Video: 'The American Presidential Election of 1924'
(Tuesday, November 4, 1924, during the 1924 presidential campaign) — Republican U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt of New York was elected to a full term today, defeating Democratic challenger John W. Davis, former United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
Coolidge had been vice president under Warren G. Harding and became president in 1923 upon Harding’s unexpected death.
Coolidge and his running mate, former Director of the Bureau of the Budget Charles G. Dawes of Illinois, received 54.04% of the national popular vote. Davis and his running mate, Governor Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska, William Jennings Bryan’s brother, received 28.82%.
Video: 'The Election of 1924 Explained'
The Progressive Party ticket of U.S. Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin and U.S. Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana received a significant 16.61% of the popular vote.
The Republican ticket was officially elected on Jan. 12, 1925, when the nation’s presidential electors met and cast 382 Electoral votes for Coolidge-Dawes and 136 votes for Davis-Bryan and 13 votes to La Follette-Wheeler.
The electors’ votes would be tabulated and certified on Feb. 11, 1925, during a joint session of Congress.
Coolidge and Dawes would be inaugurated on March 4, 1925 (the beginning of Coolidge’s second term as president and Dawes’ first term as VP).
