Newspaper article about prominent Republicans making campus campaign at WRU
1 2026-04-07T16:21:17+00:00 Julia Teran 9aca9c408841ff28b321d7128a1e5c918a151e1d 9 4 Newspaper article about prominent Republicans making campus campaign at WRU, 1924 plain 2026-04-08T13:14:09+00:00 CWRU Archives unknown Western Reserve University ; E66000 Political Events ; S00000 Publications W00089AA 1924 unknown [Events and Activities] ; [Things] Benjamin Bowers 78b1957d54cda1d2cb3b1a500776f35a405a28f2This page is referenced by:
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1916: Straw Votes
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Campaigning at Case: Presidential Elections, 1916: Straw Votes
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Information was compiled by staff of the Case Western Reserve University Archives, September 2004.
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Few of the undergraduate men and none of the women could vote for President. They expressed their preferences in a straw vote which saw 75% turnout. Democrat Woodrow Wilson was handily re-elected with 550 votes to Republican Charles E. Hughes’ 354.
The Equal Suffrage League at the College for Women was in its second year of existence.
The Republican Club and Woodrow Wilson Club were active on the WRU campus with speeches, a debate, and participation in a straw vote.
Case students formed a Republican Club. Paul Howland, ex-Congressman, addressed the students on November 1.
Woodrow Wilson was re-elected president in the straw vote at WRU.Ohio Popular Vote
National Popular Vote
Electoral Vote
Woodrow Wilson (D)
604,161 (51.9%)
Charles E. Hughes (R)
514,753 (44.2%)
Allan L. Benson (Socialist)
38,092 (3.3%)
J. Frank Hanly (Prohibition)
8,085 (0.7%)Woodrow Wilson (D) 9,126,300 (49.24%)
Charles E. Hughes (R)
8,546,789 (46.11%)
Allan L. Benson (Socialist)
589,924 (3.18%)
J. Frank Hanly (Prohibition)
221,030 (1.19%)Woodrow Wilson (D)
277
Charles E. Hughes (R)
254Information was compiled by staff of the Case Western Reserve University Archives, September 2004.
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1924: “Fighting Bob” LaFollette and “Silent Cal” Coolidge
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Campaigning at CWRU: Presidential Elections, 1924: “Fighting Bob” LaFollette and “Silent Cal” Coolidge
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"Our opponents will receive a crushing defeat. As the cause of the people has always triumphed in the past, so will it be victorious in the present crisis of our country's history." The prediction of G.M. DeMarinis, executive secretary of WRU’s LaFollette supporters, proved correct. Adelbert College students backed Progressive Party candidate Robert LaFollette with 196 votes to Republican Calvin Coolidge’s 129 and Democrat John W. Davis’ 35. A poll of 30 faculty had Coolidge the victor with 15 votes to Davis’ 8 and LaFollette’s 7.
The ballot used in the straw poll at WRU.
This image from the Reserve Weekly reveals the winner of the WRU straw vote, Robert LaFollette.
Senator Theodore E. Burton, Judge Pierre White, and State Senator Maud C. Waite visited the WRU campus through the efforts of the Reserve Republican Club.Ohio Popular Vote
National Popular Vote
Electoral Vote
Calvin Coolidge (R)
1,176,130 (58.3%)
John W. Davis (D)
477,888 (23.7%)
Robert LaFollette (Progressive)
358,008 (17.8%)
Frank T. Johns (Socialist Labor)
3,025 (0.2%)
William J. Wallace (Commonwealth Land)
1,246 (0.1%)Calvin Coolidge (R)
15,717,553 (54.06%)
John W. Davis (D)
8,386,169 (28.84%)
Robert LaFollette (Progressive)
4,814,050 (16.56%)
Herman P. Faris (Prohibition)
54,833 (0.19%)
Frank T. Johns (Socialist Labor)
28,368 (0.1%)Calvin Coolidge (R)
382
John W. Davis (D)
136
Robert LaFollette (Progressive)
13Information was compiled by staff of the Case Western Reserve University Archives, September 2004.
