1924 United States presidential election in Wisconsin
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The 1924 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 4, 1924 as part of the 1924 United States presidential election. State voters chose 13 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The beginning of the 1910s would see a minor Democratic revival as many La Follette progressives endorsed
At the same time, the Republican Party both at the state and national levels was severely divided between an ascendant conservative faction and a progressive faction, whose leader was Wisconsin's own veteran senator
The conservatism of the major-party nominees made La Follette mount a third-party challenge, which he had planned even beforehand.[12] Wisconsin's Senator 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.[13] La Follette also proposed major judicial reforms including amendments allowing congress to override judicial review and to re-enact laws declared unconstitutional.[14] La Follette also called for election of federal judges for ten-year terms.[15]
At the beginning of the campaign in July, La Follette listed nine states as "in" for him, including Wisconsin.
La Follette carried 62 of Wisconsin's 72 counties, with Coolidge gaining majorities only in the heavily Yankee and pro-establishment counties bordering Illinois, in Pepin County on the western border, and in Marinette and Florence Counties bordering Michigan. As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last time a third-party presidential candidate has carried a state outside the former Confederacy.[a] This was the first presidential election in which a Republican won the White House without carrying Wisconsin, a feat which would only occur 3 more times (in 1988, 2000, and 2004)
Results
1924 United States presidential election in Wisconsin[20] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Independent | Robert M. La Follette | 453,678 | 53.96% | 13 | |
Republican | Calvin Coolidge (incumbent) | 311,614 | 37.06% | 0 | |
Democratic | John W. Davis | 68,115 | 8.10% | 0 | |
Independent | William Z. Foster | 3,773 | 0.45% | 0 | |
Prohibition | Herman Faris
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2,918 | 0.35% | 0 | |
Independent | Frank Tetes Johns
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458 | 0.05% | 0 | |
Independent | William J. Wallace | 270 | 0.03% | 0 | |
Totals | 840,826 | 100.00% | 13 |
Results by county
County | John Calvin Coolidge Republican |
John William Davis Democratic |
Robert Marion La Follette, Sr. Independent |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin[b] | Total votes cast | |||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 779 | 28.99% | 173 | 6.44% | 1,724 | 64.16% | 11 | 0.41% | -945 | -35.17% | 2,687 |
Ashland | 2,272 | 32.44% | 449 | 6.41% | 4,204 | 60.02% | 79 | 1.13% | -1,932 | -27.58% | 7,004 |
Barron | 2,703 | 29.44% | 377 | 4.11% | 6,010 | 65.47% | 90 | 0.98% | -3,307 | -36.02% | 9,180 |
Bayfield | 1,675 | 36.41% | 205 | 4.46% | 2,601 | 56.54% | 119 | 2.59% | -926 | -20.13% | 4,600 |
Brown | 7,611 | 37.90% | 2,328 | 11.59% | 10,024 | 49.92% | 117 | 0.58% | -2,413 | -12.02% | 20,080 |
Buffalo | 1,324 | 33.05% | 176 | 4.39% | 2,474 | 61.76% | 32 | 0.80% | -1,150 | -28.71% | 4,006 |
Burnett | 958 | 30.34% | 76 | 2.41% | 2,088 | 66.12% | 36 | 1.14% | -1,130 | -35.78% | 3,158 |
Calumet | 938 | 18.59% | 569 | 11.28% | 3,503 | 69.42% | 36 | 0.71% | -2,565 | -50.83% | 5,046 |
Chippewa | 5,135 | 41.72% | 560 | 4.55% | 6,517 | 52.95% | 96 | 0.78% | -1,382 | -11.23% | 12,308 |
Clark | 3,130 | 31.27% | 552 | 5.51% | 6,208 | 62.02% | 120 | 1.20% | -3,078 | -30.75% | 10,010 |
Columbia | 4,724 | 40.41% | 907 | 7.76% | 5,968 | 51.05% | 91 | 0.78% | -1,244 | -10.64% | 11,690 |
Crawford | 1,687 | 29.82% | 936 | 16.54% | 2,977 | 52.62% | 58 | 1.03% | -1,290 | -22.80% | 5,658 |
Dane | 12,280 | 31.32% | 2,081 | 5.31% | 24,595 | 62.73% | 252 | 0.64% | -12,315 | -31.41% | 39,208 |
Dodge | 5,167 | 30.45% | 2,019 | 11.90% | 9,610 | 56.63% | 175 | 1.03% | -4,443 | -26.18% | 16,971 |
Door | 1,891 | 38.56% | 235 | 4.79% | 2,715 | 55.36% | 63 | 1.28% | -824 | -16.80% | 4,904 |
Douglas | 5,887 | 39.14% | 638 | 4.24% | 8,255 | 54.89% | 259 | 1.72% | -2,368 | -15.75% | 15,039 |
Dunn | 3,177 | 40.13% | 284 | 3.59% | 4,385 | 55.39% | 70 | 0.88% | -1,208 | -15.26% | 7,916 |
Eau Claire | 5,149 | 46.46% | 629 | 5.68% | 5,222 | 47.12% | 83 | 0.75% | -73 | -0.66% | 11,083 |
Florence | 594 | 50.21% | 49 | 4.14% | 523 | 44.21% | 17 | 1.44% | 71 | 6.00% | 1,183 |
Fond du Lac | 8,516 | 41.62% | 2,222 | 10.86% | 9,576 | 46.80% | 146 | 0.71% | -1,060 | -5.18% | 20,460 |
Forest | 1,104 | 40.74% | 299 | 11.03% | 1,259 | 46.46% | 48 | 1.77% | -155 | -5.72% | 2,710 |
Grant | 5,714 | 40.33% | 1,518 | 10.71% | 6,825 | 48.17% | 112 | 0.79% | -1,111 | -7.84% | 14,169 |
Green | 2,922 | 35.07% | 423 | 5.08% | 4,885 | 58.64% | 101 | 1.21% | -1,963 | -23.56% | 8,331 |
Green Lake | 1,988 | 37.45% | 1,090 | 20.53% | 2,187 | 41.19% | 44 | 0.83% | -199 | -3.75% | 5,309 |
Iowa | 3,291 | 40.07% | 689 | 8.39% | 4,133 | 50.32% | 100 | 1.22% | -842 | -10.25% | 8,213 |
Iron | 1,058 | 40.17% | 84 | 3.19% | 1,400 | 53.15% | 92 | 3.49% | -342 | -12.98% | 2,634 |
Jackson | 1,662 | 32.24% | 255 | 4.95% | 3,167 | 61.44% | 71 | 1.38% | -1,505 | -29.19% | 5,155 |
Jefferson | 4,250 | 31.22% | 1,374 | 10.09% | 7,885 | 57.93% | 102 | 0.75% | -3,635 | -26.71% | 13,611 |
Juneau | 1,917 | 31.10% | 403 | 6.54% | 3,785 | 61.40% | 59 | 0.96% | -1,868 | -30.30% | 6,164 |
Kenosha | 10,341 | 55.45% | 1,517 | 8.13% | 6,695 | 35.90% | 96 | 0.51% | 3,646 | 19.55% | 18,649 |
Kewaunee | 1,018 | 23.90% | 395 | 9.27% | 2,804 | 65.82% | 43 | 1.01% | -1,786 | -41.92% | 4,260 |
La Crosse | 5,733 | 32.49% | 1,252 | 7.09% | 10,543 | 59.74% | 119 | 0.67% | -4,810 | -27.26% | 17,647 |
Lafayette | 2,671 | 34.69% | 1,265 | 16.43% | 3,681 | 47.81% | 82 | 1.07% | -1,010 | -13.12% | 7,699 |
Langlade | 2,572 | 35.98% | 926 | 12.95% | 3,578 | 50.05% | 73 | 1.02% | -1,006 | -14.07% | 7,149 |
Lincoln | 1,857 | 26.84% | 503 | 7.27% | 4,465 | 64.54% | 93 | 1.34% | -2,608 | -37.70% | 6,918 |
Manitowoc | 4,828 | 29.54% | 1,599 | 9.78% | 9,814 | 60.04% | 104 | 0.64% | -4,986 | -30.50% | 16,345 |
Marathon | 5,577 | 29.22% | 1,109 | 5.81% | 12,193 | 63.88% | 209 | 1.09% | -6,616 | -34.66% | 19,088 |
Marinette | 4,911 | 54.68% | 571 | 6.36% | 3,411 | 37.98% | 88 | 0.98% | 1,500 | 16.70% | 8,981 |
Marquette | 1,109 | 31.19% | 587 | 16.51% | 1,820 | 51.18% | 40 | 1.12% | -711 | -19.99% | 3,556 |
Milwaukee | 50,730 | 34.27% | 14,510 | 9.80% | 81,697 | 55.19% | 1,092 | 0.74% | -30,967 | -20.92% | 148,029 |
Monroe | 2,661 | 26.70% | 428 | 4.30% | 6,747 | 67.71% | 129 | 1.29% | -4,086 | -41.00% | 9,965 |
Oconto | 2,562 | 33.12% | 602 | 7.78% | 4,506 | 58.25% | 65 | 0.84% | -1,944 | -25.13% | 7,735 |
Oneida | 1,769 | 33.07% | 324 | 6.06% | 3,196 | 59.74% | 61 | 1.14% | -1,427 | -26.67% | 5,350 |
Outagamie | 6,426 | 35.39% | 1,255 | 6.91% | 10,357 | 57.03% | 122 | 0.67% | -3,931 | -21.65% | 18,160 |
Ozaukee | 1,015 | 20.71% | 592 | 12.08% | 3,264 | 66.61% | 29 | 0.59% | -2,249 | -45.90% | 4,900 |
Pepin | 1,226 | 55.88% | 206 | 9.39% | 737 | 33.59% | 25 | 1.14% | 489 | 22.29% | 2,194 |
Pierce | 2,788 | 40.97% | 298 | 4.38% | 3,661 | 53.80% | 58 | 0.85% | -873 | -12.83% | 6,805 |
Polk | 2,793 | 37.57% | 317 | 4.26% | 4,251 | 57.18% | 73 | 0.98% | -1,458 | -19.61% | 7,434 |
Portage | 2,854 | 27.76% | 2,010 | 19.55% | 5,347 | 52.01% | 69 | 0.67% | -2,493 | -24.25% | 10,280 |
Price | 1,754 | 32.81% | 323 | 6.04% | 3,151 | 58.94% | 118 | 2.21% | -1,397 | -26.13% | 5,346 |
Racine | 13,040 | 50.21% | 1,463 | 5.63% | 11,298 | 43.51% | 168 | 0.65% | 1,742 | 6.71% | 25,969 |
Richland | 2,669 | 42.11% | 898 | 14.17% | 2,660 | 41.97% | 111 | 1.75% | 9 | 0.14% | 6,338 |
Rock | 14,815 | 60.92% | 1,453 | 5.97% | 7,923 | 32.58% | 129 | 0.53% | 6,892 | 28.34% | 24,320 |
Rusk | 1,932 | 39.11% | 272 | 5.51% | 2,677 | 54.19% | 59 | 1.19% | -745 | -15.08% | 4,940 |
St. Croix | 3,600 | 39.68% | 718 | 7.91% | 4,693 | 51.72% | 62 | 0.68% | -1,093 | -12.05% | 9,073 |
Sauk | 3,935 | 35.60% | 555 | 5.02% | 6,400 | 57.91% | 162 | 1.47% | -2,465 | -22.30% | 11,052 |
Sawyer | 990 | 37.53% | 135 | 5.12% | 1,487 | 56.37% | 26 | 0.99% | -497 | -18.84% | 2,638 |
Shawano | 2,063 | 23.01% | 471 | 5.25% | 6,337 | 70.69% | 94 | 1.05% | -4,274 | -47.67% | 8,965 |
Sheboygan | 6,974 | 34.56% | 1,350 | 6.69% | 11,714 | 58.04% | 143 | 0.71% | -4,740 | -23.49% | 20,181 |
Taylor | 1,389 | 29.49% | 185 | 3.93% | 3,079 | 65.37% | 57 | 1.21% | -1,690 | -35.88% | 4,710 |
Trempealeau | 2,083 | 31.26% | 373 | 5.60% | 4,148 | 62.24% | 60 | 0.90% | -2,065 | -30.99% | 6,664 |
Vernon | 2,670 | 30.41% | 406 | 4.62% | 5,599 | 63.78% | 104 | 1.18% | -2,929 | -33.36% | 8,779 |
Vilas | 873 | 42.11% | 119 | 5.74% | 1,038 | 50.07% | 43 | 2.07% | -165 | -7.96% | 2,073 |
Walworth | 7,484 | 57.22% | 1,162 | 8.88% | 4,335 | 33.14% | 99 | 0.76% | 3,149 | 24.07% | 13,080 |
Washburn | 1,422 | 38.91% | 158 | 4.32% | 2,043 | 55.90% | 32 | 0.88% | -621 | -16.99% | 3,655 |
Washington | 1,987 | 24.44% | 980 | 12.05% | 5,081 | 62.49% | 83 | 1.02% | -3,094 | -38.05% | 8,131 |
Waukesha | 7,026 | 45.45% | 1,965 | 12.71% | 6,348 | 41.06% | 120 | 0.78% | 678 | 4.39% | 15,459 |
Waupaca | 3,654 | 33.89% | 665 | 6.17% | 6,395 | 59.32% | 67 | 0.62% | -2,741 | -25.42% | 10,781 |
Waushara | 1,602 | 35.43% | 249 | 5.51% | 2,606 | 57.63% | 65 | 1.44% | -1,004 | -22.20% | 4,522 |
Winnebago | 11,239 | 48.70% | 1,801 | 7.80% | 9,891 | 42.86% | 147 | 0.64% | 1,348 | 5.84% | 23,078 |
Wood | 3,469 | 30.32% | 548 | 4.79% | 7,303 | 63.83% | 122 | 1.07% | -3,834 | -33.51% | 11,442 |
Totals | 311,614 | 37.06% | 68,115 | 8.10% | 453,678 | 53.96% | 7,419 | 0.88% | -142,064 | -16.90% | 840,826 |
See also
Notes
- their disenfranchisement, third-party "states' rights" candidates carried four Confederate states in 1948, two in 1960 and five in 1968.
- ^ Because La Follette carried Wisconsin, and Coolidge was the top major party candidate in the state and in every county, all margins given are Coolidge vote minus La Follette vote and all percentage margins Coolidge percentage minus La Follette percentage.
References
- ISBN 0-313-21379-8
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- ^ Leary, William M. (jr.); 'Woodrow Wilson, Irish Americans, and the Election of 1916'; The Journal of American History, Vol. 54, No. 1 (June 1967), pp. 57-72
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- ^ Moore, John A.; 'The Original Supply Siders: Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge'; The Independent Review, Vol. 18, No. 4 (Spring 2014), pp. 597-618
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- ^ Richardson; Others, pp. 182-183
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- ^ 'La Follette's Managers Claiming Nine States'; The Ridgway News (Ridgway, Illinois), July 24, 1924, p. 1
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- ^ 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.
- ^ "1924 Presidential General Election Results – Wisconsin". Retrieved August 18, 2016.
- ^ "Summary Vote for Presidential Electors, November 4, 1924". Wisconsin Blue Book. State Printing Board. 1925. pp. 506–517.