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| Turnout | 73.34% (of registered voters) 1.47pp48.53% (of eligible voters) 1.27pp[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1924 United States presidential election in California took place on November 4, 1924, as part of the1924 United States presidential election. State voters chose 13 electors, or representatives to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Since the "Panic of 1893" and large-scale voter registration,California had become a one-party state dominated by the Republican Party.[2] The Democratic Party was largely moribund as a result of its association with the Populist revolt, the rural formerly slave South, and the polyglot metropolis – which held no appeal in an old-stock Western state with very few Southern and Eastern European immigrants.[3] Rigid registration laws and, before 1914, poll taxes, largely disfranchised what immigrants (who had leaned Democratic during theThird Party System) did enter the state.[4]
Nonetheless, the appeal of Progressivism and tendency towards nonpartisan politics[3] allowedWoodrow Wilson to nearly carry the state in1912 and do so in1916 despite substantialSocialist votes in both elections; however,James M. Cox lost most of this support by1920 as a result of a powerful reaction in the West against the social upheaval Wilson had caused.[5]
Following the Cox debacle, the Democratic Party disintegrated even further. In that same 1920 election they failed to re-electU.S. SenatorJames D. Phelan, and after the 1922 election they claimed only five seats in the 80-memberCalifornia State Assembly, the lower house of the stateLegislature, and just two seats out of 40 in the upper house, theCalifornia State Senate. Phelan's efforts to haveWilliam Gibbs McAdoo chosen as the Democratic presidential nominee in 1924 were defeated, and further ruined the party's organization and furthered cleavages between the "dry" and "wet" sections of the party.[6]
California's large"Progressive" electorate had been divided by issues such as theLeague of Nations andProhibition, and was weakened by the election of economy-mindedFriend W. Richardson asGovernor in 1922.[7] WhenWisconsin SenatorRobert M. La Follette announced he would run athird-party presidential campaign in 1924,[8] there remained division, but San Francisco ProgressiveRudolph Spreckels supported him on the "Socialist" line[9] against indifference fromHiram Johnson (who had attempted to unseat Coolidge in the GOP primaries)[7] and state senatorsHerbert C. Jones and Joseph M. Inman.
Democratic nomineeJohn W. Davis of West Virginia and Coolidge both spent most of their campaign attacking La Follette as a political extremist.[10] At the beginning of the campaign, Davis had substantial hope of recovering support lost in 1920.[11] However, Davis' opposition to women's suffrage, and belief in strictly limited government with no expansion in nonmilitary fields[12] had almost no appeal in California.[13] Although in September Davis underwent an extensive tour of the region and of the Great Plains,[14] and campaigned to eliminate the income tax burden of the poorer classes,[8] he received a mere 8.23 percent of the vote in California – the worst for any major party nominee in the state's history and his fourth-worst state nationwide.
Reduced to a battle between Coolidge and La Follette, the incumbent president campaigned upon present prosperity in addition to his opponent's perceived extremism. Despite perception the state may be doubtful,[11] Coolidge won a plurality of over 24 percentage points, aided by a campaign based upon vilification.[15] La Follette did nonetheless match Coolidge outside conservative, heavily populatedSouthern California, and he carried most urban working-class districts in Northern California, as well as most of the Sierra logging counties that were to become Democratic strongholds betweenFDR andJimmy Carter. La Follette's vote was later to revive the moribund Democratic Party when it turned largely toAl Smith (whom La Follette's family was to endorse when he died) in the following election.
| Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
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| Republican Party | Calvin Coolidge | Louis M. Cole | 733,250 | |
| Republican Party | Calvin Coolidge | Mrs. John M. Eshleman | 733,196 | |
| Republican Party | Calvin Coolidge | John L. McNab | 732,893 | |
| Republican Party | Calvin Coolidge | George C. Pardee | 732,788 | |
| Republican Party | Calvin Coolidge | James M. Cremin | 732,749 | |
| Republican Party | Calvin Coolidge | Jesse W. Lilienthal Jr. | 732,697 | |
| Republican Party | Calvin Coolidge | C. R. Clinch | 732,681 | |
| Republican Party | Calvin Coolidge | George W. Peltier | 732,681 | |
| Republican Party | Calvin Coolidge | Madison T. Owens | 732,649 | |
| Republican Party | Calvin Coolidge | Charles A. Wayland | 732,626 | |
| Republican Party | Calvin Coolidge | Thomas W. McManus | 732,619 | |
| Republican Party | Calvin Coolidge | Martin C. Neuner | 732,552 | |
| Republican Party | Calvin Coolidge | Louise Harvey Clark | 732,512 | |
| Socialist Party | Robert M. La Follette Sr. | Albert G. Rogers | 424,649 | |
| Socialist Party | Robert M. La Follette Sr. | Agnes H. Downing | 424,170 | |
| Socialist Party | Robert M. La Follette Sr. | W. E. Murphy | 424,170 | |
| Socialist Party | Robert M. La Follette Sr. | Lola Coggins | 424,102 | |
| Socialist Party | Robert M. La Follette Sr. | Walter S. Fogg | 424,098 | |
| Socialist Party | Robert M. La Follette Sr. | Frank C. Page | 424,095 | |
| Socialist Party | Robert M. La Follette Sr. | Hugo Ernst | 424,086 | |
| Socialist Party | Robert M. La Follette Sr. | John C. Packard | 424,068 | |
| Socialist Party | Robert M. La Follette Sr. | William M. Falls | 424,057 | |
| Socialist Party | Robert M. La Follette Sr. | Alice S. Eddy | 424,017 | |
| Socialist Party | Robert M. La Follette Sr. | Samuel Weisenberg | 424,009 | |
| Socialist Party | Robert M. La Follette Sr. | E. Backus | 423,996 | |
| Socialist Party | Robert M. La Follette Sr. | Walter E. Walker | 423,968 | |
| Democratic Party | John W. Davis | James D. Phelan | 105,514 | |
| Democratic Party | John W. Davis | Mattison B. Jones | 105,504 | |
| Democratic Party | John W. Davis | Annette A. Adams | 105,485 | |
| Democratic Party | John W. Davis | R. F. Del Valle | 105,468 | |
| Democratic Party | John W. Davis | Thomas M. Storke | 105,396 | |
| Democratic Party | John W. Davis | Mary E. Foy | 105,393 | |
| Democratic Party | John W. Davis | William M. Conley | 105,392 | |
| Democratic Party | John W. Davis | William Kettner | 105,392 | |
| Democratic Party | John W. Davis | Katherine Braddock | 105,323 | |
| Democratic Party | John W. Davis | E. S. Heller | 105,320 | |
| Democratic Party | John W. Davis | James F. Peck | 105,299 | |
| Democratic Party | John W. Davis | C. L. Culbert | 105,270 | |
| Democratic Party | John W. Davis | Edna L. Knight | 105,229 | |
| Prohibition Party | Herman P. Faris | J. S. Edwards | 18,436 | |
| Prohibition Party | Herman P. Faris | H. A. Johnson | 18,365 | |
| Prohibition Party | Herman P. Faris | S. P. Meads | 18,259 | |
| Prohibition Party | Herman P. Faris | Helen M. Brown | 18,250 | |
| Prohibition Party | Herman P. Faris | John H. Kendall | 18,243 | |
| Prohibition Party | Herman P. Faris | J. C. Bell | 18,216 | |
| Prohibition Party | Herman P. Faris | J. L. Rollings | 18,212 | |
| Prohibition Party | Herman P. Faris | H. Clay Needham | 18,205 | |
| Prohibition Party | Herman P. Faris | Dana G. Boleyn | 18,188 | |
| Prohibition Party | Herman P. Faris | Frederick Head | 18,173 | |
| Prohibition Party | Herman P. Faris | Wiley J. Phillips | 18,172 | |
| Prohibition Party | Herman P. Faris | Lucius C. Dale | 18,155 | |
| Prohibition Party | Herman P. Faris | O. U. Hull | 18,141 | |
| Write-in | Scattering | 122 | ||
| Votes cast[b] | 1,281,900 | |||
| County | Calvin Coolidge Republican | Robert M. La Follette Socialist | John W. Davis Democratic | Herman Faris Prohibition | Scattering Write-in | Margin | Total votes cast[c] | ||||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alameda | 81,454 | 61.42% | 41,434 | 31.24% | 8,020 | 6.05% | 1,592 | 1.20% | 111 | 0.08% | 40,020 | 30.18% | 132,601 |
| Alpine | 52 | 88.14% | 1 | 1.69% | 5 | 8.47% | 1 | 1.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 47[d] | 79.67% | 59 |
| Amador | 719 | 38.93% | 787 | 42.61% | 316 | 17.11% | 25 | 1.35% | 0 | 0.00% | -68 | -3.68% | 1,847 |
| Butte | 4,382 | 42.24% | 4,582 | 44.17% | 1,299 | 12.52% | 111 | 1.07% | 0 | 0.00% | -200 | -1.93% | 10,374 |
| Calaveras | 872 | 39.46% | 975 | 44.12% | 333 | 15.07% | 30 | 1.36% | 0 | 0.00% | -103 | -4.66% | 2,210 |
| Colusa | 1,127 | 43.82% | 889 | 34.56% | 495 | 19.25% | 61 | 2.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 238 | 9.26% | 2,572 |
| Contra Costa | 9,061 | 54.69% | 6,231 | 37.61% | 1,114 | 6.72% | 163 | 0.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,830 | 17.08% | 16,569 |
| Del Norte | 530 | 52.63% | 322 | 31.98% | 122 | 12.12% | 33 | 3.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 208 | 20.65% | 1,007 |
| El Dorado | 852 | 28.49% | 1,749 | 58.48% | 361 | 12.07% | 29 | 0.97% | 0 | 0.00% | -897 | -29.99% | 2,991 |
| Fresno | 15,635 | 44.00% | 14,836 | 41.75% | 4,610 | 12.97% | 453 | 1.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 799 | 2.25% | 35,534 |
| Glenn | 1,444 | 44.91% | 1,330 | 41.37% | 367 | 11.42% | 74 | 2.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 114 | 3.54% | 3,215 |
| Humboldt | 6,767 | 56.83% | 4,148 | 34.83% | 845 | 7.10% | 148 | 1.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,619 | 22.00% | 11,908 |
| Imperial | 3,455 | 50.24% | 2,549 | 37.07% | 759 | 11.04% | 114 | 1.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 906 | 13.17% | 6,877 |
| Inyo | 950 | 47.45% | 779 | 38.91% | 256 | 12.79% | 17 | 0.85% | 0 | 0.00% | 171 | 8.54% | 2,002 |
| Kern | 8,646 | 46.08% | 6,754 | 36.00% | 3,159 | 16.84% | 203 | 1.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,892 | 10.08% | 18,762 |
| Kings | 2,812 | 50.00% | 1,611 | 28.65% | 1,109 | 19.72% | 92 | 1.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,201 | 21.35% | 5,624 |
| Lake | 795 | 44.92% | 658 | 37.18% | 261 | 14.75% | 56 | 3.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 137 | 7.74% | 1,770 |
| Lassen | 1,072 | 40.74% | 1,164 | 44.24% | 356 | 13.53% | 39 | 1.48% | 0 | 0.00% | -92 | -3.50% | 2,631 |
| Los Angeles | 299,675 | 65.51% | 117,249 | 25.63% | 33,554 | 7.33% | 6,997 | 1.53% | 5 | 0.00% | 182,426 | 39.88% | 457,480 |
| Madera | 1,518 | 42.64% | 1,514 | 42.53% | 450 | 12.64% | 78 | 2.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.11% | 3,560 |
| Marin | 5,780 | 53.51% | 4,230 | 39.16% | 656 | 6.07% | 136 | 1.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,550 | 14.35% | 10,802 |
| Mariposa | 344 | 40.23% | 332 | 38.83% | 168 | 19.65% | 11 | 1.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 12 | 1.40% | 855 |
| Mendocino | 3,465 | 56.48% | 1,850 | 30.15% | 739 | 12.05% | 81 | 1.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,615 | 26.33% | 6,135 |
| Merced | 3,573 | 52.95% | 2,301 | 34.10% | 710 | 10.52% | 164 | 2.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,272 | 18.85% | 6,748 |
| Modoc | 731 | 43.72% | 547 | 32.72% | 374 | 22.37% | 20 | 1.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 184 | 11.00% | 1,672 |
| Mono | 166 | 53.55% | 98 | 31.61% | 45 | 14.52% | 1 | 0.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 68 | 21.94% | 310 |
| Monterey | 4,744 | 61.06% | 2,035 | 26.19% | 886 | 11.40% | 104 | 1.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,709 | 34.87% | 7,769 |
| Napa | 3,605 | 54.83% | 2,237 | 34.02% | 670 | 10.19% | 63 | 0.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,368 | 20.81% | 6,575 |
| Nevada | 1,513 | 42.24% | 1,682 | 46.96% | 307 | 8.57% | 80 | 2.23% | 0 | 0.00% | -169 | -4.72% | 3,582 |
| Orange | 19,913 | 67.35% | 6,480 | 21.92% | 2,565 | 8.68% | 609 | 2.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 13,433 | 45.43% | 29,567 |
| Placer | 2,192 | 36.63% | 3,290 | 54.98% | 390 | 6.52% | 112 | 1.87% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,098 | -18.35% | 5,984 |
| Plumas | 564 | 32.87% | 956 | 55.71% | 182 | 10.61% | 14 | 0.82% | 0 | 0.00% | -392 | -22.84% | 1,716 |
| Riverside | 9,619 | 62.01% | 4,204 | 27.10% | 1,318 | 8.50% | 371 | 2.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,415 | 34.91% | 15,512 |
| Sacramento | 13,400 | 41.08% | 16,570 | 50.80% | 2,285 | 7.01% | 359 | 1.10% | 2 | 0.00% | -3,170 | -9.72% | 32,616 |
| San Benito | 1,443 | 53.56% | 857 | 31.81% | 361 | 13.40% | 33 | 1.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 586 | 21.75% | 2,694 |
| San Bernardino | 15,974 | 56.91% | 8,720 | 31.07% | 2,634 | 9.38% | 741 | 2.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 7,254 | 25.84% | 28,069 |
| San Diego | 22,726 | 48.99% | 20,200 | 43.54% | 2,944 | 6.35% | 523 | 1.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,526 | 5.45% | 46,393 |
| San Francisco | 73,494 | 47.74% | 68,864 | 44.73% | 9,811 | 6.37% | 1,781 | 1.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,630 | 3.01% | 153,950 |
| San Joaquin | 11,056 | 48.91% | 8,885 | 39.30% | 2,397 | 10.60% | 268 | 1.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,171 | 9.61% | 22,606 |
| San Luis Obispo | 3,804 | 49.01% | 3,061 | 39.44% | 731 | 9.42% | 165 | 2.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 743 | 9.57% | 7,761 |
| San Mateo | 8,126 | 55.28% | 5,694 | 38.73% | 771 | 5.24% | 109 | 0.74% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,432 | 16.55% | 14,700 |
| Santa Barbara | 8,615 | 64.69% | 3,292 | 24.72% | 1,242 | 9.33% | 169 | 1.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,323 | 39.97% | 13,318 |
| Santa Clara | 20,056 | 58.02% | 11,474 | 33.19% | 2,560 | 7.41% | 476 | 1.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 8,582 | 24.83% | 34,566 |
| Santa Cruz | 5,402 | 60.85% | 2,557 | 28.80% | 801 | 9.02% | 118 | 1.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,845 | 32.05% | 8,878 |
| Shasta | 1,951 | 41.95% | 2,049 | 44.06% | 598 | 12.86% | 53 | 1.14% | 0 | 0.00% | -98 | -2.11% | 4,651 |
| Sierra | 276 | 38.93% | 350 | 49.37% | 73 | 10.30% | 10 | 1.41% | 0 | 0.00% | -74 | -10.44% | 709 |
| Siskiyou | 2,437 | 40.60% | 2,844 | 47.38% | 584 | 9.73% | 138 | 2.30% | 0 | 0.00% | -407 | -6.78% | 6,003 |
| Solano | 4,782 | 48.01% | 4,123 | 41.40% | 957 | 9.61% | 100 | 1.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 659 | 6.61% | 9,962 |
| Sonoma | 9,535 | 55.99% | 5,469 | 32.11% | 1,767 | 10.38% | 259 | 1.52% | 1 | 0.00% | 4,066 | 23.88% | 17,031 |
| Stanislaus | 7,569 | 56.83% | 4,125 | 30.97% | 1,274 | 9.57% | 350 | 2.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,444 | 25.86% | 13,318 |
| Sutter | 1,617 | 49.92% | 1,219 | 37.64% | 367 | 11.33% | 36 | 1.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 398 | 12.28% | 3,239 |
| Tehama | 1,943 | 45.96% | 1,667 | 39.43% | 486 | 11.49% | 132 | 3.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 276 | 6.53% | 4,228 |
| Trinity | 336 | 36.52% | 414 | 45.00% | 154 | 16.74% | 16 | 1.74% | 0 | 0.00% | -78 | -8.48% | 920 |
| Tulare | 9,484 | 50.78% | 5,504 | 29.47% | 3,425 | 18.34% | 262 | 1.40% | 3 | 0.00% | 3,980 | 21.31% | 18,678 |
| Tuolumne | 1,287 | 43.03% | 1,327 | 44.37% | 357 | 11.94% | 20 | 0.67% | 0 | 0.00% | -40 | -1.34% | 2,991 |
| Ventura | 5,705 | 65.16% | 2,029 | 23.18% | 911 | 10.41% | 110 | 1.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,676 | 41.98% | 8,755 |
| Yolo | 2,470 | 45.35% | 2,097 | 38.50% | 797 | 14.63% | 83 | 1.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 373 | 6.85% | 5,447 |
| Yuba | 1,735 | 47.40% | 1,454 | 39.73% | 426 | 11.64% | 45 | 1.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 281 | 7.67% | 3,660 |
| Total | 733,250 | 57.20% | 424,649 | 33.12% | 105,514 | 8.23% | 18,436 | 1.44% | 122 | 0.00% | 308,601 | 24.08% | 1,281,971 |
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