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United States presidential election, 1928
The 1928 United States presidential election in Ohio was held on November 6, 1928. Ohio voters chose twenty-four electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
The Republican Party candidate, Herbert Hoover , decisively won the state of Ohio with 64.89 percent of the popular vote. This is the best popular vote percentage ever recorded by any presidential candidate in Ohio since statehood in 1803. The Democratic Party candidate, Al Smith , garnered only 34.45 percent of the popular vote.[ 1]
Results
United States presidential election in Ohio, 1928
Party
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Electoral votes
Republican
Herbert Hoover [ a]
1,627,546
64.89%
24
Democratic
Al Smith
864,210
34.45%
0
Socialist
Norman Thomas
8,683
0.35%
0
Prohibition
William F. Varney
3,556
0.14%
0
Workers
William Foster
2,836
0.11%
0
Socialist Labor
Verne L. Reynolds
1,515
0.06%
0
Totals
2,508,346
100.0%
24
Results by county
Herbert Clark Hoover Republican
Alfred Emmanual Smith Democratic
Various candidates Other parties
Margin
Total votes cast[ 2]
County
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
Adams
5,665
65.23%
3,000
34.54%
20
0.23%
2,665
30.69%
8,685
Allen
20,693
68.21%
9,462
31.19%
182
0.60%
11,231
37.02%
30,337
Ashland
8,745
72.29%
3,256
26.92%
96
0.79%
5,489
45.37%
12,097
Ashtabula
18,870
75.13%
5,951
23.69%
297
1.18%
12,919
51.43%
25,118
Athens
11,101
70.02%
4,546
28.67%
208
1.31%
6,555
41.34%
15,855
Auglaize
7,794
60.90%
4,954
38.71%
50
0.39%
2,840
22.19%
12,798
Belmont
20,969
60.84%
12,807
37.16%
692
2.01%
8,162
23.68%
34,468
Brown
5,681
62.05%
3,422
37.38%
52
0.57%
2,259
24.68%
9,155
Butler
29,124
64.66%
15,663
34.77%
255
0.57%
13,461
29.89%
45,042
Carroll
5,572
80.32%
1,321
19.04%
44
0.63%
4,251
61.28%
6,937
Champaign
7,651
69.52%
3,296
29.95%
59
0.54%
4,355
39.57%
11,006
Clark
26,666
71.72%
10,316
27.74%
201
0.54%
16,350
43.97%
37,183
Clermont
9,732
69.60%
4,194
29.99%
57
0.41%
5,538
39.61%
13,983
Clinton
7,150
72.98%
2,603
26.57%
44
0.45%
4,547
46.41%
9,797
Columbiana
26,405
77.30%
7,461
21.84%
292
0.85%
18,944
55.46%
34,158
Coshocton
9,154
70.58%
3,745
28.87%
71
0.55%
5,409
41.70%
12,970
Crawford
11,235
66.90%
5,472
32.59%
86
0.51%
5,763
34.32%
16,793
Cuyahoga
194,508
53.42%
166,188
45.64%
3,412
0.94%
28,320
7.78%
364,108
Darke
11,765
66.34%
5,822
32.83%
147
0.83%
5,943
33.51%
17,734
Defiance
6,289
64.33%
3,487
35.67%
0
0.00%
2,802
28.66%
9,776
Delaware
8,049
67.75%
3,720
31.31%
111
0.93%
4,329
36.44%
11,880
Erie
10,380
57.68%
7,570
42.06%
46
0.26%
2,810
15.61%
17,996
Fairfield
12,072
67.87%
5,619
31.59%
97
0.55%
6,453
36.28%
17,788
Fayette
5,251
65.23%
2,752
34.19%
47
0.58%
2,499
31.04%
8,050
Franklin
92,019
65.86%
47,084
33.70%
609
0.44%
44,935
32.16%
139,712
Fulton
6,416
77.74%
1,788
21.66%
49
0.59%
4,628
56.08%
8,253
Gallia
5,513
73.42%
1,916
25.52%
80
1.07%
3,597
47.90%
7,509
Geauga
4,161
77.37%
1,180
21.94%
37
0.69%
2,981
55.43%
5,378
Greene
10,030
74.14%
3,385
25.02%
113
0.84%
6,645
49.12%
13,528
Guernsey
11,174
74.10%
3,709
24.60%
197
1.31%
7,465
49.50%
15,080
Hamilton
147,534
57.03%
110,151
42.58%
1,007
0.39%
37,383
14.45%
258,692
Hancock
13,151
75.54%
4,158
23.88%
101
0.58%
8,993
51.65%
17,410
Hardin
8,137
60.20%
5,306
39.25%
74
0.55%
2,831
20.94%
13,517
Harrison
6,095
79.40%
1,516
19.75%
65
0.85%
4,579
59.65%
7,676
Henry
5,370
59.29%
3,647
40.27%
40
0.44%
1,723
19.02%
9,057
Highland
8,325
68.12%
3,836
31.39%
60
0.49%
4,489
36.73%
12,221
Hocking
5,497
67.92%
2,502
30.92%
94
1.16%
2,995
37.01%
8,093
Holmes
3,457
67.43%
1,631
31.81%
39
0.76%
1,826
35.62%
5,127
Huron
10,702
67.18%
5,157
32.37%
71
0.45%
5,545
34.81%
15,930
Jackson
7,129
71.40%
2,775
27.79%
81
0.81%
4,354
43.61%
9,985
Jefferson
19,175
68.09%
8,711
30.93%
275
0.98%
10,464
37.16%
28,161
Knox
10,028
73.07%
3,601
26.24%
95
0.69%
6,427
46.83%
13,724
Lake
11,823
74.24%
4,024
25.27%
79
0.50%
7,799
48.97%
15,926
Lawrence
10,346
74.51%
3,470
24.99%
69
0.50%
6,876
49.52%
13,885
Licking
19,130
72.14%
7,244
27.32%
143
0.54%
11,886
44.82%
26,517
Logan
9,602
76.63%
2,858
22.81%
71
0.57%
6,744
53.82%
12,531
Lorain
24,386
63.83%
13,607
35.62%
212
0.55%
10,779
28.21%
38,205
Lucas
78,435
63.21%
44,977
36.25%
669
0.54%
33,458
26.96%
124,081
Madison
5,522
68.13%
2,527
31.18%
56
0.69%
2,995
36.95%
8,105
Mahoning
48,341
63.82%
26,928
35.55%
479
0.63%
21,413
28.27%
75,748
Marion
13,398
70.29%
5,468
28.69%
194
1.02%
7,930
41.61%
19,060
Medina
9,510
79.58%
2,357
19.72%
83
0.69%
7,153
59.86%
11,950
Meigs
6,580
70.65%
2,661
28.57%
73
0.78%
3,919
42.08%
9,314
Mercer
5,129
45.29%
6,155
54.34%
42
0.37%
-1,026
-9.06%
11,326
Miami
16,063
72.80%
5,867
26.59%
136
0.62%
10,196
46.21%
22,066
Monroe
4,287
60.73%
2,729
38.66%
43
0.61%
1,558
22.07%
7,059
Montgomery
71,279
64.53%
38,517
34.87%
665
0.60%
32,762
29.66%
110,461
Morgan
4,359
75.09%
1,397
24.07%
49
0.84%
2,962
51.02%
5,805
Morrow
4,801
71.67%
1,818
27.14%
80
1.19%
2,983
44.53%
6,699
Muskingum
22,120
76.81%
6,507
22.60%
171
0.59%
15,613
54.22%
28,798
Noble
4,462
66.45%
2,190
32.61%
63
0.94%
2,272
33.83%
6,715
Ottawa
5,772
62.54%
3,435
37.22%
22
0.24%
2,337
25.32%
9,229
Paulding
4,093
61.79%
2,473
37.33%
58
0.88%
1,620
24.46%
6,624
Perry
8,551
64.39%
4,653
35.04%
75
0.56%
3,898
29.35%
13,279
Pickaway
5,871
59.87%
3,894
39.71%
41
0.42%
1,977
20.16%
9,806
Pike
3,246
54.51%
2,709
45.49%
0
0.00%
537
9.02%
5,955
Portage
12,806
72.48%
4,756
26.92%
106
0.60%
8,050
45.56%
17,668
Preble
6,693
65.21%
3,513
34.23%
57
0.56%
3,180
30.99%
10,263
Putnam
5,537
49.20%
5,667
50.36%
50
0.44%
-130
-1.16%
11,254
Richland
18,468
71.28%
7,295
28.16%
146
0.56%
11,173
43.12%
25,909
Ross
11,179
64.59%
6,062
35.02%
67
0.39%
5,117
29.56%
17,308
Sandusky
12,200
67.33%
5,834
32.20%
85
0.47%
6,366
35.13%
18,119
Scioto
20,997
73.60%
7,425
26.03%
108
0.38%
13,572
47.57%
28,530
Seneca
13,369
61.93%
8,136
37.69%
82
0.38%
5,233
24.24%
21,587
Shelby
5,975
52.14%
5,448
47.54%
37
0.32%
527
4.60%
11,460
Stark
59,564
70.85%
23,840
28.36%
671
0.80%
35,724
42.49%
84,075
Summit
78,504
70.86%
31,506
28.44%
775
0.70%
46,998
42.42%
110,785
Trumbull
29,710
75.80%
9,110
23.24%
374
0.95%
20,600
52.56%
39,194
Tuscarawas
20,494
74.34%
6,805
24.68%
269
0.98%
13,689
49.66%
27,568
Union
5,876
70.53%
2,386
28.64%
69
0.83%
3,490
41.89%
8,331
Van Wert
7,540
59.39%
5,089
40.08%
67
0.53%
2,451
19.31%
12,696
Vinton
2,810
63.75%
1,559
35.37%
39
0.88%
1,251
28.38%
4,408
Warren
8,708
77.62%
2,455
21.88%
56
0.50%
6,253
55.74%
11,219
Washington
12,767
73.18%
4,582
26.26%
98
0.56%
8,185
46.91%
17,447
Wayne
14,192
74.60%
4,825
25.36%
7
0.04%
9,367
49.24%
19,024
Williams
8,138
71.81%
3,136
27.67%
58
0.51%
5,002
44.14%
11,332
Wood
15,409
76.56%
4,612
22.92%
105
0.52%
10,797
53.65%
20,126
Wyandot
5,790
65.41%
3,024
34.16%
38
0.43%
2,766
31.25%
8,852
Totals
1,628,266[ a]
64.90%
864,210
34.44%
16,590
0.66%
764,056
30.45%
2,509,066
Notes
^ a b c The Republican, but not the Democratic, total differs from Edgar Eugene Robinson’s.
References