1924 United States presidential election in Indiana

none June 2025 January 2025 1924 United States presidential election in Indiana Indiana presidential no 1920 United States presidential election in Indiana 1920 1928 United States presidential election in Indiana 1928 November 4, 1924 70.7%Madison 1986 330 0.3 pp 160x160px Calvin Coolidge cph.3g10777 crop.jpg Calvin Coolidge Republican Party (United States) Massachusetts Charles G. Dawes 15 703,042 55.25% John William Davis.jpg John W. Davis Democratic Party (United States) West Virginia Charles W. Bryan 0 492,245 38.69% Robert La Follette Sr crop.jpg Robert M. La Follette Progressive Party (United States, 1924–1927) Wisconsin Burton K. Wheeler 0 71,700 5.64% 1924 United States presidential election in Indiana results map by county.svg 180px County results Coolidge #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% Davis #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% President Calvin Coolidge Republican Party (United States) Calvin Coolidge Republican Party (United States) A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 4, 1924, as part of the 1924 United States presidential election. The Republican ticket of the incumbent president of the United States Calvin Coolidge and the director of the Bureau of the Budget Charles G. Dawes defeated the Democratic ticket of the former U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom John W. Davis and the governor of Nebraska Charles W. Bryan. The Progressive ticket of the senior U.S. senator from Wisconsin Robert M. La Follette and the junior U.S. senator from Montana Burton K. Wheeler finished a distant third. Coolidge defeated Davis and La Follette in the national election with 382 electoral votes.Petersen 1963 86 The Indiana Ku Klux Klan was the subject of major controversy and played an active role in the campaign. The Klan had intervened successfully in the state's Republican primary and dominated the Republican state convention, which nominated a slate of candidates endorsed by Grand Dragon D. C. Stephenson.Moore 1991 184, 186–87 Coolidge attempted to distanced himself from the Klan by campaigning separately from the state Republican candidates,Madison 2016 66 but was endorsed by the Fiery Cross, the official publication of the Klan in Indiana.McVeigh 2009 187 Davis and the state Democratic ticket denounced the Klan and campaigned for votes from African-Americans, who were a traditionally Republican constituency; prominent Black community leaders formed the Independent Voters League to encourage Black Hoosiers to abandon the Republican Party.Giffin 1983 153, 141 Despite his lukewarm response to the Klan's outreach, regression analysis indicates Coolidge received the overwhelming support of Indiana Klansmen, including those who had previously supported Democrats. Klansmen were 10 percent more likely to support La Follette than the general population, despite his poor showing in the state,Moore 1991 102 while Davis polled between 70 and 80 percent of the Black vote in Indianapolis.Giffin 1983 158 Primary elections Republican Party 1920 Republican Party presidential primaries Indiana Republican primary, May 6, 1924Congressional Quarterly 1985 395 Calvin Coolidge Republican Party (United States) 310,618 54.29 Hiram Johnson Republican Party (United States) 261,566 45.71 572,184 100.00 Democratic Party 1924 Democratic Party presidential primaries No candidates filed to run in the Indiana Democratic primary, and consequently no primary election was held.Congressional Quarterly 1985 395n7 General election Results Indiana chose 15 electors on a statewide general ticket. State law required voters to elect each member of the Electoral College individually, rather than as a group.Spencer Tennant Lesh 1924 54 This sometimes resulted in small differences in the number of votes cast for electors pledged to the same presidential candidate, if some voters did not vote for all the electors nominated by a party.Petersen 1963 vii The following table quotes the official returns published by the secretary of state of Indiana, which list the votes for the first elector on each ticket.Indiana 1925 48–49 1924 United States presidential election in IndianaIndiana 1925 48–49 Calvin CoolidgeCharles G. Dawes Republican Party (United States) 703,042 55.25 0.11 John W. DavisCharles W. Bryan Democratic Party (United States) 492,245 38.69 1.80 Robert M. La FolletteBurton K. Wheeler Progressive Party (United States, 1924–1927) 71,700 5.64 5.64 Herman P. FarisMarie C. Brehm Prohibition Party 4,416 0.35 0.72 William Z. FosterBenjamin Gitlow Workers Party of America 987 0.08 0.08 1,272,390 100.00 Results by county + 1924 United States presidential election in Indiana by countyIndiana 1925 48–49 County Calvin CoolidgeRepublican John W. DavisDemocratic Robert M. La FolletteProgressive Herman P. FarisProhibition William Z. FosterWorkers Margin Total Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %Adams3,33041.34%4,30053.38%3914.85%330.41%10.01% -970 -12.04%8,055Allen25,20754.12%17,24437.03%3,8898.35%1250.27%1080.23%7,96317.10%46,573Bartholomew6,60656.62%4,76040.80%2722.33%300.26%00.00%1,84615.82%11,668Benton3,25058.14%2,10437.64%2163.86%190.34%10.02%1,14620.50%5,590Blackford3,55351.10%3,09444.50%2643.80%400.58%20.03%4596.60%6,953Boone6,25652.57%5,46645.93%1561.31%180.15%40.03%7906.64%11,900Brown75636.93%1,22960.04%472.30%140.68%10.05% -473 -23.11%2,047Carroll4,54353.52%3,66043.11%2542.99%310.37%10.01%88310.40%8,489Cass9,93955.89%5,27629.67%2,48013.95%430.24%450.25%4,66326.22%17,783Clark5,94451.70%5,21845.38%3152.74%210.18%00.00%7266.31%11,498Clay5,95548.86%5,34943.88%8436.92%420.34%00.00%6064.97%12,189Clinton7,46953.88%6,07043.79%2611.88%570.41%50.04%1,39910.09%13,862Crawford1,91743.08%2,38453.57%1232.76%260.58%00.00% -467 -10.49%4,450Daviess6,42751.42%5,55844.46%4883.90%250.20%20.02%8696.95%12,500Dearborn4,58848.11%4,33045.41%5826.10%350.37%10.01%2582.71%9,536Decatur4,90752.94%4,09244.15%2462.65%220.24%20.02%8158.79%9,269DeKalb6,09354.63%4,13337.05%8727.82%560.50%00.00%1,96017.57%11,154Delaware14,41161.74%7,83033.55%7673.29%2991.28%330.14%6,58128.20%23,340Dubois2,70830.53%5,65163.71%5045.68%50.06%20.02% -2,943 -33.18%8,870Elkhart13,09664.50%4,72923.29%2,34311.54%1230.61%130.06%8,36741.21%20,304Fayette5,28462.16%2,94034.58%2442.87%310.36%20.02%2,34427.57%8,501Floyd6,73346.50%6,97148.15%7385.10%290.20%80.06% -238 -1.64%14,479Fountain4,79651.28%4,28245.78%2492.66%180.19%80.09%5145.50%9,353Franklin3,29644.43%3,91552.78%1902.56%150.20%20.03% -619 -8.34%7,418Fulton4,32955.53%3,24441.61%1922.46%210.27%100.13%1,08513.92%7,796Gibson7,10049.62%6,14942.98%9936.94%610.43%50.03%9516.65%14,308Grant11,17355.10%7,08634.95%1,8849.29%1200.59%130.06%4,08720.16%20,276Greene6,67045.93%5,96641.09%1,83212.62%530.36%00.00%7044.85%14,521Hamilton7,46364.91%3,78532.92%1921.67%580.50%00.00%3,67831.99%11,498Hancock4,06347.27%4,36450.77%1131.31%540.63%10.01% -301 -3.50%8,595Harrison3,89648.31%4,00549.67%1471.82%160.20%00.00% -109 -1.35%8,064Hendricks5,76661.02%3,48936.92%1681.78%230.24%30.03%2,27724.10%9,449Henry8,80060.85%5,37637.18%2051.42%720.50%80.06%3,42423.68%14,461Howard10,43860.05%5,45131.36%1,3787.93%1160.67%00.00%4,98728.69%17,383Huntington7,43751.42%5,50638.07%1,44610.00%700.48%30.02%1,93113.35%14,462Jackson4,18741.63%5,33253.02%5065.03%310.31%10.01% -1,145 -11.39%10,057Jasper3,67964.36%1,74430.51%2814.92%120.21%00.00%1,93533.85%5,716Jay5,75352.83%4,81244.19%2692.47%530.49%30.03%9418.64%10,890Jefferson5,19255.50%3,91441.84%2212.36%250.27%30.03%1,27813.66%9,355Jennings3,50654.41%2,73042.36%1842.86%220.34%20.03%77612.04%6,444Johnson4,95450.77%4,69948.16%900.92%130.13%10.01%2552.61%9,757Knox8,49344.31%8,60344.88%1,98610.36%570.30%290.15% -110 -0.57%19,168Kosciusko6,81958.33%4,38437.50%4193.58%640.55%40.03%2,43520.83%11,690LaGrange3,08163.34%1,56632.20%2034.17%130.27%10.02%1,51531.15%4,864Lake30,99064.61%10,91822.76%5,82212.14%1500.31%880.18%20,07241.84%47,968LaPorte11,59761.22%5,21427.52%2,07810.97%290.15%250.13%6,38333.70%18,943Lawrence7,43860.70%4,41436.02%3763.07%240.20%20.02%3,02424.68%12,254Madison18,44757.64%12,06137.69%1,2824.01%1870.58%260.08%6,38619.95%32,003Marion95,13559.13%59,49836.98%5,8423.63%2300.14%1750.11%35,63722.15%160,880Marshall5,35453.22%4,27742.51%3773.75%490.49%30.03%1,07710.71%10,060Martin2,47046.77%2,66950.54%1342.54%70.13%10.02% -199 -3.77%5,281Miami6,79651.49%4,97637.70%1,33510.11%650.49%270.20%1,82013.79%13,199Monroe6,24755.22%4,68941.45%3483.08%240.21%40.04%1,55813.77%11,312Montgomery8,36658.52%5,70839.93%1861.30%310.22%40.03%2,65818.59%14,295Morgan5,32855.58%4,04242.17%1841.92%310.32%10.01%1,28613.42%9,586Newton2,70560.37%1,52333.99%2405.36%120.27%10.02%1,18226.38%4,481Noble5,79355.72%4,16340.04%3983.83%350.34%80.08%1,63015.68%10,397Ohio98946.98%1,05850.26%442.09%140.67%00.00% -69 -3.28%2,105Orange4,53856.04%3,37441.66%1611.99%230.28%20.02%1,16414.37%8,098Owen2,62747.41%2,67048.19%2254.06%180.32%10.02% -43 -0.78%5,541Parke4,87759.12%2,89835.13%4155.03%350.42%240.29%1,97923.99%8,249Perry3,24044.30%3,89553.25%1702.32%90.12%00.00% -655 -8.96%7,314Pike3,88548.78%3,60445.25%4425.55%220.28%120.15%2813.53%7,965Porter5,61367.76%1,64019.80%1,00912.18%220.27%00.00%3,97347.96%8,284Posey4,17348.82%4,11548.14%2272.66%290.34%40.05%580.68%8,548Pulaski2,72555.03%1,95339.44%2535.11%120.24%90.18%77215.59%4,952Putnam4,93049.14%4,75947.44%3263.25%160.16%10.01%1711.70%10,032Randolph7,39764.10%3,76832.65%2622.27%1080.94%40.03%3,62931.45%11,539Ripley4,69449.02%4,25744.45%6056.32%180.19%20.02%4374.56%9,576Rush5,95862.58%3,41535.87%1101.16%360.38%20.02%2,54326.71%9,521Scott1,53244.59%1,82453.08%641.86%150.44%10.03% -292 -8.50%3,436Shelby6,66451.52%5,97646.20%2281.76%670.52%10.01%6885.32%12,936Spencer4,39548.59%4,40948.75%2112.33%200.22%100.11% -14 -0.15%9,045St. Joseph23,68257.65%15,05636.65%2,2025.36%1080.26%340.08%8,62621.00%41,082Starke2,32953.00%1,55535.39%50111.40%80.18%10.02%77417.61%4,394Steuben4,04668.52%1,61027.27%2163.66%320.54%10.02%2,43641.25%5,905Sullivan5,13942.64%5,21343.25%1,61013.36%710.59%200.17% -74 -0.61%12,053Switzerland2,34648.29%2,41449.69%731.50%250.51%00.00% -68 -1.40%4,858Tippecanoe12,16158.40%7,61936.59%9764.69%560.27%110.05%4,54221.81%20,823Tipton4,18351.33%3,66044.91%2613.20%460.56%00.00%5236.42%8,150Union1,90758.77%1,28439.57%401.23%130.40%10.03%62319.20%3,245Vanderburgh25,90755.29%17,18636.68%3,6407.77%790.17%440.09%8,72118.61%46,856Vermillion4,48949.14%2,77930.42%1,80019.70%430.47%240.26%1,71018.72%9,135Vigo19,54552.74%12,99935.08%4,32011.66%1460.39%490.13%6,54617.66%37,059Wabash7,27760.44%4,05433.67%6105.07%890.74%100.08%3,22326.77%12,040Warren3,03569.66%1,15026.39%1593.65%120.28%10.02%1,88543.26%4,357Warrick4,43751.49%3,79744.06%3433.98%190.22%210.24%6407.43%8,617Washington3,47946.37%3,94252.55%640.85%160.21%10.01% -463 -6.17%7,502Wayne11,48759.75%6,21132.31%1,4457.52%810.42%10.01%5,27627.44%19,225Wells3,93244.92%4,53751.83%2102.40%730.83%20.02% -605 -6.91%8,754White4,47556.36%3,13839.52%3053.84%220.28%00.00%1,33716.84%7,940Whitley4,42054.84%3,48443.23%1281.59%280.35%00.00%93611.61%8,060TOTAL 703,042 55.25% 492,245 38.69% 71,700 5.64% 4,416 0.35% 987 0.08% 210,797 16.57% 1,272,390 See also United States presidential elections in Indiana Notes References Bibliography Congressional Quarterly Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections 2nd 1985 Congressional Quarterly Washington D.C. 978-0-87187-339-2 https://archive.org/details/congressionalqua0000unse Giffin William W. The Political Realignment of Black Voters in Indianapolis, 1924 Indiana Magazine of History June 1983 79 2 158 27790698 https://www.jstor.org/stable/27790698 Indiana Year Book of the State of Indiana for the Year 1924 1925 Legislative Reference Bureau Indianapolis https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015053633486&seq=1 Madison James H. Indiana through Tradition and Change: A History of the Hoosier State and Its People, 1920–1945 2016 Indiana Historical Society Indianapolis https://www.google.com/books/edition/Indiana_Through_Tradition_and_Change/9-AlDQAAQBAJ Madison James H. The Indiana Way: A State History 1986 Indiana University Press Bloomington https://archive.org/details/indianawaystate00madi McVeigh Rory The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan: Right-Wing Movements and National Politics 2009 University of Minnesota Press Minneapolis https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Rise_of_the_Ku_Klux_Klan/VKerOfTH5hkC Moore Leonard J. Citizen Klansmen: The Ku Klux Klan in Indiana, 1921–1928 1991 University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill https://archive.org/details/citizenklansmenk0000moor Petersen Svend A Statistical History of the American Presidential Elections 1963 Frederick Ungar Publishing Company New York 62-21786 https://archive.org/details/statisticalhisto00pete Spencer William W. Tennant Maurice E. Lesh Ulysses S. Election Laws of Indiana [...] 1924 State Board of Election Commissioners Indianapolis https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.30000047489145&seq=1 expanded President Indiana 1924