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Thirty-fifth American presidential election of 1924

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Date

The 1924 election took place on Tuesday, November 4, 1924.

Candidates

At the 1924 Republican National Convention, it was pretty non-eventful. Frank Orren Lowden had actually been requested to be Coolidge's running mate, but he declined.

• President
• Calvin Coolidge, incumbent president (winner)
• Hiram Johnson, Senator from California
• Robert La Follette, Senator from Wisconsin
• Frank Orren Lowden, governor of Illinois (declined)
• Vice President
• Charles Dawes, former director of the Bureau of the Budget (winner)
• Frank Orren Lowden, governor of Illinois
• Theodore Burton, Representative from Ohio
• Herbert Hoover, US Secretary of Commerce

The 1924 Democratic National Convention was very eventful. The reason for this is that there were many issues regarding the Klu Klux Klan. The DNC remained divided on the issue, and whether they should publicly condemn the KKK or not.

• President
• John Davis, former Ambassador to the United Kingdom (winner)
• William G. McAdoo, former Secretary of the Treasury
• Al Smith, governor of New York
• Oscar Underwood, Senator from Alabama
• Samuel Ralston, Senator from Indiana
• James Cox, former presidential candidate in 1920
• Vice President
• Charles Bryan, governor of Nebraska & brother of former candidate William Jennings Bryan (winner)
• George Berry, leader of the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America
• Lena Springs, chair of the Democratic Credentials Committee & first woman ever nominated for vice president
• Alvin Owsley, former National Commander of the American Legion

This party (which was different from Theodore Roosevelt's progressive party in 1912) was formed by Robert La Follette as he was upset that the candidates of both parties in this election were conservative. He created the party for liberals who didn't support either candidate.

• President
• Robert La Follette, Senator from Wisconsin (winner)
• Vice President
• Burton Wheeler, Senator from Montana (winner)

Final tickets

Campaining & major issues

In 1923, one year before this election, President Harding died. Though he is remembered horribly today for the Teapot Dome Scandal, people in 1924 weren't fully aware of his connections with it yet, and his vice president and now incumbent president Calvin Coolidge remained popular. The Democrats knew they had a tough time, as the economy was prospering and there were no true issues. Therefore, they ran John Davis, who was more conservative. Robert La Follette, a Senator from Wisconsin, was upset about this and created the second Progressive party to attract liberals who didn't like neither candidate.

Electoral college & turn-out

The electoral college consisted of 531 electors; 266 needed to win. 29,097,107 people voted in this election.

Results

• 382/531 electoral votes
• 54.04% of the popular vote

• 136/531 electoral votes
• 28.82% of the popular vote

• 13/531 electoral votes
• 16.61% of the popular vote

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