1928 Republican Party presidential primaries

1928 Republican Party presidential primaries
	First place finishes by preference primary results
Previous Republican nominee; Calvin Coolidge;	Republican nominee ; Herbert Hoover;

From March 6 to May 18, 1928, voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 1928 United States presidential election. The nominee was selected through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1928 Republican National Convention held from June 12 to June 15, 1928, in Kansas City, Missouri.^[1]

Candidates

Nominee

Candidate			Experience	Home state	Campaign	Popular vote	Contests won	Running mate
Herbert Hoover			U.S. Secretary of Commerce (1921–1928) Director of the U.S. Food Administration (1917–1918) Chairman of the Belgian Relief (1914–1917)	California	(Campaign • Positions) Secured nomination: June 12, 1928	2,020,235 (49.2%)	8	Charles Curtis

Withdrew during convention

Candidate	Most recent position	Home state	Campaign	Delegates on first ballot	Contests won
Frank O. Lowden	Governor of Illinois (1917–1921) U.S. Representative from IL-13 (1906–1911)	Illinois	Defeated at convention: June 12, 1928	—	2
Charles Curtis	U.S. Senator from Kansas (1915–1929, 1907-1913) U.S. Representative from Kansas (1893-1907)	Kansas	Defeated at convention: June 12, 1928 (nominated for vice president)	—	—
James E. Watson	U.S. Senator from Indiana (1916–1933) U.S. Representative from Indiana (1895-1897, 1899-1909)	Indiana	Defeated at convention: June 12, 1928	—	1
George W. Norris	U.S. Senator from Nebraska (1913–1943) U.S. Representative from NE-05 (1903-1913)	Nebraska	Defeated at convention: June 12, 1928	—	2

Did not run

Former Secretary of State and 1916 nominee Charles Evans Hughes of New York
Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon of Pennsylvania
President of the United States Calvin Coolidge

Favorite sons

The following candidates stood for nomination in their home states for the purpose of controlling their delegate slate at the convention. They did not receive the first-ballot support of delegates in more than two other states or territories.