Herbert Hoover carried Missouri R+11.4.

Al Smith (D) vs Herbert Hoover (R) in Missouri, 1928. The state ran 6.0 points more Democratic than the nation (R+17.5 nationally).

Nominees: Al Smith (D) · Herbert Hoover (R)

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Missouri result

1,500,845 votes counted

Smith (D)

662,684

44.2%

Hoover (R)

834,080

55.6%

All others

4,081

0.3%

Margin

R+11.4

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1928 presidential election

Missouri, 1928

HooverR+11.4

How it voted

Share of the 1928 vote

Herbert Hoover ✓Republican	55.6%	834,080
Al SmithDemocratic	44.2%	662,684
OtherAll other candidates	0.3%	4,081

D+60

R+60

115 counties, each filled by 1928 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Missouri's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1928 contest in context

Missouri's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+7.5%
1896	+8.7%
1900	+5.5%
1904	−3.9%
1908	−0.1%
1912	+17.6%
1916	+3.6%
1920	−11.5%
1924	−5.6%
1928	−11.4%
1932	+28.6%
1936	+22.6%
1940	+4.8%
1944	+2.9%
1948	+16.6%
1952	−1.6%
1956	+0.2%
1960	+0.5%
1964	+28.1%
1968	−1.1%
1972	−24.7%
1976	+3.6%
1980	−6.8%
1984	−20.0%
1988	−4.0%
1992	+10.1%
1996	+6.3%
2000	−3.3%
2004	−7.2%
2008	−0.1%
2012	−9.4%
2016	−18.5%
2020	−15.3%
2024	−18.4%

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County results — 1928

115 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−32.0%	2,841	5,538	8,429
Andrew County	R	−33.3%	2,118	4,243	6,373
Atchison County	R	−12.2%	2,535	3,239	5,786
Audrain County	D	+10.0%	5,067	4,141	9,222
Barry County	R	−26.3%	3,431	5,901	9,383
Barton County	R	−23.2%	2,275	3,662	5,985
Bates County	R	−26.0%	3,594	6,133	9,781
Benton County	R	−44.8%	1,296	3,411	4,716
Bollinger County	R	−24.6%	1,824	3,014	4,846
Boone County	D	+26.6%	8,422	4,876	13,319
Buchanan County	R	−25.6%	12,110	20,459	32,624
Butler County	R	−25.4%	3,320	5,591	8,949
Caldwell County	R	−31.6%	2,164	4,167	6,331
Callaway County	D	+22.3%	5,153	3,269	8,437
Camden County	R	−54.9%	606	2,085	2,695
Cape Girardeau County	R	−14.7%	5,464	7,344	12,829
Carroll County	R	−22.2%	3,735	5,875	9,624
Carter County	R	−1.3%	963	989	1,962
Cass County	R	−18.4%	3,647	5,299	8,964
Cedar County	R	−31.7%	1,728	3,340	5,080
Chariton County	D	+7.4%	4,559	3,929	8,501
Christian County	R	−51.9%	1,124	3,576	4,721
Clark County	R	−20.0%	2,170	3,259	5,447
Clay County	R	−0.1%	5,574	5,584	11,185
Clinton County	R	−20.1%	2,485	3,736	6,229
Cole County	R	−1.2%	6,481	6,637	13,133
Cooper County	R	−4.1%	4,413	4,794	9,216
Crawford County	R	−32.7%	1,476	2,926	4,428
Dade County	R	−41.2%	1,453	3,497	4,957
Dallas County	R	−50.3%	931	2,835	3,783
Daviess County	R	−20.8%	2,789	4,254	7,057
DeKalb County	R	−27.4%	1,898	3,338	5,254
Dent County	R	−11.6%	1,871	2,367	4,266
Douglas County	R	−68.8%	681	3,758	4,474
Dunklin County	D	+15.0%	4,879	3,602	8,501
Franklin County	R	−18.1%	5,429	7,831	13,292
Gasconade County	R	−59.4%	1,058	4,171	5,242
Gentry County	R	−12.3%	2,735	3,506	6,256
Greene County	R	−34.0%	10,901	22,166	33,151
Grundy County	R	−38.1%	2,332	5,226	7,604
Harrison County	R	−34.9%	2,319	4,818	7,153
Henry County	R	−18.3%	4,319	6,263	10,603
Hickory County	R	−69.5%	399	2,233	2,637
Holt County	R	−33.3%	1,919	3,845	5,776
Howard County	D	+32.7%	4,452	2,254	6,720
Howell County	R	−31.2%	2,543	4,869	7,461
Iron County	R	−17.5%	1,342	1,910	3,255
Jackson County	R	−13.4%	96,703	126,589	223,677
Jasper County	R	−42.3%	8,292	20,587	29,059
Jefferson County	R	−9.1%	5,231	6,285	11,538
Johnson County	R	−23.9%	4,316	7,032	11,367
Knox County	R	−8.6%	2,213	2,628	4,848
Laclede County	R	−32.2%	2,031	3,971	6,025
Lafayette County	R	−12.8%	5,939	7,687	13,658
Lawrence County	R	−26.8%	3,646	6,328	10,017
Lewis County	D	+2.5%	2,882	2,741	5,646
Lincoln County	D	+10.4%	3,356	2,722	6,088
Linn County	R	−22.8%	4,395	6,996	11,411
Livingston County	R	−28.1%	3,221	5,742	8,980
Macon County	R	−7.4%	4,838	5,618	10,510
Madison County	R	−24.0%	1,326	2,165	3,491
Maries County	D	+12.2%	1,808	1,415	3,231
Marion County	R	−14.9%	5,679	7,664	13,367
McDonald County	R	−29.9%	1,986	3,684	5,686
Mercer County	R	−51.2%	925	2,869	3,798
Miller County	R	−26.0%	1,979	3,379	5,376
Mississippi County	D	+13.1%	2,602	1,999	4,609
Moniteau County	R	−20.3%	2,310	3,496	5,839
Monroe County	D	+56.3%	4,957	1,378	6,354
Montgomery County	R	−26.2%	2,285	3,910	6,203
Morgan County	R	−35.6%	1,432	3,017	4,458
New Madrid County	R	−6.7%	4,153	4,750	8,925
Newton County	R	−36.4%	3,269	7,054	10,408
Nodaway County	R	−14.9%	5,297	7,160	12,474
Oregon County	D	+6.3%	1,884	1,662	3,550
Osage County	D	+11.1%	3,092	2,474	5,572
Ozark County	R	−66.0%	529	2,616	3,164
Pemiscot County	R	−8.7%	5,259	6,256	11,515
Perry County	R	−1.1%	2,591	2,648	5,245
Pettis County	R	−30.1%	5,554	10,346	15,939
Phelps County	R	−1.2%	2,896	2,967	5,874
Pike County	R	−9.8%	3,749	4,569	8,347
Platte County	D	+15.9%	3,344	2,423	5,777
Polk County	R	−39.4%	2,303	5,307	7,622
Pulaski County	R	−7.1%	1,934	2,229	4,171
Putnam County	R	−47.3%	1,247	3,498	4,755
Ralls County	D	+11.8%	2,273	1,794	4,071
Randolph County	D	+10.9%	6,008	4,825	10,842
Ray County	D	+16.4%	4,570	3,280	7,866
Reynolds County	D	+11.8%	1,582	1,247	2,835
Ripley County	R	−22.9%	1,395	2,226	3,631
Saline County	R	−4.1%	6,251	6,780	13,044
Schuyler County	R	−0.7%	1,797	1,822	3,628
Scotland County	R	−3.4%	2,194	2,350	4,566
Scott County	D	+15.4%	5,159	3,779	8,944
Shannon County	D	+9.9%	1,884	1,542	3,456
Shelby County	D	+15.6%	3,158	2,303	5,468
St. Charles County	R	−3.1%	5,081	5,404	10,507
St. Clair County	R	−38.4%	1,701	3,846	5,584
St. Francois County	R	−36.8%	4,171	9,040	13,228
St. Louis city	D	+4.3%	176,428	161,701	339,194
St. Louis County	R	−11.4%	33,802	42,572	76,667
Ste. Genevieve County	D	+39.6%	2,547	1,099	3,652
Stoddard County	R	−9.9%	4,016	4,906	8,951
Stone County	R	−68.1%	559	2,972	3,543
Sullivan County	R	−11.9%	3,292	4,183	7,496
Taney County	R	−40.8%	971	2,319	3,302
Texas County	R	−13.8%	3,067	4,050	7,133
Vernon County	R	−22.2%	3,676	5,783	9,490
Warren County	R	−44.5%	999	2,610	3,620
Washington County	R	−18.1%	2,091	3,019	5,120
Wayne County	R	−13.9%	2,011	2,662	4,685
Webster County	R	−26.1%	2,343	4,002	6,353
Worth County	R	−13.3%	1,407	1,839	3,257
Wright County	R	−38.9%	1,973	4,504	6,501