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The 1928 United States presidential election in New Hampshire 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 four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire by a margin of 17.63 percent, almost exactly the same as his national figure, though a decline upon Coolidge’s 1924 margin.
Results
Results by county
County
Hoover#
Hoover%
Smith#
Smith%
Others#
Others%
Total votes cast[2]
Belknap
6,762
64.63%
3,689
35.26%
11
0.11%
10,462
Carroll
5,509
77.41%
1,592
22.37%
16
0.22%
7,117
Cheshire
8,673
63.05%
5,025
36.53%
58
0.42%
13,756
Coös
7,891
56.64%
6,006
43.11%
34
0.24%
13,931
Grafton
12,566
66.99%
6,035
32.17%
158
0.84%
18,759
Hillsborough
24,465
45.24%
29,457
54.47%
156
0.29%
54,078
Merrimack
15,724
60.63%
10,139
39.09%
72
0.28%
25,935
Rockingham
17,590
69.18%
7,782
30.61%
53
0.21%
25,425
Stratford
10,470
58.36%
7,441
41.48%
28
0.16%
17,939
Sullivan
5,754
61.57%
3,549
37.97%
43
0.46%
9,346
Totals
115,404
58.66%
80,715
41.02%
629
0.32%
196,748
References