1924 United States presidential election in Michigan
The 1924 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 4, 1924, as part of the 1924 United States presidential election. Voters chose fifteen[1] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Results by county
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Michigan supported Republican Party incumbent Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts in the state's largest landslide in a presidential race as of the 2016 election. Coolidge received over 75% of the popular vote and won every county, while Democratic nominee John W. Davis of West Virginia garnered only 13.13%. Third-party candidate Robert M. La Follette Sr. of the Progressive Party collected 10% of the vote.[2][3]
With 75.37% of the popular vote, Michigan would prove to be Coolidge's second strongest state in the 1924 election in terms of popular vote percentage after his birth state of Vermont.[4]
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Calvin Coolidge (inc.) | 874,631 | 75.37% | |
Democratic | John W. Davis | 152,359 | 13.13% | |
Progressive | Robert M. La Follette | 122,014 | 10.51% | |
Prohibition | Herman P. Faris | 6,085 | 0.52% | |
Communist | William Z. Foster | 5,330 | 0.46% | |
Total votes | 1,160,419 | 100% |
Results by county
County | John Calvin Coolidge Republican |
John William Davis Democratic |
Robert M. La Follette Progressive |
Herman Preston Faris Prohibition |
William Z. Foster Communist |
Margin | Total votes cast[5] | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Alcona | 1,027 | 72.32% | 184 | 12.96% | 179 | 12.61% | 21 | 1.48% | 9 | 0.63% | 843 | 59.37% | 1,420 |
Alger | 1,623 | 66.52% | 228 | 9.34% | 505 | 20.70% | 38 | 1.56% | 46 | 1.89% | 1,118[lower-alpha 1] | 45.82% | 2,440 |
Allegan | 9,417 | 79.32% | 1,562 | 13.16% | 795 | 6.70% | 68 | 0.57% | 30 | 0.25% | 7,855 | 66.16% | 11,872 |
Alpena | 4,628 | 75.78% | 948 | 15.52% | 488 | 7.99% | 21 | 0.34% | 22 | 0.36% | 3,680 | 60.26% | 6,107 |
Antrim | 2,246 | 76.79% | 371 | 12.68% | 270 | 9.23% | 23 | 0.79% | 15 | 0.51% | 1,875 | 64.10% | 2,925 |
Arenac | 1,767 | 67.57% | 575 | 21.99% | 254 | 9.71% | 14 | 0.54% | 5 | 0.19% | 1,192 | 45.58% | 2,615 |
Baraga | 1,714 | 71.84% | 208 | 8.72% | 391 | 16.39% | 36 | 1.51% | 37 | 1.55% | 1,323[lower-alpha 1] | 55.45% | 2,386 |
Barry | 5,656 | 70.72% | 2,046 | 25.58% | 242 | 3.03% | 44 | 0.55% | 10 | 0.13% | 3,610 | 45.14% | 7,998 |
Bay | 14,861 | 64.75% | 5,881 | 25.62% | 1,991 | 8.68% | 142 | 0.62% | 76 | 0.33% | 8,980 | 39.13% | 22,951 |
Benzie | 1,922 | 73.84% | 198 | 7.61% | 419 | 16.10% | 44 | 1.69% | 20 | 0.77% | 1,503[lower-alpha 1] | 57.74% | 2,603 |
Berrien | 15,612 | 63.73% | 4,445 | 18.15% | 4,183 | 17.08% | 158 | 0.64% | 99 | 0.40% | 11,167 | 45.59% | 24,497 |
Branch | 6,016 | 64.67% | 2,253 | 24.22% | 943 | 10.14% | 69 | 0.74% | 21 | 0.23% | 3,763 | 40.45% | 9,302 |
Calhoun | 18,165 | 71.91% | 4,020 | 15.91% | 2,782 | 11.01% | 170 | 0.67% | 125 | 0.49% | 14,145 | 55.99% | 25,262 |
Cass | 4,545 | 59.93% | 2,328 | 30.70% | 645 | 8.50% | 43 | 0.57% | 23 | 0.30% | 2,217 | 29.23% | 7,584 |
Charlevoix | 3,346 | 79.65% | 406 | 9.66% | 387 | 9.21% | 37 | 0.88% | 25 | 0.60% | 2,940 | 69.98% | 4,201 |
Cheboygan | 2,683 | 64.16% | 994 | 23.77% | 441 | 10.55% | 45 | 1.08% | 19 | 0.45% | 1,689 | 40.39% | 4,182 |
Chippewa | 5,443 | 77.44% | 516 | 7.34% | 997 | 14.18% | 36 | 0.51% | 37 | 0.53% | 4,446[lower-alpha 1] | 63.25% | 7,029 |
Clare | 1,920 | 77.67% | 358 | 14.48% | 157 | 6.35% | 19 | 0.77% | 18 | 0.73% | 1,562 | 63.19% | 2,472 |
Clinton | 6,637 | 76.81% | 1,359 | 15.73% | 596 | 6.90% | 38 | 0.44% | 11 | 0.13% | 5,278 | 61.08% | 8,641 |
Crawford | 840 | 72.92% | 163 | 14.15% | 137 | 11.89% | 7 | 0.61% | 5 | 0.43% | 677 | 58.77% | 1,152 |
Delta | 4,761 | 49.83% | 463 | 4.85% | 4,204 | 44.00% | 48 | 0.50% | 78 | 0.82% | 557[lower-alpha 1] | 5.83% | 9,554 |
Dickinson | 4,538 | 68.66% | 400 | 6.05% | 1,495 | 22.62% | 80 | 1.21% | 96 | 1.45% | 3,043[lower-alpha 1] | 46.04% | 6,609 |
Eaton | 8,232 | 73.66% | 2,462 | 22.03% | 394 | 3.53% | 55 | 0.49% | 32 | 0.29% | 5,770 | 51.63% | 11,175 |
Emmet | 3,020 | 69.23% | 773 | 17.72% | 501 | 11.49% | 35 | 0.80% | 33 | 0.76% | 2,247 | 51.51% | 4,362 |
Genesee | 34,264 | 83.82% | 4,225 | 10.34% | 2,124 | 5.20% | 125 | 0.31% | 140 | 0.34% | 30,039 | 73.48% | 40,878 |
Gladwin | 1,908 | 78.36% | 255 | 10.47% | 242 | 9.94% | 23 | 0.94% | 7 | 0.29% | 1,653 | 67.89% | 2,435 |
Gogebic | 5,128 | 66.54% | 487 | 6.32% | 1,781 | 23.11% | 168 | 2.18% | 143 | 1.86% | 3,347[lower-alpha 1] | 43.43% | 7,707 |
Grand Traverse | 4,011 | 74.86% | 558 | 10.41% | 709 | 13.23% | 54 | 1.01% | 26 | 0.49% | 3,302[lower-alpha 1] | 61.63% | 5,358 |
Gratiot | 6,720 | 76.09% | 1,839 | 20.82% | 200 | 2.26% | 53 | 0.60% | 20 | 0.23% | 4,881 | 55.26% | 8,832 |
Hillsdale | 6,556 | 68.45% | 1,980 | 20.67% | 947 | 9.89% | 67 | 0.70% | 28 | 0.29% | 4,576 | 47.78% | 9,578 |
Houghton | 13,833 | 83.02% | 1,045 | 6.27% | 1,579 | 9.48% | 83 | 0.50% | 122 | 0.73% | 12,254[lower-alpha 1] | 73.54% | 16,662 |
Huron | 8,843 | 81.14% | 988 | 9.07% | 983 | 9.02% | 60 | 0.55% | 24 | 0.22% | 7,855 | 72.08% | 10,898 |
Ingham | 28,005 | 81.16% | 4,814 | 13.95% | 1,488 | 4.31% | 146 | 0.42% | 52 | 0.15% | 23,191 | 67.21% | 34,505 |
Ionia | 9,502 | 73.21% | 2,821 | 21.74% | 559 | 4.31% | 79 | 0.61% | 18 | 0.14% | 6,681 | 51.48% | 12,979 |
Iosco | 1,713 | 71.43% | 304 | 12.68% | 329 | 13.72% | 32 | 1.33% | 20 | 0.83% | 1,384[lower-alpha 1] | 57.71% | 2,398 |
Iron | 2,802 | 65.06% | 247 | 5.73% | 1,143 | 26.54% | 60 | 1.39% | 55 | 1.28% | 1,659[lower-alpha 1] | 38.52% | 4,307 |
Isabella | 5,245 | 77.08% | 1,208 | 17.75% | 285 | 4.19% | 52 | 0.76% | 15 | 0.22% | 4,037 | 59.32% | 6,805 |
Jackson | 19,640 | 69.18% | 5,639 | 19.86% | 2,880 | 10.14% | 141 | 0.50% | 90 | 0.32% | 14,001 | 49.32% | 28,390 |
Kalamazoo | 18,451 | 75.31% | 3,587 | 14.64% | 2,283 | 9.32% | 97 | 0.40% | 82 | 0.33% | 14,864 | 60.67% | 24,500 |
Kalkaska | 966 | 70.46% | 205 | 14.95% | 177 | 12.91% | 18 | 1.31% | 5 | 0.36% | 761 | 55.51% | 1,371 |
Kent | 45,207 | 76.61% | 7,982 | 13.53% | 5,356 | 9.08% | 260 | 0.44% | 203 | 0.34% | 37,225 | 63.08% | 59,008 |
Keweenaw | 1,421 | 91.15% | 50 | 3.21% | 67 | 4.30% | 6 | 0.38% | 15 | 0.96% | 1,354[lower-alpha 1] | 86.85% | 1,559 |
Lake | 1,069 | 68.79% | 313 | 20.14% | 160 | 10.30% | 4 | 0.26% | 8 | 0.51% | 756 | 48.65% | 1,554 |
Lapeer | 6,297 | 83.65% | 929 | 12.34% | 248 | 3.29% | 40 | 0.53% | 14 | 0.19% | 5,368 | 71.31% | 7,528 |
Leelanau | 1,792 | 75.36% | 301 | 12.66% | 249 | 10.47% | 23 | 0.97% | 13 | 0.55% | 1,491 | 62.70% | 2,378 |
Lenawee | 13,358 | 72.65% | 3,950 | 21.48% | 958 | 5.21% | 82 | 0.45% | 40 | 0.22% | 9,408 | 51.16% | 18,388 |
Livingston | 4,886 | 67.37% | 2,037 | 28.09% | 274 | 3.78% | 40 | 0.55% | 15 | 0.21% | 2,849 | 39.29% | 7,252 |
Luce | 850 | 80.65% | 112 | 10.63% | 83 | 7.87% | 9 | 0.85% | 0 | 0.00% | 738 | 70.02% | 1,054 |
Mackinac | 1,606 | 51.62% | 998 | 32.08% | 481 | 15.46% | 12 | 0.39% | 14 | 0.45% | 608 | 19.54% | 3,111 |
Macomb | 11,147 | 69.96% | 3,191 | 20.03% | 1,506 | 9.45% | 54 | 0.34% | 35 | 0.22% | 7,956 | 49.93% | 15,933 |
Manistee | 3,701 | 58.09% | 1,314 | 20.62% | 1,294 | 20.31% | 43 | 0.67% | 19 | 0.30% | 2,387 | 37.47% | 6,371 |
Marquette | 9,771 | 70.70% | 845 | 6.11% | 2,984 | 21.59% | 121 | 0.88% | 99 | 0.72% | 6,787[lower-alpha 1] | 49.11% | 13,820 |
Mason | 3,567 | 67.18% | 815 | 15.35% | 791 | 14.90% | 63 | 1.19% | 74 | 1.39% | 2,752 | 51.83% | 5,310 |
Mecosta | 3,884 | 76.96% | 794 | 15.73% | 304 | 6.02% | 33 | 0.65% | 32 | 0.63% | 3,090 | 61.22% | 5,047 |
Menominee | 4,142 | 53.35% | 1,055 | 13.59% | 2,459 | 31.67% | 48 | 0.62% | 60 | 0.77% | 1,683[lower-alpha 1] | 21.68% | 7,764 |
Midland | 4,004 | 79.08% | 625 | 12.34% | 358 | 7.07% | 64 | 1.26% | 12 | 0.24% | 3,379 | 66.74% | 5,063 |
Missaukee | 1,723 | 85.09% | 208 | 10.27% | 79 | 3.90% | 13 | 0.64% | 2 | 0.10% | 1,515 | 74.81% | 2,025 |
Monroe | 8,940 | 58.12% | 4,981 | 32.38% | 1,343 | 8.73% | 73 | 0.47% | 46 | 0.30% | 3,959 | 25.74% | 15,383 |
Montcalm | 6,942 | 78.97% | 1,396 | 15.88% | 349 | 3.97% | 78 | 0.89% | 26 | 0.30% | 5,546 | 63.09% | 8,791 |
Montmorency | 748 | 63.93% | 140 | 11.97% | 264 | 22.56% | 14 | 1.20% | 4 | 0.34% | 484[lower-alpha 1] | 41.37% | 1,170 |
Muskegon | 14,422 | 79.22% | 1,462 | 8.03% | 2,188 | 12.02% | 68 | 0.37% | 66 | 0.36% | 12,234[lower-alpha 1] | 67.20% | 18,206 |
Newaygo | 4,243 | 79.22% | 720 | 13.44% | 333 | 6.22% | 48 | 0.90% | 12 | 0.22% | 3,523 | 65.78% | 5,356 |
Oakland | 28,603 | 81.27% | 4,105 | 11.66% | 2,201 | 6.25% | 162 | 0.46% | 125 | 0.36% | 24,498 | 69.60% | 35,196 |
Oceana | 3,335 | 74.94% | 650 | 14.61% | 380 | 8.54% | 50 | 1.12% | 35 | 0.79% | 2,685 | 60.34% | 4,450 |
Ogemaw | 1,714 | 79.32% | 258 | 11.94% | 156 | 7.22% | 19 | 0.88% | 14 | 0.65% | 1,456 | 67.38% | 2,161 |
Ontonagon | 2,249 | 71.42% | 417 | 13.24% | 399 | 12.67% | 23 | 0.73% | 61 | 1.94% | 1,832 | 58.18% | 3,149 |
Osceola | 3,050 | 77.79% | 566 | 14.44% | 256 | 6.53% | 40 | 1.02% | 9 | 0.23% | 2,484 | 63.35% | 3,921 |
Oscoda | 389 | 82.24% | 52 | 10.99% | 30 | 6.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.42% | 337 | 71.25% | 473 |
Otsego | 1,144 | 73.81% | 249 | 16.06% | 143 | 9.23% | 8 | 0.52% | 6 | 0.39% | 895 | 57.74% | 1,550 |
Ottawa | 11,688 | 78.55% | 1,871 | 12.57% | 1,220 | 8.20% | 54 | 0.36% | 47 | 0.32% | 9,817 | 65.97% | 14,880 |
Presque Isle | 2,315 | 67.45% | 431 | 12.56% | 645 | 18.79% | 27 | 0.79% | 14 | 0.41% | 1,670[lower-alpha 1] | 48.66% | 3,432 |
Roscommon | 484 | 69.64% | 99 | 14.24% | 101 | 14.53% | 6 | 0.86% | 5 | 0.72% | 383[lower-alpha 1] | 55.11% | 695 |
Saginaw | 23,618 | 67.99% | 6,206 | 17.87% | 4,649 | 13.38% | 162 | 0.47% | 103 | 0.30% | 17,412 | 50.12% | 34,738 |
Sanilac | 7,767 | 84.53% | 983 | 10.70% | 366 | 3.98% | 50 | 0.54% | 22 | 0.24% | 6,784 | 73.84% | 9,188 |
Schoolcraft | 1,515 | 61.34% | 190 | 7.69% | 720 | 29.15% | 24 | 0.97% | 21 | 0.85% | 795[lower-alpha 1] | 32.19% | 2,470 |
Shiawassee | 8,987 | 72.99% | 1,738 | 14.12% | 1,366 | 11.09% | 144 | 1.17% | 78 | 0.63% | 7,249 | 58.87% | 12,313 |
St. Clair | 17,435 | 76.54% | 3,600 | 15.80% | 1,635 | 7.18% | 68 | 0.30% | 42 | 0.18% | 13,835 | 60.73% | 22.780 |
St. Joseph | 6,633 | 61.34% | 2,649 | 26.13% | 747 | 7.37% | 52 | 0.51% | 56 | 0.55% | 3,984 | 39.30% | 10,137 |
Tuscola | 7,490 | 80.37% | 1,076 | 11.55% | 653 | 7.01% | 91 | 0.98% | 9 | 0.10% | 6,414 | 68.83% | 9,319 |
Van Buren | 7,384 | 71.55% | 1,646 | 15.95% | 1,170 | 11.34% | 72 | 0.70% | 48 | 0.47% | 5,738 | 55.60% | 10,320 |
Washtenaw | 14,326 | 72.24% | 3,603 | 18.17% | 1,728 | 8.71% | 93 | 0.47% | 80 | 0.40% | 10,723 | 54.07% | 19,830 |
Wayne | 268,653 | 80.11% | 23,817 | 7.10% | 39,773 | 11.86% | 1,121 | 0.33% | 1,972 | 0.59% | 228,880[lower-alpha 1] | 68.25% | 335,336 |
Wexford | 3,926 | 77.47% | 592 | 11.68% | 443 | 8.74% | 74 | 1.46% | 33 | 0.65% | 3,334 | 65.79% | 5,068 |
Totals | 874,631 | 75.37% | 152,359 | 13.13% | 122,014 | 10.51% | 6,085 | 0.52% | 5,330 | 0.46% | 722,272 | 62.24% | 1,160,419 |
Notes
- In this county where La Follette ran second ahead of Davis, margin given is Coolidge vote minus La Follette vote, and percentage margin Collidge percentage minus La Follette percentage.
References
- "1924 Election for the Thirty-Fifth Term (1925-1929)". Retrieved 2018-04-03.
- "1924 Presidential General Election Results - Michigan". Retrieved 2018-04-03.
- "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1924". Retrieved 2018-04-03.
- "1924 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
- Michigan Department of State – Bureau of Elections; Michigan Manual, (1925), p. 387