United States presidential election in Rhode Island, 1924
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The 1924 United States Presidential Election in Rhode Island took place on November 4, 1924 as part of the 1924 United States Presidential Election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
Rhode Island voted for the Republican nominee, incumbent President Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts, over the Democratic nominee, Ambassador John W. Davis of West Virginia. Coolidge ran with former Budget Director Charles G. Dawes of Illinois, while Davis ran with Governor Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska. Also in the running that year was the Progressive Party nominee, Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin and his running mate Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana. La Follette’s support base was primarily among rural German and Scandinavian Americans,[1] and he possessed little appeal in the Northeast outside a few New York and Boston anti-Prohibition precincts.
Coolidge won Rhode Island by a margin of 23.17 percent. His victory was also enjoyed a unique personal popularity which helped him in the state and the rest of New England. He was the epitome of a traditional New England Yankee, having been born in the small-town of Plymouth Notch, Vermont, and establishing his political career nearby as Governor of Massachusetts. Thus Coolidge remained especially popular with voters across the New England region.
Results
United States presidential election in Rhode Island, 1924[2] | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
Count | % | Count | % | |||||
Republican | Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts | Charles Gates Dawes of Illinois | 125,286 | 59.63% | 5 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic | John William Davis of West Virginia | Charles Wayland Bryan of Nebraska | 76,606 | 36.46% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Progressive | Robert Marion La Follette of Wisconsin | Burton Kendall Wheeler of Montana | 7,628 | 3.63% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Communist | William Z. Foster of Massachusetts | Benjamin Gitlow of New York | 289 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Socialist Labor | Frank Tetes Johns of Oregon | Verne L. Reynolds of New York | 268 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
N/A | Others | Others | 38 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Total | 210,115 | 100.00% | 5 | 100.00% |
References
- ↑ Stark, Rodney and Christiano, Kevin J.; ‘Support for the American Left, 1920-1924: The Opiate Thesis Reconsidered’; Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 31, No. 1 (March, 1992), pp. 62-75
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