Iowa — 1924 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1924 presidential electionIowa · PresidentCoolidgeR+38.6
How it voted
Share of the 1924 vote
| Calvin Coolidge ✓Republican | 55.0% | 537,458 |
|---|---|---|
| OtherAll other candidates | 28.6% | 278,930 |
| John W. DavisDemocratic | 16.4% | 160,382 |
1924presidential margin
D+60R+60
99 counties, each filled by 1924 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Gold marks a county an independent or third-party candidate carried.
Iowa cast 13 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (99 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adair County, IA | Republican | R+55.8 |
| Adams County, IA | Republican | R+35.2 |
| Allamakee County, IA | Other / independent | R+20.4 |
| Appanoose County, IA | Republican | R+39.1 |
| Audubon County, IA | Republican | R+32.9 |
| Benton County, IA | Republican | R+42.2 |
| Black Hawk County, IA | Republican | R+53.0 |
| Boone County, IA | Other / independent | R+39.1 |
| Bremer County, IA | Republican | R+35.9 |
| Buchanan County, IA | Republican | R+42.5 |
| Buena Vista County, IA | Republican | R+43.0 |
| Butler County, IA | Republican | R+49.2 |
| Calhoun County, IA | Republican | R+42.4 |
| Carroll County, IA | Republican | R+18.3 |
| Cass County, IA | Republican | R+55.5 |
| Cedar County, IA | Republican | R+41.3 |
| Cerro Gordo County, IA | Republican | R+49.4 |
| Cherokee County, IA | Republican | R+37.7 |
| Chickasaw County, IA | Republican | R+22.9 |
| Clarke County, IA | Republican | R+37.2 |
| Clay County, IA | Republican | R+54.5 |
| Clayton County, IA | Other / independent | R+26.0 |
| Clinton County, IA | Republican | R+33.3 |
| Crawford County, IA | Other / independent | R+20.5 |
| Dallas County, IA | Republican | R+52.9 |
| Davis County, IA | Republican | R+17.4 |
| Decatur County, IA | Republican | R+22.4 |
| Delaware County, IA | Republican | R+49.7 |
| Des Moines County, IA | Republican | R+36.3 |
| Dickinson County, IA | Republican | R+56.5 |
| Dubuque County, IA | Other / independent | R+10.1 |
| Emmet County, IA | Republican | R+45.3 |
| Fayette County, IA | Republican | R+39.5 |
| Floyd County, IA | Republican | R+59.0 |
| Franklin County, IA | Republican | R+51.8 |
| Fremont County, IA | Republican | R+12.7 |
| Greene County, IA | Republican | R+55.3 |
| Grundy County, IA | Republican | R+47.1 |
| Guthrie County, IA | Republican | R+48.4 |
| Hamilton County, IA | Republican | R+54.0 |
| Hancock County, IA | Republican | R+49.3 |
| Hardin County, IA | Republican | R+51.5 |
| Harrison County, IA | Republican | R+19.0 |
| Henry County, IA | Republican | R+43.8 |
| Howard County, IA | Republican | R+20.8 |
| Humboldt County, IA | Republican | R+51.9 |
| Ida County, IA | Republican | R+28.8 |
| Iowa County, IA | Republican | R+30.6 |
| Jackson County, IA | Republican | R+22.2 |
| Jasper County, IA | Republican | R+46.3 |
| Jefferson County, IA | Republican | R+42.7 |
| Johnson County, IA | Republican | R+9.1 |
| Jones County, IA | Republican | R+29.2 |
| Keokuk County, IA | Republican | R+23.9 |
| Kossuth County, IA | Republican | R+27.9 |
| Lee County, IA | Republican | R+27.7 |
| Linn County, IA | Republican | R+47.4 |
| Louisa County, IA | Republican | R+50.8 |
| Lucas County, IA | Republican | R+39.4 |
| Lyon County, IA | Other / independent | R+33.8 |
| Madison County, IA | Republican | R+41.0 |
| Mahaska County, IA | Republican | R+39.2 |
| Marion County, IA | Republican | R+25.2 |
| Marshall County, IA | Republican | R+56.6 |
| Mills County, IA | Republican | R+27.4 |
| Mitchell County, IA | Republican | R+40.4 |
| Monona County, IA | Republican | R+30.7 |
| Monroe County, IA | Republican | R+33.7 |
| Montgomery County, IA | Republican | R+53.3 |
| Muscatine County, IA | Republican | R+48.4 |
| O'Brien County, IA | Republican | R+47.9 |
| Osceola County, IA | Republican | R+40.0 |
| Page County, IA | Republican | R+47.7 |
| Palo Alto County, IA | Republican | R+39.5 |
| Plymouth County, IA | Republican | R+24.3 |
| Pocahontas County, IA | Other / independent | R+26.9 |
| Polk County, IA | Republican | R+51.1 |
| Pottawattamie County, IA | Republican | R+31.9 |
| Poweshiek County, IA | Republican | R+36.2 |
| Ringgold County, IA | Republican | R+43.7 |
| Sac County, IA | Republican | R+50.4 |
| Scott County, IA | Republican | R+46.0 |
| Shelby County, IA | Republican | R+14.1 |
| Sioux County, IA | Republican | R+48.2 |
| Story County, IA | Republican | R+51.1 |
| Tama County, IA | Republican | R+32.0 |
| Taylor County, IA | Republican | R+44.6 |
| Union County, IA | Republican | R+39.3 |
| Van Buren County, IA | Republican | R+40.4 |
| Wapello County, IA | Republican | R+39.4 |
| Warren County, IA | Republican | R+45.2 |
| Washington County, IA | Republican | R+38.0 |
| Wayne County, IA | Republican | R+22.5 |
| Webster County, IA | Republican | R+31.6 |
| Winnebago County, IA | Other / independent | R+42.9 |
| Winneshiek County, IA | Republican | R+28.0 |
| Woodbury County, IA | Republican | R+31.2 |
| Worth County, IA | Republican | R+47.0 |
| Wright County, IA | Republican | R+50.8 |
Iowa results by county
99 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adair County | Calvin Coolidge+2,766 | 4,04367.3% | 1,27721.3% | 68811.5% | 6,008 |
| Adams County | Calvin Coolidge+1,299 | 2,54754.3% | 1,24826.6% | 89719.1% | 4,692 |
| Allamakee County | Other+376 | 2,75538.4% | 3,13143.6% | 1,28918.0% | 7,175 |
| Appanoose County | Calvin Coolidge+3,636 | 6,42157.1% | 2,78524.8% | 2,03218.1% | 11,238 |
| Audubon County | Calvin Coolidge+1,320 | 2,47553.9% | 1,15525.1% | 96521.0% | 4,595 |
| Benton County | Calvin Coolidge+2,945 | 5,31458.1% | 2,36925.9% | 1,45916.0% | 9,142 |
| Black Hawk County | Calvin Coolidge+10,386 | 15,81365.3% | 5,42722.4% | 2,98112.3% | 24,221 |
| Boone County | Other+266 | 4,98045.6% | 5,24648.0% | 7026.4% | 10,928 |
| Bremer County | Calvin Coolidge+665 | 3,53248.3% | 2,86739.2% | 91112.5% | 7,310 |
| Buchanan County | Calvin Coolidge+3,679 | 5,45963.1% | 1,41216.3% | 1,78020.6% | 8,651 |
| Buena Vista County | Calvin Coolidge+1,030 | 3,81252.4% | 2,78238.2% | 6839.4% | 7,277 |
| Butler County | Calvin Coolidge+1,895 | 3,82359.6% | 1,92830.0% | 66710.4% | 6,418 |
| Calhoun County | Calvin Coolidge+1,140 | 3,52953.2% | 2,38936.0% | 71410.8% | 6,632 |
| Carroll County | Calvin Coolidge+430 | 3,59041.1% | 3,16036.1% | 1,99422.8% | 8,744 |
| Cass County | Calvin Coolidge+4,213 | 5,72168.7% | 1,50818.1% | 1,09913.2% | 8,328 |
| Cedar County | Calvin Coolidge+3,113 | 4,62560.7% | 1,51219.9% | 1,47819.4% | 7,615 |
| Cerro Gordo County | Calvin Coolidge+3,874 | 8,41058.8% | 4,53631.7% | 1,3459.4% | 14,291 |
| Cherokee County | Calvin Coolidge+1,188 | 3,24052.3% | 2,05233.1% | 90414.6% | 6,196 |
| Chickasaw County | Calvin Coolidge+1,221 | 3,41646.5% | 2,19529.9% | 1,73623.6% | 7,347 |
| Clarke County | Calvin Coolidge+984 | 2,55452.5% | 1,57032.3% | 74315.3% | 4,867 |
| Clay County | Calvin Coolidge+1,653 | 3,54960.9% | 1,89632.6% | 3786.5% | 5,823 |
| Clayton County | Other+157 | 4,16841.5% | 4,32543.0% | 1,55615.5% | 10,049 |
| Clinton County | Calvin Coolidge+4,864 | 10,35952.7% | 5,49527.9% | 3,81119.4% | 19,665 |
| Crawford County | Other+930 | 2,88236.3% | 3,81248.0% | 1,25515.8% | 7,949 |
| Dallas County | Calvin Coolidge+3,390 | 6,35962.0% | 2,96928.9% | 9339.1% | 10,261 |
| Davis County | Calvin Coolidge+1,002 | 2,80448.8% | 1,14519.9% | 1,80231.3% | 5,751 |
| Decatur County | Calvin Coolidge+1,300 | 3,22147.1% | 1,92128.1% | 1,69324.8% | 6,835 |
| Delaware County | Calvin Coolidge+3,387 | 4,93864.7% | 1,55120.3% | 1,14615.0% | 7,635 |
| Des Moines County | Calvin Coolidge+3,796 | 7,99554.0% | 4,19928.4% | 2,61617.7% | 14,810 |
| Dickinson County | Calvin Coolidge+1,886 | 2,96766.2% | 1,08124.1% | 4359.7% | 4,483 |
| Dubuque County | Other+2,989 | 8,28032.8% | 11,26944.6% | 5,71822.6% | 25,267 |
| Emmet County | Calvin Coolidge+742 | 2,73953.3% | 1,99738.8% | 4077.9% | 5,143 |
| Fayette County | Calvin Coolidge+1,322 | 5,97450.2% | 4,65239.1% | 1,27210.7% | 11,898 |
| Floyd County | Calvin Coolidge+2,959 | 5,01266.0% | 2,05327.0% | 5297.0% | 7,594 |
| Franklin County | Calvin Coolidge+1,272 | 3,06458.7% | 1,79234.4% | 3606.9% | 5,216 |
| Fremont County | Calvin Coolidge+788 | 3,31353.2% | 3856.2% | 2,52540.6% | 6,223 |
| Greene County | Calvin Coolidge+3,099 | 4,59966.8% | 1,50021.8% | 79011.5% | 6,889 |
| Grundy County | Calvin Coolidge+1,516 | 3,32257.8% | 1,80631.4% | 61510.7% | 5,743 |
| Guthrie County | Calvin Coolidge+2,285 | 4,31460.1% | 2,02928.2% | 84011.7% | 7,183 |
| Hamilton County | Calvin Coolidge+2,046 | 4,40160.7% | 2,35532.5% | 4906.8% | 7,246 |
| Hancock County | Calvin Coolidge+1,577 | 3,18359.6% | 1,60630.1% | 55010.3% | 5,339 |
| Hardin County | Calvin Coolidge+2,141 | 4,71459.5% | 2,57332.5% | 6348.0% | 7,921 |
| Harrison County | Calvin Coolidge+1,883 | 5,06251.0% | 1,68317.0% | 3,17932.0% | 9,924 |
| Henry County | Calvin Coolidge+3,120 | 4,53662.2% | 1,41619.4% | 1,34418.4% | 7,296 |
| Howard County | Calvin Coolidge+1,246 | 2,85047.7% | 1,52525.5% | 1,60426.8% | 5,979 |
| Humboldt County | Calvin Coolidge+1,294 | 2,84159.7% | 1,54732.5% | 3707.8% | 4,758 |
| Ida County | Calvin Coolidge+73 | 2,03343.5% | 1,96041.9% | 68514.6% | 4,678 |
| Iowa County | Calvin Coolidge+1,719 | 3,54951.9% | 1,83026.8% | 1,45821.3% | 6,837 |
| Jackson County | Calvin Coolidge+1,866 | 4,21850.2% | 1,83321.8% | 2,35228.0% | 8,403 |
| Jasper County | Calvin Coolidge+2,787 | 6,56556.8% | 3,77832.7% | 1,21410.5% | 11,557 |
| Jefferson County | Calvin Coolidge+2,780 | 4,06261.6% | 1,28219.4% | 1,24918.9% | 6,593 |
| Johnson County | Calvin Coolidge+1,171 | 5,74144.5% | 2,58020.0% | 4,57035.5% | 12,891 |
| Jones County | Calvin Coolidge+2,312 | 4,52457.1% | 1,18214.9% | 2,21227.9% | 7,918 |
| Keokuk County | Calvin Coolidge+2,227 | 4,79551.4% | 1,97321.1% | 2,56827.5% | 9,336 |
| Kossuth County | Calvin Coolidge+234 | 3,80643.5% | 3,57240.8% | 1,36915.7% | 8,747 |
| Lee County | Calvin Coolidge+5,096 | 9,99954.4% | 3,47518.9% | 4,90326.7% | 18,377 |
| Linn County | Calvin Coolidge+15,993 | 22,37164.5% | 6,37818.4% | 5,94117.1% | 34,690 |
| Louisa County | Calvin Coolidge+1,998 | 2,95264.9% | 95421.0% | 64314.1% | 4,549 |
| Lucas County | Calvin Coolidge+1,154 | 3,28852.6% | 2,13434.2% | 82413.2% | 6,246 |
| Lyon County | Other+88 | 2,08244.0% | 2,17045.8% | 48110.2% | 4,733 |
| Madison County | Calvin Coolidge+2,824 | 4,19160.8% | 1,33519.4% | 1,36719.8% | 6,893 |
| Mahaska County | Calvin Coolidge+2,750 | 5,81055.1% | 3,06029.0% | 1,67315.9% | 10,543 |
| Marion County | Calvin Coolidge+1,884 | 5,05847.6% | 3,17429.9% | 2,38322.4% | 10,615 |
| Marshall County | Calvin Coolidge+6,303 | 9,01068.1% | 2,70720.5% | 1,51611.5% | 13,233 |
| Mills County | Calvin Coolidge+1,598 | 3,34857.4% | 73712.6% | 1,75030.0% | 5,835 |
| Mitchell County | Calvin Coolidge+21 | 2,89246.9% | 2,87146.6% | 4006.5% | 6,163 |
| Monona County | Calvin Coolidge+1,389 | 3,19550.9% | 1,80628.8% | 1,27120.3% | 6,272 |
| Monroe County | Calvin Coolidge+1,536 | 4,09850.9% | 2,56231.8% | 1,38817.2% | 8,048 |
| Montgomery County | Calvin Coolidge+2,882 | 4,61764.5% | 1,73524.2% | 80511.2% | 7,157 |
| Muscatine County | Calvin Coolidge+5,508 | 7,73164.9% | 2,22318.7% | 1,96316.5% | 11,917 |
| O'Brien County | Calvin Coolidge+1,965 | 4,17258.5% | 2,20730.9% | 75610.6% | 7,135 |
| Osceola County | Calvin Coolidge+417 | 1,87650.4% | 1,45939.2% | 38610.4% | 3,721 |
| Page County | Calvin Coolidge+4,380 | 6,02365.6% | 1,51816.5% | 1,64317.9% | 9,184 |
| Palo Alto County | Calvin Coolidge+532 | 2,94349.5% | 2,41140.5% | 59310.0% | 5,947 |
| Plymouth County | Calvin Coolidge+175 | 3,80342.1% | 3,62840.2% | 1,60517.8% | 9,036 |
| Pocahontas County | Other+505 | 2,53739.7% | 3,04247.5% | 81912.8% | 6,398 |
| Polk County | Calvin Coolidge+21,377 | 37,49162.2% | 16,11426.7% | 6,66511.1% | 60,270 |
| Pottawattamie County | Calvin Coolidge+6,713 | 13,38052.8% | 6,66726.3% | 5,30520.9% | 25,352 |
| Poweshiek County | Calvin Coolidge+2,017 | 4,41453.6% | 2,39729.1% | 1,42817.3% | 8,239 |
| Ringgold County | Calvin Coolidge+1,990 | 3,14760.7% | 1,15722.3% | 88217.0% | 5,186 |
| Sac County | Calvin Coolidge+2,068 | 3,97060.6% | 1,90229.1% | 67410.3% | 6,546 |
| Scott County | Calvin Coolidge+10,629 | 18,36060.3% | 7,73125.4% | 4,34714.3% | 30,438 |
| Shelby County | Calvin Coolidge+955 | 3,25248.0% | 1,23118.2% | 2,29733.9% | 6,780 |
| Sioux County | Calvin Coolidge+2,400 | 4,96058.9% | 2,56030.4% | 90010.7% | 8,420 |
| Story County | Calvin Coolidge+4,174 | 6,91663.1% | 2,74225.0% | 1,31011.9% | 10,968 |
| Tama County | Calvin Coolidge+2,997 | 5,17755.3% | 2,01021.5% | 2,18023.3% | 9,367 |
| Taylor County | Calvin Coolidge+2,666 | 4,25460.9% | 1,58822.8% | 1,13816.3% | 6,980 |
| Union County | Calvin Coolidge+1,818 | 4,25054.2% | 2,43231.0% | 1,16614.9% | 7,848 |
| Van Buren County | Calvin Coolidge+2,414 | 3,62360.7% | 1,13819.1% | 1,20920.3% | 5,970 |
| Wapello County | Calvin Coolidge+5,450 | 9,87057.0% | 4,42025.5% | 3,03917.5% | 17,329 |
| Warren County | Calvin Coolidge+3,097 | 4,68362.1% | 1,58621.0% | 1,27416.9% | 7,543 |
| Washington County | Calvin Coolidge+3,185 | 5,05360.3% | 1,45717.4% | 1,86822.3% | 8,378 |
| Wayne County | Calvin Coolidge+1,496 | 3,32250.0% | 1,50022.6% | 1,82627.5% | 6,648 |
| Webster County | Calvin Coolidge+920 | 6,64146.0% | 5,72139.6% | 2,07614.4% | 14,438 |
| Winnebago County | Other+57 | 2,44547.3% | 2,50248.4% | 2254.4% | 5,172 |
| Winneshiek County | Calvin Coolidge+368 | 4,15444.0% | 3,78640.1% | 1,51016.0% | 9,450 |
| Woodbury County | Calvin Coolidge+3,835 | 16,63947.4% | 12,80436.5% | 5,67616.2% | 35,119 |
| Worth County | Calvin Coolidge+269 | 2,34051.0% | 2,07145.1% | 1803.9% | 4,591 |
| Wright County | Calvin Coolidge+1,616 | 4,32357.4% | 2,70735.9% | 5016.7% | 7,531 |
Nominees: John W. Davis (D) · Calvin Coolidge (R) · Robert M. La Follette (Progressive)
Iowa's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1924 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −5.3% |
| 1896 | −12.6% |
| 1900 | −18.6% |
| 1904 | −32.7% |
| 1908 | −15.0% |
| 1912 | +13.3% |
| 1916 | −11.4% |
| 1920 | −45.5% |
| 1924 | −38.6% |
| 1928 | −24.2% |
| 1932 | +17.7% |
| 1936 | +11.7% |
| 1940 | −4.4% |
| 1944 | −4.5% |
| 1948 | +2.7% |
| 1952 | −28.2% |
| 1956 | −18.4% |
| 1960 | −13.5% |
| 1964 | +24.0% |
| 1968 | −12.2% |
| 1972 | −17.1% |
| 1976 | −1.0% |
| 1980 | −12.7% |
| 1984 | −7.4% |
| 1988 | +10.2% |
| 1992 | +6.0% |
| 1996 | +10.3% |
| 2000 | +0.3% |
| 2004 | −0.7% |
| 2008 | +9.5% |
| 2012 | +5.8% |
| 2016 | −9.3% |
| 2020 | −8.2% |
| 2024 | −13.2% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1924 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.