United States presidential election in Rhode Island, 1928

United States presidential election in Connecticut, 1928

November 6, 1928
Nominee Al Smith Herbert Hoover Party Democratic Republican Home state New York California Running mate Joseph Taylor Robinson Charles Curtis Electoral vote 5 0 Popular vote 118,973 117,522 Percentage 50.16% 49.55%
President before election Calvin Coolidge Republican Elected President Herbert Hoover Republican

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The 1928 United States Presidential Election in Rhode Island took place on November 6, 1928 as part of the 1928 United States Presidential Election which was held throughout all contemporary forty-eight states. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Rhode Island voted for the Democratic nominee, Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York, over the Republican nominee, Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover of California. Smith's running mate was Senator Joseph Taylor Robinson of Arkansas, while Hoover’s running mate was Senate Majority Leader Charles Curtis of Kansas.

Smith won Rhode Island by a very narrow margin of 0.61 percent, making him the first Democratic Presidential candidate since Woodrow Wilson in 1912 to carry the state. Rhode Island would not vote for another Republican Presidential candidate until Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952.

Results

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