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1928 United States presidential election in Missouri
← 1924 November 6, 1928 1932 →
 
Nominee Herbert Hoover Al Smith
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California New York
Running mate Charles Curtis Joseph T. Robinson
Electoral vote 18 0
Popular vote 834,080 662,562
Percentage 55.58% 44.15%
County Results

Hoover

  40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90%

Smith

  50-60%   60-70%   70-80%

President before election

Calvin Coolidge
Republican

Elected President

Herbert Hoover
Republican

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The 1928 United States presidential election in Missouri was held on November 6, 1928, as part of the 1928 United States presidential election. Voters chose 18 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Missouri voted for the Republican nominee, former Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover of California, over the Democratic nominee, Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York.

Hoover won Missouri by a margin of 11.43 percent. This was the last time Missouri was won by a Republican candidate until Dwight Eisenhower narrowly won the state in 1952.

Results

1928 United States presidential election in Missouri
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Herbert Hoover 834,080 55.58% 18
Democratic Al Smith 662,562 44.15% 0
Socialist Norman Thomas 3,739 0.25% 0
Socialist Labor Verne L. Reynolds 340 0.02% 0
Totals 1,497,721 100.00% 18

Results by county

1928 United States presidential election in Missouri by county
County Herbert Clark Hoover
Republican 		Alfred Emmanuel Smith
Democratic 		Norman Mattoon Thomas
Socialist 		Verne L. Reynolds
Socialist Labor 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Adair 5,538 65.70% 2,841 33.71% 48 0.57% 2 0.02% 2,697 32.00% 8,429
Andrew 4,243 66.58% 2,118 33.23% 9 0.14% 3 0.05% 2,125 33.34% 6,373
Atchison 3,239 55.98% 2,535 43.81% 11 0.19% 1 0.02% 704 12.17% 5,786
Audrain 4,141 44.90% 5,067 54.94% 13 0.14% 1 0.01% -926 -10.04% 9,222
Barry 5,901 62.89% 3,431 36.57% 51 0.54% 0 0.00% 2,470 26.32% 9,383
Barton 3,662 61.19% 2,275 38.01% 48 0.80% 0 0.00% 1,387 23.17% 5,985
Bates 6,133 62.70% 3,594 36.74% 48 0.49% 6 0.06% 2,539 25.96% 9,781
Benton 3,411 72.33% 1,296 27.48% 8 0.17% 1 0.02% 2,115 44.85% 4,716
Bollinger 3,014 62.20% 1,824 37.64% 7 0.14% 1 0.02% 1,190 24.56% 4,846
Boone 4,876 36.61% 8,422 63.23% 18 0.14% 3 0.02% -3,546 -26.62% 13,319
Buchanan 20,459 62.71% 12,110 37.12% 49 0.15% 6 0.02% 8,349 25.59% 32,624
Butler 5,591 62.48% 3,320 37.10% 30 0.34% 8 0.09% 2,271 25.38% 8,949
Caldwell 4,167 65.82% 2,164 34.18% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,003 31.64% 6,331
Callaway 3,269 38.75% 5,153 61.08% 13 0.15% 2 0.02% -1,884 -22.33% 8,437
Camden 2,085 77.37% 606 22.49% 4 0.15% 0 0.00% 1,479 54.88% 2,695
Cape Girardeau 7,344 57.25% 5,464 42.59% 20 0.16% 1 0.01% 1,880 14.65% 12,829
Carroll 5,875 61.05% 3,735 38.81% 13 0.14% 1 0.01% 2,140 22.24% 9,624
Carter 989 50.41% 963 49.08% 8 0.41% 2 0.10% 26 1.33% 1,962
Cass 5,299 59.11% 3,647 40.68% 17 0.19% 1 0.01% 1,652 18.43% 8,964
Cedar 3,340 65.75% 1,728 34.02% 12 0.24% 0 0.00% 1,612 31.73% 5,080
Chariton 3,929 46.22% 4,559 53.63% 11 0.13% 2 0.02% -630 -7.41% 8,501
Christian 3,576 75.75% 1,124 23.81% 21 0.44% 0 0.00% 2,452 51.94% 4,721
Clark 3,259 59.83% 2,170 39.84% 15 0.28% 3 0.06% 1,089 19.99% 5,447
Clay 5,584 49.92% 5,574 49.83% 26 0.23% 1 0.01% 10 0.09% 11,185
Clinton 3,736 59.98% 2,485 39.89% 4 0.06% 4 0.06% 1,251 20.08% 6,229
Cole 6,637 50.54% 6,481 49.35% 15 0.11% 0 0.00% 156 1.19% 13,133
Cooper 4,794 52.02% 4,413 47.88% 8 0.09% 1 0.01% 381 4.13% 9,216
Crawford 2,926 66.08% 1,476 33.33% 21 0.47% 5 0.11% 1,450 32.75% 4,428
Dade 3,497 70.55% 1,453 29.31% 7 0.14% 0 0.00% 2,044 41.23% 4,957
Dallas 2,835 74.94% 931 24.61% 15 0.40% 2 0.05% 1,904 50.33% 3,783
Daviess 4,254 60.28% 2,789 39.52% 12 0.17% 2 0.03% 1,465 20.76% 7,057
DeKalb 3,338 63.53% 1,898 36.12% 18 0.34% 0 0.00% 1,440 27.41% 5,254
Dent 2,367 55.49% 1,871 43.86% 23 0.54% 5 0.12% 496 11.63% 4,266
Douglas 3,758 84.00% 681 15.22% 33 0.74% 2 0.04% 3,077 68.78% 4,474
Dunklin 3,602 42.37% 4,879 57.39% 20 0.24% 0 0.00% -1,277 -15.02% 8,501
Franklin 7,831 58.92% 5,429 40.84% 29 0.22% 3 0.02% 2,402 18.07% 13,292
Gasconade 4,171 79.57% 1,058 20.18% 11 0.21% 2 0.04% 3,113 59.39% 5,242
Gentry 3,506 56.04% 2,735 43.72% 15 0.24% 0 0.00% 771 12.32% 6,256
Greene 22,166 66.86% 10,901 32.88% 76 0.23% 8 0.02% 11,265 33.98% 33,151
Grundy 5,226 68.73% 2,332 30.67% 40 0.53% 6 0.08% 2,894 38.06% 7,604
Harrison 4,818 67.36% 2,319 32.42% 15 0.21% 1 0.01% 2,499 34.94% 7,153
Henry 6,263 59.07% 4,319 40.73% 20 0.19% 1 0.01% 1,944 18.33% 10,603
Hickory 2,233 84.68% 399 15.13% 5 0.19% 0 0.00% 1,834 69.55% 2,637
Holt 3,845 66.57% 1,919 33.22% 10 0.17% 2 0.03% 1,926 33.34% 5,776
Howard 2,254 33.54% 4,452 66.25% 12 0.18% 2 0.03% -2,198 -32.71% 6,720
Howell 4,869 65.26% 2,543 34.08% 47 0.63% 2 0.03% 2,326 31.18% 7,461
Iron 1,910 58.68% 1,342 41.23% 3 0.09% 0 0.00% 568 17.45% 3,255
Jackson 126,589 56.59% 96,703 43.23% 355 0.16% 30 0.01% 29,886 13.36% 223,677
Jasper 20,587 70.85% 8,292 28.54% 171 0.59% 9 0.03% 12,295 42.31% 29,059
Jefferson 6,285 54.47% 5,231 45.34% 20 0.17% 2 0.02% 1,054 9.14% 11,538
Johnson 7,032 61.86% 4,316 37.97% 18 0.16% 1 0.01% 2,716 23.89% 11,367
Knox 2,628 54.21% 2,213 45.65% 7 0.14% 0 0.00% 415 8.56% 4,848
Laclede 3,971 65.91% 2,031 33.71% 21 0.35% 2 0.03% 1,940 32.20% 6,025
Lafayette 7,687 56.28% 5,939 43.48% 29 0.21% 3 0.02% 1,748 12.80% 13,658
Lawrence 6,328 63.17% 3,646 36.40% 42 0.42% 1 0.01% 2,682 26.77% 10,017
Lewis 2,741 48.55% 2,882 51.04% 22 0.39% 1 0.02% -141 -2.50% 5,646
Lincoln 2,722 44.71% 3,356 55.12% 9 0.15% 1 0.02% -634 -10.41% 6,088
Linn 6,996 61.31% 4,395 38.52% 20 0.18% 0 0.00% 2,601 22.79% 11,411
Livingston 5,742 63.94% 3,221 35.87% 15 0.17% 2 0.02% 2,521 28.07% 8,980
Macon 5,618 53.45% 4,838 46.03% 51 0.49% 3 0.03% 780 7.42% 10,510
Madison 2,165 62.02% 1,326 37.98% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 839 24.03% 3,491
Maries 1,415 43.79% 1,808 55.96% 8 0.25% 0 0.00% -393 -12.16% 3,231
Marion 7,664 57.34% 5,679 42.49% 24 0.18% 0 0.00% 1,985 14.85% 13,367
McDonald 3,684 64.79% 1,986 34.93% 16 0.28% 0 0.00% 1,698 29.86% 5,686
Mercer 2,869 75.54% 925 24.35% 4 0.11% 0 0.00% 1,944 51.18% 3,798
Miller 3,379 62.85% 1,979 36.81% 18 0.33% 0 0.00% 1,400 26.04% 5,376
Mississippi 1,999 43.37% 2,602 56.45% 8 0.17% 0 0.00% -603 -13.08% 4,609
Moniteau 3,496 59.87% 2,310 39.56% 31 0.53% 2 0.03% 1,186 20.31% 5,839
Monroe 1,378 21.69% 4,957 78.01% 19 0.30% 0 0.00% -3,579 -56.33% 6,354
Montgomery 3,910 63.03% 2,285 36.84% 5 0.08% 3 0.05% 1,625 26.20% 6,203
Morgan 3,017 67.68% 1,432 32.12% 9 0.20% 0 0.00% 1,585 35.55% 4,458
New Madrid 4,750 53.22% 4,153 46.53% 21 0.24% 1 0.01% 597 6.69% 8,925
Newton 7,054 67.77% 3,269 31.41% 82 0.79% 3 0.03% 3,785 36.37% 10,408
Nodaway 7,160 57.40% 5,297 42.46% 12 0.10% 5 0.04% 1,863 14.94% 12,474
Oregon 1,662 46.82% 1,884 53.07% 4 0.11% 0 0.00% -222 -6.25% 3,550
Osage 2,474 44.40% 3,092 55.49% 6 0.11% 0 0.00% -618 -11.09% 5,572
Ozark 2,616 82.68% 529 16.72% 17 0.54% 2 0.06% 2,087 65.96% 3,164
Pemiscot 6,256 54.33% 5,259 45.67% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 997 8.66% 11,515
Perry 2,648 50.49% 2,591 49.40% 6 0.11% 0 0.00% 57 1.09% 5,245
Pettis 10,346 64.91% 5,554 34.85% 37 0.23% 2 0.01% 4,792 30.06% 15,939
Phelps 2,967 50.51% 2,896 49.30% 11 0.19% 0 0.00% 71 1.21% 5,874
Pike 4,569 54.74% 3,749 44.91% 29 0.35% 0 0.00% 820 9.82% 8,347
Platte 2,423 41.94% 3,344 57.88% 8 0.14% 2 0.03% -921 -15.94% 5,777
Polk 5,307 69.63% 2,303 30.22% 12 0.16% 0 0.00% 3,004 39.41% 7,622
Pulaski 2,229 53.44% 1,934 46.37% 8 0.19% 0 0.00% 295 7.07% 4,171
Putnam 3,498 73.56% 1,247 26.23% 10 0.21% 0 0.00% 2,251 47.34% 4,755
Ralls 1,794 44.07% 2,273 55.83% 2 0.05% 2 0.05% -479 -11.77% 4,071
Randolph 4,825 44.50% 6,008 55.41% 9 0.08% 0 0.00% -1,183 -10.91% 10,842
Ray 3,280 41.70% 4,570 58.10% 14 0.18% 2 0.03% -1,290 -16.40% 7,866
Reynolds 1,247 43.99% 1,582 55.80% 6 0.21% 0 0.00% -335 -11.82% 2,835
Ripley 2,226 61.31% 1,395 38.42% 10 0.28% 0 0.00% 831 22.89% 3,631
Saint Charles 5,404 51.43% 5,081 48.36% 16 0.15% 6 0.06% 323 3.07% 10,507
Saint Clair 3,846 68.88% 1,701 30.46% 31 0.56% 6 0.11% 2,145 38.41% 5,584
Saint Francois 9,040 68.34% 4,171 31.53% 12 0.09% 5 0.04% 4,869 36.81% 13,228
Saint Louis 42,572 55.53% 33,802 44.09% 273 0.36% 20 0.03% 8,770 11.44% 76,667
Saint Louis City 161,701 47.67% 176,428 52.01% 945 0.28% 120 0.04% -14,727 -4.34% 339,194
Sainte Genevieve 1,099 30.09% 2,547 69.74% 6 0.16% 0 0.00% -1,448 -39.65% 3,652
Saline 6,780 51.98% 6,251 47.92% 13 0.10% 0 0.00% 529 4.06% 13,044
Schuyler 1,822 50.22% 1,797 49.53% 9 0.25% 0 0.00% 25 0.69% 3,628
Scotland 2,350 51.47% 2,194 48.05% 22 0.48% 0 0.00% 156 3.42% 4,566
Scott 3,779 42.25% 5,159 57.68% 5 0.06% 1 0.01% -1,380 -15.43% 8,944
Shannon 1,542 44.62% 1,884 54.51% 29 0.84% 1 0.03% -342 -9.90% 3,456
Shelby 2,303 42.12% 3,158 57.75% 7 0.13% 0 0.00% -855 -15.64% 5,468
Stoddard 4,906 54.81% 4,016 44.87% 29 0.32% 0 0.00% 156 3.42% 4,566
Stone 2,972 83.88% 559 15.78% 12 0.34% 0 0.00% 2,413 68.11% 3,543
Sullivan 4,183 55.80% 3,292 43.92% 19 0.25% 2 0.03% 891 11.89% 7,496
Taney 2,319 70.23% 971 29.41% 10 0.30% 2 0.06% 1,348 40.82% 3,302
Texas 4,050 56.78% 3,067 43.00% 16 0.22% 0 0.00% 983 13.78% 7,133
Vernon 5,783 60.94% 3,676 38.74% 31 0.33% 0 0.00% 2,107 22.20% 9,490
Warren 2,610 72.10% 999 27.60% 11 0.30% 0 0.00% 1,611 44.50% 3,620
Washington 3,019 58.96% 2,091 40.84% 9 0.18% 1 0.02% 928 18.13% 5,120
Wayne 2,662 56.82% 2,011 42.92% 12 0.26% 0 0.00% 651 13.90% 4,685
Webster 4,002 62.99% 2,343 36.88% 6 0.09% 2 0.03% 1,659 26.11% 6,353
Worth 1,839 56.46% 1,407 43.20% 11 0.34% 0 0.00% 432 13.26% 3,257
Wright 4,504 69.28% 1,973 30.35% 21 0.32% 3 0.05% 2,531 38.93% 6,501
Totals 834,080 55.57% 662,684 44.15% 3,739 0.25% 342 0.02% 171,396 11.42% 1,500,845

See also

References

  1. "1928 Presidential General Election Results – Missouri". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
  2. "MO US President Race, November 06, 1928". Our Campaigns.
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