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.
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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
edit| 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
edit| 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/Progressive |
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
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ "1924 Presidential General Election Results – Missouri". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
- ^ Menendez, Albert J. (2005). The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004. McFarland. pp. 239–246. ISBN 0786422173.
- ^ 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.