1924 United States presidential election in Kentucky

none June 2025 September 2023 1924 United States presidential election 1924 United States presidential election in Kentucky Kentucky Flag of Kentucky (1918-1963).svg presidential no 1920 United States presidential election in Kentucky 1920 1928 United States presidential election in Kentucky 1928 November 4, 1924 x200px Calvin Coolidge cph.3g10777 crop.jpg Calvin Coolidge Republican Party (United States) Massachusetts Charles G. Dawes 13 398,966 48.93% John William Davis.jpg John W. Davis Democratic Party (United States) West Virginia Charles W. Bryan 0 374,855 45.98% 380px 380px County results Coolidge #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% Davis #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% Tie #d4c4dc <50% President Calvin Coolidge Republican Party (United States) Calvin Coolidge Republican Party (United States) 1918 The 1924 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 4, 1924, as part of the 1924 United States presidential election. Voters chose thirteen representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Ever since the Civil War, Kentucky had been shaped politically by divisions created by that war between secessionist, Democratic counties and Unionist, Republican ones,Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 although the state as a whole leaned Democratic throughout this era and the GOP had carried the state only once – in 1896https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/compare.php?year=1924&fips=21&f=0&off=0&elect=0&type=state Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Kentucky – between 1856 and 1920.Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 350 978-0-691-16324-6 However, largely owing to loss of support for the Democratic Party in historically secessionist Northern Kentucky,Copeland, James E.; ‘Where Were the Kentucky Unionists and Secessionists’; The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, volume 71, no. 4 (October 1973), pp. 344-363 and to a general decline in Democratic support from the high levels seen in 1920,Harrison, Lowell Hayes; A New History of Kentucky, p. 352 9780813176307 due to female mobilization after the Nineteenth Amendment,See Bolin, Janes Duane; Bossism and Reform in a Southern City: Lexington, Kentucky, 1880-1940, pp. 82-83 9780813121505 Calvin Coolidge narrowly won Kentucky by 2.95 points against John W. Davis, winning all 13 electoral votes from the state.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1924&fips=21&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas 1924 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky Kentucky is the only state that Warren G. Harding lost in the 1920 presidential election, but Coolidge won in the 1924 presidential election. Results 1924 United States presidential election in Kentucky Calvin Coolidge (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 398,966 48.93% John W. Davis Democratic Party (United States) 374,855 45.98% Robert M. La Follette Progressive Party (United States, 1924–1927) 38,465 4.72% Frank Tetes Johns Socialist Labor Party of America 1,499 0.18% Gilbert Nations American Party (1924) 1,299 0.16% William Wallace Commonwealth Land Single Tax Party 248 0.03% 812,286 100% Results by county 1924 United States presidential election in KentuckyKentucky Secretary of State; General Election Held November 4th, 1924: Presidential Electors (Ledger) County John Calvin CoolidgeRepublican John William DavisDemocratic Robert Marion La Follette Sr.Progressive Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % Adair 2,757 53.40% 2,368 45.86% 30 0.58% 8 0.15% 389 7.53% 5,163 Allen 3,132 56.52% 2,373 42.83% 27 0.49% 9 0.16% 759 13.70% 5,541 Anderson 1,419 39.84% 2,089 58.65% 30 0.84% 24 0.67% -670 -18.81% 3,562 Ballard 767 19.18% 3,128 78.22% 81 2.03% 23 0.58% -2,361 -59.04% 3,999 Barren 3,488 43.48% 4,449 55.46% 73 0.91% 12 0.15% -961 -11.98% 8,022 Bath 1,723 44.90% 2,093 54.55% 20 0.52% 1 0.03% -370 -9.64% 3,837 Bell 5,371 68.02% 2,166 27.43% 333 4.22% 26 0.33% 3,205 40.59% 7,896 Boone 1,340 36.39% 2,204 59.86% 127 3.45% 11 0.30% -864 -23.47% 3,682 Bourbon 3,691 47.06% 4,034 51.43% 93 1.19% 25 0.32% -343 -4.37% 7,843 Boyd 6,062 55.55% 4,079 37.38% 660 6.05% 112 1.03% 1,983 18.17% 10,913 Boyle 2,673 43.00% 3,197 51.42% 293 4.71% 54 0.87% -524 -8.43% 6,217 Bracken 1,779 51.67% 1,485 43.13% 125 3.63% 54 1.57% 294 8.54% 3,443 Breathitt 1,708 37.59% 2,826 62.19% 10 0.22% 0 0.00% -1,118 -24.60% 4,544 Breckinridge 3,832 53.37% 3,230 44.99% 104 1.45% 14 0.19% 602 8.38% 7,180 Bullitt 946 33.04% 1,789 62.49% 125 4.37% 3 0.10% -843 -29.44% 2,863 Butler 2,644 68.18% 1,177 30.35% 32 0.83% 25 0.64% 1,467 37.83% 3,878 Caldwell 2,498 51.45% 2,183 44.96% 148 3.05% 26 0.54% 315 6.49% 4,855 Calloway 936 19.17% 3,790 77.63% 130 2.66% 26 0.53% -2,854 -58.46% 4,882 Campbell 12,329 49.44% 5,564 22.31% 6,882 27.60% 161 0.65% 5,447"FollettedDavis" In this county where La Follette ran second ahead of Davis, margin given is Coolidge vote minus La Follette vote and percentage margin Coolidge percentage minus La Follette percentage. 21.84% 24,936 Carlisle 467 16.93% 2,250 81.58% 29 1.05% 12 0.44% -1,783 -64.65% 2,758 Carroll 1,306 36.59% 2,243 62.85% 18 0.50% 2 0.06% -937 -26.25% 3,569 Carter 4,472 61.50% 2,552 35.10% 231 3.18% 16 0.22% 1,920 26.41% 7,271 Casey 3,120 63.03% 1,797 36.30% 31 0.63% 2 0.04% 1,323 26.73% 4,950 Christian 7,192 51.77% 6,585 47.40% 101 0.73% 14 0.10% 607 4.37% 13,892 Clark 2,703 40.78% 3,857 58.18% 44 0.66% 25 0.38% -1,154 -17.41% 6,629 Clay 3,613 74.08% 1,144 23.46% 108 2.21% 12 0.25% 2,469 50.63% 4,877 Clinton 2,069 78.70% 543 20.65% 11 0.42% 6 0.23% 1,526 58.04% 2,629 Crittenden 2,539 56.75% 1,869 41.77% 54 1.21% 12 0.27% 670 14.98% 4,474 Cumberland 2,143 69.60% 918 29.81% 18 0.58% 0 0.00% 1,225 39.79% 3,079 Daviess 7,270 46.67% 8,116 52.10% 161 1.03% 31 0.20% -846 -5.43% 15,578 Edmonson 2,062 63.54% 1,183 36.46% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 879 27.09% 3,245 Elliott 614 26.16% 1,702 72.52% 26 1.11% 5 0.21% -1,088 -46.36% 2,347 Estill 2,152 48.64% 2,052 46.38% 195 4.41% 25 0.57% 100 2.26% 4,424 Fayette 11,755 52.20% 10,433 46.33% 245 1.09% 86 0.38% 1,322 5.87% 22,519 Fleming 2,572 49.38% 2,590 49.72% 30 0.58% 17 0.33% -18 -0.35% 5,209 Floyd 3,773 44.02% 4,220 49.23% 562 6.56% 17 0.20% -447 -5.21% 8,572 Franklin 2,826 37.15% 4,678 61.50% 59 0.78% 43 0.57% -1,852 -24.35% 7,606 Fulton 902 20.96% 3,336 77.53% 56 1.30% 9 0.21% -2,434 -56.57% 4,303 Gallatin 750 42.13% 1,007 56.57% 22 1.24% 1 0.06% -257 -14.44% 1,780 Garrard 2,592 54.63% 2,126 44.81% 26 0.55% 1 0.02% 466 9.82% 4,745 Grant 1,404 39.45% 1,923 54.03% 208 5.84% 24 0.67% -519 -14.58% 3,559 Graves 2,279 23.22% 7,266 74.04% 247 2.52% 21 0.21% -4,987 -50.82% 9,813 Grayson 3,183 52.16% 2,858 46.84% 56 0.92% 5 0.08% 325 5.33% 6,102 Green 1,920 55.16% 1,548 44.47% 8 0.23% 5 0.14% 372 10.69% 3,481 Greenup 2,510 47.30% 1,932 36.41% 813 15.32% 51 0.96% 578 10.89% 5,306 Hancock 1,332 48.88% 1,323 48.55% 59 2.17% 11 0.40% 9 0.33% 2,725 Hardin 2,735 38.00% 4,296 59.68% 152 2.11% 15 0.21% -1,561 -21.69% 7,198 Harlan 9,634 72.94% 2,133 16.15% 1,263 9.56% 178 1.35% 7,501 56.79% 13,208 Harrison 2,165 34.98% 3,924 63.40% 87 1.41% 13 0.21% -1,759 -28.42% 6,189 Hart 2,736 48.08% 2,862 50.29% 83 1.46% 10 0.18% -126 -2.21% 5,691 Henderson 4,902 53.67% 4,046 44.30% 186 2.04% 0 0.00% 856 9.37% 9,134 Henry 1,918 33.86% 3,706 65.43% 30 0.53% 10 0.18% -1,788 -31.57% 5,664 Hickman 618 21.27% 2,270 78.14% 13 0.45% 4 0.14% -1,652 -56.87% 2,905 Hopkins 5,292 44.64% 5,864 49.47% 604 5.10% 94 0.79% -572 -4.83% 11,854 Jackson 2,629 87.96% 284 9.50% 75 2.51% 1 0.03% 2,345 78.45% 2,989 Jefferson 61,768 52.53% 50,409 42.87% 5,032 4.28% 377 0.32% 11,359 9.66% 117,586 Jessamine 2,144 45.00% 2,470 51.85% 25 0.52% 125 2.62% -326 -6.84% 4,764 Johnson 3,078 61.67% 1,480 29.65% 408 8.17% 25 0.50% 1,598 32.02% 4,991 Kenton 13,537 44.33% 7,948 26.03% 8,897 29.13% 157 0.51% 4,640"FollettedDavis" 15.19% 30,539 Knott 886 27.75% 2,286 71.59% 16 0.50% 5 0.16% -1,400 -43.85% 3,193 Knox 3,767 67.34% 1,537 27.48% 290 5.18% 0 0.00% 2,230 39.86% 5,594 Larue 1,372 40.42% 1,993 58.72% 25 0.74% 4 0.12% -621 -18.30% 3,394 Laurel 3,274 66.24% 1,451 29.35% 202 4.09% 16 0.32% 1,823 36.88% 4,943 Lawrence 2,547 50.16% 2,445 48.15% 73 1.44% 13 0.26% 102 2.01% 5,078 Lee 1,348 49.25% 1,348 49.25% 29 1.06% 12 0.44% 0 0.00% 2,737 Leslie 2,052 88.91% 223 9.66% 17 0.74% 16 0.69% 1,829 79.25% 2,308 Letcher 3,172 54.96% 1,912 33.13% 650 11.26% 37 0.64% 1,260 21.83% 5,771 Lewis 3,067 65.13% 1,447 30.73% 172 3.65% 23 0.49% 1,620 34.40% 4,709 Lincoln 2,935 46.67% 3,100 49.29% 240 3.82% 14 0.22% -165 -2.62% 6,289 Livingston 1,267 40.84% 1,768 57.00% 60 1.93% 7 0.23% -501 -16.15% 3,102 Logan 3,705 42.80% 4,772 55.13% 108 1.25% 71 0.82% -1,067 -12.33% 8,656 Lyon 993 36.33% 1,696 62.06% 38 1.39% 6 0.22% -703 -25.72% 2,733 Madison 5,276 51.26% 4,895 47.56% 90 0.87% 31 0.30% 381 3.70% 10,292 Magoffin 2,196 55.25% 1,757 44.20% 21 0.53% 1 0.03% 439 11.04% 3,975 Marion 1,975 38.53% 3,055 59.60% 94 1.83% 2 0.04% -1,080 -21.07% 5,126 Marshall 1,192 29.73% 2,752 68.63% 59 1.47% 7 0.17% -1,560 -38.90% 4,010 Martin 1,512 72.94% 364 17.56% 186 8.97% 11 0.53% 1,148 55.38% 2,073 Mason 3,406 48.28% 3,525 49.96% 108 1.53% 16 0.23% -119 -1.69% 7,055 McCracken 4,979 40.54% 6,028 49.08% 1,218 9.92% 56 0.46% -1,049 -8.54% 12,281 McCreary 2,317 74.98% 533 17.25% 234 7.57% 6 0.19% 1,784 57.73% 3,090 McLean 1,857 43.61% 2,284 53.64% 94 2.21% 23 0.54% -427 -10.03% 4,258 Meade 1,106 37.43% 1,802 60.98% 44 1.49% 3 0.10% -696 -23.55% 2,955 Menifee 450 33.48% 873 64.96% 7 0.52% 14 1.04% -423 -31.47% 1,344 Mercer 2,715 49.62% 2,698 49.31% 33 0.60% 26 0.48% 17 0.31% 5,472 Metcalfe 1,450 53.15% 1,262 46.26% 15 0.55% 1 0.04% 188 6.89% 2,728 Monroe 2,489 71.18% 970 27.74% 34 0.97% 4 0.11% 1,519 43.44% 3,497 Montgomery 1,956 44.92% 2,347 53.90% 27 0.62% 24 0.55% -391 -8.98% 4,354 Morgan 1,805 35.09% 3,311 64.37% 28 0.54% 0 0.00% -1,506 -29.28% 5,144 Muhlenberg 5,210 49.76% 4,379 41.82% 841 8.03% 41 0.39% 831 7.94% 10,471 Nelson 2,082 34.56% 3,863 64.13% 76 1.26% 3 0.05% -1,781 -29.57% 6,024 Nicholas 1,348 37.19% 2,235 61.66% 35 0.97% 7 0.19% -887 -24.47% 3,625 Ohio 4,267 50.65% 3,817 45.31% 294 3.49% 47 0.56% 450 5.34% 8,425 Oldham 906 31.30% 1,954 67.50% 35 1.21% 0 0.00% -1,048 -36.20% 2,895 Owen 913 22.24% 3,155 76.84% 36 0.88% 2 0.05% -2,242 -54.60% 4,106 Owsley 1,434 80.38% 323 18.11% 23 1.29% 4 0.22% 1,111 62.28% 1,784 Pendleton 2,148 49.71% 2,028 46.93% 141 3.26% 4 0.09% 120 2.78% 4,321 Perry 4,357 59.09% 2,658 36.05% 342 4.64% 17 0.23% 1,699 23.04% 7,374 Pike 7,059 52.13% 5,835 43.09% 574 4.24% 72 0.53% 1,224 9.04% 13,540 Powell 724 42.87% 939 55.60% 25 1.48% 1 0.06% -215 -12.73% 1,689 Pulaski 6,435 62.66% 3,158 30.75% 655 6.38% 21 0.20% 3,277 31.91% 10,269 Robertson 498 41.85% 680 57.14% 9 0.76% 3 0.25% -182 -15.29% 1,190 Rockcastle 2,712 66.24% 1,277 31.19% 105 2.56% 0 0.00% 1,435 35.05% 4,094 Rowan 1,326 53.60% 1,092 44.14% 53 2.14% 3 0.12% 234 9.46% 2,474 Russell 2,278 64.61% 1,224 34.71% 24 0.68% 0 0.00% 1,054 29.89% 3,526 Scott 2,334 37.60% 3,805 61.30% 38 0.61% 30 0.48% -1,471 -23.70% 6,207 Shelby 2,966 41.60% 4,092 57.39% 46 0.65% 26 0.36% -1,126 -15.79% 7,130 Simpson 1,294 32.08% 2,688 66.63% 48 1.19% 4 0.10% -1,394 -34.56% 4,034 Spencer 961 41.95% 1,320 57.62% 10 0.44% 0 0.00% -359 -15.67% 2,291 Taylor 2,267 52.09% 2,052 47.15% 19 0.44% 14 0.32% 215 4.94% 4,352 Todd 1,942 41.50% 2,679 57.24% 57 1.22% 2 0.04% -737 -15.75% 4,680 Trigg 2,130 44.36% 2,625 54.66% 32 0.67% 15 0.31% -495 -10.31% 4,802 Trimble 335 16.61% 1,676 83.09% 2 0.10% 4 0.20% -1,341 -66.48% 2,017 Union 1,778 32.05% 3,493 62.97% 242 4.36% 34 0.61% -1,715 -30.92% 5,547 Warren 5,634 44.12% 7,005 54.85% 106 0.83% 26 0.20% -1,371 -10.74% 12,771 Washington 2,286 50.39% 2,238 49.33% 10 0.22% 3 0.07% 48 1.06% 4,537 Wayne 2,436 54.31% 2,020 45.04% 25 0.56% 4 0.09% 416 9.28% 4,485 Webster 3,131 47.08% 3,449 51.86% 0 0.00% 71 1.07% -318 -4.78% 6,651 Whitley 4,716 68.38% 1,413 20.49% 730 10.58% 38 0.55% 3,303 47.89% 6,897 Wolfe 821 33.72% 1,597 65.59% 17 0.70% 0 0.00% -776 -31.87% 2,435 Woodford 2,091 45.69% 2,472 54.02% 7 0.15% 6 0.13% -381 -8.33% 4,576Totals398,96648.93%374,85545.98%38,4654.72%3,0460.37%24,1112.96%815,332 See also United States presidential elections in Kentucky Notes References 30em Kentucky 1924 Category:1924 Kentucky elections