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The1924 United States presidential election in Kansas was held on November 4, 1924, as part of the1924 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
A rapid recovery from the depression of 1920 and 1921, despite major Republican losses during the1922 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 PresidentWarren 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 ruralSouthern faction led byWilliam Gibbs McAdoo and itswhite ethnic urban northeastern faction led byNew York GovernorAl 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, formerCongressmanJohn W. Davis ofWest Virginia, nominated after one hundred and three ballots in hot summer weather at Madison Square Garden.[3] Although West Virginia was aborder state whose limited African-American population had not beendisenfranchised as happened in all formerConfederate States,[4] Davis did share the extremesocial conservatism of Southern Democrats of his era. He supportedpoll 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 maverickRobert 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]
| Presidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calvin Coolidge ofMassachusetts | 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% |
| 1924 United States presidential election in Kansas by county[11] | |||||||||
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| 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 |
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 andBryan-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 theKu Klux Klan, which was widely popular in Kansas, and was focused on farm cooperatives.
Kansas was won decisively by theRepublican Party candidate, incumbent PresidentCalvin Coolidge with 61.54 percent of the popular vote. TheDemocratic 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 theGerman- andScandinavian-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 Harding in1920 andTheodore Roosevelt in1904 by sweeping all 105 counties in Kansas.
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