1924 United States presidential election in South Dakota County Results
Coolidge
30–40%
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
La Follette
30–40%
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
The1924 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 4, 1924, as part of the1924 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to theElectoral College , who voted forpresident andvice president .
South Dakota voted for theRepublican nominee, incumbent PresidentCalvin Coolidge ofMassachusetts , overIndependent [ a] Senator Robert M. La Follette ofWisconsin andDemocratic nominee, AmbassadorJohn W. Davis ofWest Virginia . Coolidge ran with formerBudget Director Charles G. Dawes ofIllinois , while Davis ran withGovernor Charles W. Bryan ofNebraska and La Follette ran withMontana Senator Burton K. Wheeler .
Coolidge won South Dakota by a margin of 12.73% of the vote.
With 36.96 percent of the popular vote, South Dakota would prove to be La Follette's fifth strongest state in the 1924 election in terms of popular vote percentage afterWisconsin ,North Dakota ,Minnesota andMontana .[ 1]
County John Calvin Coolidge John William Davis Robert Marion La Follette Sr.[ a] Margin[ b] Total votes cast[ 3] # % # % # % # % Aurora 967 36.31% 665 24.97% 1,031 38.72% -64 -2.40% 2,663 Beadle 3,466 53.37% 851 13.10% 2,177 33.52% 1,289 19.85% 6,494 Bennett 444 57.07% 102 13.11% 232 29.82% 212 27.25% 778 Bon Homme 1,420 41.79% 860 25.31% 1,118 32.90% 302 8.89% 3,398 Brookings 4,708 48.51% 1,010 10.41% 3,987 41.08% 721 7.43% 9,705 Brown 2,740 60.67% 361 7.99% 1,415 31.33% 1,325 29.34% 4,516 Brule 1,060 37.11% 650 22.76% 1,146 40.13% -86 -3.01% 2,856 Buffalo 309 41.53% 225 30.24% 210 28.23% 84[ c] 11.29% 744 Butte 1,199 55.59% 277 12.84% 681 31.57% 518 24.01% 2,157 Campbell 641 54.55% 46 3.91% 488 41.53% 153 13.02% 1,175 Charles Mix 1,680 31.22% 1,306 24.27% 2,396 44.52% -716 -13.30% 5,382 Clark 1,684 56.85% 325 10.97% 953 32.17% 731 24.68% 2,962 Clay 1,415 42.30% 492 14.71% 1,438 42.99% -23 -0.69% 3,345 Codington 1,862 41.38% 627 13.93% 2,011 44.69% -149 -3.31% 4,500 Corson 1,364 56.50% 140 5.80% 910 37.70% 454 18.81% 2,414 Custer 833 53.36% 236 15.12% 492 31.52% 341 21.84% 1,561 Davison 2,801 51.71% 578 10.67% 2,038 37.62% 763 14.09% 5,417 Day 2,193 55.17% 308 7.75% 1,474 37.08% 719 18.09% 3,975 Deuel 1,362 60.32% 168 7.44% 728 32.24% 634 28.08% 2,258 Dewey 956 53.05% 222 12.32% 624 34.63% 332 18.42% 1,802 Douglas 1,125 50.25% 317 14.16% 797 35.60% 328 14.65% 2,239 Edmunds 1,043 42.38% 277 11.26% 1,141 46.36% -98 -3.98% 2,461 Fall River 1,392 52.13% 342 12.81% 936 35.06% 456 17.08% 2,670 Faulk 1,112 56.08% 277 13.97% 594 29.95% 518 26.12% 1,983 Grant 1,227 42.02% 202 6.92% 1,491 51.06% -264 -9.04% 2,920 Gregory 1,643 44.61% 818 22.21% 1,222 33.18% 421 11.43% 3,683 Haakon 797 49.87% 319 19.96% 482 30.16% 315 19.71% 1,598 Hamlin 1,144 52.38% 207 9.48% 833 38.14% 311 14.24% 2,184 Hand 1,727 54.00% 690 21.58% 781 24.42% 946 29.58% 3,198 Hanson 811 40.47% 299 14.92% 894 44.61% -83 -4.14% 2,004 Harding 702 62.07% 107 9.46% 322 28.47% 380 33.60% 1,131 Hughes 1,260 53.21% 325 13.72% 783 33.07% 477 20.14% 2,368 Hutchinson 893 24.65% 180 4.97% 2,550 70.38% -1,657 -45.74% 3,623 Hyde 669 50.53% 257 19.41% 398 30.06% 271 20.47% 1,324 Jackson 583 56.93% 194 18.95% 247 24.12% 336 32.81% 1,024 Jerauld 1,054 52.89% 228 11.44% 711 35.67% 343 17.21% 1,993 Jones 732 55.45% 141 10.68% 447 33.86% 285 21.59% 1,320 Kingsbury 2,242 65.65% 333 9.75% 840 24.60% 1,402 41.05% 3,415 Lake 1,888 45.35% 297 7.13% 1,978 47.51% -90 -2.16% 4,163 Lawrence 3,255 71.07% 649 14.17% 676 14.76% 2,579 56.31% 4,580 Lincoln 1,825 43.81% 265 6.36% 2,076 49.83% -251 -6.02% 4,166 Lyman 1,061 44.30% 387 16.16% 947 39.54% 114 4.76% 2,395 Marshall 1,271 51.54% 190 7.70% 1,005 40.75% 266 10.79% 2,466 McCook 1,368 44.27% 457 14.79% 1,265 40.94% 103 3.33% 3,090 McPherson 833 28.83% 94 3.25% 1,962 67.91% -1,129 -39.08% 2,889 Meade 2,006 57.43% 786 22.50% 701 20.07% 1,220[ c] 34.93% 3,493 Mellette 642 39.93% 604 37.56% 362 22.51% 38[ c] 2.36% 1,608 Miner 995 35.65% 308 11.04% 1,488 53.31% -493 -17.66% 2,791 Minnehaha 8,822 55.93% 1,524 9.66% 5,427 34.41% 3,395 21.52% 15,773 Moody 1,181 41.69% 234 8.26% 1,418 50.05% -237 -8.37% 2,833 Pennington 3,201 63.57% 854 16.96% 980 19.46% 2,221 44.11% 5,035 Perkins 1,421 59.21% 277 11.54% 702 29.25% 719 29.96% 2,400 Potter 1,075 59.82% 283 15.75% 439 24.43% 636 35.39% 1,797 Roberts 1,744 40.99% 215 5.05% 2,296 53.96% -552 -12.97% 4,255 Sanborn 1,184 47.34% 327 13.07% 990 39.58% 194 7.76% 2,501 Shannon 992 88.89% 76 6.81% 48 4.30% 916[ c] 82.08% 1,116 Spink 2,613 57.81% 595 13.16% 1,312 29.03% 1,301 28.78% 4,520 Stanley 531 43.81% 249 20.54% 432 35.64% 99 8.17% 1,212 Sully 555 59.04% 138 14.68% 247 26.28% 308 32.77% 940 Todd 837 67.01% 237 18.98% 175 14.01% 600[ c] 48.04% 1,249 Tripp 1,647 42.45% 932 24.02% 1,301 33.53% 346 8.92% 3,880 Turner 1,708 45.93% 285 7.66% 1,726 46.41% -18 -0.48% 3,719 Union 1,665 45.04% 877 23.72% 1,155 31.24% 510 13.79% 3,697 Walworth 1,033 44.15% 114 4.87% 1,193 50.98% -160 -6.84% 2,340 Washabaugh 246 57.88% 121 28.47% 58 13.65% 125[ c] 29.41% 425 Washington 277 87.66% 31 9.81% 8 2.53% 246[ c] 77.85% 316 Yankton 1,504 39.78% 693 18.33% 1,584 41.89% -80 -2.12% 3,781 Ziebach 659 55.01% 153 12.77% 386 32.22% 273 22.79% 1,198 Totals 101,299 49.69% 27,214 13.35% 75,355 36.96% 25,944 12.73% 203,868
^a b Although La Follette was nationally the nominee of theProgressive Party , he ran as an independent candidate without a party label in South Dakota. ^ Because La Follette finished ahead of Davis in South Dakota as a whole, all margins given are Coolidge minus La Follette unless stated in the total for the county in question. ^a b c d e f g In this county where Davis did run second ahead of La Follette, the margin given is Coolidge vote minus Davis vote.
