Tuesday, November 4, 1924
1924 presidential election results
Calvin Coolidge (Republican) and running mate Charles G. Dawes won with 382 electoral votes and 54.0% of the popular vote.
Tipping-point state: New York, R+26.6 (nation R+25.2). It delivered electoral vote number 266 for the winner. What is a tipping-point state?
| Candidate | Running mate | Party | Electoral votes | Popular vote | Share | States won |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calvin Coolidge Won | Charles G. Dawes | Republican | 382 | 15,724,310 | 54.00% | 35 |
| John W. Davis | Charles W. Bryan | Democratic | 136 | 8,386,532 | 28.80% | 12 |
| Robert LaFollette | Burton K. Wheeler | Progressive | 13 | 4,827,184 | 16.60% | 1 |
| Total popular votes counted | 29,099,380 | |||||
Electoral College map
Full-screen mapMargin:<55–1010–2020+points. Grey: no popular vote / no data.
Results by state
Download CSV| State | Calvin Coolidge | John W. Davis | Robert LaFollette | Margin | EV | Total votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 27.0% | 67.8% 12 | 4.9% | 40.8 | 12 | 166,593 |
| Arizona | 41.3% 3 | 35.5% | 23.3% | 5.8 | 3 | 73,961 |
| Arkansas | 29.3% | 61.2% 9 | 9.5% | 31.9 | 9 | 138,540 |
| California | 57.2% 13 | 8.2% | 33.1% | 24.1 | 13 | 1,281,778 |
| Colorado | 57.0% 6 | 22.0% | 20.4% | 35.0 | 6 | 342,261 |
| Connecticut | 61.5% 7 | 27.5% | 10.6% | 34.0 | 7 | 400,396 |
| Delaware | 57.7% 3 | 36.8% | 5.5% | 20.9 | 3 | 90,885 |
| Florida | 28.1% | 56.9% 6 | 7.9% | 28.8 | 6 | 109,158 |
| Georgia | 18.2% | 74.0% 14 | 7.6% | 55.8 | 14 | 166,635 |
| Idaho | 47.3% 4 | 16.2% | 36.5% | 10.7 | 4 | 147,690 |
| Illinois | 58.8% 29 | 23.4% | 17.5% | 35.5 | 29 | 2,470,067 |
| Indiana | 55.3% 15 | 38.7% | 5.6% | 16.6 | 15 | 1,272,390 |
| Iowa | 55.0% 13 | 16.4% | 28.1% | 26.9 | 13 | 976,770 |
| Kansas | 61.5% 10 | 23.6% | 14.9% | 37.9 | 10 | 662,456 |
| Kentucky | 48.9% 13 | 46.0% | 4.7% | 2.9 | 13 | 816,070 |
| Louisiana | 20.2% | 76.4% 10 | 0.0% | 56.2 | 10 | 121,951 |
| Maine | 72.0% 6 | 21.8% | 5.9% | 50.2 | 6 | 192,192 |
| Maryland | 45.3% 8 | 41.3% | 13.1% | 4.0 | 8 | 358,630 |
| Massachusetts | 62.3% 18 | 24.9% | 12.5% | 37.4 | 18 | 1,129,837 |
| Michigan | 75.4% 15 | 13.1% | 10.5% | 62.2 | 15 | 1,160,419 |
| Minnesota | 51.2% 12 | 6.8% | 41.3% | 9.9 | 12 | 822,146 |
| Mississippi | 7.6% | 89.4% 10 | 3.1% | 81.8 | 10 | 112,442 |
| Missouri | 49.5% 18 | 43.9% | 6.4% | 5.6 | 18 | 1,310,095 |
| Montana | 42.5% 4 | 19.4% | 37.9% | 4.7 | 4 | 174,425 |
| Nebraska | 47.2% 8 | 29.6% | 22.8% | 17.6 | 8 | 463,559 |
| Nevada | 41.8% 3 | 21.9% | 36.3% | 5.5 | 3 | 26,921 |
| New Hampshire | 59.8% 4 | 34.7% | 5.5% | 25.1 | 4 | 164,769 |
| New Jersey | 62.2% 14 | 27.4% | 10.0% | 34.8 | 14 | 1,088,054 |
| New Mexico | 48.5% 3 | 43.0% | 8.5% | 5.5 | 3 | 112,830 |
| New York | 55.8% 45 | 29.1% | 14.6% | 26.6 | 45 | 3,263,939 |
| North Carolina | 39.6% | 59.0% 12 | 1.4% | 19.4 | 12 | 481,608 |
| North Dakota | 47.7% 5 | 7.0% | 45.2% | 2.5 | 5 | 199,081 |
| Ohio | 58.3% 24 | 23.7% | 17.8% | 34.6 | 24 | 2,016,296 |
| Oklahoma | 42.8% | 48.4% 10 | 7.8% | 5.7 | 10 | 527,928 |
| Oregon | 51.0% 5 | 24.2% | 24.5% | 26.5 | 5 | 279,488 |
| Pennsylvania | 65.3% 38 | 19.1% | 14.3% | 46.3 | 38 | 2,144,850 |
| Rhode Island | 59.6% 5 | 36.5% | 3.6% | 23.2 | 5 | 210,115 |
| South Carolina | 2.2% | 96.6% 9 | 1.2% | 94.4 | 9 | 50,755 |
| South Dakota | 49.7% 5 | 13.3% | 37.0% | 12.7 | 5 | 203,868 |
| Tennessee | 43.5% | 52.9% 12 | 3.5% | 9.5 | 12 | 301,030 |
| Texas | 19.9% | 73.6% 20 | 6.5% | 53.7 | 20 | 657,054 |
| Utah | 49.3% 4 | 29.9% | 20.8% | 19.3 | 4 | 156,990 |
| Vermont | 78.2% 4 | 15.7% | 5.8% | 62.6 | 4 | 102,917 |
| Virginia | 32.8% | 62.5% 12 | 4.6% | 29.7 | 12 | 223,603 |
| Washington | 52.2% 7 | 10.2% | 35.8% | 16.5 | 7 | 421,549 |
| West Virginia | 49.5% 8 | 44.1% | 6.3% | 5.4 | 8 | 583,662 |
| Wisconsin | 37.1% | 8.1% | 54.0% 13 | 16.9 | 13 | 840,827 |
| Wyoming | 52.4% 3 | 16.1% | 31.5% | 20.9 | 3 | 79,900 |
Shares are of the votes counted for president; bold numbers are electoral votes won. Margin is the winner’s lead over the runner-up in points.
Closest states in 1924
- North Dakota Calvin Coolidge by 5,009 votes (2.52 pts)
- Kentucky Calvin Coolidge by 23,373 votes (2.86 pts)
- Maryland Calvin Coolidge by 14,342 votes (4.00 pts)
- Montana Calvin Coolidge by 8,262 votes (4.74 pts)
- West Virginia Calvin Coolidge by 31,403 votes (5.38 pts)
- Nevada Calvin Coolidge by 1,474 votes (5.48 pts)
- New Mexico Calvin Coolidge by 6,203 votes (5.50 pts)
- Missouri Calvin Coolidge by 73,526 votes (5.61 pts)
Source: 1924
Questions and answers
Who won the 1924 presidential election?
Calvin Coolidge (Republican) won the 1924 election with 382 electoral votes, with Charles G. Dawes as vice president.
How many electoral votes did each candidate win in 1924?
Calvin Coolidge 382; John W. Davis 136; Robert LaFollette 13 (out of 531).
Who won the popular vote in 1924?
Calvin Coolidge received the most popular votes: 15,724,310 (54.0%) of 29,099,380 counted.
What was the closest state in 1924?
North Dakota, which Calvin Coolidge won by 5,009 votes (2.52 points).
Which states flipped in 1924?
Compared with 1920, 4 states changed party: Kentucky (to Republican), Oklahoma (to Democratic), Tennessee (to Democratic) and Wisconsin (to Progressive).
What was the tipping-point state in 1924?
New York. Ranking the states by the winner's margin, it delivered electoral vote number 266; it voted Republican by 26.6 points, against Republican by 25.2 points nationally.
Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data