United States presidential election in Montana, 1924
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The 1924 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 4, 1924. Voters chose 4 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Montana voted for the Republican nominee, President Calvin Coolidge, over the liberal third-party candidate Robert La Follette who ran locally as a "La Follette-Wheeler Independent" and the Democratic nominee, former United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom John W. Davis. Coolidge won Montana by a margin of 4.59 percent.
Coolidge was credited for the booming economy while the Democratic electorate was divided between the conservative Davis and the liberal third-party candidate Robert La Follette who ran as a Progressive and chose Montana Senator Burton K. Wheeler as his running mate. As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last election in which Deer Lodge County voted for a Republican Presidential candidate.[1]
With 37.91% of the popular vote, Montana would prove to be La Follette's fourth strongest state in the 1924 election in terms of popular vote percentage after Wisconsin, North Dakota and Minnesota[2].
Results
United States presidential election in Montana, 1924[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | Calvin Coolidge | 74,138 | 42.50% | 4 | |
La Follette-Wheeler Independent[lower-alpha 1] | Robert M. La Follette, Sr. | 66,123 | 37.91% | 0 | |
Democratic | John W. Davis | 33,805 | 19.38% | 0 | |
Communist | William Z. Foster | 357 | 0.20% | 0 | |
Totals | 174,425 | 100.00% | 4 |
Results by county
John Calvin Coolidge Republican |
John William Davis Democratic |
Robert M. La Follette, Sr.[4] La Follette-Wheeler Independent |
William Z. Foster Communist |
Margin[lower-alpha 2] | Total votes cast[5] | ||||||
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County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # |
Beaverhead | 1,386 | 50.55% | 766 | 27.94% | 587 | 21.41% | 3 | 0.11% | 620[lower-alpha 3] | 22.61% | 2,742 |
Big Horn | 1,082 | 57.74% | 327 | 17.45% | 465 | 24.81% | 0 | 0.00% | 617 | 32.92% | 1,874 |
Blaine | 827 | 45.74% | 337 | 18.64% | 642 | 35.51% | 2 | 0.11% | 185 | 10.23% | 1,808 |
Broadwater | 531 | 37.71% | 486 | 34.52% | 390 | 27.70% | 1 | 0.07% | 45[lower-alpha 3] | 3.20% | 1,408 |
Carbon | 1,891 | 44.33% | 698 | 16.36% | 1,648 | 38.63% | 29 | 0.68% | 243 | 5.70% | 4,266 |
Carter | 669 | 54.17% | 283 | 22.91% | 283 | 22.91% | 0 | 0.00% | 386 | 31.26% | 1,235 |
Cascade | 5,081 | 43.41% | 2,220 | 18.96% | 4,373 | 37.36% | 32 | 0.27% | 708 | 6.05% | 11,706 |
Chouteau | 1,347 | 46.15% | 706 | 24.19% | 857 | 29.36% | 9 | 0.31% | 490 | 16.79% | 2,919 |
Custer | 1,654 | 43.78% | 412 | 10.91% | 1,707 | 45.18% | 5 | 0.13% | -53 | -1.40% | 3,778 |
Daniels | 505 | 35.19% | 185 | 12.89% | 740 | 51.57% | 5 | 0.35% | -235 | -16.38% | 1,435 |
Dawson | 1,326 | 50.63% | 346 | 13.21% | 941 | 35.93% | 6 | 0.23% | 385 | 14.70% | 2,619 |
Deer Lodge | 1,937 | 35.43% | 1,611 | 29.47% | 1,918 | 35.08% | 1 | 0.02% | 19 | 0.35% | 5,467 |
Fallon | 731 | 55.63% | 220 | 16.74% | 363 | 27.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 368 | 28.01% | 1,314 |
Fergus | 2,942 | 38.50% | 1,580 | 20.68% | 3,119 | 40.81% | 1 | 0.01% | -177 | -2.32% | 7,642 |
Flathead | 2,541 | 43.28% | 788 | 13.42% | 2,537 | 43.21% | 5 | 0.09% | 4 | 0.07% | 5,871 |
Gallatin | 2,494 | 44.35% | 1,564 | 27.81% | 1,564 | 27.81% | 1 | 0.02% | 930 | 16.54% | 5,623 |
Garfield | 876 | 50.55% | 355 | 20.48% | 502 | 28.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 374 | 21.58% | 1,733 |
Glacier | 586 | 41.68% | 511 | 36.34% | 309 | 21.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 75[lower-alpha 3] | 5.33% | 1,406 |
Golden Valley | 422 | 37.88% | 118 | 10.59% | 573 | 51.44% | 1 | 0.09% | -151 | -13.55% | 1,114 |
Granite | 582 | 43.47% | 353 | 26.36% | 402 | 30.02% | 2 | 0.15% | 180 | 13.44% | 1,339 |
Hill | 1,110 | 30.60% | 602 | 16.59% | 1,906 | 52.54% | 10 | 0.28% | -796 | -21.94% | 3,628 |
Jefferson | 648 | 36.49% | 434 | 24.44% | 689 | 38.80% | 5 | 0.28% | -41 | -2.31% | 1,776 |
Judith Basin | 888 | 41.34% | 480 | 22.35% | 763 | 35.52% | 17 | 0.79% | 125 | 5.82% | 2,148 |
Lake | 884 | 28.00% | 340 | 10.77% | 1,932 | 61.20% | 1 | 0.03% | -1,048 | -33.20% | 3,157 |
Lewis and Clark | 3,433 | 49.93% | 1,869 | 27.19% | 1,570 | 22.84% | 3 | 0.04% | 1,564[lower-alpha 3] | 22.75% | 6,875 |
Liberty | 239 | 33.71% | 141 | 19.89% | 329 | 46.40% | 0 | 0.00% | -90 | -12.69% | 709 |
Lincoln | 976 | 40.89% | 374 | 15.67% | 1,030 | 43.15% | 7 | 0.29% | -54 | -2.26% | 2,387 |
McCone | 494 | 38.18% | 143 | 11.05% | 651 | 50.31% | 6 | 0.46% | -157 | -12.13% | 1,294 |
Madison | 1,137 | 45.85% | 672 | 27.10% | 641 | 25.85% | 30 | 1.21% | 465[lower-alpha 3] | 18.75% | 2,480 |
Meagher | 624 | 59.60% | 257 | 24.55% | 166 | 15.85% | 0 | 0.00% | 367[lower-alpha 3] | 35.05% | 1,047 |
Mineral | 223 | 21.61% | 123 | 11.92% | 686 | 66.47% | 0 | 0.00% | -463 | -44.86% | 1,032 |
Missoula | 2,386 | 29.44% | 1,012 | 12.49% | 4,704 | 58.05% | 2 | 0.02% | -2,318 | -28.60% | 8,104 |
Musselshell | 1,488 | 45.55% | 247 | 7.56% | 1,512 | 46.28% | 20 | 0.61% | -24 | -0.73% | 3,267 |
Park | 2,199 | 50.70% | 688 | 15.86% | 1,447 | 33.36% | 3 | 0.07% | 752 | 17.34% | 4,337 |
Phillips | 1,236 | 46.69% | 473 | 17.87% | 935 | 35.32% | 3 | 0.11% | 301 | 11.37% | 2,647 |
Pondera | 764 | 37.67% | 414 | 20.41% | 849 | 41.86% | 1 | 0.05% | -85 | -4.19% | 2,028 |
Powder River | 480 | 48.68% | 123 | 12.47% | 380 | 38.54% | 3 | 0.30% | 100 | 10.14% | 986 |
Powell | 982 | 40.39% | 559 | 22.99% | 889 | 36.57% | 1 | 0.04% | 93 | 3.83% | 2,431 |
Prairie | 683 | 56.21% | 162 | 13.33% | 367 | 30.21% | 3 | 0.25% | 316 | 26.01% | 1,215 |
Ravalli | 1,311 | 37.79% | 562 | 16.20% | 1,594 | 45.95% | 2 | 0.06% | -283 | -8.16% | 3,469 |
Richland | 926 | 49.95% | 238 | 12.84% | 688 | 37.11% | 2 | 0.11% | 238 | 12.84% | 1,854 |
Roosevelt | 965 | 39.10% | 389 | 15.76% | 1,110 | 44.98% | 4 | 0.16% | -145 | -5.88% | 2,468 |
Rosebud | 1,115 | 49.12% | 259 | 11.41% | 893 | 39.34% | 3 | 0.13% | 222 | 9.78% | 2,270 |
Sanders | 588 | 28.65% | 188 | 9.16% | 1,275 | 62.13% | 1 | 0.05% | -687 | -33.48% | 2,052 |
Sheridan | 905 | 35.32% | 176 | 6.87% | 1,464 | 57.14% | 17 | 0.66% | -559 | -21.82% | 2,562 |
Silver Bow | 6,520 | 34.66% | 5,393 | 28.66% | 6,813 | 36.21% | 88 | 0.47% | -293 | -1.56% | 18,814 |
Stillwater | 1,412 | 59.88% | 375 | 15.90% | 567 | 24.05% | 4 | 0.17% | 845 | 35.84% | 2,358 |
Sweet Grass | 853 | 59.57% | 248 | 17.32% | 331 | 23.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 522 | 36.45% | 1,432 |
Teton | 775 | 40.36% | 396 | 20.63% | 746 | 38.85% | 3 | 0.16% | 29 | 1.51% | 1,920 |
Toole | 697 | 37.49% | 439 | 23.61% | 720 | 38.73% | 3 | 0.16% | -23 | -1.24% | 1,859 |
Treasure | 289 | 55.36% | 84 | 16.09% | 148 | 28.35% | 1 | 0.19% | 141 | 27.01% | 522 |
Valley | 1,555 | 51.10% | 497 | 16.33% | 986 | 32.40% | 5 | 0.16% | 569 | 18.70% | 3,043 |
Wheatland | 723 | 44.22% | 221 | 13.52% | 691 | 42.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 32 | 1.96% | 1,635 |
Wibaux | 505 | 56.93% | 189 | 21.31% | 191 | 21.53% | 2 | 0.23% | 314 | 35.40% | 887 |
Yellowstone | 4,715 | 55.91% | 1,172 | 13.90% | 2,541 | 30.13% | 5 | 0.06% | 2,174 | 25.78% | 8,433 |
Totals | 74,138 | 42.50% | 33,805 | 19.38% | 66,124 | 37.91% | 358 | 0.21% | 8,014 | 4.59% | 174,425 |
Notes
- 1 2 The Montana LaFollette vote was the fusion of Socialist, LaFollette-Wheeler Independent, and Farmer-Labor electors.
- ↑ Because La Follette finished ahead of Davis in Montana as a whole, all margins given are Coolidge minus La Follette unless stated in the total for the county in question.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 In this county where Davis did run second ahead of La Follette, margin given is Coolduege vote minus Davis vote and percentage margin Coolidge percentage minus Davis percentage.
References
- ↑ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ↑ "1924 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
- ↑ "1924 Presidential General Election Results – Montana". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
- ↑ Géoelections; Popular Vote for Robert LaFollette (xlsx file for €15)
- ↑ Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 256-261 ISBN 9780804716963