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The 1928 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 6, 1928, as part of the 1928 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary forty-eight states. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Maine voted for the Republican nominee, 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 Maine by a margin of 37.67%, making Maine his third-strongest state after Kansas and Michigan .[1]
Results
Results by county
County
Herbert Clark Hoover
Republican
Alfred Emmanuel Smith
Democratic
Norman Mattoon Thomas
Socialist
Total votes cast[3]
#
%
#
%
#
%
Androscoggin
11,790
51.59%
10,940
47.87%
124
0.54%
22,854
Aroostook
14,545
71.45%
5,771
28.35%
41
0.20%
20,357
Cumberland
33,190
67.74%
15,648
31.94%
157
0.32%
48,995
Franklin
4,923
76.54%
1,487
23.12%
22
0.34%
6,432
Hancock
8,140
81.84%
1,773
17.83%
33
0.33%
9,946
Kennebec
15,541
65.14%
8,226
34.48%
92
0.39%
23,859
Knox
6,660
73.35%
2,332
25.68%
88
0.97%
9,080
Lincoln
4,470
78.85%
1,181
20.83%
18
0.32%
5,669
Oxford
9,409
69.76%
4,015
29.77%
63
0.47%
13,487
Penobscot
21,750
70.25%
9,114
29.44%
96
0.31%
30,960
Piscataquis
4,792
77.78%
1,353
21.96%
16
0.26%
6,161
Sagadahoc
3,518
73.26%
1,084
22.57%
200
4.16%
4,802
Somerset
8,055
70.62%
3,251
28.50%
100
0.88%
11,406
Waldo
4,851
77.07%
1,402
22.28%
41
0.65%
6,294
Washington
8,531
73.30%
3,073
26.40%
35
0.30%
11,639
York
18,671
64.78%
10,030
34.80%
119
0.41%
28,820
Totals
178,836
68.58%
80,680
30.94%
1,245
0.48%
260,761
References