1924 United States presidential election in West Virginia
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The 1924 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 4, 1924, as part of the 1924 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
West Virginia voted for the Republican nominee, incumbent President Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts, over the Democratic nominee and West Virginia native, Ambassador John W. Davis. Coolidge ran with former Budget Director Charles G. Dawes of Illinois, while Davis ran with Governor Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska. Also in the running that year was the Progressive Party nominee, Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin and his running mate Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana.
Coolidge won the state by a margin of 5.38 percent. As of 2023, this is the last time that Wayne County voted for a candidate that lost the state as a whole.
Results
[edit]| 1924 United States presidential election in West Virginia[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Calvin Coolidge (incumbent) | 288,635 | 49.45% | 8 | |
| Democratic | John W. Davis | 257,232 | 44.07% | 0 | |
| Farmer-Labor Party | Robert M. La Follette | 36,723 | 6.29% | 0 | |
| American | Gilbert Nations | 1,072 | 0.18% | 0 | |
| Totals | 583,662 | 100.00% | 8 | ||
Results by county
[edit]| County | John Calvin Coolidge Republican |
John William Davis Democratic |
Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Farmer-Labor |
Gilbert Owen Nations American |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Barbour | 3,347 | 45.41% | 3,188 | 43.25% | 830 | 11.26% | 6 | 0.08% | 159 | 2.16% | 7,371 |
| Berkeley | 5,427 | 53.18% | 4,366 | 42.78% | 410 | 4.02% | 2 | 0.02% | 1,061 | 10.40% | 10,205 |
| Boone | 3,010 | 41.32% | 3,326 | 45.66% | 939 | 12.89% | 9 | 0.12% | -316 | -4.34% | 7,284 |
| Braxton | 4,192 | 44.17% | 5,168 | 54.46% | 117 | 1.23% | 13 | 0.14% | -976 | -10.28% | 9,490 |
| Brooke | 3,858 | 59.34% | 2,037 | 31.33% | 558 | 8.58% | 48 | 0.74% | 1,821 | 28.01% | 6,501 |
| Cabell | 15,581 | 47.26% | 16,211 | 49.17% | 1,133 | 3.44% | 44 | 0.13% | -630 | -1.91% | 32,969 |
| Calhoun | 1,399 | 38.51% | 2,231 | 61.41% | 2 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.03% | -832 | -22.90% | 3,633 |
| Clay | 1,843 | 47.02% | 2,037 | 51.96% | 40 | 1.02% | 0 | 0.00% | -194 | -4.95% | 3,920 |
| Doddridge | 2,777 | 62.70% | 1,594 | 35.99% | 57 | 1.29% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,183 | 26.71% | 4,429 |
| Fayette | 10,555 | 46.79% | 9,563 | 42.39% | 2,411 | 10.69% | 29 | 0.13% | 992 | 4.40% | 22,558 |
| Gilmer | 1,570 | 36.09% | 2,750 | 63.22% | 28 | 0.64% | 2 | 0.05% | -1,180 | -27.13% | 4,350 |
| Grant | 2,344 | 75.49% | 658 | 21.19% | 99 | 3.19% | 4 | 0.13% | 1,686 | 54.30% | 3,105 |
| Greenbrier | 4,768 | 42.24% | 6,048 | 53.58% | 415 | 3.68% | 57 | 0.50% | -1,280 | -11.34% | 11,288 |
| Hampshire | 1,172 | 27.88% | 2,993 | 71.19% | 38 | 0.90% | 1 | 0.02% | -1,821 | -43.32% | 4,204 |
| Hancock | 3,775 | 71.08% | 1,187 | 22.35% | 320 | 6.03% | 29 | 0.55% | 2,588 | 48.73% | 5,311 |
| Hardy | 1,272 | 33.92% | 2,442 | 65.12% | 33 | 0.88% | 3 | 0.08% | -1,170 | -31.20% | 3,750 |
| Harrison | 15,165 | 49.38% | 13,470 | 43.86% | 2,009 | 6.54% | 66 | 0.21% | 1,695 | 5.52% | 30,710 |
| Jackson | 3,739 | 55.52% | 2,936 | 43.60% | 51 | 0.76% | 8 | 0.12% | 803 | 11.92% | 6,734 |
| Jefferson | 1,870 | 29.07% | 4,368 | 67.90% | 191 | 2.97% | 4 | 0.06% | -2,498 | -38.83% | 6,433 |
| Kanawha | 26,018 | 49.14% | 22,726 | 42.92% | 4,071 | 7.69% | 136 | 0.26% | 3,292 | 6.22% | 52,951 |
| Lewis | 4,839 | 51.10% | 4,410 | 46.57% | 218 | 2.30% | 3 | 0.03% | 429 | 4.53% | 9,470 |
| Lincoln | 3,164 | 47.29% | 3,355 | 50.15% | 171 | 2.56% | 0 | 0.00% | -191 | -2.86% | 6,690 |
| Logan | 7,062 | 46.92% | 7,377 | 49.01% | 569 | 3.78% | 43 | 0.29% | -315 | -2.09% | 15,051 |
| Marion | 12,167 | 50.56% | 9,386 | 39.00% | 2,482 | 10.31% | 31 | 0.13% | 2,781 | 11.56% | 24,066 |
| Marshall | 7,413 | 55.56% | 4,710 | 35.30% | 1,194 | 8.95% | 25 | 0.19% | 2,703 | 20.26% | 13,342 |
| Mason | 4,225 | 52.22% | 3,308 | 40.89% | 547 | 6.76% | 10 | 0.12% | 917 | 11.33% | 8,090 |
| McDowell | 12,422 | 62.95% | 5,561 | 28.18% | 1,716 | 8.70% | 33 | 0.17% | 6,861 | 34.77% | 19,732 |
| Mercer | 9,159 | 42.86% | 10,058 | 47.07% | 2,122 | 9.93% | 31 | 0.15% | -899 | -4.21% | 21,370 |
| Mineral | 3,551 | 49.62% | 2,860 | 39.96% | 737 | 10.30% | 9 | 0.13% | 691 | 9.65% | 7,157 |
| Mingo | 4,656 | 42.06% | 5,313 | 47.99% | 1,077 | 9.73% | 24 | 0.22% | -657 | -5.93% | 11,070 |
| Monongalia | 6,994 | 49.57% | 4,977 | 35.27% | 2,106 | 14.93% | 33 | 0.23% | 2,017 | 14.29% | 14,110 |
| Monroe | 2,713 | 49.96% | 2,686 | 49.47% | 31 | 0.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 27 | 0.50% | 5,430 |
| Morgan | 1,883 | 63.10% | 919 | 30.80% | 174 | 5.83% | 8 | 0.27% | 964 | 32.31% | 2,984 |
| Nicholas | 3,347 | 45.02% | 3,956 | 53.21% | 122 | 1.64% | 9 | 0.12% | -609 | -8.19% | 7,434 |
| Ohio | 14,402 | 54.09% | 8,753 | 32.87% | 3,416 | 12.83% | 55 | 0.21% | 5,649 | 21.22% | 26,626 |
| Pendleton | 1,462 | 41.68% | 2,037 | 58.07% | 9 | 0.26% | 0 | 0.00% | -575 | -16.39% | 3,508 |
| Pleasants | 1,619 | 48.72% | 1,675 | 50.41% | 26 | 0.78% | 3 | 0.09% | -56 | -1.69% | 3,323 |
| Pocahontas | 2,782 | 49.14% | 2,777 | 49.05% | 92 | 1.63% | 10 | 0.18% | 5 | 0.09% | 5,661 |
| Preston | 6,396 | 68.22% | 2,445 | 26.08% | 502 | 5.35% | 32 | 0.34% | 3,951 | 42.14% | 9,375 |
| Putnam | 2,862 | 46.74% | 2,946 | 48.11% | 313 | 5.11% | 2 | 0.03% | -84 | -1.37% | 6,123 |
| Raleigh | 8,643 | 49.43% | 7,776 | 44.47% | 1,058 | 6.05% | 9 | 0.05% | 867 | 4.96% | 17,486 |
| Randolph | 3,526 | 36.59% | 5,314 | 55.14% | 779 | 8.08% | 18 | 0.19% | -1,788 | -18.55% | 9,637 |
| Ritchie | 4,152 | 62.61% | 2,403 | 36.23% | 58 | 0.87% | 19 | 0.29% | 1,749 | 26.37% | 6,632 |
| Roane | 4,097 | 53.90% | 3,504 | 46.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 593 | 7.80% | 7,601 |
| Summers | 3,124 | 41.52% | 3,998 | 53.14% | 393 | 5.22% | 9 | 0.12% | -874 | -11.62% | 7,524 |
| Taylor | 3,683 | 53.45% | 2,499 | 36.27% | 686 | 9.96% | 22 | 0.32% | 1,184 | 17.18% | 6,890 |
| Tucker | 2,277 | 50.44% | 2,127 | 47.12% | 96 | 2.13% | 14 | 0.31% | 150 | 3.32% | 4,514 |
| Tyler | 3,425 | 60.38% | 2,137 | 37.68% | 96 | 1.69% | 14 | 0.25% | 1,288 | 22.71% | 5,672 |
| Upshur | 4,930 | 70.24% | 1,952 | 27.81% | 133 | 1.89% | 4 | 0.06% | 2,978 | 42.43% | 7,019 |
| Wayne | 3,999 | 39.03% | 5,870 | 57.29% | 357 | 3.48% | 21 | 0.20% | -1,871 | -18.26% | 10,247 |
| Webster | 1,617 | 38.68% | 2,523 | 60.36% | 36 | 0.86% | 4 | 0.10% | -906 | -21.67% | 4,180 |
| Wetzel | 3,458 | 39.60% | 4,998 | 57.24% | 240 | 2.75% | 36 | 0.41% | -1,540 | -17.64% | 8,732 |
| Wirt | 1,491 | 48.03% | 1,587 | 51.13% | 19 | 0.61% | 7 | 0.23% | -96 | -3.09% | 3,104 |
| Wood | 10,086 | 50.29% | 9,378 | 46.76% | 539 | 2.69% | 52 | 0.26% | 708 | 3.53% | 20,055 |
| Wyoming | 3,327 | 54.69% | 2,358 | 38.76% | 393 | 6.46% | 5 | 0.08% | 969 | 15.93% | 6,083 |
| Total | 288,635 | 49.45% | 257,232 | 44.07% | 36,723 | 6.29% | 1,072 | 0.18% | 31,403 | 5.38% | 583,662 |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Although La Follette ran under his own Progressive Party nationally, he ran in West Virginia under a fusion of the Socialist Party of America and the Farmer–Labor Party.
References
[edit]- ^ "1924 Presidential General Election Results — West Virginia". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
- ^ "WV US President — November 04, 1924". Our Campaigns.
