1928 U.S. Presidential Election
Who won the 1928 U.S. Presidential Election?
Herbert Hoover won the 1928 U.S. Presidential Election. Herbert Hoover received 21,392,190 popular votes (58%) and 444 electoral votes. The main challenger was Al Smith (40.7%).
See the full head-to-head between Hoover and Smith
Hoover +17.3 pts · won by 6,375,747 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.3% of the popular vote; only the leading tickets are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote counts come from official certified totals (1976–2024) and official public returns for earlier years, cross-checked against the MIT Election Lab. The 1824 count is partial. Six states chose electors through their legislatures.