1928 Presidential Election (Losers Become the President)

1928 United States presidential election

November 6, 1928
531 members of the Electoral College
Turnout	53.9%
Nominee Al Smith Herbert Hoover Party Democratic Republican Alliance Progressive Home state New York California Running mate Joseph T. Robinson Charles Curtis Electoral vote 274 257 States carried 19 28 Popular vote 25,204,870 24,230,403 Percentage 53.2% 50.2%
President before election John W. Davis Democratic Elected President Al Smith Democratic

The 1928 Presidential Election was the 36th quadrennial presidential election, held on Thursday, November 6, 1928

Democratic Candidate Al Smith, who had serving as the Governor of New York since 1929, defeated Republican Candidate, Herbert Hoover, whom had served as the Secretary of Commerce under President Cox and Davis

Smith won the Electoral Vote with a EV Count of 274-255 and won the Popular Vote Margin with Smith having secured 25.2 million Votes while Hoover secured 24.2 Million Votes.

Smith would be sworn in as the 31st President of the United States along with Arkansas Senator Charles Curtis being sworn in as the 32nd Vice-President of the United States on January 20th 1929.