1924 United States presidential election in Virginia
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The 1924 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 4, 1924. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 1900s had seen Virginia, like all former Confederate States, almost completely disenfranchise its black and poor white populations through the use of a cumulative poll tax and literacy tests.[1] So severe was the disenfranchising effect of the new 1902 Constitution that the electorate for the 1904 presidential election was halved compared to that of previous elections, and it has been calculated that a third of those who voted were state employees and officeholders.[1]
This limited electorate meant Virginian politics was controlled by
Virginia was less affected than Oklahoma, Tennessee or North Carolina by the upheavals of World War I and the Nineteenth Amendment, although there was an unsuccessful challenge to lily-white control of the state’s Republican Party in 1921.[3]
During the prolonged national convention, Virginia delegates supported favorite son Senator Carter Glass, who had virtually no support elsewhere.[6] Ultimately the nomination went to a compromise candidate in Wall Street lawyer and former United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom John W. Davis of West Virginia. Although West Virginia was a border state whose limited African-American population had not been disenfranchised,[7] Davis did share the extreme social conservatism of Southern Democrats of his era; he supported poll taxes and opposed women's suffrage.[8] In addition, Davis, like Coolidge, favored strictly limited government.[8][9] At the same time a progressive third-party run was predicted as early as winter 1923–24, and ultimately Wisconsin Senator Robert M. La Follette Sr. would be nominated by the “Committee for Progressive Political Action”.[10]
Neither Davis, La Follette, nor
Until 2016, this was the last presidential election where a Democrat carried Virginia without winning the presidency, and remains the last time that a Democrat who lost the popular vote has carried the state.
Results
1924 United States presidential election in Virginia[12] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Democratic | John W. Davis | 139,797 | 62.49% | 12 | |
Republican | Calvin Coolidge (inc.) | 73,359 | 32.79% | 0 | |
Progressive
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Robert M. La Follette
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10,379 | 4.64% | 0 | |
Socialist Labor | Frank T. Johns | 191 | 0.09% | 0 | |
Totals | 223,726 | 100.00% | 12 |
Results by county
1924 United States presidential election in Virginia by counties and independent cities[13][14] | |||||||||||
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County or Independent City | John William Davis Democratic |
John Calvin Coolidge Republican |
Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Progressive |
Frank Tetes Johns Socialist Labor |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Accomack County | 2,087 | 85.92% | 307 | 12.64% | 32 | 1.32% | 3 | 0.12% | 1,780 | 73.28% | 2,429 |
Albemarle County | 1,383 | 76.75% | 366 | 20.31% | 52 | 2.89% | 1 | 0.06% | 1,017 | 56.44% | 1,802 |
Alleghany County | 589 | 36.11% | 856 | 52.48% | 183 | 11.22% | 3 | 0.18% | -267 | -16.37% | 1,631 |
Amelia County | 372 | 68.89% | 153 | 28.33% | 15 | 2.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 219 | 40.56% | 540 |
Amherst County | 1,092 | 82.29% | 129 | 9.72% | 105 | 7.91% | 1 | 0.08% | 963 | 72.57% | 1,327 |
Appomattox County | 952 | 88.72% | 101 | 9.41% | 18 | 1.68% | 2 | 0.19% | 851 | 79.31% | 1,073 |
Arlington County | 1,209 | 41.39% | 1,307 | 44.74% | 405 | 13.87% | 0 | 0.00% | -98 | -3.36% | 2,921 |
Augusta County | 1,920 | 58.81% | 1,265 | 38.74% | 78 | 2.39% | 2 | 0.06% | 655 | 20.06% | 3,265 |
Bath County | 404 | 48.38% | 407 | 48.74% | 24 | 2.87% | 0 | 0.00% | -3 | -0.36% | 835 |
Bedford County | 1,811 | 79.64% | 432 | 19.00% | 31 | 1.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,379 | 60.64% | 2,274 |
Bland County | 604 | 49.55% | 609 | 49.96% | 4 | 0.33% | 2 | 0.16% | -5 | -0.41% | 1,219 |
Botetourt County | 1,427 | 51.82% | 1,264 | 45.90% | 61 | 2.21% | 2 | 0.07% | 163 | 5.92% | 2,754 |
Brunswick County | 887 | 90.33% | 65 | 6.62% | 30 | 3.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 822 | 83.71% | 982 |
Buchanan County | 870 | 44.25% | 1,080 | 54.93% | 14 | 0.71% | 2 | 0.10% | -210 | -10.68% | 1,966 |
Buckingham County | 623 | 73.21% | 213 | 25.03% | 15 | 1.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 410 | 48.18% | 851 |
Campbell County | 1,468 | 74.03% | 372 | 18.76% | 142 | 7.16% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,096 | 55.27% | 1,983 |
Caroline County | 840 | 77.56% | 223 | 20.59% | 20 | 1.85% | 0 | 0.00% | 617 | 56.97% | 1,083 |
Carroll County | 1,257 | 41.68% | 1,743 | 57.79% | 14 | 0.46% | 2 | 0.07% | -486 | -16.11% | 3,016 |
Charles City County | 141 | 60.78% | 82 | 35.34% | 8 | 3.45% | 1 | 0.43% | 59 | 25.43% | 232 |
Charlotte County | 1,006 | 80.87% | 154 | 12.38% | 84 | 6.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 852 | 68.49% | 1,244 |
Chesterfield County | 967 | 73.04% | 282 | 21.30% | 75 | 5.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 685 | 51.74% | 1,324 |
Clarke County | 687 | 88.19% | 76 | 9.76% | 15 | 1.93% | 1 | 0.13% | 611 | 78.43% | 779 |
Craig County | 512 | 61.46% | 300 | 36.01% | 19 | 2.28% | 2 | 0.24% | 212 | 25.45% | 833 |
Culpeper County | 876 | 79.06% | 190 | 17.15% | 42 | 3.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 686 | 61.91% | 1,108 |
Cumberland County | 398 | 81.72% | 61 | 12.53% | 28 | 5.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 337 | 69.20% | 487 |
Dickenson County | 1,618 | 53.10% | 1,294 | 42.47% | 119 | 3.91% | 16 | 0.53% | 324 | 10.63% | 3,047 |
Dinwiddie County | 685 | 82.53% | 122 | 14.70% | 23 | 2.77% | 0 | 0.00% | 563 | 67.83% | 830 |
Elizabeth City County | 698 | 63.22% | 312 | 28.26% | 88 | 7.97% | 6 | 0.54% | 386 | 34.96% | 1,104 |
Essex County | 315 | 82.03% | 60 | 15.63% | 9 | 2.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 255 | 66.41% | 384 |
Fairfax County | 1,586 | 62.20% | 765 | 30.00% | 195 | 7.65% | 4 | 0.16% | 821 | 32.20% | 2,550 |
Fauquier County | 1,277 | 74.55% | 345 | 20.14% | 89 | 5.20% | 2 | 0.12% | 932 | 54.41% | 1,713 |
Floyd County | 515 | 34.04% | 984 | 65.04% | 13 | 0.86% | 1 | 0.07% | -469 | -31.00% | 1,513 |
Fluvanna County | 452 | 73.26% | 136 | 22.04% | 27 | 4.38% | 2 | 0.32% | 316 | 51.22% | 617 |
Franklin County | 1,902 | 63.55% | 1,077 | 35.98% | 13 | 0.43% | 1 | 0.03% | 825 | 27.56% | 2,993 |
Frederick County | 1,314 | 71.92% | 484 | 26.49% | 29 | 1.59% | 0 | 0.00% | 830 | 45.43% | 1,827 |
Giles County | 1,319 | 59.15% | 852 | 38.21% | 58 | 2.60% | 1 | 0.04% | 467 | 20.94% | 2,230 |
Gloucester County | 616 | 84.38% | 109 | 14.93% | 5 | 0.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 507 | 69.45% | 730 |
Goochland County | 394 | 65.89% | 164 | 27.42% | 40 | 6.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 230 | 38.46% | 598 |
Grayson County | 1,611 | 52.37% | 1,442 | 46.88% | 20 | 0.65% | 3 | 0.10% | 169 | 5.49% | 3,076 |
Greene County | 285 | 53.27% | 240 | 44.86% | 8 | 1.50% | 2 | 0.37% | 45 | 8.41% | 535 |
Greensville County | 417 | 72.77% | 132 | 23.04% | 23 | 4.01% | 1 | 0.17% | 285 | 49.74% | 573 |
Halifax County | 2,245 | 84.24% | 374 | 14.03% | 45 | 1.69% | 1 | 0.04% | 1,871 | 70.21% | 2,665 |
Hanover County | 732 | 80.88% | 135 | 14.92% | 38 | 4.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 597 | 65.97% | 905 |
Henrico County | 1,052 | 65.55% | 416 | 25.92% | 132 | 8.22% | 5 | 0.31% | 636 | 39.63% | 1,605 |
Henry County | 1,097 | 64.64% | 565 | 33.29% | 35 | 2.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 532 | 31.35% | 1,697 |
Highland County | 508 | 52.26% | 454 | 46.71% | 10 | 1.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 54 | 5.56% | 972 |
Isle of Wight County | 631 | 76.30% | 190 | 22.97% | 6 | 0.73% | 0 | 0.00% | 441 | 53.33% | 827 |
James City County | 173 | 72.08% | 54 | 22.50% | 13 | 5.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 119 | 49.58% | 240 |
King and Queen County | 314 | 69.47% | 134 | 29.65% | 4 | 0.88% | 0 | 0.00% | 180 | 39.82% | 452 |
King George County | 280 | 55.67% | 206 | 40.95% | 16 | 3.18% | 1 | 0.20% | 74 | 14.71% | 503 |
King William County | 372 | 69.79% | 148 | 27.77% | 13 | 2.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 224 | 42.03% | 533 |
Lancaster County | 564 | 84.43% | 90 | 13.47% | 14 | 2.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 474 | 70.96% | 668 |
Lee County | 2,376 | 48.04% | 2,456 | 49.66% | 112 | 2.26% | 2 | 0.04% | -80 | -1.62% | 4,946 |
Loudoun County | 1,794 | 88.33% | 152 | 7.48% | 82 | 4.04% | 3 | 0.15% | 1,642 | 80.85% | 2,031 |
Louisa County | 707 | 67.59% | 282 | 26.96% | 57 | 5.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 425 | 40.63% | 1,046 |
Lunenburg County | 686 | 66.22% | 130 | 12.55% | 219 | 21.14% | 1 | 0.10% | 467[b] | 45.08% | 1,036 |
Madison County | 589 | 60.66% | 347 | 35.74% | 35 | 3.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 242 | 24.92% | 971 |
Mathews County | 678 | 76.78% | 195 | 22.08% | 10 | 1.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 483 | 54.70% | 883 |
Mecklenburg County | 1,649 | 84.30% | 286 | 14.62% | 20 | 1.02% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,363 | 69.68% | 1,956 |
Middlesex County | 438 | 83.75% | 78 | 14.91% | 7 | 1.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 360 | 68.83% | 523 |
Montgomery County | 1,142 | 52.65% | 964 | 44.44% | 63 | 2.90% | 0 | 0.00% | 178 | 8.21% | 2,169 |
Nansemond County | 539 | 82.67% | 99 | 15.18% | 13 | 1.99% | 1 | 0.15% | 440 | 67.48% | 652 |
Nelson County | 1,042 | 72.82% | 350 | 24.46% | 36 | 2.52% | 3 | 0.21% | 692 | 48.36% | 1,431 |
New Kent County | 178 | 63.80% | 86 | 30.82% | 15 | 5.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 92 | 32.97% | 279 |
Norfolk County | 1,000 | 73.05% | 289 | 21.11% | 77 | 5.62% | 3 | 0.22% | 711 | 51.94% | 1,369 |
Northampton County | 941 | 81.19% | 180 | 15.53% | 38 | 3.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 761 | 65.66% | 1,159 |
Northumberland County | 589 | 80.80% | 130 | 17.83% | 10 | 1.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 459 | 62.96% | 729 |
Nottoway County | 840 | 72.35% | 181 | 15.59% | 140 | 12.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 659 | 56.76% | 1,161 |
Orange County | 834 | 78.09% | 181 | 16.95% | 53 | 4.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 653 | 61.14% | 1,068 |
Page County | 1,015 | 49.34% | 885 | 43.02% | 155 | 7.54% | 2 | 0.10% | 130 | 6.32% | 2,057 |
Patrick County | 1,138 | 58.90% | 783 | 40.53% | 11 | 0.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 355 | 18.37% | 1,932 |
Pittsylvania County | 2,563 | 72.08% | 880 | 24.75% | 113 | 3.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,683 | 47.33% | 3,556 |
Powhatan County | 247 | 67.12% | 110 | 29.89% | 11 | 2.99% | 0 | 0.00% | 137 | 37.23% | 368 |
Prince Edward County | 714 | 82.73% | 140 | 16.22% | 9 | 1.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 574 | 66.51% | 863 |
Prince George County | 279 | 73.23% | 90 | 23.62% | 12 | 3.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 189 | 49.61% | 381 |
Prince William County | 847 | 72.39% | 269 | 22.99% | 52 | 4.44% | 2 | 0.17% | 578 | 49.40% | 1,170 |
Princess Anne County | 690 | 80.42% | 137 | 15.97% | 31 | 3.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 553 | 64.45% | 858 |
Pulaski County | 1,767 | 53.84% | 1,422 | 43.33% | 90 | 2.74% | 3 | 0.09% | 345 | 10.51% | 3,282 |
Rappahannock County | 395 | 78.22% | 89 | 17.62% | 21 | 4.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 306 | 60.59% | 505 |
Richmond County | 340 | 72.19% | 125 | 26.54% | 6 | 1.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 215 | 45.65% | 471 |
Roanoke County | 1,078 | 57.04% | 695 | 36.77% | 115 | 6.08% | 2 | 0.11% | 383 | 20.26% | 1,890 |
Rockbridge County | 1,394 | 65.38% | 680 | 31.89% | 58 | 2.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 714 | 33.49% | 2,132 |
Rockingham County | 2,041 | 49.38% | 1,982 | 47.96% | 100 | 2.42% | 10 | 0.24% | 59 | 1.43% | 4,133 |
Russell County | 2,554 | 57.03% | 1,848 | 41.27% | 73 | 1.63% | 3 | 0.07% | 706 | 15.77% | 4,478 |
Scott County | 2,177 | 44.32% | 2,666 | 54.28% | 67 | 1.36% | 2 | 0.04% | -489 | -9.96% | 4,912 |
Shenandoah County | 2,186 | 48.18% | 2,214 | 48.80% | 134 | 2.95% | 3 | 0.07% | -28 | -0.62% | 4,537 |
Smyth County | 1,907 | 45.71% | 2,232 | 53.50% | 31 | 0.74% | 2 | 0.05% | -325 | -7.79% | 4,172 |
Southampton County | 1,119 | 79.70% | 203 | 14.46% | 82 | 5.84% | 0 | 0.00% | 916 | 65.24% | 1,404 |
Spotsylvania County | 448 | 60.87% | 255 | 34.65% | 32 | 4.35% | 1 | 0.14% | 193 | 26.22% | 736 |
Stafford County | 450 | 48.44% | 433 | 46.61% | 43 | 4.63% | 3 | 0.32% | 17 | 1.83% | 929 |
Surry County | 388 | 77.29% | 72 | 14.34% | 42 | 8.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 316 | 62.95% | 502 |
Sussex County | 607 | 81.26% | 132 | 17.67% | 8 | 1.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 475 | 63.59% | 747 |
Tazewell County | 2,568 | 46.89% | 2,631 | 48.04% | 272 | 4.97% | 6 | 0.11% | -63 | -1.15% | 5,477 |
Warren County | 699 | 78.72% | 150 | 16.89% | 38 | 4.28% | 1 | 0.11% | 549 | 61.82% | 888 |
Warwick County | 248 | 76.78% | 58 | 17.96% | 16 | 4.95% | 1 | 0.31% | 190 | 58.82% | 323 |
Washington County | 3,083 | 51.20% | 2,848 | 47.30% | 83 | 1.38% | 7 | 0.12% | 235 | 3.90% | 6,021 |
Westmoreland County | 484 | 73.89% | 157 | 23.97% | 14 | 2.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 327 | 49.92% | 655 |
Wise County | 4,157 | 50.55% | 3,322 | 40.39% | 736 | 8.95% | 9 | 0.11% | 835 | 10.15% | 8,224 |
Wythe County | 1,899 | 48.12% | 1,996 | 50.58% | 49 | 1.24% | 2 | 0.05% | -97 | -2.46% | 3,946 |
York County | 305 | 77.22% | 75 | 18.99% | 15 | 3.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 230 | 58.23% | 395 |
Alexandria City | 1,136 | 57.96% | 556 | 28.37% | 266 | 13.57% | 2 | 0.10% | 580 | 29.59% | 1,960 |
Bristol City | 1,036 | 68.79% | 440 | 29.22% | 29 | 1.93% | 1 | 0.07% | 596 | 39.58% | 1,506 |
Buena Vista City | 235 | 59.95% | 149 | 38.01% | 8 | 2.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 86 | 21.94% | 392 |
Charlottesville City | 831 | 71.64% | 218 | 18.79% | 108 | 9.31% | 3 | 0.26% | 613 | 52.84% | 1,160 |
Clifton Forge City | 447 | 46.90% | 225 | 23.61% | 281 | 29.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 166[b] | 17.42% | 953 |
Danville City | 1,577 | 70.37% | 473 | 21.11% | 187 | 8.34% | 4 | 0.18% | 1,104 | 49.26% | 2,241 |
Fredericksburg City | 558 | 68.97% | 223 | 27.56% | 27 | 3.34% | 1 | 0.12% | 335 | 41.41% | 809 |
Hampton City | 471 | 76.59% | 129 | 20.98% | 15 | 2.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 342 | 55.61% | 615 |
Harrisonburg City | 624 | 49.13% | 631 | 49.69% | 15 | 1.18% | 0 | 0.00% | -7 | -0.55% | 1,270 |
Hopewell City | 277 | 56.42% | 206 | 41.96% | 8 | 1.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 71 | 14.46% | 491 |
Lynchburg City | 2,086 | 74.08% | 602 | 21.38% | 128 | 4.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,484 | 52.70% | 2,816 |
Newport News City | 1,574 | 56.56% | 917 | 32.95% | 289 | 10.38% | 3 | 0.11% | 657 | 23.61% | 2,783 |
Norfolk City | 5,061 | 63.87% | 2,447 | 30.88% | 411 | 5.19% | 5 | 0.06% | 2,614 | 32.99% | 7,924 |
Petersburg City | 1,331 | 83.45% | 228 | 14.29% | 32 | 2.01% | 4 | 0.25% | 1,103 | 69.15% | 1,595 |
Portsmouth City | 2,206 | 64.26% | 624 | 18.18% | 595 | 17.33% | 8 | 0.23% | 1,582 | 46.08% | 3,433 |
Radford City | 394 | 48.82% | 314 | 38.91% | 99 | 12.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 80 | 9.91% | 807 |
Richmond City | 9,904 | 73.79% | 2,600 | 19.37% | 907 | 6.76% | 10 | 0.07% | 7,304 | 54.42% | 13,421 |
Roanoke City | 3,930 | 61.07% | 1,747 | 27.15% | 755 | 11.73% | 3 | 0.05% | 2,183 | 33.92% | 6,435 |
South Norfolk City | 281 | 64.01% | 134 | 30.52% | 24 | 5.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 147 | 33.49% | 439 |
Staunton City | 1,022 | 63.52% | 549 | 34.12% | 38 | 2.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 473 | 29.40% | 1,609 |
Suffolk City | 557 | 73.29% | 179 | 23.55% | 24 | 3.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 378 | 49.74% | 760 |
Williamsburg City | 196 | 85.96% | 31 | 13.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.44% | 165 | 72.37% | 228 |
Winchester City | 820 | 65.18% | 420 | 33.39% | 18 | 1.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 400 | 31.80% | 1,258 |
Totals | 139,717 | 62.48% | 73,328 | 32.79% | 10,369 | 4.64% | 189 | 0.08% | 66,389 | 29.69% | 223,603 |
Notes
- ^ This excludes Louisiana where La Follette was not on the ballot at all, though he received an undocumented number of votes as a write-in candidate.
- ^ a b In this county or city where La Follette ran second ahead of Coolidge, the margin given is that between Davis and La Follette
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