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1928 Delaware gubernatorial election
	County results; Buck: 50–60% 60–70%; Wharton: 50–60%
Governor before election; Robert P. Robinson; Republican	Elected Governor ; C. Douglass Buck; Republican

The 1928 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1928. Republican Governor Robert P. Robinson declined to seek a second term so C. Douglass Buck, the Chief Engineer of the State Highway Department, was seen as the likely frontrunner heading into the Republican convention.^[1] At the convention, Buck's primary opponent was State Senator I. Dolphus Short, whom he defeated by a wide margin, receiving 104 votes to Short's 54.^[2]

On the Democratic side, former State Senator Charles Wharton, a well-known football player on the Penn Quakers team at the University of Pennsylvania, emerged as the frontrunner.^[3] Wharton was seen as a strong candidate by the Democratic establishment and won the nomination unopposed.^[4]

However, despite Wharton's reputation and his strength as a candidate, he proved little obstacle to Buck. Republican presidential nominee Herbert Hoover won the state in a record-breaking landslide and helped Buck across the finish line. Though Buck underperformed Hoover, he still won handily, winning 61% of the vote to Wharton's 39%.

General election

1928 Delaware gubernatorial election^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	C. Douglass Buck	62,683	60.56%	+1.83%
	Democratic	Charles M. Wharton	40,824	39.44%	−0.63%
Majority			21,859	21.12%	+2.46%
Turnout			103,507	100.00%
	Republican hold

References

^ "Republicans Line Up for Buck, Vale". Evening Journal. Wilmington, Del. August 29, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
^ "Buck Nominated, Defeating Short for Governorship". News Journal. Wilmington, Del. September 12, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
^ "Democrats Ready to Name Ticket". Morning News. Wilmington, Del. August 30, 1928. p. 5. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
^ "C. M. Wharton to Head Democratic Ticket; French Plane, N. Y. Bound, Down in Morocco: Sen. Bayard to be Re-Nominated by Democrats". Evening Journal. Wilmington, Del. September 4, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
^ Dubin 2013, p. 45.

Bibliography

Dubin, Michael J. (2013). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1912-1931: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7864-7033-4.