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1928 United States presidential election in Maryland

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1928 United States presidential election in Maryland

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Nominee Herbert Hoover Al Smith
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California New York
Running mate Charles Curtis Joseph T. Robinson
Electoral vote 8 0
Popular vote 301,479 223,626
Percentage 57.06% 42.33%

County Results

President before election

Calvin Coolidge
Republican

Elected President

Herbert Hoover
Republican

The 1928 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 6, 1928 as part of the 1928 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Herbert Hoover would win Maryland by a margin of 14.73 percent against Al Smith. Hoover won all eight of the state's electoral votes as a result. Despite Hoover's landslide win, Maryland voted 2.68% more Democratic than the nation at-large.[1] Hoover became the first ever Republican victor in Wicomico and Worcester counties.[2] Maryland would not vote Republican again until 1948.[3]

Results

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1928 United States presidential election in Maryland
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican Herbert Hoover of California Charles Curtis of Kansas 301,479 57.06% 8 100%
Democratic Al Smith of New York Joseph Taylor Robinson of Arkansas 223,626 42.33% 0 0.00%
Socialist Norman Thomas of New York James Hudson Maurer of Pennsylvania 1,701 0.32% 0 0.00%
Socialist Labor Verne L. Reynolds of Michigan Jeremiah D. Crowley of New York 906 0.17 0 0.00%
Communist William Z. Foster of Massachusetts Benjamin Gitlow of New York 636 0.12 0 0.00%
Total 828,348 100% 8 100%

Results by county

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County Herbert Clark Hoover
Republican
Alfred Emmanual Smith
Democratic
Norman Mattoon Thomas
Socialist
Verne L. Reynolds
Labor
William Z. Foster
Workers’ Party America
Margin Total votes cast[4]
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Allegany 19,443 67.74% 9,026 31.45% 144 0.50% 62 0.22% 28 0.10% 10,417 36.29% 28,703
Anne Arundel 10,145 61.54% 6,259 37.97% 29 0.18% 43 0.26% 10 0.06% 3,886 23.57% 16,486
Baltimore 23,889 60.17% 15,632 39.37% 81 0.20% 77 0.19% 22 0.06% 8,257 20.80% 39,701
Baltimore City 135,182 51.39% 126,106 47.94% 1,093 0.42% 356 0.14% 321 0.12% 9,076 3.45% 263,058
Calvert 2,085 63.92% 1,144 35.07% 22 0.67% 7 0.21% 4 0.12% 941 28.85% 3,262
Caroline 3,270 61.44% 2,030 38.14% 6 0.11% 5 0.09% 11 0.21% 1,240 23.30% 5,322
Carroll 8,644 69.60% 3,731 30.04% 21 0.17% 18 0.14% 5 0.04% 4,913 39.56% 12,419
Cecil 5,706 71.67% 2,201 27.64% 32 0.40% 17 0.21% 6 0.08% 3,505 44.02% 7,962
Charles 2,522 57.44% 1,860 42.36% 4 0.09% 4 0.09% 1 0.02% 662 15.08% 4,391
Dorchester 6,333 74.20% 2,180 25.54% 12 0.14% 7 0.08% 3 0.04% 4,153 48.66% 8,535
Frederick 12,569 62.57% 7,406 36.87% 45 0.22% 36 0.18% 33 0.16% 5,163 25.70% 20,089
Garrett 4,371 78.38% 1,168 20.94% 21 0.38% 8 0.14% 9 0.16% 3,203 57.43% 5,577
Harford 6,479 64.53% 3,506 34.92% 16 0.16% 25 0.25% 14 0.14% 2,973 29.61% 10,040
Howard 3,296 51.36% 3,088 48.12% 4 0.06% 16 0.25% 13 0.20% 208 3.24% 6,417
Kent 2,777 52.82% 2,450 46.60% 8 0.15% 14 0.27% 8 0.15% 327 6.22% 5,257
Montgomery 9,318 57.74% 6,739 41.76% 34 0.21% 25 0.15% 23 0.14% 2,579 15.98% 16,139
Prince George's 9,782 59.06% 6,658 40.20% 43 0.26% 23 0.14% 56 0.34% 3,124 18.86% 16,562
Queen Anne's 2,666 49.47% 2,700 50.10% 1 0.02% 21 0.39% 1 0.02% -34 -0.63% 5,389
Somerset 5,071 68.57% 2,277 30.79% 16 0.22% 26 0.35% 5 0.07% 2,794 37.78% 7,395
St. Mary's 1,609 34.00% 3,006 63.51% 9 0.19% 65 1.37% 44 0.93% -1,397 -29.52% 4,733
Talbot 3,990 61.93% 2,432 37.75% 2 0.03% 17 0.26% 2 0.03% 1,558 24.18% 6,443
Washington 12,404 67.78% 5,816 31.78% 46 0.25% 28 0.15% 7 0.04% 6,588 36.00% 18,301
Wicomico 5,923 59.04% 4,095 40.82% 6 0.06% 4 0.04% 5 0.05% 1,828 18.22% 10,033
Worcester 4,005 65.29% 2,116 34.50% 6 0.10% 2 0.03% 5 0.08% 1,889 30.80% 6,134
Total 301,479 57.06% 223,626 42.33% 1,701 0.32% 906 0.17% 636 0.12% 77,853 14.74% 528,348

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  2. ^ "Maryland - Google Drive". docs.google.com. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
  3. ^ "1928 Presidential General Election Results – Maryland". uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  4. ^ Our Campaigns; MD US President Race, November 06, 1928