1924 United States presidential election in Missouri
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Nominee Calvin Coolidge John W. Davis Robert M. La Follette
Party Republican Democratic Socialist
Alliance Progressive
Home state Massachusetts West Virginia Wisconsin
Running mate Charles G. Dawes Charles W. Bryan Burton K. Wheeler
Electoral vote 18 0 0
Popular vote 648,486 572,753 84,160
Percentage 49.58% 43.79% 6.43%
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President before election

Calvin Coolidge
Republican

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Calvin Coolidge
Republican

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The 1924 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 4, 1924 as part of the 1924 United States presidential election. Voters chose 18 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Calvin Coolidge narrowly won Missouri by 5.79 points against John W. Davis, winning all 18 of the electoral votes in the state.[1] To date, this is the last time that the city of St. Louis voted for the Republican candidate in a presidential election.[2]

Results

1924 United States presidential election in Missouri
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Calvin Coolidge (incumbent) 648,486 49.58%
Democratic John W. Davis 572,753 43.79%
Socialist Robert M. La Follette 84,160 6.43%
Prohibition Herman P. Faris 1,418 0.11%
Socialist Labor Frank Tetes Johns 883 0.07%
Commonwealth Land William Wallace 258 0.02%
Total votes 1,306,817 100%

Results by county

1924 United States presidential election in Missouri by county[3]
County John Calvin Coolidge
Republican 		John William Davis
Democratic 		Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
Socialist/Liberal 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Adair 4,383 53.56% 2,800 34.22% 970 11.85% 30 0.37% 1,583 19.34% 8,183
Andrew 3,535 55.36% 2,648 41.47% 188 2.94% 14 0.22% 887 13.89% 6,385
Atchison 2,710 49.26% 2,617 47.57% 170 3.09% 4 0.07% 93 1.69% 5,501
Audrain 3,125 34.18% 5,866 64.17% 142 1.55% 9 0.10% -2,741 -29.98% 9,142
Barry 4,065 47.93% 3,606 42.52% 797 9.40% 13 0.15% 459 5.41% 8,481
Barton 2,952 48.59% 2,682 44.15% 419 6.90% 22 0.36% 270 4.44% 6,075
Bates 4,552 47.11% 4,722 48.87% 357 3.69% 32 0.33% -170 -1.76% 9,663
Benton 2,693 60.71% 1,588 35.80% 70 1.58% 85 1.92% 1,105 24.91% 4,436
Bollinger 2,204 50.21% 2,075 47.27% 110 2.51% 1 0.02% 129 2.94% 4,390
Boone 3,547 28.67% 8,657 69.97% 157 1.27% 12 0.10% -5,110 -41.30% 12,373
Buchanan 17,509 50.13% 14,759 42.26% 2,599 7.44% 59 0.17% 2,750 7.87% 34,926
Butler 4,489 55.98% 2,953 36.83% 565 7.05% 12 0.15% 1,536 19.15% 8,019
Caldwell 3,545 58.66% 2,383 39.43% 100 1.65% 15 0.25% 1,162 19.23% 6,043
Callaway 2,799 31.68% 5,904 66.82% 126 1.43% 7 0.08% -3,105 -35.14% 8,836
Camden 1,732 57.14% 1,196 39.46% 100 3.30% 3 0.10% 536 17.68% 3,031
Cape Girardeau 6,076 52.08% 4,967 42.58% 609 5.22% 14 0.12% 1,109 9.51% 11,666
Carroll 4,907 51.05% 4,502 46.83% 182 1.89% 22 0.23% 405 4.21% 9,613
Carter 772 40.57% 1,051 55.23% 68 3.57% 12 0.63% -279 -14.66% 1,903
Cass 3,610 42.17% 4,709 55.01% 225 2.63% 17 0.20% -1,099 -12.84% 8,561
Cedar 2,802 55.83% 2,007 39.99% 203 4.04% 7 0.14% 795 15.84% 5,019
Chariton 3,173 38.72% 4,795 58.52% 213 2.60% 13 0.16% -1,622 -19.79% 8,194
Christian 2,692 62.77% 1,281 29.87% 303 7.06% 13 0.30% 1,411 32.90% 4,289
Clark 2,948 50.37% 2,770 47.33% 62 1.06% 73 1.25% 178 3.04% 5,853
Clay 2,998 31.69% 6,076 64.24% 372 3.93% 13 0.14% -3,078 -32.54% 9,459
Clinton 2,848 46.22% 3,177 51.56% 128 2.08% 9 0.15% -329 -5.34% 6,162
Cole 6,205 52.49% 5,033 42.58% 578 4.89% 5 0.04% 1,172 9.91% 11,821
Cooper 4,755 52.76% 4,070 45.16% 183 2.03% 4 0.04% 685 7.60% 9,012
Crawford 2,336 55.77% 1,697 40.51% 149 3.56% 7 0.17% 639 15.25% 4,189
Dade 2,651 54.66% 2,007 41.38% 178 3.67% 14 0.29% 644 13.28% 4,850
Dallas 2,188 61.03% 1,304 36.37% 92 2.57% 1 0.03% 884 24.66% 3,585
Daviess 3,869 51.42% 3,520 46.78% 126 1.67% 9 0.12% 349 4.64% 7,524
DeKalb 2,730 52.58% 2,368 45.61% 85 1.64% 9 0.17% 362 6.97% 5,192
Dent 1,779 42.84% 2,263 54.49% 109 2.62% 2 0.05% -484 -11.65% 4,153
Douglas 2,617 69.16% 909 24.02% 247 6.53% 11 0.29% 1,708 45.14% 3,784
Dunklin 3,436 42.67% 4,357 54.11% 253 3.14% 6 0.07% -921 -11.44% 8,052
Franklin 6,253 59.31% 3,384 32.10% 896 8.50% 10 0.09% 2,869 27.21% 10,543
Gasconade 3,306 75.88% 577 13.24% 470 10.79% 4 0.09% 2,729 62.63% 4,357
Gentry 3,318 45.94% 3,555 49.22% 340 4.71% 9 0.12% -237 -3.28% 7,222
Greene 13,618 45.74% 13,084 43.95% 3,017 10.13% 52 0.17% 534 1.79% 29,771
Grundy 3,782 50.65% 2,367 31.70% 1,308 17.52% 10 0.13% 1,415 18.95% 7,467
Harrison 4,247 58.18% 2,792 38.25% 234 3.21% 27 0.37% 1,455 19.93% 7,300
Henry 4,616 46.76% 4,706 47.68% 342 3.46% 207 2.10% -90 -0.91% 9,871
Hickory 1,895 70.71% 722 26.94% 56 2.09% 7 0.26% 1,173 43.77% 2,680
Holt 3,316 57.98% 2,255 39.43% 130 2.27% 18 0.31% 1,061 18.55% 5,719
Howard 1,873 27.30% 4,759 69.37% 219 3.19% 9 0.13% -2,886 -42.07% 6,860
Howell 3,130 48.21% 2,681 41.29% 663 10.21% 19 0.29% 449 6.92% 6,493
Iron 1,328 43.24% 1,675 54.54% 63 2.05% 5 0.16% -347 -11.30% 3,071
Jackson 91,141 51.79% 76,002 43.19% 8,604 4.89% 235 0.13% 15,139 8.60% 175,982
Jasper 13,701 55.11% 9,176 36.91% 1,893 7.61% 90 0.36% 4,525 18.20% 24,860
Jefferson 4,870 48.88% 4,356 43.72% 729 7.32% 8 0.08% 514 5.16% 9,963
Johnson 5,248 47.68% 5,526 50.21% 213 1.94% 19 0.17% -278 -2.53% 11,006
Knox 2,288 43.83% 2,722 52.15% 194 3.72% 16 0.31% -434 -8.31% 5,220
Laclede 2,960 51.61% 2,500 43.59% 265 4.62% 10 0.17% 460 8.02% 5,735
Lafayette 6,517 50.43% 5,877 45.48% 519 4.02% 10 0.08% 640 4.95% 12,923
Lawrence 4,499 49.35% 3,768 41.33% 818 8.97% 31 0.34% 731 8.02% 9,116
Lewis 2,416 39.48% 3,481 56.88% 211 3.45% 12 0.20% -1,065 -17.40% 6,120
Lincoln 2,563 41.63% 3,419 55.53% 168 2.73% 7 0.11% -856 -13.90% 6,157
Linn 5,155 45.84% 5,386 47.89% 674 5.99% 31 0.28% -231 -2.05% 11,246
Livingston 4,517 50.26% 4,316 48.02% 106 1.18% 49 0.55% 201 2.24% 8,988
Macon 4,909 44.83% 5,538 50.58% 484 4.42% 19 0.17% -629 -5.74% 10,950
Madison 1,569 48.06% 1,665 51.00% 29 0.89% 2 0.06% -96 -2.94% 3,265
Maries 1,004 33.00% 1,913 62.89% 122 4.01% 3 0.10% -909 -29.88% 3,042
Marion 5,408 43.98% 5,739 46.67% 1,135 9.23% 15 0.12% -331 -2.69% 12,297
McDonald 2,374 48.29% 2,301 46.81% 153 3.11% 88 1.79% 73 1.48% 4,916
Mercer 2,508 62.54% 1,209 30.15% 285 7.11% 8 0.20% 1,299 32.39% 4,010
Miller 3,011 56.16% 1,962 36.60% 383 7.14% 5 0.09% 1,049 19.57% 5,361
Mississippi 1,797 41.69% 2,360 54.76% 139 3.23% 14 0.32% -563 -13.06% 4,310
Moniteau 3,138 53.17% 2,601 44.07% 153 2.59% 10 0.17% 537 9.10% 5,902
Monroe 1,141 16.51% 5,597 81.00% 166 2.40% 6 0.09% -4,456 -64.49% 6,910
Montgomery 3,563 53.60% 2,938 44.19% 134 2.02% 13 0.20% 625 9.40% 6,648
Morgan 2,489 56.61% 1,842 41.89% 62 1.41% 4 0.09% 647 14.71% 4,397
New Madrid 4,018 48.34% 4,167 50.13% 125 1.50% 2 0.02% -149 -1.79% 8,312
Newton 4,592 50.96% 3,970 44.06% 417 4.63% 32 0.36% 622 6.90% 9,011
Nodaway 6,242 49.85% 5,803 46.35% 451 3.60% 25 0.20% 439 3.51% 12,521
Oregon 896 25.70% 2,231 63.98% 354 10.15% 6 0.17% -1,335 -38.29% 3,487
Osage 2,496 51.98% 1,986 41.36% 313 6.52% 7 0.15% 510 10.62% 4,802
Ozark 1,758 69.05% 688 27.02% 93 3.65% 7 0.27% 1,070 42.03% 2,546
Pemiscot 4,811 45.50% 5,616 53.12% 125 1.18% 21 0.20% -805 -7.61% 10,573
Perry 7,280 47.78% 6,568 43.11% 1,369 8.99% 19 0.12% 712 4.67% 15,236
Pettis 2,656 55.67% 1,826 38.27% 282 5.91% 7 0.15% 830 17.40% 4,771
Phelps 2,085 37.91% 2,918 53.05% 475 8.64% 22 0.40% -833 -15.15% 5,500
Pike 3,715 46.44% 4,040 50.51% 233 2.91% 11 0.14% -325 -4.06% 7,999
Platte 1,999 34.80% 3,674 63.96% 71 1.24% 0 0.00% -1,675 -29.16% 5,744
Polk 4,097 56.19% 3,033 41.60% 148 2.03% 13 0.18% 1,064 14.59% 7,291
Pulaski 1,578 40.81% 2,127 55.00% 162 4.19% 0 0.00% -549 -14.20% 3,867
Putnam 3,340 65.39% 1,495 29.27% 260 5.09% 13 0.25% 1,845 36.12% 5,108
Ralls 1,365 33.52% 2,617 64.27% 83 2.04% 7 0.17% -1,252 -30.75% 4,072
Randolph 2,991 25.85% 7,372 63.72% 1,186 10.25% 20 0.17% -4,381 -37.87% 11,569
Ray 2,753 34.24% 4,989 62.04% 293 3.64% 6 0.07% -2,236 -27.81% 8,041
Reynolds 873 32.05% 1,822 66.89% 28 1.03% 1 0.04% -949 -34.84% 2,724
Ripley 1,428 41.71% 1,863 54.41% 129 3.77% 4 0.12% -435 -12.70% 3,424
Saint Charles 4,668 59.11% 2,364 29.94% 850 10.76% 15 0.19% 2,304 29.18% 7,897
Saint Clair 2,907 49.70% 2,640 45.14% 278 4.75% 24 0.41% 267 4.56% 5,849
Saint Francois 6,117 51.16% 5,542 46.35% 287 2.40% 10 0.08% 575 4.81% 11,956
Saint Louis County 26,669 55.75% 16,075 33.61% 4,997 10.45% 93 0.19% 10,594 22.15% 47,834
Saint Louis City 139,433 52.70% 95,888 36.24% 28,856 10.91% 420 0.16% 43,545 16.46% 264,597
Sainte Genevieve 1,330 49.20% 1,257 46.50% 113 4.18% 3 0.11% 73 2.70% 2,703
Saline 4,990 41.15% 6,564 54.14% 553 4.56% 18 0.15% -1,574 -12.98% 12,125
Schuyler 1,522 42.37% 1,982 55.18% 75 2.09% 13 0.36% -460 -12.81% 3,592
Scotland 2,282 44.82% 2,595 50.96% 210 4.12% 5 0.10% -313 -6.15% 5,092
Scott 3,335 40.54% 3,633 44.16% 1,215 14.77% 43 0.52% -298 -3.62% 8,226
Shannon 1,174 34.38% 2,107 61.70% 133 3.89% 1 0.03% -933 -27.32% 3,415
Shelby 1,737 30.01% 3,957 68.37% 88 1.52% 6 0.10% -2,220 -38.36% 5,788
Stoddard 3,844 44.29% 4,348 50.09% 477 5.50% 11 0.13% -504 -5.81% 8,680
Stone 1,871 65.42% 626 21.89% 352 12.31% 11 0.38% 1,245 43.53% 2,860
Sullivan 3,885 49.33% 3,703 47.02% 285 3.62% 2 0.03% 182 2.31% 7,875
Taney 1,710 61.49% 981 35.28% 83 2.98% 7 0.25% 729 26.21% 2,781
Texas 2,787 43.55% 3,421 53.45% 181 2.83% 11 0.17% -634 -9.91% 6,400
Vernon 3,593 38.89% 4,839 52.38% 769 8.32% 38 0.41% -1,246 -13.49% 9,239
Warren 2,667 76.03% 644 18.36% 196 5.59% 1 0.03% 2,023 57.67% 3,508
Washington 2,397 54.42% 1,955 44.38% 50 1.14% 3 0.07% 442 10.03% 4,405
Wayne 1,958 44.11% 2,283 51.43% 187 4.21% 11 0.25% -325 -7.32% 4,439
Webster 3,168 51.12% 2,730 44.05% 291 4.70% 8 0.13% 438 7.07% 6,197
Worth 1,666 49.66% 1,650 49.18% 30 0.89% 9 0.27% 16 0.48% 3,355
Wright 3,105 55.04% 2,303 40.83% 231 4.10% 2 0.04% 802 14.22% 5,641
Totals 648,486 49.58% 572,753 43.79% 84,160 6.43% 2,559 0.20% 75,733 5.79% 1,307,958

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ "1924 Presidential General Election Results – Missouri". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  2. ^ Menendez, Albert J. The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004. pp. 239–246. ISBN 0786422173.
  3. ^ Missouri Office of the Secretary of State Elections (1926). "Missouri Vote for President, November 1924, by Counties". Official Manual State of Missouri (1925-1926) (Report). pp. 193–194.
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