1908 United States presidential election in Alabama

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1908 United States presidential election in Alabama
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  1904 November 3, 1908 1912  
  Unsuccessful 1908.jpg William Howard Taft, Bain bw photo portrait, 1908.jpg
Nominee William Jennings Bryan William Howard Taft
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Nebraska Ohio
Running mate John W. Kern James S. Sherman
Electoral vote110
Popular vote74,37425,372
Percentage70.88%24.18%

Alabama Presidential Election Results 1908.svg
County results

President before election

Theodore Roosevelt
Republican

Elected President

William Howard Taft
Republican

The 1908 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 3, 1908. All contemporary 46 states were part of the 1908 United States presidential election. Alabama voters chose eleven electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

Contents

Alabama was won by the Democratic nominees, former Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate John W. Kern of Indiana. They defeated the Republican candidates, United States Secretary of War William Howard Taft of Ohio and his running mate James S. Sherman of New York. Bryan won the state by a margin of 46.7%.

With 70.88% of the popular vote, Alabama would prove to be Bryan's fifth strongest state in the 1908 presidential election after South Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. [1]

Bryan had previously defeated William McKinley in Alabama in both 1896 and 1900.

Results

1908 United States presidential election in Alabama [2]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic William Jennings Bryan 74,37470.88%11
Republican William Howard Taft 25,37224.18%0
Populist Thomas E. Watson 1,5751.50%0
Social Democratic Eugene V. Debs 1,4501.38%0
Republican Davidson Faction 9870.94%0
Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin 6770.65%0
Independence Thomas L. Hisgen 4970.47%0
Totals104,932100.00%11
Voter turnout

Results by county

CountyWilliam J. Bryan
Democratic
William H. Taft
Republican
Thomas E. Watson
Populist
Eugene V. Debs
Social Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %# %
Autauga 65587.10%9712.90%00.00%00.00%00.00%55874.20%752
Baldwin 43968.70%10917.06%00.00%639.86%284.38%33051.64%639
Barbour 1,30392.81%433.06%342.42%60.43%181.28%1,26089.74%1,404
Bibb 67072.98%13915.14%161.74%778.39%161.74%53157.84%918
Blount 1,13352.80%97345.34%231.07%00.00%170.79%1607.46%2,146
Bullock 78298.74%101.26%00.00%00.00%00.00%77297.47%792
Butler 72780.42%13715.15%192.10%91.00%121.33%59065.27%904
Calhoun 1,43867.80%57026.87%271.27%90.42%773.63%86840.92%2,121
Chambers 1,02592.84%504.53%151.36%90.82%50.45%97588.32%1,104
Cherokee 71250.42%60242.63%241.70%483.40%261.84%1107.79%1,412
Chilton 65640.44%89054.87%372.28%261.60%130.80%−234−14.43%1,622
Choctaw 59089.26%446.66%91.36%91.36%91.36%54682.60%661
Clarke 1,16994.20%564.51%50.40%40.32%70.56%1,11389.69%1,241
Clay 86357.76%59439.76%261.74%20.13%90.60%26918.01%1,494
Cleburne 27838.83%35749.86%20.28%00.00%7911.03%−79−11.03%716
Coffee 1,30569.19%34118.08%19510.34%130.69%321.70%96451.11%1,886
Colbert 84967.06%35327.88%00.00%463.63%181.42%49639.18%1,266
Conecuh 65181.78%11113.94%111.38%101.26%131.63%54067.84%796
Coosa 71757.64%44735.93%70.56%00.00%735.87%27021.70%1,244
Covington 1,05470.88%31521.18%744.98%171.14%271.82%73949.70%1,487
Crenshaw 1,10074.07%31120.94%382.56%151.01%211.41%78953.13%1,485
Cullman 1,23942.68%1,52152.39%521.79%110.38%802.76%−282−9.71%2,903
Dale 92169.61%34626.15%302.27%40.30%221.66%57543.46%1,323
Dallas 1,42097.06%281.91%40.27%40.27%70.48%1,39295.15%1,463
DeKalb 1,39554.58%1,10343.15%180.70%130.51%271.06%29211.42%2,556
Elmore 1,06386.49%13811.23%60.49%40.33%181.46%92575.26%1,229
Escambia 64180.93%11314.27%00.00%253.16%131.64%52866.67%792
Etowah 1,30954.29%99641.31%170.71%441.82%451.87%31312.98%2,411
Fayette 73147.22%67843.80%452.91%593.81%352.26%533.42%1,548
Franklin 65047.69%65247.84%100.73%423.08%90.66%−2−0.15%1,363
Geneva 85456.15%50032.87%1268.28%40.26%372.43%35423.27%1,521
Greene 42396.36%122.73%40.91%00.00%00.00%41193.62%439
Hale 71497.81%131.78%00.00%10.14%20.27%70196.03%730
Henry 72381.24%798.88%728.09%80.90%80.90%64472.36%890
Houston 96566.23%42329.03%281.92%100.69%312.13%54237.20%1,457
Jackson 1,40471.52%46923.89%261.32%30.15%613.11%93547.63%1,963
Jefferson 7,80372.88%2,18220.38%280.26%3673.43%3273.05%5,62152.50%10,707
Lamar 83983.07%16015.84%20.20%00.00%90.89%67967.23%1,010
Lauderdale 1,17771.90%42726.08%40.24%140.86%150.92%75045.82%1,637
Lawrence 60260.93%34434.82%171.72%141.42%111.11%25826.11%988
Lee 1,12688.38%645.02%70.55%514.00%262.04%1,06283.36%1,274
Limestone 1,18881.76%23816.38%20.14%60.41%191.31%95065.38%1,453
Lowndes 63394.20%365.36%00.00%00.00%30.45%59788.84%672
Macon 48291.12%387.18%50.95%40.76%00.00%44483.93%529
Madison 2,16887.10%27711.13%10.04%170.68%261.04%1,89175.97%2,489
Marengo 1,33393.15%785.45%201.40%00.00%00.00%1,25587.70%1,431
Marion 1,10064.71%58934.65%10.06%20.12%80.47%51130.06%1,700
Marshall 1,31356.09%92339.43%522.22%90.38%441.88%39016.66%2,341
Mobile 2,42275.03%45314.03%80.25%531.64%2929.05%1,96961.00%3,228
Monroe 85696.61%182.03%50.56%10.11%60.68%83894.58%886
Montgomery 2,62196.54%792.91%10.04%90.33%50.18%2,54293.63%2,715
Morgan 1,54870.01%49722.48%210.95%924.16%532.40%1,05147.54%2,211
Perry 77697.98%121.52%40.51%00.00%00.00%76496.46%792
Pickens 81685.36%697.22%232.41%191.99%293.03%74778.14%956
Pike 1,50796.29%392.49%150.96%00.00%40.26%1,46893.80%1,565
Randolph 79966.20%39532.73%00.00%50.41%80.66%40433.47%1,207
Russell 51691.01%325.64%20.35%152.65%20.35%48485.36%567
Shelby 1,01140.57%1,23149.40%2128.51%230.92%150.60%−220−8.83%2,492
St. Clair 82045.71%78243.59%1086.02%60.33%784.35%382.12%1,794
Sumter 71998.76%30.41%30.41%10.14%20.27%71698.35%728
Talladega 1,01072.61%35125.23%100.72%20.14%181.29%65947.38%1,391
Tallapoosa 1,34381.59%1046.32%60.36%80.49%18511.24%1,23975.27%1,646
Tuscaloosa 1,72985.05%1627.97%70.34%763.74%592.90%1,56777.08%2,033
Walker 1,63253.32%1,36744.66%00.00%431.40%190.62%2658.66%3,061
Washington 46487.22%407.52%20.38%101.88%163.01%42479.70%532
Wilcox 1,02799.81%20.19%00.00%00.00%00.00%1,02599.61%1,029
Winston 44331.55%94967.59%100.71%20.14%00.00%−506−36.04%1,404
Totals74,39170.75%25,56124.31%1,5761.50%1,4441.37%2,1742.07%48,83046.44%105,146
Source: [3]

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    References

    1. "1908 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
    2. Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Alabama
    3. Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1908 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)