1924 Indiana gubernatorial election

none related races 1924 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1924 Indiana gubernatorial election Indiana Presidential no 1920 Indiana gubernatorial election 1920 1928 Indiana gubernatorial election 1928 November 4, 1924 File:EdwardLJackson.jpg 150x150px Edward L. Jackson Republican Party (United States) 654,184 52.92% File:Carleton B. McCulloch LCCN2014717334.jpg Carleton B. McCulloch Democratic Party (United States) 572,303 46.29% File:1924 Indiana gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County results Jackson: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70%McCulloch: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% Governor Emmett Forest Branch Republican Party (United States) Edward L. Jackson Republican Party (United States) The 1924 Indiana gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1924, under the provisions of the Constitution of Indiana. It was the 31st gubernatorial election in the State of Indiana. Republican Edward L. Jackson defeated Democrat Carleton B. McCulloch. The election took place concurrently with the 1924 United States elections that saw Republicans hold the White House and increase their majorities in both houses of Congress. Warren T. McCray defeated McCulloch in the 1920 election. His tenure was marked by conflict with the Indiana Ku Klux Klan and Grand Dragon D. C. Stephenson, who grew the organization to be the largest voluntary association in the state by 1924. At Stephenson's behest, Jackson offered McCray a $10,000 bribe to appoint certain Klansmen to state offices. When McCray refused, the Klan exposed his corrupt business dealings. McCray was convicted of mail fraud and resigned the governorship on April 30, 1924, days before the Republican primary election in which he was not a candidate.Madison James H. The Ku Klux Klan in the Heartland 2020 Indiana University Press Bloomington 9780253052209 117 https://books.google.com/books?id=efv5DwAAQBAJ Emmett Forest Branch, who succeeded McCray upon his resignation, did not run for re-election. Jackson was the frontrunner to receive the Republican nomination and had the support of Stephenson and the Indiana Klan. His main opponent was Lewis Shank, the outgoing mayor of Indianapolis and one of the Klan's most outspoken Republican critics.Moore Leonard J. Citizen Klansmen: The Ku Klux Klan in Indiana, 1921-1928 1991 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill 0-8078-1981-6 153 https://archive.org/details/citizenklansmenk0000moor/page/158/mode/2up?q=mcculloch Jackson defeated Shank by a margin of more than two to one; the Klan celebrated his victory with a parade through downtown Indianapolis that drew as many as 100,000 onlookers.Madison, 117. Democrats were divided in their response to the Klan's rising influence. One faction led by state chairman Thomas Taggart sought to maintain a neutral position on the Klan, while Irish Catholics vocally and strenuously denounced the Klan's activities. McCulloch kept a studied silence through the primary campaign and finished with the most votes for any candidate, but less than the majority requisite for nomination. In the aftermath of the primary, McCulloch declared his opposition to the Klan. He was formally nominated by the Democratic State Convention on a platform condemning the Klan's divisive tactics in targeting racial, ethnic, and religious minorities.Moore, 158-59. Discussion of the Klan dominated the fall campaign. In a break with tradition, African Americans overwhelmingly supported the Democratic ticket.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 Stephenson and the Klan worked tirelessly on behalf of the state and national Republican candidates, alleging that a Democratic victory would usher in a Catholic theocracy and the end of white supremacy. Jackson campaigned on law and order, anti-corruption, and support for Prohibition, the last policy being strongly associated with Anti-Catholicism and nativism. Despite the mass defection of historically Republican Black voters, Jackson won the election, albeit with less than the majority for McCray in 1920, amidst a statewide sweep for the Klan's candidates. Jackson carried northern and central Indiana, including White and Hamilton counties where the Klan was strongest. At the same time McCulloch performed well in traditionally Democratic southern Indiana and carried Allen County, Indiana's second most populous. Primary elections Primary elections were held on May 6, 1924.https://books.google.com/books?id=nqAaAQAAMAAJ Guide to U.S. elections - CQ Press, Congressional Quarterly, inc 2005 CQ Press 9781568029818 2020-08-09 Republican primary Candidates Edward L. Jackson, Secretary of State of Indiana Samuel Lewis Shank, Mayor of Indianapolis Edward C. Toner Edgar D. Bush, former Lieutenant Governor under James P. Goodrich Ora D. Davis Elias W. Dulberger Results Republican primary results Edward L. Jackson Republican Party (United States) 227,785 55.12 Samuel Lewis Shank Republican Party (United States) 95,494 23.11 Edward C. Toner Republican Party (United States) 55,381 13.40 Edgar D. Bush Republican Party (United States) 22,531 5.45 Ora D. Davis Republican Party (United States) 9,210 2.23 Elias W. Dulberger Republican Party (United States) 2,821 0.68 413,222 100.00 General election Candidates Major party candidates Edward L. Jackson, Republican Carleton B. McCulloch, Democratic Other candidates Francis M. Wampler, Socialist Basil L. Allen, Prohibition Results 1924 Indiana gubernatorial electionhttps://books.google.com/books?id=9CZECwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1692 Guide to U.S. Elections 9781483380353 August 9, 2020 Kalb Deborah 24 December 2015 CQ Press Republican Party (United States) Edward L. Jackson 654,184 52.92% Democratic Party (United States) Carleton B. McCulloch 572,303 46.29% Socialist Party of America Francis M. Wampler 5,984 0.48% Prohibition Party Basil L. Allen 3,808 0.31% 81,881 Republican Party (United States) References 1924 Indiana Gubernatorial Category:November 1924 in the United States