1924 United States presidential election in Washington (state)
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The 1924 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 4, 1924. All contemporary forty-eight states took part of the 1924 United States presidential election, and Washington's voters selected seven voters to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Rapid recovery of the economy from a sharp recession following World War I transformed the 1920s into a strongly Republican decade. Even the problematic issue of a farm depression had eased by the time of the election as prices recovered.[1] It was also widely thought that the Teapot Dome scandal could do nothing to revive the Democrats as they were well known to have equally severe problems therewith via the fact that recently deceased Woodrow Wilson had paid one hundred and fifty thousand dollars in legal fees to nomination frontrunner William McAdoo.[2]
The conservatism of Democratic nominee John W. Davis – the first presidential nominee since the American Civil War from an antebellum slave state and the only one ever from West Virginia[3] – led those with more progressive views to desert the two major parties for the third-party candidacy of Progressive "Fighting Bob" La Follette. His campaign, based on improved labor laws, an end to US involvement in the politics of Latin America, and cheap credit for farmers, had major appeal in the West, and in Washington State La Follette won five of thirty-nine counties (including absolute majorities in the eastern counties of Franklin and Adams) and finished ahead of Davis in every county except far southeastern Garfield County and Columbia County.
Results
| Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican Party | Calvin Coolidge | Mrs. Samuel D. Cosgrove | 220,224 | |
| Republican Party | Calvin Coolidge | John L. Murray | 219,019 | |
| Republican Party | Calvin Coolidge | W. J. Coates | 218,943 | |
| Republican Party | Calvin Coolidge | R. M. Wright | 218,858 | |
| Republican Party | Calvin Coolidge | Fred C. Stewart | 218,854 | |
| Republican Party | Calvin Coolidge | Benjamin E. Thomas | 218,778 | |
| Republican Party | Calvin Coolidge | L. E. Jesseph | 218,143 | |
| Progressive Party | Robert M. La Follette | J. Q. Adams | 150,727 | |
| Progressive Party | Robert M. La Follette | Edna Wright Beebe | 150,213 | |
| Progressive Party | Robert M. La Follette | Charles G. Cole | 150,137 | |
| Progressive Party | Robert M. La Follette | Annabelle Kennedy | 150,103 | |
| Progressive Party | Robert M. La Follette | Fred J. Chamberlain | 150,101 | |
| Progressive Party | Robert M. La Follette | Edgar C. Snyder | 149.854 | |
| Progressive Party | Robert M. La Follette | C. O. Young | 149,115 | |
| Democratic Party | John W. Davis | Jessie Irving | 42,842 | |
| Democratic Party | John W. Davis | John B. Hanson | 42,556 | |
| Democratic Party | John W. Davis | Joseph L. Keeler | 42,444 | |
| Democratic Party | John W. Davis | Charles H. Keavy | 42,440 | |
| Democratic Party | John W. Davis | Paul Newman | 42,339 | |
| Democratic Party | John W. Davis | Edgar Swan | 42,315 | |
| Democratic Party | John W. Davis | B. F. Billingsley | 42,239 | |
| American Party | Gilbert Nations | H. O. Akin | 5,991 | |
| American Party | Gilbert Nations | J. M. Borgenson | 5,900 | |
| American Party | Gilbert Nations | J. W. Adams | 5,838 | |
| American Party | Gilbert Nations | P. M. Woodall | 5,823 | |
| American Party | Gilbert Nations | W. A. Arnold | 5,809 | |
| American Party | Gilbert Nations | Charles W. Ayres | 5,806 | |
| American Party | Gilbert Nations | O. E. Druse | 5,669 | |
| Socialist Labor Party | Frank T. Johns | George B. Wilson | 1,004 | |
| Socialist Labor Party | Frank T. Johns | Abraham L. Brearcliff | 982 | |
| Socialist Labor Party | Frank T. Johns | William J. Chamberlain | 974 | |
| Socialist Labor Party | Frank T. Johns | James F. Stark | 966 | |
| Socialist Labor Party | Frank T. Johns | Daniel L. Barnett | 952 | |
| Socialist Labor Party | Frank T. Johns | Samuel A. Witherspoon | 951 | |
| Socialist Labor Party | Frank T. Johns | John C. Schafer | 933 | |
| Workers Party | William Z. Foster | William H. Jones | 761 | |
| Workers Party | William Z. Foster | Joseph Huvel | 736 | |
| Workers Party | William Z. Foster | John W. Weppler | 715 | |
| Workers Party | William Z. Foster | Henry G. Price | 714 | |
| Workers Party | William Z. Foster | John Lawrie | 711 | |
| Workers Party | William Z. Foster | George Halonen | 694 | |
| Workers Party | William Z. Foster | Mike Kronholm | 693 | |
| Votes cast[a] | 421,549 | |||
Results by county
| County[4] | Calvin Coolidge Republican |
Robert M. La Follette Progressive |
John W. Davis Democratic |
Gilbert Nations American |
Frank T. Johns Socialist Labor |
William Z. Foster Workers |
Margin[b] | Total votes cast[c] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 760 | 37.51% | 1,036 | 51.14% | 228 | 11.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | -276 | -13.63% | 2,026 |
| Asotin | 1,094 | 46.51% | 728 | 30.95% | 508 | 21.60% | 15 | 0.64% | 5 | 0.21% | 2 | 0.09% | 366 | 15.56% | 2,352 |
| Benton | 1,812 | 45.33% | 1,711 | 42.81% | 437 | 10.93% | 27 | 0.68% | 4 | 0.10% | 6 | 0.15% | 101 | 2.52% | 3,997 |
| Chelan | 4,543 | 55.56% | 2,584 | 31.60% | 995 | 12.17% | 35 | 0.43% | 19 | 0.23% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,959 | 23.96% | 8,177 |
| Clallam | 2,129 | 52.07% | 1,639 | 40.08% | 283 | 6.92% | 11 | 0.27% | 17 | 0.42% | 10 | 0.24% | 490 | 11.99% | 4,089 |
| Clark | 5,215 | 47.61% | 3,573 | 32.62% | 2,004 | 18.29% | 112 | 1.02% | 33 | 0.30% | 17 | 0.16% | 1,642 | 14.99% | 10,954 |
| Columbia | 1,122 | 52.11% | 492 | 22.85% | 522 | 24.25% | 12 | 0.56% | 3 | 0.14% | 2 | 0.09% | 600[d] | 27.86% | 2,153 |
| Cowlitz | 3,274 | 55.66% | 1,609 | 27.35% | 927 | 15.76% | 21 | 0.36% | 34 | 0.58% | 17 | 0.29% | 1,665 | 28.31% | 5,882 |
| Douglas | 1,070 | 42.19% | 1,053 | 41.52% | 398 | 15.69% | 7 | 0.28% | 5 | 0.20% | 3 | 0.12% | 17 | 0.67% | 2,536 |
| Ferry | 507 | 34.49% | 605 | 41.16% | 349 | 23.74% | 3 | 0.20% | 2 | 0.14% | 4 | 0.27% | -98 | -6.67% | 1,470 |
| Franklin | 709 | 31.15% | 1,301 | 57.16% | 237 | 10.41% | 19 | 0.83% | 7 | 0.31% | 3 | 0.13% | -592 | -26.01% | 2,276 |
| Garfield | 875 | 65.25% | 140 | 10.44% | 324 | 24.16% | 2 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 551[d] | 41.09% | 1,341 |
| Grant | 813 | 40.87% | 823 | 41.38% | 332 | 16.69% | 16 | 0.80% | 4 | 0.20% | 1 | 0.05% | -10 | -0.51% | 1,989 |
| Grays Harbor | 8,273 | 60.16% | 4,079 | 29.66% | 1,239 | 9.01% | 85 | 0.62% | 32 | 0.23% | 43 | 0.31% | 4,194 | 30.50% | 13,751 |
| Island | 832 | 46.25% | 830 | 46.14% | 114 | 6.34% | 9 | 0.50% | 6 | 0.33% | 8 | 0.44% | 2 | 0.11% | 1,799 |
| Jefferson | 913 | 51.79% | 692 | 39.25% | 143 | 8.11% | 4 | 0.23% | 3 | 0.17% | 8 | 0.45% | 221 | 12.54% | 1,763 |
| King | 60,438 | 53.51% | 41,146 | 36.43% | 7,404 | 6.56% | 3,426 | 3.03% | 309 | 0.27% | 217 | 0.19% | 19,292 | 17.08% | 112,940 |
| Kitsap | 3,954 | 45.19% | 4,215 | 48.17% | 490 | 5.60% | 45 | 0.51% | 22 | 0.25% | 24 | 0.27% | -261 | -2.98% | 8,750 |
| Kittitas | 2,360 | 47.22% | 2,112 | 42.26% | 455 | 9.10% | 46 | 0.92% | 9 | 0.18% | 16 | 0.32% | 248 | 4.96% | 4,998 |
| Klickitat | 1,482 | 52.72% | 790 | 28.10% | 518 | 18.43% | 9 | 0.32% | 7 | 0.25% | 5 | 0.18% | 692 | 24.62% | 2,811 |
| Lewis | 6,973 | 58.07% | 3,392 | 28.25% | 1,544 | 12.86% | 30 | 0.25% | 39 | 0.32% | 29 | 0.24% | 3,581 | 29.82% | 12,007 |
| Lincoln | 2,042 | 46.16% | 1,629 | 36.82% | 743 | 16.79% | 5 | 0.11% | 3 | 0.07% | 2 | 0.05% | 413 | 9.34% | 4,424 |
| Mason | 902 | 49.02% | 741 | 40.27% | 179 | 9.73% | 9 | 0.49% | 6 | 0.33% | 3 | 0.16% | 161 | 8.75% | 1,840 |
| Okanogan | 2,531 | 50.41% | 1,735 | 34.55% | 721 | 14.36% | 14 | 0.28% | 14 | 0.28% | 6 | 0.12% | 796 | 15.86% | 5,021 |
| Pacific | 2,672 | 64.57% | 930 | 22.47% | 501 | 12.11% | 12 | 0.29% | 8 | 0.19% | 15 | 0.36% | 1,742 | 42.10% | 4,138 |
| Pend Oreille | 1,025 | 51.05% | 749 | 37.30% | 231 | 11.50% | 2 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 276 | 13.75% | 2,008 |
| Pierce | 21,376 | 47.70% | 18,467 | 41.20% | 4,232 | 9.44% | 498 | 1.11% | 137 | 0.31% | 108 | 0.24% | 2,909 | 6.50% | 44,818 |
| San Juan | 744 | 66.67% | 284 | 25.45% | 86 | 7.71% | 1 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 460 | 41.22% | 1,116 |
| Skagit | 5,071 | 47.95% | 4,714 | 44.57% | 699 | 6.61% | 33 | 0.31% | 20 | 0.19% | 39 | 0.37% | 357 | 3.38% | 10,576 |
| Skamania | 533 | 52.15% | 275 | 26.91% | 207 | 20.25% | 1 | 0.10% | 4 | 0.39% | 2 | 0.20% | 258 | 25.24% | 1,022 |
| Snohomish | 10,484 | 48.82% | 8,929 | 41.58% | 1,548 | 7.21% | 428 | 1.99% | 53 | 0.25% | 31 | 0.14% | 1,555 | 7.24% | 21,473 |
| Spokane | 23,403 | 49.30% | 17,824 | 37.55% | 6,036 | 12.71% | 104 | 0.22% | 71 | 0.15% | 35 | 0.07% | 5,579 | 11.75% | 47,473 |
| Stevens | 2,909 | 48.94% | 2,273 | 38.24% | 685 | 11.52% | 39 | 0.66% | 9 | 0.15% | 29 | 0.49% | 636 | 10.70% | 5,944 |
| Thurston | 5,125 | 57.77% | 2,710 | 30.55% | 943 | 10.63% | 42 | 0.47% | 25 | 0.28% | 26 | 0.29% | 2,415 | 27.22% | 8,871 |
| Wahkiakum | 496 | 60.49% | 228 | 27.80% | 89 | 10.85% | 1 | 0.12% | 5 | 0.61% | 1 | 0.12% | 268 | 32.69% | 820 |
| Walla Walla | 5,465 | 58.83% | 2,125 | 22.87% | 1,662 | 17.89% | 28 | 0.30% | 7 | 0.08% | 3 | 0.03% | 3,340 | 35.96% | 9,290 |
| Whatcom | 9,214 | 57.19% | 5,812 | 36.08% | 927 | 5.75% | 105 | 0.65% | 39 | 0.24% | 13 | 0.08% | 3,402 | 21.11% | 16,110 |
| Whitman | 4,960 | 52.12% | 2,787 | 29.29% | 1,745 | 18.34% | 18 | 0.19% | 4 | 0.04% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,173 | 22.83% | 9,516 |
| Yakima | 12,124 | 63.72% | 3,965 | 20.84% | 2,157 | 11.34% | 717 | 3.77% | 35 | 0.18% | 30 | 0.16% | 8,159 | 42.88% | 19,028 |
| Totals | 220,224 | 52.24% | 150,727 | 35.76% | 42,842 | 10.16% | 5,991 | 1.42% | 1,004 | 0.24% | 761 | 0.18% | 69,497 | 16.49% | 421,549 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Progressive
See also
Notes
- ^ Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
- ^ Because La Follette finished ahead of Davis in Washington State as a whole, all vote and percentage margins given are Coolidge minus La Follette unless stated in the total for the county in question.
- ^ Based on highest elector on each ticket
- ^ a b 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
- ^ Roseboom, Eugene Holloway and Eckes, Alfred E.; A History of Presidential Elections, from George Washington to Jimmy Carter; pp. 151-158 ISBN 0020364202
- ^ Yergin, Daniel; The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power; p. 198 ISBN 1439134839
- ^ ‘What States do Presidents Come From?’
- ^ a b Washington Secretary of State. "Presidential Electors". Abstract of Votes Polled in the State of Washington at the General Election held November 4, 1924. Olympia, Washington.
