Calvin Coolidge carried Kentucky R+2.9.

John W. Davis (D) vs Calvin Coolidge (R) in Kentucky, 1924. The state ran 22.2 points more Democratic than the nation (R+25.1 nationally).

Nominees: John W. Davis (D) · Calvin Coolidge (R) · Robert M. La Follette (Progressive)

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Kentucky result

816,790 votes counted

Davis (D)

375,642

46.0%

Coolidge (R)

399,656

48.9%

Follette + others

41,492

5.1%

Margin

R+2.9

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1924 presidential election

Kentucky, 1924

CoolidgeR+2.9

How it voted

Share of the 1924 vote

Calvin Coolidge ✓Republican	48.9%	399,656
John W. DavisDemocratic	46.0%	375,642
Robert La FolletteProgressive	5.1%	41,492

D+60

R+60

120 counties, each filled by 1924 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Kentucky's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1924 contest in context

Kentucky's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+11.7%
1896	−0.1%
1900	+1.7%
1904	+2.7%
1908	+1.7%
1912	+23.2%
1916	+5.4%
1920	+0.4%
1924	−2.9%
1928	−18.9%
1932	+18.9%
1936	+18.6%
1940	+15.1%
1944	+9.2%
1948	+15.3%
1952	+0.1%
1956	−9.1%
1960	−7.2%
1964	+28.4%
1968	−6.1%
1972	−28.6%
1976	+7.2%
1980	−1.5%
1984	−20.7%
1988	−11.6%
1992	+3.2%
1996	+1.0%
2000	−15.1%
2004	−19.9%
2008	−16.2%
2012	−22.7%
2016	−29.8%
2020	−25.9%
2024	−30.5%

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County results — 1924

120 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−7.5%	2,368	2,757	5,163
Allen County	R	−13.7%	2,373	3,132	5,541
Anderson County	D	+18.8%	2,089	1,419	3,562
Ballard County	D	+59.0%	3,128	767	3,999
Barren County	D	+12.0%	4,449	3,488	8,022
Bath County	D	+9.6%	2,093	1,723	3,837
Bell County	R	−40.6%	2,166	5,371	7,896
Boone County	D	+23.5%	2,204	1,340	3,682
Bourbon County	D	+4.4%	4,034	3,691	7,843
Boyd County	R	−18.2%	4,079	6,062	10,913
Boyle County	D	+8.4%	3,197	2,673	6,217
Bracken County	R	−8.5%	1,485	1,779	3,443
Breathitt County	D	+24.6%	2,826	1,708	4,544
Breckinridge County	R	−8.4%	3,230	3,832	7,180
Bullitt County	D	+29.4%	1,789	946	2,863
Butler County	R	−37.8%	1,177	2,644	3,878
Caldwell County	R	−6.5%	2,183	2,498	4,855
Calloway County	D	+58.5%	3,790	936	4,882
Campbell County	R	−27.1%	5,564	12,329	24,936
Carlisle County	D	+64.6%	2,250	467	2,758
Carroll County	D	+26.3%	2,243	1,306	3,569
Carter County	R	−26.4%	2,552	4,472	7,271
Casey County	R	−26.7%	1,797	3,120	4,950
Christian County	R	−4.4%	6,585	7,192	13,892
Clark County	D	+17.4%	3,857	2,703	6,629
Clay County	R	−50.6%	1,144	3,613	4,877
Clinton County	R	−58.0%	543	2,069	2,629
Crittenden County	R	−15.0%	1,869	2,539	4,474
Cumberland County	R	−39.8%	918	2,143	3,079
Daviess County	D	+5.4%	8,116	7,270	15,578
Edmonson County	R	−27.1%	1,183	2,062	3,245
Elliott County	D	+46.4%	1,702	614	2,347
Estill County	R	−2.3%	2,052	2,152	4,424
Fayette County	R	−5.9%	10,433	11,755	22,519
Fleming County	D	+0.3%	2,590	2,572	5,209
Floyd County	D	+5.2%	4,220	3,773	8,572
Franklin County	D	+24.3%	4,678	2,826	7,606
Fulton County	D	+56.6%	3,336	902	4,303
Gallatin County	D	+14.4%	1,007	750	1,780
Garrard County	R	−9.8%	2,126	2,592	4,745
Grant County	D	+14.6%	1,923	1,404	3,559
Graves County	D	+50.8%	7,266	2,279	9,813
Grayson County	R	−5.3%	2,858	3,183	6,102
Green County	R	−10.7%	1,548	1,920	3,481
Greenup County	R	−10.9%	1,932	2,510	5,306
Hancock County	R	−0.3%	1,323	1,332	2,725
Hardin County	D	+21.7%	4,296	2,735	7,198
Harlan County	R	−56.8%	2,133	9,634	13,208
Harrison County	D	+28.4%	3,924	2,165	6,189
Hart County	D	+2.2%	2,862	2,736	5,691
Henderson County	R	−9.4%	4,046	4,902	9,134
Henry County	D	+31.6%	3,706	1,918	5,664
Hickman County	D	+56.9%	2,270	618	2,905
Hopkins County	D	+4.8%	5,864	5,292	11,854
Jackson County	R	−78.5%	284	2,629	2,989
Jefferson County	R	−9.7%	50,409	61,768	117,586
Jessamine County	D	+6.8%	2,470	2,144	4,764
Johnson County	R	−32.0%	1,480	3,078	4,991
Kenton County	R	−18.3%	7,948	13,537	30,539
Knott County	D	+43.8%	2,286	886	3,193
Knox County	R	−39.9%	1,537	3,767	5,594
Larue County	D	+18.3%	1,993	1,372	3,394
Laurel County	R	−36.9%	1,451	3,274	4,943
Lawrence County	R	−2.0%	2,445	2,547	5,078
Lee County	O	+0.0%	1,348	1,348	2,737
Leslie County	R	−79.2%	223	2,052	2,308
Letcher County	R	−21.8%	1,912	3,172	5,771
Lewis County	R	−34.4%	1,447	3,067	4,709
Lincoln County	D	+2.6%	3,100	2,935	6,289
Livingston County	D	+16.2%	1,768	1,267	3,102
Logan County	D	+12.3%	4,772	3,705	8,656
Lyon County	D	+25.7%	1,696	993	2,733
Madison County	R	−3.7%	4,895	5,276	10,292
Magoffin County	R	−11.0%	1,757	2,196	3,975
Marion County	D	+21.1%	3,055	1,975	5,126
Marshall County	D	+38.9%	2,752	1,192	4,010
Martin County	R	−55.4%	364	1,512	2,073
Mason County	D	+1.7%	3,525	3,406	7,055
McCracken County	D	+8.5%	6,028	4,979	12,281
McCreary County	R	−57.7%	533	2,317	3,090
McLean County	D	+10.0%	2,284	1,857	4,258
Meade County	D	+23.6%	1,802	1,106	2,955
Menifee County	D	+31.5%	873	450	1,344
Mercer County	R	−0.3%	2,698	2,715	5,472
Metcalfe County	R	−6.9%	1,262	1,450	2,728
Monroe County	R	−43.4%	970	2,489	3,497
Montgomery County	D	+9.0%	2,347	1,956	4,354
Morgan County	D	+29.3%	3,311	1,805	5,144
Muhlenberg County	R	−7.9%	4,379	5,210	10,471
Nelson County	D	+29.6%	3,863	2,082	6,024
Nicholas County	D	+24.5%	2,235	1,348	3,625
Ohio County	R	−5.3%	3,817	4,267	8,425
Oldham County	D	+36.2%	1,954	906	2,895
Owen County	D	+54.6%	3,155	913	4,106
Owsley County	R	−62.3%	323	1,434	1,784
Pendleton County	R	−2.8%	2,028	2,148	4,321
Perry County	R	−23.0%	2,658	4,357	7,374
Pike County	R	−9.0%	5,835	7,059	13,540
Powell County	D	+12.7%	939	724	1,689
Pulaski County	R	−31.9%	3,158	6,435	10,269
Robertson County	D	+15.3%	680	498	1,190
Rockcastle County	R	−35.1%	1,277	2,712	4,094
Rowan County	R	−9.5%	1,092	1,326	2,474
Russell County	R	−29.9%	1,224	2,278	3,526
Scott County	D	+23.7%	3,805	2,334	6,207
Shelby County	D	+15.8%	4,092	2,966	7,130
Simpson County	D	+34.6%	2,688	1,294	4,034
Spencer County	D	+15.7%	1,320	961	2,291
Taylor County	R	−4.9%	2,052	2,267	4,352
Todd County	D	+15.7%	2,679	1,942	4,680
Trigg County	D	+10.3%	2,625	2,130	4,802
Trimble County	D	+66.5%	1,676	335	2,017
Union County	D	+30.9%	3,493	1,778	5,547
Warren County	D	+10.7%	7,005	5,634	12,771
Washington County	R	−1.1%	2,238	2,286	4,537
Wayne County	R	−9.3%	2,020	2,436	4,485
Webster County	D	+4.8%	3,449	3,131	6,651
Whitley County	R	−47.9%	1,413	4,716	6,897
Wolfe County	D	+31.9%	1,597	821	2,435
Woodford County	D	+8.3%	2,472	2,091	4,576