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1924 United States presidential election in Montana
← 1920 November 4, 1924 1928 →
 
Nominee Calvin Coolidge Robert M. La Follette John W. Davis
Party Republican La Follette-Wheeler Independent[a] Democratic
Home state Massachusetts Wisconsin West Virginia
Running mate Charles G. Dawes Burton K. Wheeler Charles W. Bryan
Electoral vote 4 0 0
Popular vote 74,138 66,123 33,805
Percentage 42.50% 37.91% 19.38%
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The 1924 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 4, 1924 as part of the 1924 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Montana voted for the Republican nominee, President Calvin Coolidge, over the liberal third-party candidate Robert La Follette who ran locally as a "La Follette-Wheeler Independent" and the Democratic nominee, former United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom John W. Davis. Coolidge won Montana by a margin of 4.59%.

Coolidge was credited for the booming economy while the Democratic electorate was divided between the conservative Davis and the liberal third-party candidate Robert La Follette who ran as a Progressive and chose Montana Senator Burton K. Wheeler as his running mate. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Deer Lodge County voted for a Republican Presidential candidate.[2]

With 37.91 percent of the popular vote, Montana would prove to be La Follette's fourth strongest state in the 1924 election in terms of popular vote percentage after Wisconsin, North Dakota and Minnesota.[3] North Dakota and Montana were the only two states that La Follette lost by less than 5%, so that had he won the two states he was close to winning La Follette would have gained 22 electoral votes in total.

Results

1924 United States presidential election in Montana[4]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Calvin Coolidge (incumbent) 74,138 42.50% 4
La Follette-Wheeler Independent[a]
Farmer-Labor
Socialist 		Robert M. La Follette, Sr. 66,123 37.91% 0
Democratic John W. Davis 33,805 19.38% 0
Communist William Z. Foster 357 0.20% 0
Totals 174,425 100.00% 4

Results by county

County John Calvin Coolidge
Republican 		John William Davis
Democratic 		Robert M. La Follette, Sr.[5]
La Follette-Wheeler
Farmer-Labor
Socialist 		William Z. Foster
Communist 		Margin[b] Total votes cast[6]
# % # % # % # % # %
Beaverhead 1,386 50.55% 766 27.94% 587 21.41% 3 0.11% 620[c] 22.61% 2,742
Big Horn 1,082 57.74% 327 17.45% 465 24.81% 0 0.00% 617 32.92% 1,874
Blaine 827 45.74% 337 18.64% 642 35.51% 2 0.11% 185 10.23% 1,808
Broadwater 531 37.71% 486 34.52% 390 27.70% 1 0.07% 45[c] 3.20% 1,408
Carbon 1,891 44.33% 698 16.36% 1,648 38.63% 29 0.68% 243 5.70% 4,266
Carter 669 54.17% 283 22.91% 283 22.91% 0 0.00% 386 31.26% 1,235
Cascade 5,081 43.41% 2,220 18.96% 4,373 37.36% 32 0.27% 708 6.05% 11,706
Chouteau 1,347 46.15% 706 24.19% 857 29.36% 9 0.31% 490 16.79% 2,919
Custer 1,654 43.78% 412 10.91% 1,707 45.18% 5 0.13% -53 -1.40% 3,778
Daniels 505 35.19% 185 12.89% 740 51.57% 5 0.35% -235 -16.38% 1,435
Dawson 1,326 50.63% 346 13.21% 941 35.93% 6 0.23% 385 14.70% 2,619
Deer Lodge 1,937 35.43% 1,611 29.47% 1,918 35.08% 1 0.02% 19 0.35% 5,467
Fallon 731 55.63% 220 16.74% 363 27.63% 0 0.00% 368 28.01% 1,314
Fergus 2,942 38.50% 1,580 20.68% 3,119 40.81% 1 0.01% -177 -2.32% 7,642
Flathead 2,541 43.28% 788 13.42% 2,537 43.21% 5 0.09% 4 0.07% 5,871
Gallatin 2,494 44.35% 1,564 27.81% 1,564 27.81% 1 0.02% 930 16.54% 5,623
Garfield 876 50.55% 355 20.48% 502 28.97% 0 0.00% 374 21.58% 1,733
Glacier 586 41.68% 511 36.34% 309 21.98% 0 0.00% 75[c] 5.33% 1,406
Golden Valley 422 37.88% 118 10.59% 573 51.44% 1 0.09% -151 -13.55% 1,114
Granite 582 43.47% 353 26.36% 402 30.02% 2 0.15% 180 13.44% 1,339
Hill 1,110 30.60% 602 16.59% 1,906 52.54% 10 0.28% -796 -21.94% 3,628
Jefferson 648 36.49% 434 24.44% 689 38.80% 5 0.28% -41 -2.31% 1,776
Judith Basin 888 41.34% 480 22.35% 763 35.52% 17 0.79% 125 5.82% 2,148
Lake 884 28.00% 340 10.77% 1,932 61.20% 1 0.03% -1,048 -33.20% 3,157
Lewis and Clark 3,433 49.93% 1,869 27.19% 1,570 22.84% 3 0.04% 1,564[c] 22.75% 6,875
Liberty 239 33.71% 141 19.89% 329 46.40% 0 0.00% -90 -12.69% 709
Lincoln 976 40.89% 374 15.67% 1,030 43.15% 7 0.29% -54 -2.26% 2,387
McCone 494 38.18% 143 11.05% 651 50.31% 6 0.46% -157 -12.13% 1,294
Madison 1,137 45.85% 672 27.10% 641 25.85% 30 1.21% 465[c] 18.75% 2,480
Meagher 624 59.60% 257 24.55% 166 15.85% 0 0.00% 367[c] 35.05% 1,047
Mineral 223 21.61% 123 11.92% 686 66.47% 0 0.00% -463 -44.86% 1,032
Missoula 2,386 29.44% 1,012 12.49% 4,704 58.05% 2 0.02% -2,318 -28.60% 8,104
Musselshell 1,488 45.55% 247 7.56% 1,512 46.28% 20 0.61% -24 -0.73% 3,267
Park 2,199 50.70% 688 15.86% 1,447 33.36% 3 0.07% 752 17.34% 4,337
Phillips 1,236 46.69% 473 17.87% 935 35.32% 3 0.11% 301 11.37% 2,647
Pondera 764 37.67% 414 20.41% 849 41.86% 1 0.05% -85 -4.19% 2,028
Powder River 480 48.68% 123 12.47% 380 38.54% 3 0.30% 100 10.14% 986
Powell 982 40.39% 559 22.99% 889 36.57% 1 0.04% 93 3.83% 2,431
Prairie 683 56.21% 162 13.33% 367 30.21% 3 0.25% 316 26.01% 1,215
Ravalli 1,311 37.79% 562 16.20% 1,594 45.95% 2 0.06% -283 -8.16% 3,469
Richland 926 49.95% 238 12.84% 688 37.11% 2 0.11% 238 12.84% 1,854
Roosevelt 965 39.10% 389 15.76% 1,110 44.98% 4 0.16% -145 -5.88% 2,468
Rosebud 1,115 49.12% 259 11.41% 893 39.34% 3 0.13% 222 9.78% 2,270
Sanders 588 28.65% 188 9.16% 1,275 62.13% 1 0.05% -687 -33.48% 2,052
Sheridan 905 35.32% 176 6.87% 1,464 57.14% 17 0.66% -559 -21.82% 2,562
Silver Bow 6,520 34.66% 5,393 28.66% 6,813 36.21% 88 0.47% -293 -1.56% 18,814
Stillwater 1,412 59.88% 375 15.90% 567 24.05% 4 0.17% 845 35.84% 2,358
Sweet Grass 853 59.57% 248 17.32% 331 23.11% 0 0.00% 522 36.45% 1,432
Teton 775 40.36% 396 20.63% 746 38.85% 3 0.16% 29 1.51% 1,920
Toole 697 37.49% 439 23.61% 720 38.73% 3 0.16% -23 -1.24% 1,859
Treasure 289 55.36% 84 16.09% 148 28.35% 1 0.19% 141 27.01% 522
Valley 1,555 51.10% 497 16.33% 986 32.40% 5 0.16% 569 18.70% 3,043
Wheatland 723 44.22% 221 13.52% 691 42.26% 0 0.00% 32 1.96% 1,635
Wibaux 505 56.93% 189 21.31% 191 21.53% 2 0.23% 314 35.40% 887
Yellowstone 4,715 55.91% 1,172 13.90% 2,541 30.13% 5 0.06% 2,174 25.78% 8,433
Totals 74,138 42.50% 33,805 19.38% 66,124 37.91% 358 0.21% 8,014 4.59% 174,425

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b The Montana LaFollette vote was the fusion of 61,105 LaFollette-Wheeler Independent, 4,771 Farmer-Labor, and 247 Socialist electors.[1]
  2. ^ Because La Follette finished ahead of Davis in Montana as a whole, all margins given are Coolidge vote minus La Follette vote and percentage margins Coolidge percentage minus La Follette percentage unless stated in the total for the county in question.
  3. ^ a b c d e f In this county where Davis did run second ahead of La Follette, margin given is Coolidge vote minus Davis vote and percentage margin Coolidge percentage minus Davis percentage.

References

  1. ^ Our Campaigns; MT Us President Race, November 03, 1924
  2. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  3. ^ "1924 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  4. ^ "1924 Presidential General Election Results – Montana". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  5. ^ Géoelections; Popular Vote for Robert LaFollette (.xlsx file for €15)
  6. ^ Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 256-261 ISBN 9780804716963
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