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The1928 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 6, 1928, as part of the1928 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose ten representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Kansas voted for theRepublican nominee, formerSecretary of CommerceHerbert Hoover ofCalifornia, over theDemocratic nominee,GovernorAlfred E. Smith ofNew York. Hoover's running mate wasSenate Majority LeaderCharles Curtis ofKansas, while Smith ran withSenatorJoseph Taylor Robinson ofArkansas. Hoover won the state by a margin of 44.96 points.
Smith only carriedEllis County, which had (and still has) a large percentage ofRoman Catholic residents. Smith was the first Roman Catholic to earn the nomination of a major party for president.
With 72.02 percent of the popular vote, Kansas would prove to be Hoover's strongest state in the 1928 presidential election in terms of popular vote percentage.[1]
| 1928 United States presidential election in Kansas[2] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Republican | Herbert Hoover ofCalifornia | Charles Curtis ofKansas | 513,672 | 72.02% | 10 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic | Al Smith ofNew York | Joseph Taylor Robinson ofArkansas | 193,003 | 27.06% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Socialist | Norman Thomas ofNew York | James Hudson Maurer ofPennsylvania | 6,205 | 0.87% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Independent | William Z. Foster ofMassachusetts | Benjamin Gitlow ofNew York | 320 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 713,200 | 100.00% | 10 | 100.00% | ||||
| 1928 United States presidential election in Kansas by county[3][4] | |||||||||||
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| County | Herbert Clark Hoover Republican | Alfred Emmanuel Smith Democratic | Norman Mattoon Thomas Socialist | William Zebulon Foster Independent | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Allen | 6,695 | 78.30% | 1,803 | 21.09% | 49 | 0.57% | 3 | 0.04% | 4,892 | 57.22% | 8,550 |
| Anderson | 3,562 | 64.94% | 1,874 | 34.17% | 41 | 0.75% | 8 | 0.15% | 1,688 | 30.77% | 5,485 |
| Atchison | 6,647 | 63.67% | 3,756 | 35.98% | 37 | 0.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,891 | 27.69% | 10,440 |
| Barber | 2,984 | 76.43% | 871 | 22.31% | 47 | 1.20% | 2 | 0.05% | 2,113 | 54.12% | 3,904 |
| Barton | 4,966 | 63.94% | 2,777 | 35.75% | 21 | 0.27% | 3 | 0.04% | 2,189 | 28.18% | 7,767 |
| Bourbon | 7,251 | 75.88% | 2,223 | 23.26% | 82 | 0.86% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,028 | 52.62% | 9,556 |
| Brown | 6,692 | 76.77% | 2,005 | 23.00% | 16 | 0.18% | 4 | 0.05% | 4,687 | 53.77% | 8,717 |
| Butler | 10,168 | 79.43% | 2,533 | 19.79% | 101 | 0.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 7,635 | 59.64% | 12,802 |
| Chase | 2,079 | 72.79% | 739 | 25.88% | 36 | 1.26% | 2 | 0.07% | 1,340 | 46.92% | 2,856 |
| Chautauqua | 3,303 | 75.97% | 944 | 21.71% | 94 | 2.16% | 7 | 0.16% | 2,359 | 54.25% | 4,348 |
| Cherokee | 7,478 | 66.20% | 3,442 | 30.47% | 376 | 3.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,036 | 35.73% | 11,296 |
| Cheyenne | 1,466 | 69.61% | 586 | 27.83% | 53 | 2.52% | 1 | 0.05% | 880 | 41.79% | 2,106 |
| Clark | 1,383 | 76.41% | 419 | 23.15% | 7 | 0.39% | 1 | 0.06% | 964 | 53.26% | 1,810 |
| Clay | 4,457 | 73.74% | 1,515 | 25.07% | 72 | 1.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,942 | 48.68% | 6,044 |
| Cloud | 5,286 | 68.25% | 2,376 | 30.68% | 74 | 0.96% | 9 | 0.12% | 2,910 | 37.57% | 7,745 |
| Coffey | 4,342 | 73.81% | 1,514 | 25.74% | 27 | 0.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,828 | 48.07% | 5,883 |
| Comanche | 1,554 | 79.98% | 385 | 19.81% | 2 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.10% | 1,169 | 60.16% | 1,943 |
| Cowley | 12,701 | 80.79% | 2,818 | 17.93% | 190 | 1.21% | 12 | 0.08% | 9,883 | 62.86% | 15,721 |
| Crawford | 10,992 | 62.31% | 6,351 | 36.00% | 275 | 1.56% | 24 | 0.14% | 4,641 | 26.31% | 17,642 |
| Decatur | 2,314 | 66.53% | 1,129 | 32.46% | 30 | 0.86% | 5 | 0.14% | 1,185 | 34.07% | 3,478 |
| Dickinson | 7,758 | 77.04% | 2,246 | 22.30% | 62 | 0.62% | 4 | 0.04% | 5,512 | 54.74% | 10,070 |
| Doniphan | 4,002 | 72.64% | 1,496 | 27.16% | 10 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,506 | 45.49% | 5,509 |
| Douglas | 8,887 | 78.70% | 2,297 | 20.34% | 104 | 0.92% | 4 | 0.04% | 6,590 | 58.36% | 11,292 |
| Edwards | 2,171 | 73.37% | 768 | 25.95% | 19 | 0.64% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,403 | 47.41% | 2,959 |
| Elk | 3,007 | 77.50% | 831 | 21.42% | 37 | 0.95% | 5 | 0.13% | 2,176 | 56.08% | 3,880 |
| Ellis | 1,700 | 33.50% | 3,364 | 66.29% | 10 | 0.20% | 1 | 0.02% | -1,664 | -32.79% | 5,075 |
| Ellsworth | 2,450 | 60.23% | 1,588 | 39.04% | 25 | 0.61% | 5 | 0.12% | 862 | 21.19% | 4,068 |
| Finney | 2,433 | 76.65% | 709 | 22.34% | 29 | 0.91% | 3 | 0.09% | 1,724 | 54.32% | 3,174 |
| Ford | 4,893 | 71.59% | 1,870 | 27.36% | 64 | 0.94% | 8 | 0.12% | 3,023 | 44.23% | 6,835 |
| Franklin | 7,346 | 78.40% | 1,951 | 20.82% | 65 | 0.69% | 8 | 0.09% | 5,395 | 57.58% | 9,370 |
| Geary | 2,746 | 69.15% | 1,203 | 30.29% | 22 | 0.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,543 | 38.86% | 3,971 |
| Gove | 1,470 | 70.95% | 590 | 28.47% | 10 | 0.48% | 2 | 0.10% | 880 | 42.47% | 2,072 |
| Graham | 1,832 | 61.68% | 1,087 | 36.60% | 51 | 1.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 745 | 25.08% | 2,970 |
| Grant | 635 | 76.41% | 185 | 22.26% | 11 | 1.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 450 | 54.15% | 831 |
| Gray | 1,294 | 67.47% | 606 | 31.60% | 14 | 0.73% | 4 | 0.21% | 688 | 35.87% | 1,918 |
| Greeley | 439 | 78.25% | 121 | 21.57% | 1 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 318 | 56.68% | 561 |
| Greenwood | 5,863 | 78.53% | 1,554 | 20.81% | 49 | 0.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,309 | 57.71% | 7,466 |
| Hamilton | 839 | 68.43% | 363 | 29.61% | 24 | 1.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 476 | 38.83% | 1,226 |
| Harper | 3,712 | 77.85% | 1,005 | 21.08% | 48 | 1.01% | 3 | 0.06% | 2,707 | 56.77% | 4,768 |
| Harvey | 6,330 | 77.62% | 1,748 | 21.43% | 77 | 0.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,582 | 56.19% | 8,155 |
| Haskell | 646 | 73.41% | 222 | 25.23% | 12 | 1.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 424 | 48.18% | 880 |
| Hodgeman | 1,122 | 67.55% | 528 | 31.79% | 11 | 0.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 594 | 35.76% | 1,661 |
| Jackson | 4,811 | 74.55% | 1,602 | 24.83% | 33 | 0.51% | 7 | 0.11% | 3,209 | 49.73% | 6,453 |
| Jefferson | 4,810 | 74.77% | 1,601 | 24.89% | 19 | 0.30% | 3 | 0.05% | 3,209 | 49.88% | 6,433 |
| Jewell | 4,583 | 76.90% | 1,289 | 21.63% | 84 | 1.41% | 4 | 0.07% | 3,294 | 55.27% | 5,960 |
| Johnson | 8,185 | 70.40% | 3,373 | 29.01% | 64 | 0.55% | 5 | 0.04% | 4,812 | 41.39% | 11,627 |
| Kearny | 854 | 77.22% | 229 | 20.71% | 23 | 2.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 625 | 56.51% | 1,106 |
| Kingman | 3,287 | 69.63% | 1,408 | 29.82% | 26 | 0.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,879 | 39.80% | 4,721 |
| Kiowa | 1,929 | 82.09% | 406 | 17.28% | 13 | 0.55% | 2 | 0.09% | 1,523 | 64.81% | 2,350 |
| Labette | 9,048 | 74.22% | 2,969 | 24.35% | 160 | 1.31% | 14 | 0.11% | 6,079 | 49.86% | 12,191 |
| Lane | 954 | 71.30% | 364 | 27.20% | 20 | 1.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 590 | 44.10% | 1,338 |
| Leavenworth | 8,472 | 56.27% | 6,539 | 43.43% | 45 | 0.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,933 | 12.84% | 15,056 |
| Lincoln | 2,655 | 73.12% | 953 | 26.25% | 21 | 0.58% | 2 | 0.06% | 1,702 | 46.87% | 3,631 |
| Linn | 4,231 | 75.19% | 1,328 | 23.60% | 60 | 1.07% | 8 | 0.14% | 2,903 | 51.59% | 5,627 |
| Logan | 1,066 | 71.64% | 405 | 27.22% | 13 | 0.87% | 4 | 0.27% | 661 | 44.42% | 1,488 |
| Lyon | 8,753 | 75.49% | 2,761 | 23.81% | 78 | 0.67% | 3 | 0.03% | 5,992 | 51.68% | 11,595 |
| Marion | 5,446 | 73.50% | 1,938 | 26.15% | 26 | 0.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,508 | 47.34% | 7,410 |
| Marshall | 6,918 | 67.06% | 3,329 | 32.27% | 69 | 0.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,589 | 34.79% | 10,316 |
| McPherson | 6,230 | 79.98% | 1,457 | 18.71% | 81 | 1.04% | 21 | 0.27% | 4,773 | 61.28% | 7,789 |
| Meade | 1,709 | 73.16% | 618 | 26.46% | 9 | 0.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,091 | 46.70% | 2,336 |
| Miami | 5,931 | 72.71% | 2,148 | 26.33% | 69 | 0.85% | 9 | 0.11% | 3,783 | 46.38% | 8,157 |
| Mitchell | 3,245 | 62.84% | 1,855 | 35.92% | 58 | 1.12% | 6 | 0.12% | 1,390 | 26.92% | 5,164 |
| Montgomery | 14,316 | 76.31% | 4,205 | 22.41% | 239 | 1.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 10,111 | 53.90% | 18,760 |
| Morris | 3,830 | 79.54% | 929 | 19.29% | 53 | 1.10% | 3 | 0.06% | 2,901 | 60.25% | 4,815 |
| Morton | 1,010 | 78.78% | 259 | 20.20% | 10 | 0.78% | 3 | 0.23% | 751 | 58.58% | 1,282 |
| Nemaha | 4,639 | 61.10% | 2,919 | 38.45% | 27 | 0.36% | 7 | 0.09% | 1,720 | 22.66% | 7,592 |
| Neosho | 6,603 | 72.27% | 2,459 | 26.92% | 60 | 0.66% | 14 | 0.15% | 4,144 | 45.36% | 9,136 |
| Ness | 2,058 | 71.51% | 784 | 27.24% | 36 | 1.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,274 | 44.27% | 2,878 |
| Norton | 3,365 | 73.99% | 1,087 | 23.90% | 96 | 2.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,278 | 50.09% | 4,548 |
| Osage | 5,900 | 73.24% | 2,058 | 25.55% | 94 | 1.17% | 4 | 0.05% | 3,842 | 47.69% | 8,056 |
| Osborne | 3,683 | 81.34% | 821 | 18.13% | 22 | 0.49% | 2 | 0.04% | 2,862 | 63.21% | 4,528 |
| Ottawa | 3,158 | 72.53% | 1,131 | 25.98% | 65 | 1.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,027 | 46.55% | 4,354 |
| Pawnee | 2,829 | 75.18% | 918 | 24.40% | 11 | 0.29% | 5 | 0.13% | 1,911 | 50.78% | 3,763 |
| Phillips | 3,206 | 69.77% | 1,332 | 28.99% | 57 | 1.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,874 | 40.78% | 4,595 |
| Pottawatomie | 4,451 | 65.30% | 2,341 | 34.35% | 24 | 0.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,110 | 30.96% | 6,816 |
| Pratt | 4,055 | 80.58% | 934 | 18.56% | 43 | 0.85% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,121 | 62.02% | 5,032 |
| Rawlins | 1,668 | 57.78% | 1,164 | 40.32% | 52 | 1.80% | 3 | 0.10% | 504 | 17.46% | 2,887 |
| Reno | 12,872 | 76.31% | 3,843 | 22.78% | 142 | 0.84% | 11 | 0.07% | 9,029 | 53.53% | 16,868 |
| Republic | 4,324 | 68.19% | 1,956 | 30.85% | 57 | 0.90% | 4 | 0.06% | 2,368 | 37.34% | 6,341 |
| Rice | 4,321 | 74.05% | 1,462 | 25.06% | 52 | 0.89% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,859 | 49.00% | 5,835 |
| Riley | 6,592 | 77.91% | 1,791 | 21.17% | 75 | 0.89% | 3 | 0.04% | 4,801 | 56.74% | 8,461 |
| Rooks | 2,583 | 70.73% | 1,044 | 28.59% | 23 | 0.63% | 2 | 0.05% | 1,539 | 42.14% | 3,652 |
| Rush | 1,985 | 60.02% | 1,296 | 39.19% | 26 | 0.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 689 | 20.83% | 3,307 |
| Russell | 2,782 | 66.56% | 1,366 | 32.68% | 32 | 0.77% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,416 | 33.88% | 4,180 |
| Saline | 7,872 | 71.20% | 3,108 | 28.11% | 76 | 0.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,764 | 43.09% | 11,056 |
| Scott | 886 | 65.78% | 450 | 33.41% | 11 | 0.82% | 0 | 0.00% | 436 | 32.37% | 1,347 |
| Sedgwick | 32,132 | 74.40% | 10,649 | 24.66% | 405 | 0.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 21,483 | 49.75% | 43,186 |
| Seward | 1,873 | 76.98% | 538 | 22.11% | 22 | 0.90% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,335 | 54.87% | 2,433 |
| Shawnee | 24,723 | 76.46% | 7,433 | 22.99% | 165 | 0.51% | 15 | 0.05% | 17,290 | 53.47% | 32,336 |
| Sheridan | 1,450 | 60.52% | 930 | 38.81% | 16 | 0.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 520 | 21.70% | 2,396 |
| Sherman | 2,028 | 74.61% | 630 | 23.18% | 60 | 2.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,398 | 51.43% | 2,718 |
| Smith | 4,021 | 74.34% | 1,338 | 24.74% | 50 | 0.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,683 | 49.60% | 5,409 |
| Stafford | 3,278 | 75.27% | 1,025 | 23.54% | 47 | 1.08% | 5 | 0.11% | 2,253 | 51.73% | 4,355 |
| Stanton | 497 | 74.85% | 164 | 24.70% | 3 | 0.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 333 | 50.15% | 664 |
| Stevens | 1,133 | 78.52% | 300 | 20.79% | 10 | 0.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 833 | 57.73% | 1,443 |
| Sumner | 8,951 | 79.64% | 2,108 | 18.75% | 181 | 1.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,843 | 60.88% | 11,240 |
| Thomas | 1,828 | 65.97% | 899 | 32.44% | 44 | 1.59% | 0 | 0.00% | 929 | 33.53% | 2,771 |
| Trego | 1,359 | 57.73% | 982 | 41.72% | 13 | 0.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 377 | 16.02% | 2,354 |
| Wabaunsee | 3,099 | 71.89% | 1,189 | 27.58% | 22 | 0.51% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,910 | 44.31% | 4,311 |
| Wallace | 738 | 66.19% | 356 | 31.93% | 21 | 1.88% | 0 | 0.00% | 382 | 34.26% | 1,115 |
| Washington | 4,781 | 67.37% | 2,267 | 31.94% | 49 | 0.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,514 | 35.42% | 7,097 |
| Wichita | 464 | 54.91% | 370 | 43.79% | 11 | 1.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 94 | 11.12% | 845 |
| Wilson | 5,603 | 78.46% | 1,465 | 20.52% | 72 | 1.01% | 1 | 0.01% | 4,138 | 57.95% | 7,141 |
| Woodson | 2,885 | 76.59% | 855 | 22.70% | 26 | 0.69% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,030 | 53.89% | 3,767 |
| Wyandotte | 32,829 | 65.69% | 16,884 | 33.78% | 249 | 0.50% | 16 | 0.03% | 15,945 | 31.90% | 49,978 |
| Totals | 513,672 | 72.02% | 193,003 | 27.06% | 6,205 | 0.87% | 320 | 0.04% | 320,669 | 44.96% | 713,200 |
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