1928 United States elections

The 1928 United States elections took place on November 6. In the last election before the start of the Great Depression, the Republican Party retained control of the presidency and bolstered their majority in both chambers of Congress.

1928 United States elections
1926          1927          1928          1929          1930
Presidential election year
Election dayNovember 6
Incumbent presidentCalvin Coolidge (Republican)
Next Congress71st
Presidential election
Partisan controlRepublican hold
Popular vote marginRepublican +17.4%
Electoral vote
Herbert Hoover (R)444
Al Smith (D)87
1928 United States presidential election in California1928 United States presidential election in Oregon1928 United States presidential election in Washington (state)1928 United States presidential election in Idaho1928 United States presidential election in Nevada1928 United States presidential election in Utah1928 United States presidential election in Arizona1928 United States presidential election in Montana1928 United States presidential election in Wyoming1928 United States presidential election in Colorado1928 United States presidential election in New Mexico1928 United States presidential election in North Dakota1928 United States presidential election in South Dakota1928 United States presidential election in Nebraska1928 United States presidential election in Kansas1928 United States presidential election in Oklahoma1928 United States presidential election in Texas1928 United States presidential election in Minnesota1928 United States presidential election in Iowa1928 United States presidential election in Missouri1928 United States presidential election in Arkansas1928 United States presidential election in Louisiana1928 United States presidential election in Wisconsin1928 United States presidential election in Illinois1928 United States presidential election in Michigan1928 United States presidential election in Indiana1928 United States presidential election in Ohio1928 United States presidential election in Kentucky1928 United States presidential election in Tennessee1928 United States presidential election in Mississippi1928 United States presidential election in Alabama1928 United States presidential election in Georgia1928 United States presidential election in Florida1928 United States presidential election in South Carolina1928 United States presidential election in North Carolina1928 United States presidential election in Virginia1928 United States presidential election in West Virginia1928 United States presidential election in Maryland1928 United States presidential election in Delaware1928 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania1928 United States presidential election in New Jersey1928 United States presidential election in New York1928 United States presidential election in Connecticut1928 United States presidential election in Rhode Island1928 United States presidential election in Vermont1928 United States presidential election in New Hampshire1928 United States presidential election in Maine1928 United States presidential election in Massachusetts1928 United States presidential election in Maryland1928 United States presidential election in Delaware1928 United States presidential election in New Jersey1928 United States presidential election in Connecticut1928 United States presidential election in Rhode Island1928 United States presidential election in Massachusetts1928 United States presidential election in Vermont1928 United States presidential election in New Hampshire
1928 presidential election results. Red denotes states won by Hoover, blue denotes states won by Smith. Numbers indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate.
Senate elections
Overall controlRepublican hold
Seats contested35 of 96 seats
(32 Class 1 seats + 5 special elections)[1]
Net seat changeRepublican +8[2]
1928 Senate election results

  Democratic gain   Democratic hold
  Republican gain   Republican hold

  Farmer-Labor hold
House elections
Overall controlRepublican hold
Seats contestedAll 435 voting members
Net seat changeRepublican +32
1928 House of Representatives results
Gubernatorial elections
Seats contested35
Net seat changeRepublican +3
1928 Rhode Island gubernatorial election1928 Illinois gubernatorial election1928 Wisconsin gubernatorial election1928 Iowa gubernatorial election1928 Arkansas gubernatorial election1928 Kansas gubernatorial election1928 Texas gubernatorial election1928 New Mexico gubernatorial election1928 Arizona gubernatorial election1928 Florida gubernatorial election1928 Massachusetts gubernatorial election1928 Michigan gubernatorial election1928 Nebraska gubernatorial election1928 South Dakota gubernatorial election1928 Minnesota gubernatorial election1928 Maine gubernatorial election1928 Colorado gubernatorial election1928 Ohio gubernatorial election1928 Tennessee gubernatorial election1928 Connecticut gubernatorial election1928 Idaho gubernatorial election1928 Georgia gubernatorial election1928 New York gubernatorial election1928 New Jersey gubernatorial election1928 Delaware gubernatorial election1928 Indiana gubernatorial election1928 Missouri gubernatorial election1928 Montana gubernatorial election1928 New Hampshire gubernatorial election1928 North Carolina gubernatorial election1928 North Dakota gubernatorial election1928 Utah gubernatorial election1928 Vermont gubernatorial election1928 Washington gubernatorial election1928 West Virginia gubernatorial election
1928 gubernatorial election results

  Democratic hold

  Republican gain   Republican hold

Republican former Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover defeated Democratic nominee New York Governor Al Smith.[3][4] Hoover won a landslide victory, taking several Southern states and winning almost every state outside the South. Democrats suffered from voter prejudice against Roman Catholics like Smith. As incumbent President Calvin Coolidge declined to seek re-election, Hoover won the Republican nomination on the first ballot. Like Hoover, Smith also won his party's nomination on the first ballot.

The Republicans gained thirty-two seats in the House of Representatives, furthering a majority over the Democrats. The Republicans also increased a majority in the Senate, gaining eight seats.[4]

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  1. ^ 2 Class 1 seats held both a regularly-scheduled election and a special election in 1928. These two seats are not double-counted for the total number of seats contested.
  2. ^ Republicans picked up six seats in the regularly-scheduled elections and an additional two seats in the special elections.
  3. ^ "1928 Presidential Election". The American Presidency Project. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 6, 1928" (PDF). U.S. House of Reps, Office of the Clerk. Retrieved 29 December 2011.