The American Vote
Candidate

John W. Davis

Democratic

Elections
1
Won
0
Electoral votes, all elections
136
Years
1924

Record

John W. Davis: result of each presidential election
YearElectoral votesPopular voteResult
1924
136
of 531
8,386,503
28.8%
Lost

Popular vote is the sum of the sourced state counts, shown only where every state that held a popular vote has one; sums from county returns (1868–1972) can run a few tenths of a point below national totals published elsewhere.

Electoral votesNational Archives, Electoral College results: 1924 (public domain, read 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

SourceStatistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1924 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

Election by election

1924Democratic · Lost

States carried · 12 of 48
Closest states won
  1. Oklahomaby 29,556 · 5.6 pts
  2. Tennesseeby 27,655 · 9.2 pts
  3. North Carolinaby 92,517 · 19.2 pts
Closest states lost
  1. KentuckyCoolidge by 24,111 · 3.0 pts
  2. MarylandCoolidge by 14,342 · 4.0 pts
  3. West VirginiaCoolidge by 31,403 · 5.4 pts

Margins computed for 48 of 48 states: those with a sourced popular vote that names Davis.

SourceStatistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1924 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

From the National Archives

Progressive Party candidate LaFollette received 4,822,856 popular votes for President.

National Archives, Electoral College results for 1924, archives.gov, read October 3, 2026. Quoted as published.