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Parents > United States > U.S. Executive
OfficePresident
HonorificPresident - Abbr: President
TypeDemocratic Primary Election
Filing Deadline January 01, 1924 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open June 24, 1924 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close July 09, 1924 - 08:00pm Central
Term Start March 04, 1925 - 12:00pm
Term End March 04, 1929 - 12:00pm
ContributorThomas Walker
Last ModifiedRP September 19, 2013 09:42am
Data SourcesConvention Decisions and Voting Records. Most votes received by candidates for party presidential nomination, up to the point where a nominee was determined. Vote totals are rounded up to the next whole number.
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Keynote Speaker: U.S. Senator Pat Harrison MS

The first 15 ballots were taken on 6/30/1924. McAdoo's strategy was to place first, with several of his supporters voting for favorite sons initially. One of his supporters said that he would reach the 50% point on the 5th ballot, at which time he would move quickly to the requisite 66.7%. McAdoo placed first on the first ballot with 39.3% to 22.9% for Smith. In third place, far behind the leaders, was Cox with 5.4%. A fight broke out in the Missouri delegation on the second ballot when a supporter of Sen. Reed, tired of his vote being erased by the state's unit rule, accused McAdoo of trying to bribe delegates. On following ballots, McAdoo and Smith gained gradually. McAdoo failed to reach 50% on the 5th ballot, at which time he had only 40.3%. Ferris's delegates switched to Smith on the 8th, and after the 9th the convention took a recess. It was thought that McAdoo's forces would move sharply upward when the delegates re-convened, but it did not materialize. Kansas switched to McAdoo, but Silzer's New Jersey delegation switched to Smith. Louisiana, which had switched from Robinson to Glass, switched to McAdoo. The convention adjourned for the night after the 15th ballot. At that time, Smith had gained 64.5 to McAdoo's 47.5. John W. Davis, who was already being talked of as a compromise candidate, was third with 61 - one more than Cox.



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  PartyRepublican Won08/03/1923
NameCalvin Coolidge Votes1 (100.00%)
Term08/03/1923 - 03/04/1925 Margin1 (+100.00%)
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  PartyRepublican Won01/12/1925
NameCalvin Coolidge Votes382 (71.94%)
Term03/04/1925 - 03/04/1929 Margin246 (+46.33%)
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Name Ambassador John W. Davis Secretary of Treasury William G. McAdoo Gov. Alfred E. Smith Sen. Oscar W. Underwood Sen. Samuel M. Ralston Secretary of Agriculture Edwin T. Meredith Sen. Thomas J. Walsh
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic
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Uncertified Votes 844 (26.33%) 530 (16.54%) 368 (11.48%) 317 (9.89%) 197 (6.15%) 130 (4.06%) 123 (3.84%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -314 (-9.80%) -476 (-14.85%) -527 (-16.44%) -647 (-20.19%) -714 (-22.28%) -721 (-22.50%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Ballot Round 15 11 (1.07%) 479 (46.73%) 305 (29.76%) 39 (3.81%) 31 (3.02%) 0 (0.00%) 1 (0.10%)  
Ballot Round 1 31 (2.85%) 431 (39.65%) 241 (22.17%) 42 (3.86%) 30 (2.76%) 0 (0.00%) 0 (0.00%)  
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Name Sen. Carter Glass Gov. James M. Cox Secretary of War Newton D. Baker Minority Leader Joseph Taylor Robinson Sen. Byron P. "Pat" Harrison Gov. Albert C. Ritchie Gov. George Sebastian Silzer
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic
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Uncertified Votes 79 (2.47%) 61 (1.90%) 58 (1.81%) 46 (1.44%) 44 (1.37%) 43 (1.34%) 38 (1.19%)
Margin-765 (-23.87%) -783 (-24.43%) -786 (-24.52%) -798 (-24.90%) -800 (-24.96%) -801 (-24.99%) -806 (-25.15%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Ballot Round 15 25 (2.44%) 60 (5.85%) 0 (0.00%) 20 (1.95%) 0 (0.00%) 17 (1.66%) 0 (0.00%)  
Ballot Round 1 25 (2.30%) 59 (5.43%) 0 (0.00%) 21 (1.93%) 43 (3.96%) 22 (2.02%) 38 (3.50%)  
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