1908 United States presidential election in Minnesota

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1908 United States presidential election in Minnesota
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  1904 November 3, 1908 1912  
  William Howard Taft, Bain bw photo portrait, 1908.jpg Unsuccessful 1908.jpg
Nominee William Howard Taft William Jennings Bryan
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Ohio Nebraska
Running mate James S. Sherman John W. Kern
Electoral vote110
Popular vote195,843109,401
Percentage59.11%33.02%

Minnesota 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 Minnesota took place on November 3, 1908 as part of the 1908 United States presidential election. State voters chose 11 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

Contents

Minnesota was won by the Republican candidates, United States Secretary of War William Howard Taft of Ohio and his running mate James S. Sherman of New York. They defeated the former Nebraska Congressman and two-time prior Democratic nominee William Jennings Bryan and his running mate John W. Kern of Indiana. Taft won the state by a landslide margin of 26.09%. Taft went on to defeat Bryan nationally, with 321 electoral votes to the Democratic nominee's 162.

Bryan had previously lost Minnesota to William McKinley in both 1896 and 1900.

Results

1908 United States presidential election in Minnesota
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican William Howard Taft 195,84359.11%11
Democratic William Jennings Bryan 109,40133.02%0
Public Ownership Eugene V. Debs 14,5274.38%0
Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin 11,1063.35%0
Independence Thomas L. Hisgen 4260.13%0
Totals331,303100.00%11

Results by county

Counties carried by Taft/Sherman
Counties carried by Bryan/Kern
CountyWilliam Howard Taft
Republican
William Jennings Bryan
Democratic
Eugene Victor Debs
Public Ownership
Eugene Wilder Chafin
Prohibition
Thomas Louis Hisgen
Independence
MarginTotal votes cast [1]
# %# %# %# %# %# %#
Aitkin 1,20567.02%38921.64%1437.95%573.17%40.22%81645.38%1,798AI
Anoka 1,57768.99%61026.68%421.84%562.45%10.04%96742.30%2,286AN
Becker 2,05864.39%72822.78%2236.98%1865.82%10.03%1,33041.61%3,196BK
Beltrami 1,88263.41%64821.83%38412.94%451.52%90.30%1,23441.58%2,968BL
Benton 1,00154.11%76541.35%542.92%261.41%40.22%23612.76%1,850BN
Big Stone 96557.78%56533.83%513.05%895.33%00.00%40023.95%1,670BS
Blue Earth 3,29756.20%2,19137.34%1492.54%2263.85%40.07%1,10618.85%5,867BE
Brown 1,51845.22%1,53645.76%2467.33%551.64%20.06%-18-0.54%3,357BR
Carlton 1,48762.37%50621.22%33313.97%512.14%70.29%98141.15%2,384CT
Carver 1,73960.03%1,10138.00%210.72%341.17%20.07%63822.02%2,897CA
Cass 1,00959.04%46126.97%19711.53%422.46%00.00%54832.07%1,709CS
Chippewa 1,40958.98%79933.44%321.34%1446.03%50.21%61025.53%2,389CP
Chisago 2,10779.90%40815.47%712.69%491.86%20.08%1,69964.43%2,637CH
Clay 1,85758.69%1,12535.56%682.15%1113.51%30.09%73223.14%3,164CY
Clearwater 77966.07%16413.91%18515.69%463.90%50.42%594 [lower-alpha 1] 50.38%1,179CL
Cook 25577.98%4212.84%195.81%113.36%00.00%21365.14%327CK
Cottonwood 1,24065.82%52627.92%191.01%985.20%10.05%71437.90%1,884CD
Crow Wing 1,68159.42%66123.37%41014.49%722.55%50.18%1,02036.06%2,829CW
Dakota 2,48155.07%1,77839.47%1082.40%1312.91%70.16%70315.60%4,505DK
Dodge 1,45469.77%51524.71%190.91%964.61%00.00%93945.06%2,084DO
Douglas 1,89460.92%97931.49%702.25%1655.31%10.03%91529.43%3,109DG
Faribault 2,30561.81%1,03927.86%260.70%3579.57%20.05%1,26633.95%3,729FA
Fillmore 3,25969.85%1,15324.71%771.65%1753.75%20.04%2,10645.14%4,666FI
Freeborn 2,46561.14%97624.21%1674.14%42110.44%30.07%1,48936.93%4,032FB
Goodhue 4,48274.90%1,14719.17%1983.31%1492.49%80.13%3,33555.73%5,984GH
Grant 1,09970.04%37623.96%251.59%694.40%00.00%72346.08%1,569GR
Hennepin 27,78758.73%16,16934.17%2,2734.80%1,0162.15%680.14%11,61824.56%47,313HN
Houston 1,70067.35%74529.52%110.44%682.69%00.00%95537.84%2,524HS
Hubbard 1,28869.10%40121.51%1246.65%462.47%50.27%88747.59%1,864HU
Isanti 1,19858.47%46622.74%1859.03%1969.57%40.20%73235.72%2,049IS
Itasca 1,88363.15%68422.94%36712.31%431.44%50.17%1,19940.21%2,982IT
Jackson 1,57558.94%1,01337.91%240.90%582.17%20.07%56221.03%2,672JK
Kanabec 80369.52%24220.95%655.63%433.72%20.17%56148.57%1,155KA
Kandiyohi 2,31263.62%94726.06%1453.99%2226.11%80.22%1,36537.56%3,634KD
Kittson 96962.12%49931.99%60.38%845.38%20.13%47030.13%1,560KI
Koochiching 82656.00%42028.47%18812.75%392.64%20.14%40627.53%1,475KO
Lac Qui Parle 1,89469.17%66124.14%160.58%1676.10%00.00%1,23345.03%2,738LQ
Lake 58451.23%15213.33%36231.75%413.60%10.09%222 [lower-alpha 1] 19.47%1,140LK
Le Sueur 1,81947.86%1,69944.70%1995.24%792.08%50.13%1203.16%3,801LS
Lincoln 89153.51%68341.02%271.62%633.78%10.06%20812.49%1,665LN
Lyon 1,61856.69%1,04336.55%461.61%1465.12%10.04%57520.15%2,854LY
Mahnomen 26553.64%14328.95%8116.40%51.01%00.00%12224.70%494MA
Marshall 1,64859.97%73126.60%1776.44%1866.77%60.22%91733.37%2,748MH
Martin 1,92259.05%1,05432.38%912.80%1845.65%40.12%86826.67%3,255MT
McLeod 1,57949.39%1,50647.11%351.09%732.28%40.13%732.28%3,197MD
Meeker 1,92861.23%1,11135.28%351.11%742.35%10.03%81725.94%3,149MK
Mille Lacs 1,11961.96%42723.64%1689.30%915.04%10.06%69238.32%1,806ML
Morrison 1,93653.30%1,51341.66%1183.25%641.76%10.03%42311.65%3,632MR
Mower 2,62963.46%1,20629.11%1804.34%1242.99%40.10%1,42334.35%4,143MO
Murray 1,29359.72%76235.20%331.52%552.54%20.09%53124.53%2,165MU
Nicollet 1,39259.26%83235.42%502.13%723.07%30.13%56023.84%2,349NI
Nobles 1,43256.78%92536.68%582.30%1074.24%00.00%50720.10%2,522NO
Norman 1,27655.26%66128.63%1777.67%1958.45%00.00%61526.63%2,309NR
Olmsted 2,47258.03%1,62138.05%160.38%1413.31%100.23%85119.98%4,260OL
Otter Tail 3,96458.07%2,32033.99%2083.05%3294.82%50.07%1,64424.08%6,826OT
Pine 1,54856.46%80229.25%30311.05%853.10%40.15%74627.21%2,742PN
Pipestone 1,05765.09%49130.23%271.66%493.02%00.00%56634.85%1,624PS
Polk 3,31155.20%1,92832.14%5569.27%1933.22%100.17%1,38323.06%5,998PL
Pope 1,79476.86%44218.94%230.99%753.21%00.00%1,35257.93%2,334PO
Ramsey 16,55654.64%11,61338.33%1,6595.48%4001.32%720.24%4,94316.31%30,300RM
Red Lake 1,42853.01%85631.77%34212.69%602.23%80.30%57221.23%2,694RL
Redwood 1,82159.86%1,07635.37%541.78%882.89%30.10%74524.49%3,042RW
Renville 2,27560.22%1,36436.10%280.74%1102.91%10.03%91124.11%3,778RV
Rice 2,82161.46%1,61435.16%400.87%1112.42%40.09%1,20726.30%4,590RC
Rock 1,23467.25%52528.61%170.93%553.00%40.22%70938.64%1,835RK
Roseau 90050.90%44425.11%36120.42%613.45%20.11%45625.79%1,768RS
Saint Louis 12,07666.08%4,46424.43%1,3057.14%4012.19%280.15%7,61241.65%18,274SL
Scott 1,04539.29%1,54858.20%120.45%521.95%30.11%-503-18.91%2,660SC
Sherburne 1,00267.84%36624.78%422.84%674.54%00.00%63643.06%1,477SB
Sibley 1,62357.92%1,11039.61%60.21%612.18%20.07%51318.31%2,802SY
Stearns 2,61438.75%3,83556.86%1592.36%1271.88%100.15%-1,221-18.10%6,745ST
Steele 1,89957.11%1,28438.62%381.14%1043.13%00.00%61518.50%3,325SE
Stevens 87757.93%58238.44%171.12%372.44%10.07%29519.48%1,514SV
Swift 1,34356.17%92138.52%411.71%843.51%20.08%42217.65%2,391SW
Todd 2,33457.37%1,30532.08%2586.34%1634.01%80.20%1,02925.29%4,068TD
Traverse 68554.93%51441.22%131.04%342.73%10.08%17113.71%1,247TR
Wabasha 2,15058.36%1,41638.44%391.06%772.09%20.05%73419.92%3,684WB
Wadena 99163.57%46729.96%704.49%291.86%20.13%52433.61%1,559WD
Waseca 1,45554.99%1,08541.01%401.51%592.23%70.26%37013.98%2,646WC
Washington 2,72768.50%1,12028.13%631.58%681.71%30.08%1,60740.37%3,981WA
Watonwan 1,41170.44%53726.81%60.30%452.25%40.20%87443.63%2,003WW
Wilkin 77953.03%61441.80%261.77%483.27%20.14%16511.23%1,469WK
Winona 3,01448.23%3,07249.16%691.10%851.36%90.14%-58-0.93%6,249WN
Wright 2,82063.48%1,39631.43%370.83%1844.14%50.11%1,42432.06%4,442WR
Yellow Medicine 1,74565.06%78629.31%190.71%1304.85%20.07%95935.76%2,682YM
Totals195,84359.11%109,40133.02%14,5274.38%11,1063.35%4260.13%86,44226.09331,303MN

Close counties

Carried by less than 5% of the county-wide vote:

  1. Brown, 0.54%
  2. Winona, 0.93%
  3. McLeod, 2.28%
  4. Le Sueur, 3.16%

Statistics

Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Republican):

  1. Chisago, 79.90%
  2. Cook, 77.98%
  3. Pope, 76.86%
  4. Goodhue, 74.90%
  5. Watonwan, 70.44%

Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Democratic):

  1. Scott, 58.20%
  2. Stearns, 56.86%
  3. Winona, 49.16%
  4. McLeod, 47.11%
  5. Brown, 45.76%

Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Public Ownership):

  1. Lake, 31.75%
  2. Roseau, 20.42%
  3. Mahnomen, 16.40%
  4. Clearwater, 15.69%
  5. Crow Wing, 14.49%

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 In this county where Debs ran second ahead of Bryan, margin given is Taft vote minus Debs vote and percentage margin Taft percentage minus Debs percentage.

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References

  1. Schmahl, Julius (1909). The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota of 1909. Harrison & Smith Co. pp. 532–539.