Electoral history of Herbert Hoover

President Herbert Hoover

Electoral history of Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States (1929–1933) and 3rd United States Secretary of Commerce (1921–1928).

1920 Democratic presidential primaries:^[1]

Unpledged delegates - 165,460 (29.85%)
A. Mitchell Palmer - 91,543 (16.51%)
James M. Cox - 86,194 (15.55%)
William McAdoo - 74,987 (13.53%)
Gilbert M. Hitchcock - 37,452 (6.76%)
Edward I. Edwards - 28,470 (5.14%)
Herbert Hoover - 28,042 (5.06%)
William Jennings Bryan - 20,893 (3.77%)
Robert G. Ross - 13,179 (2.38%)
James W. Gerard - 4,706 (0.85%)

1920 Republican presidential primaries:^[2]

Hiram W. Johnson - 965,651 (30.30%)
Leonard Wood - 710,863 (22.30%)
Frank O. Lowden - 389,127 (12.21%)
Herbert Hoover - 303,815 (9.53%)
Unpledged delegates - 298,109 (9.35%)
Edward R. Wood - 257,841 (8.09%)
Warren G. Harding - 144,762 (4.54%)
John J. Pershing - 45,640 (1.43%)
Howard Sutherland - 33,849 (1.06%)

1920 Republican National Convention (Presidential tally):

Presidential Balloting, RNC 1920
Ballot	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10 Before shifts	10 After shifts
Warren G. Harding	65.5	59	58.5	61.5	78	89	105	133	374.5	644.7	692.2
Leonard Wood	287.5	289.5	303	314.5	299	311.5	312	299	249	181.5	156
Frank Lowden	211.5	259.5	282.5	289	303	311.5	311.5	307	121.5	28	11
Hiram Johnson	133.5	146	148	140.5	133.5	110	99.5	87	82	80.8	80.8
William C. Sproul	84	78.5	79.5	79.5	82.5	77	76	76	78	0	0
Nicholas Murray Butler	69.5	41	25	20	4	4	2	2	2	2	2
Calvin Coolidge	34	32	27	25	29	28	28	30	28	5	5
Robert M. La Follette	24	24	24	22	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Jeter C. Pritchard	21	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Miles Poindexter	20	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	2	0
Howard Sutherland	17	15	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Herbert C. Hoover	5.5	5.5	5.5	5	6	5	4	5	6	10.5	9.5
Scattering	11	9	7	9	9	9	6	6	5	5.5	3.5

1928 Republican presidential primaries:^[3]

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):^[4]

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:^[5]

Joseph I. France - 1,137,948 (47.50%)
Herbert Hoover (incumbent) - 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):^[6]

Herbert Hoover (incumbent) - 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:^[7]

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^[8]

Thomas E. Dewey - 1,605,754 (49.76%)
Jerrold L. Seawell - 538,112 (16.68%)
Robert A. 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):^[9]

First ballot:

Second ballot:

Thomas E. Dewey - 338
Robert A. 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 A. 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:

Fifth ballot:

Wendell Willkie - 429
Robert A. 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 A. Taft - 318
Thomas E. Dewey - 11
Herbert Hoover - 10
Scattering - 5
Frank E. Gannett - 1

References

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[1] Our Campaigns - US President - D Primaries Race - Feb 01, 1920

[2] Our Campaigns - US President - R Primaries Race - Feb 01, 1920

[3] Our Campaigns - US President - R Primaries Race - Feb 01, 1928

[4] Our Campaigns - US President - R Convention Race - Jun 12, 1928

[5] Our Campaigns - US President - R Primaries Race - Feb 01, 1932

[6] Our Campaigns - US President - R Convention Race - Jun 14, 1932

[7] Our Campaigns - US President - R Primaries Race - Feb 01, 1936

[8] Our Campaigns - US President - R Primaries Race - Feb 01, 1940

[9] Our Campaigns - US President - R Convention Race - Jul 24, 1940

Herbert Hoover
31st President of the United States (1929–1933) 3rd United States Secretary of Commerce (1921–1928)
Presidency	1929 inauguration Hoover Dam Federal Farm Board Wall Street Crash of 1929 Hooverville Bonus Army Banana Wars U.S. occupation of Nicaragua U.S. occupation of Haiti London Naval Treaty Hoover Moratorium Stimson Doctrine Cabinet Medicine Ball Cabinet Hooverball State of the Union Address, 1929 1930 Judicial appointments Supreme Court Hoover desk
Other events	Sons of Gwalia mine Zinc Corporation Commission for Relief in Belgium University Foundation Belgian American Educational Foundation American Relief Administration Russian Famine Relief Act U.S. Food Administration Commission for Polish Relief Finnish Relief Fund Hoover Commission
Life	Early life Birthplace and childhood home National Historic Site Hoover–Minthorn House Lou Henry Hoover House Rapidan Camp
Legacy	Presidential Library, Museum, and gravesite Hoover Institution Library and Archives Hoover Tower Hoover Institution Herbert C. Hoover Building U.S. Postage stamp Hoover Medal Hoover Chair Hoover Field
Books	Freedom Betrayed English translation of De re metallica
Elections	Republican National Convention, 1920 1928 1932 1940 United States presidential election, 1928 1932
Family	Lou Henry Hoover (wife) Herbert Hoover Jr. (son) Allan Hoover (son) Margaret Hoover (great-granddaughter) Jesse Hoover (father) Hulda Randall (Minthorn) Hoover (mother)
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