1928 United States presidential election in Kansas explained

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Election Name:	1928 United States presidential election in Kansas
Country:	Kansas
Flag Year:	1927
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1924 United States presidential election in Kansas
Previous Year:	1924
Next Election:	1932 United States presidential election in Kansas
Next Year:	1932
Election Date:	November 6, 1928
Image1:	Herbert Hoover - NARA - 532049.jpg
Nominee1:	Herbert Hoover
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:	California
Running Mate1:	Charles Curtis
Electoral Vote1:	10
Popular Vote1:	513,672
Percentage1:	72.02%
Nominee2:	Al Smith
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	New York
Running Mate2:	Joseph Taylor Robinson
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	193,003
Percentage2:	27.06%
Map Size:	300px
President
Before Election:	Calvin Coolidge
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Herbert Hoover
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

The 1928 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 6, 1928, as part of the 1928 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose ten representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Kansas 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's running mate was Senate Majority Leader Charles Curtis of Kansas, while Smith ran with Senator Joseph Taylor Robinson of Arkansas. Hoover won the state by a margin of 44.96 points.

Smith only carried Ellis County, which had (and still has) a large percentage of Roman Catholic residents. Smith was the first Roman Catholic to earn the nomination of a major party for president.

With 72.02 percent of the popular vote, Kansas would prove to be Hoover's strongest state in the 1928 presidential election in terms of popular vote percentage.^[1]

Results

Results by county

1928 United States presidential election in Kansas by county^[2] ^[3]
County	Herbert Clark Hoover Republican		Alfred Emmanuel Smith Democratic		Norman Mattoon Thomas Socialist		William Zebulon Foster Independent		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%
	Allen		6,695		78.30%		1,803		21.09%		49		0.57%		3		0.04%		4,892		57.22%		8,550
	Anderson		3,562		64.94%		1,874		34.17%		41		0.75%		8		0.15%		1,688		30.77%		5,485
	Atchison		6,647		63.67%		3,756		35.98%		37		0.35%		0		0.00%		2,891		27.69%		10,440
	Barber		2,984		76.43%		871		22.31%		47		1.20%		2		0.05%		2,113		54.12%		3,904
	Barton		4,966		63.94%		2,777		35.75%		21		0.27%		3		0.04%		2,189		28.18%		7,767
	Bourbon		7,251		75.88%		2,223		23.26%		82		0.86%		0		0.00%		5,028		52.62%		9,556
	Brown		6,692		76.77%		2,005		23.00%		16		0.18%		4		0.05%		4,687		53.77%		8,717
	Butler		10,168		79.43%		2,533		19.79%		101		0.79%		0		0.00%		7,635		59.64%		12,802
	Chase		2,079		72.79%		739		25.88%		36		1.26%		2		0.07%		1,340		46.92%		2,856
	Chautauqua		3,303		75.97%		944		21.71%		94		2.16%		7		0.16%		2,359		54.25%		4,348
	Cherokee		7,478		66.20%		3,442		30.47%		376		3.33%		0		0.00%		4,036		35.73%		11,296
	Cheyenne		1,466		69.61%		586		27.83%		53		2.52%		1		0.05%		880		41.79%		2,106
	Clark		1,383		76.41%		419		23.15%		7		0.39%		1		0.06%		964		53.26%		1,810
	Clay		4,457		73.74%		1,515		25.07%		72		1.19%		0		0.00%		2,942		48.68%		6,044
	Cloud		5,286		68.25%		2,376		30.68%		74		0.96%		9		0.12%		2,910		37.57%		7,745
	Coffey		4,342		73.81%		1,514		25.74%		27		0.46%		0		0.00%		2,828		48.07%		5,883
	Comanche		1,554		79.98%		385		19.81%		2		0.10%		2		0.10%		1,169		60.16%		1,943
	Cowley		12,701		80.79%		2,818		17.93%		190		1.21%		12		0.08%		9,883		62.86%		15,721
	Crawford		10,992		62.31%		6,351		36.00%		275		1.56%		24		0.14%		4,641		26.31%		17,642
	Decatur		2,314		66.53%		1,129		32.46%		30		0.86%		5		0.14%		1,185		34.07%		3,478
	Dickinson		7,758		77.04%		2,246		22.30%		62		0.62%		4		0.04%		5,512		54.74%		10,070
	Doniphan		4,002		72.64%		1,496		27.16%		10		0.18%		1		0.02%		2,506		45.49%		5,509
	Douglas		8,887		78.70%		2,297		20.34%		104		0.92%		4		0.04%		6,590		58.36%		11,292
	Edwards		2,171		73.37%		768		25.95%		19		0.64%		1		0.03%		1,403		47.41%		2,959
	Elk		3,007		77.50%		831		21.42%		37		0.95%		5		0.13%		2,176		56.08%		3,880
	Ellis		1,700		33.50%		3,364		66.29%		10		0.20%		1		0.02%		-1,664		-32.79%		5,075
	Ellsworth		2,450		60.23%		1,588		39.04%		25		0.61%		5		0.12%		862		21.19%		4,068
	Finney		2,433		76.65%		709		22.34%		29		0.91%		3		0.09%		1,724		54.32%		3,174
	Ford		4,893		71.59%		1,870		27.36%		64		0.94%		8		0.12%		3,023		44.23%		6,835
	Franklin		7,346		78.40%		1,951		20.82%		65		0.69%		8		0.09%		5,395		57.58%		9,370
	Geary		2,746		69.15%		1,203		30.29%		22		0.55%		0		0.00%		1,543		38.86%		3,971
	Gove		1,470		70.95%		590		28.47%		10		0.48%		2		0.10%		880		42.47%		2,072
	Graham		1,832		61.68%		1,087		36.60%		51		1.72%		0		0.00%		745		25.08%		2,970
	Grant		635		76.41%		185		22.26%		11		1.32%		0		0.00%		450		54.15%		831
	Gray		1,294		67.47%		606		31.60%		14		0.73%		4		0.21%		688		35.87%		1,918
	Greeley		439		78.25%		121		21.57%		1		0.18%		0		0.00%		318		56.68%		561
	Greenwood		5,863		78.53%		1,554		20.81%		49		0.66%		0		0.00%		4,309		57.71%		7,466
	Hamilton		839		68.43%		363		29.61%		24		1.96%		0		0.00%		476		38.83%		1,226
	Harper		3,712		77.85%		1,005		21.08%		48		1.01%		3		0.06%		2,707		56.77%		4,768
	Harvey		6,330		77.62%		1,748		21.43%		77		0.94%		0		0.00%		4,582		56.19%		8,155
	Haskell		646		73.41%		222		25.23%		12		1.36%		0		0.00%		424		48.18%		880
	Hodgeman		1,122		67.55%		528		31.79%		11		0.66%		0		0.00%		594		35.76%		1,661
	Jackson		4,811		74.55%		1,602		24.83%		33		0.51%		7		0.11%		3,209		49.73%		6,453
	Jefferson		4,810		74.77%		1,601		24.89%		19		0.30%		3		0.05%		3,209		49.88%		6,433
	Jewell		4,583		76.90%		1,289		21.63%		84		1.41%		4		0.07%		3,294		55.27%		5,960
	Johnson		8,185		70.40%		3,373		29.01%		64		0.55%		5		0.04%		4,812		41.39%		11,627
	Kearny		854		77.22%		229		20.71%		23		2.08%		0		0.00%		625		56.51%		1,106
	Kingman		3,287		69.63%		1,408		29.82%		26		0.55%		0		0.00%		1,879		39.80%		4,721
	Kiowa		1,929		82.09%		406		17.28%		13		0.55%		2		0.09%		1,523		64.81%		2,350
	Labette		9,048		74.22%		2,969		24.35%		160		1.31%		14		0.11%		6,079		49.86%		12,191
	Lane		954		71.30%		364		27.20%		20		1.49%		0		0.00%		590		44.10%		1,338
	Leavenworth		8,472		56.27%		6,539		43.43%		45		0.30%		0		0.00%		1,933		12.84%		15,056
	Lincoln		2,655		73.12%		953		26.25%		21		0.58%		2		0.06%		1,702		46.87%		3,631
	Linn		4,231		75.19%		1,328		23.60%		60		1.07%		8		0.14%		2,903		51.59%		5,627
	Logan		1,066		71.64%		405		27.22%		13		0.87%		4		0.27%		661		44.42%		1,488
	Lyon		8,753		75.49%		2,761		23.81%		78		0.67%		3		0.03%		5,992		51.68%		11,595
	Marion		5,446		73.50%		1,938		26.15%		26		0.35%		0		0.00%		3,508		47.34%		7,410
	Marshall		6,918		67.06%		3,329		32.27%		69		0.67%		0		0.00%		3,589		34.79%		10,316
	McPherson		6,230		79.98%		1,457		18.71%		81		1.04%		21		0.27%		4,773		61.28%		7,789
	Meade		1,709		73.16%		618		26.46%		9		0.39%		0		0.00%		1,091		46.70%		2,336
	Miami		5,931		72.71%		2,148		26.33%		69		0.85%		9		0.11%		3,783		46.38%		8,157
	Mitchell		3,245		62.84%		1,855		35.92%		58		1.12%		6		0.12%		1,390		26.92%		5,164
	Montgomery		14,316		76.31%		4,205		22.41%		239		1.27%		0		0.00%		10,111		53.90%		18,760
	Morris		3,830		79.54%		929		19.29%		53		1.10%		3		0.06%		2,901		60.25%		4,815
	Morton		1,010		78.78%		259		20.20%		10		0.78%		3		0.23%		751		58.58%		1,282
	Nemaha		4,639		61.10%		2,919		38.45%		27		0.36%		7		0.09%		1,720		22.66%		7,592
	Neosho		6,603		72.27%		2,459		26.92%		60		0.66%		14		0.15%		4,144		45.36%		9,136
	Ness		2,058		71.51%		784		27.24%		36		1.25%		0		0.00%		1,274		44.27%		2,878
	Norton		3,365		73.99%		1,087		23.90%		96		2.11%		0		0.00%		2,278		50.09%		4,548
	Osage		5,900		73.24%		2,058		25.55%		94		1.17%		4		0.05%		3,842		47.69%		8,056
	Osborne		3,683		81.34%		821		18.13%		22		0.49%		2		0.04%		2,862		63.21%		4,528
	Ottawa		3,158		72.53%		1,131		25.98%		65		1.49%		0		0.00%		2,027		46.55%		4,354
	Pawnee		2,829		75.18%		918		24.40%		11		0.29%		5		0.13%		1,911		50.78%		3,763
	Phillips		3,206		69.77%		1,332		28.99%		57		1.24%		0		0.00%		1,874		40.78%		4,595
	Pottawatomie		4,451		65.30%		2,341		34.35%		24		0.35%		0		0.00%		2,110		30.96%		6,816
	Pratt		4,055		80.58%		934		18.56%		43		0.85%		0		0.00%		3,121		62.02%		5,032
	Rawlins		1,668		57.78%		1,164		40.32%		52		1.80%		3		0.10%		504		17.46%		2,887
	Reno		12,872		76.31%		3,843		22.78%		142		0.84%		11		0.07%		9,029		53.53%		16,868
	Republic		4,324		68.19%		1,956		30.85%		57		0.90%		4		0.06%		2,368		37.34%		6,341
	Rice		4,321		74.05%		1,462		25.06%		52		0.89%		0		0.00%		2,859		49.00%		5,835
	Riley		6,592		77.91%		1,791		21.17%		75		0.89%		3		0.04%		4,801		56.74%		8,461
	Rooks		2,583		70.73%		1,044		28.59%		23		0.63%		2		0.05%		1,539		42.14%		3,652
	Rush		1,985		60.02%		1,296		39.19%		26		0.79%		0		0.00%		689		20.83%		3,307
	Russell		2,782		66.56%		1,366		32.68%		32		0.77%		0		0.00%		1,416		33.88%		4,180
	Saline		7,872		71.20%		3,108		28.11%		76		0.69%		0		0.00%		4,764		43.09%		11,056
	Scott		886		65.78%		450		33.41%		11		0.82%		0		0.00%		436		32.37%		1,347
	Sedgwick		32,132		74.40%		10,649		24.66%		405		0.94%		0		0.00%		21,483		49.75%		43,186
	Seward		1,873		76.98%		538		22.11%		22		0.90%		0		0.00%		1,335		54.87%		2,433
	Shawnee		24,723		76.46%		7,433		22.99%		165		0.51%		15		0.05%		17,290		53.47%		32,336
	Sheridan		1,450		60.52%		930		38.81%		16		0.67%		0		0.00%		520		21.70%		2,396
	Sherman		2,028		74.61%		630		23.18%		60		2.21%		0		0.00%		1,398		51.43%		2,718
	Smith		4,021		74.34%		1,338		24.74%		50		0.92%		0		0.00%		2,683		49.60%		5,409
	Stafford		3,278		75.27%		1,025		23.54%		47		1.08%		5		0.11%		2,253		51.73%		4,355
	Stanton		497		74.85%		164		24.70%		3		0.45%		0		0.00%		333		50.15%		664
	Stevens		1,133		78.52%		300		20.79%		10		0.69%		0		0.00%		833		57.73%		1,443
	Sumner		8,951		79.64%		2,108		18.75%		181		1.61%		0		0.00%		6,843		60.88%		11,240
	Thomas		1,828		65.97%		899		32.44%		44		1.59%		0		0.00%		929		33.53%		2,771
	Trego		1,359		57.73%		982		41.72%		13		0.55%		0		0.00%		377		16.02%		2,354
	Wabaunsee		3,099		71.89%		1,189		27.58%		22		0.51%		1		0.02%		1,910		44.31%		4,311
	Wallace		738		66.19%		356		31.93%		21		1.88%		0		0.00%		382		34.26%		1,115
	Washington		4,781		67.37%		2,267		31.94%		49		0.69%		0		0.00%		2,514		35.42%		7,097
	Wichita		464		54.91%		370		43.79%		11		1.30%		0		0.00%		94		11.12%		845
	Wilson		5,603		78.46%		1,465		20.52%		72		1.01%		1		0.01%		4,138		57.95%		7,141
	Woodson		2,885		76.59%		855		22.70%		26		0.69%		1		0.03%		2,030		53.89%		3,767
	Wyandotte		32,829		65.69%		16,884		33.78%		249		0.50%		16		0.03%		15,945		31.90%		49,978
Totals	513,672	72.02%	193,003	27.06%	6,205	0.87%	320	0.04%	320,669	44.96%	713,200

See also

• United States presidential elections in Kansas

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1928 Presidential Election Statistics. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2018-03-05.
2. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920–1964; pp. 165-166
3. Web site: KS US President Race, November 06, 1928. Our Campaigns.