1924 United States presidential election in Colorado

The 1924 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 4, 1924, as part of the 1924 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary forty-eight states. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1924 United States presidential election in Colorado

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NomineeCalvin CoolidgeJohn W. DavisRobert M. La Follette
PartyRepublicanDemocraticFarmer–Labor
Home stateMassachusettsWest VirginiaWisconsin
Running mateCharles G. DawesCharles W. BryanBurton K. Wheeler
Electoral vote600
Popular vote195,171 75,23869,945
Percentage57.02%21.98%20.44%

County Results

President before election

Calvin Coolidge
Republican

Elected President

Calvin Coolidge
Republican

Between 1896 and 1916, Colorado had been strongly Democratic-leaning due to that party’s adoption of free silver in this silver-mining state;[1] however, in 1920 Warren G. Harding carried every county in the state. In the following few years the Ku Klux Klan grew extremely rapidly in Colorado and by the time of the next election it was close to taking control of the state government.[2] The Klan was aided by structural problems in Colorado’s agriculture[3] and fear of Catholicism embedded in Mexican immigration and the traditional Catholicism of the Hispanic south-central counties.[4]

As it turned out, the strong economy ensured that incumbent President Calvin Coolidge would have little trouble carrying the state, despite the strong third-party candidacy of Wisconsin Senator Robert M. La Follette, who was opposed to the powerful Klan and struggled in the anti-Catholic High Plains.[5]

As of the 2020 presidential election this is the last occasion Costilla County has voted for a Republican presidential candidate.[6]

Results

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Presidential CandidateRunning MatePartyElectoral Vote (EV)Popular Vote (PV)
Calvin Coolidge of MassachusettsCharles DawesRepublican6[7]195,17157.02%
John W. DavisCharles W. BryanDemocratic075,23821.98%
Robert M. La FolletteBurton K. WheelerLa Follette–Wheeler Independent057,36816.76%
Farmer-Labor12,5773.67%
Total69,94520.44%
Herman P. FarisMarie C. BrehmProhibition09660.28%
William Z. FosterBenjamin GitlowWorkers05620.16%
Frank T. JohnsVerne L. ReynoldsSocialist Labor03780.11%

Results by county

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CountyJohn Calvin Coolidge[8]
Republican
John William Davis[8]
Democratic
Robert M. La Follette[8]
LaFollette-Wheeler
Farmer-Labor
Herman Preston Faris[8]
Prohibition
William Z. Foster[8]
Workers
Frank Tetes Johns[8]
Socialist Labor
Margin
%#%#%#%#%#%#%#
Morgan69.99%3,32115.95%75713.40%6360.38%180.11%50.17%854.04%2,564
Jackson67.35%39418.97%11112.82%750.17%10.00%00.68%448.38%283
Larimer66.65%6,53820.08%1,97012.46%1,2220.45%440.17%170.18%1846.57%4,568
Arapahoe64.23%4,26718.20%1,20917.18%1,1410.21%140.11%70.08%546.03%3,058
Jefferson63.69%4,86916.63%1,27119.42%1,4850.09%70.10%80.07%544.26%[a]3,384
Denver63.44%59,07716.93%15,76419.20%17,8760.15%1360.20%1900.09%8044.24%[a]41,201
Weld62.68%10,18520.96%3,40615.78%2,5650.31%510.09%140.18%2941.72%6,779
Fremont61.13%4,43321.37%1,55016.95%1,2290.32%230.08%60.15%1139.75%2,883
Kit Carson60.21%2,10820.57%72018.42%6450.51%180.06%20.23%839.65%1,388
Clear Creek61.87%72224.34%28413.45%1570.09%10.17%20.09%137.53%438
Prowers59.21%2,56424.06%1,04215.80%6840.67%290.09%40.16%735.15%1,522
Otero59.19%4,69424.44%1,93815.46%1,2260.69%550.10%80.11%934.75%2,756
Yuma57.91%2,78917.96%86523.63%1,1380.46%220.00%00.04%234.28%[a]1,651
Boulder58.75%7,59525.32%3,27315.53%2,0070.21%270.10%130.09%1233.43%4,322
El Paso55.69%10,21522.57%4,14021.19%3,8870.39%710.08%140.09%1733.12%6,075
Adams56.33%2,93123.24%1,20919.72%1,0260.35%180.25%130.12%633.10%1,722
Douglas55.34%87024.36%38319.91%3130.13%20.06%10.19%330.98%487
Lincoln54.70%1,64221.12%63423.78%7140.20%60.03%10.17%530.91%[a]928
Gilpin54.78%36124.43%16120.49%1350.15%10.00%00.15%130.35%200
Elbert54.97%1,42819.48%50624.75%6430.65%170.04%10.12%330.22%[a]785
Washington54.27%1,85121.11%72024.10%8220.41%140.03%10.09%330.17%[a]1,029
Grand54.31%68124.56%30820.97%2630.08%10.08%10.00%029.74%373
Saguache58.33%1,20528.61%59112.44%2570.29%60.05%10.29%629.72%614
Park56.12%66026.87%31615.05%1771.53%180.17%20.26%329.25%344
Logan55.60%3,10316.95%94626.59%1,4840.34%190.30%170.22%1229.01%[a]1,619
Rio Blanco60.84%76632.33%4076.27%790.40%50.00%00.16%228.51%359
Pueblo52.86%10,57724.57%4,91722.02%4,4060.11%230.33%660.10%2028.29%5,660
Delta54.36%2,75226.57%1,34518.31%9270.47%240.22%110.08%427.79%1,407
Sedgwick51.97%77924.82%37222.48%3370.47%70.00%00.27%427.15%407
Cheyenne55.70%87515.02%23628.64%4500.38%60.19%30.06%127.05%[a]425
Garfield51.27%1,93424.31%91723.78%8970.27%100.21%80.16%626.96%1,017
Bent54.14%1,51128.81%80416.55%4620.36%100.14%40.00%025.33%707
Rio Grande53.51%1,57231.38%92214.19%4170.68%200.20%60.03%122.12%650
Las Animas48.68%5,69823.56%2,75827.28%3,1930.34%400.07%80.08%921.40%[a]2,505
Hinsdale50.00%13828.62%7920.65%570.36%10.00%00.36%121.38%59
Routt53.51%1,82232.78%1,11613.19%4490.21%70.09%30.23%820.73%706
Teller48.78%1,28322.51%59228.10%7390.11%30.27%70.23%620.68%[a]544
Kiowa47.49%80525.43%43126.90%4560.12%20.06%10.00%020.59%[a]349
Baca46.35%1,17425.78%65325.82%6541.11%280.87%220.08%220.53%[a]520
Huerfano49.08%2,78421.49%1,21929.00%1,6450.12%70.23%130.07%420.08%[a]1,139
Crowley50.23%1,08730.82%66718.35%3970.28%60.28%60.05%119.41%420
Montrose45.82%2,07727.33%1,23926.16%1,1860.31%140.18%80.20%918.49%838
Mesa45.53%4,05326.83%2,38827.21%2,4220.34%300.03%30.07%618.32%[a]1,631
Conejos56.17%1,47537.89%9955.79%1520.15%40.00%00.00%018.28%480
Moffat50.70%1,00932.51%64716.58%3300.10%20.00%00.10%218.19%362
Phillips49.61%1,07618.30%39731.72%6880.28%60.05%10.05%117.89%[a]388
Pitkin47.27%44221.82%20430.59%2860.21%20.00%00.11%116.68%[a]156
Eagle44.43%72226.52%43128.25%4590.31%50.12%20.37%616.18%[a]263
Custer44.41%42929.09%28125.47%2460.72%70.10%10.21%215.32%148
Summit47.52%35432.35%24119.33%1440.40%30.27%20.13%115.17%113
Mineral46.01%15030.98%10122.39%730.31%10.00%00.31%115.03%49
Gunnison44.70%1,12223.82%59831.04%7790.16%40.08%20.20%513.67%[a]343
Lake43.00%1,00526.23%61329.65%6930.51%120.47%110.13%313.35%[a]312
Archuleta43.12%45125.72%26930.21%3160.29%30.57%60.10%112.91%[a]135
Ouray44.28%48423.42%25631.56%3450.18%20.55%60.00%012.72%[a]139
Chaffee43.40%1,33619.88%61236.26%1,1160.19%60.19%60.06%27.15%220
San Miguel43.62%67736.53%56718.56%2880.00%01.03%160.26%47.09%[a]110
Alamosa40.59%1,00925.14%62533.83%8410.24%60.16%40.04%16.76%[a]168
Costilla48.37%75542.60%6658.14%1270.64%100.13%20.13%25.77%90
San Juan39.78%21837.59%20622.63%1240.00%00.00%00.00%02.19%12
Montezuma34.58%70335.46%72129.27%5950.49%100.15%30.05%1-0.89%-18
La Plata35.13%1,46936.25%1,51628.10%1,1750.41%170.05%20.07%3-1.12%-47
Dolores21.30%9535.20%15742.38%1890.90%40.22%10.00%0-7.17%[b]-32

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w In this county where Davis ran third behind La Follette, percentage margin given is Coolidge percentage minus La Follette percentage and vote margin Coolidge vote total minus La Follette vote total.
  2. ^ In this county where Coolidge ran third behind both La Follette and Davis, percentage margin given is Davis percentage minus La Follette percentage and vote margin Davis vote total minus La Follette vote total.

References

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  1. ^ Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 418 ISBN 978-0-691-16324-6
  2. ^ Ubbelohde, Carl; Benson, Maxine and Smith Duane A.; A Colorado History, p. 286 ISBN 0871089424
  3. ^ McVeigh, Rory; ‘Structural incentives for conservative mobilization: Power devaluation and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan, 1915-1925’ Social Forces, volume 77, issue 4, (June 1999), pp. 1461-1496
  4. ^ Goldberg, Robert Allan; Hooded empire: the Ku Klux Klan in Colorado, 1921-1932, p. 252. Published 1977 by University of Illinois Press
  5. ^ Murphy, Kevin C.; ‘Uphill All the Way: The Fortunes of Progressivism, 1919–1929’ (thesis), p. 1023. Published 2013 by Columbia University
  6. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  7. ^ "1924 Presidential General Election Results – Colorado". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  8. ^ a b c d e f Colorado Secretary of State Elections Center; Abstract of Votes Cast at a General Election Held on Tuesday, November 4, A.D. 1924 For Presidential Electors...