1928 United States presidential election in Georgia

none June 2025 September 2023 1928 United States presidential election 1928 United States presidential election in Georgia Georgia (U.S. state) 1920 presidential Popular no no 1924 United States presidential election in Georgia 1924 1928 11 6 1932 United States presidential election in Georgia 1932 x200px Unsuccessful 1928.jpg Al Smith Democratic Party (United States) New York Joseph T. Robinson 14 129,602 56.56% Herbert Hoover - NARA - 532049.jpg Herbert Hoover Republican Party (United States) Anti-Smith Democratic California Charles Curtis 0 99,368 43.36% 1928 United States presidential election in Georgia results map by county.svg 250px County results Smith #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% #002b84 90–100% Hoover #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% President Calvin Coolidge Republican Party (United States) Elected President Herbert Hoover Republican Party (United States) The 1928 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 6, 1928, as part of the wider United States presidential election. Voters chose 14 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. With the exception of a handful of historically Unionist North Georgia counties – chiefly Fannin but also to a lesser extent Pickens, Gilmer and Towns – Georgia since the 1880s had been a one-party state dominated by the Democratic Party. Disfranchisement of virtually all African-Americans and most poor whites had made the Republican Party virtually nonexistent outside of local governments in those few upcountry counties,Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 208, 210 9780691163246 and the national Democratic Party served as the guardian of white supremacy against a Republican Party historically associated with memories of Reconstruction. The only competitive elections were Democratic primaries, which state laws restricted to whites on the grounds of the Democratic Party being legally a private club.Springer, Melanie Jean; How the States Shaped the Nation: American Electoral Institutions and Voter Turnout, 1920-2000, p. 155 022611435X However, with all other prominent Democrats sitting the election out,Warren, Kenneth F.; Encyclopedia of U.S. campaigns, elections, and electoral behavior: A-M, Volume 1, p. 620 1412954894 the party nominated Alfred E. Smith, four-term Governor of New York as its nominee for 1928, with little opposition. Smith had been the favorite for the 1924 nomination, but had lost due to opposition to his Catholic faith and "wet" views on Prohibition: he wished to repeal or modify the Volstead Act. 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 Prior to this election, Georgia was, along with Texas, the only state that had never voted Republican for president, even during Reconstruction. In Georgia, many Protestant ministers were strongly opposed to Smith.Orwat, Stephen F.; The 1928 Presidential Election in the South: The Question of Southern Conservative Values (1994), p. 62 However, with the state's large number of majority-black counties, there was great opposition to Hoover because of the strong Republican association with Reconstruction and black political power.Key, V.O. junior; Southern Politics in State and Nation; p. 329 087049435X The Smith/Robinson ticket carried the state of Georgia on election day, making Georgia– with Texas simultaneously voting Republican for the first time– now the only state to have never voted for a Republican presidential candidate. Nonetheless, Hoover did fare better than any other GOP presidential nominee in Georgia history,https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/compare.php?year=1932&fips=13&f=1&off=0&elect=0&type=state Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Georgia Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas and his vote percentage would not be beaten until Barry Goldwater carried the state in 1964, by when the national Democratic Party had become firmly linked with black civil rights. As in the rest of the South, Hoover's gains were largely confined to areas with few blacks, where he gained up to fifty percent in Forsyth and Wilkes counties, and in other northern upcountry counties he gained over forty percent. Nevertheless, unlike most Black Belt areas where there was no pro-Hoover trend,Phillips, The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 212 in some heavily black counties like Long, Effingham, and McDuffie, where the white voting population was substantially German Lutheran and intensely hostile to Catholicism, Hoover did make large gains, meaning that Georgia was one of only two states where any counties with nonvoting black majorities deserted Smith. Hoover also made large gains from the newly developing urban middle class in Atlanta and Augusta, where his gains on Coolidge were comparable to the most anti-Catholic upcountry areas. Results At the time, Georgia voters technically voted on their ballots for a slate of presidential electors, not for the candidates themselves, with each party selecting one elector to represent each of the state's 12 congressional districts, plus two at-large electors, for a total slate of 14 electors. Therefore, the vote totals for each presidential candidate here are equal to that of the individual elector who received the highest number of votes for their respective party. 1928 United States presidential election in GeorgiaDave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1928&fips=13&f=1&off=0&elect=0 1928 Presidential General Election Results – GeorgiaPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Al Smith 129,602 56.56% 14 Republican Herbert Hoover 99,368Hoover vote is a fusion of Republican and Anti-Smith Democratic votes. Hoover received 63,498 Republican votes and 35,870 Anti-Smith Democrat votes. 43.36% 0 Socialist Norman Thomas 124"notseparated" These write-in votes were not separated by county and only given as a statewide total. 0.05% 0 Workers (Communist) William Foster 64"notseparated" 0.03% 0 Results by individual elector +State at-largeCandidate Party Votes % John S. Candler Democratic Party129,60228.28 C. C. Brantley Democratic Party129,59528.28Charles Adamson Republican Party63,49813.85 Anti-Smith Democratic35,8707.83 Total99,36821.68Mary Harris Armor Republican Party63,49513.85 Anti-Smith Democratic35,8717.83 Total99,36621.68 James M. Elder Socialist Party of America1240.03 M. Raoul Millis Socialist Party of America1240.03 L. W. War Workers (Communist) Party640.01 C. S. Knight Workers (Communist) Party640.01Total458,307100.00Source:Georgia's Official Register, 1929 http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/statreg-images/pdfs/1929.pdf#page=489 Atlanta, Georgia Stein Printing Company 479–480 +From the GA 1 dCandidate Party Votes % Samuel B. Adams Democratic Party129,59356.57Frank Durden Republican Party63,44927.70 Anti-Smith Democratic35,85015.65 Total99,29943.35 Henry Applebaum Socialist Party of America1240.05 Ernest Carl Fullerton Workers (Communist) Party640.03Total229,080100.00Source: +From the GA 2 dCandidate Party Votes % L. D. Passmore Democratic Party129,58756.57J. M. Patterson Republican Party63,45227.70 Anti-Smith Democratic35,85115.65 Total99,30343.35 Mildred Hicks Socialist Party of America1240.05 Max Singer Workers (Communist) Party640.03Total229,078100.00Source: +From the GA 3 dCandidate Party Votes % E. A. Rogers Democratic Party129,58856.57Charles E. Brown Republican Party63,45227.70 Anti-Smith Democratic35,85015.65 Total99,30243.35 D. J. Eddridge Socialist Party of America1240.05 Denny G. Katz Workers (Communist) Party640.03Total229,078100.00Source: +From the GA 4 dCandidate Party Votes % W. R. Jones Democratic Party129,59856.57Henry O. Lovvorn Republican Party63,49427.72 Anti-Smith Democratic35,86715.66 Total99,36143.37 J. F. Ligon Socialist Party of America1240.05 S. J. Letheis Workers (Communist) Party640.03Total229,147100.00Source: +From the GA 5 dCandidate Party Votes % Edgar Watkins Sr. Democratic Party129,59156.57Mrs. Marvin Williams Republican Party63,45027.70 Anti-Smith Democratic35,85315.65 Total99,30343.35 Mary Krause Socialist Party of America1240.05 Nathan Mazer Workers (Communist) Party640.03Total229,082100.00Source: +From the GA 6 dCandidate Party Votes % Edgar Blalock Democratic Party129,59256.57George S. Jones Republican Party63,45227.70 Anti-Smith Democratic35,85015.65 Total99,30243.35 T. J. Herrington Socialist Party of America1240.05 Adam Wehmer Workers (Communist) Party640.03Total229,082100.00Source: +From the GA 7 dCandidate Party Votes % N. A. Morris Democratic Party129,59156.57Fred D. Noble Republican Party63,45027.70 Anti-Smith Democratic35,85115.65 Total99,30143.35 Frederick Tippens Socialist Party of America1240.05 Sam Nasson Workers (Communist) Party640.03Total229,080100.00Source: +From the GA 8 dCandidate Party Votes % Ernest Camp Democratic Party129,59256.57Mrs. C. A. Vernoy Republican Party63,45027.70 Anti-Smith Democratic35,85315.65 Total99,30343.35 Emily Hay Socialist Party of America1240.05 H. C. Boatner Workers (Communist) Party640.03Total229,083100.00Source: +From the GA 9 dCandidate Party Votes % B. P. Gaillard Democratic Party129,59156.57W. A. Carlisle Republican Party63,45227.70 Anti-Smith Democratic35,85015.65 Total99,30243.35 W. W. Edwards Socialist Party of America1240.05 Harry Harains Workers (Communist) Party640.03Total229,081100.00Source: +From the GA 10 dCandidate Party Votes % E. A. Tigner Democratic Party129,59256.57E. J. Forrester Republican Party63,46027.70 Anti-Smith Democratic35,85315.65 Total99,31343.35 W. B. Wall Socialist Party of America1240.05 W. G. McCoy Workers (Communist) Party640.03Total229,093100.00Source: +From the GA 11 dCandidate Party Votes % John W. Bennett Democratic Party129,59156.57Dan T. Cowart Republican Party63,45127.70 Anti-Smith Democratic35,85115.65 Total99,30243.35 T. H. Blizzard Socialist Party of America1240.05 O. R. Hutchinson Workers (Communist) Party640.03Total229,081100.00Source: +From the GA 12 dCandidate Party Votes % J. W. Palmer Democratic Party129,59256.57J. H. Rush Republican Party63,45227.70 Anti-Smith Democratic35,84515.65 Total99,29743.35 S. A. Alexander Socialist Party of America1240.05 J. K. Eiseler Workers (Communist) Party640.03Total229,077100.00Source: Results by county County Alfred Emmanuel SmithDemocratic Herbert Clark HooverRepublican/“Anti-Smith” Margin Total votes casthttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2962 GA US President Race, November 06, 1928 Our Campaigns # % # % # % Appling 415 41.75% 579 58.25% -164 -16.50% 994 Atkinson 350 74.31% 121 25.69% 229 48.62% 471 Bacon 305 60.04% 203 39.96% 102 20.08% 508 Baker 462 82.35% 99 17.65% 363 64.71% 561 Baldwin 712 72.51% 270 27.49% 442 45.01% 982 Banks 422 53.76% 363 46.24% 59 7.52% 785 Barrow 479 41.19% 684 58.81% -205 -17.63% 1,163 Bartow 830 49.76% 838 50.24% -8 -0.48% 1,668 Ben Hill 1,006 68.62% 460 31.38% 546 37.24% 1,466 Berrien 735 87.50% 105 12.50% 630 75.00% 840 Bibb 2,289 52.42% 2,078 47.58% 211 4.83% 4,367 Bleckley 641 90.03% 71 9.97% 570 80.06% 712 Brantley 166 49.11% 172 50.89% -6 -1.78% 338 Brooks 770 80.04% 192 19.96% 578 60.08% 962 Bryan 219 59.19% 151 40.81% 68 18.38% 370 Bulloch 1,258 76.47% 387 23.53% 871 52.95% 1,645 Burke 687 72.54% 260 27.46% 427 45.09% 947 Butts 846 85.11% 148 14.89% 698 70.22% 994 Calhoun 571 86.25% 91 13.75% 480 72.51% 662 Camden 274 50.65% 267 49.35% 7 1.29% 541 Campbell 425 56.52% 327 43.48% 98 13.03% 752 Candler 411 75.55% 133 24.45% 278 51.10% 544 Carroll 1,913 47.53% 2,112 52.47% -199 -4.94% 4,025 Catoosa 562 48.16% 605 51.84% -43 -3.68% 1,167 Charlton 415 72.17% 160 27.83% 255 44.35% 575 Chatham 5,534 51.14% 5,288 48.86% 246 2.27% 10,822 Chattahoochee 141 88.68% 18 11.32% 123 77.36% 159 Chattooga 920 45.63% 1,096 54.37% -176 -8.73% 2,016 Cherokee 581 25.71% 1,679 74.29% -1,098 -48.58% 2,260 Clarke 1,407 66.03% 724 33.97% 683 32.05% 2,131 Clay 405 87.85% 56 12.15% 349 75.70% 461 Clayton 612 49.72% 619 50.28% -7 -0.57% 1,231 Clinch 717 83.37% 143 16.63% 574 66.74% 860 Cobb 1,426 45.46% 1,711 54.54% -285 -9.09% 3,137 Coffee 1,176 66.55% 591 33.45% 585 33.11% 1,767 Colquitt 970 54.93% 796 45.07% 174 9.85% 1,766 Columbia 279 54.39% 234 45.61% 45 8.77% 513 Cook 689 74.41% 237 25.59% 452 48.81% 926 Coweta 1,656 87.85% 229 12.15% 1,427 75.70% 1,885 Crawford 358 88.18% 48 11.82% 310 76.35% 406 Crisp 523 56.54% 402 43.46% 121 13.08% 925 Dade 453 58.00% 328 42.00% 125 16.01% 781 Dawson 332 53.38% 290 46.62% 42 6.75% 622 Decatur 734 38.84% 1,156 61.16% -422 -22.33% 1,890 DeKalb 2,293 49.09% 2,378 50.91% -85 -1.82% 4,671 Dodge 677 71.26% 273 28.74% 404 42.53% 950 Dooly 744 82.67% 156 17.33% 588 65.33% 900 Dougherty 982 72.15% 379 27.85% 603 44.31% 1,361 Douglas 452 42.72% 606 57.28% -154 -14.56% 1,058 Early 674 74.48% 231 25.52% 443 48.95% 905 Echols 314 91.55% 29 8.45% 285 83.09% 343 Effingham 163 20.63% 627 79.37% -464 -58.73% 790 Elbert 1,052 53.05% 931 46.95% 121 6.10% 1,983 Emanuel 1,076 75.19% 355 24.81% 721 50.38% 1,431 Evans 489 71.81% 192 28.19% 297 43.61% 681 Fannin 811 31.92% 1,730 68.08% -919 -36.17% 2,541 Fayette 367 65.89% 190 34.11% 177 31.78% 557 Floyd 1,494 46.34% 1,730 53.66% -236 -7.32% 3,224 Forsyth 287 23.51% 934 76.49% -647 -52.99% 1,221 Franklin 770 49.01% 801 50.99% -31 -1.97% 1,571 Fulton 8,872 48.64% 9,368 51.36% -496 -2.72% 18,240 Gilmer 529 34.33% 1,012 65.67% -483 -31.34% 1,541 Glascock 123 35.34% 225 64.66% -102 -29.31% 348 Glynn 549 40.73% 799 59.27% -250 -18.55% 1,348 Gordon 740 41.60% 1,039 58.40% -299 -16.81% 1,779 Grady 1,172 72.75% 439 27.25% 733 45.50% 1,611 Greene 627 71.90% 245 28.10% 382 43.81% 872 Gwinnett 970 47.74% 1,062 52.26% -92 -4.53% 2,032 Habersham 1,105 44.04% 1,404 55.96% -299 -11.92% 2,509 Hall 1,523 49.19% 1,573 50.81% -50 -1.61% 3,096 Hancock 552 82.39% 118 17.61% 434 64.78% 670 Haralson 690 30.84% 1,547 69.16% -857 -38.31% 2,237 Harris 551 79.28% 144 20.72% 407 58.56% 695 Hart 919 60.38% 603 39.62% 316 20.76% 1,522 Heard 493 55.83% 390 44.17% 103 11.66% 883 Henry 763 67.94% 360 32.06% 403 35.89% 1,123 Houston 323 77.83% 92 22.17% 231 55.66% 415 Irwin 917 84.99% 162 15.01% 755 69.97% 1,079 Jackson 859 51.22% 818 48.78% 41 2.44% 1,677 Jasper 632 81.87% 140 18.13% 492 63.73% 772 Jeff Davis 315 63.64% 180 36.36% 135 27.27% 495 Jefferson 798 43.02% 1,057 56.98% -259 -13.96% 1,855 Jenkins 409 55.20% 332 44.80% 77 10.39% 741 Johnson 632 69.00% 284 31.00% 348 37.99% 916 Jones 414 80.54% 100 19.46% 314 61.09% 514 Lamar 672 84.21% 126 15.79% 546 68.42% 798 Lanier 303 68.71% 138 31.29% 165 37.41% 441 Laurens 1,987 80.87% 470 19.13% 1,517 61.74% 2,457 Lee 287 86.45% 45 13.55% 242 72.89% 332 Liberty 201 49.75% 203 50.25% -2 -0.50% 404 Lincoln 445 51.86% 413 48.14% 32 3.73% 858 Long 166 29.28% 401 70.72% -235 -41.45% 567 Lowndes 1,413 70.33% 596 29.67% 817 40.67% 2,009 Lumpkin 560 59.51% 381 40.49% 179 19.02% 941 Macon 819 76.04% 258 23.96% 561 52.09% 1,077 Madison 474 47.35% 527 52.65% -53 -5.29% 1,001 Marion 365 76.20% 114 23.80% 251 52.40% 479 McDuffie 304 44.38% 381 55.62% -77 -11.24% 685 McIntosh 141 43.93% 180 56.07% -39 -12.15% 321 Meriwether 1,515 84.07% 287 15.93% 1,228 68.15% 1,802 Miller 322 76.12% 101 23.88% 221 52.25% 423 Milton 183 29.19% 444 70.81% -261 -41.63% 627 Mitchell 1,358 90.47% 143 9.53% 1,215 80.95% 1,501 Monroe 801 70.88% 329 29.12% 472 41.77% 1,130 Montgomery 337 77.47% 98 22.53% 239 54.94% 435 Morgan 803 79.43% 208 20.57% 595 58.85% 1,011 Murray 982 47.03% 1,106 52.97% -124 -5.94% 2,088 Muscogee 2,098 57.14% 1,574 42.86% 524 14.27% 3,672 Newton 873 55.57% 698 44.43% 175 11.14% 1,571 Oconee 344 53.42% 300 46.58% 44 6.83% 644 Oglethorpe 813 79.86% 205 20.14% 608 59.72% 1,018 Paulding 690 34.66% 1,301 65.34% -611 -30.69% 1,991 Peach 572 73.33% 208 26.67% 364 46.67% 780 Pickens 543 29.16% 1,319 70.84% -776 -41.68% 1,862 Pierce 523 64.73% 285 35.27% 238 29.46% 808 Pike 714 75.00% 238 25.00% 476 50.00% 952 Polk 886 37.73% 1,462 62.27% -576 -24.53% 2,348 Pulaski 639 85.89% 105 14.11% 534 71.77% 744 Putnam 682 92.29% 57 7.71% 625 84.57% 739 Quitman 174 80.93% 41 19.07% 133 61.86% 215 Rabun 590 65.85% 306 34.15% 284 31.70% 896 Randolph 803 81.94% 177 18.06% 626 63.88% 980 Richmond 2,086 29.01% 5,104 70.99% -3,018 -41.97% 7,190 Rockdale 472 75.16% 156 24.84% 316 50.32% 628 Schley 328 80.99% 77 19.01% 251 61.98% 405 Screven 300 29.82% 706 70.18% -406 -40.36% 1,006 Seminole 371 77.13% 110 22.87% 261 54.26% 481 Spalding 1,734 80.80% 412 19.20% 1,322 61.60% 2,146 Stephens 438 61.86% 270 38.14% 168 23.73% 708 Stewart 732 89.27% 88 10.73% 644 78.54% 820 Sumter 1,237 80.80% 294 19.20% 943 61.59% 1,531 Talbot 536 87.87% 74 12.13% 462 75.74% 610 Taliaferro 446 88.49% 58 11.51% 388 76.98% 504 Tattnall 460 36.77% 791 63.23% -331 -26.46% 1,251 Taylor 590 62.57% 353 37.43% 237 25.13% 943 Telfair 2,057 86.10% 332 13.90% 1,725 72.21% 2,389 Terrell 897 88.55% 116 11.45% 781 77.10% 1,013 Thomas 1,240 60.37% 814 39.63% 426 20.74% 2,054 Tift 736 59.02% 511 40.98% 225 18.04% 1,247 Toombs 615 52.74% 551 47.26% 64 5.49% 1,166 Towns 517 37.63% 857 62.37% -340 -24.75% 1,374 Treutlen 392 85.96% 64 14.04% 328 71.93% 456 Troup 1,557 61.69% 967 38.31% 590 23.38% 2,524 Turner 328 38.41% 526 61.59% -198 -23.19% 854 Twiggs 571 88.53% 74 11.47% 497 77.05% 645 Union 623 17.82% 2,873 82.18% -2,250 -64.36% 3,496 Upson 721 76.54% 221 23.46% 500 53.08% 942 Walker 1,053 37.09% 1,786 62.91% -733 -25.82% 2,839 Walton 1,135 72.80% 424 27.20% 711 45.61% 1,559 Ware 1,416 51.40% 1,339 48.60% 77 2.79% 2,755 Warren 247 49.20% 255 50.80% -8 -1.59% 502 Washington 1,142 70.76% 472 29.24% 670 41.51% 1,614 Wayne 488 54.16% 413 45.84% 75 8.32% 901 Webster 174 74.04% 61 25.96% 113 48.09% 235 Wheeler 312 75.54% 101 24.46% 211 51.09% 413 White 274 32.54% 568 67.46% -294 -34.92% 842 Whitfield 1,154 41.16% 1,650 58.84% -496 -17.69% 2,804 Wilcox 459 68.00% 216 32.00% 243 36.00% 675 Wilkes 747 48.35% 798 51.65% -51 -3.30% 1,545 Wilkinson 487 68.21% 227 31.79% 260 36.41% 714 Worth 952 75.44% 310 24.56% 642 50.87% 1,262Totals129,60256.56%99,36843.36%30,23413.19%229,158 Notes References 2 Georgia 1928 Category:1928 Georgia (U.S. state) elections