Election 1924 Results
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1924 presidential election in Illinois
Calvin Coolidge (Republican) beat John W. Davis (Democrat) in Illinois in 1924, 58.8% to 23.4%, a margin of 35.5 points and 876,346 votes.
The Republican hold continued from 1920, when Warren G. Harding won.
Republicans led in 89 of the 102 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 12 and other candidates in 1. The largest, Cook, cast 1,113,652 votes and went to the Republican by 41.6 points. The closest was Hardin, where 20 votes separated the top two.
Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.
Result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calvin Coolidge won | Republican | 1,453,321 | 58.8% |
| John W. Davis | Democratic | 576,975 | 23.4% |
| Robert M. La Follette | Progressive | 432,027 | 17.5% |
| All other candidates | 7,744 | 0.3% | |
| Total | 2,470,067 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook | 226,141 20.3% | 688,973 61.9% | 198,538 | 1,113,652 | R+41.6 |
| St. Clair | 14,921 29.3% | 23,380 45.8% | 12,693 | 50,994 | R+16.6 |
| Sangamon | 12,640 27.8% | 23,443 51.6% | 9,363 | 45,446 | R+23.8 |
| Peoria | 6,343 14.7% | 25,243 58.6% | 11,526 | 43,112 | R+43.8 |
| Kane | 3,517 8.2% | 32,717 76.3% | 6,624 | 42,858 | R+68.1 |
| Madison | 12,863 30.7% | 19,926 47.6% | 9,062 | 41,851 | R+16.9 |
| Rock Island | 3,631 10.2% | 20,563 57.7% | 11,453 | 35,647 | R+47.5 |
| Will | 4,707 13.3% | 22,780 64.2% | 8,018 | 35,505 | R+50.9 |
| La Salle | 6,216 17.6% | 21,417 60.5% | 7,784 | 35,417 | R+42.9 |
| Vermilion | 6,424 19.7% | 17,822 54.6% | 8,369 | 32,615 | R+34.9 |
| Winnebago | 2,228 7.2% | 21,978 71.3% | 6,608 | 30,814 | R+64.1 |
| McLean | 6,826 23.1% | 16,550 55.9% | 6,206 | 29,582 | R+32.9 |
| Macon | 6,670 24.4% | 16,458 60.2% | 4,203 | 27,331 | R+35.8 |
| Adams | 8,628 35.4% | 9,985 40.9% | 5,791 | 24,404 | R+5.6 |
| Lake | 2,008 8.3% | 18,229 75.5% | 3,913 | 24,150 | R+67.2 |
| Du Page | 1,893 8.1% | 16,917 72.8% | 4,423 | 23,233 | R+64.7 |
| Champaign | 5,221 23.0% | 14,244 62.8% | 3,212 | 22,677 | R+39.8 |
| Macoupin | 6,134 28.1% | 8,571 39.2% | 7,136 | 21,841 | R+11.2 |
| Williamson | 6,117 29.6% | 9,366 45.3% | 5,206 | 20,689 | R+15.7 |
| Knox | 2,617 13.3% | 12,968 65.9% | 4,095 | 19,680 | R+52.6 |
| Kankakee | 2,488 13.5% | 12,462 67.5% | 3,521 | 18,471 | R+54.0 |
| Henry | 1,944 10.7% | 13,159 72.4% | 3,076 | 18,179 | R+61.7 |
| Fulton | 5,011 28.0% | 8,664 48.3% | 4,246 | 17,921 | R+20.4 |
| Franklin | 5,791 33.8% | 6,779 39.6% | 4,551 | 17,121 | R+5.8 |
| Montgomery | 5,622 33.1% | 8,022 47.3% | 3,331 | 16,975 | R+14.1 |
| Stephenson | 2,452 15.1% | 8,638 53.3% | 5,126 | 16,216 | R+38.1 |
| Christian | 5,826 36.3% | 7,398 46.1% | 2,832 | 16,056 | R+9.8 |
| Bureau | 1,995 12.7% | 9,457 60.4% | 4,211 | 15,663 | R+47.6 |
| Whiteside | 1,957 12.6% | 11,532 74.0% | 2,087 | 15,576 | R+61.5 |
| Coles | 5,544 36.5% | 8,342 54.9% | 1,308 | 15,194 | R+18.4 |
| Livingston | 2,911 19.4% | 9,695 64.5% | 2,419 | 15,025 | R+45.2 |
| Morgan | 5,721 38.5% | 8,223 55.4% | 900 | 14,844 | R+16.9 |
| Tazewell | 3,375 23.5% | 7,488 52.1% | 3,507 | 14,370 | R+28.6 |
| De Kalb | 1,540 11.2% | 10,500 76.4% | 1,704 | 13,744 | R+65.2 |
| Marion | 4,768 35.6% | 5,889 44.0% | 2,724 | 13,381 | R+8.4 |
| Jackson | 4,707 36.1% | 6,424 49.3% | 1,899 | 13,030 | R+13.2 |
| McHenry | 1,372 10.5% | 8,751 67.2% | 2,892 | 13,015 | R+56.7 |
| Saline | 4,037 31.2% | 6,084 47.0% | 2,816 | 12,937 | R+15.8 |
| Hancock | 5,189 40.3% | 6,678 51.8% | 1,018 | 12,885 | R+11.6 |
| Logan | 3,708 30.0% | 7,063 57.2% | 1,585 | 12,356 | R+27.2 |
| McDonough | 4,016 32.6% | 7,505 61.0% | 785 | 12,306 | R+28.4 |
| Jefferson | 6,258 51.6% | 5,406 44.6% | 466 | 12,130 | D+7.0 |
| Lee | 2,367 19.6% | 8,363 69.4% | 1,327 | 12,057 | R+49.7 |
| Edgar | 5,222 43.4% | 6,297 52.3% | 518 | 12,037 | R+8.9 |
| Ogle | 1,591 13.5% | 8,449 71.6% | 1,759 | 11,799 | R+58.1 |
| Iroquois | 2,303 19.7% | 7,498 64.1% | 1,901 | 11,702 | R+44.4 |
| Shelby | 5,265 45.2% | 5,605 48.1% | 776 | 11,646 | R+2.9 |
| Pike | 5,424 49.6% | 4,989 45.6% | 530 | 10,943 | D+4.0 |
| Randolph | 3,734 34.3% | 4,527 41.6% | 2,619 | 10,880 | R+7.3 |
| Warren | 2,440 23.0% | 6,912 65.1% | 1,271 | 10,623 | R+42.1 |
| Fayette | 4,668 45.1% | 5,010 48.4% | 666 | 10,344 | R+3.3 |
| Jo Daviess | 1,477 15.3% | 4,864 50.4% | 3,318 | 9,659 | R+35.1 |
| Crawford | 4,223 44.8% | 4,830 51.2% | 372 | 9,425 | R+6.4 |
| Wayne | 4,247 45.3% | 4,937 52.7% | 184 | 9,368 | R+7.4 |
| Perry | 3,007 32.4% | 3,693 39.8% | 2,589 | 9,289 | R+7.4 |
| Clark | 4,203 45.8% | 4,731 51.5% | 244 | 9,178 | R+5.8 |
| Lawrence | 4,103 45.9% | 4,607 51.5% | 235 | 8,945 | R+5.6 |
| Greene | 4,648 52.4% | 3,527 39.7% | 703 | 8,878 | D+12.6 |
| De Witt | 2,752 31.3% | 5,173 58.8% | 877 | 8,802 | R+27.5 |
| White | 4,377 51.8% | 3,780 44.7% | 297 | 8,454 | D+7.1 |
| Mercer | 1,699 20.7% | 5,618 68.3% | 908 | 8,225 | R+47.6 |
| Effingham | 3,814 47.3% | 3,159 39.2% | 1,090 | 8,063 | D+8.1 |
| Clinton | 1,693 21.3% | 2,358 29.7% | 3,891 | 7,942 | Others |
| Alexander | 2,639 34.3% | 4,465 58.1% | 581 | 7,685 | R+23.8 |
| Cass | 2,909 38.2% | 3,139 41.2% | 1,565 | 7,613 | R+3.0 |
| Carroll | 603 8.1% | 4,559 60.9% | 2,320 | 7,482 | R+52.9 |
| Woodford | 1,828 24.5% | 4,290 57.5% | 1,346 | 7,464 | R+33.0 |
| Douglas | 2,315 31.8% | 4,046 55.7% | 909 | 7,270 | R+23.8 |
| Clay | 2,987 43.2% | 3,432 49.6% | 500 | 6,919 | R+6.4 |
| Grundy | 742 10.9% | 4,337 64.0% | 1,701 | 6,780 | R+53.0 |
| Mason | 2,536 38.0% | 3,522 52.7% | 622 | 6,680 | R+14.8 |
| Ford | 1,093 16.5% | 4,672 70.5% | 859 | 6,624 | R+54.0 |
| Union | 3,783 57.4% | 2,579 39.2% | 224 | 6,586 | D+18.3 |
| Marshall | 1,836 28.4% | 3,776 58.4% | 853 | 6,465 | R+30.0 |
| Boone | 348 5.4% | 4,872 75.4% | 1,244 | 6,464 | R+70.0 |
| Bond | 2,143 33.4% | 3,644 56.9% | 620 | 6,407 | R+23.4 |
| Jasper | 3,144 49.1% | 3,030 47.4% | 223 | 6,397 | D+1.8 |
| Richland | 2,749 44.7% | 3,082 50.1% | 324 | 6,155 | R+5.4 |
| Washington | 1,717 28.1% | 3,444 56.4% | 942 | 6,103 | R+28.3 |
| Hamilton | 3,168 52.4% | 2,659 44.0% | 214 | 6,041 | D+8.4 |
| Piatt | 1,733 29.3% | 3,799 64.3% | 375 | 5,907 | R+35.0 |
| Schuyler | 2,860 48.4% | 2,729 46.2% | 317 | 5,906 | D+2.2 |
| Moultrie | 2,403 42.5% | 3,001 53.1% | 248 | 5,652 | R+10.6 |
| Wabash | 2,442 43.4% | 2,564 45.6% | 615 | 5,621 | R+2.2 |
| Jersey | 2,723 49.2% | 2,460 44.4% | 353 | 5,536 | D+4.8 |
| Pulaski | 1,700 31.2% | 3,355 61.6% | 394 | 5,449 | R+30.4 |
| Cumberland | 2,384 45.1% | 2,698 51.1% | 199 | 5,281 | R+5.9 |
| Menard | 1,954 37.5% | 2,931 56.2% | 332 | 5,217 | R+18.7 |
| Monroe | 1,369 27.7% | 2,390 48.4% | 1,184 | 4,943 | R+20.7 |
| Gallatin | 2,385 52.1% | 1,792 39.2% | 399 | 4,576 | D+13.0 |
| Massac | 920 20.4% | 3,227 71.4% | 370 | 4,517 | R+51.1 |
| Scott | 1,994 45.2% | 2,227 50.5% | 190 | 4,411 | R+5.3 |
| Kendall | 432 9.8% | 3,513 79.7% | 464 | 4,409 | R+69.9 |
| Johnson | 1,408 34.6% | 2,468 60.6% | 197 | 4,073 | R+26.0 |
| Edwards | 1,047 26.5% | 2,750 69.6% | 155 | 3,952 | R+43.1 |
| Henderson | 803 20.3% | 2,879 72.9% | 269 | 3,951 | R+52.5 |
| Brown | 2,149 54.5% | 1,637 41.5% | 160 | 3,946 | D+13.0 |
| Stark | 784 20.7% | 2,698 71.1% | 314 | 3,796 | R+50.4 |
| Pope | 978 30.1% | 2,161 66.5% | 110 | 3,249 | R+36.4 |
| Hardin | 1,358 48.3% | 1,378 49.1% | 73 | 2,809 | R+0.7 |
| Calhoun | 1,115 47.2% | 1,136 48.1% | 110 | 2,361 | R+0.9 |
| Putnam | 260 11.7% | 1,364 61.5% | 594 | 2,218 | R+49.8 |
Counties as they stood in 1924; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.
Illinois in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kamala Harris (D) | D+10.9 |
| 2020 | Joe Biden (D) | D+17.0 |
| 2016 | Hillary Clinton (D) | D+17.1 |
| 2012 | Barack Obama (D) | D+16.9 |
| 2008 | Barack Obama (D) | D+25.1 |
| 2004 | John Kerry (D) | D+10.3 |
| 2000 | Al Gore (D) | D+12.0 |
| 1996 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+17.5 |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+14.2 |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush (R) | R+2.1 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+12.9 |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+7.9 |
| 1976 | Gerald Ford (R) | R+2.0 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+18.5 |
| 1968 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+2.9 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+18.9 |
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy (D) | D+0.2 |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+19.4 |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+9.9 |
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman (D) | D+0.8 |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+3.5 |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+2.4 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+18.0 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+13.2 |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+14.8 |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge (R) | R+35.5 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding (R) | R+42.3 |
| 1916 | Charles Evans Hughes (R) | R+9.2 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+13.2 |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft (R) | R+15.5 |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | R+28.3 |
| 1900 | William McKinley (R) | R+8.4 |
| 1896 | William McKinley (R) | R+13.1 |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+3.1 |
| 1888 | Benjamin Harrison (R) | R+3.0 |
| 1884 | James G. Blaine (R) | R+3.7 |
| 1880 | James A. Garfield (R) | R+6.5 |
| 1876 | Rutherford B. Hayes (R) | R+3.5 |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+13.3 |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+11.4 |