1928 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

none June 2025 September 2023 1928 United States presidential election 1928 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania presidential no 1924 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania 1924 1932 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania 1932 November 6, 1928 x200px Herbert Hoover - NARA - 532049.jpg Herbert Hoover Republican Party (United States) California Charles Curtis 38 2,055,382 65.24% Unsuccessful 1928.jpg Al Smith Democratic Party (United States) New York Joseph T. Robinson 0 1,069,569 33.89% 1928 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania results map by county.svg 300px County results Hoover #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% Smith #86b6f2 50–60% President Calvin Coolidge Republican Party (United States) Herbert Hoover Republican Party (United States) The 1928 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 6, 1928, as part of the 1928 United States presidential election. Voters chose 38 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Pennsylvania overwhelmingly voted for the Republican nominee, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, over the Democratic nominee, New York Governor Al Smith. Hoover won Pennsylvania by a landslide margin of 31.35%. The Republicans at this time were associated with the booming economy of the 1920s while Smith was associated with the corruption of Tammany Hall. Despite losing the state, Smith flipped 3 majority-Catholic counties that voted for Calvin Coolidge in 1924 and had been consistently Republican during the "System of 1896" into the Democratic column: Elk, Lackawanna, and Luzerne.Phillips, Kevin P; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 41 978-0-691-16324-6 This came with losing the 4 counties – all dominated by profoundly anti-Catholic Appalachian ProtestantsMenendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 58-60 0786422173 – that voted for John W. Davis to Hoover: Columbia, Fulton, Greene, and Monroe. Hoover was also the first ever Republican to carry Columbia, Greene, and Monroe counties. This was the last time Pennsylvania voted in a presidential election with 38 electoral votes, the most it has ever had. Results 1928 United States presidential election in PennsylvaniaDavid Leip Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1928&fips=42&f=1&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1928 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania 2018-03-22PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Herbert Hoover 2,055,382 65.24% 38 Democratic Al Smith 1,067,586 33.89% 0 Socialist Norman Thomas 18,647 0.59% 0 Communist/Workers'/Labor William Z. Foster 4,726 0.15% 0 Prohibition William F. Varney 3,875 0.12% 0 Socialist Labor Verne L. Reynolds 380 0.01% 0 Write-ins Write-ins 14 0.00% 0 Totals 3,147,882 100.00% 38 Results by county County Herbert Clark HooverRepublican Alfred Emmanual Smith Democratic Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes castRobinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 309-313 9780804716963 # % # % # % # % Adams 9,656 67.29% 4,635 32.30% 58 0.40% 5,021 34.99% 14,349 Allegheny 215,626 56.86% 160,733 42.39% 2,850 0.75% 54,893 14.48% 379,209 Armstrong 17,625 77.86% 4,824 21.31% 187 0.83% 12,801 56.55% 22,636 Beaver 27,949 69.50% 11,868 29.51% 400 0.99% 16,081 39.99% 40,217 Bedford 9,602 81.60% 1,966 16.71% 199 1.69% 7,636 64.89% 11,767 Berks 47,073 64.03% 18,960 25.79% 7,481 10.18% 28,113 38.24% 73,514 Blair 34,356 73.53% 12,104 25.90% 266 0.57% 22,252 47.62% 46,726 Bradford 17,251 79.83% 4,281 19.81% 77 0.36% 12,970 60.02% 21,609 Bucks 28,421 76.47% 8,446 22.72% 301 0.81% 19,975 53.74% 37,168 Butler 19,880 85.22% 3,283 14.07% 164 0.70% 16,597 71.15% 23,327 Cambria 29,494 51.79% 27,024 47.46% 427 0.75% 2,470 4.34% 56,945 Cameron 1,564 75.52% 501 24.19% 6 0.29% 1,063 51.33% 2,071 Carbon 15,047 64.98% 8,010 34.59% 98 0.42% 7,037 30.39% 23,155 Centre 12,005 77.17% 3,431 22.05% 121 0.78% 8,574 55.11% 15,557 Chester 36,659 82.27% 7,689 17.26% 210 0.47% 28,970 65.02% 44,558 Clarion 9,183 70.43% 3,746 28.73% 109 0.84% 5,437 41.70% 13,038 Clearfield 16,719 67.26% 7,870 31.66% 270 1.09% 8,849 35.60% 24,859 Clinton 8,120 73.62% 2,849 25.83% 60 0.54% 5,271 47.79% 11,029 Columbia 14,362 72.61% 5,304 26.81% 115 0.58% 9,058 45.79% 19,781 Crawford 17,072 71.17% 6,718 28.00% 199 0.83% 10,354 43.16% 23,989 Cumberland 19,170 78.08% 5,189 21.14% 192 0.78% 13,981 56.95% 24,551 Dauphin 49,108 83.78% 9,115 15.55% 394 0.67% 39,993 68.23% 58,617 Delaware 83,092 73.57% 29,378 26.01% 471 0.42% 53,714 47.56% 112,941 Elk 5,234 40.23% 7,705 59.23% 70 0.54% -2,471 -18.99% 13,009 Erie 30,542 60.97% 19,278 38.48% 277 0.55% 11,264 22.48% 50,097 Fayette 27,693 58.69% 19,063 40.40% 427 0.90% 8,630 18.29% 47,183 Forest 1,707 84.59% 289 14.32% 22 1.09% 1,418 70.27% 2,018 Franklin 16,345 83.74% 3,027 15.51% 146 0.75% 13,318 68.23% 19,518 Fulton 2,179 66.82% 1,054 32.32% 28 0.86% 1,125 34.50% 3,261 Greene 6,910 56.18% 5,293 43.04% 96 0.78% 1,617 13.15% 12,299 Huntingdon 9,920 86.25% 1,470 12.78% 112 0.97% 8,450 73.47% 11,502 Indiana 16,706 76.75% 4,810 22.10% 252 1.16% 11,896 54.65% 21,768 Jefferson 13,233 74.63% 4,325 24.39% 173 0.98% 8,908 50.24% 17,731 Juniata 4,396 82.00% 919 17.14% 46 0.86% 3,477 64.86% 5,361 Lackawanna 46,510 46.85% 52,665 53.05% 94 0.09% -6,155 -6.20% 99,269 Lancaster 55,530 81.43% 12,146 17.81% 516 0.76% 43,384 63.62% 68,192 Lawrence 20,012 74.95% 6,417 24.03% 273 1.02% 13,595 50.91% 26,702 Lebanon 16,841 82.30% 3,278 16.02% 345 1.69% 13,563 66.28% 20,464 Lehigh 40,291 74.35% 13,463 24.84% 434 0.80% 26,828 49.51% 54,188 Luzerne 67,872 48.00% 73,319 51.85% 220 0.16% -5,447 -3.85% 141,411 Lycoming 28,720 79.48% 7,132 19.74% 285 0.79% 21,588 59.74% 36,137 McKean 14,012 73.49% 4,964 26.04% 90 0.47% 9,048 47.46% 19,066 Mercer 22,599 72.71% 8,204 26.39% 280 0.90% 14,395 46.31% 31,083 Mifflin 8,932 86.97% 1,270 12.37% 68 0.66% 7,662 74.61% 10,270 Monroe 7,469 69.40% 3,266 30.35% 27 0.25% 4,203 39.05% 10,762 Montgomery 76,680 76.37% 23,026 22.93% 702 0.70% 53,654 53.44% 100,408 Montour 3,692 71.69% 1,445 28.06% 13 0.25% 2,247 43.63% 5,150 Northampton 37,403 71.14% 14,768 28.09% 404 0.77% 22,635 43.05% 52,575 Northumberland 30,949 61.30% 19,249 38.12% 292 0.58% 11,700 23.17% 50,490 Perry 6,469 77.66% 1,807 21.69% 54 0.65% 4,662 55.97% 8,330 Philadelphia 420,320 59.99% 276,573 39.48% 3,703 0.53% 143,747 20.52% 700,596 Pike 2,354 69.34% 1,024 30.16% 17 0.50% 1,330 39.18% 3,395 Potter 5,653 79.50% 1,416 19.91% 42 0.59% 4,237 59.58% 7,111 Schuylkill 46,033 53.05% 40,424 46.59% 311 0.36% 5,609 6.46% 86,768 Snyder 5,693 87.22% 805 12.33% 29 0.44% 4,888 74.89% 6,527 Somerset 16,404 77.90% 4,489 21.32% 164 0.78% 11,915 56.58% 21,057 Sullivan 2,044 64.64% 1,101 34.82% 17 0.54% 943 29.82% 3,162 Susquehanna 9,445 68.14% 4,353 31.40% 63 0.45% 5,092 36.74% 13,861 Tioga 11,774 87.23% 1,688 12.51% 36 0.27% 10,086 74.72% 13,498 Union 5,708 87.45% 765 11.72% 54 0.83% 4,943 75.73% 6,527 Venango 17,450 79.00% 4,531 20.51% 108 0.49% 12,919 58.49% 22,089 Warren 12,077 80.21% 2,835 18.83% 144 0.96% 9,242 61.38% 15,056 Washington 31,099 63.61% 17,149 35.07% 645 1.32% 13,950 28.53% 48,893 Wayne 8,576 71.15% 3,418 28.36% 59 0.49% 5,158 42.79% 12,053 Westmoreland 51,760 61.88% 30,587 36.57% 1,296 1.55% 21,173 25.31% 83,643 Wyoming 5,321 85.00% 906 14.47% 33 0.53% 4,415 70.53% 6,260 York 45,791 79.60% 11,216 19.50% 522 0.91% 34,575 60.10% 57,529Totals2,055,38265.29%1,064,85633.83%27,6440.88%990,52631.47%3,147,882 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Columbia Fulton Greene Monroe Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Elk Lackawanna Luzerne See also United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania References 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