1932 United States presidential election in Georgia

The 1932 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 8, 1932, as part of the 1932 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1932 United States presidential election in Georgia

November 8, 1932 (1932-11-08)
 
Nominee Franklin Roosevelt Herbert Hoover
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York California
Running mate John N. Garner Charles Curtis
Electoral vote 12 0
Popular vote 234,118 19,863
Percentage 91.60% 7.77%

County Results

President before election

Herbert Hoover
Republican

Elected President

Franklin Roosevelt
Democratic

Background and vote

With the exception of a handful of historically Unionist North Georgia counties – chiefly Fannin but also to a lesser extent Pickens, Gilmer and Towns – Georgia since the 1880s had been a one-party state dominated by the Democratic Party. Disfranchisement of almost all African-Americans and most poor whites had made the Republican Party virtually nonexistent outside of local governments in those few hill counties,[1] and the national Democratic Party served as the guardian of white supremacy against a Republican Party historically associated with memories of Reconstruction. The only competitive elections were Democratic primaries, which state laws restricted to whites on the grounds of the Democratic Party being legally a private club.[2]

The previous election of 1928 had seen many Protestant ministers in this state stand strongly opposed to Catholic Democratic nominee Al Smith,[3] with the result that Republican candidate Herbert Hoover was able to gain considerable support in the largely white but secessionist upcountry.[4] However, unlike in Alabama, where Hoover nearly carried the state due to Thomas Heflin supporting him over Smith, in Georgia no local Democrats supported Hoover.

The onset of the Great Depression completely destroyed any hope of building on the gains from anti-Catholicism and growing urban middle class presidential Republican voting[5] which had been seen since 1920.[6] In fact, Hoover fell far below typical Republican percentages from before the 1920s, and Roosevelt won more than ninety percent of ballots in Georgia as a whole and in all but twenty-two of the state’s 159 counties. His performance is the best in Georgia by any presidential candidates since Andrew Jackson won the state uncontested exactly a century previously.[7]

Results

1932 United States presidential election in Georgia[8]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Franklin Roosevelt 234,118 91.60% 12
Republican Herbert Hoover 19,863 7.77% 0
Prohibition William Upshaw 1,125 0.44% 0
Socialist Norman Thomas 461 0.18% 0
Communist William Foster 23 0.01% 0

Results by county

County Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic
Herbert Clark Hoover
Republican
William David Upshaw
Prohibition
Norman Mattoon Thomas
Socialist
William Z. Foster
Communist
Margin Total votes cast[9]
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Appling 601 90.38% 64 9.62% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 537 80.75% 665
Atkinson 747 94.20% 41 5.17% 3 0.38% 2 0.25% 0 0.00% 706 89.03% 793
Bacon 515 97.54% 11 2.08% 2 0.38% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 504 95.45% 528
Baker 647 99.23% 2 0.31% 3 0.46% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 644[lower-alpha 1] 98.77% 652
Baldwin 801 93.79% 45 5.27% 4 0.47% 4 0.47% 0 0.00% 756 88.52% 854
Banks 1,283 94.27% 58 4.26% 20 1.47% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,225 90.01% 1,361
Barrow 1,111 97.03% 23 2.01% 9 0.79% 2 0.17% 0 0.00% 1,088 95.02% 1,145
Bartow 1,546 92.19% 121 7.22% 9 0.54% 1 0.06% 0 0.00% 1,425 84.97% 1,677
Ben Hill 1,026 91.94% 85 7.62% 5 0.45% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 941 84.32% 1,116
Berrien 1,447 97.44% 19 1.28% 19 1.28% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,428 96.16% 1,485
Bibb 4,372 90.93% 405 8.42% 22 0.46% 8 0.17% 1 0.02% 3,967 82.51% 4,808
Bleckley 1,338 97.24% 37 2.69% 0 0.00% 1 0.07% 0 0.00% 1,301 94.55% 1,376
Brantley 693 96.65% 22 3.07% 2 0.28% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 671 93.58% 717
Brooks 1,426 94.69% 75 4.98% 5 0.33% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,351 89.71% 1,506
Bryan 353 94.64% 17 4.56% 3 0.80% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 336 90.08% 373
Bulloch 2,203 98.74% 17 0.76% 9 0.40% 2 0.09% 0 0.00% 2,186 97.98% 2,231
Burke 498 95.40% 18 3.45% 6 1.15% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 480 91.95% 522
Butts 1,693 98.14% 21 1.22% 11 0.64% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,672 96.93% 1,725
Calhoun 483 97.18% 10 2.01% 4 0.80% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 473 95.17% 497
Camden 417 88.91% 49 10.45% 3 0.64% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 368 78.46% 469
Candler 476 97.14% 13 2.65% 1 0.20% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 463 94.49% 490
Carroll 3,232 91.14% 284 8.01% 30 0.85% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,948 83.14% 3,546
Catoosa 985 88.18% 123 11.01% 5 0.45% 4 0.36% 0 0.00% 862 77.17% 1,117
Charlton 330 90.91% 32 8.82% 1 0.28% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 298 82.09% 363
Chatham 8,020 82.31% 1,669 17.13% 13 0.13% 39 0.40% 3 0.03% 6,351 65.18% 9,744
Chattahoochee 186 99.47% 1 0.53% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 185 98.93% 187
Chattooga 2,200 91.25% 188 7.80% 22 0.91% 1 0.04% 0 0.00% 2,012 83.45% 2,411
Cherokee 1,727 83.88% 314 15.25% 14 0.68% 3 0.15% 1 0.05% 1,413 68.63% 2,059
Clarke 1,992 92.05% 159 7.35% 4 0.18% 9 0.42% 0 0.00% 1,833 84.70% 2,164
Clay 433 96.65% 12 2.68% 3 0.67% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 421 93.97% 448
Clayton 1,361 97.01% 35 2.49% 5 0.36% 2 0.14% 0 0.00% 1,326 94.51% 1,403
Clinch 461 97.26% 11 2.32% 2 0.42% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 450 94.94% 474
Cobb 3,079 92.71% 218 6.56% 23 0.69% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% 2,861 86.15% 3,321
Coffee 1,652 97.06% 29 1.70% 17 1.00% 4 0.24% 0 0.00% 1,623 95.36% 1,702
Colquitt 3,534 96.77% 101 2.77% 15 0.41% 2 0.05% 0 0.00% 3,433 94.00% 3,652
Columbia 528 97.96% 11 2.04% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 517 95.92% 539
Cook 1,408 97.78% 25 1.74% 6 0.42% 1 0.07% 0 0.00% 1,383 96.04% 1,440
Coweta 2,183 97.67% 46 2.06% 6 0.27% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,137 95.62% 2,235
Crawford 272 96.80% 9 3.20% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 263 93.59% 281
Crisp 725 97.97% 10 1.35% 4 0.54% 1 0.14% 0 0.00% 715 96.62% 740
Dade 770 86.81% 103 11.61% 7 0.79% 7 0.79% 0 0.00% 667 75.20% 887
Dawson 567 83.88% 105 15.53% 4 0.59% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 462 68.34% 676
De Kalb 1,169 93.00% 65 5.17% 7 0.56% 16 1.27% 0 0.00% 1,104 87.83% 1,257
Decatur 5,323 88.14% 633 10.48% 37 0.61% 45 0.75% 1 0.02% 4,690 77.66% 6,039
Dodge 2,809 98.80% 33 1.16% 1 0.04% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,776 97.64% 2,843
Dooly 1,139 98.96% 8 0.70% 4 0.35% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,131 98.26% 1,151
Dougherty 2,012 95.04% 95 4.49% 2 0.09% 8 0.38% 0 0.00% 1,917 90.55% 2,117
Douglas 1,013 93.19% 57 5.24% 16 1.47% 1 0.09% 0 0.00% 956 87.95% 1,087
Early 1,131 98.18% 19 1.65% 2 0.17% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,112 96.53% 1,152
Echols 414 98.81% 5 1.19% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 409 97.61% 419
Effingham 518 84.92% 90 14.75% 2 0.33% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 428 70.16% 610
Elbert 2,023 95.47% 77 3.63% 16 0.76% 3 0.14% 0 0.00% 1,946 91.84% 2,119
Emanuel 2,420 98.49% 33 1.34% 2 0.08% 2 0.08% 0 0.00% 2,387 97.15% 2,457
Evans 548 95.14% 21 3.65% 7 1.22% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 527 91.49% 576
Fannin 1,375 41.14% 1,967 58.86% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -592 -17.71% 3,342
Fayette 746 99.07% 6 0.80% 1 0.13% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 740 98.27% 753
Floyd 4,342 92.94% 300 6.42% 19 0.41% 11 0.24% 0 0.00% 4,042 86.52% 4,672
Forsyth 1,627 92.97% 117 6.69% 6 0.34% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,510 86.29% 1,750
Franklin 1,361 93.16% 78 5.34% 18 1.23% 4 0.27% 0 0.00% 1,283 87.82% 1,461
Fulton 20,137 89.69% 2,063 9.19% 144 0.64% 103 0.46% 6 0.03% 18,074 80.50% 22,453
Gilmer 1,210 66.27% 616 33.73% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 594 32.53% 1,826
Glascock 393 98.25% 7 1.75% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 386 96.50% 400
Glynn 1,262 86.91% 186 12.81% 2 0.14% 2 0.14% 0 0.00% 1,076 74.10% 1,452
Gordon 1,708 92.42% 122 6.60% 13 0.70% 5 0.27% 0 0.00% 1,586 85.82% 1,848
Grady 2,184 96.89% 60 2.66% 10 0.44% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,124 94.23% 2,254
Greene 918 94.44% 52 5.35% 2 0.21% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 866 89.09% 972
Gwinnett 2,616 96.60% 91 3.36% 0 0.00% 1 0.04% 0 0.00% 2,525 93.24% 2,708
Habersham 1,693 86.95% 225 11.56% 15 0.77% 14 0.72% 0 0.00% 1,468 75.40% 1,947
Hall 2,649 95.29% 120 4.32% 11 0.40% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,529 90.97% 2,780
Hancock 529 96.01% 18 3.27% 4 0.73% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 511 92.74% 551
Haralson 1,278 85.14% 223 14.86% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,055 70.29% 1,501
Harris 851 97.26% 21 2.40% 3 0.34% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 830 94.86% 875
Hart 1,261 98.98% 12 0.94% 1 0.08% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,249 98.04% 1,274
Heard 989 97.34% 24 2.36% 3 0.30% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 965 94.98% 1,016
Henry 1,496 97.65% 21 1.37% 15 0.98% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,475 96.28% 1,532
Houston 460 94.46% 27 5.54% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 433 88.91% 487
Irwin 1,416 98.40% 22 1.53% 1 0.07% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,394 96.87% 1,439
Jackson 1,389 93.54% 80 5.39% 12 0.81% 4 0.27% 0 0.00% 1,309 88.15% 1,485
Jasper 773 97.85% 14 1.77% 3 0.38% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 759 96.08% 790
Jeff Davis 1,179 95.70% 50 4.06% 3 0.24% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,129 91.64% 1,232
Jefferson 1,454 94.66% 65 4.23% 16 1.04% 1 0.07% 0 0.00% 1,389 90.43% 1,536
Jenkins 510 96.23% 20 3.77% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 490 92.45% 530
Johnson 1,314 98.06% 18 1.34% 8 0.60% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,296 96.72% 1,340
Jones 553 99.46% 0 0.00% 2 0.36% 1 0.18% 0 0.00% 551[lower-alpha 1] 99.10% 556
Lamar 714 94.69% 33 4.38% 4 0.53% 3 0.40% 0 0.00% 681 90.32% 754
Lanier 211 97.24% 3 1.38% 3 1.38% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 208 95.85% 217
Laurens 2,188 98.25% 38 1.71% 1 0.04% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,150 96.54% 2,227
Lee 252 97.67% 6 2.33% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 246 95.35% 258
Liberty 289 93.83% 18 5.84% 1 0.32% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 271 87.99% 308
Lincoln 660 99.40% 3 0.45% 1 0.15% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 657 98.95% 664
Long 430 95.77% 14 3.12% 5 1.11% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 416 92.65% 449
Lowndes 1,840 94.65% 97 4.99% 6 0.31% 1 0.05% 0 0.00% 1,743 89.66% 1,944
Lumpkin 924 91.94% 81 8.06% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 843 83.88% 1,005
Macon 1,438 96.06% 55 3.67% 4 0.27% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,383 92.38% 1,497
Madison 2,124 97.88% 38 1.75% 8 0.37% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,086 96.13% 2,170
Marion 455 94.99% 24 5.01% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 431 89.98% 479
McDuffie 568 94.04% 29 4.80% 7 1.16% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 539 89.24% 604
McIntosh 271 93.45% 19 6.55% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 252 86.90% 290
Meriwether 2,604 97.82% 53 1.99% 4 0.15% 1 0.04% 0 0.00% 2,551 95.83% 2,662
Miller 392 98.99% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 4 1.01% 0 0.00% 388[lower-alpha 2] 97.98% 396
Mitchell 2,097 99.06% 15 0.71% 5 0.24% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,082 98.35% 2,117
Monroe 1,200 96.31% 45 3.61% 1 0.08% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,155 92.70% 1,246
Montgomery 868 97.20% 17 1.90% 8 0.90% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 851 95.30% 893
Morgan 923 91.75% 74 7.36% 8 0.80% 1 0.10% 0 0.00% 849 84.39% 1,006
Murray 1,874 83.92% 350 15.67% 9 0.40% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,524 68.25% 2,233
Muscogee 3,413 93.07% 230 6.27% 9 0.25% 15 0.41% 0 0.00% 3,183 86.80% 3,667
Newton 1,672 96.82% 45 2.61% 7 0.41% 3 0.17% 0 0.00% 1,627 94.21% 1,727
Oconee 664 92.48% 39 5.43% 13 1.81% 2 0.28% 0 0.00% 625 87.05% 718
Oglethorpe 1,240 97.03% 34 2.66% 2 0.16% 0 0.00% 2 0.16% 1,206 94.37% 1,278
Paulding 1,914 85.98% 276 12.40% 31 1.39% 5 0.22% 0 0.00% 1,638 73.58% 2,226
Peach 595 90.70% 56 8.54% 3 0.46% 2 0.30% 0 0.00% 539 82.16% 656
Pickens 1,472 66.46% 743 33.54% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 729 32.91% 2,215
Pierce 1,094 96.90% 29 2.57% 6 0.53% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,065 94.33% 1,129
Pike 1,021 95.96% 33 3.10% 10 0.94% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 988 92.86% 1,064
Polk 2,170 91.14% 211 8.86% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,959 82.28% 2,381
Pulaski 973 98.58% 14 1.42% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 959 97.16% 987
Putnam 770 95.53% 33 4.09% 2 0.25% 1 0.12% 0 0.00% 737 91.44% 806
Quitman 239 98.35% 0 0.00% 4 1.65% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 235[lower-alpha 1] 96.71% 243
Rabun 893 91.22% 78 7.97% 6 0.61% 1 0.10% 1 0.10% 815 83.25% 979
Randolph 1,344 97.18% 31 2.24% 8 0.58% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,313 94.94% 1,383
Richmond 4,873 85.58% 738 12.96% 27 0.47% 53 0.93% 3 0.05% 4,135 72.62% 5,694
Rockdale 461 95.45% 18 3.73% 4 0.83% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 443 91.72% 483
Schley 398 97.55% 8 1.96% 2 0.49% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 390 95.59% 408
Screven 508 91.20% 46 8.26% 3 0.54% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 462 82.94% 557
Seminole 776 96.28% 20 2.48% 8 0.99% 2 0.25% 0 0.00% 756 93.80% 806
Spalding 2,185 97.07% 54 2.40% 8 0.36% 4 0.18% 0 0.00% 2,131 94.67% 2,251
Stephens 1,026 97.53% 18 1.71% 6 0.57% 2 0.19% 0 0.00% 1,008 95.82% 1,052
Stewart 588 97.03% 15 2.48% 3 0.50% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 573 94.55% 606
Sumter 1,619 95.69% 57 3.37% 16 0.95% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,562 92.32% 1,692
Talbot 912 95.00% 45 4.69% 3 0.31% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 867 90.31% 960
Taliaferro 503 99.41% 3 0.59% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 500 98.81% 506
Tattnall 2,133 98.02% 37 1.70% 6 0.28% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,096 96.32% 2,176
Taylor 685 93.58% 44 6.01% 1 0.14% 2 0.27% 0 0.00% 641 87.57% 732
Telfair 746 93.60% 45 5.65% 5 0.63% 1 0.13% 0 0.00% 701 87.95% 797
Terrell 1,000 97.37% 24 2.34% 3 0.29% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 976 95.03% 1,027
Thomas 2,607 96.20% 90 3.32% 9 0.33% 4 0.15% 0 0.00% 2,517 92.88% 2,710
Tift 1,394 95.09% 65 4.43% 5 0.34% 2 0.14% 0 0.00% 1,329 90.65% 1,466
Toombs 1,868 96.49% 54 2.79% 8 0.41% 6 0.31% 0 0.00% 1,814 93.70% 1,936
Towns 742 48.43% 790 51.57% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -48 -3.13% 1,532
Treutlen 849 95.93% 36 4.07% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 813 91.86% 885
Troup 2,371 96.62% 81 3.30% 2 0.08% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,290 93.32% 2,454
Turner 909 93.04% 59 6.04% 6 0.61% 3 0.31% 0 0.00% 850 87.00% 977
Twiggs 646 97.29% 15 2.26% 2 0.30% 1 0.15% 0 0.00% 631 95.03% 664
Union 1,344 62.40% 810 37.60% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 534 24.79% 2,154
Upson 1,660 98.57% 20 1.19% 3 0.18% 1 0.06% 0 0.00% 1,640 97.39% 1,684
Walker 2,255 83.80% 405 15.05% 22 0.82% 7 0.26% 2 0.07% 1,850 68.75% 2,691
Walton 2,136 98.34% 36 1.66% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,100 96.69% 2,172
Ware 2,504 91.96% 205 7.53% 9 0.33% 4 0.15% 1 0.04% 2,299 84.43% 2,723
Warren 676 96.99% 18 2.58% 3 0.43% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 658 94.40% 697
Washington 1,923 99.33% 9 0.46% 3 0.15% 1 0.05% 0 0.00% 1,914 98.86% 1,936
Wayne 1,044 93.97% 60 5.40% 3 0.27% 3 0.27% 1 0.09% 984 88.57% 1,111
Webster 235 97.92% 5 2.08% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 230 95.83% 240
Wheeler 1,127 97.41% 29 2.51% 1 0.09% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,098 94.90% 1,157
White 936 94.45% 53 5.35% 2 0.20% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 883 89.10% 991
Whitfield 2,384 81.87% 483 16.59% 35 1.20% 9 0.31% 1 0.03% 1,901 65.28% 2,912
Wilcox 619 95.97% 25 3.88% 0 0.00% 1 0.16% 0 0.00% 594 92.09% 645
Wilkes 1,172 95.75% 42 3.43% 9 0.74% 1 0.08% 0 0.00% 1,130 92.32% 1,224
Wilkinson 726 100.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 726 100.00% 726
Worth 2,269 98.23% 38 1.65% 3 0.13% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,231 96.58% 2,310
Totals234,11891.60%19,8637.77%1,1250.44%4610.18%230.01%214,25583.83%255,590

Notes

  1. In this county where Upshaw ran second ahead of Hoover, margin given is Roosevelt vote minus Upshaw vote and percentage margin Roosevelt percentage minus Upshaw percentage.
  2. In this county where Thomas ran second ahead of Hoover, margin given is Roosevelt vote minus Thomas vote and percentage margin Roosevelt percentage minus Thomas percentage.

References

  1. Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 208, 210 ISBN 9780691163246
  2. Springer, Melanie Jean; How the States Shaped the Nation: American Electoral Institutions and Voter Turnout, 1920-2000, p. 155 ISBN 022611435X
  3. Orwat, Stephen F.; The 1928 Presidential Election in the South: The Question of Southern Conservative Values (1994), p. 62
  4. Phillips; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 261-262
  5. Phillips; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 212
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