answers.input_text: short
answers.span_text: Herbert Hoover
questions: who was elected president of the united states in 1928
name: United States presidential election, 1928
contexts: United States presidential election , 1928 ← 1924 November 6 , 1928 1932 → 531 electoral votes of the Electoral College 266 electoral votes needed to win Turnout 56.9 % 8.0 pp Nominee Herbert Hoover Al Smith Party Republican Democratic Home state California New York Running mate Charles Curtis Joseph T. Robinson Electoral vote 444 87 States carried 40 8 Popular vote 21,427,123 15,015,464 Percentage 58.2 % 40.8 % Presidential election results map . Red denotes states won by Hoover / Curtis , blue denotes those won by Smith / Robinson . Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state . President before election Calvin Coolidge Republican Elected President Herbert Hoover Republican