1924 Republican National Convention
| 1924 Presidential Election | |
|---|---|
  Nominees Coolidge and Dawes |
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| Convention | |
| Date(s) | June 10 – June 12 |
| City | Cleveland, Ohio |
| Venue | Public Auditorium |
| Candidates | |
| Presidential Nominee | Calvin Coolidge (MA) |
| Vice Presidential Nominee | Charles G. Dawes (IL) |
The 1924 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States was held in Cleveland, Ohio at the Public Auditorium from June 10 to June 12. For this convention the method of allocating delegates changed in order to reduce the overrepresentation of the South. [1] This effort proved only partly successful as Southern delegates would actually be more overrepresented than they had been in 1916 or 1920; however, they were not as overrepresented as they had been before 1912.
It also made history by being the first GOP convention to give women equal representation. The Republican National Committee approved a rule providing for a national committee-man and a national committee-woman from each state. [2] More controversy ensued over whether to condemn the Ku Klux Klan with the result ultimately being to say nothing either way.
Incumbent President Calvin Coolidge was formally nominated and went on to win the general election. The convention nominated Illinois Governor Frank Lowden for Vice President on the second ballot, but he declined the nomination. The convention then selected Charles G. Dawes. Also considered for the nomination was Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas, a future Vice President.
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Republican candidates[edit]
Nominee[edit]
Withdrew during convention[edit]
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Senator Robert M. LaFollette of Wisconsin
Declined to run[edit]
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Former Governor Frank Lowden of Illinois
| Calvin Coolidge | 1065 | All other states |
|---|---|---|
| Robert LaFollette | 34 | 24 from Wisconsin, 10 from North Dakota |
| Hiram Johnson | 10 | 10 from South Dakota |
Vice Presidential nomination[edit]
Former Illinois Governor Frank O. Lowden was nominated for Vice-President, but he declined, an action, that as of 2010, has never been repeated. Charles Dawes, a prominent Republican businessman was nominated instead.
| Vice-presidential ballot | 1 | 2 Before shifts | 2 After shifts | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White House Budget Director Charles Dawes of Illinois | 149 | 111 | 49 | 682.5 |
| Former Illinois Governor Frank O. Lowden | 222 | 413 | 766 | 0 |
| Ohio Congressman Theodore E. Burton | 139 | 288 | 94 | 0 |
| Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover of California | 0 | 0 | 0 | 234.5 |
| Iowa Senator William S. Kenyon | 172 | 95 | 68 | 75 |
| Pennsylvia Congressman George S. Graham | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Indiana Senator James E. Watson | 79 | 55 | 7 | 45 |
| Kansas Senator Charles Curtis | 56 | 31 | 24 | 0 |
| Missouri Governor Arthur M. Hyde | 55 | 36 | 36 | 0 |
| Nebraska Senator George W. Norris | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Iowa Senator Smith W. Brookhart | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| Utah delegate Frank T. Hines | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles A. March | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tennessee Congressman James W. Taylor | 21 | 20 | 27 | 27 |
| Former Maryland Senator William P. Jackson | 23 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Ambassador to Japan Charles B. Warren of New York | 10 | 1 | 23 | 14 |
| Former Delaware Senator Thomas C. DuPont | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| Montana Governor Joseph M. Dixon | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Indiana Congressman Everett Sanders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Former U.S. Army Major General James G. Harbord of New York | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Former Indiana Senator Albert J. Beveridge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| John L. Coulter of North Dakota | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| California Businessman William Wrigley Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Army Chief of Staff John J. Pershing of Missouri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
See also[edit]
| Preceded by 1920 Chicago, Illinois |
Republican National Conventions | Succeeded by 1928 Kansas City, Missouri |
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