Electoral history of Herbert Hoover

List of political elections featuring Herbert Hoover as a candidate

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Electoral history of Herbert Hoover, who served as the 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%)

1928 United States presidential election:

* 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%)

1932 United States presidential election

* 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:

* Thomas E. Dewey \- 360
* Robert A. 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 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
* Styles 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 MacNider \- 28
* Frank E. Gannett \- 11
* Scattering - 11
* Styles Bridges \- 1

Fourth ballot:

* Wendell Willkie \- 306
* Robert A. 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 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

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Herbert Hoover

* 31st President of the United States (1929–1933)
* 3rd United States Secretary of Commerce (1921–1928)

Presidency
(timeline)|

* Transition
* Inauguration
* Foreign policy
* Hoover Dam
* Agricultural Marketing Act of 1929
* Federal Farm Board
* Reapportionment Act of 1929
* Wall Street crash of 1929
* Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act
* National anthem
* Economy Act of 1932
* Revenue Act of 1932
* Mexican Repatriation
* Federal Home Loan Bank Act
* Federal Home Loan Bank Board
* Federal Home Loan Banks
* 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
* Presidential transition of Franklin D. Roosevelt
* Judicial appointments
* Supreme Court
* Executive Orders
* 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|

* Bibliography
* 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
* SS President Hoover
* Black Jack (riderless horse at state funeral)
* Backstairs at the White House (1979 miniseries)
* The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue (1996 film)

Books|

* Freedom Betrayed
* English translation of De re metallica

Elections|

* Republican National Convention, 1920
* 1928
* 1932
* 1940
* 1928 United States presidential election
* 1932

Family|

* Lou Henry Hoover (wife)
* Herbert Hoover Jr. (son)
* Allan Hoover (son)
* Margaret Hoover (great-granddaughter)

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