# 1928 United States presidential election in Michigan

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The 1928 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 6, 1928, as part of the 1928 United States presidential election. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Ever since the Panic of 1893 and the Populist movement, Michigan had been rigidly one-party polity dominated by the Republican Party. In the 1894 elections, the Democratic Party lost all but one seat in the Michigan legislature, and over the four ensuing decades the party would never make major gains there.
The dominance of the culture of the Lower Peninsula by anti-slavery Yankees would be augmented by the turn of formerly Democratic-leaning German Catholics away from that party as a result of the remodelled party's agrarian and free silver sympathies, which became rigidly opposed by both the upper class and workers who followed them, while the Populist movement eliminated Democratic ties with the business and commerce of Michigan and other Northern states. By the 1920s, the only significant financial backer of the state Democratic Party was billionaire William Comstock.
Unlike the other states of the Upper Midwest, the Yankee influence on the culture of the Lower Peninsula was so strong that left-wing third parties did not provide significant opposition to the Republicans, nor was there more than a moderate degree of coordinated factionalism within the hegemonic Michigan Republican Party.
In 1918 a major reaction against incumbent President Woodrow Wilson throughout the Midwest, due to supposed preferential treatment of Southern farmers. Republicans would hold every seat in the State Senate for over a decade after the fall election, as they had between 1895 and 1897 and between 1905 and 1911, and every seat in both houses of the state legislature between 1921 and 1923 and again from 1925 to 1927.
Despite the one-party dominance of the state's legislature, Woodbridge Nathan Ferris would be elected to the Senate in 1922 as the first Democrat to represent Michigan since 1858 after Newberry v. United States ruled that party primaries were not subject to the Federal Corrupt Practices Act, so that enough Republicans who had opposed Truman Newberry in the fraudulent 1918 primary backed Ferris for him to win by two percentage points. In 1924, unlike every other Upper Midwestern state, Progressive candidate Robert M. La Follette performed only moderately in heavily Yankee and Polish Lower Michigan. Even in the more Scandinavian and anti-clerical Upper Peninsula, where La Follette support in Michigan was centred, the Wisconsin Senator failed to match his performance in the other Upper Midwest states. Consequently, the inevitable nomination with all other Democrats sitting the election out of La Follette endorsee New York City Catholic Al Smith did not make for a significant reaction in Michigan.

## Results

This was the 2nd consecutive presidential election that the Republican candidate would win every county in Michigan.
1928 United States presidential election in Michigan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Herbert Hoover | 965,396 | 70.36% |
| | Democratic | Al Smith | 396,762 | 28.92% |
| | Socialist | Norman Thomas | 3,516 | 0.26% |
| | Workers | William Z. Foster | 2,881 | 0.21% |
| | Prohibition | William F. Varney | 2,728 | 0.20% |
| | Socialist Labor | Verne L. Reynolds | 799 | 0.06% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,372,082 | 100% |

### Results by county

1928 United States presidential election in Michigan by county :
| County | Herbert Hoover Republican | Herbert Hoover Republican | Alfred E. Smith Democratic | Alfred E. Smith Democratic | Norman Thomas Socialist | Norman Thomas Socialist | William Z. Foster Workers | William Z. Foster Workers | William F. Varney Prohibition | William F. Varney Prohibition | Verne L. Reynolds Socialist Labor | Verne L. Reynolds Socialist Labor | Margin | Margin | Total votes cast |
| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | Total votes cast |
| Alcona | 1,149 | 78.81% | 302 | 20.71% | 2 | 0.14% | 4 | 0.27% | 1 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 847 | 58.09% | 1,458 |
| Alger | 1,716 | 59.05% | 1,053 | 36.24% | 24 | 0.83% | 105 | 3.61% | 4 | 0.14% | 4 | 0.14% | 663 | 22.81% | 2,906 |
| Allegan | 10,792 | 81.65% | 2,358 | 17.84% | 19 | 0.14% | 4 | 0.03% | 40 | 0.30% | 4 | 0.03% | 8,434 | 63.81% | 13,217 |
| Alpena | 3,467 | 63.43% | 1,984 | 36.30% | 7 | 0.13% | 1 | 0.02% | 6 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,483 | 27.13% | 5,466 |
| Antrim | 2,756 | 84.46% | 484 | 14.83% | 10 | 0.31% | 2 | 0.06% | 11 | 0.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,272 | 69.63% | 3,263 |
| Arenac | 1,612 | 67.87% | 749 | 31.54% | 8 | 0.34% | 2 | 0.08% | 3 | 0.13% | 1 | 0.04% | 863 | 36.34% | 2,375 |
| Baraga | 2,203 | 65.27% | 1,046 | 30.99% | 3 | 0.09% | 119 | 3.53% | 4 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,157 | 34.28% | 3,375 |
| Barry | 6,044 | 79.94% | 1,459 | 19.30% | 14 | 0.19% | 2 | 0.03% | 42 | 0.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,585 | 60.64% | 7,561 |
| Bay | 12,467 | 56.88% | 9,395 | 42.87% | 19 | 0.09% | 5 | 0.02% | 26 | 0.12% | 5 | 0.02% | 3,072 | 14.02% | 21,917 |
| Benzie | 1,849 | 84.28% | 321 | 14.63% | 16 | 0.73% | 3 | 0.14% | 5 | 0.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,528 | 69.64% | 2,194 |
| Berrien | 19,064 | 68.60% | 8,555 | 30.78% | 68 | 0.24% | 20 | 0.07% | 77 | 0.28% | 7 | 0.03% | 10,509 | 37.81% | 27,791 |
| Branch | 6,818 | 74.51% | 2,266 | 24.77% | 19 | 0.21% | 1 | 0.01% | 44 | 0.48% | 2 | 0.02% | 4,552 | 49.75% | 9,150 |
| Calhoun | 24,379 | 80.40% | 5,769 | 19.03% | 69 | 0.23% | 14 | 0.05% | 72 | 0.24% | 18 | 0.06% | 18,610 | 61.38% | 30,321 |
| Cass | 5,720 | 70.24% | 2,346 | 28.81% | 34 | 0.42% | 4 | 0.05% | 33 | 0.41% | 6 | 0.07% | 3,374 | 41.43% | 8,143 |
| Charlevoix | 3,489 | 79.97% | 842 | 19.30% | 25 | 0.57% | 1 | 0.02% | 5 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,647 | 60.67% | 4,363 |
| Cheboygan | 2,743 | 60.34% | 1,784 | 39.24% | 5 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.04% | 11 | 0.24% | 1 | 0.02% | 959 | 21.10% | 4,546 |
| Chippewa | 5,326 | 68.68% | 2,355 | 30.37% | 8 | 0.10% | 54 | 0.70% | 9 | 0.12% | 3 | 0.04% | 2,971 | 38.31% | 7,755 |
| Clare | 1,920 | 82.62% | 381 | 16.39% | 9 | 0.39% | 3 | 0.13% | 7 | 0.30% | 4 | 0.17% | 1,539 | 66.22% | 2,324 |
| Clinton | 6,161 | 75.04% | 2,013 | 24.52% | 8 | 0.10% | 26 | 0.32% | 2 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,148 | 50.52% | 8,210 |
| Crawford | 776 | 76.30% | 237 | 23.30% | 2 | 0.20% | 2 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 539 | 53.00% | 1,017 |
| Delta | 5,420 | 49.59% | 5,419 | 49.58% | 44 | 0.40% | 16 | 0.15% | 22 | 0.20% | 9 | 0.08% | 1 | 0.01% | 10,930 |
| Dickinson | 5,840 | 55.57% | 4,626 | 44.02% | 26 | 0.25% | 6 | 0.06% | 6 | 0.06% | 5 | 0.05% | 1,214 | 11.55% | 10,509 |
| Eaton | 8,493 | 78.38% | 2,285 | 21.09% | 20 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.01% | 36 | 0.33% | 1 | 0.01% | 6,208 | 57.29% | 10,836 |
| Emmet | 3,679 | 75.36% | 1,166 | 23.88% | 21 | 0.43% | 1 | 0.02% | 12 | 0.25% | 3 | 0.06% | 2,513 | 51.47% | 4,882 |
| Genesee | 42,743 | 79.37% | 10,910 | 20.26% | 83 | 0.15% | 22 | 0.04% | 71 | 0.13% | 24 | 0.04% | 31,833 | 59.11% | 53,853 |
| Gladwin | 1,795 | 83.76% | 341 | 15.91% | 3 | 0.14% | 4 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,454 | 67.85% | 2,143 |
| Gogebic | 6,061 | 64.74% | 3,134 | 33.48% | 24 | 0.26% | 118 | 1.26% | 18 | 0.19% | 7 | 0.07% | 2,927 | 31.26% | 9,362 |
| Grand Traverse | 4,429 | 74.56% | 1,489 | 25.07% | 5 | 0.08% | 1 | 0.02% | 16 | 0.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,940 | 49.49% | 5,940 |
| Gratiot | 8,823 | 82.14% | 1,854 | 17.26% | 18 | 0.17% | 46 | 0.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,969 | 64.88% | 10,741 |
| Hillsdale | 8,282 | 80.99% | 1,893 | 18.51% | 5 | 0.05% | 2 | 0.02% | 43 | 0.42% | 1 | 0.01% | 6,389 | 62.48% | 10,226 |
| Houghton | 11,240 | 62.30% | 6,573 | 36.43% | 20 | 0.11% | 171 | 0.95% | 25 | 0.14% | 13 | 0.07% | 4,667 | 25.87% | 18,042 |
| Huron | 7,046 | 64.79% | 3,797 | 34.91% | 4 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.01% | 26 | 0.24% | 1 | 0.01% | 3,249 | 29.88% | 10,875 |
| Ingham | 29,383 | 78.90% | 7,654 | 20.55% | 85 | 0.23% | 16 | 0.04% | 93 | 0.25% | 12 | 0.03% | 21,729 | 58.34% | 37,243 |
| Ionia | 9,471 | 74.91% | 3,089 | 24.43% | 22 | 0.17% | 2 | 0.02% | 57 | 0.45% | 2 | 0.02% | 6,382 | 50.48% | 12,643 |
| Iosco | 1,873 | 76.79% | 552 | 22.63% | 4 | 0.16% | 3 | 0.12% | 7 | 0.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,321 | 54.16% | 2,439 |
| Iron | 4,103 | 63.96% | 2,262 | 35.26% | 4 | 0.06% | 32 | 0.50% | 8 | 0.12% | 6 | 0.09% | 1,841 | 28.70% | 6,415 |
| Isabella | 4,926 | 73.13% | 1,762 | 26.16% | 13 | 0.19% | 1 | 0.01% | 34 | 0.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,164 | 46.97% | 6,736 |
| Jackson | 25,080 | 76.71% | 7,462 | 22.82% | 38 | 0.12% | 10 | 0.03% | 95 | 0.29% | 8 | 0.02% | 17,618 | 53.89% | 32,693 |
| Kalamazoo | 23,626 | 79.20% | 5,946 | 19.93% | 158 | 0.53% | 6 | 0.02% | 81 | 0.27% | 13 | 0.04% | 17,680 | 59.27% | 29,830 |
| Kalkaska | 988 | 84.59% | 160 | 13.70% | 13 | 1.11% | 5 | 0.43% | 2 | 0.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 828 | 70.89% | 1,168 |
| Kent | 56,573 | 75.12% | 18,229 | 24.21% | 154 | 0.20% | 119 | 0.16% | 211 | 0.28% | 24 | 0.03% | 38,344 | 50.91% | 75,310 |
| Keweenaw | 1,305 | 76.58% | 360 | 21.13% | 28 | 1.64% | 11 | 0.65% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 945 | 55.46% | 1,704 |
| Lake | 1,147 | 73.06% | 409 | 26.05% | 9 | 0.57% | 1 | 0.06% | 4 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 738 | 47.01% | 1,570 |
| Lapeer | 6,514 | 82.80% | 1,312 | 16.68% | 9 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.03% | 29 | 0.37% | 1 | 0.01% | 5,202 | 66.12% | 7,867 |
| Leelanau | 1,521 | 62.41% | 903 | 37.05% | 3 | 0.12% | 10 | 0.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 618 | 25.36% | 2,437 |
| Lenawee | 14,794 | 76.94% | 4,321 | 22.47% | 16 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.01% | 88 | 0.46% | 6 | 0.03% | 10,473 | 54.47% | 19,227 |
| Livingston | 5,642 | 72.88% | 2,075 | 26.81% | 4 | 0.05% | 20 | 0.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,567 | 46.08% | 7,741 |
| Luce | 1,466 | 80.24% | 350 | 19.16% | 1 | 0.05% | 6 | 0.33% | 4 | 0.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,116 | 61.08% | 1,827 |
| Mackinac | 1,879 | 57.94% | 1,355 | 41.78% | 2 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.03% | 5 | 0.15% | 1 | 0.03% | 524 | 16.16% | 3,243 |
| Macomb | 12,845 | 63.28% | 7,363 | 36.27% | 28 | 0.14% | 18 | 0.09% | 39 | 0.19% | 6 | 0.03% | 5,482 | 27.01% | 20,299 |
| Manistee | 4,129 | 60.73% | 2,624 | 38.59% | 8 | 0.12% | 23 | 0.34% | 13 | 0.19% | 2 | 0.03% | 1,505 | 22.14% | 6,799 |
| Marquette | 10,879 | 68.81% | 4,716 | 29.83% | 36 | 0.23% | 143 | 0.90% | 27 | 0.17% | 10 | 0.06% | 6,163 | 38.98% | 15,811 |
| Mason | 4,318 | 72.74% | 1,567 | 26.40% | 23 | 0.39% | 7 | 0.12% | 10 | 0.17% | 11 | 0.19% | 2,751 | 46.34% | 5,936 |
| Mecosta | 4,422 | 80.94% | 1,004 | 18.38% | 15 | 0.27% | 3 | 0.05% | 17 | 0.31% | 2 | 0.04% | 3,418 | 62.57% | 5,463 |
| Menominee | 4,255 | 50.02% | 4,198 | 49.35% | 32 | 0.38% | 8 | 0.09% | 11 | 0.13% | 3 | 0.04% | 57 | 0.67% | 8,507 |
| Midland | 4,555 | 82.25% | 964 | 17.41% | 4 | 0.07% | 12 | 0.22% | 3 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,591 | 64.84% | 5,538 |
| Missaukee | 1,756 | 87.19% | 247 | 12.26% | 3 | 0.15% | 8 | 0.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,509 | 74.93% | 2,014 |
| Monroe | 10,202 | 58.27% | 7,242 | 41.37% | 15 | 0.09% | 9 | 0.05% | 37 | 0.21% | 2 | 0.01% | 2,960 | 16.91% | 17,507 |
| Montcalm | 7,691 | 82.54% | 1,572 | 16.87% | 14 | 0.15% | 40 | 0.43% | 1 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,119 | 65.67% | 9,318 |
| Montmorency | 787 | 73.97% | 270 | 25.38% | 5 | 0.47% | 2 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 517 | 48.59% | 1,064 |
| Muskegon | 16,997 | 76.28% | 5,158 | 23.15% | 55 | 0.25% | 29 | 0.13% | 37 | 0.17% | 5 | 0.02% | 11,839 | 53.13% | 22,281 |
| Newaygo | 4,552 | 83.29% | 888 | 16.25% | 2 | 0.04% | 2 | 0.04% | 19 | 0.35% | 2 | 0.04% | 3,664 | 67.04% | 5,465 |
| Oakland | 45,343 | 81.53% | 10,011 | 18.00% | 140 | 0.25% | 58 | 0.10% | 43 | 0.08% | 23 | 0.04% | 35,332 | 63.53% | 55,618 |
| Oceana | 3,555 | 79.55% | 871 | 19.49% | 18 | 0.40% | 1 | 0.02% | 21 | 0.47% | 3 | 0.07% | 2,684 | 60.06% | 4,469 |
| Ogemaw | 1,630 | 73.39% | 579 | 26.07% | 4 | 0.18% | 2 | 0.09% | 6 | 0.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,051 | 47.32% | 2,221 |
| Ontonagon | 2,394 | 59.66% | 1,353 | 33.72% | 10 | 0.25% | 240 | 5.98% | 6 | 0.15% | 10 | 0.25% | 1,041 | 25.94% | 4,013 |
| Osceola | 3,923 | 86.66% | 582 | 12.86% | 3 | 0.07% | 17 | 0.38% | 2 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,341 | 73.80% | 4,527 |
| Oscoda | 476 | 86.39% | 73 | 13.25% | 2 | 0.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 403 | 73.14% | 551 |
| Otsego | 1,049 | 68.52% | 476 | 31.09% | 3 | 0.20% | 3 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 573 | 37.43% | 1,531 |
| Ottawa | 15,417 | 85.48% | 2,524 | 14.00% | 28 | 0.16% | 6 | 0.03% | 56 | 0.31% | 4 | 0.02% | 12,893 | 71.49% | 18,035 |
| Presque Isle | 1,992 | 65.50% | 1,029 | 33.84% | 6 | 0.20% | 3 | 0.10% | 8 | 0.26% | 3 | 0.10% | 963 | 31.67% | 3,041 |
| Roscommon | 780 | 76.25% | 236 | 23.07% | 4 | 0.39% | 3 | 0.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 544 | 53.18% | 1,023 |
| Saginaw | 22,467 | 65.61% | 11,555 | 33.75% | 61 | 0.18% | 21 | 0.06% | 120 | 0.35% | 18 | 0.05% | 10,912 | 31.87% | 34,242 |
| Sanilac | 7,888 | 81.59% | 1,736 | 17.96% | 10 | 0.10% | 14 | 0.14% | 16 | 0.17% | 4 | 0.04% | 6,152 | 63.63% | 9,668 |
| Schoolcraft | 1,826 | 66.81% | 877 | 32.09% | 20 | 0.73% | 1 | 0.04% | 8 | 0.29% | 1 | 0.04% | 949 | 34.72% | 2,733 |
| Shiawassee | 9,851 | 79.40% | 2,496 | 20.12% | 13 | 0.10% | 3 | 0.02% | 41 | 0.33% | 3 | 0.02% | 7,355 | 59.28% | 12,407 |
| St. Clair | 18,177 | 71.57% | 7,151 | 28.15% | 15 | 0.06% | 5 | 0.02% | 41 | 0.16% | 10 | 0.04% | 11,026 | 43.41% | 25,399 |
| St. Joseph | 8,781 | 76.05% | 2,698 | 23.37% | 26 | 0.23% | 3 | 0.03% | 34 | 0.29% | 4 | 0.03% | 6,083 | 52.68% | 11,546 |
| Tuscola | 8,188 | 84.39% | 1,464 | 15.09% | 10 | 0.10% | 41 | 0.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,724 | 69.30% | 9,703 |
| Van Buren | 9,325 | 77.39% | 2,643 | 21.93% | 34 | 0.28% | 3 | 0.02% | 40 | 0.33% | 5 | 0.04% | 6,682 | 55.45% | 12,050 |
| Washtenaw | 19,676 | 78.41% | 5,308 | 21.15% | 51 | 0.20% | 9 | 0.04% | 47 | 0.19% | 2 | 0.01% | 14,368 | 57.26% | 25,093 |
| Wayne | 265,852 | 62.30% | 157,047 | 36.80% | 1,629 | 0.38% | 1,369 | 0.32% | 369 | 0.09% | 452 | 0.11% | 108,805 | 25.50% | 426,718 |
| Wexford | 4,825 | 84.53% | 853 | 14.94% | 12 | 0.21% | 18 | 0.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,972 | 69.59% | 5,708 |
| Totals | 965,396 | 70.36% | 396,762 | 28.92% | 3,516 | 0.26% | 2,881 | 0.21% | 2,728 | 0.20% | 799 | 0.06% | 568,634 | 41.44% | 1,372,082 |

## Analysis

Neither Smith nor Republican nominees Herbert Hoover of California and running mate Charles Curtis campaigned in Michigan. A small poll at the end of September showed Hoover leading in Michigan by 286 votes to 160, whilst a larger poll in October showed Hoover leading by three to one. As it turned out, the October poll was accurate: Hoover received slightly over seventy percent of the popular vote compared to Smith and running mate Joseph T. Robinson's 28.92 percent.
With 70.36 percent of the popular vote, Michigan would prove to be Hoover's second strongest victory in the nation after Kansas. Hoover nonetheless fell five percent short of Calvin Coolidge's record performance from 1924 due to losses of up to twenty percent in the pro-La Follette western Upper Peninsula, and in heavily Catholic Wayne and Huron Counties. Nevertheless, scholars have demonstrated that there was no realignment of the one-party system in Michigan until the following 1932 election. The Democratic Party did however win a seat in the state Senate for the first time since 1916.
As of the 2024 presidential election, this remains the last time a Republican presidential candidate carried Wayne County, home of Michigan's most populous city, Detroit, and also the last time any presidential candidate won every single county in the state (which only previously occurred in 1904, 1908, and 1924).