1928 United States presidential election in Ohio

none June 2025 September 2023 1928 United States presidential election 1928 United States presidential election in Ohio Ohio 1902 presidential no 1924 United States presidential election in Ohio 1924 1932 United States presidential election in Ohio 1932 November 6, 1928 200x200px Herbert Hoover - NARA - 532049.jpg Herbert Hoover Republican Party (United States) California Charles Curtis 24 1,627,546 64.89% Unsuccessful 1928.jpg Al Smith Democratic Party (United States) New York Joseph T. Robinson 0 864,210 34.45% 1928 United States presidential election in Ohio results map by county.svg 250px 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 Ohio was held on November 6, 1928, as part of the 1928 United States presidential election. State voters chose 24 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Between 1856 and 1908, Ohio had voted consistently, though generally narrowly, for Republican candidates, because the heavily Yankee northeast and Ohio Company counties of the southeast slightly outvoted the Copperhead Appalachian south and German-American counties of the northwest.Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 343 9780691163246 Woodrow Wilson, who grew up in Appalachia whose culture exert a major influence on Buckeye State politics, would carry the state in both of his winning presidential campaigns in 1912 and 1916. However, reaction against Democratic nominee James M. Cox, who had opposed the teaching of German in schools when the state's Governor,Benseler, David P.; Nickisch, Craig W. and Nollendorfs, Cora Lee (editors); Teaching German in Twentieth-century America, p. 60 9780299168308 meant Ohio went Republican by a 20% margin in the landslide of 1920, and five counties went Republican for the first time ever.Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 52 0786422173 In 1924, John W. Davis, although a native of adjacent and culturally allied West Virginia, had negligible support in the Yankee- and German-settled areas of northern and central Ohio. Thus, Davis received barely half the proportion that Cox had, as he was further handicapped by his indecisiveness towards the powerful Ku Klux Klan,'Klan Candidates Swept Ohio Cities: Lost Only in Steubenville, Where an Anti-Ku Klux Organization Started After Riots'; The New York Times Special Edition, November 8, 1923, p. 1 and by the complete lack of support from local Democrats in the interests of state offices.'Sacrifice of Davis Reported in Ohio: Brotherhood's Support of Democratic State Ticket Taken as Indicating Move'; The New York Times Special, October 10, 1924, p. 8 Progressive Robert La Follette would receive over 17% of Ohio's vote, close to his national average but his best state east of the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers.Hough, Jerry F.; Changing Party Coalitions: The Mystery of the Red State-Blue State Alignment, p. 47 9780875864075 For 1928, the Democrats nominated almost by default Al Smith, an urban New York Catholic. Although he was endorsed by La Follette after his 1925 death,Menendez; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, p. 59 Smith was handicapped in urban Ohio by the state's cities' large population from Appalachian regions of the South,Phillips; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 386 who refused rigidly to vote for a Catholic. Similar sentiments were felt amongst traditionally Democratic German Protestants in the central part of the state; in heavily Amish Holmes County, which had still held the line for Cox and Davis by double digits, Hoover not only was the first ever Republican victor but also won over two-thirds of the county's vote. By the week of the election, Hoover was overwhelmingly favored to carry the state,Mengert, Herbert R.; 'Hoover Is Favored to Win Ohio Easily: Improvement in Democratic Position Is Expected, but G.O.P. Is Confident'; The Washington Post, November 4, 1928, p. M5 and ultimately he won 64.89% of the popular vote in the state. This stands as the best popular vote percentage ever recorded by any presidential candidate in Ohio since 1820, when James Monroe ran unopposed. Results 1928 United States presidential election in OhioPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Herbert Hoover 1,627,546 64.89% 24 Democratic Al Smith 864,210 34.45% 0 Socialist Norman Thomas 8,683 0.35% 0 Prohibition William F. Varney 3,556 0.14% 0 Workers William Foster 2,836 0.11% 0 Socialist Labor Verne L. Reynolds 1,515 0.06% 0 Totals 2,508,346 100.0% 24 Results by county County Herbert Clark HooverRepublican Alfred Emmanual Smith Democratic Norman Matton ThomasSocialist Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes castOur Campaigns; OH US President 1928 # % # % # % # % # % Adams 5,665 65.23% 3,000 34.54% 2 0.02% 18 0.21% 2,665 30.69% 8,685 Allen 20,693 68.21% 9,462 31.19% 94 0.31% 88 0.29% 11,231 37.02% 30,337 Ashland 8,745 72.29% 3,256 26.92% 22 0.18% 74 0.61% 5,489 45.37% 12,097 Ashtabula 18,870 75.13% 5,951 23.69% 133 0.53% 164 0.65% 12,919 51.43% 25,118 Athens 11,101 70.02% 4,546 28.67% 136 0.86% 72 0.45% 6,555 41.34% 15,855 Auglaize 7,794 60.91% 4,954 38.72% 20 0.16% 28 0.22% 2,840 22.19% 12,796 Belmont 20,969 60.84% 12,807 37.16% 249 0.72% 443 1.29% 8,162 23.68% 34,468 Brown 5,681 62.05% 3,422 37.38% 13 0.14% 39 0.43% 2,259 24.68% 9,155 Butler 29,124 64.66% 15,663 34.77% 153 0.34% 102 0.23% 13,461 29.89% 45,042 Carroll 5,572 80.32% 1,321 19.04% 21 0.30% 23 0.33% 4,251 61.28% 6,937 Champaign 7,651 69.52% 3,296 29.95% 20 0.18% 39 0.35% 4,355 39.57% 11,006 Clark 26,666 71.72% 10,316 27.74% 104 0.28% 97 0.26% 16,350 43.97% 37,183 Clermont 9,732 69.60% 4,194 29.99% 26 0.19% 31 0.22% 5,538 39.61% 13,983 Clinton 7,150 72.98% 2,603 26.57% 13 0.13% 31 0.32% 4,547 46.41% 9,797 Columbiana 26,405 77.30% 7,461 21.84% 136 0.40% 156 0.46% 18,944 55.46% 34,158 Coshocton 9,154 70.58% 3,745 28.87% 23 0.18% 48 0.37% 5,409 41.70% 12,970 Crawford 11,235 66.90% 5,472 32.59% 44 0.26% 42 0.25% 5,763 34.32% 16,793 Cuyahoga 194,508 53.42% 166,188 45.64% 2,006 0.55% 1,406 0.39% 28,320 7.78% 364,108 Darke 11,765 66.34% 5,822 32.83% 27 0.15% 120 0.68% 5,943 33.51% 17,734 Defiance 6,289 64.33% 3,487 35.67% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,802 28.66% 9,776 Delaware 8,049 67.75% 3,720 31.31% 21 0.18% 90 0.76% 4,329 36.44% 11,880 Erie 10,380 57.68% 7,570 42.06% 33 0.18% 13 0.07% 2,810 15.61% 17,996 Fairfield 12,072 67.87% 5,619 31.59% 38 0.21% 59 0.33% 6,453 36.28% 17,788 Fayette 5,251 65.23% 2,752 34.19% 17 0.21% 30 0.37% 2,499 31.04% 8,050 Franklin 92,019 65.86% 47,084 33.70% 367 0.26% 242 0.17% 44,935 32.16% 139,712 Fulton 6,416 77.74% 1,788 21.66% 12 0.15% 37 0.45% 4,628 56.08% 8,253 Gallia 5,513 73.42% 1,916 25.52% 30 0.40% 50 0.67% 3,597 47.90% 7,509 Geauga 4,161 77.37% 1,180 21.94% 23 0.43% 14 0.26% 2,981 55.43% 5,378 Greene 10,030 74.14% 3,385 25.02% 52 0.38% 61 0.45% 6,645 49.12% 13,528 Guernsey 11,174 74.10% 3,709 24.60% 93 0.62% 104 0.69% 7,465 49.50% 15,080 Hamilton 147,534 57.03% 110,151 42.58% 701 0.27% 306 0.12% 37,383 14.45% 258,692 Hancock 13,151 75.54% 4,158 23.88% 34 0.20% 67 0.38% 8,993 51.65% 17,410 Hardin 8,137 60.20% 5,306 39.25% 27 0.20% 47 0.35% 2,831 20.94% 13,517 Harrison 6,095 79.40% 1,516 19.75% 10 0.13% 55 0.72% 4,579 59.65% 7,676 Henry 5,370 59.29% 3,647 40.27% 16 0.18% 24 0.26% 1,723 19.02% 9,057 Highland 8,325 68.12% 3,836 31.39% 18 0.15% 42 0.34% 4,489 36.73% 12,221 Hocking 5,497 67.92% 2,502 30.92% 70 0.86% 24 0.30% 2,995 37.01% 8,093 Holmes 3,457 67.43% 1,631 31.81% 19 0.37% 20 0.39% 1,826 35.62% 5,127 Huron 10,702 67.18% 5,157 32.37% 33 0.21% 38 0.24% 5,545 34.81% 15,930 Jackson 7,129 71.40% 2,775 27.79% 39 0.39% 42 0.42% 4,354 43.61% 9,985 Jefferson 19,175 68.09% 8,711 30.93% 119 0.42% 156 0.55% 10,464 37.16% 28,161 Knox 10,028 73.07% 3,601 26.24% 33 0.24% 62 0.45% 6,427 46.83% 13,724 Lake 11,823 74.24% 4,024 25.27% 35 0.22% 44 0.28% 7,799 48.97% 15,926 Lawrence 10,346 74.51% 3,470 24.99% 48 0.35% 21 0.15% 6,876 49.52% 13,885 Licking 19,130 72.14% 7,244 27.32% 76 0.29% 67 0.25% 11,886 44.82% 26,517 Logan 9,602 76.63% 2,858 22.81% 19 0.15% 52 0.41% 6,744 53.82% 12,531 Lorain 24,386 63.83% 13,607 35.62% 129 0.34% 83 0.22% 10,779 28.21% 38,205 Lucas 78,435 63.21% 44,977 36.25% 318 0.26% 351 0.28% 33,458 26.96% 124,081 Madison 5,522 68.13% 2,527 31.18% 14 0.17% 42 0.52% 2,995 36.95% 8,105 Mahoning 48,341 63.82% 26,928 35.55% 199 0.26% 280 0.37% 21,413 28.27% 75,748 Marion 13,398 70.29% 5,468 28.69% 145 0.76% 49 0.26% 7,930 41.61% 19,060 Medina 9,510 79.58% 2,357 19.72% 44 0.37% 39 0.33% 7,153 59.86% 11,950 Meigs 6,580 70.65% 2,661 28.57% 44 0.47% 29 0.31% 3,919 42.08% 9,314 Mercer 5,129 45.29% 6,155 54.34% 10 0.09% 32 0.28% -1,026 -9.06% 11,326 Miami 16,063 72.80% 5,867 26.59% 73 0.33% 63 0.29% 10,196 46.21% 22,066 Monroe 4,287 60.73% 2,729 38.66% 14 0.20% 29 0.41% 1,558 22.07% 7,059 Montgomery 71,279 64.53% 38,517 34.87% 506 0.46% 159 0.14% 32,762 29.66% 110,461 Morgan 4,359 75.09% 1,397 24.07% 12 0.21% 37 0.64% 2,962 51.02% 5,805 Morrow 4,801 71.67% 1,818 27.14% 23 0.34% 57 0.85% 2,983 44.53% 6,699 Muskingum 22,120 76.81% 6,507 22.60% 79 0.27% 92 0.32% 15,613 54.22% 28,798 Noble 4,462 66.45% 2,190 32.61% 17 0.25% 46 0.69% 2,272 33.83% 6,715 Ottawa 5,772 62.54% 3,435 37.22% 14 0.15% 8 0.09% 2,337 25.32% 9,229 Paulding 4,093 61.79% 2,473 37.33% 22 0.33% 36 0.54% 1,620 24.46% 6,624 Perry 8,551 64.39% 4,653 35.04% 35 0.26% 40 0.30% 3,898 29.35% 13,279 Pickaway 5,871 59.87% 3,894 39.71% 8 0.08% 33 0.34% 1,977 20.16% 9,806 Pike 3,246 54.51% 2,709 45.49% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 537 9.02% 5,955 Portage 12,086 71.31% 4,756 28.06% 58 0.34% 48 0.28% 7,330 43.25% 16,948 Preble 6,693 65.21% 3,513 34.23% 22 0.21% 35 0.34% 3,180 30.99% 10,263 Putnam 5,337 48.28% 5,667 51.27% 21 0.19% 29 0.26% -330 -2.99% 11,054 Richland 18,468 71.28% 7,295 28.16% 55 0.21% 91 0.35% 11,173 43.12% 25,909 Ross 11,179 64.59% 6,062 35.02% 31 0.18% 36 0.21% 5,117 29.56% 17,308 Sandusky 12,200 67.33% 5,834 32.20% 55 0.30% 30 0.17% 6,366 35.13% 18,119 Scioto 20,997 73.60% 7,425 26.03% 70 0.25% 38 0.13% 13,572 47.57% 28,530 Seneca 13,369 61.93% 8,136 37.69% 35 0.16% 47 0.22% 5,233 24.24% 21,587 Shelby 5,975 52.14% 5,448 47.54% 13 0.11% 24 0.21% 527 4.60% 11,460 Stark 59,564 70.85% 23,840 28.36% 415 0.49% 256 0.30% 35,724 42.49% 84,075 Summit 78,504 70.86% 31,506 28.44% 388 0.35% 387 0.35% 46,998 42.42% 110,785 Trumbull 29,710 75.80% 9,110 23.24% 208 0.53% 166 0.42% 20,600 52.56% 39,194 Tuscarawas 20,494 74.34% 6,805 24.68% 163 0.59% 106 0.38% 13,689 49.66% 27,568 Union 5,876 70.53% 2,386 28.64% 22 0.26% 47 0.56% 3,490 41.89% 8,331 Van Wert 7,540 59.39% 5,089 40.08% 21 0.17% 46 0.36% 2,451 19.31% 12,696 Vinton 2,810 63.75% 1,559 35.37% 15 0.34% 24 0.54% 1,251 28.38% 4,408 Warren 8,708 77.62% 2,455 21.88% 24 0.21% 32 0.29% 6,253 55.74% 11,219 Washington 12,767 73.18% 4,582 26.26% 52 0.30% 46 0.26% 8,185 46.91% 17,447 Wayne 14,192 74.60% 4,825 25.36% 6 0.03% 1 0.01% 9,367 49.24% 19,024 Williams 8,138 71.81% 3,136 27.67% 19 0.17% 39 0.34% 5,002 44.14% 11,332 Wood 15,409 76.56% 4,612 22.92% 53 0.26% 52 0.26% 10,797 53.65% 20,126 Wyandot 5,790 65.41% 3,024 34.16% 6 0.07% 32 0.36% 2,766 31.25% 8,852Totals1,627,54664.89%864,21034.45%8,6830.35%7,907Two of these "other" votes were not distributed by county, and there are some conflicts between individual and total figures for Foster and Reynolds.0.32%763,33630.43%2,508,346 See also United States presidential elections in Ohio Notes References 2 Ohio 1928 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