.11% | -273 | -7.37% | 3,703 |
Williams | 1,865 | 36.76% | 308 | 6.07% | 2,859 | 56.36% | 41 | 0.81% | -994 | -19.59% | 5,073 |
Totals | 94,931 | 47.68% | 13,858 | 6.96% | 89,922 | 45.17% | 370 | 0.19% | 5,009 | 2.52% | 199,081 |
See also
Notes
- ^ Because Coolidge and La Follette finished in the first two places in North Dakota as a whole and in all counties in the state, all margins given are Coolidge vote minus La Follette vote and all percentage margins Coolidge percentage minus La Follette percentage.
References
- ISBN 978-1-107-09509-0
- ^ Lubell, Samuel; The Future of American Politics (1956), pp. 156-164
- ISBN 978-0-691-16324-6
- ^ Shiedeler, James H.; ‘The La Follette Progressive Party Campaign of 1924’; The Wisconsin Magazine of History Vol. 33, No. 4 (June 1950), pp. 444-457
- ISBN 1610753895
- ISBN 0275968650
- ISBN 0275989720
- ISBN 0300113005
- ISBN 193711029X
- ISBN 0595481264
- ISBN 0393311341
- ^ Tucker; High Tide of American Conservatism, p. 181
- ^ a b Tucker; High Tide of American Conservatism, p. 231
- ^ "1924 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ The Presidential Vote, 1896–1932, Edgar E. Robinson, p. 67
- ^ "1924 Presidential General Election Results – North Dakota". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
- ^ North Dakota Secretary of State Elections; Party Votes, General Election November 4, 1924