1908 United States presidential election in North Dakota

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1908 United States presidential election in North Dakota

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Nominee William Howard Taft William Jennings Bryan Party Republican Democratic Home state Ohio Nebraska Running mate James S. Sherman John W. Kern Electoral vote 4 0 Popular vote 57,680 32,885 Percentage 61.02% 34.79%

County Results Taft   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90% The 1908 United States presidential election in North Dakota took place on November 3, 1908. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. North Dakota voted for the Republican nominee, Secretary of War William Howard Taft of Ohio and his running mate James S. Sherman of New York. They defeated the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative of Nebraska William Jennings Bryan and his running mate John W. Kern of Indiana. Taft won the state by a margin of 26.23%. With 61.02% of the popular vote, North Dakota would be Taft's fourth strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Vermont, Maine and Michigan. [1] Bryan had previously lost North Dakota to Republican William McKinley in both 1896 and 1900. Results 1908 United States presidential election in North Dakota [2] Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote Count % Count % Republican William Howard Taft of Ohio James Schoolcraft Sherman of New York 57,680 61.02% 4 100.00% Democratic William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska John Worth Kern of Indiana 32,885 34.79% 0 0.00% Socialist Eugene Victor Debs of Indiana Benjamin Hanford of New York 2,421 2.56% 0 0.00% Prohibition Eugene Wilder Chafin of Illinois Aaron Sherman Watkins of Ohio 1,496 1.58% 0 0.00% Independence Thomas Louis Hisgen of Massachusetts John Temple Graves of Georgia 43 0.05% 0 0.00% Total 94,525 100.00% 4 100.00% Results by county County [3] William Howard Taft Republican William Jennings Bryan Democratic Eugene Victor Debs Socialist Eugene Wilder Chafin Prohibition Thomas Louis Hisgen Independence Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # % Adams 577 70.45% 201 24.54% 21 2.56% 19 2.32% 1 0.12% 376 45.91% 819 Barnes 1,786 62.06% 996 34.61% 35 1.22% 60 2.08% 1 0.03% 790 27.45% 2,878 Benson 1,363 67.81% 553 27.51% 30 1.49% 64 3.18% 0 0.00% 810 40.30% 2,010 Billings 768 73.70% 236 22.65% 21 2.02% 17 1.63% 0 0.00% 532 51.06% 1,042 Bottineau 1,951 59.45% 1,146 34.92% 140 4.27% 44 1.34% 1 0.03% 805 24.53% 3,282 Bowman 451 66.13% 209 30.65% 15 2.20% 7 1.03% 0 0.00% 242 35.48% 682 Burleigh 1,375 65.82% 660 31.59% 37 1.77% 17 0.81% 0 0.00% 715 34.23% 2,089 Cass 3,681 62.53% 2,000 33.97% 94 1.60% 106 1.80% 6 0.10% 1,681 28.55% 5,887 Cavalier 1,528 55.06% 1,190 42.88% 32 1.15% 24 0.86% 1 0.04% 338 12.18% 2,775 Dickey 1,062 60.96% 633 36.34% 30 1.72% 17 0.98% 0 0.00% 429 24.63% 1,742 Dunn 373 68.82% 160 29.52% 8 1.48% 1 0.18% 0 0.00% 213 39.30% 542 Eddy 540 58.00% 368 39.53% 6 0.64% 16 1.72% 1 0.11% 172 18.47% 931 Emmons 951 59.70% 618 38.79% 14 0.88% 10 0.63% 0 0.00% 333 20.90% 1,593 Foster 569 56.00% 434 42.72% 6 0.59% 7 0.69% 0 0.00% 135 13.29% 1,016 Grand Forks 2,740 57.41% 1,750 36.66% 153 3.21% 130 2.72% 0 0.00% 990 20.74% 4,773 Griggs 605 51.84% 493 42.25% 18 1.54% 51 4.37% 0 0.00% 112 9.60% 1,167 Hettinger 568 73.96% 181 23.57% 9 1.17% 10 1.30% 0 0.00% 387 50.39% 768 Kidder 769 72.55% 242 22.83% 26 2.45% 23 2.17% 0 0.00% 527 49.72% 1,060 LaMoure 1,104 64.75% 553 32.43% 19 1.11% 28 1.64% 1 0.06% 551 32.32% 1,705 Logan 711 81.44% 143 16.38% 16 1.83% 3 0.34% 0 0.00% 568 65.06% 873 McHenry 1,772 56.16% 1,296 41.08% 55 1.74% 32 1.01% 0 0.00% 476 15.09% 3,155 McIntosh 927 86.47% 140 13.06% 4 0.37% 1 0.09% 0 0.00% 787 73.41% 1,072 McKenzie 574 68.41% 212 25.27% 46 5.48% 7 0.83% 0 0.00% 362 43.15% 839 McLean 2,273 67.83% 927 27.66% 98 2.92% 51 1.52% 2 0.06% 1,346 40.17% 3,351 Mercer 430 81.13% 96 18.11% 2 0.38% 2 0.38% 0 0.00% 334 63.02% 530 Morton 2,021 67.91% 873 29.33% 67 2.25% 14 0.47% 1 0.03% 1,148 38.58% 2,976 Nelson 1,225 63.80% 616 32.08% 60 3.13% 17 0.89% 2 0.10% 609 31.72% 1,920 Oliver 325 62.50% 179 34.42% 3 0.58% 13 2.50% 0 0.00% 146 28.08% 520 Pembina 1,389 52.55% 1,185 44.84% 17 0.64% 50 1.89% 2 0.08% 204 7.72% 2,643 Pierce 884 57.37% 610 39.58% 28 1.82% 18 1.17% 1 0.06% 274 17.78% 1,541 Ramsey 1,480 55.79% 1,072 40.41% 72 2.71% 27 1.02% 2 0.08% 408 15.38% 2,653 Ransom 1,308 67.53% 581 29.99% 11 0.57% 36 1.86% 1 0.05% 727 37.53% 1,937 Richland 1,864 54.17% 1,502 43.65% 14 0.41% 60 1.74% 1 0.03% 362 10.52% 3,441 Rolette 811 55.32% 529 36.08% 99 6.75% 24 1.64% 3 0.20% 282 19.24% 1,466 Sargent 1,012 61.48% 576 34.99% 38 2.31% 20 1.22% 0 0.00% 436 26.49% 1,646 Stark 922 63.76% 496 34.30% 19 1.31% 7 0.48% 2 0.14% 426 29.46% 1,446 Steele 881 68.72% 366 28.55% 17 1.33% 18 1.40% 0 0.00% 515 40.17% 1,282 Stutsman 1,777 55.67% 1,344 42.11% 24 0.75% 45 1.41% 2 0.06% 433 13.57% 3,192 Towner 867 54.19% 655 40.94% 59 3.69% 18 1.13% 1 0.06% 212 13.25% 1,600 Traill 1,207 66.03% 490 26.81% 33 1.81% 97 5.31% 1 0.05% 717 39.22% 1,828 Walsh 1,751 49.46% 1,641 46.36% 117 3.31% 30 0.85% 1 0.03% 110 3.11% 3,540 Ward 5,286 57.39% 3,163 34.34% 563 6.11% 193 2.10% 5 0.05% 2,123 23.05% 9,210 Wells 1,243 68.07% 535 29.30% 22 1.20% 25 1.37% 1 0.05% 708 38.77% 1,826 Williams 1,979 60.41% 1,034 31.56% 223 6.81% 37 1.13% 3 0.09% 945 28.85% 3,276 Totals 57,680 61.02% 32,884 34.79% 2,421 2.56% 1,496 1.58% 43 0.05% 24,796 26.23% 94,524 See also United States presidential elections in North Dakota References "1908 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018. "1908 Presidential General Election Results – North Dakota". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013. Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1908 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures) This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.