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1928 United States presidential election in Oklahoma

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Nominee Herbert Hoover Al Smith
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California New York
Running mate Charles Curtis Joseph T. Robinson
Electoral vote 10 0
Popular vote 394,046 219,174
Percentage 63.72% 35.44%

Oklahoma Presidential Election Results 1928.svg
County Results

President before election

Calvin Coolidge
Republican

Elected President

Herbert Hoover
Republican

The 1928 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 6, 1928, as part of the 1928 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose ten representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Oklahoma 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 the state by a margin of 28.28 percentage points. His large margin of victory was due to extremely powerful anti-Catholic sentiment against Smith in a state almost entirely part of the Southern Protestant “Bible Belt”.[1] In some previously Democratic counties in southwestern Oklahoma, Hoover gained vote shares more than thirty percent higher than Calvin Coolidge had in 1924, despite the fact that Smith had visited the state in September and given a major speech on the issue of religious tolerance.[2]

This was the first election since statehood when Oklahoma had voted more Republican than the nation at large, and the only one until 1960. Hoover carried all but eleven of Oklahoma’s 77 counties, with only culturally Southern Choctaw Country in the southeast (an area also known as "Little Dixie") remaining loyal to Smith – and even there Democratic margins were smaller than usual for the era. He was the only Republican until Richard Nixon’s 1972 landslide to carry the following counties: Carter, Cotton, Harmon, Jackson, Jefferson, Murray and Tillman.[3] Hoover was also the first Republican presidential candidate to win the following counties: Beckham, Cleveland, Grady, Hughes, McClain and Pontotoc.[3]

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1928 United States presidential election

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The 1928 United States presidential election was the 36th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 6, 1928. Republican Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover defeated the Democratic nominee, Governor Al Smith of New York. After President Calvin Coolidge declined to seek reelection, Hoover emerged as his party's frontrunner. As Hoover's party opponents failed to unite around a candidate, Hoover received a large majority of the vote at the 1928 Republican National Convention. The strong state of the economy discouraged some Democrats from running, and Smith was nominated on the first ballot of the 1928 Democratic National Convention. Hoover and Smith had been widely known as potential presidential candidates long before the 1928 campaign, and both were generally regarded as outstanding leaders. Both were newcomers to the presidential race and presented in their person and record an appeal of unknown potency to the electorate. Both faced serious discontent within their respective parties' membership, and both lacked the wholehearted support of their parties' organization.

California

California

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Al Smith

Al Smith

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Charles Curtis

Charles Curtis

Charles Curtis was an American attorney and Republican politician from Kansas who served as the 31st vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 under Herbert Hoover. He had served as the Senate Majority Leader from 1924 to 1929. A member of the Kaw Nation born in the Kansas Territory, Curtis was the first Native American and first person with acknowledged non-European ancestry to reach either of the highest offices in the federal executive branch.

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Calvin Coolidge

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1960 United States presidential election in Oklahoma

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Carter County, Oklahoma

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Beckham County, Oklahoma

Beckham County, Oklahoma

Beckham County is a county located on the western border of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 22,119. Its county seat is Sayre. Founded upon statehood in 1907, Beckham County was named for J. C. W. Beckham, who was Governor of Kentucky and the first popularly elected member of the United States Senate from Kentucky. Beckham County comprises the Elk City, OK Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Results

1928 United States presidential election in Oklahoma[4]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Herbert Hoover 394,046 63.72% 10
Democratic Alfred E. Smith 219,174 35.44% 0
Socialist Norman Thomas 3,924 0.63% 0
Farmer Labor Frank Webb 1,283 0.21% 0
Totals 618, 427 100.00% 10

Results by county

County Herbert Clark Hoover
Republican
Alfred Emmanuel Smith
Democratic
Norman Mattoon Thomas
Socialist
Frank E. Webb
Farmer-Labor
Margin Total votes cast[5]
# % # % # % # % # %
Adair 2,867 59.35% 1,944 40.24% 14 0.29% 6 0.12% 923 19.11% 4,831
Alfalfa 4,224 77.98% 1,086 20.05% 83 1.53% 24 0.44% 3,138 57.93% 5,417
Atoka 1,572 42.94% 2,056 56.16% 24 0.66% 9 0.25% -484 -13.22% 3,661
Beaver 2,596 73.67% 887 25.17% 33 0.94% 8 0.23% 1,709 48.50% 3,524
Beckham 3,810 62.36% 2,201 36.02% 78 1.28% 21 0.34% 1,609 26.33% 6,110
Blaine 3,413 67.83% 1,543 30.66% 65 1.29% 11 0.22% 1,870 37.16% 5,032
Bryan 3,014 43.37% 3,885 55.90% 30 0.43% 21 0.30% -871 -12.53% 6,950
Caddo 7,313 64.27% 3,885 34.14% 123 1.08% 57 0.50% 3,428 30.13% 11,378
Canadian 5,011 63.63% 2,786 35.38% 54 0.69% 24 0.30% 2,225 28.25% 7,875
Carter 6,538 55.80% 5,086 43.41% 77 0.66% 15 0.13% 1,452 12.39% 11,716
Cherokee 2,963 54.49% 2,446 44.98% 16 0.29% 13 0.24% 517 9.51% 5,438
Choctaw 2,541 49.32% 2,581 50.10% 23 0.45% 7 0.14% -40 -0.78% 5,152
Cimarron 1,139 66.03% 566 32.81% 14 0.81% 6 0.35% 573 33.22% 1,725
Cleveland 3,738 61.35% 2,291 37.60% 50 0.82% 14 0.23% 1,447 23.75% 6,093
Coal 1,283 42.82% 1,681 56.11% 19 0.63% 13 0.43% -398 -13.28% 2,996
Comanche 5,069 62.45% 2,956 36.42% 70 0.86% 22 0.27% 2,113 26.03% 8,117
Cotton 2,419 59.76% 1,605 39.65% 19 0.47% 5 0.12% 814 20.11% 4,048
Craig 3,511 54.48% 2,897 44.96% 23 0.36% 13 0.20% 614 9.53% 6,444
Creek 12,254 67.92% 5,693 31.55% 67 0.37% 28 0.16% 6,561 36.37% 18,042
Custer 4,576 68.56% 1,995 29.89% 93 1.39% 10 0.15% 2,581 38.67% 6,674
Delaware 2,603 59.70% 1,706 39.13% 33 0.76% 18 0.41% 897 20.57% 4,360
Dewey 2,486 65.35% 1,175 30.89% 112 2.94% 31 0.81% 1,311 34.46% 3,804
Ellis 1,953 62.80% 1,122 36.08% 25 0.80% 10 0.32% 831 26.72% 3,110
Garfield 12,748 77.77% 3,503 21.37% 90 0.55% 51 0.31% 9,245 56.40% 16,392
Garvin 3,321 47.44% 3,589 51.26% 72 1.03% 19 0.27% -268 -3.83% 7,001
Grady 6,332 62.64% 3,667 36.27% 84 0.83% 26 0.26% 2,665 26.36% 10,109
Grant 4,371 74.30% 1,449 24.63% 47 0.80% 16 0.27% 2,922 49.67% 5,883
Greer 2,262 57.48% 1,645 41.80% 13 0.33% 15 0.38% 617 15.68% 3,935
Harmon 1,431 56.85% 1,060 42.11% 18 0.72% 8 0.32% 371 14.74% 2,517
Harper 1,844 66.45% 872 31.42% 47 1.69% 12 0.43% 972 35.03% 2,775
Haskell 2,580 53.95% 2,172 45.42% 13 0.27% 17 0.36% 408 8.53% 4,782
Hughes 3,937 55.18% 3,169 44.41% 23 0.32% 6 0.08% 768 10.76% 7,135
Jackson 3,440 57.72% 2,493 41.83% 21 0.35% 6 0.10% 947 15.89% 5,960
Jefferson 2,251 53.79% 1,916 45.78% 12 0.29% 6 0.14% 335 8.00% 4,185
Johnston 1,294 41.80% 1,766 57.04% 27 0.87% 9 0.29% -472 -15.25% 3,096
Kay 13,829 76.15% 4,196 23.10% 95 0.52% 41 0.23% 9,633 53.04% 18,161
Kingfisher 4,063 69.08% 1,780 30.26% 27 0.46% 12 0.20% 2,283 38.81% 5,882
Kiowa 4,116 63.54% 2,270 35.04% 66 1.02% 26 0.40% 1,846 28.50% 6,478
Latimer 1,368 45.77% 1,583 52.96% 21 0.70% 17 0.57% -215 -7.19% 2,989
Le Flore 5,168 52.48% 4,622 46.94% 37 0.38% 20 0.20% 546 5.54% 9,847
Lincoln 6,118 70.74% 2,405 27.81% 102 1.18% 24 0.28% 3,713 42.93% 8,649
Logan 6,277 72.72% 2,251 26.08% 74 0.86% 30 0.35% 4,026 46.64% 8,632
Love 843 39.93% 1,268 60.07% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -425 -20.13% 2,111
Major 2,891 78.73% 674 18.36% 91 2.48% 16 0.44% 2,217 60.38% 3,672
Marshall 1,063 42.50% 1,358 54.30% 70 2.80% 10 0.40% -295 -11.80% 2,501
Mayes 3,004 57.61% 2,161 41.45% 40 0.77% 9 0.17% 843 16.17% 5,214
McClain 2,399 55.07% 1,913 43.92% 32 0.73% 12 0.28% 486 11.16% 4,356
McCurtain 1,915 39.79% 2,877 59.78% 17 0.35% 4 0.08% -962 -19.99% 4,813
McIntosh 2,742 56.88% 2,044 42.40% 28 0.58% 7 0.15% 698 14.48% 4,821
Murray 1,631 51.53% 1,498 47.33% 26 0.82% 10 0.32% 133 4.20% 3,165
Muskogee 9,972 60.92% 6,343 38.75% 37 0.23% 17 0.10% 3,629 22.17% 16,369
Noble 3,607 66.21% 1,777 32.62% 41 0.75% 23 0.42% 1,830 33.59% 5,448
Nowata 2,930 62.18% 1,763 37.42% 12 0.25% 7 0.15% 1,167 24.77% 4,712
Okfuskee 3,612 58.25% 2,513 40.53% 61 0.98% 15 0.24% 1,099 17.72% 6,201
Oklahoma 36,608 69.13% 16,073 30.35% 237 0.45% 35 0.07% 20,535 38.78% 52,953
Okmulgee 9,149 60.77% 5,834 38.75% 64 0.43% 9 0.06% 3,315 22.02% 15,056
Osage 10,555 67.52% 5,010 32.05% 57 0.36% 10 0.06% 5,545 35.47% 15,632
Ottawa 8,144 64.03% 4,488 35.28% 69 0.54% 19 0.15% 3,656 28.74% 12,720
Pawnee 4,489 68.82% 1,949 29.88% 66 1.01% 19 0.29% 2,540 38.94% 6,523
Payne 7,864 72.19% 2,904 26.66% 83 0.76% 42 0.39% 4,960 45.53% 10,893
Pittsburg 5,875 49.20% 5,960 49.91% 87 0.73% 20 0.17% -85 -0.71% 11,942
Pontotoc 3,356 50.87% 3,203 48.55% 26 0.39% 12 0.18% 153 2.32% 6,597
Pottawatomie 8,478 68.57% 3,797 30.71% 58 0.47% 31 0.25% 4,681 37.86% 12,364
Pushmataha 1,616 52.88% 1,384 45.29% 44 1.44% 12 0.39% 232 7.59% 3,056
Roger Mills 1,948 63.51% 986 32.15% 114 3.72% 19 0.62% 962 31.37% 3,067
Rogers 3,477 61.38% 2,147 37.90% 31 0.55% 10 0.18% 1,330 23.48% 5,665
Seminole 8,072 64.60% 4,423 35.40% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3,649 29.20% 12,495
Sequoyah 3,296 55.04% 2,692 44.96% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 604 10.09% 5,988
Stephens 5,192 62.71% 2,982 36.02% 80 0.97% 25 0.30% 2,210 26.69% 8,279
Texas 2,890 69.16% 1,240 29.67% 33 0.79% 16 0.38% 1,650 39.48% 4,179
Tillman 3,331 60.60% 2,141 38.95% 17 0.31% 8 0.15% 1,190 21.65% 5,497
Tulsa 38,769 70.49% 16,062 29.20% 128 0.23% 39 0.07% 22,707 41.29% 54,998
Wagoner 2,726 60.62% 1,745 38.80% 19 0.42% 7 0.16% 981 21.81% 4,497
Washington 7,258 73.48% 2,563 25.95% 41 0.42% 15 0.15% 4,695 47.53% 9,877
Washita 3,572 63.28% 2,024 35.85% 35 0.62% 14 0.25% 1,548 27.42% 5,645
Woods 3,941 70.38% 1,550 27.68% 87 1.55% 22 0.39% 2,391 42.70% 5,600
Woodward 3,188 69.06% 1,347 29.18% 59 1.28% 22 0.48% 1,841 39.88% 4,616
Total 394,046 63.72% 219,174 35.44% 3,924 0.63% 1,283 0.21% 174,872 28.28% 618,427

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Adair County, Oklahoma

Adair County, Oklahoma

Adair County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 22,286. Its county seat is Stilwell. Adair County was named after the Adair family of the Cherokee tribe. One source says that the county was specifically named for Watt Adair, one of the first Cherokees to settle in the area.

Alfalfa County, Oklahoma

Alfalfa County, Oklahoma

Alfalfa County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 5,642. The county seat is Cherokee.

Atoka County, Oklahoma

Atoka County, Oklahoma

Atoka County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,007. Its county seat is Atoka. The county was formed before statehood from Choctaw Lands, and its name honors a Choctaw Chief named Atoka.

Beaver County, Oklahoma

Beaver County, Oklahoma

Beaver County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 5,636. The county seat is Beaver. The name was given because of the presence of many beaver dams on the Beaver River, which runs through the area. It is located in the Oklahoma Panhandle.

Beckham County, Oklahoma

Beckham County, Oklahoma

Beckham County is a county located on the western border of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 22,119. Its county seat is Sayre. Founded upon statehood in 1907, Beckham County was named for J. C. W. Beckham, who was Governor of Kentucky and the first popularly elected member of the United States Senate from Kentucky. Beckham County comprises the Elk City, OK Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Blaine County, Oklahoma

Blaine County, Oklahoma

Blaine County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,735. Its county seat is Watonga. Part of the Cheyenne-Arapaho land opening in 1892, the county had gained rail lines by the early 1900s and highways by the 1930s. The county was named for James G. Blaine, an American politician who was the Republican presidential candidate in 1884 and Secretary of State under President Benjamin Harrison.

Bryan County, Oklahoma

Bryan County, Oklahoma

Bryan County is a county in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 42,416. Its county seat is Durant. It is the only county in the United States named for Democratic politician William Jennings Bryan.

Caddo County, Oklahoma

Caddo County, Oklahoma

Caddo County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 29,600. Its county seat is Anadarko. Created in 1901 as part of Oklahoma Territory, the county is named for the Caddo tribe who were settled here on a reservation in the 1870s. Caddo County is immediately west of the seven-county Greater Oklahoma City metro area, and although is not officially in the metro area, it has many economic ties in this region.

Canadian County, Oklahoma

Canadian County, Oklahoma

Canadian County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 154,405, making it the fifth most populous county in Oklahoma. Its county seat is El Reno.

Carter County, Oklahoma

Carter County, Oklahoma

Carter County is a county in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 47,557. Its county seat is Ardmore. The county was named for Captain Ben W. Carter, a Cherokee who lived among the Chickasaw.

Cherokee County, Oklahoma

Cherokee County, Oklahoma

Cherokee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 46,987. Its county seat is Tahlequah, which is also the capital of the Cherokee Nation.

Choctaw County, Oklahoma

Choctaw County, Oklahoma

Choctaw County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 15,205. Its county seat is Hugo.

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References
  1. ^ Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 317 ISBN 978-0-691-16324-6
  2. ^ Lichtman, Allan J.; Prejudice and the Old Politics: The Presidential Election of 1928, p. 68 ISBN 0807813583
  3. ^ a b Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 280-283 ISBN 0786422173
  4. ^ "1928 Presidential General Election Results – Oklahoma". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
  5. ^ Our Campaigns; OK US Presidential Election Race, November 06, 1928

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