1924 United States presidential election in Connecticut

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1924 United States presidential election in Connecticut
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Nominee Calvin Coolidge John W. Davis Robert M. La Follette
Party Republican Democratic Progressive
Home state Massachusetts West Virginia Wisconsin
Running mate Charles G. Dawes Charles W. Bryan Burton K. Wheeler
Electoral vote 7 0 0
Popular vote 246,322 110,184 42,416
Percentage 61.54% 27.53% 10.60%
President before election

Calvin Coolidge
Republican

Elected President

Calvin Coolidge
Republican

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The 1924 United States presidential election in Connecticut 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 seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Connecticut 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 Connecticut by a margin of 34.01%. 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.

The 1920s were a fiercely Republican decade in American politics, and Connecticut in that era was a fiercely Republican state in presidential elections. The economic boom and social good feelings of the Roaring Twenties under popular Republican leadership virtually guaranteed Calvin Coolidge an easy win in the state against the conservative Southern Democrat John Davis,[2] who had little appeal in Northern states like Connecticut.

As of 2023, this was the last presidential election in which the Republican nominee carried the city of Hartford. This is the most recent election, as of 2023, where Connecticut voted to the right of New Hampshire.

Results

1924 United States presidential election in Connecticut[3]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts Charles Gates Dawes of Illinois 246,322 61.54% 7 100.00%
Democratic John William Davis of West Virginia Charles Wayland Bryan of Nebraska 110,184 27.53% 0 0.00%
Progressive Robert Marion La Follette of Wisconsin Burton Kendall Wheeler of Montana 42,416 10.60% 0 0.00%
Socialist Labor Frank Tetes Johns of Oregon Verne L. Reynolds of New York 1,373 0.34% 0 0.00%
Total 400,295 100.00% 7 100.00%

By county

1924 United States presidential election in Connecticut (by county) [4]
County Coolidge % Coolidge # Davis % Davis # Others % Others # Total #
Fairfield 66.2% 58,041 21.5% 18,815 12.3% 10,788 87,644
Hartford 61.9% 61,381 28.4% 28,139 9.7% 9,591 99,111
Litchfield 61.3% 15,499 26.3% 6,645 12.3% 3,120 25,264
Middlesex 65.2% 9,383 27.9% 4,009 6.9% 994 14,386
New Haven 57.4% 69,164 30.1% 36,247 12.5% 15,085 140,496
New London 62.3% 18,205 29.5% 8,615 8.2% 2,381 29,201
Tolland 62.3% 5,161 27.0% 2,239 10.7% 885 8,285
Windham 59.6% 9,488 34.4% 5,475 5.9% 945 15,908

Results by town

Town John Calvin Coolidge
Republican 		John William Davis
Democratic 		Robert Marion La Follette, Sr.
Progressive 		Frank Tetes Johns
Socialist Labor 		Margin Total votes cast[5]
# % # % # % # % # %
Andover 116 59.79% 75 38.66% 3 1.55% 0 0.00% 41 21.13% 194
Ansonia 3,149 54.58% 2,033 35.23% 586 10.16% 2 0.03% 1,116 19.34% 5,770
Ashford 102 47.22% 86 39.81% 28 12.96% 0 0.00% 16 7.41% 216
Avon 293 66.14% 117 26.41% 31 7.00% 2 0.45% 176 39.73% 443
Barkhamsted 171 75.66% 53 23.45% 2 0.88% 0 0.00% 118 52.21% 226
Beacon Falls 284 64.55% 115 26.14% 40 9.09% 1 0.23% 169 38.41% 440
Berlin 849 73.06% 245 21.08% 67 5.77% 1 0.09% 604 51.98% 1,162
Bethany 89 69.53% 35 27.34% 4 3.13% 0 0.00% 54 42.19% 128
Bethel 934 76.00% 135 10.98% 160 13.02% 0 0.00% 774[a] 62.98% 1,229
Bethlehem 155 73.81% 54 25.71% 1 0.48% 0 0.00% 101 48.10% 210
Bloomfield 451 63.17% 219 30.67% 41 5.74% 3 0.42% 232 32.49% 714
Bolton 105 62.13% 54 31.95% 10 5.92% 0 0.00% 51 30.18% 169
Bozrah 176 50.43% 162 46.42% 10 2.87% 1 0.29% 14 4.01% 349
Branford 1,502 66.87% 538 23.95% 186 8.28% 20 0.89% 964 42.92% 2,246
Bridgeport 20,071 62.50% 6,215 19.35% 5,607 17.46% 219 0.68% 13,856 43.15% 32,112
Bridgewater 120 55.56% 94 43.52% 2 0.93% 0 0.00% 26 12.04% 216
Bristol 3,945 68.04% 1,330 22.94% 491 8.47% 32 0.55% 2,615 45.10% 5,798
Brookfield 296 79.36% 57 15.28% 20 5.36% 0 0.00% 239 64.08% 373
Brooklyn 327 55.71% 245 41.74% 15 2.56% 0 0.00% 82 13.97% 587
Burlington 178 66.67% 71 26.59% 18 6.74% 0 0.00% 107 40.07% 267
Canaan 145 78.38% 36 19.46% 4 2.16% 0 0.00% 109 58.92% 185
Canterbury 201 69.55% 76 26.30% 12 4.15% 0 0.00% 125 43.25% 289
Canton 664 74.86% 195 21.98% 28 3.16% 0 0.00% 469 52.87% 887
Chaplin 110 80.29% 20 14.60% 7 5.11% 0 0.00% 90 65.69% 137
Cheshire 697 78.76% 144 16.27% 43 4.86% 1 0.11% 553 62.49% 885
Chester 344 72.27% 105 22.06% 27 5.67% 0 0.00% 239 50.21% 476
Clinton 375 83.15% 50 11.09% 26 5.76% 0 0.00% 325 72.06% 451
Colchester 270 55.44% 167 34.29% 49 10.06% 1 0.21% 103 21.15% 487
Colebrook 136 76.84% 36 20.34% 5 2.82% 0 0.00% 100 56.50% 177
Columbia 136 63.55% 72 33.64% 6 2.80% 0 0.00% 64 29.91% 214
Cornwall 253 68.56% 110 29.81% 6 1.63% 0 0.00% 143 38.75% 369
Coventry 383 58.12% 259 39.30% 17 2.58% 0 0.00% 124 18.82% 659
Cromwell 607 81.48% 104 13.96% 34 4.56% 0 0.00% 503 67.52% 745
Danbury 4,760 62.22% 1,448 18.93% 1,430 18.69% 12 0.16% 3,312 43.29% 7,650
Darien 1,134 79.13% 218 15.21% 79 5.51% 2 0.14% 916 63.92% 1,433
Derby 1,190 38.71% 1,541 50.13% 339 11.03% 4 0.13% -351 -11.42% 3,074
Durham 286 73.52% 93 23.91% 10 2.57% 0 0.00% 193 49.61% 389
East Granby 193 76.89% 53 21.12% 5 1.99% 0 0.00% 140 55.78% 251
East Haddam 419 68.46% 185 30.23% 8 1.31% 0 0.00% 234 38.24% 612
East Hampton 658 59.49% 398 35.99% 48 4.34% 2 0.18% 260 23.51% 1,106
East Hartford 1,963 49.48% 916 23.09% 1,068 26.92% 20 0.50% 895[a] 22.56% 3,967
East Haven 1,064 70.56% 304 20.16% 138 9.15% 2 0.13% 760 50.40% 1,508
East Lyme 521 68.82% 206 27.21% 23 3.04% 7 0.92% 315 41.61% 757
East Windsor 592 67.12% 209 23.70% 81 9.18% 0 0.00% 383 43.42% 882
Eastford 132 77.65% 35 20.59% 3 1.76% 0 0.00% 97 57.06% 170
Easton 202 67.11% 88 29.24% 11 3.65% 0 0.00% 114 37.87% 301
Ellington 414 66.24% 132 21.12% 75 12.00% 4 0.64% 282 45.12% 625
Enfield 1,865 55.64% 1,334 39.80% 152 4.53% 1 0.03% 531 15.84% 3,352
Essex 759 80.57% 157 16.67% 25 2.65% 1 0.11% 602 63.91% 942
Fairfield 2,020 73.19% 362 13.12% 373 13.51% 5 0.18% 1,647[a] 59.67% 2,760
Farmington 900 59.45% 560 36.99% 53 3.50% 1 0.07% 340 22.46% 1,514
Franklin 129 93.48% 6 4.35% 3 2.17% 0 0.00% 123 89.13% 138
Glastonbury 1,045 61.87% 607 35.94% 37 2.19% 0 0.00% 438 25.93% 1,689
Goshen 141 78.77% 37 20.67% 1 0.56% 0 0.00% 104 58.10% 179
Granby 358 84.63% 64 15.13% 1 0.24% 0 0.00% 294 69.50% 423
Greenwich 4,242 74.53% 1,112 19.54% 335 5.89% 3 0.05% 3,130 54.99% 5,692
Griswold 527 48.53% 464 42.73% 94 8.66% 1 0.09% 63 5.80% 1,086
Groton 1,697 75.59% 431 19.20% 117 5.21% 0 0.00% 1,266 56.39% 2,245
Guilford 772 70.31% 226 20.58% 99 9.02% 1 0.09% 546 49.73% 1,098
Haddam 459 67.30% 211 30.94% 12 1.76% 0 0.00% 248 36.36% 682
Hamden 2,374 76.04% 480 15.37% 254 8.14% 14 0.45% 1,894 60.67% 3,122
Hampton 159 75.00% 50 23.58% 3 1.42% 0 0.00% 109 51.42% 212
Hartford 22,530 55.23% 13,897 34.07% 4,146 10.16% 222 0.54% 8,633 21.16% 40,795
Hartland 98 79.67% 22 17.89% 3 2.44% 0 0.00% 76 61.79% 123
Harwinton 161 71.24% 44 19.47% 21 9.29% 0 0.00% 117 51.77% 226
Hebron 161 65.18% 68 27.53% 18 7.29% 0 0.00% 93 37.65% 247
Kent 222 58.42% 148 38.95% 10 2.63% 0 0.00% 74 19.47% 380
Killingly 1,393 63.69% 690 31.55% 102 4.66% 2 0.09% 703 32.14% 2,187
Killingworth 102 51.52% 38 19.19% 58 29.29% 0 0.00% 44[a] 22.22% 198
Lebanon 328 88.17% 27 7.26% 17 4.57% 0 0.00% 301 80.91% 372
Ledyard 222 79.00% 53 18.86% 6 2.14% 0 0.00% 169 60.14% 281
Lisbon 161 62.65% 66 25.68% 30 11.67% 0 0.00% 95 36.96% 257
Litchfield 750 62.76% 382 31.97% 63 5.27% 0 0.00% 368 30.79% 1,195
Lyme 177 83.10% 31 14.55% 5 2.35% 0 0.00% 146 68.54% 213
Madison 721 85.83% 43 5.12% 76 9.05% 0 0.00% 645[a] 76.79% 840
Manchester 3,924 75.56% 968 18.64% 292 5.62% 9 0.17% 2,956 56.92% 5,193
Mansfield 510 74.34% 148 21.57% 28 4.08% 0 0.00% 362 52.77% 686
Marlborough 62 46.27% 68 50.75% 4 2.99% 0 0.00% -6 -4.48% 134
Meriden 8,230 62.93% 3,483 26.63% 1,311 10.02% 55 0.42% 4,747 36.29% 13,079
Middlebury 251 82.84% 43 14.19% 9 2.97% 0 0.00% 208 68.65% 303
Middlefield 207 84.84% 30 12.30% 7 2.87% 0 0.00% 177 72.54% 244
Middletown 3,269 58.11% 1,793 31.87% 554 9.85% 10 0.18% 1,476 26.24% 5,626
Milford 2,649 75.95% 595 17.06% 232 6.65% 12 0.34% 2,054 58.89% 3,488
Monroe 304 76.96% 71 17.97% 19 4.81% 1 0.25% 233 58.99% 395
Montville 543 69.97% 200 25.77% 32 4.12% 1 0.13% 343 44.20% 776
Morris 119 57.21% 82 39.42% 7 3.37% 0 0.00% 37 17.79% 208
Naugatuck 2,132 49.17% 1,536 35.42% 636 14.67% 32 0.74% 596 13.75% 4,336
New Britain 9,098 64.04% 3,224 22.69% 1,800 12.67% 85 0.60% 5,874 41.35% 14,207
New Canaan 1,066 75.07% 293 20.63% 61 4.30% 0 0.00% 773 54.44% 1,420
New Fairfield 156 81.68% 29 15.18% 6 3.14% 0 0.00% 127 66.49% 191
New Hartford 408 61.45% 226 34.04% 30 4.52% 0 0.00% 182 27.41% 664
New Haven 22,366 54.43% 12,083 29.41% 6,420 15.63% 219 0.53% 10,283 25.03% 41,088
New London 3,915 61.28% 1,725 27.00% 742 11.61% 7 0.11% 2,190 34.28% 6,389
New Milford 1,163 65.23% 535 30.01% 85 4.77% 0 0.00% 628 35.22% 1,783
Newington 594 78.99% 102 13.56% 53 7.05% 3 0.40% 492 65.43% 752
Newtown 599 52.27% 461 40.23% 86 7.50% 0 0.00% 138 12.04% 1,146
Norfolk 396 58.15% 271 39.79% 14 2.06% 0 0.00% 125 18.36% 681
North Branford 211 76.17% 52 18.77% 14 5.05% 0 0.00% 159 57.40% 277
North Canaan 525 68.90% 215 28.22% 22 2.89% 0 0.00% 310 40.68% 762
North Haven 644 86.68% 46 6.19% 53 7.13% 0 0.00% 591[a] 79.54% 743
North Stonington 256 77.81% 67 20.36% 6 1.82% 0 0.00% 189 57.45% 329
Norwalk 5,605 68.13% 2,019 24.54% 545 6.62% 58 0.70% 3,586 43.59% 8,227
Norwich 5,003 56.67% 3,051 34.56% 749 8.48% 25 0.28% 1,952 22.11% 8,828
Old Lyme 297 64.99% 149 32.60% 11 2.41% 0 0.00% 148 32.39% 457
Old Saybrook 289 72.07% 91 22.69% 21 5.24% 0 0.00% 198 49.38% 401
Orange 370 89.59% 23 5.57% 20 4.84% 0 0.00% 347 84.02% 413
Oxford 210 68.63% 84 27.45% 12 3.92% 0 0.00% 126 41.18% 306
Plainfield 1,063 50.96% 774 37.10% 249 11.94% 0 0.00% 289 13.85% 2,086
Plainville 977 75.44% 238 18.38% 77 5.95% 3 0.23% 739 57.07% 1,295
Plymouth 804 64.11% 281 22.41% 166 13.24% 3 0.24% 523 41.71% 1,254
Pomfret 380 68.35% 171 30.76% 0 0.00% 5 0.90% 209 37.59% 556
Portland 854 56.67% 563 37.36% 89 5.91% 1 0.07% 291 19.31% 1,507
Preston 282 77.26% 80 21.92% 3 0.82% 0 0.00% 202 55.34% 365
Prospect 124 80.00% 19 12.26% 12 7.74% 0 0.00% 105 67.74% 155
Putnam 1,421 62.00% 686 29.93% 181 7.90% 4 0.17% 735 32.07% 2,292
Redding 427 66.93% 181 28.37% 29 4.55% 1 0.17% 246 38.56% 638
Ridgefield 762 78.64% 181 18.68% 25 2.58% 1 0.10% 581 59.96% 969
Rocky Hill 390 74.00% 116 22.01% 20 3.80% 1 0.19% 274 51.99% 527
Roxbury 146 60.83% 83 34.58% 10 4.17% 1 0.42% 63 26.25% 240
Salem 92 82.14% 11 9.82% 9 8.04% 0 0.00% 81 72.32% 112
Salisbury 695 71.87% 255 26.37% 17 1.76% 0 0.00% 440 45.50% 967
Saybrook 523 72.34% 165 22.82% 34 4.70% 1 0.14% 358 49.52% 723
Scotland 124 83.78% 16 10.81% 8 5.41% 0 0.00% 108 72.97% 148
Seymour 1,312 73.46% 367 20.55% 106 5.94% 1 0.06% 945 52.91% 1,786
Sharon 393 79.72% 95 19.27% 5 1.01% 0 0.00% 298 60.45% 493
Shelton 1,921 65.25% 622 21.13% 393 13.35% 8 0.27% 1,299 44.12% 2,944
Sherman 129 79.63% 30 18.52% 3 1.85% 0 0.00% 99 61.11% 162
Simsbury 597 68.15% 266 30.37% 13 1.48% 0 0.00% 331 37.79% 876
Somers 324 67.08% 140 28.99% 18 3.73% 1 0.21% 184 38.10% 483
South Windsor 347 67.38% 140 27.18% 27 5.24% 1 0.19% 207 40.19% 515
Southbury 310 69.66% 122 27.42% 13 2.92% 0 0.00% 188 42.25% 445
Southington 1,625 67.09% 593 24.48% 203 8.38% 1 0.04% 1,032 42.61% 2,422
Sprague 365 48.99% 312 41.88% 68 9.13% 0 0.00% 53 7.11% 745
Stafford 899 60.58% 471 31.74% 106 7.14% 8 0.54% 428 28.84% 1,484
Stamford 7,966 62.22% 4,192 32.74% 619 4.83% 26 0.20% 3,774 29.48% 12,803
Sterling 293 63.15% 161 34.70% 10 2.16% 0 0.00% 132 28.45% 464
Stonington 2,342 62.91% 1,100 29.55% 275 7.39% 6 0.16% 1,242 33.36% 3,723
Stratford 2,835 79.19% 315 8.80% 423 11.82% 7 0.20% 2,412[a] 67.37% 3,580
Suffield 894 76.41% 245 20.94% 31 2.65% 0 0.00% 649 55.47% 1,170
Thomaston 845 67.60% 351 28.08% 54 4.32% 0 0.00% 494 39.52% 1,250
Thompson 643 56.85% 448 39.61% 40 3.54% 0 0.00% 195 17.24% 1,131
Tolland 138 48.94% 127 45.04% 17 6.03% 0 0.00% 11 3.90% 282
Torrington 3,582 46.14% 1,776 22.87% 2,387 30.74% 19 0.24% 1,195[a] 15.39% 7,764
Trumbull 621 77.05% 95 11.79% 87 10.79% 3 0.37% 526 65.26% 806
Union 67 75.28% 21 23.60% 1 1.12% 0 0.00% 46 51.69% 89
Vernon 1,593 56.85% 639 22.81% 553 19.74% 17 0.61% 954 34.05% 2,802
Voluntown 115 56.37% 87 42.65% 2 0.98% 0 0.00% 28 13.73% 204
Wallingford 2,417 60.44% 1,160 29.01% 392 9.80% 30 0.75% 1,257 31.43% 3,999
Warren 93 69.40% 30 22.39% 11 8.21% 0 0.00% 63 47.01% 134
Washington 514 69.46% 203 27.43% 23 3.11% 0 0.00% 311 42.03% 740
Waterbury 11,458 48.80% 9,930 42.29% 2,028 8.64% 64 0.27% 1,528 6.51% 23,480
Waterford 787 72.33% 220 20.22% 80 7.35% 1 0.09% 567 52.11% 1,088
Watertown 1,160 75.28% 319 20.70% 62 4.02% 0 0.00% 841 54.57% 1,541
West Hartford 4,077 77.27% 965 18.29% 227 4.30% 7 0.13% 3,112 58.98% 5,276
West Haven 4,145 60.21% 1,158 16.82% 1,546 22.46% 35 0.51% 2,599[a] 37.75% 6,884
Westbrook 232 81.69% 26 9.15% 20 7.04% 6 2.11% 206 72.54% 284
Weston 176 59.86% 97 32.99% 21 7.14% 0 0.00% 79 26.87% 294
Westport 1,316 71.41% 451 24.47% 74 4.02% 2 0.11% 865 46.93% 1,843
Wethersfield 1,238 75.90% 327 20.05% 66 4.05% 0 0.00% 911 55.86% 1,631
Willington 315 89.74% 33 9.40% 2 0.57% 1 0.28% 282 80.34% 351
Wilton 499 73.82% 143 21.15% 34 5.03% 0 0.00% 356 52.66% 676
Winchester 1,946 68.62% 813 28.67% 75 2.64% 2 0.07% 1,133 39.95% 2,836
Windham 2,636 54.29% 1,948 40.12% 270 5.56% 1 0.02% 688 14.17% 4,855
Windsor 1,172 68.50% 467 27.29% 72 4.21% 0 0.00% 705 41.20% 1,711
Windsor Locks 462 40.70% 581 51.19% 92 8.11% 0 0.00% -119 -10.48% 1,135
Wolcott 195 75.58% 52 20.16% 11 4.26% 0 0.00% 143 55.43% 258
Woodbridge 298 86.38% 35 10.14% 11 3.19% 1 0.29% 263 76.23% 345
Woodbury 456 78.08% 116 19.86% 12 2.05% 0 0.00% 340 58.22% 584
Woodstock 504 87.20% 69 11.94% 5 0.87% 0 0.00% 435 75.26% 578
Totals 246,322 61.54% 110,184 27.53% 42,416 10.60% 1,373 0.34% 134,783 33.67% 400,295

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i In this town where La Follette ran second ahead of Davis, the margin given is that between Coolidge and La Follette.

References

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  2. ^ Roseboom, Eugene Holloway and Eckes, Alfred E.; A History of Presidential Elections, from George Washington to Jimmy Carter; pp. 151-158 ISBN 0020364202
  3. ^ "1924 Presidential General Election Results - Connecticut". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  4. ^ "1924 Statement of Vote" (PDF). CT.gov - Connecticut's Official State Website. pp. 13–14. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
  5. ^ State of Connecticut; ‘Public Document No. 26 Statement of Vote General Election November 4, 1924’; Connecticut Secretary of the State Election Services Division