Coolidge had been vice president under Warren G. Harding and became president in 1923 upon Harding 's death . Coolidge was given credit for a booming economy at home and no visible crises abroad , and he faced little opposition at the 1924 Republican National Convention . The Democratic Party nominated former Congressman and ambassador to the United Kingdom John W. Davis of West Virginia , making Davis the first major party nominee who had held public office in a former slave state since the end of the Civil War . Davis , a compromise candidate , triumphed on the 103rd ballot of the 1924 Democratic National Convention after a deadlock between supporters of William Gibbs McAdoo and Al Smith . Dissatisfied by the conservatism of both major party candidates , the Progressive Party nominated Senator Robert La Follette of Wisconsin
1924 Republican National Convention
1924 Republican National Convention
1924 United States presidential election