The American Vote
2024 result
Candidate

Herbert Hoover

Republican

Elections
2
Won
1
Electoral votes, all elections
503
Years
1928–1932

Record

Herbert Hoover: result of each presidential election
YearElectoral votesPopular voteResult
1928
444
of 531
21,392,190
58.0%
Won
1932
59
of 531
15,761,841
39.6%
Lost

Popular vote is the sum of the sourced state counts, shown only where every state that held a popular vote has one; sums from county returns (1868–1972) can run a few tenths of a point below national totals published elsewhere.

Electoral votesNational Archives, Electoral College results: 1928, 1932 (public domain, read 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

SourcesStatistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1928 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1932 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

Election by election

1928Republican · Won

States carried · 40 of 48
Closest states won
  1. New Yorkby 103,481 · 2.3 pts
  2. Texasby 26,004 · 3.7 pts
  3. Tennesseeby 28,045 · 7.7 pts
Closest states lost
  1. Rhode IslandSmith by 1,451 · 0.6 pts
  2. MassachusettsSmith by 17,192 · 1.1 pts
  3. AlabamaSmith by 7,072 · 2.8 pts

Margins computed for 48 of 48 states: those with a sourced popular vote that names Hoover.

SourceStatistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1928 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

1932Republican · Lost

States carried · 6 of 48
Closest states won
  1. Connecticutby 6,788 · 1.1 pts
  2. New Hampshireby 2,949 · 1.4 pts
  3. Delawareby 2,754 · 2.4 pts
Closest states lost
  1. New JerseyRoosevelt by 30,946 · 1.9 pts
  2. OhioRoosevelt by 74,016 · 2.8 pts
  3. MassachusettsRoosevelt by 63,189 · 4.0 pts

Margins computed for 48 of 48 states: those with a sourced popular vote that names Hoover.

SourceStatistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1932 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

From the National Archives

Socialist Party candidate Norman Thomas received 884,781 popular votes for President, but no electoral votes.

National Archives, Electoral College results for 1932, archives.gov, read October 3, 2026. Quoted as published.

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