1928 United States Senate election in Maryland
Appearance
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County results Goldsborough: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Bruce: 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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The 1928 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 5, 1928.
Incumbent Democratic Senator William Cabell Bruce ran for re-election to a second term in office, but was defeated by Republican former Governor Phillips Lee Goldsborough, who had been a failed candidate for Senate in 1916.
This is the last time a Republican not named Beall has won this seat.
Democratic primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- William Cabell Bruce, incumbent Senator since 1923
- Virginia Peters-Parkhurst
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | William Cabell Bruce (inc.) | 47,507 | 88.75% | |
Democratic | William Milnes Maloy | 6,020 | 11.25% | |
Total votes | 53,527 | 100.00% |
General election
[edit]Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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Republican | Phillips Lee Goldsborough | 256,224 | 54.05% | 8.42 | ||
Democratic | William Cabell Bruce (inc.) | 214,447 | 45.24% | 7.37 | ||
Socialist | William A. Toole | 2,026 | 0.43% | 0.38 | ||
Labor | Robert W. Stevens | 1,370 | 0.29% | 0.66 | ||
Total votes | 474,067 | 100.00% | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Results by county
[edit]County | Phillips Lee Goldsborough
Republican |
William Cabell Bruce
Democratic |
William A. Toole
Socialist |
Robert W. Stevens
Labor |
Margin | Total
Votes Cast | |||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Allegany | 15541 | 65.39% | 7906 | 33.27% | 194 | 0.82% | 124 | 0.52% | 7635 | 32.13% | 23765 |
Anne Arundel | 8320 | 57.53% | 6040 | 41.76% | 44 | 0.30% | 58 | 0.40% | 2280 | 15.77% | 14462 |
Baltimore (City) | 117963 | 48.90% | 121375 | 50.31% | 1330 | 0.55% | 567 | 0.24% | -3412 | -1.41% | 241235 |
Baltimore (County) | 18773 | 55.04% | 15189 | 44.53% | 90 | 0.26% | 57 | 0.26% | 3584 | 10.51% | 34109 |
Calvert | 1746 | 64.21% | 933 | 34.31% | 18 | 0.66% | 22 | 0.81% | 813 | 29.90% | 2719 |
Caroline | 2669 | 59.76% | 1780 | 39.86% | 6 | 0.13% | 11 | 0.25% | 889 | 19.91% | 4466 |
Carroll | 7538 | 66.24% | 3798 | 33.38% | 20 | 0.18% | 23 | 0.20% | 3740 | 32.87% | 11379 |
Cecil | 4493 | 66.29% | 2248 | 33.17% | 19 | 0.28% | 18 | 0.27% | 2245 | 33.12% | 6778 |
Charles | 2249 | 57.43% | 1615 | 41.24% | 16 | 0.41% | 36 | 0.92% | 634 | 16.19% | 3916 |
Dorchester | 6203 | 77.45% | 1784 | 22.27% | 8 | 0.10% | 14 | 0.17% | 4419 | 55.18% | 8009 |
Frederick | 10978 | 59.87% | 7268 | 39.64% | 32 | 0.17% | 58 | 0.32% | 3710 | 20.23% | 18336 |
Garrett | 3245 | 76.03% | 1002 | 23.48% | 9 | 0.21% | 12 | 0.28% | 2243 | 52.55% | 4268 |
Harford | 5355 | 58.38% | 3767 | 41.07% | 26 | 0.28% | 25 | 0.27% | 1588 | 17.31% | 9173 |
Howard | 2753 | 48.83% | 2859 | 50.71% | 3 | 0.05% | 23 | 0.41% | -106 | -1.88% | 5638 |
Kent | 2496 | 51.08% | 2307 | 47.22% | 69 | 1.41% | 14 | 0.29% | 189 | 3.87% | 4886 |
Montgomery | 7810 | 52.35% | 6973 | 46.74% | 42 | 0.28% | 94 | 0.63% | 837 | 5.61% | 14919 |
Prince George's | 8137 | 58.01% | 5796 | 41.32% | 47 | 0.34% | 47 | 0.34% | 2341 | 16.69% | 14027 |
Queen Anne's | 2117 | 44.28% | 2637 | 55.16% | 4 | 0.08% | 23 | 0.48% | -520 | -10.88% | 4781 |
St. Mary's | 1214 | 35.11% | 2196 | 63.50% | 21 | 0.61% | 27 | 0.78% | -982 | -28.40% | 3458 |
Somerset | 4009 | 65.82% | 2082 | 34.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1927 | 31.64% | 6091 |
Talbot | 3666 | 59.39% | 2478 | 40.14% | 7 | 0.11% | 22 | 0.36% | 1188 | 19.25% | 6173 |
Washington | 10652 | 62.14% | 6374 | 37.18% | 58 | 0.34% | 58 | 0.34% | 4278 | 24.96% | 17142 |
Wicomico | 5087 | 55.96% | 3972 | 43.70% | 15 | 0.17% | 16 | 0.18% | 1115 | 12.27% | 9090 |
Worcester | 3210 | 60.42% | 2071 | 38.98% | 11 | 0.21% | 21 | 0.40% | 1139 | 21.44% | 5313 |
Total | 256224 | 54.15% | 213468 | 45.12% | 2089 | 0.44% | 1370 | 0.29% | 42756 | 9.04% | 473151 |
Counties that flipped from Democrat to Republican
[edit]- Anne Arundel
- Baltimore (County)
- Caroline
- Carroll
- Frederick
- Kent
- Montgomery
- Prince George's
- Somerset
- Talbot
- Washington
- Wicomico
- Worcester
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democrat
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0146, Page 0228 - Maryland Manual, 1929". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 228. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - D Primary Race - May 07, 1928". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
- ^ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0146, Page 0236 - Maryland Manual, 1929". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 236. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 06, 1928". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
- ^ "1928 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland". uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. March 13, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
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