1908 United States presidential election in Kansas

none June 2025 January 2025 1908 United States presidential election in Kansas presidential no 1904 United States presidential election in Kansas 1904 1912 United States presidential election in Kansas 1912 November 3, 1908 x200px William Howard Taft, Bain bw photo portrait, 1908.jpg William Howard Taft Republican Party (United States) Ohio James S. Sherman 10 197,216 52.46% Unsuccessful 1908.jpg William Jennings Bryan Democratic Party (United States) Nebraska John W. Kern 0 161,209 42.88% 1908 United States presidential election in Kansas results map by county.svg 310px County results Taft #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% Bryan #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% President Theodore Roosevelt Republican Party (United States) William Howard Taft Republican Party (United States) The 1908 United States presidential election in Kansas was held on November 3, 1908, as part of the 1908 United States presidential election. Kansas voters chose ten electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. In its first thirty years as a state Kansas had been powerfully Republican, but with the Populist movement and major agricultural crises the state turned to James B. Weaver in 1892 and William Jennings Bryan in 1896;Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 418 9780691163246 however, President William McKinley won a rematch with Bryan in 1900. With the return to a conservative “Gold Democrat” candidate in 1904, Kansas reverted to rock-solid Republican as Alton B. Parker failed to carry a single county in the state against Theodore Roosevelt. Bryan was nominated as the Democratic candidate for president for the third time. However, by October, most predictions suggested that Bryan would not win over the voters who had deserted Parker, and be unsuccessful in his attempt to emulate his “Commoner” success of 1896.‘Roads Can't Handle Crops: Predicts That Bryan Will Carry Missouri and Taft Kansas’; San Francisco Chronicle, October 5, 1908, p. 3 On election day, Republican candidate William Howard Taft carried Kansas by 9.60 points, an improvement of over 2 points upon McKinley's 1900 result and of 13.26 points upon the Republican result from 1896, despite Bryan campaigning in the state at the beginning of November.‘Campaign Nears End: Hitchcock and Mack Rest. Stick to Forecasts of Last Week’; Boston Daily Globe, November 2, 1908, p.1 His underperformance was in part attributed to the fact that Kansas’ local Republicans supported Taft's plan to guarantee bank deposits for all customers through the state treasurer.‘Nominee at Same Banquet: Taft and Bryan Will Meet at Chicago’; Boston Daily Globe, September 12, 1908, p. 2 As of 2024, this along with 1892 is the 2nd and last time that Nebraska has voted for a different presidential candidate than neighboring Kansas. Results Presidential CandidateRunning MatePartyElectoral Vote (EV)Popular Vote (PV) William Howard Taft of Ohio James S. Sherman Republican 10https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1908&off=0&elect=0&fips=20&f=0 1908 Presidential General Election Results – Kansas Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas 26 October 2019 197,216 52.46% William Jennings Bryan John W. Kern Democratic 0 161,209 42.88% Eugene V. Debs Ben Hanford Socialist 0 12,420 3.30% Eugene W. Chafin Aaron S. Watkins Prohibition 0 5,033 1.34% Thomas L. Hisgen John Temple Graves Independent 0 68 0.02% Results by county 1908 United States presidential election in Kansas by countyGéoelections http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1908.htm Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1908 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures) County William Howard TaftRepublican William Jennings BryanDemocratic Eugene Victor DebsSocial Democratic Eugene Wilder ChafinProhibition Thomas Louis HigsenIndependent Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # % Allen 3,283 53.80% 2,579 42.26% 204 3.34% 36 0.59% 0 0.00% 704 11.54% 6,102 Anderson 1,722 51.25% 1,512 45.00% 65 1.93% 61 1.82% 0 0.00% 210 6.25% 3,360 Atchison 3,244 54.94% 2,593 43.91% 48 0.81% 18 0.30% 2 0.03% 651 11.02% 5,905 Barber 1,097 53.72% 864 42.31% 45 2.20% 36 1.76% 0 0.00% 233 11.41% 2,042 Barton 1,729 44.83% 2,004 51.96% 100 2.59% 24 0.62% 0 0.00% -275 -7.13% 3,857 Bourbon 2,695 47.83% 2,686 47.67% 211 3.75% 42 0.75% 0 0.00% 9 0.16% 5,634 Brown 2,778 56.31% 2,044 41.44% 61 1.24% 50 1.01% 0 0.00% 734 14.88% 4,933 Butler 3,049 53.97% 2,290 40.54% 149 2.64% 160 2.83% 1 0.02% 759 13.44% 5,649 Chase 1,021 53.04% 834 43.32% 46 2.39% 24 1.25% 0 0.00% 187 9.71% 1,925 Chautauqua 1,689 60.19% 958 34.14% 148 5.27% 11 0.39% 0 0.00% 731 26.05% 2,806 Cherokee 3,893 44.26% 3,819 43.42% 1,030 11.71% 51 0.58% 2 0.02% 74 0.84% 8,795 Cheyenne 486 54.30% 339 37.88% 41 4.58% 20 2.23% 9 1.01% 147 16.42% 895 Clark 386 49.87% 350 45.22% 24 3.10% 12 1.55% 2 0.26% 36 4.65% 774 Clay 1,858 52.96% 1,495 42.62% 102 2.91% 52 1.48% 1 0.03% 363 10.35% 3,508 Cloud 2,170 52.24% 1,663 40.03% 244 5.87% 76 1.83% 1 0.02% 507 12.21% 4,154 Coffey 2,094 53.38% 1,729 44.07% 35 0.89% 63 1.61% 2 0.05% 365 9.30% 3,923 Comanche 392 59.67% 245 37.29% 10 1.52% 10 1.52% 0 0.00% 147 22.37% 657 Cowley 3,578 50.55% 2,995 42.31% 396 5.59% 109 1.54% 0 0.00% 583 8.24% 7,078 Crawford 5,152 46.55% 4,230 38.22% 1,631 14.74% 54 0.49% 1 0.01% 922 8.33% 11,068 Decatur 898 39.18% 1,250 54.54% 94 4.10% 41 1.79% 9 0.39% -352 -15.36% 2,292 Dickinson 2,886 53.31% 2,282 42.15% 152 2.81% 94 1.74% 0 0.00% 604 11.16% 5,414 Doniphan 2,307 66.46% 1,113 32.07% 33 0.95% 18 0.52% 0 0.00% 1,194 34.40% 3,471 Douglas 3,279 60.63% 2,010 37.17% 49 0.91% 70 1.29% 0 0.00% 1,269 23.47% 5,408 Edwards 773 50.23% 704 45.74% 27 1.75% 35 2.27% 0 0.00% 69 4.48% 1,539 Elk 1,454 54.11% 1,187 44.18% 25 0.93% 21 0.78% 0 0.00% 267 9.94% 2,687 Ellis 768 34.50% 1,421 63.84% 20 0.90% 17 0.76% 0 0.00% -653 -29.34% 2,226 Ellsworth 1,213 52.95% 1,039 45.35% 13 0.57% 26 1.13% 0 0.00% 174 7.59% 2,291 Finney 1,000 61.46% 551 33.87% 58 3.56% 18 1.11% 0 0.00% 449 27.60% 1,627 Ford 1,333 53.28% 1,089 43.53% 44 1.76% 36 1.44% 0 0.00% 244 9.75% 2,502 Franklin 2,658 52.74% 2,155 42.76% 93 1.85% 134 2.66% 0 0.00% 503 9.98% 5,040 Geary 1,257 53.38% 1,033 43.86% 38 1.61% 27 1.15% 0 0.00% 224 9.51% 2,355 Gove 632 55.15% 456 39.79% 32 2.79% 26 2.27% 0 0.00% 176 15.36% 1,146 Graham 911 52.24% 723 41.46% 95 5.45% 15 0.86% 0 0.00% 188 10.78% 1,744 Grant 178 54.77% 133 40.92% 12 3.69% 2 0.62% 0 0.00% 45 13.85% 325 Gray 372 46.79% 338 42.52% 64 8.05% 21 2.64% 0 0.00% 34 4.28% 795 Greeley 206 64.58% 89 27.90% 21 6.58% 3 0.94% 0 0.00% 117 36.68% 319 Greenwood 2,370 59.16% 1,545 38.57% 69 1.72% 22 0.55% 0 0.00% 825 20.59% 4,006 Hamilton 415 57.32% 275 37.98% 30 4.14% 4 0.55% 0 0.00% 140 19.34% 724 Harper 1,490 48.46% 1,404 45.66% 112 3.64% 69 2.24% 0 0.00% 86 2.80% 3,075 Harvey 2,305 58.30% 1,475 37.30% 99 2.50% 74 1.87% 1 0.03% 830 20.99% 3,954 Haskell 172 48.73% 139 39.38% 36 10.20% 6 1.70% 0 0.00% 33 9.35% 353 Hodgeman 411 57.08% 290 40.28% 7 0.97% 12 1.67% 0 0.00% 121 16.81% 720 Jackson 2,201 58.65% 1,494 39.81% 17 0.45% 39 1.04% 2 0.05% 707 18.84% 3,753 Jefferson 2,270 55.57% 1,720 42.11% 64 1.57% 31 0.76% 0 0.00% 550 13.46% 4,085 Jewell 2,410 53.48% 1,932 42.88% 54 1.20% 110 2.44% 0 0.00% 478 10.61% 4,506 Johnson 2,313 51.17% 2,091 46.26% 88 1.95% 28 0.62% 0 0.00% 222 4.91% 4,520 Kearny 435 56.64% 304 39.58% 26 3.39% 3 0.39% 0 0.00% 131 17.06% 768 Kingman 1,442 47.26% 1,479 48.48% 84 2.75% 45 1.47% 1 0.03% -37 -1.21% 3,051 Kiowa 699 59.49% 409 34.81% 37 3.15% 30 2.55% 0 0.00% 290 24.68% 1,175 Labette 3,367 49.17% 2,783 40.64% 643 9.39% 54 0.79% 1 0.01% 584 8.53% 6,848 Lane 357 51.52% 271 39.11% 49 7.07% 16 2.31% 0 0.00% 86 12.41% 693 Leavenworth 4,846 53.87% 3,818 42.44% 288 3.20% 43 0.48% 1 0.01% 1,028 11.43% 8,996 Lincoln 1,218 50.27% 1,117 46.10% 58 2.39% 30 1.24% 0 0.00% 101 4.17% 2,423 Linn 1,950 51.79% 1,657 44.01% 126 3.35% 31 0.82% 1 0.03% 293 7.78% 3,765 Logan 524 59.34% 308 34.88% 32 3.62% 18 2.04% 1 0.11% 216 24.46% 883 Lyon 2,973 50.87% 2,562 43.84% 161 2.75% 147 2.52% 1 0.02% 411 7.03% 5,844 Marion 2,546 57.45% 1,747 39.42% 57 1.29% 80 1.81% 2 0.05% 799 18.03% 4,432 Marshall 3,296 55.91% 2,514 42.65% 32 0.54% 53 0.90% 0 0.00% 782 13.27% 5,895 McPherson 2,708 57.39% 1,905 40.37% 55 1.17% 51 1.08% 0 0.00% 803 17.02% 4,719 Meade 560 56.22% 386 38.76% 26 2.61% 24 2.41% 0 0.00% 174 17.47% 996 Miami 2,475 51.03% 2,256 46.52% 91 1.88% 26 0.54% 2 0.04% 219 4.52% 4,850 Mitchell 1,765 50.50% 1,570 44.92% 118 3.38% 42 1.20% 0 0.00% 195 5.58% 3,495 Montgomery 5,166 52.10% 4,030 40.64% 661 6.67% 57 0.57% 2 0.02% 1,136 11.46% 9,916 Morris 1,788 57.53% 1,273 40.96% 19 0.61% 28 0.90% 0 0.00% 515 16.57% 3,108 Morton 154 50.49% 140 45.90% 6 1.97% 5 1.64% 0 0.00% 14 4.59% 305 Nemaha 2,394 51.57% 2,182 47.01% 32 0.69% 33 0.71% 1 0.02% 212 4.57% 4,642 Neosho 2,929 53.15% 2,386 43.30% 166 3.01% 29 0.53% 1 0.02% 543 9.85% 5,511 Ness 635 47.96% 461 34.82% 109 8.23% 117 8.84% 2 0.15% 174 13.14% 1,324 Norton 1,448 49.76% 1,337 45.95% 59 2.03% 66 2.27% 0 0.00% 111 3.81% 2,910 Osage 2,671 50.30% 2,288 43.09% 264 4.97% 86 1.62% 1 0.02% 383 7.21% 5,310 Osborne 1,665 55.30% 1,132 37.60% 45 1.49% 169 5.61% 0 0.00% 533 17.70% 3,011 Ottawa 1,444 50.54% 1,265 44.28% 83 2.91% 65 2.28% 0 0.00% 179 6.27% 2,857 Pawnee 1,000 48.43% 961 46.54% 68 3.29% 36 1.74% 0 0.00% 39 1.89% 2,065 Phillips 1,762 52.25% 1,490 44.19% 65 1.93% 55 1.63% 0 0.00% 272 8.07% 3,372 Pottawatomie 2,650 60.78% 1,680 38.53% 11 0.25% 19 0.44% 0 0.00% 970 22.25% 4,360 Pratt 1,193 50.53% 1,027 43.50% 67 2.84% 73 3.09% 1 0.04% 166 7.03% 2,361 Rawlins 719 47.36% 732 48.22% 59 3.89% 7 0.46% 1 0.07% -13 -0.86% 1,518 Reno 4,092 52.72% 3,381 43.56% 175 2.25% 114 1.47% 0 0.00% 711 9.16% 7,762 Republic 2,156 51.79% 1,905 45.76% 35 0.84% 67 1.61% 0 0.00% 251 6.03% 4,163 Rice 1,832 51.35% 1,407 39.43% 110 3.08% 217 6.08% 2 0.06% 425 11.91% 3,568 Riley 2,276 61.71% 1,289 34.95% 65 1.76% 58 1.57% 0 0.00% 987 26.76% 3,688 Rooks 1,280 53.13% 1,003 41.64% 75 3.11% 51 2.12% 0 0.00% 277 11.50% 2,409 Rush 764 45.02% 894 52.68% 30 1.77% 9 0.53% 0 0.00% -130 -7.66% 1,697 Russell 1,360 57.12% 976 40.99% 27 1.13% 18 0.76% 0 0.00% 384 16.13% 2,381 Saline 2,297 50.15% 2,134 46.59% 116 2.53% 33 0.72% 0 0.00% 163 3.56% 4,580 Scott 324 47.09% 294 42.73% 61 8.87% 8 1.16% 1 0.15% 30 4.36% 688 Sedgwick 6,756 50.25% 6,049 44.99% 390 2.90% 247 1.84% 3 0.02% 707 5.26% 13,445 Seward 427 48.09% 413 46.51% 33 3.72% 15 1.69% 0 0.00% 14 1.58% 888 Shawnee 7,554 56.28% 5,585 41.61% 170 1.27% 112 0.83% 0 0.00% 1,969 14.67% 13,421 Sheridan 639 48.89% 631 48.28% 22 1.68% 15 1.15% 0 0.00% 8 0.61% 1,307 Sherman 439 43.64% 508 50.50% 46 4.57% 13 1.29% 0 0.00% -69 -6.86% 1,006 Smith 1,843 51.65% 1,593 44.65% 51 1.43% 78 2.19% 3 0.08% 250 7.01% 3,568 Stafford 1,334 50.99% 1,135 43.39% 48 1.83% 99 3.78% 0 0.00% 199 7.61% 2,616 Stanton 180 60.81% 107 36.15% 6 2.03% 3 1.01% 0 0.00% 73 24.66% 296 Stevens 258 48.22% 215 40.19% 39 7.29% 23 4.30% 0 0.00% 43 8.04% 535 Sumner 3,235 51.30% 2,772 43.96% 204 3.24% 95 1.51% 0 0.00% 463 7.34% 6,306 Thomas 569 44.98% 630 49.80% 44 3.48% 22 1.74% 0 0.00% -61 -4.82% 1,265 Trego 617 54.65% 458 40.57% 32 2.83% 20 1.77% 2 0.18% 159 14.08% 1,129 Wabaunsee 1,849 60.25% 1,163 37.90% 24 0.78% 33 1.08% 0 0.00% 686 22.35% 3,069 Wallace 350 59.32% 206 34.92% 23 3.90% 11 1.86% 0 0.00% 144 24.41% 590 Washington 2,711 57.51% 1,904 40.39% 46 0.98% 53 1.12% 0 0.00% 807 17.12% 4,714 Wichita 233 54.31% 173 40.33% 22 5.13% 1 0.23% 0 0.00% 60 13.99% 429 Wilson 2,428 53.14% 1,777 38.89% 324 7.09% 40 0.88% 0 0.00% 651 14.25% 4,569 Woodson 1,252 53.23% 1,047 44.52% 41 1.74% 12 0.51% 0 0.00% 205 8.72% 2,352 Wyandotte 8,684 47.56% 8,923 48.87% 528 2.89% 117 0.64% 7 0.04% -239 -1.31% 18,259Totals197,31652.47%161,20942.87%12,4203.30%5,0301.34%700.02%36,1079.60%376,045 See also United States presidential elections in Kansas References Kansas 1908