See main article: 1928 United States presidential election.
Election Name: | 1928 United States presidential election in Maine |
Country: | Maine |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1924 United States presidential election in Maine |
Previous Year: | 1924 |
Next Election: | 1932 United States presidential election in Maine |
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: | 6 |
Popular Vote1: | 179,923 |
Percentage1: | 68.63% |
Nominee2: | Al Smith |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Home State2: | New York |
Running Mate2: | Joseph Taylor Robinson |
Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
Popular Vote2: | 81,179 |
Percentage2: | 30.96% |
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 Maine took place on November 6, 1928, as part of the 1928 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary forty-eight states. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Maine 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 Maine by a margin of 37.67%, making Maine his third-strongest state after Kansas and Michigan.[1]
County | Herbert Clark HooverRepublican | Alfred Emmanuel SmithDemocratic | Norman Mattoon ThomasSocialist | Total votes cast[2] | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | % | % | |||||||||||||
Androscoggin | 11,790 | 51.59% | 10,940 | 47.87% | 124 | 0.54% | 22,854 | ||||||||
Aroostook | 14,545 | 71.45% | 5,771 | 28.35% | 41 | 0.20% | 20,357 | ||||||||
Cumberland | 33,190 | 67.74% | 15,648 | 31.94% | 157 | 0.32% | 48,995 | ||||||||
Franklin | 4,923 | 76.54% | 1,487 | 23.12% | 22 | 0.34% | 6,432 | ||||||||
Hancock | 8,140 | 81.84% | 1,773 | 17.83% | 33 | 0.33% | 9,946 | ||||||||
Kennebec | 15,541 | 65.14% | 8,226 | 34.48% | 92 | 0.39% | 23,859 | ||||||||
Knox | 6,660 | 73.35% | 2,332 | 25.68% | 88 | 0.97% | 9,080 | ||||||||
Lincoln | 4,470 | 78.85% | 1,181 | 20.83% | 18 | 0.32% | 5,669 | ||||||||
Oxford | 9,409 | 69.76% | 4,015 | 29.77% | 63 | 0.47% | 13,487 | ||||||||
Penobscot | 21,750 | 70.25% | 9,114 | 29.44% | 96 | 0.31% | 30,960 | ||||||||
Piscataquis | 4,792 | 77.78% | 1,353 | 21.96% | 16 | 0.26% | 6,161 | ||||||||
Sagadahoc | 3,518 | 73.26% | 1,084 | 22.57% | 200 | 4.16% | 4,802 | ||||||||
Somerset | 8,055 | 70.62% | 3,251 | 28.50% | 100 | 0.88% | 11,406 | ||||||||
Waldo | 4,851 | 77.07% | 1,402 | 22.28% | 41 | 0.65% | 6,294 | ||||||||
Washington | 8,531 | 73.30% | 3,073 | 26.40% | 35 | 0.30% | 11,639 | ||||||||
York | 18,671 | 64.78% | 10,030 | 34.80% | 119 | 0.41% | 28,820 | ||||||||
Totals | 178,836 | 68.58% | 80,680 | 30.94% | 1,245 | 0.48% | 260,761 |