1928 North Carolina gubernatorial election
November 6, 1928
 
Nominee O. Max Gardner Herbert F. Seawell
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 362,009 289,415
Percentage 55.6% 44.4%
County results
Gardner:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Seawell:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Governor before election

Angus Wilton McLean
Democratic

 Elected Governor

Oliver Max Gardner
Democratic

The 1928 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1928. Democratic nominee O. Max Gardner defeated Republican nominee Herbert F. Seawell, with just over 55% of the vote. This was, relatively, a close election for the time in North Carolina, with Gardner receiving the smallest percentage of the vote that any Democratic gubernatorial nominee won between 1900 and 1956. The result came against the backdrop of divisions in the state Democratic Party over the controversial nomination of Alfred E. Smith for president. Gardner supported Smith, who lost the state to Herbert Hoover.[1]

Primary elections

Democratic primary

General election

Candidates

Results

1928 North Carolina gubernatorial election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic O. Max Gardner 362,009 55.6%
Republican Herbert F. Seawell 289,415 44.4%
Majority 72,594
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing

References

  1. 1 2 NCpedia biography of Oliver Maxwell Gardner
  2. ↑ NCpedia biography of Herbert F. Seawell
  3. ↑ Kalb, Deborah (December 24, 2015). Guide to U.S. Elections. CQ Press. ISBN 9781483380353. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
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