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1924 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election
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1924 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election Illinois 1915 Presidential no 1920 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election 1920 1928 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election 1928 November 4, 1924 File:Fred E. Sterling - 3409861149 (3x4).jpg Fred E. Sterling Republican Party (United States) 1,502,517 66.71% File:3x4.svg Ferdinand A. Garesche Democratic Party (United States) 727,390 32.30% 150px Lieutenant Governor Fred E. Sterling Republican Party (United States) Fred E. Sterling Republican Party (United States)
The 1924 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1924. Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Fred E. Sterling won a landslide reelection.
Primary elections
Primary elections were held on April 8, 1924.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Michael H. Cleary, former State Senator and Democratic nominee for Illinois's at-large congressional district in 1918
Mark M. Duffy
Ferdinand A. Garesche, State Representative
Results
Democratic primary resultsIllinois Official Vote 1924 109-110
Ferdinand A. Garesche Democratic Party (United States) 122,996 47.16
Michael H. Cleary Democratic Party (United States) 73,657 28.24
Mark M. Duffy Democratic Party (United States) 64,144 24.60
206,797 100.00
Republican primary
Candidates
Charles F. Kramp
Lewis Rinaker, former State Representative
Fred E. Sterling, incumbent Lieutenant Governor
Results
Republican primary resultsIllinois Official Vote 1924 109-110
Fred E. Sterling (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 446,609 56.50
Lewis Rinaker Republican Party (United States) 260,988 33.01
Charles F. Kramp Republican Party (United States) 82,931 10.49
790,528 100.00
Socialist primary
Candidates
Tilden Bozarth, delegate to the 1924 Socialist Party National Convention Incomplete List of Delegates to the National Convention of the Socialist Party, Cleveland, July 6, 1924 https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/socialist-world/v05n06-jun-1924-Soc-World.pdf The Socialist World Chicago June 1924 5 6 12 5 April 2021
Results
Socialist primary resultsIllinois Official Vote 1924 109-110
Tilden Bozarth Socialist Party of America 902 100.00
902 100.00
General election
Candidates
Major candidates
Ferdinand A. Garesche, Democratic
Fred E. Sterling, Republican
Minor candidates
Tilden Bozarth, Socialist
Gustave A. Jennings, Socialist Labor, nominee for Governor in 1908 and for Lieutenant Governor in 1916
John Watt, Workers
John B. McElroy, Independent Republican
John B. Reilly, Commonwealth Land
Results
1924 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial electionIllinois Official Vote 1924 5
Republican Party (United States) Fred E. Sterling (incumbent) 1,502,517 66.71%
Democratic Party (United States) Ferdinand A. Garesche 727,390 32.30%
Socialist Party of America Tilden Bozarth 16,235 0.72%
Socialist Labor Party of America Gustave A. Jennings 2,426 0.11%
Workers Party of America John Watt 2,310 0.10%
Independent Republican (United States) John B. McElroy 826 0.04%
Commonwealth Land Party (United States) John B. Reilly 539 0.02%
Scattering 3 0.00%
775,127 34.41%
2,252,246 100.00%
Republican Party (United States)
See also
1924 Illinois gubernatorial election
References
Bibliography
Compiled by Louis L. Emmerson, Secretary of State Louis Lincoln Emmerson 1924 Official vote of the State of Illinois cast at the General Election, Nov. 4, 1924, &c., &c. https://archive.org/details/officialvoteofst01illi/page/n237/mode/2up Springfield, Illinois Illinois State Journal Co., State Printers Illinois Official Vote 1924
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