Electoral History of Herbert Hoover

1928 Republican presidential primaries:

  • Herbert Hoover - 2,045,928 (49.73%)
  • Frank O. Lowden - 1,317,799 (32.03%)
  • George W. Norris - 259,548 (6.31%)
  • James Eli Watson - 228,795 (5.56%)
  • Guy D. Goff - 128,429 (3.12%)
  • Frank B. Willis - 84,461 (2.05%)
  • Calvin Coolidge (inc.) - 12,985 (0.32%)
  • Charles G. Dawes - 12,297 (0.30%)

1928 Republican National Convention (Presidential tally):

  • Herbert Hoover - 837 (76.86%)
  • Frank O. Lowden - 74 (6.80%)
  • Charles Curtis - 64 (5.88%)
  • James Eli Watson - 45 (4.13%)
  • George W. Norris - 24 (2.20%)
  • Guy D. Goff - 18 (1.65%)
  • Calvin Coolidge (inc.) - 17 (1.56%)
  • Blank - 5 (0.46%)
  • Charles G. Dawes - 4 (0.37%)
  • Charles Evans Hughes - 1 (0.09%)

United States presidential election, 1928:

  • Herbert Hoover/Charles Curtis (R) - 21,427,123 (58.2%) and 444 electoral votes (40 states carried)
  • Al Smith/Joseph Taylor Robinson (D) - 15,015,464 (40.8%) and 87 electoral votes (8 states carried)
  • Norman Thomas/James H. Maurer (Socialist) - 267,478 (0.7%)
  • William Z. Foster/Benjamin Gitlow (Communist) - 48,551 (0.1%)
  • Others - 48,396 (0.1%)

1932 Republican presidential primaries:

  • Joseph I. France - 1,137,948 (47.50%)
  • Herbert Hoover (inc.) - 861,602 (35.96%)
  • George W. Norris - 139,514 (5.82%)
  • Jacob S. Coxey - 100,844 (4.21%)
  • Hiram W. Johnson - 64,464 (2.69%)
  • Olin J. Ross - 48,867 (2.04%)
  • Unpledged delegates - 1,236 (0.05%)
  • Others - 6,126 (0.26%)

1932 Republican National Convention (Presidential tally):

  • Herbert Hoover (inc.) - 1,127 (97.92%)
  • John J. Blaine - 13 (1.13%)
  • Calvin Coolidge - 5 (0.43%)
  • Joseph I. France - 4 (0.35%)
  • Charles W. Dawes - 1 (0.09%)
  • James W. Wadsworth - 1 (0.09%)

United States presidential election, 1932

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt/John Nance Garner (D) - 22,821,277 (57.4%) and 472 electoral votes (42 states carried)
  • Herbert Hoover/Charles Curtis (R) (inc.) - 15,761,254 (39.7%) and 59 electoral votes (6 states carried)
  • Norman Thomas/James H. Maurer (Socialist) - 884,885 (2.2%)
  • William Z. Foster/James H. Ford (Communist) - 103,307 (0.3%)
  • William D. Upshaw/Frank S. Regan (Prohibition) - 81,905 (0.2%)
  • William Hope Harvey/Frank Hemenway (Liberty) - 53,425 (0.1%)
  • Verne L. Reynolds/J.W. Aiken (Socialist Labor) - 33,276 (0.1%)
  • Others - 12,569 (0.1%)

1936 Republican presidential primaries:

  • William E. Borah - 1,478,676 (44.48%)
  • Alf Landon - 729,908 (21.96%)
  • Frank Knox - 527,054 (15.85%)
  • Earl Warren - 350,917 (10.56%)
  • Stephen A. Day - 155,732 (4.69%)
  • Warren E. Green - 44,518 (1.34%)
  • Leo J. Chassee - 18,986 (0.57%)
  • Herbert Hoover - 7,750 (0.23%)

1940 Republican presidential primaries

  • Thomas E. Dewey - 1,605,754 (49.76%)
  • Jerrold L. Seawell - 538,112 (16.68%)
  • Robert Taft - 516,428 (16.00%)
  • Unpledged - 186,157 (5.77%)
  • Charles L. McNary - 133,488 (4.14%)
  • R. N. Davis - 106,123 (3.29%)
  • Arthur H. Vandenberg - 100,651 (3.12%)
  • Wendell Willkie - 21,140 (0.66%)
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) - 9,496 (0.29%)
  • Arthur H. James - 8,172 (0.25%)
  • Herbert Hoover - 1,082 (0.03%)
  • John W. Bricker - 188 (0.01%)

1940 Republican National Convention (Presidential tally):

First ballot:

  • Thomas E. Dewey - 360
  • Robert Taft - 189
  • Wendell Willkie - 105
  • Arthur H. Vandenberg - 76
  • Arthur H. James - 74
  • Joseph William Martin - 44
  • Scattering - 40
  • Hanford MacNider - 34
  • Frank E. Gannett - 33
  • Styles Bridges - 28
  • Herbert Hoover - 17

Second ballot:

  • Thomas E. Dewey - 338
  • Robert Taft - 203
  • Wendell Willkie - 171
  • Arthur H. Vandenberg - 73
  • Arthur H. James - 66
  • Hanford MacNider - 34
  • Frank E. Gannett - 30
  • Scattering - 29
  • Joseph William Martin - 26
  • Herbert Hoover - 21
  • Styled Bridges - 9

Third ballot:

  • Thomas E. Dewey - 315
  • Wendell Willkie - 259
  • Robert Taft - 212
  • Arthur H. Vandenberg - 72
  • Arthur H. James - 59
  • Herbert Hoover - 32
  • Hanford McNider - 28
  • Frank E. Gannett - 11
  • Scattering - 11
  • Styles Bridges - 1

Fourth ballot:

  • Wendell Willkie - 306
  • Robert Taft - 254
  • Thomas E. Dewey - 250
  • Arthur H. Vandenberg - 61
  • Arthur H. James - 56
  • Herbert Hoover - 31
  • Scattering - 11
  • Frank E. Gannett - 4
  • Styles Bridges - 1

Fifth ballot:

  • Wendell Willkie - 429
  • Robert Taft - 377
  • Arthur H. James - 59
  • Thomas E. Dewey - 57
  • Arthur H. Vandenberg - 42
  • Herbert Hoover - 20
  • Scattering - 11
  • Handorf MacNider - 4
  • Frank E. Gannett - 1

Sixth ballot (before shifts):

  • Wendell Willkie - 655
  • Robert Taft - 318
  • Thomas E. Dewey - 11
  • Herbert Hoover - 10
  • Scattering - 5
  • Frank E. Gannett - 1

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