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:Our Campaigns - US President - D Primaries Race - Feb 01, 1920 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:Our Campaigns - US President - R Primaries Race - Feb 01, 1920 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 Ballot1 2 3 4 5 67 8 9 10 Before shifts 10 After shifts Warren G. Harding65.5 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 Lowden211.5 259.5 282.5289 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. Sproul84 78.5 79.5 79.5 82.5 7776 76 78 0 0 Nicholas Murray Butler69.5 41 25 204 42 2 2 2 2 Calvin Coolidge34 32 27 25 29 2828 30 28 5 5 Robert M. La Follette24 24 24 2224 242424 24 24 24 Jeter C. Pritchard2110 0 0 0 000 0 0 0 Miles Poindexter 20 1515 15 151515 15 14 2 0 Howard Sutherland17 15 93 10 0 0 0 0 0 Herbert C. Hoover 5.5 5.55.5 5 654 5 6 10.5 9.5 Scattering 11 97 9 996 6 5 5.5 3.5
1928 Republican presidential primaries:Our Campaigns - US President - R Primaries Race - Feb 01, 1928 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):Our Campaigns - US President - R Convention Race - Jun 12, 1928 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:Our Campaigns - US President - R Primaries Race - Feb 01, 1932 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):Our Campaigns - US President - R Convention Race - Jun 14, 1932 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:Our Campaigns - US President - R Primaries Race - Feb 01, 1936 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 primariesOur Campaigns - US President - R Primaries Race - Feb 01, 1940 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):Our Campaigns - US President - R Convention Race - Jul 24, 1940
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
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