1928 Presidential Election

VAP turnout uses this page’s presidential vote total. VAP here is the civilian population and excludes Armed Forces members. VEP turnout is a separately published historical rate, using its own turnout and population estimates. These rates are not directly comparable.
51.8%
Turnout by VAP

Results of the presidential election of 1928, won by Herbert C. Hoover with 444 electoral votes.

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Herbert Hoover’s Cabinet

Officials who served during the 1929–1933 elected term, including outgoing officers who briefly continued in March 1929. Years show full tenure in office, including service outside the term; acting service is identified where included.

President: Herbert Hoover (1929–1933)

Vice President: Charles Curtis (1929–1933)

Secretary of State: Frank B. Kellogg (1925–1929), Henry L. Stimson (1929–1933)

Secretary of the Treasury: Andrew Mellon (1921–1932), Ogden L. Mills (1932–1933)

Secretary of War: Dwight F. Davis (1925–1929), James W. Good (1929–1929), Patrick J. Hurley (acting until December 1929) (1929–1933)

Attorney General: John G. Sargent (1925–1929), William D. Mitchell (1929–1933)

Postmaster General: Harry S. New (1923–1929), Walter Folger Brown (1929–1933)

Secretary of the Navy: Curtis D. Wilbur (1924–1929), Charles Francis Adams III (1929–1933)

Secretary of the Interior: Roy O. West (1928–1929), Ray Lyman Wilbur (1929–1933)

Secretary of Agriculture: William M. Jardine (1925–1929), Arthur M. Hyde (1929–1933)

Secretary of Commerce: William F. Whiting (1928–1929), Robert P. Lamont (1929–1932), Roy D. Chapin (acting until December 1932) (1932–1933)

Secretary of Labor: James J. Davis (1921–1930), William N. Doak (1930–1933)

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Electoral Votes

Other color: Socialist Party (Norman Thomas). Left-leaning alignment. Combined Other totals include all remaining candidates.

266 to win
15,004,336 popular votes (40.8%)
Running Mate: Joseph T. Robinson
21,432,823 popular votes (58.2%)
Running Mate: Charles Curtis

The Republicans were identified with the booming economy of the 1920s, whereas Smith, a Roman Catholic, suffered politically from anti-Catholic prejudice, his anti-prohibitionist stance, and the legacy of corruption of Tammany Hall with which he was associated.

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State Electoral Votes

Alabama

12

Alaska

Arizona

3

Arkansas

9

California

13

Colorado

6

Connecticut

7

Delaware

3

District of Columbia

Florida

6

Georgia

14

Hawaii

Idaho

4

Illinois

29

Indiana

15

Iowa

13

Kansas

10

Kentucky

13

Louisiana

10

Maine

6

Maryland

8

Massachusetts

18

Michigan

15

Minnesota

12

Mississippi

10

Missouri

18

Montana

4

Nebraska

8

Nevada

3

New Hampshire

4

New Jersey

14

New Mexico

3

New York

45

North Carolina

12

North Dakota

5

Ohio

24

Oklahoma

10

Oregon

5

Pennsylvania

38

Rhode Island

5

South Carolina

9

South Dakota

5

Tennessee

12

Texas

20

Utah

4

Vermont

4

Virginia

12

Washington

7

West Virginia

8

Wisconsin

13

Wyoming

3

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