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The1928 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 6, 1928, as part of the1928 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Herbert Hoover would winMaryland by a margin of 14.73 percent againstAl Smith. Hoover won all eight of the state's electoral votes as a result. Despite Hoover's landslide win, Maryland voted 2.68% more Democratic than the nation at-large.[1] Hoover became the first ever Republican victor in TidewaterWicomico andWorcester counties.[2]Maryland would not vote Republican again until1948.[3]
| 1928 United States presidential election in Maryland | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Republican | Herbert Hoover ofCalifornia | Charles Curtis ofKansas | 301,479 | 57.06% | 8 | 100% | ||
| Democratic | Al Smith ofNew York | Joseph Taylor Robinson ofArkansas | 223,626 | 42.33% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Socialist | Norman Thomas ofNew York | James Hudson Maurer ofPennsylvania | 1,701 | 0.32% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Socialist Labor | Verne L. Reynolds of Michigan | Jeremiah D. Crowley of New York | 906 | 0.17 | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Communist | William Z. Foster ofMassachusetts | Benjamin Gitlow of New York | 636 | 0.12 | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 828,348 | 100% | 8 | 100% | ||||
| County | Herbert Clark Hoover Republican | Alfred Emmanual Smith Democratic | Norman Mattoon Thomas Socialist | Verne L. Reynolds Labor | William Z. Foster Workers’ Party America | Margin | Total votes cast[4] | ||||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Allegany | 19,443 | 67.74% | 9,026 | 31.45% | 144 | 0.50% | 62 | 0.22% | 28 | 0.10% | 10,417 | 36.29% | 28,703 |
| Anne Arundel | 10,145 | 61.54% | 6,259 | 37.97% | 29 | 0.18% | 43 | 0.26% | 10 | 0.06% | 3,886 | 23.57% | 16,486 |
| Baltimore | 23,889 | 60.17% | 15,632 | 39.37% | 81 | 0.20% | 77 | 0.19% | 22 | 0.06% | 8,257 | 20.80% | 39,701 |
| Baltimore City | 135,182 | 51.39% | 126,106 | 47.94% | 1,093 | 0.42% | 356 | 0.14% | 321 | 0.12% | 9,076 | 3.45% | 263,058 |
| Calvert | 2,085 | 63.92% | 1,144 | 35.07% | 22 | 0.67% | 7 | 0.21% | 4 | 0.12% | 941 | 28.85% | 3,262 |
| Caroline | 3,270 | 61.44% | 2,030 | 38.14% | 6 | 0.11% | 5 | 0.09% | 11 | 0.21% | 1,240 | 23.30% | 5,322 |
| Carroll | 8,644 | 69.60% | 3,731 | 30.04% | 21 | 0.17% | 18 | 0.14% | 5 | 0.04% | 4,913 | 39.56% | 12,419 |
| Cecil | 5,706 | 71.67% | 2,201 | 27.64% | 32 | 0.40% | 17 | 0.21% | 6 | 0.08% | 3,505 | 44.02% | 7,962 |
| Charles | 2,522 | 57.44% | 1,860 | 42.36% | 4 | 0.09% | 4 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.02% | 662 | 15.08% | 4,391 |
| Dorchester | 6,333 | 74.20% | 2,180 | 25.54% | 12 | 0.14% | 7 | 0.08% | 3 | 0.04% | 4,153 | 48.66% | 8,535 |
| Frederick | 12,569 | 62.57% | 7,406 | 36.87% | 45 | 0.22% | 36 | 0.18% | 33 | 0.16% | 5,163 | 25.70% | 20,089 |
| Garrett | 4,371 | 78.38% | 1,168 | 20.94% | 21 | 0.38% | 8 | 0.14% | 9 | 0.16% | 3,203 | 57.43% | 5,577 |
| Harford | 6,479 | 64.53% | 3,506 | 34.92% | 16 | 0.16% | 25 | 0.25% | 14 | 0.14% | 2,973 | 29.61% | 10,040 |
| Howard | 3,296 | 51.36% | 3,088 | 48.12% | 4 | 0.06% | 16 | 0.25% | 13 | 0.20% | 208 | 3.24% | 6,417 |
| Kent | 2,777 | 52.82% | 2,450 | 46.60% | 8 | 0.15% | 14 | 0.27% | 8 | 0.15% | 327 | 6.22% | 5,257 |
| Montgomery | 9,318 | 57.74% | 6,739 | 41.76% | 34 | 0.21% | 25 | 0.15% | 23 | 0.14% | 2,579 | 15.98% | 16,139 |
| Prince George's | 9,782 | 59.06% | 6,658 | 40.20% | 43 | 0.26% | 23 | 0.14% | 56 | 0.34% | 3,124 | 18.86% | 16,562 |
| Queen Anne's | 2,666 | 49.47% | 2,700 | 50.10% | 1 | 0.02% | 21 | 0.39% | 1 | 0.02% | -34 | -0.63% | 5,389 |
| Somerset | 5,071 | 68.57% | 2,277 | 30.79% | 16 | 0.22% | 26 | 0.35% | 5 | 0.07% | 2,794 | 37.78% | 7,395 |
| St. Mary's | 1,609 | 34.00% | 3,006 | 63.51% | 9 | 0.19% | 65 | 1.37% | 44 | 0.93% | -1,397 | -29.52% | 4,733 |
| Talbot | 3,990 | 61.93% | 2,432 | 37.75% | 2 | 0.03% | 17 | 0.26% | 2 | 0.03% | 1,558 | 24.18% | 6,443 |
| Washington | 12,404 | 67.78% | 5,816 | 31.78% | 46 | 0.25% | 28 | 0.15% | 7 | 0.04% | 6,588 | 36.00% | 18,301 |
| Wicomico | 5,923 | 59.04% | 4,095 | 40.82% | 6 | 0.06% | 4 | 0.04% | 5 | 0.05% | 1,828 | 18.22% | 10,033 |
| Worcester | 4,005 | 65.29% | 2,116 | 34.50% | 6 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.03% | 5 | 0.08% | 1,889 | 30.80% | 6,134 |
| Total | 301,479 | 57.06% | 223,626 | 42.33% | 1,701 | 0.32% | 906 | 0.17% | 636 | 0.12% | 77,853 | 14.74% | 528,348 |
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