1928 United States Senate election in Maryland

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1928 United States Senate election in Maryland

← 1922 November 5, 1928 1934 →
 
Nominee Phillips Lee Goldsborough William Cabell Bruce
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 256,224 214,447
Percentage 54.05% 45.24%

County results
Goldsborough:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Bruce:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election

William Cabell Bruce
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Phillips Lee Goldsborough
Republican

The 1928 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 5, 1928.

Incumbent Democratic Senator William Cabell Bruce ran for re-election to a second term in office, but was defeated by Republican former Governor Phillips Lee Goldsborough, who had been a failed candidate for Senate in 1916.

This is the last time a Republican not named Beall has won this seat.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Results[edit]

1928 Democratic U.S. Senate primary[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic William Cabell Bruce (inc.) 47,507 88.75%
Democratic William Milnes Maloy 6,020 11.25%
Total votes 53,527 100.00%

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

1928 U.S. Senate election in Maryland[3][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Phillips Lee Goldsborough 256,224 54.05% Increase8.42
Democratic William Cabell Bruce (inc.) 214,447 45.24% Decrease7.37
Socialist William A. Toole 2,026 0.43% Decrease0.38
Labor Robert W. Stevens 1,370 0.29% Decrease0.66
Total votes 474,067 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

Results by county[edit]

County Phillips Lee Goldsborough

Republican

William Cabell Bruce

Democratic

William A. Toole

Socialist

Robert W. Stevens

Labor

Margin Total

Votes

Cast

# % # % # % # % # %
Allegany 15541 65.39% 7906 33.27% 194 0.82% 124 0.52% 7635 32.13% 23765
Anne Arundel 8320 57.53% 6040 41.76% 44 0.30% 58 0.40% 2280 15.77% 14462
Baltimore (City) 117963 48.90% 121375 50.31% 1330 0.55% 567 0.24% -3412 -1.41% 241235
Baltimore (County) 18773 55.04% 15189 44.53% 90 0.26% 57 0.26% 3584 10.51% 34109
Calvert 1746 64.21% 933 34.31% 18 0.66% 22 0.81% 813 29.90% 2719
Caroline 2669 59.76% 1780 39.86% 6 0.13% 11 0.25% 889 19.91% 4466
Carroll 7538 66.24% 3798 33.38% 20 0.18% 23 0.20% 3740 32.87% 11379
Cecil 4493 66.29% 2248 33.17% 19 0.28% 18 0.27% 2245 33.12% 6778
Charles 2249 57.43% 1615 41.24% 16 0.41% 36 0.92% 634 16.19% 3916
Dorchester 6203 77.45% 1784 22.27% 8 0.10% 14 0.17% 4419 55.18% 8009
Frederick 10978 59.87% 7268 39.64% 32 0.17% 58 0.32% 3710 20.23% 18336
Garrett 3245 76.03% 1002 23.48% 9 0.21% 12 0.28% 2243 52.55% 4268
Harford 5355 58.38% 3767 41.07% 26 0.28% 25 0.27% 1588 17.31% 9173
Howard 2753 48.83% 2859 50.71% 3 0.05% 23 0.41% -106 -1.88% 5638
Kent 2496 51.08% 2307 47.22% 69 1.41% 14 0.29% 189 3.87% 4886
Montgomery 7810 52.35% 6973 46.74% 42 0.28% 94 0.63% 837 5.61% 14919
Prince George's 8137 58.01% 5796 41.32% 47 0.34% 47 0.34% 2341 16.69% 14027
Queen Anne's 2117 44.28% 2637 55.16% 4 0.08% 23 0.48% -520 -10.88% 4781
St. Mary's 1214 35.11% 2196 63.50% 21 0.61% 27 0.78% -982 -28.40% 3458
Somerset 4009 65.82% 2082 34.18% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1927 31.64% 6091
Talbot 3666 59.39% 2478 40.14% 7 0.11% 22 0.36% 1188 19.25% 6173
Washington 10652 62.14% 6374 37.18% 58 0.34% 58 0.34% 4278 24.96% 17142
Wicomico 5087 55.96% 3972 43.70% 15 0.17% 16 0.18% 1115 12.27% 9090
Worcester 3210 60.42% 2071 38.98% 11 0.21% 21 0.40% 1139 21.44% 5313
Total 256224 54.15% 213468 45.12% 2089 0.44% 1370 0.29% 42756 9.04% 473151

Counties that flipped from Democrat to Republican[edit]

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democrat[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0146, Page 0228 - Maryland Manual, 1929". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 228. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  2. ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - D Primary Race - May 07, 1928". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  3. ^ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0146, Page 0236 - Maryland Manual, 1929". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 236. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  4. ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 06, 1928". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  5. ^ "1928 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland". uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. March 13, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2023.