1928 United States presidential election in Kansas

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1928 United States presidential election in Kansas
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Nominee Herbert Hoover Al Smith
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California New York
Running mate Charles Curtis Joseph Taylor Robinson
Electoral vote 10 0
Popular vote 513,672 193,003
Percentage 72.02% 27.06%
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The 1928 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 6, 1928, as part of the 1928 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose ten representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Kansas voted for the Republican nominee, former Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover of California, over the Democratic nominee, Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York. Hoover's running mate was Senate Majority Leader Charles Curtis of Kansas, while Smith ran with Senator Joseph Taylor Robinson of Arkansas. Hoover won the state by a margin of 44.96 points.

Smith only carried Ellis County, which had (and still has) a large percentage of Roman Catholic residents. Smith was the first Roman Catholic to earn the nomination of a major party for president.

With 72.02 percent of the popular vote, Kansas would prove to be Hoover's strongest state in the 1928 presidential election in terms of popular vote percentage.[1]

Results

1928 United States presidential election in Kansas[2]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican Herbert Hoover of California Charles Curtis of Kansas 513,672 72.02% 10 100.00%
Democratic Al Smith of New York Joseph Taylor Robinson of Arkansas 193,003 27.06% 0 0.00%
Socialist Norman Thomas of New York James Hudson Maurer of Pennsylvania 6,205 0.87% 0 0.00%
Independent William Z. Foster of Massachusetts Benjamin Gitlow of New York 320 0.04% 0 0.00%
Total 713,200 100.00% 10 100.00%

Results by county

1928 United States presidential election in Kansas by county[3][4]
County Herbert Clark Hoover
Republican 		Alfred Emmanuel Smith
Democratic 		Norman Mattoon Thomas
Socialist 		William Zebulon Foster
Independent 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Allen 6,695 78.30% 1,803 21.09% 49 0.57% 3 0.04% 4,892 57.22% 8,550
Anderson 3,562 64.94% 1,874 34.17% 41 0.75% 8 0.15% 1,688 30.77% 5,485
Atchison 6,647 63.67% 3,756 35.98% 37 0.35% 0 0.00% 2,891 27.69% 10,440
Barber 2,984 76.43% 871 22.31% 47 1.20% 2 0.05% 2,113 54.12% 3,904
Barton 4,966 63.94% 2,777 35.75% 21 0.27% 3 0.04% 2,189 28.18% 7,767
Bourbon 7,251 75.88% 2,223 23.26% 82 0.86% 0 0.00% 5,028 52.62% 9,556
Brown 6,692 76.77% 2,005 23.00% 16 0.18% 4 0.05% 4,687 53.77% 8,717
Butler 10,168 79.43% 2,533 19.79% 101 0.79% 0 0.00% 7,635 59.64% 12,802
Chase 2,079 72.79% 739 25.88% 36 1.26% 2 0.07% 1,340 46.92% 2,856
Chautauqua 3,303 75.97% 944 21.71% 94 2.16% 7 0.16% 2,359 54.25% 4,348
Cherokee 7,478 66.20% 3,442 30.47% 376 3.33% 0 0.00% 4,036 35.73% 11,296
Cheyenne 1,466 69.61% 586 27.83% 53 2.52% 1 0.05% 880 41.79% 2,106
Clark 1,383 76.41% 419 23.15% 7 0.39% 1 0.06% 964 53.26% 1,810
Clay 4,457 73.74% 1,515 25.07% 72 1.19% 0 0.00% 2,942 48.68% 6,044
Cloud 5,286 68.25% 2,376 30.68% 74 0.96% 9 0.12% 2,910 37.57% 7,745
Coffey 4,342 73.81% 1,514 25.74% 27 0.46% 0 0.00% 2,828 48.07% 5,883
Comanche 1,554 79.98% 385 19.81% 2 0.10% 2 0.10% 1,169 60.16% 1,943
Cowley 12,701 80.79% 2,818 17.93% 190 1.21% 12 0.08% 9,883 62.86% 15,721
Crawford 10,992 62.31% 6,351 36.00% 275 1.56% 24 0.14% 4,641 26.31% 17,642
Decatur 2,314 66.53% 1,129 32.46% 30 0.86% 5 0.14% 1,185 34.07% 3,478
Dickinson 7,758 77.04% 2,246 22.30% 62 0.62% 4 0.04% 5,512 54.74% 10,070
Doniphan 4,002 72.64% 1,496 27.16% 10 0.18% 1 0.02% 2,506 45.49% 5,509
Douglas 8,887 78.70% 2,297 20.34% 104 0.92% 4 0.04% 6,590 58.36% 11,292
Edwards 2,171 73.37% 768 25.95% 19 0.64% 1 0.03% 1,403 47.41% 2,959
Elk 3,007 77.50% 831 21.42% 37 0.95% 5 0.13% 2,176 56.08% 3,880
Ellis 1,700 33.50% 3,364 66.29% 10 0.20% 1 0.02% -1,664 -32.79% 5,075
Ellsworth 2,450 60.23% 1,588 39.04% 25 0.61% 5 0.12% 862 21.19% 4,068
Finney 2,433 76.65% 709 22.34% 29 0.91% 3 0.09% 1,724 54.32% 3,174
Ford 4,893 71.59% 1,870 27.36% 64 0.94% 8 0.12% 3,023 44.23% 6,835
Franklin 7,346 78.40% 1,951 20.82% 65 0.69% 8 0.09% 5,395 57.58% 9,370
Geary 2,746 69.15% 1,203 30.29% 22 0.55% 0 0.00% 1,543 38.86% 3,971
Gove 1,470 70.95% 590 28.47% 10 0.48% 2 0.10% 880 42.47% 2,072
Graham 1,832 61.68% 1,087 36.60% 51 1.72% 0 0.00% 745 25.08% 2,970
Grant 635 76.41% 185 22.26% 11 1.32% 0 0.00% 450 54.15% 831
Gray 1,294 67.47% 606 31.60% 14 0.73% 4 0.21% 688 35.87% 1,918
Greeley 439 78.25% 121 21.57% 1 0.18% 0 0.00% 318 56.68% 561
Greenwood 5,863 78.53% 1,554 20.81% 49 0.66% 0 0.00% 4,309 57.71% 7,466
Hamilton 839 68.43% 363 29.61% 24 1.96% 0 0.00% 476 38.83% 1,226
Harper 3,712 77.85% 1,005 21.08% 48 1.01% 3 0.06% 2,707 56.77% 4,768
Harvey 6,330 77.62% 1,748 21.43% 77 0.94% 0 0.00% 4,582 56.19% 8,155
Haskell 646 73.41% 222 25.23% 12 1.36% 0 0.00% 424 48.18% 880
Hodgeman 1,122 67.55% 528 31.79% 11 0.66% 0 0.00% 594 35.76% 1,661
Jackson 4,811 74.55% 1,602 24.83% 33 0.51% 7 0.11% 3,209 49.73% 6,453
Jefferson 4,810 74.77% 1,601 24.89% 19 0.30% 3 0.05% 3,209 49.88% 6,433
Jewell 4,583 76.90% 1,289 21.63% 84 1.41% 4 0.07% 3,294 55.27% 5,960
Johnson 8,185 70.40% 3,373 29.01% 64 0.55% 5 0.04% 4,812 41.39% 11,627
Kearny 854 77.22% 229 20.71% 23 2.08% 0 0.00% 625 56.51% 1,106
Kingman 3,287 69.63% 1,408 29.82% 26 0.55% 0 0.00% 1,879 39.80% 4,721
Kiowa 1,929 82.09% 406 17.28% 13 0.55% 2 0.09% 1,523 64.81% 2,350
Labette 9,048 74.22% 2,969 24.35% 160 1.31% 14 0.11% 6,079 49.86% 12,191
Lane 954 71.30% 364 27.20% 20 1.49% 0 0.00% 590 44.10% 1,338
Leavenworth 8,472 56.27% 6,539 43.43% 45 0.30% 0 0.00% 1,933 12.84% 15,056
Lincoln 2,655 73.12% 953 26.25% 21 0.58% 2 0.06% 1,702 46.87% 3,631
Linn 4,231 75.19% 1,328 23.60% 60 1.07% 8 0.14% 2,903 51.59% 5,627
Logan 1,066 71.64% 405 27.22% 13 0.87% 4 0.27% 661 44.42% 1,488
Lyon 8,753 75.49% 2,761 23.81% 78 0.67% 3 0.03% 5,992 51.68% 11,595
Marion 5,446 73.50% 1,938 26.15% 26 0.35% 0 0.00% 3,508 47.34% 7,410
Marshall 6,918 67.06% 3,329 32.27% 69 0.67% 0 0.00% 3,589 34.79% 10,316
McPherson 6,230 79.98% 1,457 18.71% 81 1.04% 21 0.27% 4,773 61.28% 7,789
Meade 1,709 73.16% 618 26.46% 9 0.39% 0 0.00% 1,091 46.70% 2,336
Miami 5,931 72.71% 2,148 26.33% 69 0.85% 9 0.11% 3,783 46.38% 8,157
Mitchell 3,245 62.84% 1,855 35.92% 58 1.12% 6 0.12% 1,390 26.92% 5,164
Montgomery 14,316 76.31% 4,205 22.41% 239 1.27% 0 0.00% 10,111 53.90% 18,760
Morris 3,830 79.54% 929 19.29% 53 1.10% 3 0.06% 2,901 60.25% 4,815
Morton 1,010 78.78% 259 20.20% 10 0.78% 3 0.23% 751 58.58% 1,282
Nemaha 4,639 61.10% 2,919 38.45% 27 0.36% 7 0.09% 1,720 22.66% 7,592
Neosho 6,603 72.27% 2,459 26.92% 60 0.66% 14 0.15% 4,144 45.36% 9,136
Ness 2,058 71.51% 784 27.24% 36 1.25% 0 0.00% 1,274 44.27% 2,878
Norton 3,365 73.99% 1,087 23.90% 96 2.11% 0 0.00% 2,278 50.09% 4,548
Osage 5,900 73.24% 2,058 25.55% 94 1.17% 4 0.05% 3,842 47.69% 8,056
Osborne 3,683 81.34% 821 18.13% 22 0.49% 2 0.04% 2,862 63.21% 4,528
Ottawa 3,158 72.53% 1,131 25.98% 65 1.49% 0 0.00% 2,027 46.55% 4,354
Pawnee 2,829 75.18% 918 24.40% 11 0.29% 5 0.13% 1,911 50.78% 3,763
Phillips 3,206 69.77% 1,332 28.99% 57 1.24% 0 0.00% 1,874 40.78% 4,595
Pottawatomie 4,451 65.30% 2,341 34.35% 24 0.35% 0 0.00% 2,110 30.96% 6,816
Pratt 4,055 80.58% 934 18.56% 43 0.85% 0 0.00% 3,121 62.02% 5,032
Rawlins 1,668 57.78% 1,164 40.32% 52 1.80% 3 0.10% 504 17.46% 2,887
Reno 12,872 76.31% 3,843 22.78% 142 0.84% 11 0.07% 9,029 53.53% 16,868
Republic 4,324 68.19% 1,956 30.85% 57 0.90% 4 0.06% 2,368 37.34% 6,341
Rice 4,321 74.05% 1,462 25.06% 52 0.89% 0 0.00% 2,859 49.00% 5,835
Riley 6,592 77.91% 1,791 21.17% 75 0.89% 3 0.04% 4,801 56.74% 8,461
Rooks 2,583 70.73% 1,044 28.59% 23 0.63% 2 0.05% 1,539 42.14% 3,652
Rush 1,985 60.02% 1,296 39.19% 26 0.79% 0 0.00% 689 20.83% 3,307
Russell 2,782 66.56% 1,366 32.68% 32 0.77% 0 0.00% 1,416 33.88% 4,180
Saline 7,872 71.20% 3,108 28.11% 76 0.69% 0 0.00% 4,764 43.09% 11,056
Scott 886 65.78% 450 33.41% 11 0.82% 0 0.00% 436 32.37% 1,347
Sedgwick 32,132 74.40% 10,649 24.66% 405 0.94% 0 0.00% 21,483 49.75% 43,186
Seward 1,873 76.98% 538 22.11% 22 0.90% 0 0.00% 1,335 54.87% 2,433
Shawnee 24,723 76.46% 7,433 22.99% 165 0.51% 15 0.05% 17,290 53.47% 32,336
Sheridan 1,450 60.52% 930 38.81% 16 0.67% 0 0.00% 520 21.70% 2,396
Sherman 2,028 74.61% 630 23.18% 60 2.21% 0 0.00% 1,398 51.43% 2,718
Smith 4,021 74.34% 1,338 24.74% 50 0.92% 0 0.00% 2,683 49.60% 5,409
Stafford 3,278 75.27% 1,025 23.54% 47 1.08% 5 0.11% 2,253 51.73% 4,355
Stanton 497 74.85% 164 24.70% 3 0.45% 0 0.00% 333 50.15% 664
Stevens 1,133 78.52% 300 20.79% 10 0.69% 0 0.00% 833 57.73% 1,443
Sumner 8,951 79.64% 2,108 18.75% 181 1.61% 0 0.00% 6,843 60.88% 11,240
Thomas 1,828 65.97% 899 32.44% 44 1.59% 0 0.00% 929 33.53% 2,771
Trego 1,359 57.73% 982 41.72% 13 0.55% 0 0.00% 377 16.02% 2,354
Wabaunsee 3,099 71.89% 1,189 27.58% 22 0.51% 1 0.02% 1,910 44.31% 4,311
Wallace 738 66.19% 356 31.93% 21 1.88% 0 0.00% 382 34.26% 1,115
Washington 4,781 67.37% 2,267 31.94% 49 0.69% 0 0.00% 2,514 35.42% 7,097
Wichita 464 54.91% 370 43.79% 11 1.30% 0 0.00% 94 11.12% 845
Wilson 5,603 78.46% 1,465 20.52% 72 1.01% 1 0.01% 4,138 57.95% 7,141
Woodson 2,885 76.59% 855 22.70% 26 0.69% 1 0.03% 2,030 53.89% 3,767
Wyandotte 32,829 65.69% 16,884 33.78% 249 0.50% 16 0.03% 15,945 31.90% 49,978
Totals 513,672 72.02% 193,003 27.06% 6,205 0.87% 320 0.04% 320,669 44.96% 713,200

See also

References

  1. ^ "1928 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  2. ^ "1928 Presidential General Election Results – Kansas". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  3. ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920–1964; pp. 165-166 ISBN 0405077114
  4. ^ "KS US President Race, November 06, 1928". Our Campaigns.