See main article: 1928 United States presidential election.
Election Name: | 1928 United States presidential election in Mississippi |
Country: | Mississippi |
Flag Image: | Flag of Mississippi (1894-1996).svg |
Type: | presidential |
Vote Type: | Popular |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1924 United States presidential election in Mississippi |
Previous Year: | 1924 |
Next Election: | 1932 United States presidential election in Mississippi |
Next Year: | 1932 |
Image1: | Unsuccessful 1928.jpg |
Nominee1: | Al Smith |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Home State1: | New York |
Running Mate1: | Joseph T. Robinson |
Electoral Vote1: | 10 |
Popular Vote1: | 124,539 |
Percentage1: | 82.10% |
Nominee2: | Herbert Hoover |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Home State2: | California |
Running Mate2: | Charles Curtis |
Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
Popular Vote2: | 27,153 |
Percentage2: | 17.90% |
Map Size: | 305px |
President | |
Before Election: | Calvin Coolidge |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
Posttitle: | Elected President |
After Election: | Herbert Hoover |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1928 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 6, 1928, as part of the wider United States presidential election. Voters chose 10 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Mississippi voted for the Democratic nominee, Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York, over the Republican nominee, former Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover of California. Smith ran with Senator Joseph Taylor Robinson of Arkansas, while Hoover's running mate was Senate Majority Leader Charles Curtis of Kansas.
Smith won Mississippi by a margin of 64.20%.[1] It was his second strongest state, after South Carolina.
This was the first election since 1888 that a Republican won any county in Mississippi, and the first time since 1892 where a county in the state would vote for a candidate who was not a Democrat. Pearl River, Stone County, George County voted Republican for the first time since their creation.