Electoral history of Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States (1929–1933) and 3rd United States Secretary of Commerce (1921–1928).
1920 Democratic presidential primaries:
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:
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):
1928 Republican presidential primaries:
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):
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%)United States presidential election, 1928:
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:
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):
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%)United States presidential election, 1932
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:
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
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):
First ballot:
Thomas E. Dewey - 360Robert A. Taft - 189Wendell Willkie - 105Arthur H. Vandenberg - 76Arthur H. James - 74Joseph William Martin - 44Scattering - 40Hanford MacNider - 34Frank E. Gannett - 33Styles Bridges - 28Herbert Hoover - 17Second ballot:
Thomas E. Dewey - 338Robert A. Taft - 203Wendell Willkie - 171Arthur H. Vandenberg - 73Arthur H. James - 66Hanford MacNider - 34Frank E. Gannett - 30Scattering - 29Joseph William Martin - 26Herbert Hoover - 21Styled Bridges - 9Third ballot:
Thomas E. Dewey - 315Wendell Willkie - 259Robert A. Taft - 212Arthur H. Vandenberg - 72Arthur H. James - 59Herbert Hoover - 32Hanford McNider - 28Frank E. Gannett - 11Scattering - 11Styles Bridges - 1Fourth ballot:
Wendell Willkie - 306Robert A. Taft - 254Thomas E. Dewey - 250Arthur H. Vandenberg - 61Arthur H. James - 56Herbert Hoover - 31Scattering - 11Frank E. Gannett - 4Styles Bridges - 1Fifth ballot:
Wendell Willkie - 429Robert A. Taft - 377Arthur H. James - 59Thomas E. Dewey - 57Arthur H. Vandenberg - 42Herbert Hoover - 20Scattering - 11Handorf MacNider - 4Frank E. Gannett - 1Sixth ballot (before shifts):
Wendell Willkie - 655Robert A. Taft - 318Thomas E. Dewey - 11Herbert Hoover - 10Scattering - 5Frank E. Gannett - 1