1928 United States presidential election in Kentucky

none June 2025 September 2023 1928 United States presidential election 1928 United States presidential election in Kentucky California President Herbert Hoover Calvin Coolidge Republican 558,734 59.36% 13 381,070 40.48% 0 x200px Joseph T. Robinson Charles Curtis New York Democratic Party (United States) presidential Republican Party (United States) Unsuccessful 1928.jpg Herbert Hoover - NARA - 532049.jpg 1932 November 6, 1928 Al Smith Herbert Hoover 1932 United States presidential election in Kentucky 1924 1924 United States presidential election in Kentucky Kentucky Flag of Kentucky (1918-1963).svg No Republican 1918 380px 380px County results Hoover #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% #800000 90–100% Smith #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% The 1928 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 6, 1928, as part of the 1928 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Ever since the Civil War, Kentucky had been shaped politically by divisions created by that war between secessionist, Democratic counties and Unionist, Republican ones,Sullivan, Robert David; 'How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century'; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 although the state as a whole leaned Democratic throughout this era, and the GOP only ever, between the 1856 and 1924 elections, carried the state in 1896 and 1924 for William McKinley and Calvin Coolidge respectively, and it would not be won by the GOP again until Ike Eisenhower won the state in 1956 for his own second term.Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 350 978-0-691-16324-6 In 1928, as in all of the upland South, Kentucky's extremely stable Civil War partisan political pattern would become significantly disturbed due to the nomination, after all other prominent Democrats sat the election out due to the prevailing prosperity, of urban, anti-Prohibition Catholic Al Smith.Warren, Kenneth F.; Encyclopedia of U.S. campaigns, elections, and electoral behavior: A-M, Volume 1, p. 620 1412954894 Once Smith was nominated – despite his attempt to dispel fears by nominating "dry" Southern Democrat Joseph T. Robinson as his running mateNelson, Michael (1991); Historic documents on presidential elections, 1787–1988, p. 296 – extreme fear ensued in the South, which had no experience of the Southern and Eastern European Catholic immigrants who were Smith's local constituency. Southern fundamentalist Protestants believed that Smith would allow papal and priestly leadership in the United States, which Protestantism was a reaction against.Whisenhunt, Donald W.; President Herbert Hoover, p. 69 1600214762 In the east of the state where many communities were becoming sundown towns or countiesLoewen, James A.; Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism, pp. 72-74 0743294483 it was believed that Smith was unacceptable also because the Catholic Church officially opposed social and political segregation of the races.Moore, Edmund A. A Catholic Runs For President (New York, 1956) p. 157 As with the former Confederate states, opposition to Smith in Kentucky was organised by the Protestant churches, led by James Cannon Jr. and Arthur J. Barton.Watson, Richard L., Jr.; 'Some Recent Interpretations of the Election of 1928'; The High School Journal, May, 1967, Vol. 50, No. 8, "Teaching about Practical Politics" (May, 1967), pp. 428-448 A major state paper, The Western Recorder had been heavily opposing Smith for over a year before the campaign began.Miller, Robert Moats; 'A Footnote to the Role of the Protestant Churches in the Election of 1928'; Church History, volume 25, no. 2 (June 1956), pp. 145-159 When the campaign did begin, Smith's religion was the overwhelming concern,Oulahan, Richard V.; 'Many Questions Enter into Kentucky Campaign: But Questions Raised by Smith's Religious Faith Seem to Be Dominant'; The New York Times, September 27, 1928, p. 3 and at the beginning of October it appeared as though Republican nominee Herbert Hoover was likely to carry the state.'Dixie Hoover Men Predict a Break in the Solid South: State Chairmen Assert Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Kentucky Will Go Republican, Louisiana Held Doubtful'; The New York Times, October 1, 1928, p. 1 Although later in October there were thoughts Smith would challenge the GOP nominee,Henderson, William; 'G.O.P. in Kentucky Worried by Smith: Republicans Move to Check Tide Seen Moving Away From Hoover'; The Washington Post, October 21, 1928, p. M4 in the end Hoover won the state by a margin of 18.88 percent against Al Smith gaining all thirteen of the state's electors as a result.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1928&fips=21&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1928 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2020-08-13 Traditional Democratic loyalties were maintained best in the Jackson Purchase, where racial issues were of greatest importance and there was opposition from memories of the 1927 Mississippi flood to Hoover's record on flood relief.Heersink, Boris; Peterson, Brenton D. and Jenkins, Jeffery A .; 'Disasters and Elections: Estimating the Net Effect of Damage and Relief in Historical Perspective'; Political Analysis; volume 25, issue 2 (April 2017), pp. 260-268 Hoover became the first Republican nominee to ever win Kentucky with a majority of the vote or to exceed his national vote share in the state, with Kentucky voting 1.40 points more Republican than the nation at-large. This, in combination with Calvin Coolidge's victory in the state four years prior, also marked the first time that Kentucky voted Republican in consecutive elections. He was the solitary Republican presidential candidate to carry Menifee County until George W. Bush in 2000, and also the first ever Republican victor in the following counties: Anderson, Barren, Boone, Bullitt, Daviess, Grant, Hardin, LaRue, Livingston, Mason, McCracken, McLean, Montgomery, Nicholas, Oldham, Powell, Robertson, Scott, Shelby and Spencer.Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868–2004, pp. 206-211 0-7864-2217-3 This was the last time Kentucky voted Republican until Dwight Eisenhower won the state in his re-election bid in 1956. Results 1928 United States presidential election in KentuckyHerbert Hoover 13 100.00% California Republican Party (United States) 59.36% 558,734 Charles Curtis KansasAl Smith 0 0.00% New York Democratic Party (United States) 40.48% 381,070 Joseph Taylor Robinson ArkansasNorman Thomas 0 0.00% New York Socialist Party of America 0.09% 837 James Maurer Pennsylvania Verne L. Reynolds 0 0.00% Michigan Socialist Labor Party of America 0.04% 340 Jeremiah D. Crowley New York William Z. Foster 0 0.00% Massachusetts Communist Party USA 0.03% 293 Benjamin Gitlow New York 13 100.00% 100.00% 941,274 Results by county 1928 United States presidential election in Kentucky by countyCountyHerbert Clark HooverRepublicanAlfred Emmanuel SmithDemocraticVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal votes castScammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920–1964; pp. 176-177 0405077114 # % # % # % # % Adair 3,856 69.01% 1,732 30.99% 0 0.00% 2,124 38.01% 5,588 Allen 4,253 73.14% 1,562 26.86% 0 0.00% 2,691 46.28% 5,815 Anderson 1,859 51.96% 1,718 48.02% 1 0.03% 141 3.94% 3,578 Ballard 940 24.49% 2,896 75.44% 3 0.08% -1,956 -50.95% 3,839 Barren 5,101 59.07% 3,530 40.88% 5 0.06% 1,571 18.19% 8,636 Bath 2,223 54.74% 1,830 45.06% 8 0.20% 393 9.68% 4,061 Bell 6,570 71.84% 2,551 27.90% 24 0.26% 4,019 43.95% 9,145 Boone 2,604 58.31% 1,855 41.54% 7 0.16% 749 16.77% 4,466 Bourbon 4,512 58.34% 3,218 41.61% 4 0.05% 1,294 16.73% 7,734 Boyd 9,118 66.38% 4,611 33.57% 7 0.05% 4,507 32.81% 13,736 Boyle 3,517 54.01% 2,992 45.95% 3 0.05% 525 8.06% 6,512 Bracken 2,820 69.98% 1,201 29.80% 9 0.22% 1,619 40.17% 4,030 Breathitt 2,309 43.35% 3,017 56.65% 0 0.00% -708 -13.29% 5,326 Breckinridge 4,783 61.53% 2,987 38.43% 3 0.04% 1,796 23.11% 7,773 Bullitt 1,793 50.45% 1,758 49.47% 3 0.08% 35 0.98% 3,554 Butler 3,272 82.56% 684 17.26% 7 0.18% 2,588 65.30% 3,963 Caldwell 2,855 62.61% 1,695 37.17% 10 0.22% 1,160 25.44% 4,560 Calloway 1,557 31.13% 3,431 68.59% 14 0.28% -1,874 -37.47% 5,002 Campbell 17,317 54.25% 14,508 45.45% 95 0.30% 2,809 8.80% 31,920 Carlisle 787 28.28% 1,994 71.65% 2 0.07% -1,207 -43.37% 2,783 Carroll 1,649 46.91% 1,863 53.00% 3 0.09% -214 -6.09% 3,515 Carter 5,342 68.73% 2,392 30.77% 39 0.50% 2,950 37.95% 7,773 Casey 3,805 71.39% 1,519 28.50% 6 0.11% 2,286 42.89% 5,330 Christian 7,069 55.35% 5,702 44.65% 0 0.00% 1,367 10.70% 12,771 Clark 3,495 50.25% 3,460 49.75% 0 0.00% 35 0.50% 6,955 Clay 4,439 86.97% 651 12.75% 14 0.27% 3,788 74.22% 5,104 Clinton 2,580 88.81% 325 11.19% 0 0.00% 2,255 77.62% 2,905 Crittenden 3,000 68.46% 1,376 31.40% 6 0.14% 1,624 37.06% 4,382 Cumberland 2,593 82.79% 538 17.18% 1 0.03% 2,055 65.61% 3,132 Daviess 8,896 54.77% 7,332 45.14% 15 0.09% 1,564 9.63% 16,243 Edmonson 3,104 74.15% 1,076 25.70% 6 0.14% 2,028 48.45% 4,186 Elliott 601 31.33% 1,317 68.67% 0 0.00% -716 -37.33% 1,918 Estill 3,641 65.82% 1,886 34.09% 5 0.09% 1,755 31.72% 5,532 Fayette 16,988 65.11% 9,065 34.74% 39 0.15% 7,923 30.37% 26,092 Fleming 3,798 64.50% 2,086 35.43% 4 0.07% 1,712 29.08% 5,888 Floyd 5,109 47.17% 5,721 52.83% 0 0.00% -612 -5.65% 10,830 Franklin 3,485 47.45% 3,853 52.46% 7 0.10% -368 -5.01% 7,345 Fulton 1,366 30.34% 3,132 69.55% 5 0.11% -1,766 -39.22% 4,503 Gallatin 1,010 55.04% 823 44.85% 2 0.11% 187 10.19% 1,835 Garrard 2,862 62.34% 1,729 37.66% 0 0.00% 1,133 24.68% 4,591 Grant 2,448 59.48% 1,662 40.38% 6 0.15% 786 19.10% 4,116 Graves 3,223 33.98% 6,237 65.76% 24 0.25% -3,014 -31.78% 9,484 Grayson 3,937 63.07% 2,295 36.77% 10 0.16% 1,642 26.31% 6,242 Green 2,824 68.95% 1,272 31.05% 0 0.00% 1,552 37.89% 4,096 Greenup 4,410 64.43% 2,435 35.57% 0 0.00% 1,975 28.85% 6,845 Hancock 1,614 58.33% 1,151 41.60% 2 0.07% 463 16.73% 2,767 Hardin 4,624 58.92% 3,210 40.90% 14 0.18% 1,414 18.02% 7,848 Harlan 12,251 75.41% 3,958 24.36% 37 0.23% 8,293 51.05% 16,246 Harrison 2,909 47.86% 3,164 52.06% 5 0.08% -255 -4.20% 6,078 Hart 3,480 59.66% 2,339 40.10% 14 0.24% 1,141 19.56% 5,833 Henderson 5,443 57.03% 4,068 42.62% 33 0.35% 1,375 14.41% 9,544 Henry 2,334 44.29% 2,929 55.58% 7 0.13% -595 -11.29% 5,270 Hickman 767 26.12% 2,163 73.67% 6 0.20% -1,396 -47.55% 2,936 Hopkins 6,330 48.69% 6,640 51.08% 30 0.23% -310 -2.38% 13,000 Jackson 3,552 96.52% 123 3.34% 5 0.14% 3,429 93.18% 3,680 Jefferson 97,803 60.14% 64,472 39.65% 338 0.21% 33,331 20.50% 162,613 Jessamine 2,857 55.45% 2,295 44.55% 0 0.00% 562 10.91% 5,152 Johnson 5,339 73.98% 1,869 25.90% 9 0.12% 3,470 48.08% 7,217 Kenton 21,043 53.67% 18,165 46.33% 0 0.00% 2,878 7.34% 39,208 Knott 1,004 26.24% 2,822 73.76% 0 0.00% -1,818 -47.52% 3,826 Knox 5,928 79.76% 1,497 20.14% 7 0.09% 4,431 59.62% 7,432 Larue 1,892 52.19% 1,727 47.64% 6 0.17% 165 4.55% 3,625 Laurel 4,906 81.06% 1,141 18.85% 5 0.08% 3,765 62.21% 6,052 Lawrence 3,277 59.59% 2,217 40.32% 5 0.09% 1,060 19.28% 5,499 Lee 2,005 63.91% 1,131 36.05% 1 0.03% 874 27.86% 3,137 Leslie 2,806 94.51% 159 5.36% 4 0.13% 2,647 89.15% 2,969 Letcher 5,400 60.55% 3,502 39.27% 16 0.18% 1,898 21.28% 8,918 Lewis 4,077 78.36% 1,120 21.53% 6 0.12% 2,957 56.83% 5,203 Lincoln 3,903 62.68% 2,314 37.16% 10 0.16% 1,589 25.52% 6,227 Livingston 1,767 59.12% 1,217 40.72% 5 0.17% 550 18.40% 2,989 Logan 4,858 55.79% 3,843 44.13% 7 0.08% 1,015 11.66% 8,708 Lyon 1,215 48.43% 1,286 51.26% 8 0.32% -71 -2.83% 2,509 Madison 6,325 57.03% 4,736 42.71% 29 0.26% 1,589 14.33% 11,090 Magoffin 2,816 60.93% 1,806 39.07% 0 0.00% 1,010 21.85% 4,622 Marion 2,395 40.85% 3,461 59.03% 7 0.12% -1,066 -18.18% 5,863 Marshall 1,879 47.87% 2,036 51.87% 10 0.25% -157 -4.00% 3,925 Martin 1,674 80.44% 404 19.41% 3 0.14% 1,270 61.03% 2,081 Mason 5,012 59.79% 3,364 40.13% 6 0.07% 1,648 19.66% 8,382 McCracken 7,368 56.93% 5,535 42.76% 40 0.31% 1,833 14.16% 12,943 McCreary 3,622 89.10% 435 10.70% 8 0.20% 3,187 78.40% 4,065 McLean 2,408 58.07% 1,728 41.67% 11 0.27% 680 16.40% 4,147 Meade 1,610 48.54% 1,700 51.25% 7 0.21% -90 -2.71% 3,317 Menifee 732 50.24% 725 49.76% 0 0.00% 7 0.48% 1,457 Mercer 3,462 61.76% 2,140 38.17% 4 0.07% 1,322 23.58% 5,606 Metcalfe 2,314 66.92% 1,144 33.08% 0 0.00% 1,170 33.83% 3,458 Monroe 3,127 78.59% 843 21.19% 9 0.23% 2,284 57.40% 3,979 Montgomery 2,742 58.35% 1,938 41.24% 19 0.40% 804 17.11% 4,699 Morgan 2,025 44.02% 2,575 55.98% 0 0.00% -550 -11.96% 4,600 Muhlenberg 6,651 56.22% 5,130 43.36% 49 0.41% 1,521 12.86% 11,830 Nelson 2,926 42.04% 4,031 57.92% 3 0.04% -1,105 -15.88% 6,960 Nicholas 1,867 50.36% 1,836 49.53% 4 0.11% 31 0.84% 3,707 Ohio 5,690 66.83% 2,784 32.70% 40 0.47% 2,906 34.13% 8,514 Oldham 1,604 54.02% 1,359 45.77% 6 0.20% 245 8.25% 2,969 Owen 1,573 38.04% 2,552 61.72% 10 0.24% -979 -23.68% 4,135 Owsley 2,107 89.55% 241 10.24% 5 0.21% 1,866 79.30% 2,353 Pendleton 3,196 67.03% 1,567 32.86% 5 0.10% 1,629 34.17% 4,768 Perry 6,099 61.44% 3,814 38.42% 14 0.14% 2,285 23.02% 9,927 Pike 9,386 54.14% 7,930 45.75% 19 0.11% 1,456 8.40% 17,335 Powell 1,160 61.31% 732 38.69% 0 0.00% 428 22.62% 1,892 Pulaski 9,348 78.84% 2,494 21.03% 15 0.13% 6,854 57.81% 11,857 Robertson 742 53.69% 640 46.31% 0 0.00% 102 7.38% 1,382 Rockcastle 3,858 80.95% 908 19.05% 0 0.00% 2,950 61.90% 4,766 Rowan 1,857 61.25% 1,170 38.59% 5 0.16% 687 22.66% 3,032 Russell 3,028 78.45% 823 21.32% 9 0.23% 2,205 57.12% 3,860 Scott 3,192 52.82% 2,843 47.05% 8 0.13% 349 5.78% 6,043 Shelby 3,933 54.89% 3,232 45.11% 0 0.00% 701 9.78% 7,165 Simpson 1,635 39.64% 2,490 60.36% 0 0.00% -855 -20.73% 4,125 Spencer 1,565 62.20% 947 37.64% 4 0.16% 618 24.56% 2,516 Taylor 3,149 65.05% 1,684 34.79% 8 0.17% 1,465 30.26% 4,841 Todd 2,496 50.78% 2,416 49.16% 3 0.06% 80 1.63% 4,915 Trigg 2,346 53.55% 2,031 46.36% 4 0.09% 315 7.19% 4,381 Trimble 573 30.21% 1,317 69.43% 7 0.37% -744 -39.22% 1,897 Union 2,350 37.64% 3,884 62.21% 9 0.14% -1,534 -24.57% 6,243 Warren 7,931 60.90% 5,092 39.10% 1 0.01% 2,839 21.80% 13,024 Washington 2,933 56.36% 2,266 43.54% 5 0.10% 667 12.82% 5,204 Wayne 2,907 64.00% 1,635 36.00% 0 0.00% 1,272 28.01% 4,542 Webster 3,527 49.49% 3,591 50.39% 9 0.13% -64 -0.90% 7,127 Whitley 8,060 83.26% 1,610 16.63% 10 0.10% 6,450 66.63% 9,680 Wolfe 1,270 48.36% 1,356 51.64% 0 0.00% -86 -3.27% 2,626 Woodford 2,490 54.71% 2,056 45.18% 5 0.11% 434 9.54% 4,551Totals558,06459.34%381,07040.52%1,3870.15%176,99418.82%940,521 References 30em Kentucky Category:1928 Kentucky elections Category:United States presidential elections in Kentucky