1928 United States Senate election in Maryland

Summary

The 1928 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 5, 1928.

1928 United States Senate election in Maryland

← 1922 November 5, 1928 1934 →
 
Nominee Phillips Lee Goldsborough William Cabell Bruce
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 256,224 214,447
Percentage 54.05% 45.24%

County results
Goldsborough:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Bruce:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election

William Cabell Bruce
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Phillips Lee Goldsborough
Republican

Incumbent Democratic Senator William Cabell Bruce ran for re-election to a second term in office, but was defeated by Republican former Governor Phillips Lee Goldsborough, who had been a failed candidate for Senate in 1916.

This is the last time a Republican not named Beall has won this seat.

Democratic primary edit

Candidates edit

Results edit

1928 Democratic U.S. Senate primary[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic William Cabell Bruce (inc.) 47,507 88.75%
Democratic William Milnes Maloy 6,020 11.25%
Total votes 53,527 100.00%

General election edit

Results edit

1928 U.S. Senate election in Maryland[3][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Phillips Lee Goldsborough 256,224 54.05%  8.42
Democratic William Cabell Bruce (inc.) 214,447 45.24%  7.37
Socialist William A. Toole 2,026 0.43%  0.38
Labor Robert W. Stevens 1,370 0.29%  0.66
Total votes 474,067 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

Results by county edit

County Phillips Lee Goldsborough

Republican

William Cabell Bruce

Democratic

William A. Toole

Socialist

Robert W. Stevens

Labor

Margin Total

Votes

Cast

# % # % # % # % # %
Allegany 15541 65.39% 7906 33.27% 194 0.82% 124 0.52% 7635 32.13% 23765
Anne Arundel 8320 57.53% 6040 41.76% 44 0.30% 58 0.40% 2280 15.77% 14462
Baltimore (City) 117963 48.90% 121375 50.31% 1330 0.55% 567 0.24% -3412 -1.41% 241235
Baltimore (County) 18773 55.04% 15189 44.53% 90 0.26% 57 0.26% 3584 10.51% 34109
Calvert 1746 64.21% 933 34.31% 18 0.66% 22 0.81% 813 29.90% 2719
Caroline 2669 59.76% 1780 39.86% 6 0.13% 11 0.25% 889 19.91% 4466
Carroll 7538 66.24% 3798 33.38% 20 0.18% 23 0.20% 3740 32.87% 11379
Cecil 4493 66.29% 2248 33.17% 19 0.28% 18 0.27% 2245 33.12% 6778
Charles 2249 57.43% 1615 41.24% 16 0.41% 36 0.92% 634 16.19% 3916
Dorchester 6203 77.45% 1784 22.27% 8 0.10% 14 0.17% 4419 55.18% 8009
Frederick 10978 59.87% 7268 39.64% 32 0.17% 58 0.32% 3710 20.23% 18336
Garrett 3245 76.03% 1002 23.48% 9 0.21% 12 0.28% 2243 52.55% 4268
Harford 5355 58.38% 3767 41.07% 26 0.28% 25 0.27% 1588 17.31% 9173
Howard 2753 48.83% 2859 50.71% 3 0.05% 23 0.41% -106 -1.88% 5638
Kent 2496 51.08% 2307 47.22% 69 1.41% 14 0.29% 189 3.87% 4886
Montgomery 7810 52.35% 6973 46.74% 42 0.28% 94 0.63% 837 5.61% 14919
Prince George's 8137 58.01% 5796 41.32% 47 0.34% 47 0.34% 2341 16.69% 14027
Queen Anne's 2117 44.28% 2637 55.16% 4 0.08% 23 0.48% -520 -10.88% 4781
St. Mary's 1214 35.11% 2196 63.50% 21 0.61% 27 0.78% -982 -28.40% 3458
Somerset 4009 65.82% 2082 34.18% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1927 31.64% 6091
Talbot 3666 59.39% 2478 40.14% 7 0.11% 22 0.36% 1188 19.25% 6173
Washington 10652 62.14% 6374 37.18% 58 0.34% 58 0.34% 4278 24.96% 17142
Wicomico 5087 55.96% 3972 43.70% 15 0.17% 16 0.18% 1115 12.27% 9090
Worcester 3210 60.42% 2071 38.98% 11 0.21% 21 0.40% 1139 21.44% 5313
Total 256224 54.15% 213468 45.12% 2089 0.44% 1370 0.29% 42756 9.04% 473151

Counties that flipped from Democrat to Republican edit

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democrat edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0146, Page 0228 - Maryland Manual, 1929". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 228. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  2. ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - D Primary Race - May 07, 1928". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  3. ^ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0146, Page 0236 - Maryland Manual, 1929". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 236. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  4. ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 06, 1928". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  5. ^ "1928 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland". uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. March 13, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2023.