Video: 'Republican Campaign 1924'

(Tuesday, November 4, 1924, during the 1924 presidential campaign) — Republican President Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts, who had become president in 1923 upon the death of President Warren Harding, was elected to a full term of his own today, soundly defeating Democratic challenger former Ambassador to the United Kingdom John W. Davis of West Virginia and Progressive challenger Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin.

Coolidge and his running mate, former Director of the U.S. Bureau of the Budget Charles G. Dawes, received 54.0% of the national popular vote. Davis and his running mate, Gov. Charles Bryan of Nebraska, received 28.8%. La Follette and his running mate, Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana, received 16.6%.

The 1924 popular vote results translated into a decisive Electoral College victory of 382-136-13 for Coolidge-Dawes, who would be sworn in to a four-year term on March 4, 1925.

Video: 'President Coolidge, 1st Presidential Film (1924)'