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The1924 United States presidential election in Florida was held on November 4, 1924. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Ever sincethe disfranchisement of blacks at the beginning of the 1890s, Florida had effectively been a one-party state ruled by the Democratic Party. The disfranchisement of blacks and poor whites bypoll taxes in 1889[1] had left the Republican Party – between1872 and1888 dependent upon black votes – virtually extinct.
With the single exception ofWilliam Howard Taft’s win inCalhoun County in1908[2] the Democratic Party won every county in Florida in every presidential election from1892[a] until1916. Only twice – and never for more than one term – did any Republican serve in either house of the state legislature between 1896 and 1928. Despite this Democratic dominance and the restrictions on the franchise of the poorer classes due to the poll tax, significant socialist movements developed and persisted inTampa[3] and to a lesser extent over other parts of the state, especially against the powerfulKu Klux Klan.[4] There was also a powerful Prohibitionist movement in olderNorth Florida, which saw the Prohibition Party even win the governorship for one term under the notorious anti-Catholic ministerSidney J. Catts.
The 1920 presidential election sawWarren G. Harding, aided substantially by isolationist sentiment in the region,[5] gain more support in the former Confederacy than any Republican since black disfranchisement, in the process winning three Florida counties.[2] Owing to a decline in voter turnout, and an easing of isolationist feelings, Coolidge was unable to match Harding's percentage of the vote. However, vis-à-vis Harding's performance in this one-party southern state, Coolidge's losing margin was 2.53 percentage points smaller, and he did make small gains amongst the small but increasing flow ofNortheastern migrants moving to Florida's hot climate. Although he did not manage to hold Broward County or Osceola County, where Harding gained pluralities in 1920, Coolidge did become the first Republican to ever carry Pinellas County.[6]
Despite the fact that the Republican Party had never gained 31 percent of Florida's vote in a presidential election since the poll tax was introduced,[7] 1924 remains, as of the2024 presidential election[update], the last time a Republican presidential candidate has won an election without carrying Florida.[8] Passionate anti-Catholic feelings in thePiney Woods region[9] would turn the presidential electoral votes of this one-party state against urban CatholicAl Smith in1928, and the state went on to become largely abellwether in presidential elections. Since 1928 it has only backed a losing presidential candidate three times, each time a Republican:Richard Nixon in1960,George H. W. Bush in1992, andDonald Trump in2020. Given that Nixon would be elected presidenteight years later, Bush was the incumbent president, and Trump was both the incumbent president and then would be re-elected president to a second non-consecutive termfour years later, 1924 also marks the last time that Florida voted for a candidate who never won the presidency. It also marks the last time that Florida voted against an incumbent president who won another term.
Florida proved to be the strongest state forProhibition Party candidateHerman Faris, who won 5.04% of the popular vote, and even came within 5% of winningDade County, ahead of Coolidge and Follette.[10]
| 1924 United States presidential election in Florida[11] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Democratic | John W. Davis ofWest Virginia | Charles Wayland Bryan ofNebraska | 62,083 | 56.88% | 6 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican | Calvin Coolidge ofMassachusetts | Charles Dawes ofIllinois | 30,633 | 28.06% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Progressive Party (United States, 1924–1927) | Robert M. La Follette ofWisconsin | Burton K. Wheeler ofMontana | 8,625 | 7.90% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Prohibition | Herman Faris ofMissouri | Marie C. Brehm ofCalifornia | 5,498 | 5.04% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| American | Gilbert Nations ofDistrict of Columbia | Charles Hiram Randall ofCalifornia | 2,315 | 2.12% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 109,154 | 100.00% | 6 | 100.00% | ||||
| County | John William Davis Democratic | John Calvin Coolidge Republican | Robert Marion La Follette Sr. Progressive | Herman Preston Farris Prohibition | Gilbert Owen Nations American | Total votes cast[12] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alachua | 1,995 | 71.40% | 528 | 18.90% | 174 | 6.23% | 55 | 1.97% | 42 | 1.50% | 2,794 |
| Baker | 215 | 56.73% | 124 | 32.72% | 25 | 6.60% | 8 | 2.11% | 7 | 1.85% | 379 |
| Bay | 838 | 67.15% | 318 | 25.48% | 45 | 3.61% | 37 | 2.96% | 10 | 0.80% | 1,248 |
| Bradford | 539 | 81.67% | 94 | 14.24% | 17 | 2.58% | 6 | 0.91% | 4 | 0.61% | 660 |
| Brevard | 872 | 57.94% | 515 | 34.22% | 88 | 5.85% | 18 | 1.20% | 12 | 0.80% | 1,505 |
| Broward | 421 | 42.87% | 407 | 41.45% | 86 | 8.76% | 46 | 4.68% | 22 | 2.24% | 982 |
| Calhoun | 406 | 78.23% | 56 | 10.79% | 37 | 7.13% | 2 | 0.39% | 18 | 3.47% | 519 |
| Charlotte | 321 | 60.00% | 167 | 31.21% | 30 | 5.61% | 13 | 2.43% | 4 | 0.75% | 535 |
| Citrus | 423 | 83.76% | 30 | 5.94% | 49 | 9.70% | 2 | 0.40% | 1 | 0.20% | 505 |
| Clay | 339 | 57.17% | 171 | 28.84% | 71 | 11.97% | 7 | 1.18% | 5 | 0.84% | 593 |
| Collier | 148 | 82.22% | 15 | 8.33% | 5 | 2.78% | 11 | 6.11% | 1 | 0.56% | 180 |
| Columbia | 776 | 81.60% | 85 | 8.94% | 61 | 6.41% | 24 | 2.52% | 5 | 0.53% | 951 |
| Dade | 3,474 | 32.83% | 2,753 | 26.01% | 1,014 | 9.58% | 3,170 | 29.95% | 172 | 1.63% | 10,583 |
| Desoto | 641 | 70.05% | 230 | 25.14% | 10 | 1.09% | 29 | 3.17% | 5 | 0.55% | 915 |
| Dixie | 257 | 94.14% | 14 | 5.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.73% | 0 | 0.00% | 273 |
| Duval | 5,908 | 51.93% | 3,291 | 28.93% | 1,210 | 10.64% | 377 | 3.31% | 590 | 5.19% | 11,376 |
| Escambia | 2,290 | 52.74% | 1,274 | 29.34% | 615 | 14.16% | 113 | 2.60% | 50 | 1.15% | 4,342 |
| Flagler | 202 | 54.30% | 75 | 20.16% | 65 | 17.47% | 30 | 8.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 372 |
| Franklin | 417 | 76.51% | 109 | 20.00% | 16 | 2.94% | 1 | 0.18% | 2 | 0.37% | 545 |
| Gadsden | 681 | 84.91% | 47 | 5.86% | 65 | 8.10% | 3 | 0.37% | 6 | 0.75% | 802 |
| Glades | 212 | 61.10% | 83 | 23.92% | 25 | 7.20% | 17 | 4.90% | 10 | 2.88% | 347 |
| Hamilton | 619 | 75.30% | 143 | 17.40% | 33 | 4.01% | 16 | 1.95% | 11 | 1.34% | 822 |
| Hardee | 795 | 68.24% | 264 | 22.66% | 67 | 5.75% | 28 | 2.40% | 11 | 0.94% | 1,165 |
| Hendry | 132 | 76.74% | 21 | 12.21% | 11 | 6.40% | 2 | 1.16% | 6 | 3.49% | 172 |
| Hernando | 300 | 74.81% | 59 | 14.71% | 36 | 8.98% | 5 | 1.25% | 1 | 0.25% | 401 |
| Highlands | 457 | 57.56% | 265 | 33.38% | 58 | 7.30% | 9 | 1.13% | 5 | 0.63% | 794 |
| Hillsborough | 4,470 | 62.26% | 1,585 | 22.08% | 765 | 10.65% | 199 | 2.77% | 161 | 2.24% | 7,180 |
| Holmes | 658 | 55.90% | 377 | 32.03% | 117 | 9.94% | 15 | 1.27% | 10 | 0.85% | 1,177 |
| Jackson | 1,771 | 80.76% | 320 | 14.59% | 82 | 3.74% | 10 | 0.46% | 10 | 0.46% | 2,193 |
| Jefferson | 566 | 83.11% | 66 | 9.69% | 43 | 6.31% | 4 | 0.59% | 2 | 0.29% | 681 |
| Lafayette | 358 | 88.18% | 33 | 8.13% | 11 | 2.71% | 3 | 0.74% | 1 | 0.25% | 406 |
| Lake | 1,381 | 53.12% | 948 | 36.46% | 158 | 6.08% | 54 | 2.08% | 59 | 2.27% | 2,600 |
| Lee | 845 | 52.10% | 552 | 34.03% | 80 | 4.93% | 59 | 3.64% | 86 | 5.30% | 1,622 |
| Leon | 947 | 85.32% | 92 | 8.29% | 44 | 3.96% | 20 | 1.80% | 7 | 0.63% | 1,110 |
| Levy | 524 | 64.22% | 214 | 26.23% | 55 | 6.74% | 14 | 1.72% | 9 | 1.10% | 816 |
| Liberty | 193 | 86.16% | 18 | 8.04% | 10 | 4.46% | 1 | 0.45% | 2 | 0.89% | 224 |
| Madison | 538 | 90.73% | 23 | 3.88% | 30 | 5.06% | 1 | 0.17% | 1 | 0.17% | 593 |
| Manatee | 1,064 | 55.04% | 629 | 32.54% | 181 | 9.36% | 35 | 1.81% | 24 | 1.24% | 1,933 |
| Marion | 1,528 | 73.43% | 359 | 17.25% | 94 | 4.52% | 76 | 3.65% | 24 | 1.15% | 2,081 |
| Monroe | 835 | 67.78% | 262 | 21.27% | 113 | 9.17% | 11 | 0.89% | 11 | 0.89% | 1,232 |
| Nassau | 617 | 80.65% | 106 | 13.86% | 32 | 4.18% | 4 | 0.52% | 6 | 0.78% | 765 |
| Okaloosa | 642 | 67.37% | 183 | 19.20% | 83 | 8.71% | 39 | 4.09% | 6 | 0.63% | 953 |
| Okeechobee | 182 | 66.91% | 57 | 20.96% | 19 | 6.99% | 11 | 4.04% | 3 | 1.10% | 272 |
| Orange | 1,883 | 45.84% | 1,653 | 40.24% | 216 | 5.26% | 143 | 3.48% | 213 | 5.19% | 4,108 |
| Osceola | 884 | 50.20% | 589 | 33.45% | 65 | 3.69% | 68 | 3.86% | 155 | 8.80% | 1,761 |
| Palm Beach | 1,543 | 41.25% | 1,726 | 46.14% | 375 | 10.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 97 | 2.59% | 3,741 |
| Pasco | 780 | 53.57% | 472 | 32.42% | 143 | 9.82% | 43 | 2.95% | 18 | 1.24% | 1,456 |
| Pinellas | 2,633 | 43.57% | 2,872 | 47.53% | 302 | 5.00% | 152 | 2.52% | 84 | 1.39% | 6,043 |
| Polk | 3,070 | 57.97% | 1,530 | 28.89% | 461 | 8.70% | 171 | 3.23% | 64 | 1.21% | 5,296 |
| Putnam | 889 | 54.41% | 574 | 35.13% | 89 | 5.45% | 45 | 2.75% | 37 | 2.26% | 1,634 |
| St. Johns | 1,023 | 54.30% | 517 | 27.44% | 187 | 9.93% | 62 | 3.29% | 95 | 5.04% | 1,884 |
| St. Lucie | 722 | 50.92% | 524 | 36.95% | 150 | 10.58% | 10 | 0.71% | 12 | 0.85% | 1,418 |
| Santa Rosa | 693 | 70.64% | 229 | 23.34% | 38 | 3.87% | 12 | 1.22% | 9 | 0.92% | 981 |
| Sarasota | 204 | 44.16% | 187 | 40.48% | 47 | 10.17% | 18 | 3.90% | 6 | 1.30% | 462 |
| Seminole | 945 | 59.58% | 372 | 23.46% | 253 | 15.95% | 8 | 0.50% | 8 | 0.50% | 1,586 |
| Sumter | 481 | 70.94% | 108 | 15.93% | 73 | 10.77% | 9 | 1.33% | 7 | 1.03% | 678 |
| Suwannee | 977 | 83.65% | 111 | 9.50% | 70 | 5.99% | 6 | 0.51% | 4 | 0.34% | 1,168 |
| Taylor | 476 | 78.29% | 100 | 16.45% | 7 | 1.15% | 19 | 3.13% | 6 | 0.99% | 608 |
| Union | 322 | 92.53% | 16 | 4.60% | 7 | 2.01% | 1 | 0.29% | 2 | 0.57% | 348 |
| Volusia | 2,042 | 51.11% | 1,631 | 40.83% | 204 | 5.11% | 75 | 1.88% | 43 | 1.08% | 3,995 |
| Wakulla | 332 | 85.35% | 34 | 8.74% | 15 | 3.86% | 7 | 1.80% | 1 | 0.26% | 389 |
| Walton | 825 | 70.39% | 220 | 18.77% | 56 | 4.78% | 41 | 3.50% | 30 | 2.56% | 1,172 |
| Washington | 562 | 67.55% | 206 | 24.76% | 37 | 4.45% | 21 | 2.52% | 6 | 0.72% | 832 |
| Totals | 62,083 | 56.87% | 30,633 | 28.06% | 8,625 | 7.90% | 5,498 | 5.04% | 2,319 | 2.12% | 109,158 |
State and district results of the1924 United States presidential election | ||
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