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The1928 United States presidential election in Ohio was held on November 6, 1928, as part of the1928 United States presidential election. State voters chose 24 electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Between1856 and1908,Ohio had voted consistently, though generally narrowly, for Republican candidates, because the heavilyYankee northeast andOhio Company counties of the southeast slightly outvoted the CopperheadAppalachian south andGerman-American counties of the northwest.[1]Woodrow Wilson, who grew up in Appalachia whose culture exert a major influence on Buckeye State politics, would carry the state in both of his winning presidential campaigns in1912 and1916. However, reaction against Democratic nomineeJames M. Cox, who had opposed the teaching ofGerman in schools whenthe state's Governor,[2] meant Ohio went Republican by a 20% margin in the landslide of1920, and five counties went Republican for the first time ever.[3]
In1924,John W. Davis, although a native of adjacent and culturally alliedWest Virginia, had negligible support in the Yankee- and German-settled areas of northern and central Ohio. Thus, Davis received barely half the proportion that Cox had, as he was further handicapped by his indecisiveness towards the powerfulKu Klux Klan,[4] and by the complete lack of support from local Democrats in the interests of state offices.[5] ProgressiveRobert La Follette would receive over 17% of Ohio's vote, close to his national average but his best state east of theMississippi andIllinois Rivers.[6]
For 1928, the Democrats nominated almost by defaultAl Smith, an urban New York Catholic. Although he was endorsed by La Follette after his 1925 death,[7] Smith was handicapped in urban Ohio by the state's cities' large population from Appalachian regions of the South,[8] who refused rigidly to vote for a Catholic. Similar sentiments were felt amongst traditionally Democratic German Protestants in the central part of the state; in heavilyAmishHolmes County, which had still held the line for Cox and Davis by double digits, Hoover not only was the first ever Republican victor but also won over two-thirds of the county's vote.
By the week of the election, Hoover was overwhelmingly favored to carry the state,[9] and ultimately he won 64.89% of the popular vote in the state. This stands as the best popular vote percentage ever recorded by any presidential candidate in Ohio since1820, whenJames Monroe ran unopposed.
| 1928 United States presidential election in Ohio | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Herbert Hoover | 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 | ||
| County | Herbert Clark Hoover Republican | Alfred Emmanual Smith Democratic | Norman Matton Thomas Socialist | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast[10] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 5,665 | 65.23% | 3,000 | 34.54% | 2 | 0.02% | 18 | 0.21% | 2,665 | 30.69% | 8,685 |
| Allen | 20,693 | 68.21% | 9,462 | 31.19% | 94 | 0.31% | 88 | 0.29% | 11,231 | 37.02% | 30,337 |
| Ashland | 8,745 | 72.29% | 3,256 | 26.92% | 22 | 0.18% | 74 | 0.61% | 5,489 | 45.37% | 12,097 |
| Ashtabula | 18,870 | 75.13% | 5,951 | 23.69% | 133 | 0.53% | 164 | 0.65% | 12,919 | 51.43% | 25,118 |
| Athens | 11,101 | 70.02% | 4,546 | 28.67% | 136 | 0.86% | 72 | 0.45% | 6,555 | 41.34% | 15,855 |
| Auglaize | 7,794 | 60.91% | 4,954 | 38.72% | 20 | 0.16% | 28 | 0.22% | 2,840 | 22.19% | 12,796 |
| Belmont | 20,969 | 60.84% | 12,807 | 37.16% | 249 | 0.72% | 443 | 1.29% | 8,162 | 23.68% | 34,468 |
| Brown | 5,681 | 62.05% | 3,422 | 37.38% | 13 | 0.14% | 39 | 0.43% | 2,259 | 24.68% | 9,155 |
| Butler | 29,124 | 64.66% | 15,663 | 34.77% | 153 | 0.34% | 102 | 0.23% | 13,461 | 29.89% | 45,042 |
| Carroll | 5,572 | 80.32% | 1,321 | 19.04% | 21 | 0.30% | 23 | 0.33% | 4,251 | 61.28% | 6,937 |
| Champaign | 7,651 | 69.52% | 3,296 | 29.95% | 20 | 0.18% | 39 | 0.35% | 4,355 | 39.57% | 11,006 |
| Clark | 26,666 | 71.72% | 10,316 | 27.74% | 104 | 0.28% | 97 | 0.26% | 16,350 | 43.97% | 37,183 |
| Clermont | 9,732 | 69.60% | 4,194 | 29.99% | 26 | 0.19% | 31 | 0.22% | 5,538 | 39.61% | 13,983 |
| Clinton | 7,150 | 72.98% | 2,603 | 26.57% | 13 | 0.13% | 31 | 0.32% | 4,547 | 46.41% | 9,797 |
| Columbiana | 26,405 | 77.30% | 7,461 | 21.84% | 136 | 0.40% | 156 | 0.46% | 18,944 | 55.46% | 34,158 |
| Coshocton | 9,154 | 70.58% | 3,745 | 28.87% | 23 | 0.18% | 48 | 0.37% | 5,409 | 41.70% | 12,970 |
| Crawford | 11,235 | 66.90% | 5,472 | 32.59% | 44 | 0.26% | 42 | 0.25% | 5,763 | 34.32% | 16,793 |
| Cuyahoga | 194,508 | 53.42% | 166,188 | 45.64% | 2,006 | 0.55% | 1,406 | 0.39% | 28,320 | 7.78% | 364,108 |
| Darke | 11,765 | 66.34% | 5,822 | 32.83% | 27 | 0.15% | 120 | 0.68% | 5,943 | 33.51% | 17,734 |
| Defiance | 6,289 | 64.33% | 3,487 | 35.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,802 | 28.66% | 9,776 |
| Delaware | 8,049 | 67.75% | 3,720 | 31.31% | 21 | 0.18% | 90 | 0.76% | 4,329 | 36.44% | 11,880 |
| Erie | 10,380 | 57.68% | 7,570 | 42.06% | 33 | 0.18% | 13 | 0.07% | 2,810 | 15.61% | 17,996 |
| Fairfield | 12,072 | 67.87% | 5,619 | 31.59% | 38 | 0.21% | 59 | 0.33% | 6,453 | 36.28% | 17,788 |
| Fayette | 5,251 | 65.23% | 2,752 | 34.19% | 17 | 0.21% | 30 | 0.37% | 2,499 | 31.04% | 8,050 |
| Franklin | 92,019 | 65.86% | 47,084 | 33.70% | 367 | 0.26% | 242 | 0.17% | 44,935 | 32.16% | 139,712 |
| Fulton | 6,416 | 77.74% | 1,788 | 21.66% | 12 | 0.15% | 37 | 0.45% | 4,628 | 56.08% | 8,253 |
| Gallia | 5,513 | 73.42% | 1,916 | 25.52% | 30 | 0.40% | 50 | 0.67% | 3,597 | 47.90% | 7,509 |
| Geauga | 4,161 | 77.37% | 1,180 | 21.94% | 23 | 0.43% | 14 | 0.26% | 2,981 | 55.43% | 5,378 |
| Greene | 10,030 | 74.14% | 3,385 | 25.02% | 52 | 0.38% | 61 | 0.45% | 6,645 | 49.12% | 13,528 |
| Guernsey | 11,174 | 74.10% | 3,709 | 24.60% | 93 | 0.62% | 104 | 0.69% | 7,465 | 49.50% | 15,080 |
| Hamilton | 147,534 | 57.03% | 110,151 | 42.58% | 701 | 0.27% | 306 | 0.12% | 37,383 | 14.45% | 258,692 |
| Hancock | 13,151 | 75.54% | 4,158 | 23.88% | 34 | 0.20% | 67 | 0.38% | 8,993 | 51.65% | 17,410 |
| Hardin | 8,137 | 60.20% | 5,306 | 39.25% | 27 | 0.20% | 47 | 0.35% | 2,831 | 20.94% | 13,517 |
| Harrison | 6,095 | 79.40% | 1,516 | 19.75% | 10 | 0.13% | 55 | 0.72% | 4,579 | 59.65% | 7,676 |
| Henry | 5,370 | 59.29% | 3,647 | 40.27% | 16 | 0.18% | 24 | 0.26% | 1,723 | 19.02% | 9,057 |
| Highland | 8,325 | 68.12% | 3,836 | 31.39% | 18 | 0.15% | 42 | 0.34% | 4,489 | 36.73% | 12,221 |
| Hocking | 5,497 | 67.92% | 2,502 | 30.92% | 70 | 0.86% | 24 | 0.30% | 2,995 | 37.01% | 8,093 |
| Holmes | 3,457 | 67.43% | 1,631 | 31.81% | 19 | 0.37% | 20 | 0.39% | 1,826 | 35.62% | 5,127 |
| Huron | 10,702 | 67.18% | 5,157 | 32.37% | 33 | 0.21% | 38 | 0.24% | 5,545 | 34.81% | 15,930 |
| Jackson | 7,129 | 71.40% | 2,775 | 27.79% | 39 | 0.39% | 42 | 0.42% | 4,354 | 43.61% | 9,985 |
| Jefferson | 19,175 | 68.09% | 8,711 | 30.93% | 119 | 0.42% | 156 | 0.55% | 10,464 | 37.16% | 28,161 |
| Knox | 10,028 | 73.07% | 3,601 | 26.24% | 33 | 0.24% | 62 | 0.45% | 6,427 | 46.83% | 13,724 |
| Lake | 11,823 | 74.24% | 4,024 | 25.27% | 35 | 0.22% | 44 | 0.28% | 7,799 | 48.97% | 15,926 |
| Lawrence | 10,346 | 74.51% | 3,470 | 24.99% | 48 | 0.35% | 21 | 0.15% | 6,876 | 49.52% | 13,885 |
| Licking | 19,130 | 72.14% | 7,244 | 27.32% | 76 | 0.29% | 67 | 0.25% | 11,886 | 44.82% | 26,517 |
| Logan | 9,602 | 76.63% | 2,858 | 22.81% | 19 | 0.15% | 52 | 0.41% | 6,744 | 53.82% | 12,531 |
| Lorain | 24,386 | 63.83% | 13,607 | 35.62% | 129 | 0.34% | 83 | 0.22% | 10,779 | 28.21% | 38,205 |
| Lucas | 78,435 | 63.21% | 44,977 | 36.25% | 318 | 0.26% | 351 | 0.28% | 33,458 | 26.96% | 124,081 |
| Madison | 5,522 | 68.13% | 2,527 | 31.18% | 14 | 0.17% | 42 | 0.52% | 2,995 | 36.95% | 8,105 |
| Mahoning | 48,341 | 63.82% | 26,928 | 35.55% | 199 | 0.26% | 280 | 0.37% | 21,413 | 28.27% | 75,748 |
| Marion | 13,398 | 70.29% | 5,468 | 28.69% | 145 | 0.76% | 49 | 0.26% | 7,930 | 41.61% | 19,060 |
| Medina | 9,510 | 79.58% | 2,357 | 19.72% | 44 | 0.37% | 39 | 0.33% | 7,153 | 59.86% | 11,950 |
| Meigs | 6,580 | 70.65% | 2,661 | 28.57% | 44 | 0.47% | 29 | 0.31% | 3,919 | 42.08% | 9,314 |
| Mercer | 5,129 | 45.29% | 6,155 | 54.34% | 10 | 0.09% | 32 | 0.28% | -1,026 | -9.06% | 11,326 |
| Miami | 16,063 | 72.80% | 5,867 | 26.59% | 73 | 0.33% | 63 | 0.29% | 10,196 | 46.21% | 22,066 |
| Monroe | 4,287 | 60.73% | 2,729 | 38.66% | 14 | 0.20% | 29 | 0.41% | 1,558 | 22.07% | 7,059 |
| Montgomery | 71,279 | 64.53% | 38,517 | 34.87% | 506 | 0.46% | 159 | 0.14% | 32,762 | 29.66% | 110,461 |
| Morgan | 4,359 | 75.09% | 1,397 | 24.07% | 12 | 0.21% | 37 | 0.64% | 2,962 | 51.02% | 5,805 |
| Morrow | 4,801 | 71.67% | 1,818 | 27.14% | 23 | 0.34% | 57 | 0.85% | 2,983 | 44.53% | 6,699 |
| Muskingum | 22,120 | 76.81% | 6,507 | 22.60% | 79 | 0.27% | 92 | 0.32% | 15,613 | 54.22% | 28,798 |
| Noble | 4,462 | 66.45% | 2,190 | 32.61% | 17 | 0.25% | 46 | 0.69% | 2,272 | 33.83% | 6,715 |
| Ottawa | 5,772 | 62.54% | 3,435 | 37.22% | 14 | 0.15% | 8 | 0.09% | 2,337 | 25.32% | 9,229 |
| Paulding | 4,093 | 61.79% | 2,473 | 37.33% | 22 | 0.33% | 36 | 0.54% | 1,620 | 24.46% | 6,624 |
| Perry | 8,551 | 64.39% | 4,653 | 35.04% | 35 | 0.26% | 40 | 0.30% | 3,898 | 29.35% | 13,279 |
| Pickaway | 5,871 | 59.87% | 3,894 | 39.71% | 8 | 0.08% | 33 | 0.34% | 1,977 | 20.16% | 9,806 |
| Pike | 3,246 | 54.51% | 2,709 | 45.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 537 | 9.02% | 5,955 |
| Portage | 12,086 | 71.31% | 4,756 | 28.06% | 58 | 0.34% | 48 | 0.28% | 7,330 | 43.25% | 16,948 |
| Preble | 6,693 | 65.21% | 3,513 | 34.23% | 22 | 0.21% | 35 | 0.34% | 3,180 | 30.99% | 10,263 |
| Putnam | 5,337 | 48.28% | 5,667 | 51.27% | 21 | 0.19% | 29 | 0.26% | -330 | -2.99% | 11,054 |
| Richland | 18,468 | 71.28% | 7,295 | 28.16% | 55 | 0.21% | 91 | 0.35% | 11,173 | 43.12% | 25,909 |
| Ross | 11,179 | 64.59% | 6,062 | 35.02% | 31 | 0.18% | 36 | 0.21% | 5,117 | 29.56% | 17,308 |
| Sandusky | 12,200 | 67.33% | 5,834 | 32.20% | 55 | 0.30% | 30 | 0.17% | 6,366 | 35.13% | 18,119 |
| Scioto | 20,997 | 73.60% | 7,425 | 26.03% | 70 | 0.25% | 38 | 0.13% | 13,572 | 47.57% | 28,530 |
| Seneca | 13,369 | 61.93% | 8,136 | 37.69% | 35 | 0.16% | 47 | 0.22% | 5,233 | 24.24% | 21,587 |
| Shelby | 5,975 | 52.14% | 5,448 | 47.54% | 13 | 0.11% | 24 | 0.21% | 527 | 4.60% | 11,460 |
| Stark | 59,564 | 70.85% | 23,840 | 28.36% | 415 | 0.49% | 256 | 0.30% | 35,724 | 42.49% | 84,075 |
| Summit | 78,504 | 70.86% | 31,506 | 28.44% | 388 | 0.35% | 387 | 0.35% | 46,998 | 42.42% | 110,785 |
| Trumbull | 29,710 | 75.80% | 9,110 | 23.24% | 208 | 0.53% | 166 | 0.42% | 20,600 | 52.56% | 39,194 |
| Tuscarawas | 20,494 | 74.34% | 6,805 | 24.68% | 163 | 0.59% | 106 | 0.38% | 13,689 | 49.66% | 27,568 |
| Union | 5,876 | 70.53% | 2,386 | 28.64% | 22 | 0.26% | 47 | 0.56% | 3,490 | 41.89% | 8,331 |
| Van Wert | 7,540 | 59.39% | 5,089 | 40.08% | 21 | 0.17% | 46 | 0.36% | 2,451 | 19.31% | 12,696 |
| Vinton | 2,810 | 63.75% | 1,559 | 35.37% | 15 | 0.34% | 24 | 0.54% | 1,251 | 28.38% | 4,408 |
| Warren | 8,708 | 77.62% | 2,455 | 21.88% | 24 | 0.21% | 32 | 0.29% | 6,253 | 55.74% | 11,219 |
| Washington | 12,767 | 73.18% | 4,582 | 26.26% | 52 | 0.30% | 46 | 0.26% | 8,185 | 46.91% | 17,447 |
| Wayne | 14,192 | 74.60% | 4,825 | 25.36% | 6 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.01% | 9,367 | 49.24% | 19,024 |
| Williams | 8,138 | 71.81% | 3,136 | 27.67% | 19 | 0.17% | 39 | 0.34% | 5,002 | 44.14% | 11,332 |
| Wood | 15,409 | 76.56% | 4,612 | 22.92% | 53 | 0.26% | 52 | 0.26% | 10,797 | 53.65% | 20,126 |
| Wyandot | 5,790 | 65.41% | 3,024 | 34.16% | 6 | 0.07% | 32 | 0.36% | 2,766 | 31.25% | 8,852 |
| Totals | 1,627,546 | 64.89% | 864,210 | 34.45% | 8,683 | 0.35% | 7,907[a] | 0.32% | 763,336 | 30.43% | 2,508,346 |
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