1924 United States Senate election in Georgia

none March 2026 September 2023 1924 U.S. Senate Democratic primary in Georgia Georgia (U.S. state) 1920 Presidential no 1918 United States Senate election in Georgia 1918 1930 United States Senate election in Georgia 1930 September 10, 1924 x150px William J. Harris 380 Democratic Party (United States) 144,740 65.66% x150px Thomas W. Hardwick 32 Democratic Party (United States) 75,713 34.34% U.S. Senator William J. Harris Democratic Party (United States) William J. Harris Democratic Party (United States) The 1924 United States Senate election in Georgia took place on November 4, 1924. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator William J. Harris was re-elected to a second term in office. As was common at the time, the Democratic candidate ran with no opposition in the general election so therefore the Democratic primary was the real contest, and winning the primary was considered tantamount to election. Democratic primary The Democratic primary election was held on September 10, 1924. County unit system From 1917 until 1962, the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Georgia used a voting system called the county unit system to determine victors in statewide primary elections.http://www.georgiacca.com/unit.cfm County Unit System Georgia County Clerks Association June 8, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20080531162547/http://www.georgiacca.com/unit.cfm May 31, 2008 dead The system was ostensibly designed to function similarly to the Electoral College, but in practice the large ratio of unit votes for small, rural counties to unit votes for more populous urban areas provided outsized political influence to the smaller counties.http://testaae.greenwood.com/doc_print.aspx?fileID=GR4181&chapterID=GR4181-6373&path=encyclopedias/greenwood Eugene Talmadge The Jim Crow Encyclopedia The African-American Experience August 12, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20150123030046/http://testaae.greenwood.com/doc_print.aspx?fileID=GR4181&chapterID=GR4181-6373&path=encyclopedias%2Fgreenwood January 23, 2015 dead http://rbrl.blogspot.com/2011/10/county-unit-system-eh.html County Unit System, eh? October 6, 2011 Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies June 8, 2020 Under the county unit system, the 159 counties in Georgia were divided by population into three categories. The largest eight counties were classified as "Urban", the next-largest 30 counties were classified as "Town", and the remaining 121 counties were classified as "Rural". Urban counties were given 6 unit votes, Town counties were given 4 unit votes, and Rural counties were given 2 unit votes, for a total of 410 available unit votes. Each county's unit votes were awarded on a winner-take-all basis. Candidates were required to obtain a majority of unit votes (not necessarily a majority of the popular vote), or 206 total unit votes, to win the election. If no candidate received a majority in the initial primary, a runoff election was held between the top two candidates to determine a winner.http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/county-unit-system County Unit System Buchanan Scott June 13, 2017 New Georgia Encyclopedia June 8, 2020 Candidates Thomas W. Hardwick, former Governor, former U.S. Senator William J. Harris, incumbent U.S. Senator Results Democratic primary, 10 September 1924 Popular vote County unit vote William J. Harris 144740 380 Thomas W. Hardwick 75713 32 Guide to US Elections 2005 1376Georgia Register 1925 172-175 General election Results 1924 United States Senate election in GeorgiaGuide to US Elections 2005 1328https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=253542 GA US Senate, 1924 Our Campaigns October 4, 2022 http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1924election.pdf Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1924 Clerk.house.gov September 1, 2019Georgia Register 1925 240-241 Democratic Party (US) William J. Harris (Incumbent) 155,497 100.00% Democratic Party (US) References Bibliography Guide to US Elections, Fifth Edition, Volume II CQ Press 2005 https://archive.org/details/guidetouselectio00cqpr/mode/2up 978-1-56802-981-8 October 4, 2022 registration Guide to US Elections 2005 Compiled by Ruth Blair 1925 Georgia's Official Register, 1925 http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/statreg-images/pdfs/1925.pdf Atlanta, GA State of Georgia, Department of Archives and History Georgia Register 1925 Category:Single-candidate United States Senate elections 1924 Georgia United States Senate