In the presidential election, Republican President Calvin Coolidge (who took office on August 2, 1923, upon the death of his predecessor, Warren G. Harding) was elected to serve a full term, defeating Democratic nominee, former Ambassador John W. Davis and Progressive Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr. from Wisconsin.

[3][4] Coolidge easily won the election, taking almost every state outside the Solid South.

Davis won the Democratic nomination after a record 103 ballots, emerging as a compromise candidate between Treasury Secretary William Gibbs McAdoo and New York Governor Al Smith.

The Republicans gained twenty-two seats in the House of Representatives, increasing their majority over the Democrats.

The Republicans also furthered a majority in the Senate, gaining four seats from the Democrats.