Illinois — 1924 presidential election
Recent presidential results
state1924 presidential electionIllinois · PresidentCoolidgeR+35.5
How it voted
Share of the 1924 vote
| Calvin Coolidge ✓Republican | 58.8% | 1,453,321 |
|---|---|---|
| John W. DavisDemocratic | 23.4% | 576,975 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 17.8% | 439,771 |
1924presidential margin
D+60R+60
102 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.
Illinois cast 29 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (102 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County, IL | Republican | R+5.6 |
| Alexander County, IL | Republican | R+23.8 |
| Bond County, IL | Republican | R+23.4 |
| Boone County, IL | Republican | R+70.0 |
| Brown County, IL | Democratic | D+13.0 |
| Bureau County, IL | Republican | R+47.6 |
| Calhoun County, IL | Republican | R+0.9 |
| Carroll County, IL | Republican | R+52.9 |
| Cass County, IL | Republican | R+3.0 |
| Champaign County, IL | Republican | R+39.8 |
| Christian County, IL | Republican | R+9.8 |
| Clark County, IL | Republican | R+5.8 |
| Clay County, IL | Republican | R+6.4 |
| Clinton County, IL | Other / independent | R+8.4 |
| Coles County, IL | Republican | R+18.4 |
| Cook County, IL | Republican | R+41.6 |
| Crawford County, IL | Republican | R+6.4 |
| Cumberland County, IL | Republican | R+5.9 |
| De Witt County, IL | Republican | R+27.5 |
| DeKalb County, IL | Republican | R+65.2 |
| Douglas County, IL | Republican | R+23.8 |
| DuPage County, IL | Republican | R+64.7 |
| Edgar County, IL | Republican | R+8.9 |
| Edwards County, IL | Republican | R+43.1 |
| Effingham County, IL | Democratic | D+8.1 |
| Fayette County, IL | Republican | R+3.3 |
| Ford County, IL | Republican | R+54.0 |
| Franklin County, IL | Republican | R+5.8 |
| Fulton County, IL | Republican | R+20.4 |
| Gallatin County, IL | Democratic | D+13.0 |
| Greene County, IL | Democratic | D+12.6 |
| Grundy County, IL | Republican | R+53.0 |
| Hamilton County, IL | Democratic | D+8.4 |
| Hancock County, IL | Republican | R+11.6 |
| Hardin County, IL | Republican | R+0.7 |
| Henderson County, IL | Republican | R+52.5 |
| Henry County, IL | Republican | R+61.7 |
| Iroquois County, IL | Republican | R+44.4 |
| Jackson County, IL | Republican | R+13.2 |
| Jasper County, IL | Democratic | D+1.8 |
| Jefferson County, IL | Democratic | D+7.0 |
| Jersey County, IL | Democratic | D+4.8 |
| Jo Daviess County, IL | Republican | R+35.1 |
| Johnson County, IL | Republican | R+26.0 |
| Kane County, IL | Republican | R+68.1 |
| Kankakee County, IL | Republican | R+54.0 |
| Kendall County, IL | Republican | R+69.9 |
| Knox County, IL | Republican | R+52.6 |
| Lake County, IL | Republican | R+67.2 |
| LaSalle County, IL | Republican | R+42.9 |
| Lawrence County, IL | Republican | R+5.6 |
| Lee County, IL | Republican | R+49.7 |
| Livingston County, IL | Republican | R+45.2 |
| Logan County, IL | Republican | R+27.2 |
| Macon County, IL | Republican | R+35.8 |
| Macoupin County, IL | Republican | R+11.2 |
| Madison County, IL | Republican | R+16.9 |
| Marion County, IL | Republican | R+8.4 |
| Marshall County, IL | Republican | R+30.0 |
| Mason County, IL | Republican | R+14.8 |
| Massac County, IL | Republican | R+51.1 |
| McDonough County, IL | Republican | R+28.4 |
| McHenry County, IL | Republican | R+56.7 |
| McLean County, IL | Republican | R+32.9 |
| Menard County, IL | Republican | R+18.7 |
| Mercer County, IL | Republican | R+47.6 |
| Monroe County, IL | Republican | R+20.7 |
| Montgomery County, IL | Republican | R+14.1 |
| Morgan County, IL | Republican | R+16.9 |
| Moultrie County, IL | Republican | R+10.6 |
| Ogle County, IL | Republican | R+58.1 |
| Peoria County, IL | Republican | R+43.8 |
| Perry County, IL | Republican | R+7.4 |
| Piatt County, IL | Republican | R+35.0 |
| Pike County, IL | Democratic | D+4.0 |
| Pope County, IL | Republican | R+36.4 |
| Pulaski County, IL | Republican | R+30.4 |
| Putnam County, IL | Republican | R+49.8 |
| Randolph County, IL | Republican | R+7.3 |
| Richland County, IL | Republican | R+5.4 |
| Rock Island County, IL | Republican | R+47.5 |
| Saline County, IL | Republican | R+15.8 |
| Sangamon County, IL | Republican | R+23.8 |
| Schuyler County, IL | Democratic | D+2.2 |
| Scott County, IL | Republican | R+5.3 |
| Shelby County, IL | Republican | R+2.9 |
| St. Clair County, IL | Republican | R+16.6 |
| Stark County, IL | Republican | R+50.4 |
| Stephenson County, IL | Republican | R+38.1 |
| Tazewell County, IL | Republican | R+28.6 |
| Union County, IL | Democratic | D+18.3 |
| Vermilion County, IL | Republican | R+34.9 |
| Wabash County, IL | Republican | R+2.2 |
| Warren County, IL | Republican | R+42.1 |
| Washington County, IL | Republican | R+28.3 |
| Wayne County, IL | Republican | R+7.4 |
| White County, IL | Democratic | D+7.1 |
| Whiteside County, IL | Republican | R+61.5 |
| Will County, IL | Republican | R+50.9 |
| Williamson County, IL | Republican | R+15.7 |
| Winnebago County, IL | Republican | R+64.1 |
| Woodford County, IL | Republican | R+33.0 |
Illinois results by county
102 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | Calvin Coolidge+1,357 | 9,98540.9% | 8,62835.4% | 5,79123.7% | 24,404 |
| Alexander County | Calvin Coolidge+1,826 | 4,46558.1% | 2,63934.3% | 5817.6% | 7,685 |
| Bond County | Calvin Coolidge+1,501 | 3,64456.9% | 2,14333.4% | 6209.7% | 6,407 |
| Boone County | Calvin Coolidge+3,628 | 4,87275.4% | 3485.4% | 1,24419.2% | 6,464 |
| Brown County | John W. Davis+512 | 1,63741.5% | 2,14954.5% | 1604.1% | 3,946 |
| Bureau County | Calvin Coolidge+5,246 | 9,45760.4% | 1,99512.7% | 4,21126.9% | 15,663 |
| Calhoun County | Calvin Coolidge+21 | 1,13648.1% | 1,11547.2% | 1104.7% | 2,361 |
| Carroll County | Calvin Coolidge+2,239 | 4,55960.9% | 6038.1% | 2,32031.0% | 7,482 |
| Cass County | Calvin Coolidge+230 | 3,13941.2% | 2,90938.2% | 1,56520.6% | 7,613 |
| Champaign County | Calvin Coolidge+9,023 | 14,24462.8% | 5,22123.0% | 3,21214.2% | 22,677 |
| Christian County | Calvin Coolidge+1,572 | 7,39846.1% | 5,82636.3% | 2,83217.6% | 16,056 |
| Clark County | Calvin Coolidge+528 | 4,73151.5% | 4,20345.8% | 2442.7% | 9,178 |
| Clay County | Calvin Coolidge+445 | 3,43249.6% | 2,98743.2% | 5007.2% | 6,919 |
| Clinton County | Other+1,533 | 2,35829.7% | 1,69321.3% | 3,89149.0% | 7,942 |
| Coles County | Calvin Coolidge+2,798 | 8,34254.9% | 5,54436.5% | 1,3088.6% | 15,194 |
| Cook County | Calvin Coolidge+462,832 | 688,97361.9% | 226,14120.3% | 198,53817.8% | 1,113,652 |
| Crawford County | Calvin Coolidge+607 | 4,83051.2% | 4,22344.8% | 3723.9% | 9,425 |
| Cumberland County | Calvin Coolidge+314 | 2,69851.1% | 2,38445.1% | 1993.8% | 5,281 |
| De Witt County | Calvin Coolidge+2,421 | 5,17358.8% | 2,75231.3% | 87710.0% | 8,802 |
| DeKalb County | Calvin Coolidge+8,796 | 10,50076.4% | 1,54011.2% | 1,70412.4% | 13,744 |
| Douglas County | Calvin Coolidge+1,731 | 4,04655.7% | 2,31531.8% | 90912.5% | 7,270 |
| DuPage County | Calvin Coolidge+12,494 | 16,91772.8% | 1,8938.1% | 4,42319.0% | 23,233 |
| Edgar County | Calvin Coolidge+1,075 | 6,29752.3% | 5,22243.4% | 5184.3% | 12,037 |
| Edwards County | Calvin Coolidge+1,703 | 2,75069.6% | 1,04726.5% | 1553.9% | 3,952 |
| Effingham County | John W. Davis+655 | 3,15939.2% | 3,81447.3% | 1,09013.5% | 8,063 |
| Fayette County | Calvin Coolidge+342 | 5,01048.4% | 4,66845.1% | 6666.4% | 10,344 |
| Ford County | Calvin Coolidge+3,579 | 4,67270.5% | 1,09316.5% | 85913.0% | 6,624 |
| Franklin County | Calvin Coolidge+988 | 6,77939.6% | 5,79133.8% | 4,55126.6% | 17,121 |
| Fulton County | Calvin Coolidge+3,653 | 8,66448.3% | 5,01128.0% | 4,24623.7% | 17,921 |
| Gallatin County | John W. Davis+593 | 1,79239.2% | 2,38552.1% | 3998.7% | 4,576 |
| Greene County | John W. Davis+1,121 | 3,52739.7% | 4,64852.4% | 7037.9% | 8,878 |
| Grundy County | Calvin Coolidge+2,636 | 4,33764.0% | 74210.9% | 1,70125.1% | 6,780 |
| Hamilton County | John W. Davis+509 | 2,65944.0% | 3,16852.4% | 2143.5% | 6,041 |
| Hancock County | Calvin Coolidge+1,489 | 6,67851.8% | 5,18940.3% | 1,0187.9% | 12,885 |
| Hardin County | Calvin Coolidge+20 | 1,37849.1% | 1,35848.3% | 732.6% | 2,809 |
| Henderson County | Calvin Coolidge+2,076 | 2,87972.9% | 80320.3% | 2696.8% | 3,951 |
| Henry County | Calvin Coolidge+10,083 | 13,15972.4% | 1,94410.7% | 3,07616.9% | 18,179 |
| Iroquois County | Calvin Coolidge+5,195 | 7,49864.1% | 2,30319.7% | 1,90116.2% | 11,702 |
| Jackson County | Calvin Coolidge+1,717 | 6,42449.3% | 4,70736.1% | 1,89914.6% | 13,030 |
| Jasper County | John W. Davis+114 | 3,03047.4% | 3,14449.1% | 2233.5% | 6,397 |
| Jefferson County | John W. Davis+852 | 5,40644.6% | 6,25851.6% | 4663.8% | 12,130 |
| Jersey County | John W. Davis+263 | 2,46044.4% | 2,72349.2% | 3536.4% | 5,536 |
| Jo Daviess County | Calvin Coolidge+1,546 | 4,86450.4% | 1,47715.3% | 3,31834.4% | 9,659 |
| Johnson County | Calvin Coolidge+1,060 | 2,46860.6% | 1,40834.6% | 1974.8% | 4,073 |
| Kane County | Calvin Coolidge+26,093 | 32,71776.3% | 3,5178.2% | 6,62415.5% | 42,858 |
| Kankakee County | Calvin Coolidge+8,941 | 12,46267.5% | 2,48813.5% | 3,52119.1% | 18,471 |
| Kendall County | Calvin Coolidge+3,049 | 3,51379.7% | 4329.8% | 46410.5% | 4,409 |
| Knox County | Calvin Coolidge+8,873 | 12,96865.9% | 2,61713.3% | 4,09520.8% | 19,680 |
| Lake County | Calvin Coolidge+14,316 | 18,22975.5% | 2,0088.3% | 3,91316.2% | 24,150 |
| LaSalle County | Calvin Coolidge+13,633 | 21,41760.5% | 6,21617.6% | 7,78422.0% | 35,417 |
| Lawrence County | Calvin Coolidge+504 | 4,60751.5% | 4,10345.9% | 2352.6% | 8,945 |
| Lee County | Calvin Coolidge+5,996 | 8,36369.4% | 2,36719.6% | 1,32711.0% | 12,057 |
| Livingston County | Calvin Coolidge+6,784 | 9,69564.5% | 2,91119.4% | 2,41916.1% | 15,025 |
| Logan County | Calvin Coolidge+3,355 | 7,06357.2% | 3,70830.0% | 1,58512.8% | 12,356 |
| Macon County | Calvin Coolidge+9,788 | 16,45860.2% | 6,67024.4% | 4,20315.4% | 27,331 |
| Macoupin County | Calvin Coolidge+1,435 | 8,57139.2% | 6,13428.1% | 7,13632.7% | 21,841 |
| Madison County | Calvin Coolidge+7,063 | 19,92647.6% | 12,86330.7% | 9,06221.7% | 41,851 |
| Marion County | Calvin Coolidge+1,121 | 5,88944.0% | 4,76835.6% | 2,72420.4% | 13,381 |
| Marshall County | Calvin Coolidge+1,940 | 3,77658.4% | 1,83628.4% | 85313.2% | 6,465 |
| Mason County | Calvin Coolidge+986 | 3,52252.7% | 2,53638.0% | 6229.3% | 6,680 |
| Massac County | Calvin Coolidge+2,307 | 3,22771.4% | 92020.4% | 3708.2% | 4,517 |
| McDonough County | Calvin Coolidge+3,489 | 7,50561.0% | 4,01632.6% | 7856.4% | 12,306 |
| McHenry County | Calvin Coolidge+5,859 | 8,75167.2% | 1,37210.5% | 2,89222.2% | 13,015 |
| McLean County | Calvin Coolidge+9,724 | 16,55055.9% | 6,82623.1% | 6,20621.0% | 29,582 |
| Menard County | Calvin Coolidge+977 | 2,93156.2% | 1,95437.5% | 3326.4% | 5,217 |
| Mercer County | Calvin Coolidge+3,919 | 5,61868.3% | 1,69920.7% | 90811.0% | 8,225 |
| Monroe County | Calvin Coolidge+1,021 | 2,39048.4% | 1,36927.7% | 1,18424.0% | 4,943 |
| Montgomery County | Calvin Coolidge+2,400 | 8,02247.3% | 5,62233.1% | 3,33119.6% | 16,975 |
| Morgan County | Calvin Coolidge+2,502 | 8,22355.4% | 5,72138.5% | 9006.1% | 14,844 |
| Moultrie County | Calvin Coolidge+598 | 3,00153.1% | 2,40342.5% | 2484.4% | 5,652 |
| Ogle County | Calvin Coolidge+6,690 | 8,44971.6% | 1,59113.5% | 1,75914.9% | 11,799 |
| Peoria County | Calvin Coolidge+13,717 | 25,24358.6% | 6,34314.7% | 11,52626.7% | 43,112 |
| Perry County | Calvin Coolidge+686 | 3,69339.8% | 3,00732.4% | 2,58927.9% | 9,289 |
| Piatt County | Calvin Coolidge+2,066 | 3,79964.3% | 1,73329.3% | 3756.3% | 5,907 |
| Pike County | John W. Davis+435 | 4,98945.6% | 5,42449.6% | 5304.8% | 10,943 |
| Pope County | Calvin Coolidge+1,183 | 2,16166.5% | 97830.1% | 1103.4% | 3,249 |
| Pulaski County | Calvin Coolidge+1,655 | 3,35561.6% | 1,70031.2% | 3947.2% | 5,449 |
| Putnam County | Calvin Coolidge+770 | 1,36461.5% | 26011.7% | 59426.8% | 2,218 |
| Randolph County | Calvin Coolidge+793 | 4,52741.6% | 3,73434.3% | 2,61924.1% | 10,880 |
| Richland County | Calvin Coolidge+333 | 3,08250.1% | 2,74944.7% | 3245.3% | 6,155 |
| Rock Island County | Calvin Coolidge+9,110 | 20,56357.7% | 3,63110.2% | 11,45332.1% | 35,647 |
| Saline County | Calvin Coolidge+2,047 | 6,08447.0% | 4,03731.2% | 2,81621.8% | 12,937 |
| Sangamon County | Calvin Coolidge+10,803 | 23,44351.6% | 12,64027.8% | 9,36320.6% | 45,446 |
| Schuyler County | John W. Davis+131 | 2,72946.2% | 2,86048.4% | 3175.4% | 5,906 |
| Scott County | Calvin Coolidge+233 | 2,22750.5% | 1,99445.2% | 1904.3% | 4,411 |
| Shelby County | Calvin Coolidge+340 | 5,60548.1% | 5,26545.2% | 7766.7% | 11,646 |
| St. Clair County | Calvin Coolidge+8,459 | 23,38045.8% | 14,92129.3% | 12,69324.9% | 50,994 |
| Stark County | Calvin Coolidge+1,914 | 2,69871.1% | 78420.7% | 3148.3% | 3,796 |
| Stephenson County | Calvin Coolidge+3,512 | 8,63853.3% | 2,45215.1% | 5,12631.6% | 16,216 |
| Tazewell County | Calvin Coolidge+3,981 | 7,48852.1% | 3,37523.5% | 3,50724.4% | 14,370 |
| Union County | John W. Davis+1,204 | 2,57939.2% | 3,78357.4% | 2243.4% | 6,586 |
| Vermilion County | Calvin Coolidge+9,453 | 17,82254.6% | 6,42419.7% | 8,36925.7% | 32,615 |
| Wabash County | Calvin Coolidge+122 | 2,56445.6% | 2,44243.4% | 61510.9% | 5,621 |
| Warren County | Calvin Coolidge+4,472 | 6,91265.1% | 2,44023.0% | 1,27112.0% | 10,623 |
| Washington County | Calvin Coolidge+1,727 | 3,44456.4% | 1,71728.1% | 94215.4% | 6,103 |
| Wayne County | Calvin Coolidge+690 | 4,93752.7% | 4,24745.3% | 1842.0% | 9,368 |
| White County | John W. Davis+597 | 3,78044.7% | 4,37751.8% | 2973.5% | 8,454 |
| Whiteside County | Calvin Coolidge+9,445 | 11,53274.0% | 1,95712.6% | 2,08713.4% | 15,576 |
| Will County | Calvin Coolidge+14,762 | 22,78064.2% | 4,70713.3% | 8,01822.6% | 35,505 |
| Williamson County | Calvin Coolidge+3,249 | 9,36645.3% | 6,11729.6% | 5,20625.2% | 20,689 |
| Winnebago County | Calvin Coolidge+15,370 | 21,97871.3% | 2,2287.2% | 6,60821.4% | 30,814 |
| Woodford County | Calvin Coolidge+2,462 | 4,29057.5% | 1,82824.5% | 1,34618.0% | 7,464 |
Nominees: John W. Davis (D) · Calvin Coolidge (R) · Robert M. La Follette (Progressive)
Illinois's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1924 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +3.1% |
| 1896 | −13.0% |
| 1900 | −8.4% |
| 1904 | −28.3% |
| 1908 | −15.5% |
| 1912 | +13.2% |
| 1916 | −9.2% |
| 1920 | −42.3% |
| 1924 | −35.5% |
| 1928 | −14.7% |
| 1932 | +13.2% |
| 1936 | +18.0% |
| 1940 | +2.4% |
| 1944 | +3.5% |
| 1948 | +0.8% |
| 1952 | −9.9% |
| 1956 | −19.2% |
| 1960 | +0.2% |
| 1964 | +18.9% |
| 1968 | −2.9% |
| 1972 | −18.5% |
| 1976 | −2.0% |
| 1980 | −7.9% |
| 1984 | −12.9% |
| 1988 | −2.1% |
| 1992 | +14.2% |
| 1996 | +17.5% |
| 2000 | +12.0% |
| 2004 | +10.3% |
| 2008 | +25.1% |
| 2012 | +16.8% |
| 2016 | +16.9% |
| 2020 | +16.9% |
| 2024 | +10.9% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1924 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.