1924 United States presidential election

The **1924 United States presidential election** occurred on November 4, 1924. It was the 35th election in the history of the United States. The election was won by incumbent President Calvin Coolidge, who had been president since the death of Warren G. Harding in 1923.

Robert M. La Follette, the losing candidate from the Progressive Party, would be the last major third-party candidate in a presidential election as well as the last candidate from neither the Republicans nor Democrats to secure any electoral votes until George C. Wallace in 1968

### Republican Party

|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#E81B23; width:200px;"|Calvin Coolidge|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#E81B23; width:200px;"|Charles G. Dawes|
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|style="background:#f1f1f1;" colspan="30"|<big>**1924 Republican Party ticket**</big>|||
|style="width:3em; width:200px;"|***for President***|style="width:3em; width:200px;"|***for Vice President***|
|30th President of the United States <small>(1923–1929)</small>|1st Director of the Bureau of the Budget <small>(1921–1922)</small>|||
- Calvin Coolidge, incumbent President <small>(1923-1929)</small> <small>(nominee)</small>
- Hiram Johnson, Senator of California <small>(1917-1945)</small>
- Robert M. La Follette, Senator of Wisconsin <small>(1906-1925)</small> <small>(Ran as a third-party)</small>
**Candidates gallery**

### Democratic Party

|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#3333FF; width:200px;"|John W. Davis|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#3333FF; width:200px;"|Charles W. Bryan|
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|style="background:#f1f1f1;" colspan="30"|<big>**1924 Democratic Party ticket **</big>|||
|style="width:3em; font-size:100%; color:#000; background:#C8EBFF; width:200px;"|***for President***|style="width:3em; font-size:100%; color:#000; background:#C8EBFF; width:200px;"|***for Vice President***|
|37th U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom <small>(1918–1921)</small>|20th Governor of Nebraska <small>(1923–1925)</small>|||
- John W. Davis, former US Ambassador to the United Kingdom <small>(1918-1921)</small> <small>(nominee)</small>
- William Gibbs McAdoo, former Secretary of the Treasury <small>(1913-1918)</small>
- Al Smith, Governor of New York <small>(1919-1920; 1923-1928) _(1928 nominee)_</small>
- Oscar Underwood, Senator of Alabama <small>(1915-1927)</small>
**Candidates gallery**

### Progressive Party nomination

|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#228B22; width:200px;"|Robert M. La Follette|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#228B22; width:200px;"|Burton K. Wheeler|
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|style="background:#f1f1f1;" colspan="30"|<big>**1924 Progressive Party ticket**</big>|||
|style="width:3em; font-size:100%; color:#000; background:#90EE90; width:200px;"|***for President***|style="width:3em; font-size:100%; color:#000; background:#90EE90; width:200px;"|***for Vice President***|
|U.S. Senator from Wisconsin <small>(1906–1925)</small>|U.S. Senator from Montana <small>(1923–1947)</small>|||

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 1924 United States presidential election
- **country**: United States
- **type**: presidential
- **ongoing**: no
- **previous election**: 1920 United States presidential election
- **previous year**: 1920
- **next election**: 1928 United States presidential election
- **next year**: 1928
- **votes for election**: 531 members of the Electoral College (United States), Electoral College
- **needed votes**: 266 electoral
- **turnout**: 48.9%  0.3 percentage point, pp
- **election date**: November 4, 1924
- **image1**: Calvin Coolidge cph.3g10777 (cropped).jpg
- **image size**: x160px
- **nominee1**: **Calvin Coolidge**
- **party1**: Republican Party (United States)
- **home state1**: Massachusetts
- **running mate1**: **Charles G. Dawes**
- **electoral vote1**: **382**
- **states carried1**: **35**
- **popular vote1**: **15,723,789**
- **percentage1**: **54.0%**
- **image2**: John William Davis (3x4).jpg
- **nominee2**: John W. Davis
- **party2**: Democratic Party (United States)
- **home state2**: West Virginia
- **running mate2**: Charles W. Bryan
- **electoral vote2**: 136
- **states carried2**: 12
- **popular vote2**: 8,386,242
- **percentage2**: 28.8%
- **image3**: Robert La Follette Sr crop.jpg
- **nominee3**: Robert M. La Follette
- **party3**: Progressive Party (United States, 1912), Progressive
- **home state3**: Wisconsin
- **running mate3**: Burton K. Wheeler
- **electoral vote3**: 13
- **states carried3**: 1
- **popular vote3**: 4,831,706
- **percentage3**: 16.6%
- **map image**: ElectoralCollege1924.svg
- **map size**: 350px
- **map caption**: Presidential election results map. <span style="color:red;">Red</span> denotes states won by Coolidge/Dawes, <span style="color:blue;">blue</span> denotes those won by Davis/Bryan, <span style="color:green;">green</span> denotes Wisconsin, the state won by La Follette/Wheeler. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.
- **title**: President
- **before election**: Calvin Coolidge
- **before party**: Republican Party (United States)
- **after election**: Calvin Coolidge
- **after party**: Republican Party (United States)
- **colour3**: 00FF00