United States presidential election in Washington (state), 1924

United States presidential election in Washington, 1924
November 4, 1924

 
Nominee Calvin Coolidge Robert M. La Follette John W. Davis
Party Republican Progressive Democratic
Home state Massachusetts Wisconsin West Virginia
Running mate Charles G. Dawes Burton K. Wheeler Charles W. Bryan
Electoral vote 7 0 0
Popular vote 220,224 150,727 42,842
Percentage 52.24% 35.76% 10.16%
President before election

Calvin Coolidge
Republican

 Elected President

Calvin Coolidge
Republican

The 1924 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 4, 1924. All contemporary forty-eight states took part, and Washington State's voters selected seven voters to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Rapid recovery of the economy from a sharp recession following World War I transformed the 1920s into a strongly Republican decade. Even the problematic issue of a farm depression had eased by the time of the election as prices recovered.[1] It was also widely thought that the Teapot Dome scandal could do nothing to revive the Democrats as they were well known to have equally severe problems therewith via the fact that recently deceased Woodrow Wilson had paid one hundred and fifty thousand dollars in legal fees to nomination frontrunner William McAdoo.[2]

The conservatism of Democratic nominee John W. Davis – the first presidential nominee since the Civil War from an antebellum slave state and the only one ever from West Virginia[3] – led those with more progressive views to desert the two major parties for the third-party candidacy of "Fighting Bob" La Follette. His campaign, based on improved labour laws, an end to US involvement in the politics of Latin America, and cheap credit for farmers, had major appeal in the West, and in Washington State La Follette won five of thirty-nine counties (including absolute majorities in the eastern counties of Franklin and Adams) and finished ahead of Davis in every county except far southeastern Garfield County and Columbia County.

Results

United States presidential election in Washington State, 1924[4]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Calvin Coolidge 220,224 52.24% 7
Progressive Robert M. La Follette 150,727 35.76% 0
Democratic John W. Davis 42,842 10.16% 0
American Party Gilbert Nations 5,911 1.42% 0
Socialist Labor Frank T. Johns 1,004 0.24% 0
Communist William Z. Foster 761 0.18% 0
Totals 3,263,939 100.0% 7

Results by county

County Coolidge# Coolidge% Davis# Davis% La Follette#[5] La Follette% Others#[lower-alpha 1] Others% Total votes cast[6]
Adams 760 37.51% 228 11.25% 1,036 51.14% 2 0.10% 2,026
Asotin 1,094 46.51% 508 21.60% 728 30.95% 22 0.94% 2,352
Benton 1,812 45.33% 437 10.93% 1,711 42.81% 37 0.93% 3,997
Chelan 4,543 55.56% 995 12.17% 2,584 31.60% 55 0.67% 8,177
Clallam 2,129 52.07% 283 6.92% 1,639 40.08% 38 0.93% 4,089
Clark 5,215 47.61% 2,004 18.29% 3,573 32.62% 162 1.48% 10,954
Columbia 1,122 52.11% 522 24.25% 492 22.85% 17 0.79% 2,153
Cowlitz 3,274 55.66% 927 15.76% 1,609 27.35% 72 1.22% 5,882
Douglas 1,070 42.19% 398 15.69% 1,053 41.52% 15 0.59% 2,536
Ferry 507 34.49% 349 23.74% 605 41.16% 9 0.61% 1,470
Franklin 709 31.15% 237 10.41% 1,301 57.16% 29 1.27% 2,276
Garfield 875 65.25% 324 24.16% 140 10.44% 2 0.15% 1,341
Grant 813 40.87% 332 16.69% 823 41.38% 21 1.06% 1,989
Grays Harbor 8,273 60.16% 1,239 9.01% 4,079 29.66% 160 1.16% 13,751
Island 832 46.25% 114 6.34% 830 46.14% 23 1.28% 1,799
Jefferson 913 51.79% 143 8.11% 692 39.25% 15 0.85% 1,763
King 60,438 53.51% 7,404 6.56% 41,146 36.43% 3,952 3.50% 112,940
Kitsap 3,954 45.19% 490 5.60% 4,215 48.17% 91 1.04% 8,750
Kittitas 2,360 47.22% 455 9.10% 2,112 42.26% 71 1.42% 4,998
Klickitat 1,482 52.72% 518 18.43% 790 28.10% 21 0.75% 2,811
Lewis 6,973 58.07% 1,544 12.86% 3,392 28.25% 98 0.82% 12,007
Lincoln 2,042 46.16% 743 16.79% 1,629 36.82% 10 0.23% 4,424
Mason 902 49.02% 179 9.73% 741 40.27% 18 0.98% 1,840
Okanogan 2,531 50.41% 721 14.36% 1,735 34.55% 34 0.68% 5,021
Pacific 2,672 64.57% 501 12.11% 930 22.47% 35 0.85% 4,138
Pend Oreille 1,025 51.05% 231 11.50% 749 37.30% 3 0.15% 2,008
Pierce 21,376 47.70% 4232 9.44% 18,467 41.20% 743 1.66% 44,818
San Juan 744 66.67% 86 7.71% 284 25.45% 2 0.18% 1,116
Skagit 5,071 47.95% 699 6.61% 4,714 44.57% 92 0.87% 10,576
Skamania 533 52.15% 207 20.25% 275 26.91% 7 0.68% 1,022
Snohomish 10,484 48.82% 1,548 7.21% 8,929 41.58% 512 2.38% 21,473
Spokane 23,403 49.30% 6,036 12.71% 17,824 37.55% 210 0.44% 47,473
Stevens 2,909 48.94% 685 11.52% 2,273 38.24% 77 1.30% 5,944
Thurston 5,125 57.77% 943 10.63% 2,710 30.55% 93 1.05% 8,871
Wahkiakum 496 60.49% 89 10.85% 228 27.80% 7 0.85% 820
Walla Walla 5,465 58.83% 1,662 17.89% 2,125 22.87% 38 0.41% 9,290
Whatcom 9,214 57.19% 927 5.75% 5,812 36.08% 157 0.97% 16,110
Whitman 4,960 52.12% 1,745 18.34% 2,787 29.29% 24 0.25% 9,516
Yakima 12,124 63.72% 2,157 11.34% 3,965 20.84% 782 4.11% 19,028
Totals220,22452.24%42,84210.16%150,72735.76%7,7561.84%421,549

References

  1. ↑ Roseboom, Eugene Holloway and Eckes, Alfred E.; A History of Presidential Elections, from George Washington to Jimmy Carter; pp. 151-158 ISBN 0020364202
  2. ↑ Yergin, Daniel; The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power; p. 198 ISBN 1439134839
  3. ↑ ‘What States do Presidents Come From?’
  4. ↑ "1924 Presidential Election Results - Washington". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  5. ↑ Géoelections; Popular Vote for Robert LaFollette (xlsx file for €15)
  6. ↑ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 488 ISBN 0405077114

Notes

  1. ↑ 5,911 votes for American Party Gilbert Nations, 761 for Communist William Foster and 1,004 for Frank Johns – division by county unavailable
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