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1928 United States presidential election in Georgia

The 1928 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 6, 1928, as part of the wider United States presidential election. Voters chose 14 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1928 United States presidential election in Georgia

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Nominee Al Smith Herbert Hoover
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance Anti-Smith Democratic
Home state New York California
Running mate Joseph T. Robinson Charles Curtis
Electoral vote 14 0
Popular vote 129,602 99,368
Percentage 56.56% 43.36%

County results

With the exception of a handful of historically Unionist North Georgia counties – chiefly Fannin but also to a lesser extent Pickens, Gilmer and Towns – Georgia since the 1880s had been a one-party state dominated by the Democratic Party. Disfranchisement of almost all African-Americans and most poor whites had made the Republican Party virtually nonexistent outside of local governments in those few hill counties,[1] and the national Democratic Party served as the guardian of white supremacy against a Republican Party historically associated with memories of Reconstruction. The only competitive elections were Democratic primaries, which state laws restricted to whites on the grounds of the Democratic Party being legally a private club.[2]

However, with all other prominent Democrats sitting the election out,[3] the party nominated Alfred E. Smith, four-term Governor of New York as its nominee for 1928, with little opposition. Smith had been the favorite for the 1924 nomination, but had lost due to opposition to his Catholic faith and "wet" views on Prohibition: he wished to repeal or modify the Volstead Act.

Once Smith was nominated – despite his attempt to dispel fears by nominating "dry" Southern Democrat Joseph T. Robinson as his running mate[4] – extreme fear ensued in the South, which had no experience of the Southern and Eastern European Catholic immigrants who were Smith's local constituency. Southern fundamentalist Protestants believed that Smith would allow papal and priestly leadership in the United States, which Protestantism was a reaction against.[5]

Prior to this election, Georgia was, along with Texas, the only state that had never voted Republican for president, even during Reconstruction. In Georgia, many Protestant ministers were strongly opposed to Smith.[6] However, with the state’s large number of majority-black counties, there was great opposition to Hoover because of the strong Republican association with Reconstruction and black political power.[7]

The Smith/Robinson ticket carried the state of Georgia on election day, making Georgia– with Texas simultaneously voting Republican for the first time– now the only state to have never voted for a Republican presidential candidate. Nonetheless, Hoover did fare better than any other GOP presidential nominee in Georgia history,[8] and his vote percentage would not be beaten until Barry Goldwater carried the state in 1964, by when the national Democratic Party had become firmly linked with black civil rights. As in the rest of the South, Hoover’s gains were largely confined to areas with few blacks, where he gained up to fifty percent in Forsyth and Wilkes counties, and in other northern upcountry counties he gained over forty percent. Nevertheless, unlike most Black Belt areas where there was no pro-Hoover trend,[9] in some heavily black counties like Long, Effingham, and McDuffie, where the white voting population was substantially German Lutheran and intensely hostile to Catholicism, Hoover did make large gains,[7] meaning that Georgia was one of only two states where any counties with nonvoting black majorities deserted Smith. Hoover also made large gains from the newly developing urban middle class in Atlanta and Augusta,[9] where his gains on Coolidge were comparable to the most anti-Catholic upcountry areas.

Results edit

At the time, Georgia voters technically voted on their ballots for a slate of presidential electors, not for the candidates themselves, with each party selecting one elector to represent each of the state's 12 congressional districts, plus two at-large electors, for a total slate of 14 electors. Therefore, the vote totals for each presidential candidate here are equal to that of the individual elector who received the highest number of votes for their respective party.

1928 United States presidential election in Georgia[10]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Al Smith 129,602 56.56% 14
Republican Herbert Hoover 99,368[a] 43.36% 0
Socialist Norman Thomas 124[b] 0.05% 0
Workers (Communist) William Foster 64[b] 0.03% 0

Results by individual elector edit

State at-large
Candidate Party Votes %
John S. Candler Democratic Party 129,602 28.28
C. C. Brantley Democratic Party 129,595 28.28
Charles Adamson Republican Party 63,498 13.85
Anti-Smith Democratic 35,870 7.83
Total 99,368 21.68
Mary Harris Armor Republican Party 63,495 13.85
Anti-Smith Democratic 35,871 7.83
Total 99,366 21.68
James M. Elder Socialist Party of America 124 0.03
M. Raoul Millis Socialist Party of America 124 0.03
L. W. War Workers (Communist) Party 64 0.01
C. S. Knight Workers (Communist) Party 64 0.01
Total 458,307 100.00
Source:[11]
From the 1st congressional district
Candidate Party Votes %
Samuel B. Adams Democratic Party 129,593 56.57
Frank Durden Republican Party 63,449 27.70
Anti-Smith Democratic 35,850 15.65
Total 99,299 43.35
Henry Applebaum Socialist Party of America 124 0.05
Ernest Carl Fullerton Workers (Communist) Party 64 0.03
Total 229,080 100.00
Source:[11]
From the 2nd congressional district
Candidate Party Votes %
L. D. Passmore Democratic Party 129,587 56.57
J. M. Patterson Republican Party 63,452 27.70
Anti-Smith Democratic 35,851 15.65
Total 99,303 43.35
Mildred Hicks Socialist Party of America 124 0.05
Max Singer Workers (Communist) Party 64 0.03
Total 229,078 100.00
Source:[11]
From the 3rd congressional district
Candidate Party Votes %
E. A. Rogers Democratic Party 129,588 56.57
Charles E. Brown Republican Party 63,452 27.70
Anti-Smith Democratic 35,850 15.65
Total 99,302 43.35
D. J. Eddridge Socialist Party of America 124 0.05
Denny G. Katz Workers (Communist) Party 64 0.03
Total 229,078 100.00
Source:[11]
From the 4th congressional district
Candidate Party Votes %
W. R. Jones Democratic Party 129,598 56.57
Henry O. Lovvorn Republican Party 63,494 27.72
Anti-Smith Democratic 35,867 15.66
Total 99,361 43.37
J. F. Ligon Socialist Party of America 124 0.05
S. J. Letheis Workers (Communist) Party 64 0.03
Total 229,147 100.00
Source:[11]
From the 5th congressional district
Candidate Party Votes %
Edgar Watkins, Sr. Democratic Party 129,591 56.57
Mrs. Marvin Williams Republican Party 63,450 27.70
Anti-Smith Democratic 35,853 15.65
Total 99,303 43.35
Mary Krause Socialist Party of America 124 0.05
Nathan Mazer Workers (Communist) Party 64 0.03
Total 229,082 100.00
Source:[11]
From the 6th congressional district
Candidate Party Votes %
Edgar Blalock Democratic Party 129,592 56.57
George S. Jones Republican Party 63,452 27.70
Anti-Smith Democratic 35,850 15.65
Total 99,302 43.35
T. J. Herrington Socialist Party of America 124 0.05
Adam Wehmer Workers (Communist) Party 64 0.03
Total 229,082 100.00
Source:[11]
From the 7th congressional district
Candidate Party Votes %
N. A. Morris Democratic Party 129,591 56.57
Fred D. Noble Republican Party 63,450 27.70
Anti-Smith Democratic 35,851 15.65
Total 99,301 43.35
Frederick Tippens Socialist Party of America 124 0.05
Sam Nasson Workers (Communist) Party 64 0.03
Total 229,080 100.00
Source:[11]
From the 8th congressional district
Candidate Party Votes %
Ernest Camp Democratic Party 129,592 56.57
Mrs. C. A. Vernoy Republican Party 63,450 27.70
Anti-Smith Democratic 35,853 15.65
Total 99,303 43.35
Emily Hay Socialist Party of America 124 0.05
H. C. Boatner Workers (Communist) Party 64 0.03
Total 229,083 100.00
Source:[11]
From the 9th congressional district
Candidate Party Votes %
B. P. Gaillard Democratic Party 129,591 56.57
W. A. Carlisle Republican Party 63,452 27.70
Anti-Smith Democratic 35,850 15.65
Total 99,302 43.35
W. W. Edwards Socialist Party of America 124 0.05
Harry Harains Workers (Communist) Party 64 0.03
Total 229,081 100.00
Source:[11]
From the 10th congressional district
Candidate Party Votes %
E. A. Tigner Democratic Party 129,592 56.57
E. J. Forrester Republican Party 63,460 27.70
Anti-Smith Democratic 35,853 15.65
Total 99,313 43.35
W. B. Wall Socialist Party of America 124 0.05
W. G. McCoy Workers (Communist) Party 64 0.03
Total 229,093 100.00
Source:[11]
From the 11th congressional district
Candidate Party Votes %
John W. Bennett Democratic Party 129,591 56.57
Dan T. Cowart Republican Party 63,451 27.70
Anti-Smith Democratic 35,851 15.65
Total 99,302 43.35
T. H. Blizzard Socialist Party of America 124 0.05
O. R. Hutchinson Workers (Communist) Party 64 0.03
Total 229,081 100.00
Source:[11]
From the 12th congressional district
Candidate Party Votes %
J. W. Palmer Democratic Party 129,592 56.57
J. H. Rush Republican Party 63,452 27.70
Anti-Smith Democratic 35,845 15.65
Total 99,297 43.35
S. A. Alexander Socialist Party of America 124 0.05
J. K. Eiseler Workers (Communist) Party 64 0.03
Total 229,077 100.00
Source:[11]

Results by county edit

County Alfred Emmanuel Smith
Democratic
Herbert Clark Hoover
Republican/“Anti-Smith”
Margin Total votes cast[12]
# % # % # %
Appling 415 41.75% 579 58.25% -164 -16.50% 994
Atkinson 350 74.31% 121 25.69% 229 48.62% 471
Bacon 305 60.04% 203 39.96% 102 20.08% 508
Baker 462 82.35% 99 17.65% 363 64.71% 561
Baldwin 712 72.51% 270 27.49% 442 45.01% 982
Banks 422 53.76% 363 46.24% 59 7.52% 785
Barrow 479 41.19% 684 58.81% -205 -17.63% 1,163
Bartow 830 49.76% 838 50.24% -8 -0.48% 1,668
Ben Hill 1,006 68.62% 460 31.38% 546 37.24% 1,466
Berrien 735 87.50% 105 12.50% 630 75.00% 840
Bibb 2,289 52.42% 2,078 47.58% 211 4.83% 4,367
Bleckley 641 90.03% 71 9.97% 570 80.06% 712
Brantley 166 49.11% 172 50.89% -6 -1.78% 338
Brooks 770 80.04% 192 19.96% 578 60.08% 962
Bryan 219 59.19% 151 40.81% 68 18.38% 370
Bulloch 1,258 76.47% 387 23.53% 871 52.95% 1,645
Burke 687 72.54% 260 27.46% 427 45.09% 947
Butts 846 85.11% 148 14.89% 698 70.22% 994
Calhoun 571 86.25% 91 13.75% 480 72.51% 662
Camden 274 50.65% 267 49.35% 7 1.29% 541
Campbell 425 56.52% 327 43.48% 98 13.03% 752
Candler 411 75.55% 133 24.45% 278 51.10% 544
Carroll 1,913 47.53% 2,112 52.47% -199 -4.94% 4,025
Catoosa 562 48.16% 605 51.84% -43 -3.68% 1,167
Charlton 415 72.17% 160 27.83% 255 44.35% 575
Chatham 5,534 51.14% 5,288 48.86% 246 2.27% 10,822
Chattahoochee 141 88.68% 18 11.32% 123 77.36% 159
Chattooga 920 45.63% 1,096 54.37% -176 -8.73% 2,016
Cherokee 581 25.71% 1,679 74.29% -1,098 -48.58% 2,260
Clarke 1,407 66.03% 724 33.97% 683 32.05% 2,131
Clay 405 87.85% 56 12.15% 349 75.70% 461
Clayton 612 49.72% 619 50.28% -7 -0.57% 1,231
Clinch 717 83.37% 143 16.63% 574 66.74% 860
Cobb 1,426 45.46% 1,711 54.54% -285 -9.09% 3,137
Coffee 1,176 66.55% 591 33.45% 585 33.11% 1,767
Colquitt 970 54.93% 796 45.07% 174 9.85% 1,766
Columbia 279 54.39% 234 45.61% 45 8.77% 513
Cook 689 74.41% 237 25.59% 452 48.81% 926
Coweta 1,656 87.85% 229 12.15% 1,427 75.70% 1,885
Crawford 358 88.18% 48 11.82% 310 76.35% 406
Crisp 523 56.54% 402 43.46% 121 13.08% 925
Dade 453 58.00% 328 42.00% 125 16.01% 781
Dawson 332 53.38% 290 46.62% 42 6.75% 622
Decatur 734 38.84% 1,156 61.16% -422 -22.33% 1,890
DeKalb 2,293 49.09% 2,378 50.91% -85 -1.82% 4,671
Dodge 677 71.26% 273 28.74% 404 42.53% 950
Dooly 744 82.67% 156 17.33% 588 65.33% 900
Dougherty 982 72.15% 379 27.85% 603 44.31% 1,361
Douglas 452 42.72% 606 57.28% -154 -14.56% 1,058
Early 674 74.48% 231 25.52% 443 48.95% 905
Echols 314 91.55% 29 8.45% 285 83.09% 343
Effingham 163 20.63% 627 79.37% -464 -58.73% 790
Elbert 1,052 53.05% 931 46.95% 121 6.10% 1,983
Emanuel 1,076 75.19% 355 24.81% 721 50.38% 1,431
Evans 489 71.81% 192 28.19% 297 43.61% 681
Fannin 811 31.92% 1,730 68.08% -919 -36.17% 2,541
Fayette 367 65.89% 190 34.11% 177 31.78% 557
Floyd 1,494 46.34% 1,730 53.66% -236 -7.32% 3,224
Forsyth 287 23.51% 934 76.49% -647 -52.99% 1,221
Franklin 770 49.01% 801 50.99% -31 -1.97% 1,571
Fulton 8,872 48.64% 9,368 51.36% -496 -2.72% 18,240
Gilmer 529 34.33% 1,012 65.67% -483 -31.34% 1,541
Glascock 123 35.34% 225 64.66% -102 -29.31% 348
Glynn 549 40.73% 799 59.27% -250 -18.55% 1,348
Gordon 740 41.60% 1,039 58.40% -299 -16.81% 1,779
Grady 1,172 72.75% 439 27.25% 733 45.50% 1,611
Greene 627 71.90% 245 28.10% 382 43.81% 872
Gwinnett 970 47.74% 1,062 52.26% -92 -4.53% 2,032
Habersham 1,105 44.04% 1,404 55.96% -299 -11.92% 2,509
Hall 1,523 49.19% 1,573 50.81% -50 -1.61% 3,096
Hancock 552 82.39% 118 17.61% 434 64.78% 670
Haralson 690 30.84% 1,547 69.16% -857 -38.31% 2,237
Harris 551 79.28% 144 20.72% 407 58.56% 695
Hart 919 60.38% 603 39.62% 316 20.76% 1,522
Heard 493 55.83% 390 44.17% 103 11.66% 883
Henry 763 67.94% 360 32.06% 403 35.89% 1,123
Houston 323 77.83% 92 22.17% 231 55.66% 415
Irwin 917 84.99% 162 15.01% 755 69.97% 1,079
Jackson 859 51.22% 818 48.78% 41 2.44% 1,677
Jasper 632 81.87% 140 18.13% 492 63.73% 772
Jeff Davis 315 63.64% 180 36.36% 135 27.27% 495
Jefferson 798 43.02% 1,057 56.98% -259 -13.96% 1,855
Jenkins 409 55.20% 332 44.80% 77 10.39% 741
Johnson 632 69.00% 284 31.00% 348 37.99% 916
Jones 414 80.54% 100 19.46% 314 61.09% 514
Lamar 672 84.21% 126 15.79% 546 68.42% 798
Lanier 303 68.71% 138 31.29% 165 37.41% 441
Laurens 1,987 80.87% 470 19.13% 1,517 61.74% 2,457
Lee 287 86.45% 45 13.55% 242 72.89% 332
Liberty 201 49.75% 203 50.25% -2 -0.50% 404
Lincoln 445 51.86% 413 48.14% 32 3.73% 858
Long 166 29.28% 401 70.72% -235 -41.45% 567
Lowndes 1,413 70.33% 596 29.67% 817 40.67% 2,009
Lumpkin 560 59.51% 381 40.49% 179 19.02% 941
Macon 819 76.04% 258 23.96% 561 52.09% 1,077
Madison 474 47.35% 527 52.65% -53 -5.29% 1,001
Marion 365 76.20% 114 23.80% 251 52.40% 479
McDuffie 304 44.38% 381 55.62% -77 -11.24% 685
McIntosh 141 43.93% 180 56.07% -39 -12.15% 321
Meriwether 1,515 84.07% 287 15.93% 1,228 68.15% 1,802
Miller 322 76.12% 101 23.88% 221 52.25% 423
Milton 183 29.19% 444 70.81% -261 -41.63% 627
Mitchell 1,358 90.47% 143 9.53% 1,215 80.95% 1,501
Monroe 801 70.88% 329 29.12% 472 41.77% 1,130
Montgomery 337 77.47% 98 22.53% 239 54.94% 435
Morgan 803 79.43% 208 20.57% 595 58.85% 1,011
Murray 982 47.03% 1,106 52.97% -124 -5.94% 2,088
Muscogee 2,098 57.14% 1,574 42.86% 524 14.27% 3,672
Newton 873 55.57% 698 44.43% 175 11.14% 1,571
Oconee 344 53.42% 300 46.58% 44 6.83% 644
Oglethorpe 813 79.86% 205 20.14% 608 59.72% 1,018
Paulding 690 34.66% 1,301 65.34% -611 -30.69% 1,991
Peach 572 73.33% 208 26.67% 364 46.67% 780
Pickens 543 29.16% 1,319 70.84% -776 -41.68% 1,862
Pierce 523 64.73% 285 35.27% 238 29.46% 808
Pike 714 75.00% 238 25.00% 476 50.00% 952
Polk 886 37.73% 1,462 62.27% -576 -24.53% 2,348
Pulaski 639 85.89% 105 14.11% 534 71.77% 744
Putnam 682 92.29% 57 7.71% 625 84.57% 739
Quitman 174 80.93% 41 19.07% 133 61.86% 215
Rabun 590 65.85% 306 34.15% 284 31.70% 896
Randolph 803 81.94% 177 18.06% 626 63.88% 980
Richmond 2,086 29.01% 5,104 70.99% -3,018 -41.97% 7,190
Rockdale 472 75.16% 156 24.84% 316 50.32% 628
Schley 328 80.99% 77 19.01% 251 61.98% 405
Screven 300 29.82% 706 70.18% -406 -40.36% 1,006
Seminole 371 77.13% 110 22.87% 261 54.26% 481
Spalding 1,734 80.80% 412 19.20% 1,322 61.60% 2,146
Stephens 438 61.86% 270 38.14% 168 23.73% 708
Stewart 732 89.27% 88 10.73% 644 78.54% 820
Sumter 1,237 80.80% 294 19.20% 943 61.59% 1,531
Talbot 536 87.87% 74 12.13% 462 75.74% 610
Taliaferro 446 88.49% 58 11.51% 388 76.98% 504
Tattnall 460 36.77% 791 63.23% -331 -26.46% 1,251
Taylor 590 62.57% 353 37.43% 237 25.13% 943
Telfair 2,057 86.10% 332 13.90% 1,725 72.21% 2,389
Terrell 897 88.55% 116 11.45% 781 77.10% 1,013
Thomas 1,240 60.37% 814 39.63% 426 20.74% 2,054
Tift 736 59.02% 511 40.98% 225 18.04% 1,247
Toombs 615 52.74% 551 47.26% 64 5.49% 1,166
Towns 517 37.63% 857 62.37% -340 -24.75% 1,374
Treutlen 392 85.96% 64 14.04% 328 71.93% 456
Troup 1,557 61.69% 967 38.31% 590 23.38% 2,524
Turner 328 38.41% 526 61.59% -198 -23.19% 854
Twiggs 571 88.53% 74 11.47% 497 77.05% 645
Union 623 17.82% 2,873 82.18% -2,250 -64.36% 3,496
Upson 721 76.54% 221 23.46% 500 53.08% 942
Walker 1,053 37.09% 1,786 62.91% -733 -25.82% 2,839
Walton 1,135 72.80% 424 27.20% 711 45.61% 1,559
Ware 1,416 51.40% 1,339 48.60% 77 2.79% 2,755
Warren 247 49.20% 255 50.80% -8 -1.59% 502
Washington 1,142 70.76% 472 29.24% 670 41.51% 1,614
Wayne 488 54.16% 413 45.84% 75 8.32% 901
Webster 174 74.04% 61 25.96% 113 48.09% 235
Wheeler 312 75.54% 101 24.46% 211 51.09% 413
White 274 32.54% 568 67.46% -294 -34.92% 842
Whitfield 1,154 41.16% 1,650 58.84% -496 -17.69% 2,804
Wilcox 459 68.00% 216 32.00% 243 36.00% 675
Wilkes 747 48.35% 798 51.65% -51 -3.30% 1,545
Wilkinson 487 68.21% 227 31.79% 260 36.41% 714
Worth 952 75.44% 310 24.56% 642 50.87% 1,262
Totals 129,602 56.56% 99,368 43.36% 30,234 13.19% 229,158

Notes edit

  1. ^ Hoover vote is a fusion of Republican and Anti-Smith Democratic votes. Hoover received 63,498 Republican votes and 35,870 Anti-Smith Democrat votes.
  2. ^ a b These write-in votes were not separated by county and only given as a statewide total.

References edit

  1. ^ Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 208, 210 ISBN 9780691163246
  2. ^ Springer, Melanie Jean; How the States Shaped the Nation: American Electoral Institutions and Voter Turnout, 1920-2000, p. 155 ISBN 022611435X
  3. ^ Warren, Kenneth F.; Encyclopedia of U.S. campaigns, elections, and electoral behavior: A-M, Volume 1, p. 620 ISBN 1412954894
  4. ^ Nelson, Michael (1991); Historic documents on presidential elections, 1787-1988, p. 296
  5. ^ Whisenhunt, Donald W.; President Herbert Hoover, p. 69 ISBN 1600214762
  6. ^ Orwat, Stephen F.; The 1928 Presidential Election in the South: The Question of Southern Conservative Values (1994), p. 62
  7. ^ a b Key, V.O. junior; Southern Politics in State and Nation; p. 329 ISBN 087049435X
  8. ^ "Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Georgia". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  9. ^ a b Phillips, The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 212
  10. ^ "1928 Presidential General Election Results – Georgia". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Georgia's Official Register, 1929 (PDF). Atlanta, Georgia: Stein Printing Company. pp. 479–480.
  12. ^ "GA US President Race, November 06, 1928". Our Campaigns.

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Main article 1928 United States presidential election The 1928 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 6 1928 as part of the wider United States presidential election Voters chose 14 representatives or electors to the Electoral College who voted for president and vice president 1928 United States presidential election in Georgia 1924 November 6 1928 1928 11 06 1932 Nominee Al Smith Herbert HooverParty Democratic RepublicanAlliance Anti Smith DemocraticHome state New York CaliforniaRunning mate Joseph T Robinson Charles CurtisElectoral vote 14 0Popular vote 129 602 99 368Percentage 56 56 43 36 County results Smith 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 90 100 Hoover 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 President before electionCalvin CoolidgeRepublican Elected President Herbert HooverRepublicanWith the exception of a handful of historically Unionist North Georgia counties chiefly Fannin but also to a lesser extent Pickens Gilmer and Towns Georgia since the 1880s had been a one party state dominated by the Democratic Party Disfranchisement of almost all African Americans and most poor whites had made the Republican Party virtually nonexistent outside of local governments in those few hill counties 1 and the national Democratic Party served as the guardian of white supremacy against a Republican Party historically associated with memories of Reconstruction The only competitive elections were Democratic primaries which state laws restricted to whites on the grounds of the Democratic Party being legally a private club 2 However with all other prominent Democrats sitting the election out 3 the party nominated Alfred E Smith four term Governor of New York as its nominee for 1928 with little opposition Smith had been the favorite for the 1924 nomination but had lost due to opposition to his Catholic faith and wet views on Prohibition he wished to repeal or modify the Volstead Act Once Smith was nominated despite his attempt to dispel fears by nominating dry Southern Democrat Joseph T Robinson as his running mate 4 extreme fear ensued in the South which had no experience of the Southern and Eastern European Catholic immigrants who were Smith s local constituency Southern fundamentalist Protestants believed that Smith would allow papal and priestly leadership in the United States which Protestantism was a reaction against 5 Prior to this election Georgia was along with Texas the only state that had never voted Republican for president even during Reconstruction In Georgia many Protestant ministers were strongly opposed to Smith 6 However with the state s large number of majority black counties there was great opposition to Hoover because of the strong Republican association with Reconstruction and black political power 7 The Smith Robinson ticket carried the state of Georgia on election day making Georgia with Texas simultaneously voting Republican for the first time now the only state to have never voted for a Republican presidential candidate Nonetheless Hoover did fare better than any other GOP presidential nominee in Georgia history 8 and his vote percentage would not be beaten until Barry Goldwater carried the state in 1964 by when the national Democratic Party had become firmly linked with black civil rights As in the rest of the South Hoover s gains were largely confined to areas with few blacks where he gained up to fifty percent in Forsyth and Wilkes counties and in other northern upcountry counties he gained over forty percent Nevertheless unlike most Black Belt areas where there was no pro Hoover trend 9 in some heavily black counties like Long Effingham and McDuffie where the white voting population was substantially German Lutheran and intensely hostile to Catholicism Hoover did make large gains 7 meaning that Georgia was one of only two states where any counties with nonvoting black majorities deserted Smith Hoover also made large gains from the newly developing urban middle class in Atlanta and Augusta 9 where his gains on Coolidge were comparable to the most anti Catholic upcountry areas Contents 1 Results 1 1 Results by individual elector 1 2 Results by county 2 Notes 3 ReferencesResults editAt the time Georgia voters technically voted on their ballots for a slate of presidential electors not for the candidates themselves with each party selecting one elector to represent each of the state s 12 congressional districts plus two at large electors for a total slate of 14 electors Therefore the vote totals for each presidential candidate here are equal to that of the individual elector who received the highest number of votes for their respective party 1928 United States presidential election in Georgia 10 Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votesDemocratic Al Smith 129 602 56 56 14Republican Herbert Hoover 99 368 a 43 36 0Socialist Norman Thomas 124 b 0 05 0Workers Communist William Foster 64 b 0 03 0Results by individual elector edit State at large Candidate Party Votes John S Candler Democratic Party 129 602 28 28C C Brantley Democratic Party 129 595 28 28Charles Adamson Republican Party 63 498 13 85Anti Smith Democratic 35 870 7 83Total 99 368 21 68Mary Harris Armor Republican Party 63 495 13 85Anti Smith Democratic 35 871 7 83Total 99 366 21 68James M Elder Socialist Party of America 124 0 03M Raoul Millis Socialist Party of America 124 0 03L W War Workers Communist Party 64 0 01C S Knight Workers Communist Party 64 0 01Total 458 307 100 00Source 11 From the 1st congressional district Candidate Party Votes Samuel B Adams Democratic Party 129 593 56 57Frank Durden Republican Party 63 449 27 70Anti Smith Democratic 35 850 15 65Total 99 299 43 35Henry Applebaum Socialist Party of America 124 0 05Ernest Carl Fullerton Workers Communist Party 64 0 03Total 229 080 100 00Source 11 From the 2nd congressional district Candidate Party Votes L D Passmore Democratic Party 129 587 56 57J M Patterson Republican Party 63 452 27 70Anti Smith Democratic 35 851 15 65Total 99 303 43 35Mildred Hicks Socialist Party of America 124 0 05Max Singer Workers Communist Party 64 0 03Total 229 078 100 00Source 11 From the 3rd congressional district Candidate Party Votes E A Rogers Democratic Party 129 588 56 57Charles E Brown Republican Party 63 452 27 70Anti Smith Democratic 35 850 15 65Total 99 302 43 35D J Eddridge Socialist Party of America 124 0 05Denny G Katz Workers Communist Party 64 0 03Total 229 078 100 00Source 11 From the 4th congressional district Candidate Party Votes W R Jones Democratic Party 129 598 56 57Henry O Lovvorn Republican Party 63 494 27 72Anti Smith Democratic 35 867 15 66Total 99 361 43 37J F Ligon Socialist Party of America 124 0 05S J Letheis Workers Communist Party 64 0 03Total 229 147 100 00Source 11 From the 5th congressional district Candidate Party Votes Edgar Watkins Sr Democratic Party 129 591 56 57Mrs Marvin Williams Republican Party 63 450 27 70Anti Smith Democratic 35 853 15 65Total 99 303 43 35Mary Krause Socialist Party of America 124 0 05Nathan Mazer Workers Communist Party 64 0 03Total 229 082 100 00Source 11 From the 6th congressional district Candidate Party Votes Edgar Blalock Democratic Party 129 592 56 57George S Jones Republican Party 63 452 27 70Anti Smith Democratic 35 850 15 65Total 99 302 43 35T J Herrington Socialist Party of America 124 0 05Adam Wehmer Workers Communist Party 64 0 03Total 229 082 100 00Source 11 From the 7th congressional district Candidate Party Votes N A Morris Democratic Party 129 591 56 57Fred D Noble Republican Party 63 450 27 70Anti Smith Democratic 35 851 15 65Total 99 301 43 35Frederick Tippens Socialist Party of America 124 0 05Sam Nasson Workers Communist Party 64 0 03Total 229 080 100 00Source 11 From the 8th congressional district Candidate Party Votes Ernest Camp Democratic Party 129 592 56 57Mrs C A Vernoy Republican Party 63 450 27 70Anti Smith Democratic 35 853 15 65Total 99 303 43 35Emily Hay Socialist Party of America 124 0 05H C Boatner Workers Communist Party 64 0 03Total 229 083 100 00Source 11 From the 9th congressional district Candidate Party Votes B P Gaillard Democratic Party 129 591 56 57W A Carlisle Republican Party 63 452 27 70Anti Smith Democratic 35 850 15 65Total 99 302 43 35W W Edwards Socialist Party of America 124 0 05Harry Harains Workers Communist Party 64 0 03Total 229 081 100 00Source 11 From the 10th congressional district Candidate Party Votes E A Tigner Democratic Party 129 592 56 57E J Forrester Republican Party 63 460 27 70Anti Smith Democratic 35 853 15 65Total 99 313 43 35W B Wall Socialist Party of America 124 0 05W G McCoy Workers Communist Party 64 0 03Total 229 093 100 00Source 11 From the 11th congressional district Candidate Party Votes John W Bennett Democratic Party 129 591 56 57Dan T Cowart Republican Party 63 451 27 70Anti Smith Democratic 35 851 15 65Total 99 302 43 35T H Blizzard Socialist Party of America 124 0 05O R Hutchinson Workers Communist Party 64 0 03Total 229 081 100 00Source 11 From the 12th congressional district Candidate Party Votes J W Palmer Democratic Party 129 592 56 57J H Rush Republican Party 63 452 27 70Anti Smith Democratic 35 845 15 65Total 99 297 43 35S A Alexander Socialist Party of America 124 0 05J K Eiseler Workers Communist Party 64 0 03Total 229 077 100 00Source 11 Results by county edit County Alfred Emmanuel SmithDemocratic Herbert Clark HooverRepublican Anti Smith Margin Total votes cast 12 Appling 415 41 75 579 58 25 164 16 50 994Atkinson 350 74 31 121 25 69 229 48 62 471Bacon 305 60 04 203 39 96 102 20 08 508Baker 462 82 35 99 17 65 363 64 71 561Baldwin 712 72 51 270 27 49 442 45 01 982Banks 422 53 76 363 46 24 59 7 52 785Barrow 479 41 19 684 58 81 205 17 63 1 163Bartow 830 49 76 838 50 24 8 0 48 1 668Ben Hill 1 006 68 62 460 31 38 546 37 24 1 466Berrien 735 87 50 105 12 50 630 75 00 840Bibb 2 289 52 42 2 078 47 58 211 4 83 4 367Bleckley 641 90 03 71 9 97 570 80 06 712Brantley 166 49 11 172 50 89 6 1 78 338Brooks 770 80 04 192 19 96 578 60 08 962Bryan 219 59 19 151 40 81 68 18 38 370Bulloch 1 258 76 47 387 23 53 871 52 95 1 645Burke 687 72 54 260 27 46 427 45 09 947Butts 846 85 11 148 14 89 698 70 22 994Calhoun 571 86 25 91 13 75 480 72 51 662Camden 274 50 65 267 49 35 7 1 29 541Campbell 425 56 52 327 43 48 98 13 03 752Candler 411 75 55 133 24 45 278 51 10 544Carroll 1 913 47 53 2 112 52 47 199 4 94 4 025Catoosa 562 48 16 605 51 84 43 3 68 1 167Charlton 415 72 17 160 27 83 255 44 35 575Chatham 5 534 51 14 5 288 48 86 246 2 27 10 822Chattahoochee 141 88 68 18 11 32 123 77 36 159Chattooga 920 45 63 1 096 54 37 176 8 73 2 016Cherokee 581 25 71 1 679 74 29 1 098 48 58 2 260Clarke 1 407 66 03 724 33 97 683 32 05 2 131Clay 405 87 85 56 12 15 349 75 70 461Clayton 612 49 72 619 50 28 7 0 57 1 231Clinch 717 83 37 143 16 63 574 66 74 860Cobb 1 426 45 46 1 711 54 54 285 9 09 3 137Coffee 1 176 66 55 591 33 45 585 33 11 1 767Colquitt 970 54 93 796 45 07 174 9 85 1 766Columbia 279 54 39 234 45 61 45 8 77 513Cook 689 74 41 237 25 59 452 48 81 926Coweta 1 656 87 85 229 12 15 1 427 75 70 1 885Crawford 358 88 18 48 11 82 310 76 35 406Crisp 523 56 54 402 43 46 121 13 08 925Dade 453 58 00 328 42 00 125 16 01 781Dawson 332 53 38 290 46 62 42 6 75 622Decatur 734 38 84 1 156 61 16 422 22 33 1 890DeKalb 2 293 49 09 2 378 50 91 85 1 82 4 671Dodge 677 71 26 273 28 74 404 42 53 950Dooly 744 82 67 156 17 33 588 65 33 900Dougherty 982 72 15 379 27 85 603 44 31 1 361Douglas 452 42 72 606 57 28 154 14 56 1 058Early 674 74 48 231 25 52 443 48 95 905Echols 314 91 55 29 8 45 285 83 09 343Effingham 163 20 63 627 79 37 464 58 73 790Elbert 1 052 53 05 931 46 95 121 6 10 1 983Emanuel 1 076 75 19 355 24 81 721 50 38 1 431Evans 489 71 81 192 28 19 297 43 61 681Fannin 811 31 92 1 730 68 08 919 36 17 2 541Fayette 367 65 89 190 34 11 177 31 78 557Floyd 1 494 46 34 1 730 53 66 236 7 32 3 224Forsyth 287 23 51 934 76 49 647 52 99 1 221Franklin 770 49 01 801 50 99 31 1 97 1 571Fulton 8 872 48 64 9 368 51 36 496 2 72 18 240Gilmer 529 34 33 1 012 65 67 483 31 34 1 541Glascock 123 35 34 225 64 66 102 29 31 348Glynn 549 40 73 799 59 27 250 18 55 1 348Gordon 740 41 60 1 039 58 40 299 16 81 1 779Grady 1 172 72 75 439 27 25 733 45 50 1 611Greene 627 71 90 245 28 10 382 43 81 872Gwinnett 970 47 74 1 062 52 26 92 4 53 2 032Habersham 1 105 44 04 1 404 55 96 299 11 92 2 509Hall 1 523 49 19 1 573 50 81 50 1 61 3 096Hancock 552 82 39 118 17 61 434 64 78 670Haralson 690 30 84 1 547 69 16 857 38 31 2 237Harris 551 79 28 144 20 72 407 58 56 695Hart 919 60 38 603 39 62 316 20 76 1 522Heard 493 55 83 390 44 17 103 11 66 883Henry 763 67 94 360 32 06 403 35 89 1 123Houston 323 77 83 92 22 17 231 55 66 415Irwin 917 84 99 162 15 01 755 69 97 1 079Jackson 859 51 22 818 48 78 41 2 44 1 677Jasper 632 81 87 140 18 13 492 63 73 772Jeff Davis 315 63 64 180 36 36 135 27 27 495Jefferson 798 43 02 1 057 56 98 259 13 96 1 855Jenkins 409 55 20 332 44 80 77 10 39 741Johnson 632 69 00 284 31 00 348 37 99 916Jones 414 80 54 100 19 46 314 61 09 514Lamar 672 84 21 126 15 79 546 68 42 798Lanier 303 68 71 138 31 29 165 37 41 441Laurens 1 987 80 87 470 19 13 1 517 61 74 2 457Lee 287 86 45 45 13 55 242 72 89 332Liberty 201 49 75 203 50 25 2 0 50 404Lincoln 445 51 86 413 48 14 32 3 73 858Long 166 29 28 401 70 72 235 41 45 567Lowndes 1 413 70 33 596 29 67 817 40 67 2 009Lumpkin 560 59 51 381 40 49 179 19 02 941Macon 819 76 04 258 23 96 561 52 09 1 077Madison 474 47 35 527 52 65 53 5 29 1 001Marion 365 76 20 114 23 80 251 52 40 479McDuffie 304 44 38 381 55 62 77 11 24 685McIntosh 141 43 93 180 56 07 39 12 15 321Meriwether 1 515 84 07 287 15 93 1 228 68 15 1 802Miller 322 76 12 101 23 88 221 52 25 423Milton 183 29 19 444 70 81 261 41 63 627Mitchell 1 358 90 47 143 9 53 1 215 80 95 1 501Monroe 801 70 88 329 29 12 472 41 77 1 130Montgomery 337 77 47 98 22 53 239 54 94 435Morgan 803 79 43 208 20 57 595 58 85 1 011Murray 982 47 03 1 106 52 97 124 5 94 2 088Muscogee 2 098 57 14 1 574 42 86 524 14 27 3 672Newton 873 55 57 698 44 43 175 11 14 1 571Oconee 344 53 42 300 46 58 44 6 83 644Oglethorpe 813 79 86 205 20 14 608 59 72 1 018Paulding 690 34 66 1 301 65 34 611 30 69 1 991Peach 572 73 33 208 26 67 364 46 67 780Pickens 543 29 16 1 319 70 84 776 41 68 1 862Pierce 523 64 73 285 35 27 238 29 46 808Pike 714 75 00 238 25 00 476 50 00 952Polk 886 37 73 1 462 62 27 576 24 53 2 348Pulaski 639 85 89 105 14 11 534 71 77 744Putnam 682 92 29 57 7 71 625 84 57 739Quitman 174 80 93 41 19 07 133 61 86 215Rabun 590 65 85 306 34 15 284 31 70 896Randolph 803 81 94 177 18 06 626 63 88 980Richmond 2 086 29 01 5 104 70 99 3 018 41 97 7 190Rockdale 472 75 16 156 24 84 316 50 32 628Schley 328 80 99 77 19 01 251 61 98 405Screven 300 29 82 706 70 18 406 40 36 1 006Seminole 371 77 13 110 22 87 261 54 26 481Spalding 1 734 80 80 412 19 20 1 322 61 60 2 146Stephens 438 61 86 270 38 14 168 23 73 708Stewart 732 89 27 88 10 73 644 78 54 820Sumter 1 237 80 80 294 19 20 943 61 59 1 531Talbot 536 87 87 74 12 13 462 75 74 610Taliaferro 446 88 49 58 11 51 388 76 98 504Tattnall 460 36 77 791 63 23 331 26 46 1 251Taylor 590 62 57 353 37 43 237 25 13 943Telfair 2 057 86 10 332 13 90 1 725 72 21 2 389Terrell 897 88 55 116 11 45 781 77 10 1 013Thomas 1 240 60 37 814 39 63 426 20 74 2 054Tift 736 59 02 511 40 98 225 18 04 1 247Toombs 615 52 74 551 47 26 64 5 49 1 166Towns 517 37 63 857 62 37 340 24 75 1 374Treutlen 392 85 96 64 14 04 328 71 93 456Troup 1 557 61 69 967 38 31 590 23 38 2 524Turner 328 38 41 526 61 59 198 23 19 854Twiggs 571 88 53 74 11 47 497 77 05 645Union 623 17 82 2 873 82 18 2 250 64 36 3 496Upson 721 76 54 221 23 46 500 53 08 942Walker 1 053 37 09 1 786 62 91 733 25 82 2 839Walton 1 135 72 80 424 27 20 711 45 61 1 559Ware 1 416 51 40 1 339 48 60 77 2 79 2 755Warren 247 49 20 255 50 80 8 1 59 502Washington 1 142 70 76 472 29 24 670 41 51 1 614Wayne 488 54 16 413 45 84 75 8 32 901Webster 174 74 04 61 25 96 113 48 09 235Wheeler 312 75 54 101 24 46 211 51 09 413White 274 32 54 568 67 46 294 34 92 842Whitfield 1 154 41 16 1 650 58 84 496 17 69 2 804Wilcox 459 68 00 216 32 00 243 36 00 675Wilkes 747 48 35 798 51 65 51 3 30 1 545Wilkinson 487 68 21 227 31 79 260 36 41 714Worth 952 75 44 310 24 56 642 50 87 1 262Totals 129 602 56 56 99 368 43 36 30 234 13 19 229 158Notes edit Hoover vote is a fusion of Republican and Anti Smith Democratic votes Hoover received 63 498 Republican votes and 35 870 Anti Smith Democrat votes a b These write in votes were not separated by county and only given as a statewide total References edit Phillips Kevin P The Emerging Republican Majority pp 208 210 ISBN 9780691163246 Springer Melanie Jean How the States Shaped the Nation American Electoral Institutions and Voter Turnout 1920 2000 p 155 ISBN 022611435X Warren Kenneth F Encyclopedia of U S campaigns elections and electoral behavior A M Volume 1 p 620 ISBN 1412954894 Nelson Michael 1991 Historic documents on presidential elections 1787 1988 p 296 Whisenhunt Donald W President Herbert Hoover p 69 ISBN 1600214762 Orwat Stephen F The 1928 Presidential Election in the South The Question of Southern Conservative Values 1994 p 62 a b Key V O junior Southern Politics in State and Nation p 329 ISBN 087049435X Presidential General Election Results Comparison Georgia Dave Leip s U S Election Atlas a b Phillips The Emerging Republican Majority p 212 1928 Presidential General Election Results Georgia Dave Leip s U S Election Atlas a b c d e f g h i j k l m Georgia s Official Register 1929 PDF Atlanta Georgia Stein Printing Company pp 479 480 GA US President Race November 06 1928 Our Campaigns Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1928 United States presidential election in Georgia amp oldid 1183446391, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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