See main article: 1928 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1928 United States presidential election in Missouri |
| Country: | Missouri |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | No |
| Previous Election: | 1924 United States presidential election in Missouri |
| Previous Year: | 1924 |
| Next Election: | 1932 United States presidential election in Missouri |
| 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: | 18 |
| Popular Vote1: | 834,080 |
| Percentage1: | 55.58% |
| Nominee2: | Al Smith |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | New York |
| Running Mate2: | Joseph T. Robinson |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 662,562 |
| Percentage2: | 44.15% |
| Map Size: | 340px |
| 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 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.
| 1928 United States presidential election in Missouri[1] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| 1928 United States presidential election in Missouri by county[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| County | Republican | Democratic | Socialist | Margin | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||
| 5,404 | 51.43% | 5,081 | 48.36% | 16 | 0.15% | 6 | 0.06% | 323 | 3.07% | 10,507 | |||||||||||||
| 3,846 | 68.88% | 1,701 | 30.46% | 31 | 0.56% | 6 | 0.11% | 2,145 | 38.41% | 5,584 | |||||||||||||
| 9,040 | 68.34% | 4,171 | 31.53% | 12 | 0.09% | 5 | 0.04% | 4,869 | 36.81% | 13,228 | |||||||||||||
| 42,572 | 55.53% | 33,802 | 44.09% | 273 | 0.36% | 20 | 0.03% | 8,770 | 11.44% | 76,667 | |||||||||||||
| 161,701 | 47.67% | 176,428 | 52.01% | 945 | 0.28% | 120 | 0.04% | -14,727 | -4.34% | 339,194 | |||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||