1924 United States presidential election in Kansas

none June 2025 September 2023 1924 United States presidential election in Kansas presidential no 1920 United States presidential election in Kansas 1920 1928 United States presidential election in Kansas 1928 November 4, 1924 x160px Calvin Coolidge cph.3g10777 crop.jpg Calvin Coolidge Republican Party (United States) Massachusetts Charles G. Dawes 10 407,671 61.54% John William Davis.jpg John W. Davis Democratic Party (United States) West Virginia Charles W. Bryan 0 156,319 23.60% Robert La Follette Sr crop.jpg Robert M. La Follette Independent politician Progressive Wisconsin Burton K. Wheeler 0 98,461 14.86% 1924 United States presidential election in Kansas results map by county.svg 310px County results Coolidge #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% President Calvin Coolidge Republican Party (United States) Calvin Coolidge Republican Party (United States) The 1924 United States presidential election in Kansas was held on November 4, 1924, as part of the 1924 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. A rapid recovery from the depression of 1920 and 1921, despite major Republican losses during the 1922 House electionsAyers Edward Gould Lewis Oshinsky David Soderlund Jean American Passages: A History of the United States, Volume II: Since 1865 677 0547166354 placed the Republican Party – who gained a record popular-vote majority in the 1920 election – in a secure position despite the death of President Warren G. Harding in 1923. Rises in wages and ebbing of discontent further solidified the GOP's hold on power. More critically, the Democratic Party was mortally divided between its rural Southern faction led by William Gibbs McAdoo and its white ethnic urban northeastern faction led by New York Governor Al Smith.Grantham Dewey The South in Modern America: A Region at Odds 106 1610753895 The revived Ku Klux Klan supported the rural faction and was in favor of Prohibition, whereas the white ethnic faction was firmly against the anti-Catholic Klan and opposed to Prohibition. A fierce debate ensued that saw a compromise candidate, former Congressman John W. Davis of West Virginia, nominated after one hundred and three ballots in hot summer weather at Madison Square Garden.Paulson Arthur C. Realignment and Party Revival: Understanding American Electoral Politics at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century 51 0275968650 Although West Virginia was a border state whose limited African-American population had not been disenfranchised as happened in all former Confederate States,Ranney Joseph A. In the Wake of Slavery: Civil War, Civil Rights, and the Reconstruction of Southern Law 141 0275989720 Davis did share the extreme social conservatism of Southern Democrats of his era. He supported poll taxes, opposed women's suffrage, and believed in strictly limited government with no expansion in nonmilitary fields.Prettyman Jr. E. Barnett Newman Roger K. The Yale Biographical Dictionary of American Law Davis, John W. 153-154 0300113005 The conservatism of Coolidge and Davis made it inevitable that aging Wisconsin maverick Robert M. La Follette would mount a third-party challenge – which La Follette had planned even before the Democratic Convention.Richardson Danny G. Others: "Fighting Bob" La Follette and the Progressive Movement: Third-Party Politics in the 1920s 180 0595481264 La Follette 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.Richardson Others 182-183 La Follette also proposed major judicial reforms including amendments allowing Congress to override judicial review and to re-enact laws declared unconstitutional.Moreno Paul D. The American State from the Civil War to the New Deal: The Twilight of Constitutionalism and the Triumph of Progressivism 205 1107067715 La Follette also called for the election of federal judges for ten-year terms.Parrish Michael E. Anxious Decades: America in Prosperity and Depression, 1920-1941 70-71 0393311341 Results Presidential CandidateRunning MatePartyElectoral Vote (EV)Popular Vote (PV)Calvin Coolidge of MassachusettsCharles G. DawesRepublican10https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1924&off=0&elect=0&fips=20&f=0 1924 Presidential General Election Results – Kansas Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas 25 October 2019407,67161.54%John W. DavisCharles W. BryanDemocratic0156,31923.60%Robert M. La FolletteBurton K. WheelerIndependent098,46114.86%Write-ins——030.00% Results by county 1924 United States presidential election in Kansas by countyScammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 165-166 0405077114CountyJohn Calvin CoolidgeRepublicanJohn William DavisDemocraticRobert Marion La Follette Sr.IndependentMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%#%Allen6,10169.94%2,18125.00%4415.06%3,92044.94%8,723Anderson3,10160.98%1,42127.94%56311.07%1,68033.04%5,085Atchison6,24663.83%2,19922.47%1,34113.70%4,04741.35%9,786Barber2,21858.25%90923.87%68117.88%1,30934.38%3,808Barton4,10956.49%1,60522.06%1,56021.45%2,50434.42%7,274Bourbon4,21048.96%2,85033.15%1,53817.89%1,36015.82%8,598Brown5,64768.94%1,86622.78%6788.28%3,78146.16%8,191Butler7,36757.93%3,64228.64%1,70713.42%3,72529.29%12,716Chase1,82262.61%75826.05%33011.34%1,06436.56%2,910Chautauqua2,43959.99%1,08726.73%54013.28%1,35233.25%4,066Cherokee5,43752.90%3,07129.88%1,77017.22%2,36623.02%10,278Cheyenne1,11950.38%48521.84%61727.78%502"FollettedDavis" In this county where La Follette ran second ahead of Davis, the margin given is that between Coolidge and La Follette and percentage margin Coolidge percentage minus La Follette percentage.22.60%2,221Clark96959.16%41025.03%25915.81%55934.13%1,638Clay3,76762.93%1,41723.67%80213.40%2,35039.26%5,986Cloud4,34262.57%1,23817.84%1,35919.58%2,983"FollettedDavis"42.99%6,939Coffey3,55262.47%1,63128.68%5038.85%1,92133.78%5,686Comanche1,04960.25%43224.81%26014.93%61735.44%1,741Cowley8,52958.51%3,16121.68%2,88719.81%5,36836.83%14,577Crawford9,06350.34%3,43319.07%5,50930.60%3,554"FollettedDavis"19.74%18,005Decatur1,62146.89%1,21835.23%61817.88%40311.66%3,457Dickinson6,17864.58%1,69017.67%1,69817.75%4,480"FollettedDavis"46.83%9,566Doniphan3,78972.78%1,07220.59%3456.63%2,71752.19%5,206Douglas8,05275.25%1,92217.96%7266.79%6,13057.29%10,700Edwards1,92966.98%54819.03%40313.99%1,38147.95%2,880Elk2,44364.26%1,10429.04%2556.71%1,33935.22%3,802Ellis1,76346.37%84222.15%1,19731.48%566"FollettedDavis"14.89%3,802Ellsworth2,28658.77%95024.42%65416.81%1,33634.34%3,890Finney1,75361.66%61421.60%47616.74%1,13940.06%2,843Ford3,44957.99%1,55126.08%94815.94%1,89831.91%5,948Franklin6,00867.05%2,32425.94%6287.01%3,68441.12%8,960Geary2,67866.34%72317.91%63615.75%1,95548.43%4,037Gove1,21167.77%40022.38%1769.85%81145.38%1,787Graham1,63153.78%62920.74%77325.49%858"FollettedDavis"28.29%3,033Grant45967.11%14821.64%7711.26%31145.47%684Gray95959.34%46328.65%19412.00%49630.69%1,616Greeley35764.21%7513.49%12422.30%233"FollettedDavis"41.91%556Greenwood4,18164.02%1,79427.47%5568.51%2,38736.55%6,531Hamilton61052.27%30726.31%25021.42%30325.96%1,167Harper2,28053.25%1,32130.85%68115.90%95922.40%4,282Harvey4,49958.96%1,74422.86%1,38718.18%2,75536.11%7,630Haskell49365.13%16722.06%9712.81%32643.06%757Hodgeman89960.66%36724.76%21614.57%53235.90%1,482Jackson4,39171.09%1,41922.97%3675.94%2,97248.11%6,177Jefferson4,42272.71%1,32021.70%3405.59%3,10251.00%6,082Jewell4,34264.83%1,86127.78%4957.39%2,48137.04%6,698Johnson6,10266.15%2,51927.31%6036.54%3,58338.84%9,224Kearny63557.57%19918.04%26924.39%366"FollettedDavis"33.18%1,103Kingman2,41654.33%1,07724.22%95421.45%1,33930.11%4,447Kiowa1,54170.08%49822.65%1607.28%1,04347.43%2,199Labette6,59355.25%2,97124.90%2,36919.85%3,62230.35%11,933Lane69359.08%28123.96%19916.97%41235.12%1,173Leavenworth9,42968.05%2,98221.52%1,44510.43%6,44746.53%13,856Lincoln2,27759.41%61516.04%94124.55%1,336"FollettedDavis"34.86%3,833Linn3,16157.91%1,68330.84%61411.25%1,47827.08%5,458Logan94263.86%28619.39%24716.75%65644.47%1,475Lyon6,29057.32%2,75025.06%1,93417.62%3,54032.26%10,974Marion4,00856.38%1,52021.38%1,58122.24%2,427"FollettedDavis"34.14%7,109Marshall5,80962.35%2,36925.43%1,13912.22%3,44036.92%9,317McPherson5,12865.99%1,53019.69%1,11314.32%3,59846.30%7,771Meade1,29066.94%47224.49%1658.56%81842.45%1,927Miami4,78861.76%1,99425.72%97112.52%2,79436.04%7,753Mitchell3,16159.79%1,47027.80%65612.41%1,69131.98%5,287Montgomery11,16065.02%4,17824.34%1,82510.63%6,98240.68%17,163Morris3,08964.70%1,04021.78%64513.51%2,04942.92%4,774Morton66955.02%28623.52%26121.46%38331.50%1,216Nemaha4,09660.24%1,84627.15%85712.60%2,25033.09%6,799Neosho5,10658.70%2,27426.14%1,31915.16%2,83232.56%8,699Ness1,62964.64%54121.47%35013.89%1,08843.17%2,520Norton2,77859.33%1,26126.93%64313.73%1,51732.40%4,682Osage4,95763.20%2,05026.14%83610.66%2,90737.06%7,843Osborne3,33371.55%90519.43%4209.02%2,42852.13%4,658Ottawa2,47560.25%85420.79%77918.96%1,62139.46%4,108Pawnee2,40762.54%1,11128.86%3318.60%1,29633.67%3,849Phillips2,64754.97%1,37628.58%79216.45%1,27126.40%4,815Pottawatomie4,34068.28%1,47123.14%5458.57%2,86945.14%6,356Pratt2,76257.36%1,20525.03%84817.61%1,55732.34%4,815Rawlins1,21345.79%74228.01%69426.20%47117.78%2,649Reno10,33965.23%3,67523.18%1,83711.59%6,66442.04%15,851Republic3,67159.96%1,61626.40%83513.64%2,05533.57%6,122Rice3,92068.53%1,30322.78%4978.69%2,61745.75%5,720Riley5,45570.03%1,64621.13%6898.84%3,80948.90%7,790Rooks2,44266.02%93025.14%3248.76%1,51240.88%3,699In this county there were three write-in votes for candidates not on the ballot.Rush1,78057.25%78725.31%54217.43%99331.94%3,109Russell2,63764.30%68716.75%77718.95%1,860"FollettedDavis"45.35%4,101Saline6,53462.20%1,96618.71%2,00519.09%4,529"FollettedDavis"43.11%10,505Scott73450.87%44530.84%26418.30%28920.03%1,443Sedgwick21,14457.23%8,71223.58%7,08719.18%12,43233.65%36,943Seward1,18452.00%67629.69%41718.31%50822.31%2,277Shawnee20,13272.21%5,09918.29%2,6479.49%15,03353.92%27,878Sheridan1,32059.11%54224.27%37116.61%77834.84%2,233Sherman1,12245.89%52821.60%79532.52%327"FollettedDavis"13.37%2,445Smith3,22657.23%1,63428.99%77713.78%1,59228.24%5,637Stafford3,10068.58%95721.17%46310.24%2,14347.41%4,520Stanton37962.44%15826.03%7011.53%22136.41%607Stevens91366.55%30222.01%15711.44%61144.53%1,372Sumner5,55254.93%2,55625.29%2,00019.79%2,99629.64%10,108Thomas1,43652.50%82230.05%47717.44%61422.45%2,735Trego1,12158.14%39920.70%40821.16%713"FollettedDavis"36.98%1,928Wabaunsee2,74265.90%63315.21%78618.89%1,956"FollettedDavis"47.01%4,161Wallace60353.70%17115.23%34931.08%254"FollettedDavis"22.62%1,123Washington4,12060.98%1,52822.62%1,10816.40%2,59238.37%6,756Wichita48262.68%14719.12%14018.21%33543.56%769Wilson4,59665.00%1,73624.55%73910.45%2,86040.45%7,071Woodson2,41263.17%1,02626.87%3809.95%1,38636.30%3,818Wyandotte23,88159.48%8,91322.20%7,35418.32%14,96837.28%40,148Totals407,67161.54%156,31923.60%98,46114.86%251,35237.94%662,455 Analysis Despite problems in the state's large agricultural sector, La Follette did not have the appeal in Kansas he had in more northerly areas of the Midwest, as isolationism was much weaker in this largely Anglo-Saxon Protestant state and Bryan-era pietist Democratic support struck a different cultural vein from La Follette's largely Catholic and Lutheran backers.Kevin Phillips (political commentator) Phillips Kevin P. The Emerging Republican Majority 420, 424 9780691163246 Unlike the Bryanites, La Follette's base strongly opposed the Ku Klux Klan, which was widely popular in Kansas, and was focused on farm cooperatives. Kansas was won decisively by the Republican Party candidate, incumbent President Calvin Coolidge with 61.54 percent of the popular vote. The Democratic Party candidate, John W. Davis, garnered only 23.60 percent of the popular vote. La Follette, listed as an “Independent” on the Kansas ballot was not as successful as in the more northern Plains States due to Kansas being largely devoid of the German- and Scandinavian-AmericansPhillips The Emerging Republican Majority 412-413 who were his primary support base.Rodney Stark Stark Rodney Christiano Kevin J. Support for the American Left, 1920-1924: The Opiate Thesis Reconsidered Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 31 1 March 1992 62-75 The Wisconsin Senator did not crack a third of the vote in any county, and Coolidge replicated Harding in 1920 and Theodore Roosevelt in 1904 by sweeping all 105 counties in Kansas. See also United States presidential elections in Kansas Notes References 1924 Kansas Category:1924 Kansas elections