<P> The United States presidential election of 1928 was the 36th quadrennial presidential election , held on Tuesday , November 6 , 1928 . Republican Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover defeated the Democratic nominee , Governor Al Smith of New York . Hoover was the last Republican to win a presidential election until 1952 . </P>
who was elected president of the united states in 1928
Republican Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover