1924 United States presidential election in Kentucky
1924 United States presidential election in Kentucky
County Results
Coolidge
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
Davis
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
Tie
<50%
The 1924 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 4, 1924, as part of the 1924 United States presidential election . Voters chose thirteen representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Ever since the Civil War , Kentucky had been shaped politically by divisions created by that war between secessionist , Democratic counties and Unionist , Republican ones,[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
However, largely owing to loss of support for the Democratic Party in historically secessionist Northern Kentucky ,[ 4] [ 5] the Nineteenth Amendment ,[ 6] Calvin Coolidge narrowly won Kentucky by 2.95 points against John W. Davis , winning all 13 electoral votes from the state.[ 7] Warren G. Harding lost in the 1920 presidential election , but Coolidge won in the 1924 presidential election.
Also on the ballot was maverick Wisconsin Senator Robert M. La Follette , who carried his home state and ran second in eleven states in the Midwest and West. However, La Follette had little appeal in most of conservative Kentucky, with the only exceptions being a few rapidly unionising, labor-policy-conscious mining counties in the Eastern Coalfield and more significantly in German -influenced Northern Kentucky where he ran ahead of Davis in traditionally Democratic, highly populated Kenton and Campbell Counties – in the process playing a decisive role in handing Coolidge a closely contested election. Despite his strong showings in the two northern counties, Kentucky was overall La Follette's seventh-weakest state and, outside the former Confederacy where poll taxes prevented most of the lower classes voting, his second-weakest after pro-League of Nations Rhode Island .
Results
Results by county
1924 United States presidential election in Kentucky[ 8]
County
John Calvin Coolidge
John William Davis
Robert Marion La Follette Sr.
Various candidates
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Adair
2,757
53.40%
2,368
45.86%
30
0.58%
8
0.15%
389
7.53%
5,163
Allen
3,132
56.52%
2,373
42.83%
27
0.49%
9
0.16%
759
13.70%
5,541
Anderson
1,419
39.84%
2,089
58.65%
30
0.84%
24
0.67%
-670
-18.81%
3,562
Ballard
767
19.18%
3,128
78.22%
81
2.03%
23
0.58%
-2,361
-59.04%
3,999
Barren
3,488
43.48%
4,449
55.46%
73
0.91%
12
0.15%
-961
-11.98%
8,022
Bath
1,723
44.90%
2,093
54.55%
20
0.52%
1
0.03%
-370
-9.64%
3,837
Bell
5,371
68.02%
2,166
27.43%
333
4.22%
26
0.33%
3,205
40.59%
7,896
Boone
1,340
36.39%
2,204
59.86%
127
3.45%
11
0.30%
-864
-23.47%
3,682
Bourbon
3,691
47.06%
4,034
51.43%
93
1.19%
25
0.32%
-343
-4.37%
7,843
Boyd
6,062
55.55%
4,079
37.38%
660
6.05%
112
1.03%
1,983
18.17%
10,913
Boyle
2,673
43.00%
3,197
51.42%
293
4.71%
54
0.87%
-524
-8.43%
6,217
Bracken
1,779
51.67%
1,485
43.13%
125
3.63%
54
1.57%
294
8.54%
3,443
Breathitt
1,708
37.59%
2,826
62.19%
10
0.22%
0
0.00%
-1,118
-24.60%
4,544
Breckinridge
3,832
53.37%
3,230
44.99%
104
1.45%
14
0.19%
602
8.38%
7,180
Bullitt
946
33.04%
1,789
62.49%
125
4.37%
3
0.10%
-843
-29.44%
2,863
Butler
2,644
68.18%
1,177
30.35%
32
0.83%
25
0.64%
1,467
37.83%
3,878
Caldwell
2,498
51.45%
2,183
44.96%
148
3.05%
26
0.54%
315
6.49%
4,855
Calloway
936
19.17%
3,790
77.63%
130
2.66%
26
0.53%
-2,854
-58.46%
4,882
Campbell
12,329
49.44%
5,564
22.31%
6,882
27.60%
161
0.65%
5,447[ a]
21.84%
24,936
Carlisle
467
16.93%
2,250
81.58%
29
1.05%
12
0.44%
-1,783
-64.65%
2,758
Carroll
1,306
36.59%
2,243
62.85%
18
0.50%
2
0.06%
-937
-26.25%
3,569
Carter
4,472
61.50%
2,552
35.10%
231
3.18%
16
0.22%
1,920
26.41%
7,271
Casey
3,120
63.03%
1,797
36.30%
31
0.63%
2
0.04%
1,323
26.73%
4,950
Christian
7,192
51.77%
6,585
47.40%
101
0.73%
14
0.10%
607
4.37%
13,892
Clark
2,703
40.78%
3,857
58.18%
44
0.66%
25
0.38%
-1,154
-17.41%
6,629
Clay
3,613
74.08%
1,144
23.46%
108
2.21%
12
0.25%
2,469
50.63%
4,877
Clinton
2,069
78.70%
543
20.65%
11
0.42%
6
0.23%
1,526
58.04%
2,629
Crittenden
2,539
56.75%
1,869
41.77%
54
1.21%
12
0.27%
670
14.98%
4,474
Cumberland
2,143
69.60%
918
29.81%
18
0.58%
0
0.00%
1,225
39.79%
3,079
Daviess
7,270
46.67%
8,116
52.10%
161
1.03%
31
0.20%
-846
-5.43%
15,578
Edmonson
2,062
63.54%
1,183
36.46%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
879
27.09%
3,245
Elliott
614
26.16%
1,702
72.52%
26
1.11%
5
0.21%
-1,088
-46.36%
2,347
Estill
2,152
48.64%
2,052
46.38%
195
4.41%
25
0.57%
100
2.26%
4,424
Fayette
11,755
52.20%
10,433
46.33%
245
1.09%
86
0.38%
1,322
5.87%
22,519
Fleming
2,572
49.38%
2,590
49.72%
30
0.58%
17
0.33%
-18
-0.35%
5,209
Floyd
3,773
44.02%
4,220
49.23%
562
6.56%
17
0.20%
-447
-5.21%
8,572
Franklin
2,826
37.15%
4,678
61.50%
59
0.78%
43
0.57%
-1,852
-24.35%
7,606
Fulton
902
20.96%
3,336
77.53%
56
1.30%
9
0.21%
-2,434
-56.57%
4,303
Gallatin
750
42.13%
1,007
56.57%
22
1.24%
1
0.06%
-257
-14.44%
1,780
Garrard
2,592
54.63%
2,126
44.81%
26
0.55%
1
0.02%
466
9.82%
4,745
Grant
1,404
39.45%
1,923
54.03%
208
5.84%
24
0.67%
-519
-14.58%
3,559
Graves
2,279
23.22%
7,266
74.04%
247
2.52%
21
0.21%
-4,987
-50.82%
9,813
Grayson
3,183
52.16%
2,858
46.84%
56
0.92%
5
0.08%
325
5.33%
6,102
Green
1,920
55.16%
1,548
44.47%
8
0.23%
5
0.14%
372
10.69%
3,481
Greenup
2,510
47.30%
1,932
36.41%
813
15.32%
51
0.96%
578
10.89%
5,306
Hancock
1,332
48.88%
1,323
48.55%
59
2.17%
11
0.40%
9
0.33%
2,725
Hardin
2,735
38.00%
4,296
59.68%
152
2.11%
15
0.21%
-1,561
-21.69%
7,198
Harlan
9,634
72.94%
2,133
16.15%
1,263
9.56%
178
1.35%
7,501
56.79%
13,208
Harrison
2,165
34.98%
3,924
63.40%
87
1.41%
13
0.21%
-1,759
-28.42%
6,189
Hart
2,736
48.08%
2,862
50.29%
83
1.46%
10
0.18%
-126
-2.21%
5,691
Henderson
4,902
53.67%
4,046
44.30%
186
2.04%
0
0.00%
856
9.37%
9,134
Henry
1,918
33.86%
3,706
65.43%
30
0.53%
10
0.18%
-1,788
-31.57%
5,664
Hickman
618
21.27%
2,270
78.14%
13
0.45%
4
0.14%
-1,652
-56.87%
2,905
Hopkins
5,292
44.64%
5,864
49.47%
604
5.10%
94
0.79%
-572
-4.83%
11,854
Jackson
2,629
87.96%
284
9.50%
75
2.51%
1
0.03%
2,345
78.45%
2,989
Jefferson
61,768
52.53%
50,409
42.87%
5,032
4.28%
377
0.32%
11,359
9.66%
117,586
Jessamine
2,144
45.00%
2,470
51.85%
25
0.52%
125
2.62%
-326
-6.84%
4,764
Johnson
3,078
61.67%
1,480
29.65%
408
8.17%
25
0.50%
1,598
32.02%
4,991
Kenton
13,537
44.33%
7,948
26.03%
8,897
29.13%
157
0.51%
4,640[ a]
15.19%
30,539
Knott
886
27.75%
2,286
71.59%
16
0.50%
5
0.16%
-1,400
-43.85%
3,193
Knox
3,767
67.34%
1,537
27.48%
290
5.18%
0
0.00%
2,230
39.86%
5,594
Larue
1,372
40.42%
1,993
58.72%
25
0.74%
4
0.12%
-621
-18.30%
3,394
Laurel
3,274
66.24%
1,451
29.35%
202
4.09%
16
0.32%
1,823
36.88%
4,943
Lawrence
2,547
50.16%
2,445
48.15%
73
1.44%
13
0.26%
102
2.01%
5,078
Lee
1,348
49.25%
1,348
49.25%
29
1.06%
12
0.44%
0
0.00%
2,737
Leslie
2,052
88.91%
223
9.66%
17
0.74%
16
0.69%
1,829
79.25%
2,308
Letcher
3,172
54.96%
1,912
33.13%
650
11.26%
37
0.64%
1,260
21.83%
5,771
Lewis
3,067
65.13%
1,447
30.73%
172
3.65%
23
0.49%
1,620
34.40%
4,709
Lincoln
2,935
46.67%
3,100
49.29%
240
3.82%
14
0.22%
-165
-2.62%
6,289
Livingston
1,267
40.84%
1,768
57.00%
60
1.93%
7
0.23%
-501
-16.15%
3,102
Logan
3,705
42.80%
4,772
55.13%
108
1.25%
71
0.82%
-1,067
-12.33%
8,656
Lyon
993
36.33%
1,696
62.06%
38
1.39%
6
0.22%
-703
-25.72%
2,733
Madison
5,276
51.26%
4,895
47.56%
90
0.87%
31
0.30%
381
3.70%
10,292
Magoffin
2,196
55.25%
1,757
44.20%
21
0.53%
1
0.03%
439
11.04%
3,975
Marion
1,975
38.53%
3,055
59.60%
94
1.83%
2
0.04%
-1,080
-21.07%
5,126
Marshall
1,192
29.73%
2,752
68.63%
59
1.47%
7
0.17%
-1,560
-38.90%
4,010
Martin
1,512
72.94%
364
17.56%
186
8.97%
11
0.53%
1,148
55.38%
2,073
Mason
3,406
48.28%
3,525
49.96%
108
1.53%
16
0.23%
-119
-1.69%
7,055
McCracken
4,979
40.54%
6,028
49.08%
1,218
9.92%
56
0.46%
-1,049
-8.54%
12,281
McCreary
2,317
74.98%
533
17.25%
234
7.57%
6
0.19%
1,784
57.73%
3,090
McLean
1,857
43.61%
2,284
53.64%
94
2.21%
23
0.54%
-427
-10.03%
4,258
Meade
1,106
37.43%
1,802
60.98%
44
1.49%
3
0.10%
-696
-23.55%
2,955
Menifee
450
33.48%
873
64.96%
7
0.52%
14
1.04%
-423
-31.47%
1,344
Mercer
2,715
49.62%
2,698
49.31%
33
0.60%
26
0.48%
17
0.31%
5,472
Metcalfe
1,450
53.15%
1,262
46.26%
15
0.55%
1
0.04%
188
6.89%
2,728
Monroe
2,489
71.18%
970
27.74%
34
0.97%
4
0.11%
1,519
43.44%
3,497
Montgomery
1,956
44.92%
2,347
53.90%
27
0.62%
24
0.55%
-391
-8.98%
4,354
Morgan
1,805
35.09%
3,311
64.37%
28
0.54%
0
0.00%
-1,506
-29.28%
5,144
Muhlenberg
5,210
49.76%
4,379
41.82%
841
8.03%
41
0.39%
831
7.94%
10,471
Nelson
2,082
34.56%
3,863
64.13%
76
1.26%
3
0.05%
-1,781
-29.57%
6,024
Nicholas
1,348
37.19%
2,235
61.66%
35
0.97%
7
0.19%
-887
-24.47%
3,625
Ohio
4,267
50.65%
3,817
45.31%
294
3.49%
47
0.56%
450
5.34%
8,425
Oldham
906
31.30%
1,954
67.50%
35
1.21%
0
0.00%
-1,048
-36.20%
2,895
Owen
913
22.24%
3,155
76.84%
36
0.88%
2
0.05%
-2,242
-54.60%
4,106
Owsley
1,434
80.38%
323
18.11%
23
1.29%
4
0.22%
1,111
62.28%
1,784
Pendleton
2,148
49.71%
2,028
46.93%
141
3.26%
4
0.09%
120
2.78%
4,321
Perry
4,357
59.09%
2,658
36.05%
342
4.64%
17
0.23%
1,699
23.04%
7,374
Pike
7,059
52.13%
5,835
43.09%
574
4.24%
72
0.53%
1,224
9.04%
13,540
Powell
724
42.87%
939
55.60%
25
1.48%
1
0.06%
-215
-12.73%
1,689
Pulaski
6,435
62.66%
3,158
30.75%
655
6.38%
21
0.20%
3,277
31.91%
10,269
Robertson
498
41.85%
680
57.14%
9
0.76%
3
0.25%
-182
-15.29%
1,190
Rockcastle
2,712
66.24%
1,277
31.19%
105
2.56%
0
0.00%
1,435
35.05%
4,094
Rowan
1,326
53.60%
1,092
44.14%
53
2.14%
3
0.12%
234
9.46%
2,474
Russell
2,278
64.61%
1,224
34.71%
24
0.68%
0
0.00%
1,054
29.89%
3,526
Scott
2,334
37.60%
3,805
61.30%
38
0.61%
30
0.48%
-1,471
-23.70%
6,207
Shelby
2,966
41.60%
4,092
57.39%
46
0.65%
26
0.36%
-1,126
-15.79%
7,130
Simpson
1,294
32.08%
2,688
66.63%
48
1.19%
4
0.10%
-1,394
-34.56%
4,034
Spencer
961
41.95%
1,320
57.62%
10
0.44%
0
0.00%
-359
-15.67%
2,291
Taylor
2,267
52.09%
2,052
47.15%
19
0.44%
14
0.32%
215
4.94%
4,352
Todd
1,942
41.50%
2,679
57.24%
57
1.22%
2
0.04%
-737
-15.75%
4,680
Trigg
2,130
44.36%
2,625
54.66%
32
0.67%
15
0.31%
-495
-10.31%
4,802
Trimble
335
16.61%
1,676
83.09%
2
0.10%
4
0.20%
-1,341
-66.48%
2,017
Union
1,778
32.05%
3,493
62.97%
242
4.36%
34
0.61%
-1,715
-30.92%
5,547
Warren
5,634
44.12%
7,005
54.85%
106
0.83%
26
0.20%
-1,371
-10.74%
12,771
Washington
2,286
50.39%
2,238
49.33%
10
0.22%
3
0.07%
48
1.06%
4,537
Wayne
2,436
54.31%
2,020
45.04%
25
0.56%
4
0.09%
416
9.28%
4,485
Webster
3,131
47.08%
3,449
51.86%
0
0.00%
71
1.07%
-318
-4.78%
6,651
Whitley
4,716
68.38%
1,413
20.49%
730
10.58%
38
0.55%
3,303
47.89%
6,897
Wolfe
821
33.72%
1,597
65.59%
17
0.70%
0
0.00%
-776
-31.87%
2,435
Woodford
2,091
45.69%
2,472
54.02%
7
0.15%
6
0.13%
-381
-8.33%
4,576
Totals
398,966
48.93%
374,855
45.98%
38,465
4.72%
3,046
0.37%
24,111
2.96%
815,332
See also
Notes
^ a b In this county where La Follette ran second ahead of Davis, margin given is Coolidge vote minus La Follette vote and percentage margin Coolidge percentage minus La Follette percentage.
References
^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’ ; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review ; June 29, 2016
^ "Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Kentucky" . Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.^ Phillips, Kevin P. ; The Emerging Republican Majority , p. 350 ISBN 978-0-691-16324-6 ^ Copeland, James E.; ‘Where Were the Kentucky Unionists and Secessionists’; The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society , volume 71, no. 4 (October 1973), pp. 344-363
^ Harrison, Lowell Hayes; A New History of Kentucky, p. 352 ISBN 9780813176307
^ See Bolin, Janes Duane; Bossism and Reform in a Southern City: Lexington, Kentucky, 1880-1940 , pp. 82-83 ISBN 9780813121505
^ "1924 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky" . Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.^ Kentucky Secretary of State; General Election Held November 4th, 1924: Presidential Electors (Ledger)
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