1924 United States presidential election in Virginia
The 1924 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 4, 1924. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Virginia voted for the Democratic nominee, former United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom John W. Davis, over the Republican nominee, incumbent President Calvin Coolidge. Coolidge ultimately won the national election with 54.04% of the vote.
Until 2016, this was the last presidential election where a Democrat carried Virginia without winning the presidency.
Results
| United States presidential election in Virginia, 1924[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | John W. Davis | 139,797 | 62.49% | 12 | |
| Republican | Calvin Coolidge (inc.) | 73,359 | 32.79% | 0 | |
| Progressive | Robert M. La Follette | 10,379 | 4.64% | 0 | |
| Socialist Labor | Frank T. Johns | 191 | 0.09% | 0 | |
| Totals | 223,726 | 100.00% | 12 | ||
Results by county
| County or Independent City | John William Davis Democratic |
John Calvin Coolidge Republican |
Robert M. La Follette, Sr.[2] Progressive |
Frank Tetes Johns[2] Socialist Labor |
Margin | Total votes cast[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Accomack County | 2,087 | 85.92% | 307 | 12.64% | 32 | 1.32% | 3 | 0.12% | 1,780 | 73.28% | 2,429 |
| Albemarle County | 1,383 | 76.75% | 366 | 20.31% | 52 | 2.89% | 1 | 0.06% | 1,017 | 56.44% | 1,802 |
| Alleghany County | 589 | 36.11% | 856 | 52.48% | 183 | 11.22% | 3 | 0.18% | -267 | -16.37% | 1,631 |
| Amelia County | 372 | 68.89% | 153 | 28.33% | 15 | 2.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 219 | 40.56% | 540 |
| Amherst County | 1,092 | 82.29% | 129 | 9.72% | 105 | 7.91% | 1 | 0.08% | 963 | 72.57% | 1,327 |
| Appomattox County | 952 | 88.72% | 101 | 9.41% | 18 | 1.68% | 2 | 0.19% | 851 | 79.31% | 1,073 |
| Arlington County | 1,209 | 41.39% | 1,307 | 44.74% | 405 | 13.87% | 0 | 0.00% | -98 | -3.36% | 2,921 |
| Augusta County | 1,920 | 58.81% | 1,265 | 38.74% | 78 | 2.39% | 2 | 0.06% | 655 | 20.06% | 3,265 |
| Bath County | 404 | 48.38% | 407 | 48.74% | 24 | 2.87% | 0 | 0.00% | -3 | -0.36% | 835 |
| Bedford County | 1,811 | 79.64% | 432 | 19.00% | 31 | 1.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,379 | 60.64% | 2,274 |
| Bland County | 604 | 49.55% | 609 | 49.96% | 4 | 0.33% | 2 | 0.16% | -5 | -0.41% | 1,219 |
| Botetourt County | 1,427 | 51.82% | 1,264 | 45.90% | 61 | 2.21% | 2 | 0.07% | 163 | 5.92% | 2,754 |
| Brunswick County | 887 | 90.33% | 65 | 6.62% | 30 | 3.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 822 | 83.71% | 982 |
| Buchanan County | 870 | 44.25% | 1,080 | 54.93% | 14 | 0.71% | 2 | 0.10% | -210 | -10.68% | 1,966 |
| Buckingham County | 623 | 73.21% | 213 | 25.03% | 15 | 1.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 410 | 48.18% | 851 |
| Campbell County | 1,468 | 74.03% | 372 | 18.76% | 142 | 7.16% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,096 | 55.27% | 1,983 |
| Caroline County | 840 | 77.56% | 223 | 20.59% | 20 | 1.85% | 0 | 0.00% | 617 | 56.97% | 1,083 |
| Carroll County | 1,257 | 41.68% | 1,743 | 57.79% | 14 | 0.46% | 2 | 0.07% | -486 | -16.11% | 3,016 |
| Charles City County | 141 | 60.78% | 82 | 35.34% | 8 | 3.45% | 1 | 0.43% | 59 | 25.43% | 232 |
| Charlotte County | 1,006 | 80.87% | 154 | 12.38% | 84 | 6.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 852 | 68.49% | 1,244 |
| Chesterfield County | 967 | 73.04% | 282 | 21.30% | 75 | 5.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 685 | 51.74% | 1,324 |
| Clarke County | 687 | 88.19% | 76 | 9.76% | 15 | 1.93% | 1 | 0.13% | 611 | 78.43% | 779 |
| Craig County | 512 | 61.46% | 300 | 36.01% | 19 | 2.28% | 2 | 0.24% | 212 | 25.45% | 833 |
| Culpeper County | 876 | 79.06% | 190 | 17.15% | 42 | 3.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 686 | 61.91% | 1,108 |
| Cumberland County | 398 | 81.72% | 61 | 12.53% | 28 | 5.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 337 | 69.20% | 487 |
| Dickenson County | 1,618 | 53.10% | 1,294 | 42.47% | 119 | 3.91% | 16 | 0.53% | 324 | 10.63% | 3,047 |
| Dinwiddie County | 685 | 82.53% | 122 | 14.70% | 23 | 2.77% | 0 | 0.00% | 563 | 67.83% | 830 |
| Elizabeth City County | 698 | 63.22% | 312 | 28.26% | 88 | 7.97% | 6 | 0.54% | 386 | 34.96% | 1,104 |
| Essex County | 315 | 82.03% | 60 | 15.63% | 9 | 2.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 255 | 66.41% | 384 |
| Fairfax County | 1,586 | 62.20% | 765 | 30.00% | 195 | 7.65% | 4 | 0.16% | 821 | 32.20% | 2,550 |
| Fauquier County | 1,277 | 74.55% | 345 | 20.14% | 89 | 5.20% | 2 | 0.12% | 932 | 54.41% | 1,713 |
| Floyd County | 515 | 34.04% | 984 | 65.04% | 13 | 0.86% | 1 | 0.07% | -469 | -31.00% | 1,513 |
| Fluvanna County | 452 | 73.26% | 136 | 22.04% | 27 | 4.38% | 2 | 0.32% | 316 | 51.22% | 617 |
| Franklin County | 1,902 | 63.55% | 1,077 | 35.98% | 13 | 0.43% | 1 | 0.03% | 825 | 27.56% | 2,993 |
| Frederick County | 1,314 | 71.92% | 484 | 26.49% | 29 | 1.59% | 0 | 0.00% | 830 | 45.43% | 1,827 |
| Giles County | 1,319 | 59.15% | 852 | 38.21% | 58 | 2.60% | 1 | 0.04% | 467 | 20.94% | 2,230 |
| Gloucester County | 616 | 84.38% | 109 | 14.93% | 5 | 0.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 507 | 69.45% | 730 |
| Goochland County | 394 | 65.89% | 164 | 27.42% | 40 | 6.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 230 | 38.46% | 598 |
| Grayson County | 1,611 | 52.37% | 1,442 | 46.88% | 20 | 0.65% | 3 | 0.10% | 169 | 5.49% | 3,076 |
| Greene County | 285 | 53.27% | 240 | 44.86% | 8 | 1.50% | 2 | 0.37% | 45 | 8.41% | 535 |
| Greensville County | 417 | 72.77% | 132 | 23.04% | 23 | 4.01% | 1 | 0.17% | 285 | 49.74% | 573 |
| Halifax County | 2,245 | 84.24% | 374 | 14.03% | 45 | 1.69% | 1 | 0.04% | 1,871 | 70.21% | 2,665 |
| Hanover County | 732 | 80.88% | 135 | 14.92% | 38 | 4.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 597 | 65.97% | 905 |
| Henrico County | 1,052 | 65.55% | 416 | 25.92% | 132 | 8.22% | 5 | 0.31% | 636 | 39.63% | 1,605 |
| Henry County | 1,097 | 64.64% | 565 | 33.29% | 35 | 2.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 532 | 31.35% | 1,697 |
| Highland County | 508 | 52.26% | 454 | 46.71% | 10 | 1.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 54 | 5.56% | 972 |
| Isle of Wight County | 631 | 76.30% | 190 | 22.97% | 6 | 0.73% | 0 | 0.00% | 441 | 53.33% | 827 |
| James City County | 173 | 72.08% | 54 | 22.50% | 13 | 5.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 119 | 49.58% | 240 |
| King and Queen County | 314 | 69.47% | 134 | 29.65% | 4 | 0.88% | 0 | 0.00% | 180 | 39.82% | 452 |
| King George County | 280 | 55.67% | 206 | 40.95% | 16 | 3.18% | 1 | 0.20% | 74 | 14.71% | 503 |
| King William County | 372 | 69.79% | 148 | 27.77% | 13 | 2.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 224 | 42.03% | 533 |
| Lancaster County | 564 | 84.43% | 90 | 13.47% | 14 | 2.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 474 | 70.96% | 668 |
| Lee County | 2,376 | 48.04% | 2,456 | 49.66% | 112 | 2.26% | 2 | 0.04% | -80 | -1.62% | 4,946 |
| Loudoun County | 1,794 | 88.33% | 152 | 7.48% | 82 | 4.04% | 3 | 0.15% | 1,642 | 80.85% | 2,031 |
| Louisa County | 707 | 67.59% | 282 | 26.96% | 57 | 5.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 425 | 40.63% | 1,046 |
| Lunenburg County | 686 | 66.22% | 130 | 12.55% | 219 | 21.14% | 1 | 0.10% | 467[lower-alpha 1] | 45.08% | 1,036 |
| Madison County | 589 | 60.66% | 347 | 35.74% | 35 | 3.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 242 | 24.92% | 971 |
| Mathews County | 678 | 76.78% | 195 | 22.08% | 10 | 1.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 483 | 54.70% | 883 |
| Mecklenburg County | 1,649 | 84.30% | 286 | 14.62% | 20 | 1.02% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,363 | 69.68% | 1,956 |
| Middlesex County | 438 | 83.75% | 78 | 14.91% | 7 | 1.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 360 | 68.83% | 523 |
| Montgomery County | 1,142 | 52.65% | 964 | 44.44% | 63 | 2.90% | 0 | 0.00% | 178 | 8.21% | 2,169 |
| Nansemond County | 539 | 82.67% | 99 | 15.18% | 13 | 1.99% | 1 | 0.15% | 440 | 67.48% | 652 |
| Nelson County | 1,042 | 72.82% | 350 | 24.46% | 36 | 2.52% | 3 | 0.21% | 692 | 48.36% | 1,431 |
| New Kent County | 178 | 63.80% | 86 | 30.82% | 15 | 5.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 92 | 32.97% | 279 |
| Norfolk County | 1,000 | 73.05% | 289 | 21.11% | 77 | 5.62% | 3 | 0.22% | 711 | 51.94% | 1,369 |
| Northampton County | 941 | 81.19% | 180 | 15.53% | 38 | 3.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 761 | 65.66% | 1,159 |
| Northumberland County | 589 | 80.80% | 130 | 17.83% | 10 | 1.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 459 | 62.96% | 729 |
| Nottoway County | 840 | 72.35% | 181 | 15.59% | 140 | 12.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 659 | 56.76% | 1,161 |
| Orange County | 834 | 78.09% | 181 | 16.95% | 53 | 4.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 653 | 61.14% | 1,068 |
| Page County | 1,015 | 49.34% | 885 | 43.02% | 155 | 7.54% | 2 | 0.10% | 130 | 6.32% | 2,057 |
| Patrick County | 1,138 | 58.90% | 783 | 40.53% | 11 | 0.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 355 | 18.37% | 1,932 |
| Pittsylvania County | 2,563 | 72.08% | 880 | 24.75% | 113 | 3.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,683 | 47.33% | 3,556 |
| Powhatan County | 247 | 67.12% | 110 | 29.89% | 11 | 2.99% | 0 | 0.00% | 137 | 37.23% | 368 |
| Prince Edward County | 714 | 82.73% | 140 | 16.22% | 9 | 1.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 574 | 66.51% | 863 |
| Prince George County | 279 | 73.23% | 90 | 23.62% | 12 | 3.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 189 | 49.61% | 381 |
| Prince William County | 847 | 72.39% | 269 | 22.99% | 52 | 4.44% | 2 | 0.17% | 578 | 49.40% | 1,170 |
| Princess Anne County | 690 | 80.42% | 137 | 15.97% | 31 | 3.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 553 | 64.45% | 858 |
| Pulaski County | 1,767 | 53.84% | 1,422 | 43.33% | 90 | 2.74% | 3 | 0.09% | 345 | 10.51% | 3,282 |
| Rappahannock County | 395 | 78.22% | 89 | 17.62% | 21 | 4.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 306 | 60.59% | 505 |
| Richmond County | 340 | 72.19% | 125 | 26.54% | 6 | 1.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 215 | 45.65% | 471 |
| Roanoke County | 1,078 | 57.04% | 695 | 36.77% | 115 | 6.08% | 2 | 0.11% | 383 | 20.26% | 1,890 |
| Rockbridge County | 1,394 | 65.38% | 680 | 31.89% | 58 | 2.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 714 | 33.49% | 2,132 |
| Rockingham County | 2,041 | 49.38% | 1,982 | 47.96% | 100 | 2.42% | 10 | 0.24% | 59 | 1.43% | 4,133 |
| Russell County | 2,554 | 57.03% | 1,848 | 41.27% | 73 | 1.63% | 3 | 0.07% | 706 | 15.77% | 4,478 |
| Scott County | 2,177 | 44.32% | 2,666 | 54.28% | 67 | 1.36% | 2 | 0.04% | -489 | -9.96% | 4,912 |
| Shenandoah County | 2,186 | 48.18% | 2,214 | 48.80% | 134 | 2.95% | 3 | 0.07% | -28 | -0.62% | 4,537 |
| Smyth County | 1,907 | 45.71% | 2,232 | 53.50% | 31 | 0.74% | 2 | 0.05% | -325 | -7.79% | 4,172 |
| Southampton County | 1,119 | 79.70% | 203 | 14.46% | 82 | 5.84% | 0 | 0.00% | 916 | 65.24% | 1,404 |
| Spotsylvania County | 448 | 60.87% | 255 | 34.65% | 32 | 4.35% | 1 | 0.14% | 193 | 26.22% | 736 |
| Stafford County | 450 | 48.44% | 433 | 46.61% | 43 | 4.63% | 3 | 0.32% | 17 | 1.83% | 929 |
| Surry County | 388 | 77.29% | 72 | 14.34% | 42 | 8.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 316 | 62.95% | 502 |
| Sussex County | 607 | 81.26% | 132 | 17.67% | 8 | 1.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 475 | 63.59% | 747 |
| Tazewell County | 2,568 | 46.89% | 2,631 | 48.04% | 272 | 4.97% | 6 | 0.11% | -63 | -1.15% | 5,477 |
| Warren County | 699 | 78.72% | 150 | 16.89% | 38 | 4.28% | 1 | 0.11% | 549 | 61.82% | 888 |
| Warwick County | 248 | 76.78% | 58 | 17.96% | 16 | 4.95% | 1 | 0.31% | 190 | 58.82% | 323 |
| Washington County | 3,083 | 51.20% | 2,848 | 47.30% | 83 | 1.38% | 7 | 0.12% | 235 | 3.90% | 6,021 |
| Westmoreland County | 484 | 73.89% | 157 | 23.97% | 14 | 2.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 327 | 49.92% | 655 |
| Wise County | 4,157 | 50.55% | 3,322 | 40.39% | 736 | 8.95% | 9 | 0.11% | 835 | 10.15% | 8,224 |
| Wythe County | 1,899 | 48.12% | 1,996 | 50.58% | 49 | 1.24% | 2 | 0.05% | -97 | -2.46% | 3,946 |
| York County | 305 | 77.22% | 75 | 18.99% | 15 | 3.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 230 | 58.23% | 395 |
| Alexandria City | 1,136 | 57.96% | 556 | 28.37% | 266 | 13.57% | 2 | 0.10% | 580 | 29.59% | 1,960 |
| Bristol City | 1,036 | 68.79% | 440 | 29.22% | 29 | 1.93% | 1 | 0.07% | 596 | 39.58% | 1,506 |
| Buena Vista City | 235 | 59.95% | 149 | 38.01% | 8 | 2.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 86 | 21.94% | 392 |
| Charlottesville City | 831 | 71.64% | 218 | 18.79% | 108 | 9.31% | 3 | 0.26% | 613 | 52.84% | 1,160 |
| Clifton Forge City | 447 | 46.90% | 225 | 23.61% | 281 | 29.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 166[lower-alpha 1] | 17.42% | 953 |
| Danville City | 1,577 | 70.37% | 473 | 21.11% | 187 | 8.34% | 4 | 0.18% | 1,104 | 49.26% | 2,241 |
| Fredericksburg City | 558 | 68.97% | 223 | 27.56% | 27 | 3.34% | 1 | 0.12% | 335 | 41.41% | 809 |
| Hampton City | 471 | 76.59% | 129 | 20.98% | 15 | 2.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 342 | 55.61% | 615 |
| Harrisonburg City | 624 | 49.13% | 631 | 49.69% | 15 | 1.18% | 0 | 0.00% | -7 | -0.55% | 1,270 |
| Hopewell City | 277 | 56.42% | 206 | 41.96% | 8 | 1.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 71 | 14.46% | 491 |
| Lynchburg City | 2,086 | 74.08% | 602 | 21.38% | 128 | 4.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,484 | 52.70% | 2,816 |
| Newport News City | 1,574 | 56.56% | 917 | 32.95% | 289 | 10.38% | 3 | 0.11% | 657 | 23.61% | 2,783 |
| Norfolk City | 5,061 | 63.87% | 2,447 | 30.88% | 411 | 5.19% | 5 | 0.06% | 2,614 | 32.99% | 7,924 |
| Petersburg City | 1,331 | 83.45% | 228 | 14.29% | 32 | 2.01% | 4 | 0.25% | 1,103 | 69.15% | 1,595 |
| Portsmouth City | 2,206 | 64.26% | 624 | 18.18% | 595 | 17.33% | 8 | 0.23% | 1,582 | 46.08% | 3,433 |
| Radford City | 394 | 48.82% | 314 | 38.91% | 99 | 12.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 80 | 9.91% | 807 |
| Richmond City | 9,904 | 73.79% | 2,600 | 19.37% | 907 | 6.76% | 10 | 0.07% | 7,304 | 54.42% | 13,421 |
| Roanoke City | 3,930 | 61.07% | 1,747 | 27.15% | 755 | 11.73% | 3 | 0.05% | 2,183 | 33.92% | 6,435 |
| South Norfolk City | 281 | 64.01% | 134 | 30.52% | 24 | 5.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 147 | 33.49% | 439 |
| Staunton City | 1,022 | 63.52% | 549 | 34.12% | 38 | 2.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 473 | 29.40% | 1,609 |
| Suffolk City | 557 | 73.29% | 179 | 23.55% | 24 | 3.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 378 | 49.74% | 760 |
| Williamsburg City | 196 | 85.96% | 31 | 13.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.44% | 165 | 72.37% | 228 |
| Winchester City | 820 | 65.18% | 420 | 33.39% | 18 | 1.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 400 | 31.80% | 1,258 |
| Totals | 139,717 | 62.48% | 73,328 | 32.79% | 10,369 | 4.64% | 189 | 0.08% | 66,389 | 29.69% | 223,603 |
Notes
- In this county or city where La Follette ran second ahead of Coolidge, the margin given is that between Davis and La Follette
References
- http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1924election.pdf
- Géoelections; Popular Vote for Robert LaFollette (xlsx file for €15)
- Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 354-361 ISBN 9780804716963
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