Presidential election · 1928
1928 electoral map
Herbert Hoover (Republican) won the 1928 presidential election with 444 electoral votes to Al Smith's 87. Hoover carried 40 of the 48 states that took part.
Winner
Herbert Hoover
444
Democratic
Al Smith
87
266 needed to win · official Electoral College count
DemocraticRepublicanNot a state yet / did not vote
States won in 1928
Al Smith· Democratic
8 statesHerbert Hoover· Republican
40 statesNew York 45Pennsylvania 38Illinois 29Ohio 24Texas 20Missouri 18Indiana 15Michigan 15New Jersey 14California 13Iowa 13Kentucky 13Wisconsin 13Minnesota 12North Carolina 12Tennessee 12Virginia 12Kansas 10Oklahoma 10Maryland 8Nebraska 8West Virginia 8Connecticut 7Washington 7Colorado 6Florida 6Maine 6North Dakota 5Oregon 5South Dakota 5Idaho 4Montana 4New Hampshire 4Utah 4Vermont 4Arizona 3Delaware 3Nevada 3New Mexico 3Wyoming 3
Electoral College in 1928
48 states held 531 electoral votes in 1928; a majority was 266. The largest prize was New York with 45 electoral votes.
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Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): results by state, electors by state and year, and the 1928 election article.