American Psephology
The 1928 Presidential Election in Alabama
On November 6, 1928, Alabama's voters voted for twelve at-large electors. Three electoral slates ran.
The Democratic candidates (with votes in the May primary):
- At-large - Henry J. Whitfield - 130,086 votes
- At-large - Arthur F. Fite - 129,191 votes
- 10 unknown candidates, by Congressional district
The Republican and Socialist candidates are unknown.
The county returns are as follows:
| Democrats | Republicans | Socialists | |
| Autauga | 883 | 683 | 0 |
| Baldwin | 1317 | 1388 | 14 |
| Barbour | 1506 | 845 | 23 |
| Bibb | 1188 | 1003 | 8 |
| Blount | 1607 | 1745 | 0 |
| Bullock | 699 | 249 | 0 |
| Butler | 1235 | 699 | 0 |
| Calhoun | 2117 | 2537 | 1 |
| Chambers | 999 | 1732 | 0 |
| Cherokee | 894 | 1515 | 4 |
| Chilton | 1402 | 3186 | 5 |
| Choctaw | 1242 | 429 | 0 |
| Clarke | 1662 | 936 | 0 |
| Clay | 978 | 1889 | 1 |
| Cleburne | 794 | 1108 | 0 |
| Coffee | 1609 | 1036 | 0 |
| Colbert | 2596 | 1249 | 103 |
| Conecuh | 858 | 1113 | 0 |
| Coosa | 699 | 1078 | 1 |
| Covington | 2000 | 1681 | 5 |
| Crenshaw | 1314 | 978 | 0 |
| Cullman | 1574 | 2959 | 0 |
| Dale | 1233 | 1000 | 1 |
| Dallas | 1905 | 705 | 1 |
| DeKalb | 3957 | 5761 | 2 |
| Elmore | 1309 | 1770 | 2 |
| Escambia | 1077 | 1754 | 1 |
| Etowah | 2484 | 3612 | 38 |
| Fayette | 1131 | 1686 | 1 |
| Franklin | 2279 | 2937 | 6 |
| Geneva | 1485 | 1533 | 0 |
| Greene | 601 | 39 | 0 |
| Hale | 1048 | 403 | 0 |
| Henry | 815 | 796 | 2 |
| Houston | 2290 | 1963 | 3 |
| Jackson | 2153 | 3081 | 13 |
| Jefferson | 16,735 | 18,060 | 112 |
| Lamar | 1412 | 804 | 0 |
| Lauderdale | 2763 | 1410 | 1 |
| Lawrence | 1035 | 1008 | 3 |
| Lee | 1436 | 1016 | 3 |
| Limestone | 1689 | 407 | 0 |
| Lowndes | 703 | 180 | 0 |
| Macon | 526 | 348 | 3 |
| Madison | 2681 | 2695 | 2 |
| Marengo | 1898 | 752 | 0 |
| Marion | 1541 | 1488 | 0 |
| Marshall | 2322 | 2511 | 11 |
| Mobile | 5965 | 5058 | 10 |
| Monroe | 1343 | 1074 | 0 |
| Montgomery | 6347 | 3114 | 3 |
| Morgan | 3366 | 4085 | 9 |
| Perry | 1242 | 459 | 1 |
| Pickens | 1028 | 634 | 0 |
| Pike | 1819 | 552 | 4 |
| Randolph | 1257 | 1815 | 2 |
| Russell | 846 | 333 | 18 |
| Shelby | 1679 | 2502 | 22 |
| St. Clair | 1313 | 2581 | 2 |
| Sumter | 1015 | 191 | 0 |
| Talladega | 1693 | 1602 | 13 |
| Tallapoosa | 1849 | 1257 | 1 |
| Tuscaloosa | 2769 | 1210 | 2 |
| Walker | 4228 | 3635 | 0 |
| Washington | 718 | 515 | 1 |
| Wilcox | 979 | 266 | 1 |
| Winston | 659 | 2085 | 1 |
| Total | 127,796 (51.33%) | 120,725 (48.49%) | 460 (.19%) |
The Democratic slate was duly elected, and voted for Smith and Robinson on January 14.