1928 Presidential Election
November 6, 1928 · Progressive Era to Normalcy · 531 electoral votes, 266 to win
Hoover's landslide over Al Smith, the first Catholic major-party nominee, cracked the Solid South for the Republicans while Smith's urban gains quietly prefigured the New Deal coalition.
Elected
Herbert Hoover
Republican
Electoral vote
444 of 531
Popular vote
58.2%
21,427,123 votes
Turnout
56.9%
The result
| EV share | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert Hoover | Republican | Charles Curtis | 444 | 21,427,123 | 58.20% | 40 | |
| Al Smith | Democratic | Joseph Taylor Robinson | 87 | 15,015,464 | 40.80% | 8 | |
| Norman Thomas | Socialist | James H. Maurer | — | 267,478 | 0.73% | — | |
| William Z. Foster | Communist | Benjamin Gitlow | — | 48,551 | 0.13% | — | |
| Verne L. Reynolds | Socialist Labor | Jeremiah D. Crowley | — | 21,590 | 0.06% | — | |
| William F. Varney | Prohibition | James A. Edgerton | — | 20,095 | 0.05% | — |
36,800,301 votes recorded for the candidates listed.
Results by state
| Alabama | Al Smith | 51.3% | 11 | Herbert Hoover · 48.5% |
| Arizona | Herbert Hoover | 57.6% | 3 | Al Smith · 42.2% |
| Arkansas | Al Smith | 60.3% | 9 | Herbert Hoover · 39.3% |
| California | Herbert Hoover | 63.9% | 13 | Al Smith · 34.2% |
| Colorado | Herbert Hoover | 53.6% | 6 | Al Smith · 34.0% |
| Connecticut | Herbert Hoover | 53.6% | 7 | Al Smith · 45.6% |
| Delaware | Herbert Hoover | 65.8% | 3 | Al Smith · 33.8% |
| Florida | Herbert Hoover | 57.1% | 6 | Al Smith · 39.9% |
| Georgia | Al Smith | 56.6% | 14 | Herbert Hoover · 43.4% |
| Idaho | Herbert Hoover | 64.2% | 4 | Al Smith · 34.9% |
| Illinois | Herbert Hoover | 57.0% | 29 | Al Smith · 42.2% |
| Indiana | Herbert Hoover | 59.7% | 15 | Al Smith · 39.6% |
| Iowa | Herbert Hoover | 61.8% | 13 | Al Smith · 37.6% |
| Kansas | Herbert Hoover | 72.0% | 10 | Al Smith · 27.1% |
| Kentucky | Herbert Hoover | 59.3% | 13 | Al Smith · 40.5% |
| Louisiana | Al Smith | 76.3% | 10 | Herbert Hoover · 23.7% |
| Maine | Herbert Hoover | 68.6% | 6 | Al Smith · 31.0% |
| Maryland | Herbert Hoover | 57.1% | 8 | Al Smith · 42.3% |
| Massachusetts | Al Smith | 50.2% | 18 | Herbert Hoover · 49.2% |
| Michigan | Herbert Hoover | 70.4% | 15 | Al Smith · 28.9% |
| Minnesota | Herbert Hoover | 57.8% | 12 | Al Smith · 40.8% |
| Mississippi | Al Smith | 82.2% | 10 | Herbert Hoover · 17.3% |
| Missouri | Herbert Hoover | 55.6% | 18 | Al Smith · 44.2% |
| Montana | Herbert Hoover | 58.4% | 4 | Al Smith · 40.5% |
| Nebraska | Herbert Hoover | 63.2% | 8 | Al Smith · 36.2% |
| Nevada | Herbert Hoover | 56.5% | 3 | Al Smith · 43.5% |
| New Hampshire | Herbert Hoover | 58.7% | 4 | Al Smith · 41.0% |
| New Jersey | Herbert Hoover | 59.8% | 14 | Al Smith · 39.8% |
| New Mexico | Herbert Hoover | 59.0% | 3 | Al Smith · 40.8% |
| New York | Herbert Hoover | 49.8% | 45 | Al Smith · 47.4% |
| North Carolina | Herbert Hoover | 54.9% | 12 | Al Smith · 45.1% |
| North Dakota | Herbert Hoover | 54.8% | 5 | Al Smith · 44.5% |
| Ohio | Herbert Hoover | 64.9% | 24 | Al Smith · 34.5% |
| Oklahoma | Herbert Hoover | 63.7% | 10 | Al Smith · 35.4% |
| Oregon | Herbert Hoover | 64.2% | 5 | Al Smith · 34.1% |
| Pennsylvania | Herbert Hoover | 65.2% | 38 | Al Smith · 33.9% |
| Rhode Island | Al Smith | 50.2% | 5 | Herbert Hoover · 49.6% |
| South Carolina | Al Smith | 91.4% | 9 | Herbert Hoover · 8.5% |
| South Dakota | Herbert Hoover | 60.2% | 5 | Al Smith · 39.2% |
| Tennessee | Herbert Hoover | 55.5% | 12 | Al Smith · 44.4% |
| Texas | Herbert Hoover | 51.7% | 20 | Al Smith · 48.1% |
| Utah | Herbert Hoover | 53.5% | 4 | Al Smith · 45.9% |
| Vermont | Herbert Hoover | 66.9% | 4 | Al Smith · 32.9% |
| Virginia | Herbert Hoover | 53.9% | 12 | Al Smith · 45.9% |
| Washington | Herbert Hoover | 67.1% | 7 | Al Smith · 31.4% |
| West Virginia | Herbert Hoover | 58.4% | 8 | Al Smith · 41.0% |
| Wisconsin | Herbert Hoover | 53.5% | 13 | Al Smith · 44.3% |
| Wyoming | Herbert Hoover | 63.7% | 3 | Al Smith · 35.4% |
The state table accounts for 86 of Al Smith's 87 official electoral votes. The remainder reflect split delegations, district allocations, faithless electors or votes not counted, as recorded at the electoral count.
The Congress it seated
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1929–1931
Unified government
Senate
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House
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