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Republican Ticket
Presidential candidate: CALVIN COOLIDGE, President
VP candidate: CHARLES G. DAWES, former Budget Bureau Director
Popular votes: 15,724,310 (54.0%)
Electoral votes: 382
Democratic Ticket
Presidential candidate: John W. Davis, former Ambassador to Great Britain
VP candidate: Charles Bryan, Nebraska Governor
Popular votes: 8,386,532 (28.8%)
Electoral votes: 136
Progressive Ticket
Presidential candidate: Robert M. La Follette, Wisconsin Senator
VP candidate: Burton K. Wheeler, Montana Senator
Popular votes: 4,827,184 (16.6%)
Electoral votes: 13
1924 US Electoral Map: How each state voted. Wisconsin's Choice: LaFollette.

Election Facts

  • Issues such as Prohibition and the Ku Klux Klan caused rifts between the North and South in the Democratic Party. These crippled Davis' campaign.
  • La Follette's Progressive's platform included disarmament, government ownership of railroads, farm relief, and labor legislation. This helped him draw liberal votes.
  • Coolidge benefited from these developments. He also distanced himself from the scandals that rocked the Harding administration.
La Follette/Wheeler campaign headquarters, 1924.
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Robert M. La Follette addresses a crowd at the Wisconsin State Capitol, November 1924.
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Robert M. La Follette casts his vote, Maple Bluff, WI, November 4, 1924.
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