1924 Washington gubernatorial election

For related races, see 1924 United States gubernatorial elections.

1924 Washington gubernatorial election
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Nominee Roland H. Hartley Ben F. Hill J. R. Oman
Party Republican Democratic Farmer–Labor
Popular vote 220,162 126,447 40,073
Percentage 56.41% 32.40% 10.27%
County results
Hartley:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70-80%
Hill:      40–50%      50–60%
Governor before election

Louis F. Hart
Republican

Elected Governor

Roland H. Hartley
Republican

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The 1924 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1924. Republican nominee Roland H. Hartley defeated Democratic nominee Ben F. Hill with 56.41% of the vote. This was the last gubernatorial election until 2016 in which Grays Harbor County voted for a Republican candidate.

Primary election

Primary elections were held on September 9, 1924.[1]

Democratic party

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ben F. Hill 7,753 34.59%
Democratic Walter J. Robinson 6,568 29.30%
Democratic Edward T. Mathes 4,951 22.09%
Democratic E. F. Blaine 3,143 14.02%
Total votes 22,415 100.00%

Republican party

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results[1][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Roland H. Hartley 58,705 25.11%
Republican E. L. French 56,936 24.36%
Republican Edward Clifford 33,140 14.18%
Republican W. H. Paulhamus 26,508 11.34%
Republican George B. Lamping 21,535 9.21%
Republican William J. Coyle 20,983 8.98%
Republican Thomas P. Revelle 8,809 3.77%
Republican Peter Iverson 3,055 1.31%
Republican Frank Pierce 2,213 0.95%
Republican James Townsend Fullerton 1,879 0.80%
Total votes 233,763 100.00%

Farmer-Labor party

Candidates

  • J. R. Oman

Results

Farmer-Labor primary results[1][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Farmer–Labor J. R. Oman 7,186 100.00%
Total votes 7,186 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates

  • Roland H. Hartley, Republican
  • Ben F. Hill, Democratic

Other candidates

  • J. R. Oman, Farmer–Labor
  • William A. Gilmore, State[a]
  • Emil Herman, Socialist
  • David Burgess, Socialist Labor

Results

1924 Washington gubernatorial election[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Roland H. Hartley 220,162 56.41% +3.66%
Democratic Ben F. Hill 126,447 32.40% +15.85%
Farmer–Labor J. R. Oman 40,073 10.27% −20.12%
State William A. Gilmore 1,954 0.50%
Socialist Emil Herman 898 0.23%
Socialist Labor David Burgess 770 0.20% −0.13%
Majority 93,715 24.01%
Total votes 390,304 100.00%
Republican hold Swing +1.65%

Results by county

County[6] Roland H. Hartley
Republican 		Ben F. Hill
Democratic 		J. R. Oman
Farmer-Labor 		William A. Gilmore
State 		Emil Herman
Socialist 		David Burgess
Socialist Labor 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # % # %
Adams 844 43.87% 953 49.53% 119 6.19% 6 0.31% 1 0.05% 1 0.05% -109 -5.67% 1,924
Asotin 1,111 52.11% 858 40.24% 154 7.22% 2 0.09% 2 0.09% 5 0.23% 253 11.87% 2,132
Benton 1,920 49.77% 1,189 30.82% 737 19.10% 11 0.29% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% 731 18.95% 3,858
Chelan 4,403 55.44% 3,359 42.29% 159 2.00% 7 0.09% 6 0.08% 8 0.10% 1,044 13.15% 7,942
Clallam 2,588 65.90% 846 21.54% 460 11.71% 7 0.18% 16 0.41% 10 0.25% 1,742 44.36% 3,927
Clark 6,539 63.62% 2,418 23.53% 1,025 9.97% 217 2.11% 50 0.49% 29 0.28% 4,121 40.10% 10,278
Columbia 1,107 51.70% 914 42.69% 110 5.14% 2 0.09% 2 0.09% 6 0.28% 193 9.01% 2,141
Cowlitz 3,189 56.97% 2,060 36.80% 290 5.18% 20 0.36% 23 0.41% 16 0.29% 1,129 20.17% 5,598
Douglas 1,043 42.61% 1,291 52.74% 91 3.72% 10 0.41% 7 0.29% 6 0.25% -248 -10.13% 2,448
Ferry 529 37.33% 782 55.19% 87 6.14% 10 0.71% 6 0.42% 3 0.21% -253 -17.85% 1,417
Franklin 753 34.81% 884 40.87% 521 24.09% 1 0.05% 1 0.05% 3 0.14% -131 -6.06% 2,163
Garfield 866 65.41% 447 33.76% 11 0.83% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 419 31.65% 1,324
Grant 870 46.28% 821 43.67% 151 8.03% 29 1.54% 8 0.43% 1 0.05% 49 2.61% 1,880
Grays Harbor 7,778 59.90% 3,619 27.87% 1,463 11.27% 58 0.45% 29 0.22% 37 0.28% 4,159 32.03% 12,984
Island 880 52.26% 489 29.04% 291 17.28% 6 0.36% 13 0.77% 5 0.30% 391 23.22% 1,684
Jefferson 994 60.83% 418 25.58% 207 12.67% 11 0.67% 2 0.12% 2 0.12% 576 35.25% 1,634
King 59,165 60.74% 27,936 28.68% 9,187 9.43% 681 0.70% 178 0.18% 254 0.26% 31,229 32.06% 97,401
Kitsap 3,708 46.19% 2,852 35.53% 1,345 16.75% 73 0.91% 26 0.32% 24 0.30% 856 10.66% 8,028
Kittitas 2,572 53.13% 1,585 32.74% 604 12.48% 17 0.35% 51 1.05% 12 0.25% 987 20.39% 4,841
Klickitat 1,696 65.46% 661 25.51% 182 7.02% 32 1.24% 15 0.58% 5 0.19% 1,035 39.95% 2,591
Lewis 6,053 51.65% 4,403 37.57% 1,165 9.94% 51 0.44% 21 0.18% 26 0.22% 1,650 14.08% 11,719
Lincoln 2,136 50.68% 1,938 45.98% 122 2.89% 14 0.33% 2 0.05% 3 0.07% 198 4.70% 4,215
Mason 971 55.61% 567 32.47% 174 9.97% 16 0.92% 11 0.63% 7 0.40% 404 23.14% 1,746
Okanogan 2,708 56.32% 1,795 37.33% 282 5.87% 9 0.19% 6 0.12% 8 0.17% 913 18.99% 4,808
Pacific 2,708 69.06% 1,023 26.09% 178 4.54% 3 0.08% 9 0.23% 0 0.00% 1,685 42.97% 3,921
Pend Oreille 1,049 55.56% 598 31.67% 237 12.55% 0 0.00% 3 0.16% 1 0.05% 451 23.89% 1,888
Pierce 20,962 50.19% 9,461 22.65% 11,048 26.45% 145 0.35% 60 0.14% 90 0.22% 9,914[b] 23.74% 41,766
San Juan 751 70.38% 287 26.90% 21 1.97% 3 0.28% 4 0.37% 1 0.09% 464 43.49% 1,067
Skagit 4,719 46.80% 3,587 35.57% 1,688 16.74% 66 0.65% 16 0.16% 7 0.07% 1,132 11.23% 10,083
Skamania 692 72.54% 204 21.38% 38 3.98% 9 0.94% 7 0.73% 4 0.42% 488 51.15% 954
Snohomish 9,417 46.31% 8,466 41.63% 2,190 10.77% 90 0.44% 139 0.68% 33 0.16% 951 4.68% 20,335
Spokane 24,187 53.26% 19,688 43.35% 1,463 3.22% 16 0.04% 16 0.04% 45 0.10% 4,499 9.91% 45,415
Stevens 2,998 53.35% 2,113 37.60% 436 7.76% 24 0.43% 26 0.46% 23 0.41% 885 15.75% 5,620
Thurston 5,043 57.22% 2,763 31.35% 926 10.51% 41 0.47% 21 0.24% 20 0.23% 2,280 25.87% 8,814
Wahkiakum 547 73.82% 124 16.73% 50 6.75% 9 1.21% 7 0.94% 4 0.54% 423 57.09% 741
Walla Walla 5,252 56.61% 3,598 38.78% 406 4.38% 17 0.18% 3 0.03% 2 0.02% 1,654 17.83% 9,278
Whatcom 8,773 61.42% 4,432 31.03% 770 5.39% 172 1.20% 87 0.61% 49 0.64% 4,341 30.39% 14,283
Whitman 5,517 59.95% 3,481 37.83% 185 2.01% 14 0.15% 3 0.03% 2 0.02% 2,036 22.13% 9,202
Yakima 13,124 71.90% 3,537 19.38% 1,500 8.22% 55 0.30% 20 0.11% 18 0.10% 9,587 52.52% 18,254
Totals 220,162 56.41% 126,447 32.40% 40,073 10.27% 1,954 0.50% 898 0.23% 770 0.20% 93,715 24.01% 390,304

Counties that flipped from Farmer-Labor to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Farmer-Labor to Democratic

Notess

  1. ^ This party was associated with Robert M. La Follette's Progressive Party
  2. ^ Hartley's margin over Oman

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Election Search Results: September 1924 Primary". Washington Secretary of State. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  2. ^ Washington Secretary of State. "Abstract of Votes Polled at the Primary Election Held September 9, 1924". Sixth Biennial Report Election Division 1924. Olympia, Washington. p. 20. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  3. ^ Washington Secretary of State. "Abstract of Votes Polled at the Primary Election Held September 9, 1924". Sixth Biennial Report Election Division 1924. Olympia, Washington. p. 16. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  4. ^ Washington Secretary of State. "Abstract of Votes Polled at the Primary Election Held September 9, 1924". Sixth Biennial Report Election Division 1924. Olympia, Washington. p. 22. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  5. ^ "Election Search Results: November 1924 General". Washington Secretary of State. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  6. ^ a b Washington Secretary of State. "Abstract of Votes Polled at the General Election Held November 4, 1924". Sixth Biennial Report Election Division 1924. Olympia, Washington. p. 42. Retrieved August 8, 2024.