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1924 United States presidential election in Kansas

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The 1924 United States presidential election in Kansas was held on November 4, 1924, as part of the 1924 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1924 United States presidential election in Kansas
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Nominee Calvin Coolidge John W. Davis Robert M. La Follette
Party Republican Democratic Independent
Alliance Progressive
Home state Massachusetts West Virginia Wisconsin
Running mate Charles G. Dawes Charles W. Bryan Burton K. Wheeler
Electoral vote 10 0 0
Popular vote 407,671 156,319 98,461
Percentage 61.54% 23.60% 14.86%
County Results
Coolidge
  40-50%
  50-60%
  60-70%
  70-80%

President before election

Calvin Coolidge
Republican

Elected President

Calvin Coolidge
Republican

A rapid recovery from the depression of 1920 and 1921, despite major Republican losses during the 1922 House elections[1] placed the Republican Party – who gained a record popular-vote majority in the 1920 election – in a secure position despite the death of President Warren G. Harding in 1923. Rises in wages and ebbing of discontent further solidified the GOP's hold on power.[1] More critically, the Democratic Party was mortally divided between its rural Southern faction led by William Gibbs McAdoo and its white ethnic urban northeastern faction led by New York Governor Al Smith.[2] The revived Ku Klux Klan supported the rural faction and was in favor of Prohibition, whereas the white ethnic faction was firmly against the anti-Catholic Klan and opposed to Prohibition. A fierce debate ensued that saw a compromise candidate, former Congressman John W. Davis of West Virginia, nominated after one hundred and three ballots in hot summer weather at Madison Square Garden.[3] Although West Virginia was a border state whose limited African-American population had not been disenfranchised as happened in all former Confederate States,[4] Davis did share the extreme social conservatism of Southern Democrats of his era. He supported poll taxes, opposed women's suffrage, and believed in strictly limited government with no expansion in nonmilitary fields.[5]

The conservatism of Coolidge and Davis made it inevitable that aging Wisconsin maverick Robert M. La Follette would mount a third-party challenge – which La Follette had planned even before the Democratic Convention.[6] La Follette was formally nominated on July 4 by the "Conference for Progressive Political Action" and developed a platform dedicated to eliminating child labor and American interference in Latin American political affairs, along with a formal denunciation of the Ku Klux Klan.[7] La Follette also proposed major judicial reforms including amendments allowing Congress to override judicial review and to re-enact laws declared unconstitutional.[8] La Follette also called for the election of federal judges for ten-year terms.[9]

Results

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Presidential Candidate Running Mate Party Electoral Vote (EV) Popular Vote (PV)
Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts Charles G. Dawes Republican 10[10] 407,671 61.54%
John W. Davis Charles W. Bryan Democratic 0 156,319 23.60%
Robert M. La Follette Burton K. Wheeler Independent 0 98,461 14.86%
Write-ins — — 0 3 0.00%

Results by county

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1924 United States presidential election in Kansas by county[11]
County John Calvin Coolidge
Republican 		John William Davis
Democratic 		Robert Marion La Follette Sr.
Independent 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Allen 6,101 69.94% 2,181 25.00% 441 5.06% 3,920 44.94% 8,723
Anderson 3,101 60.98% 1,421 27.94% 563 11.07% 1,680 33.04% 5,085
Atchison 6,246 63.83% 2,199 22.47% 1,341 13.70% 4,047 41.35% 9,786
Barber 2,218 58.25% 909 23.87% 681 17.88% 1,309 34.38% 3,808
Barton 4,109 56.49% 1,605 22.06% 1,560 21.45% 2,504 34.42% 7,274
Bourbon 4,210 48.96% 2,850 33.15% 1,538 17.89% 1,360 15.82% 8,598
Brown 5,647 68.94% 1,866 22.78% 678 8.28% 3,781 46.16% 8,191
Butler 7,367 57.93% 3,642 28.64% 1,707 13.42% 3,725 29.29% 12,716
Chase 1,822 62.61% 758 26.05% 330 11.34% 1,064 36.56% 2,910
Chautauqua 2,439 59.99% 1,087 26.73% 540 13.28% 1,352 33.25% 4,066
Cherokee 5,437 52.90% 3,071 29.88% 1,770 17.22% 2,366 23.02% 10,278
Cheyenne 1,119 50.38% 485 21.84% 617 27.78% 502[a] 22.60% 2,221
Clark 969 59.16% 410 25.03% 259 15.81% 559 34.13% 1,638
Clay 3,767 62.93% 1,417 23.67% 802 13.40% 2,350 39.26% 5,986
Cloud 4,342 62.57% 1,238 17.84% 1,359 19.58% 2,983[a] 42.99% 6,939
Coffey 3,552 62.47% 1,631 28.68% 503 8.85% 1,921 33.78% 5,686
Comanche 1,049 60.25% 432 24.81% 260 14.93% 617 35.44% 1,741
Cowley 8,529 58.51% 3,161 21.68% 2,887 19.81% 5,368 36.83% 14,577
Crawford 9,063 50.34% 3,433 19.07% 5,509 30.60% 3,554[a] 19.74% 18,005
Decatur 1,621 46.89% 1,218 35.23% 618 17.88% 403 11.66% 3,457
Dickinson 6,178 64.58% 1,690 17.67% 1,698 17.75% 4,480[a] 46.83% 9,566
Doniphan 3,789 72.78% 1,072 20.59% 345 6.63% 2,717 52.19% 5,206
Douglas 8,052 75.25% 1,922 17.96% 726 6.79% 6,130 57.29% 10,700
Edwards 1,929 66.98% 548 19.03% 403 13.99% 1,381 47.95% 2,880
Elk 2,443 64.26% 1,104 29.04% 255 6.71% 1,339 35.22% 3,802
Ellis 1,763 46.37% 842 22.15% 1,197 31.48% 566[a] 14.89% 3,802
Ellsworth 2,286 58.77% 950 24.42% 654 16.81% 1,336 34.34% 3,890
Finney 1,753 61.66% 614 21.60% 476 16.74% 1,139 40.06% 2,843
Ford 3,449 57.99% 1,551 26.08% 948 15.94% 1,898 31.91% 5,948
Franklin 6,008 67.05% 2,324 25.94% 628 7.01% 3,684 41.12% 8,960
Geary 2,678 66.34% 723 17.91% 636 15.75% 1,955 48.43% 4,037
Gove 1,211 67.77% 400 22.38% 176 9.85% 811 45.38% 1,787
Graham 1,631 53.78% 629 20.74% 773 25.49% 858[a] 28.29% 3,033
Grant 459 67.11% 148 21.64% 77 11.26% 311 45.47% 684
Gray 959 59.34% 463 28.65% 194 12.00% 496 30.69% 1,616
Greeley 357 64.21% 75 13.49% 124 22.30% 233[a] 41.91% 556
Greenwood 4,181 64.02% 1,794 27.47% 556 8.51% 2,387 36.55% 6,531
Hamilton 610 52.27% 307 26.31% 250 21.42% 303 25.96% 1,167
Harper 2,280 53.25% 1,321 30.85% 681 15.90% 959 22.40% 4,282
Harvey 4,499 58.96% 1,744 22.86% 1,387 18.18% 2,755 36.11% 7,630
Haskell 493 65.13% 167 22.06% 97 12.81% 326 43.06% 757
Hodgeman 899 60.66% 367 24.76% 216 14.57% 532 35.90% 1,482
Jackson 4,391 71.09% 1,419 22.97% 367 5.94% 2,972 48.11% 6,177
Jefferson 4,422 72.71% 1,320 21.70% 340 5.59% 3,102 51.00% 6,082
Jewell 4,342 64.83% 1,861 27.78% 495 7.39% 2,481 37.04% 6,698
Johnson 6,102 66.15% 2,519 27.31% 603 6.54% 3,583 38.84% 9,224
Kearny 635 57.57% 199 18.04% 269 24.39% 366[a] 33.18% 1,103
Kingman 2,416 54.33% 1,077 24.22% 954 21.45% 1,339 30.11% 4,447
Kiowa 1,541 70.08% 498 22.65% 160 7.28% 1,043 47.43% 2,199
Labette 6,593 55.25% 2,971 24.90% 2,369 19.85% 3,622 30.35% 11,933
Lane 693 59.08% 281 23.96% 199 16.97% 412 35.12% 1,173
Leavenworth 9,429 68.05% 2,982 21.52% 1,445 10.43% 6,447 46.53% 13,856
Lincoln 2,277 59.41% 615 16.04% 941 24.55% 1,336[a] 34.86% 3,833
Linn 3,161 57.91% 1,683 30.84% 614 11.25% 1,478 27.08% 5,458
Logan 942 63.86% 286 19.39% 247 16.75% 656 44.47% 1,475
Lyon 6,290 57.32% 2,750 25.06% 1,934 17.62% 3,540 32.26% 10,974
Marion 4,008 56.38% 1,520 21.38% 1,581 22.24% 2,427[a] 34.14% 7,109
Marshall 5,809 62.35% 2,369 25.43% 1,139 12.22% 3,440 36.92% 9,317
McPherson 5,128 65.99% 1,530 19.69% 1,113 14.32% 3,598 46.30% 7,771
Meade 1,290 66.94% 472 24.49% 165 8.56% 818 42.45% 1,927
Miami 4,788 61.76% 1,994 25.72% 971 12.52% 2,794 36.04% 7,753
Mitchell 3,161 59.79% 1,470 27.80% 656 12.41% 1,691 31.98% 5,287
Montgomery 11,160 65.02% 4,178 24.34% 1,825 10.63% 6,982 40.68% 17,163
Morris 3,089 64.70% 1,040 21.78% 645 13.51% 2,049 42.92% 4,774
Morton 669 55.02% 286 23.52% 261 21.46% 383 31.50% 1,216
Nemaha 4,096 60.24% 1,846 27.15% 857 12.60% 2,250 33.09% 6,799
Neosho 5,106 58.70% 2,274 26.14% 1,319 15.16% 2,832 32.56% 8,699
Ness 1,629 64.64% 541 21.47% 350 13.89% 1,088 43.17% 2,520
Norton 2,778 59.33% 1,261 26.93% 643 13.73% 1,517 32.40% 4,682
Osage 4,957 63.20% 2,050 26.14% 836 10.66% 2,907 37.06% 7,843
Osborne 3,333 71.55% 905 19.43% 420 9.02% 2,428 52.13% 4,658
Ottawa 2,475 60.25% 854 20.79% 779 18.96% 1,621 39.46% 4,108
Pawnee 2,407 62.54% 1,111 28.86% 331 8.60% 1,296 33.67% 3,849
Phillips 2,647 54.97% 1,376 28.58% 792 16.45% 1,271 26.40% 4,815
Pottawatomie 4,340 68.28% 1,471 23.14% 545 8.57% 2,869 45.14% 6,356
Pratt 2,762 57.36% 1,205 25.03% 848 17.61% 1,557 32.34% 4,815
Rawlins 1,213 45.79% 742 28.01% 694 26.20% 471 17.78% 2,649
Reno 10,339 65.23% 3,675 23.18% 1,837 11.59% 6,664 42.04% 15,851
Republic 3,671 59.96% 1,616 26.40% 835 13.64% 2,055 33.57% 6,122
Rice 3,920 68.53% 1,303 22.78% 497 8.69% 2,617 45.75% 5,720
Riley 5,455 70.03% 1,646 21.13% 689 8.84% 3,809 48.90% 7,790
Rooks 2,442 66.02% 930 25.14% 324 8.76% 1,512 40.88% 3,699[b]
Rush 1,780 57.25% 787 25.31% 542 17.43% 993 31.94% 3,109
Russell 2,637 64.30% 687 16.75% 777 18.95% 1,860[a] 45.35% 4,101
Saline 6,534 62.20% 1,966 18.71% 2,005 19.09% 4,529[a] 43.11% 10,505
Scott 734 50.87% 445 30.84% 264 18.30% 289 20.03% 1,443
Sedgwick 21,144 57.23% 8,712 23.58% 7,087 19.18% 12,432 33.65% 36,943
Seward 1,184 52.00% 676 29.69% 417 18.31% 508 22.31% 2,277
Shawnee 20,132 72.21% 5,099 18.29% 2,647 9.49% 15,033 53.92% 27,878
Sheridan 1,320 59.11% 542 24.27% 371 16.61% 778 34.84% 2,233
Sherman 1,122 45.89% 528 21.60% 795 32.52% 327[a] 13.37% 2,445
Smith 3,226 57.23% 1,634 28.99% 777 13.78% 1,592 28.24% 5,637
Stafford 3,100 68.58% 957 21.17% 463 10.24% 2,143 47.41% 4,520
Stanton 379 62.44% 158 26.03% 70 11.53% 221 36.41% 607
Stevens 913 66.55% 302 22.01% 157 11.44% 611 44.53% 1,372
Sumner 5,552 54.93% 2,556 25.29% 2,000 19.79% 2,996 29.64% 10,108
Thomas 1,436 52.50% 822 30.05% 477 17.44% 614 22.45% 2,735
Trego 1,121 58.14% 399 20.70% 408 21.16% 713[a] 36.98% 1,928
Wabaunsee 2,742 65.90% 633 15.21% 786 18.89% 1,956[a] 47.01% 4,161
Wallace 603 53.70% 171 15.23% 349 31.08% 254[a] 22.62% 1,123
Washington 4,120 60.98% 1,528 22.62% 1,108 16.40% 2,592 38.37% 6,756
Wichita 482 62.68% 147 19.12% 140 18.21% 335 43.56% 769
Wilson 4,596 65.00% 1,736 24.55% 739 10.45% 2,860 40.45% 7,071
Woodson 2,412 63.17% 1,026 26.87% 380 9.95% 1,386 36.30% 3,818
Wyandotte 23,881 59.48% 8,913 22.20% 7,354 18.32% 14,968 37.28% 40,148
Totals 407,671 61.54% 156,319 23.60% 98,461 14.86% 251,352 37.94% 662,455

Analysis

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Despite problems in the state's large agricultural sector, La Follette did not have the appeal in Kansas he had in more northerly areas of the Midwest, as isolationism was much weaker in this largely Anglo-Saxon Protestant state and Bryan-era pietist Democratic support struck a different cultural vein from La Follette's largely Catholic and Lutheran backers.[12] Unlike the Bryanites, La Follette's base strongly opposed the Ku Klux Klan, which was widely popular in Kansas, and was focused on farm cooperatives.

Kansas was won decisively by the Republican Party candidate, incumbent President Calvin Coolidge with 61.54 percent of the popular vote. The Democratic Party candidate, John W. Davis, garnered only 23.60 percent of the popular vote. La Follette, listed as an “Independent” on the Kansas ballot was not as successful as in the more northern Plains States due to Kansas being largely devoid of the German- and Scandinavian-Americans[13] who were his primary support base.[14] The Wisconsin Senator did not crack a third of the vote in any county, and Coolidge replicated what Harding did in 1920 and Theodore Roosevelt in 1904 by sweeping all 105 counties in Kansas.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p In this county where La Follette ran second ahead of Davis, the margin given is that between Coolidge and La Follette and percentage margin Coolidge percentage minus La Follette percentage.
  2. ^ In this county there were three write-in votes for candidates not on the ballot.

References

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  1. ^ a b Ayers, Edward; Gould, Lewis; Oshinsky, David and Soderlund, Jean; American Passages: A History of the United States, Volume II: Since 1865, p. 677 ISBN 0547166354
  2. ^ Grantham, Dewey; The South in Modern America: A Region at Odds, p. 106 ISBN 1610753895
  3. ^ Paulson, Arthur C.; Realignment and Party Revival: Understanding American Electoral Politics at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century, p. 51 ISBN 0275968650
  4. ^ Ranney, Joseph A.; In the Wake of Slavery: Civil War, Civil Rights, and the Reconstruction of Southern Law; p. 141 ISBN 0275989720
  5. ^ Newman, Roger K.; The Yale Biographical Dictionary of American Law, p. 153 ISBN 0300113005
  6. ^ Richardson, Danny G.; Others: "Fighting Bob" La Follette and the Progressive Movement: Third-Party Politics in the 1920s, p. 180 ISBN 0595481264
  7. ^ Richardson; Others, pp. 182-183
  8. ^ Moreno, Paul D.; The American State from the Civil War to the New Deal: The Twilight of Constitutionalism and the Triumph of Progressivism, p. 205 ISBN 1107067715
  9. ^ Parrish, Michael E.; Anxious Decades: America in Prosperity and Depression, 1920-1941, pp. 70-71 ISBN 0393311341
  10. ^ "1924 Presidential General Election Results – Kansas". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
  11. ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 165-166 ISBN 0405077114
  12. ^ Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 420, 424 ISBN 9780691163246
  13. ^ Phillips; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 412-413
  14. ^ Stark, Rodney and Christiano, Kevin J.; ‘Support for the American Left, 1920-1924: The Opiate Thesis Reconsidered’; Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 31, No. 1 (March, 1992), pp. 62-75
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