1908 United States presidential election in Ohio

none June 2025 September 2023 1908 United States presidential election 1908 United States presidential election in Ohio Ohio 1902 presidential no 1904 United States presidential election in Ohio 1904 1912 United States presidential election in Ohio 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 23 572,312 51.03% Unsuccessful 1908.jpg William Jennings Bryan Democratic Party (United States) Nebraska John W. Kern 0 502,721 44.82% 1908 United States presidential election in Ohio results map by county.svg 250px County results Taft #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% 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 Ohio was held on November 3, 1908, as part of the 1908 United States presidential election. State voters chose 23 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Since the Civil War, Ohio politics had been controlled by a conflict between the anti-Civil War Appalachian southeast and German-American counties of the northwest, opposed both to the heavily Yankee and New Englander northeast and to the Ohio Company counties of the southeast.Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 343 9780691163246 There was also an area of the Virginia Military District in the southwest that was historically the state's Whig stronghold and later voted Republican.Flinn, Thomas A.; 'Continuity and Change in Ohio Politics'; The Journal of Politics, vol. 24, no. 3 (August 1962), pp. 521-544 The GOP had consistently controlled the state during this era, if largely due to the prevalence of Ohio natives on the ticket,Phillips; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 352 losing only one electoral vote to Democrat Grover Cleveland in 1892. Following the nomination of William Jennings Bryan for the first time in 1896, another Ohio native and former governor in William McKinley strengthened the party's hold on the state by his appeal to white ethnic migrants in Ohio's cities.Sullivan, James Casey; 'Against the Tendencies of the Times: The Republican Party and the Roots of Modern Conservatism, 1900-1930' (thesis), p. 93 McKinley would also defeat Bryan in Ohio in 1900 In his third campaign against an Ohio native, Bryan extensively toured Ohio, associating Taft with John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil – whom Bryan criticized as "vicious lawbreakers".'Bryan Links Taft with Rockefeller: In Tour of Ohio He Makes Standard Oil Head and Carnegie His Chief Theme'; The New York Times, October 31, 1908, p. 3 In September 1908 there had been reports of a major swing that would give Bryan a chance to be the first Democrat to carry the state since Franklin Pierce in 1852,'Ohio Republicans Need Stirring Up: In Taft's Own State the Trend Is Now All Toward Bryan'; The New York Times, September 22, 1908, p. 2 but a week before Bryan's tour it was reported that Gold Democrats and labor were turning away from Bryan.'Republicans Turn the Tide in Ohio: Bryan Wave, Which Threatened to Swamp Them, Is Now on the Ebb'; The New York Times, October 22, 1908, p. 4 Ultimately, Taft won the state by a margin of 6.21%, a margin less than a third that by which Theodore Roosevelt defeated Alton B. Parker four years earlier. Results 1908 United States presidential election in OhioDave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; 1908 Presidential General Election Results – OhioPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican William Howard Taft 572,312 51.03% 23 Democratic William Jennings Bryan 502,721 44.82% 0 Socialist Eugene V. Debs 33,795 3.01% 0 Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin 11,402 1.02% 0 Socialist Labor August Gillhaus 721 0.06% 0 Independence Thomas L. Hisgen 439 0.04% 0 People's Thomas E. Watson 162 0.01% 0 Totals 1,121,552 100.0% 23 Results by county County William Howard TaftRepublican William Jennings BryanDemocratic Eugene V. DebsGéoelections http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1908.htm Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1908Socialist Eugene W. ChafinProhibition Various candidatesOther parties Margin TotalvotescastRobinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 292-299 9780804716963 # % # % # % # % # % # % Adams 3,432 52.11% 3,048 46.28% 17 0.26% 88 1.34% 1 0.02% 384 5.83% 6,586 Allen 5,841 43.08% 7,195 53.07% 373 2.75% 127 0.94% 21 0.15% -1,354 -9.99% 13,557 Ashland 2,804 42.66% 3,627 55.18% 56 0.85% 84 1.28% 2 0.03% -823 -12.52% 6,573 Ashtabula 8,213 63.32% 3,572 27.54% 938 7.23% 231 1.78% 16 0.12% 4,641 35.78% 12,970 Athens 6,449 61.57% 3,654 34.88% 164 1.57% 189 1.80% 19 0.18% 2,795 26.68% 10,475 Auglaize 3,001 38.55% 4,622 59.38% 102 1.31% 57 0.73% 2 0.03% -1,621 -20.82% 7,784 Belmont 8,193 48.02% 7,750 45.42% 730 4.28% 378 2.22% 12 0.07% 443 2.60% 17,063 Brown 2,638 38.02% 4,242 61.14% 23 0.33% 35 0.50% 0 0.00% -1,604 -23.12% 6,938 Butler 7,320 40.61% 9,678 53.70% 885 4.91% 85 0.47% 56 0.31% -2,358 -13.08% 18,024 Carroll 2,517 59.42% 1,590 37.54% 44 1.04% 83 1.96% 2 0.05% 927 21.88% 4,236 Champaign 4,153 55.69% 3,160 42.38% 46 0.62% 93 1.25% 5 0.07% 993 13.32% 7,457 Clark 8,917 52.97% 6,529 38.78% 1,040 6.18% 326 1.94% 22 0.13% 2,388 14.19% 16,834 Clermont 4,137 48.91% 4,150 49.07% 107 1.27% 61 0.72% 3 0.04% -13 -0.15% 8,458 Clinton 4,107 61.45% 2,464 36.87% 28 0.42% 76 1.14% 8 0.12% 1,643 24.58% 6,683 Columbiana 9,626 53.26% 6,736 37.27% 948 5.25% 742 4.11% 20 0.11% 2,890 15.99% 18,072 Coshocton 3,606 44.46% 4,106 50.62% 311 3.83% 83 1.02% 5 0.06% -500 -6.16% 8,111 Crawford 3,061 32.84% 6,006 64.44% 166 1.78% 78 0.84% 9 0.10% -2,945 -31.60% 9,320 Cuyahoga 56,344 55.39% 39,954 39.27% 4,818 4.74% 351 0.35% 262 0.26% 16,390 16.11% 101,729 Darke 4,951 42.60% 6,391 54.99% 70 0.60% 210 1.81% 1 0.01% -1,440 -12.39% 11,623 Defiance 2,531 39.05% 3,754 57.91% 112 1.73% 72 1.11% 13 0.20% -1,223 -18.87% 6,482 Delaware 4,007 52.77% 3,330 43.86% 64 0.84% 186 2.45% 6 0.08% 677 8.92% 7,593 Erie 5,366 50.14% 4,983 46.56% 293 2.74% 41 0.38% 19 0.18% 383 3.58% 10,702 Fairfield 4,023 40.24% 5,821 58.22% 25 0.25% 125 1.25% 4 0.04% -1,798 -17.98% 9,998 Fayette 3,343 56.84% 2,451 41.68% 33 0.56% 49 0.83% 5 0.09% 892 15.17% 5,881 Franklin 28,914 53.45% 23,314 43.10% 1,211 2.24% 606 1.12% 52 0.10% 5,600 10.35% 54,097 Fulton 3,608 61.24% 2,131 36.17% 69 1.17% 82 1.39% 2 0.03% 1,477 25.07% 5,892 Gallia 3,914 63.48% 2,171 35.21% 25 0.41% 50 0.81% 6 0.10% 1,743 28.27% 6,166 Geauga 2,596 71.20% 982 26.93% 32 0.88% 32 0.88% 4 0.11% 1,614 44.27% 3,646 Greene 4,902 60.14% 2,882 35.36% 232 2.85% 125 1.53% 10 0.12% 2,020 24.78% 8,151 Guernsey 5,210 53.92% 3,449 35.69% 798 8.26% 196 2.03% 10 0.10% 1,761 18.22% 9,663 Hamilton 63,803 56.49% 45,429 40.22% 3,306 2.93% 317 0.28% 91 0.08% 18,374 16.27% 112,946 Hancock 4,899 45.44% 5,420 50.27% 356 3.30% 93 0.86% 13 0.12% -521 -4.83% 10,781 Hardin 4,444 50.35% 4,164 47.17% 99 1.12% 117 1.33% 3 0.03% 280 3.17% 8,827 Harrison 3,069 59.36% 1,961 37.93% 51 0.99% 87 1.68% 2 0.04% 1,108 21.43% 5,170 Henry 2,425 37.81% 3,817 59.52% 121 1.89% 49 0.76% 1 0.02% -1,392 -21.71% 6,413 Highland 4,149 51.23% 3,823 47.21% 23 0.28% 93 1.15% 10 0.12% 326 4.03% 8,098 Hocking 2,749 47.72% 2,864 49.71% 95 1.65% 47 0.82% 6 0.10% -115 -2.00% 5,761 Holmes 1,252 28.74% 3,043 69.84% 29 0.67% 31 0.71% 2 0.05% -1,791 -41.11% 4,357 Huron 4,930 52.73% 4,262 45.58% 90 0.96% 61 0.65% 7 0.07% 668 7.14% 9,350 Jackson 4,489 55.84% 3,235 40.24% 209 2.60% 90 1.12% 16 0.20% 1,254 15.60% 8,039 Jefferson 7,310 57.21% 4,882 38.21% 355 2.78% 225 1.76% 5 0.04% 2,428 19.00% 12,777 Knox 4,318 49.09% 4,233 48.12% 139 1.58% 99 1.13% 7 0.08% 85 0.97% 8,796 Lake 3,635 66.97% 1,605 29.57% 121 2.23% 63 1.16% 4 0.07% 2,030 37.40% 5,428 Lawrence 5,708 66.67% 2,654 31.00% 134 1.57% 65 0.76% 1 0.01% 3,054 35.67% 8,562 Licking 6,756 44.55% 7,685 50.67% 598 3.94% 119 0.78% 8 0.05% -929 -6.13% 15,166 Logan 4,756 58.44% 3,186 39.15% 76 0.93% 116 1.43% 4 0.05% 1,570 19.29% 8,138 Lorain 8,699 57.10% 5,460 35.84% 944 6.20% 108 0.71% 24 0.16% 3,239 21.26% 15,235 Lucas 18,715 48.46% 16,208 41.97% 3,394 8.79% 169 0.44% 134 0.35% 2,507 6.49% 38,620 Madison 3,051 54.93% 2,430 43.75% 17 0.31% 55 0.99% 1 0.02% 621 11.18% 5,554 Mahoning 10,760 51.18% 9,312 44.29% 631 3.00% 298 1.42% 22 0.10% 1,448 6.89% 21,023 Marion 4,175 46.12% 4,657 51.44% 99 1.09% 116 1.28% 6 0.07% -482 -5.32% 9,053 Medina 3,427 57.32% 2,378 39.77% 118 1.97% 52 0.87% 4 0.07% 1,049 17.54% 5,979 Meigs 4,108 62.05% 2,225 33.61% 222 3.35% 59 0.89% 7 0.11% 1,883 28.44% 6,621 Mercer 2,148 31.92% 4,456 66.22% 46 0.68% 73 1.08% 6 0.09% -2,308 -34.30% 6,729 Miami 6,558 53.69% 5,369 43.95% 182 1.49% 100 0.82% 6 0.05% 1,189 9.73% 12,215 Monroe 1,974 32.74% 3,961 65.69% 38 0.63% 57 0.95% 0 0.00% -1,987 -32.95% 6,030 Montgomery 20,069 47.09% 20,566 48.26% 1,780 4.18% 177 0.42% 23 0.05% -497 -1.17% 42,615 Morgan 2,445 53.99% 1,932 42.66% 56 1.24% 92 2.03% 4 0.09% 513 11.33% 4,529 Morrow 2,500 51.06% 2,239 45.73% 30 0.61% 121 2.47% 6 0.12% 261 5.33% 4,896 Muskingum 8,080 52.36% 6,576 42.62% 420 2.72% 340 2.20% 15 0.10% 1,504 9.75% 15,431 Noble 2,707 54.27% 2,154 43.18% 28 0.56% 93 1.86% 6 0.12% 553 11.09% 4,988 Ottawa 2,202 39.48% 3,329 59.69% 25 0.45% 17 0.30% 4 0.07% -1,127 -20.21% 5,577 Paulding 3,049 51.62% 2,767 46.84% 19 0.32% 63 1.07% 9 0.15% 282 4.77% 5,907 Perry 4,304 49.48% 3,885 44.67% 398 4.58% 102 1.17% 9 0.10% 419 4.82% 8,698 Pickaway 3,119 43.15% 4,007 55.43% 22 0.30% 76 1.05% 5 0.07% -888 -12.28% 7,229 Pike 1,798 45.54% 2,085 52.81% 24 0.61% 34 0.86% 7 0.18% -287 -7.27% 3,948 Portage 4,129 51.16% 3,625 44.91% 183 2.27% 127 1.57% 7 0.09% 504 6.24% 8,071 Preble 3,519 50.99% 3,247 47.05% 42 0.61% 90 1.30% 3 0.04% 272 3.94% 6,901 Putnam 2,483 33.17% 4,836 64.61% 95 1.27% 65 0.87% 6 0.08% -2,353 -31.44% 7,485 Richland 5,301 43.01% 6,702 54.37% 213 1.73% 102 0.83% 8 0.06% -1,401 -11.37% 12,326 Ross 5,432 49.69% 5,325 48.71% 89 0.81% 75 0.69% 10 0.09% 107 0.98% 10,931 Sandusky 4,079 42.74% 5,242 54.93% 172 1.80% 47 0.49% 3 0.03% -1,163 -12.19% 9,543 Scioto 5,790 53.52% 4,310 39.84% 589 5.44% 119 1.10% 10 0.09% 1,480 13.68% 10,818 Seneca 4,959 43.08% 6,138 53.32% 307 2.67% 88 0.76% 20 0.17% -1,179 -10.24% 11,512 Shelby 2,646 40.06% 3,879 58.73% 38 0.58% 38 0.58% 4 0.06% -1,233 -18.67% 6,605 Stark 14,112 50.48% 12,286 43.95% 1,110 3.97% 405 1.45% 44 0.16% 1,826 6.53% 27,957 Summit 10,365 47.31% 9,930 45.32% 1,255 5.73% 328 1.50% 31 0.14% 435 1.99% 21,909 Trumbull 6,978 58.00% 4,476 37.20% 397 3.30% 165 1.37% 15 0.12% 2,502 20.80% 12,031 Tuscarawas 6,717 47.29% 6,775 47.69% 559 3.94% 120 0.84% 34 0.24% -58 -0.41% 14,205 Union 3,567 57.04% 2,568 41.07% 31 0.50% 83 1.33% 4 0.06% 999 15.98% 6,253 Van Wert 3,809 49.28% 3,783 48.95% 77 1.00% 55 0.71% 5 0.06% 26 0.34% 7,729 Vinton 1,916 55.10% 1,496 43.03% 25 0.72% 32 0.92% 8 0.23% 420 12.08% 3,477 Warren 4,233 60.51% 2,656 37.96% 50 0.71% 53 0.76% 4 0.06% 1,577 22.54% 6,996 Washington 5,648 48.66% 5,771 49.72% 58 0.50% 126 1.09% 4 0.03% -123 -1.06% 11,607 Wayne 4,388 43.51% 5,368 53.23% 149 1.48% 174 1.73% 5 0.05% -980 -9.72% 10,084 Williams 3,625 50.84% 3,329 46.69% 60 0.84% 109 1.53% 7 0.10% 296 4.15% 7,130 Wood 5,904 49.57% 5,625 47.23% 209 1.75% 163 1.37% 9 0.08% 279 2.34% 11,910 Wyandot 2,408 41.36% 3,353 57.59% 32 0.55% 23 0.40% 6 0.10% -945 -16.23% 5,822Totals572,31251.03%502,72144.82%33,7953.01%11,4021.02%1,3220.12%69,5916.20%1,121,552 See also United States presidential elections in Ohio References Ohio 1908 Category:1908 Ohio elections