The 1928 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 6, 1928. All contemporary 48 states were part of the 1928 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
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County Results
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Iowa was won by Republican former Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover of California (actually an Iowan by birth) who was running against Democratic Governor of New York Alfred E. Smith. Hoover's running mate was Senate Majority Leader Charles Curtis of Kansas, while Smith's running mate was Senator Joseph Taylor Robinson of Arkansas. Hoover won Iowa by a margin of 24.20 percent.
Presidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV) | |
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Herbert Hoover of California | Charles Curtis | Republican | 13[1] | 623,570 | 61.77% |
Al Smith | Joseph T. Robinson | Democratic | 0 | 379,311 | 37.57% |
Frank Webb | Will Vereen | Farmer-Labor | 0 | 3,088[a] | 0.31% |
Norman Thomas | James Maurer | Socialist | 0 | 2,960[a] | 0.29% |
William Z. Foster | Benjamin Gitlow | Communist | 0 | 328[a] | 0.03% |
Verne L. Reynolds | Jeremiah Crowley | Socialist Labor | 0 | 230[a] | 0.02% |
— | — | Write-ins | 0 | 2[a] | 0.00% |
County[2] | Herbert Clark Hoover Republican |
Alfred Emmanuel Smith Democratic |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adair | 4,176 | 69.25% | 1,854 | 30.75% | 2,322 | 38.51% | 6,030 |
Adams | 2,958 | 66.67% | 1,479 | 33.33% | 1,479 | 33.33% | 4,437 |
Allamakee | 4,785 | 59.72% | 3,227 | 40.28% | 1,558 | 19.45% | 8,012 |
Appanoose | 6,864 | 67.27% | 3,340 | 32.73% | 3,524 | 34.54% | 10,204 |
Audubon | 2,340 | 49.74% | 2,364 | 50.26% | -24 | -0.51% | 4,704 |
Benton | 5,669 | 63.16% | 3,307 | 36.84% | 2,362 | 26.31% | 8,976 |
Black Hawk | 19,409 | 69.63% | 8,467 | 30.37% | 10,942 | 39.25% | 27,876 |
Boone | 7,521 | 71.15% | 3,049 | 28.85% | 4,472 | 42.31% | 10,570 |
Bremer | 3,879 | 55.22% | 3,146 | 44.78% | 733 | 10.43% | 7,025 |
Buchanan | 5,885 | 65.51% | 3,099 | 34.49% | 2,786 | 31.01% | 8,984 |
Buena Vista | 5,087 | 66.10% | 2,609 | 33.90% | 2,478 | 32.20% | 7,696 |
Butler | 4,789 | 71.85% | 1,876 | 28.15% | 2,913 | 43.71% | 6,665 |
Calhoun | 4,136 | 60.67% | 2,681 | 39.33% | 1,455 | 21.34% | 6,817 |
Carroll | 4,014 | 39.55% | 6,134 | 60.45% | -2,120 | -20.89% | 10,148 |
Cass | 6,120 | 69.86% | 2,640 | 30.14% | 3,480 | 39.73% | 8,760 |
Cedar | 4,856 | 65.86% | 2,517 | 34.14% | 2,339 | 31.72% | 7,373 |
Cerro Gordo | 9,582 | 66.13% | 4,908 | 33.87% | 4,674 | 32.26% | 14,490 |
Cherokee | 3,909 | 59.14% | 2,701 | 40.86% | 1,208 | 18.28% | 6,610 |
Chickasaw | 3,712 | 50.32% | 3,665 | 49.68% | 47 | 0.64% | 7,377 |
Clarke | 2,780 | 62.87% | 1,642 | 37.13% | 1,138 | 25.73% | 4,422 |
Clay | 3,986 | 65.88% | 2,064 | 34.12% | 1,922 | 31.77% | 6,050 |
Clayton | 6,774 | 61.55% | 4,231 | 38.45% | 2,543 | 23.11% | 11,005 |
Clinton | 12,295 | 58.72% | 8,643 | 41.28% | 3,652 | 17.44% | 20,938 |
Crawford | 3,436 | 43.32% | 4,495 | 56.68% | -1,059 | -13.35% | 7,931 |
Dallas | 7,294 | 70.12% | 3,108 | 29.88% | 4,186 | 40.24% | 10,402 |
Davis | 3,097 | 54.76% | 2,559 | 45.24% | 538 | 9.51% | 5,656 |
Decatur | 3,942 | 59.57% | 2,675 | 40.43% | 1,267 | 19.15% | 6,617 |
Delaware | 5,390 | 57.75% | 3,943 | 42.25% | 1,447 | 15.50% | 9,333 |
Des Moines | 10,547 | 65.41% | 5,578 | 34.59% | 4,969 | 30.82% | 16,125 |
Dickinson | 3,045 | 70.88% | 1,251 | 29.12% | 1,794 | 41.76% | 4,296 |
Dubuque | 9,744 | 33.39% | 19,437 | 66.61% | -9,693 | -33.22% | 29,181 |
Emmet | 3,218 | 70.11% | 1,372 | 29.89% | 1,846 | 40.22% | 4,590 |
Fayette | 8,338 | 67.25% | 4,061 | 32.75% | 4,277 | 34.49% | 12,399 |
Floyd | 5,674 | 73.23% | 2,074 | 26.77% | 3,600 | 46.46% | 7,748 |
Franklin | 3,424 | 66.98% | 1,688 | 33.02% | 1,736 | 33.96% | 5,112 |
Fremont | 3,597 | 56.04% | 2,822 | 43.96% | 775 | 12.07% | 6,419 |
Greene | 4,299 | 68.17% | 2,007 | 31.83% | 2,292 | 36.35% | 6,306 |
Grundy | 3,671 | 69.38% | 1,620 | 30.62% | 2,051 | 38.76% | 5,291 |
Guthrie | 4,772 | 68.10% | 2,235 | 31.90% | 2,537 | 36.21% | 7,007 |
Hamilton | 4,171 | 58.37% | 2,975 | 41.63% | 1,196 | 16.74% | 7,146 |
Hancock | 3,114 | 61.70% | 1,933 | 38.30% | 1,181 | 23.40% | 5,047 |
Hardin | 5,781 | 70.90% | 2,373 | 29.10% | 3,408 | 41.80% | 8,154 |
Harrison | 5,605 | 55.99% | 4,406 | 44.01% | 1,199 | 11.98% | 10,011 |
Henry | 5,160 | 71.54% | 2,053 | 28.46% | 3,107 | 43.08% | 7,213 |
Howard | 3,375 | 51.39% | 3,193 | 48.61% | 182 | 2.77% | 6,568 |
Humboldt | 2,828 | 62.75% | 1,679 | 37.25% | 1,149 | 25.49% | 4,507 |
Ida | 2,486 | 53.37% | 2,172 | 46.63% | 314 | 6.74% | 4,658 |
Iowa | 4,091 | 57.09% | 3,075 | 42.91% | 1,016 | 14.18% | 7,166 |
Jackson | 4,740 | 55.97% | 3,729 | 44.03% | 1,011 | 11.94% | 8,469 |
Jasper | 9,144 | 70.33% | 3,857 | 29.67% | 5,287 | 40.67% | 13,001 |
Jefferson | 4,919 | 69.50% | 2,159 | 30.50% | 2,760 | 38.99% | 7,078 |
Johnson | 7,288 | 50.37% | 7,181 | 49.63% | 107 | 0.74% | 14,469 |
Jones | 5,090 | 63.10% | 2,976 | 36.90% | 2,114 | 26.21% | 8,066 |
Keokuk | 5,304 | 58.44% | 3,772 | 41.56% | 1,532 | 16.88% | 9,076 |
Kossuth | 4,878 | 50.74% | 4,736 | 49.26% | 142 | 1.48% | 9,614 |
Lee | 11,645 | 59.93% | 7,785 | 40.07% | 3,860 | 19.87% | 19,430 |
Linn | 25,452 | 68.48% | 11,715 | 31.52% | 13,737 | 36.96% | 37,167 |
Louisa | 3,275 | 69.21% | 1,457 | 30.79% | 1,818 | 38.42% | 4,732 |
Lucas | 3,811 | 66.87% | 1,888 | 33.13% | 1,923 | 33.74% | 5,699 |
Lyon | 3,170 | 66.01% | 1,632 | 33.99% | 1,538 | 32.03% | 4,802 |
Madison | 4,364 | 66.71% | 2,178 | 33.29% | 2,186 | 33.41% | 6,542 |
Mahaska | 7,368 | 69.72% | 3,200 | 30.28% | 4,168 | 39.44% | 10,568 |
Marion | 6,225 | 60.21% | 4,113 | 39.79% | 2,112 | 20.43% | 10,338 |
Marshall | 9,326 | 73.38% | 3,384 | 26.62% | 5,942 | 46.75% | 12,710 |
Mills | 3,429 | 61.14% | 2,179 | 38.86% | 1,250 | 22.29% | 5,608 |
Mitchell | 3,534 | 60.49% | 2,308 | 39.51% | 1,226 | 20.99% | 5,842 |
Monona | 3,745 | 56.91% | 2,836 | 43.09% | 909 | 13.81% | 6,581 |
Monroe | 4,060 | 59.02% | 2,819 | 40.98% | 1,241 | 18.04% | 6,879 |
Montgomery | 5,155 | 71.26% | 2,079 | 28.74% | 3,076 | 42.52% | 7,234 |
Muscatine | 8,604 | 67.97% | 4,055 | 32.03% | 4,549 | 35.93% | 12,659 |
O'Brien | 4,845 | 66.90% | 2,397 | 33.10% | 2,448 | 33.80% | 7,242 |
Osceola | 2,085 | 57.09% | 1,567 | 42.91% | 518 | 14.18% | 3,652 |
Page | 7,181 | 74.35% | 2,478 | 25.65% | 4,703 | 48.69% | 9,659 |
Palo Alto | 3,463 | 54.92% | 2,843 | 45.08% | 620 | 9.83% | 6,306 |
Plymouth | 4,848 | 49.15% | 5,015 | 50.85% | -167 | -1.69% | 9,863 |
Pocahontas | 3,322 | 54.05% | 2,824 | 45.95% | 498 | 8.10% | 6,146 |
Polk | 42,290 | 68.19% | 19,725 | 31.81% | 22,565 | 36.39% | 62,015 |
Pottawattamie | 14,354 | 59.17% | 9,905 | 40.83% | 4,449 | 18.34% | 24,259 |
Poweshiek | 5,212 | 65.16% | 2,787 | 34.84% | 2,425 | 30.32% | 7,999 |
Ringgold | 3,674 | 70.03% | 1,572 | 29.97% | 2,102 | 40.07% | 5,246 |
Sac | 4,461 | 64.89% | 2,414 | 35.11% | 2,047 | 29.77% | 6,875 |
Scott | 16,974 | 56.74% | 12,942 | 43.26% | 4,032 | 13.48% | 29,916 |
Shelby | 3,459 | 48.97% | 3,604 | 51.03% | -145 | -2.05% | 7,063 |
Sioux | 6,378 | 69.20% | 2,839 | 30.80% | 3,539 | 38.40% | 9,217 |
Story | 9,035 | 76.90% | 2,714 | 23.10% | 6,321 | 53.80% | 11,749 |
Tama | 5,589 | 53.81% | 4,798 | 46.19% | 791 | 7.62% | 10,387 |
Taylor | 4,700 | 69.38% | 2,074 | 30.62% | 2,626 | 38.77% | 6,774 |
Union | 5,432 | 67.20% | 2,651 | 32.80% | 2,781 | 34.41% | 8,083 |
Van Buren | 3,904 | 66.76% | 1,944 | 33.24% | 1,960 | 33.52% | 5,848 |
Wapello | 11,586 | 66.67% | 5,793 | 33.33% | 5,793 | 33.33% | 17,379 |
Warren | 5,294 | 70.28% | 2,239 | 29.72% | 3,055 | 40.55% | 7,533 |
Washington | 5,948 | 68.35% | 2,754 | 31.65% | 3,194 | 36.70% | 8,702 |
Wayne | 3,911 | 60.26% | 2,579 | 39.74% | 1,332 | 20.52% | 6,490 |
Webster | 8,525 | 56.75% | 6,497 | 43.25% | 2,028 | 13.50% | 15,022 |
Winnebago | 3,386 | 72.75% | 1,268 | 27.25% | 2,118 | 45.51% | 4,654 |
Winneshiek | 5,084 | 52.85% | 4,535 | 47.15% | 549 | 5.71% | 9,619 |
Woodbury | 20,587 | 53.59% | 17,831 | 46.41% | 2,756 | 7.17% | 38,418 |
Worth | 2,921 | 69.04% | 1,310 | 30.96% | 1,611 | 38.08% | 4,231 |
Wright | 5,020 | 66.34% | 2,547 | 33.66% | 2,473 | 32.68% | 7,567 |
Totals | 623,570 | 61.79% | 379,011 | 37.56% | 244,559 | 24.23% | 1,009,189[b] |