1908 United States presidential election in Iowa

none June 2025 September 2023 1908 United States presidential election in Iowa 1908 presidential no 1904 United States presidential election in Iowa 1904 1912 United States presidential election in Iowa 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 13 275,209 55.62% Unsuccessful 1908.jpg William Jennings Bryan Democratic Party (United States) Nebraska John W. Kern 0 200,771 40.58% 1908 United States presidential election in Iowa results map by county.svg 280px County results Taft #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% Bryan #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% President Theodore Roosevelt Republican Party (United States) William Howard Taft Republican Party (United States) The 1908 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 3, 1908, as part of the 1908 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Iowa voted for the Republican nominees, 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 15.04%. Bryan had previously lost Iowa to William McKinley in both 1896 and 1900. Results 1908 United States presidential election in Iowa1908 Presidential General Election Results - Iowa https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1908&fips=19&f=1&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 U.S. Election Atlas 23 December 2013 Republican Party (United States) William Howard Taft Ohio James Schoolcraft Sherman New York 275,209 55.62% 13 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) William Jennings Bryan Nebraska John Worth Kern Indiana 200,771 40.582% 0 0.00% Prohibition Party Eugene Wilder Chafin Illinois Aaron Sherman Watkins Ohio 9,837 1.99% 0 0.00% Socialist Party of America Eugene Victor Debs Indiana Benjamin Hanford New York 8,287 1.67% 0 0.00% Independence Party (United States) Thomas Louis Hisgen Massachusetts John Temple Graves Georgia 404 0.08% 0 0.00% Populist Party (United States) Thomas Edward Watson Georgia Samuel Wardell Williams Indiana 261 0.05% 0 0.00% 494,769 100.00% 13 100.00% Results by county CountyGéoelections http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1908.htm Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1908William Howard TaftRepublicanWilliam Jennings BryanDemocraticEugene Wilder ChafinProhibitionEugene Victor DebsSocialistVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # % Adair 2,185 61.05% 1,322 36.94% 45 1.26% 24 0.67% 3 0.08% 863 24.11% 3,579 Adams 1,595 53.03% 1,325 44.05% 57 1.89% 30 1.00% 1 0.03% 270 8.98% 3,008 Allamakee 2,521 58.67% 1,725 40.14% 40 0.93% 7 0.16% 4 0.09% 796 18.52% 4,297 Appanoose 3,161 55.00% 2,167 37.71% 80 1.39% 322 5.60% 17 0.30% 994 17.30% 5,747 Audubon 1,701 60.86% 1,050 37.57% 33 1.18% 9 0.32% 2 0.07% 651 23.29% 2,795 Benton 3,180 55.08% 2,418 41.88% 76 1.32% 94 1.63% 5 0.09% 762 13.20% 5,773 Black Hawk 5,437 59.67% 3,127 34.32% 293 3.22% 244 2.68% 11 0.12% 2,310 25.35% 9,112 Boone 3,368 57.71% 1,958 33.55% 151 2.59% 350 6.00% 9 0.15% 1,410 24.16% 5,836 Bremer 1,656 45.30% 1,925 52.65% 56 1.53% 14 0.38% 5 0.14% -269 -7.36% 3,656 Buchanan 2,552 55.76% 1,889 41.27% 118 2.58% 16 0.35% 2 0.04% 663 14.49% 4,577 Buena Vista 2,337 65.94% 1,054 29.74% 86 2.43% 66 1.86% 1 0.03% 1,283 36.20% 3,544 Butler 2,467 69.32% 994 27.93% 79 2.22% 15 0.42% 4 0.11% 1,473 41.39% 3,559 Calhoun 2,353 63.03% 1,152 30.86% 152 4.07% 64 1.71% 12 0.32% 1,201 32.17% 3,733 Carroll 1,865 41.93% 2,510 56.43% 58 1.30% 12 0.27% 3 0.07% -645 -14.50% 4,448 Cass 2,799 61.19% 1,655 36.18% 47 1.03% 64 1.40% 9 0.20% 1,144 25.01% 4,574 Cedar 2,455 54.17% 1,986 43.82% 67 1.48% 22 0.49% 2 0.04% 469 10.35% 4,532 Cerro Gordo 2,990 64.05% 1,520 32.56% 98 2.10% 60 1.29% 0 0.00% 1,470 31.49% 4,668 Cherokee 2,300 66.07% 1,084 31.14% 68 1.95% 24 0.69% 5 0.14% 1,216 34.93% 3,481 Chickasaw 1,571 44.87% 1,877 53.61% 35 1.00% 15 0.43% 3 0.09% -306 -8.74% 3,501 Clarke 1,624 58.00% 1,134 40.50% 37 1.32% 3 0.11% 2 0.07% 490 17.50% 2,800 Clay 1,921 69.68% 778 28.22% 41 1.49% 16 0.58% 1 0.04% 1,143 41.46% 2,757 Clayton 2,773 47.04% 3,026 51.33% 61 1.03% 30 0.51% 5 0.08% -253 -4.29% 5,895 Clinton 4,836 48.68% 4,821 48.53% 80 0.81% 191 1.92% 6 0.06% 15 0.15% 9,934 Crawford 2,169 47.28% 2,322 50.61% 69 1.50% 22 0.48% 6 0.13% -153 -3.33% 4,588 Dallas 3,132 59.94% 1,871 35.81% 142 2.72% 78 1.49% 2 0.04% 1,261 24.13% 5,225 Davis 1,484 44.98% 1,749 53.02% 40 1.21% 20 0.61% 6 0.18% -265 -8.03% 3,299 Decatur 2,149 52.53% 1,809 44.22% 56 1.37% 58 1.42% 19 0.46% 340 8.31% 4,091 Delaware 2,396 60.35% 1,471 37.05% 65 1.64% 36 0.91% 2 0.05% 925 23.30% 3,970 Des Moines 4,153 48.92% 3,975 46.83% 103 1.21% 233 2.74% 25 0.29% 178 2.10% 8,489 Dickinson 1,109 66.57% 503 30.19% 26 1.56% 25 1.50% 3 0.18% 606 36.37% 1,666 Dubuque 4,708 39.71% 6,645 56.05% 53 0.45% 427 3.60% 22 0.19% -1,937 -16.34% 11,855 Emmet 1,401 70.58% 522 26.30% 24 1.21% 38 1.91% 0 0.00% 879 44.28% 1,985 Fayette 3,369 56.83% 2,281 38.48% 179 3.02% 86 1.45% 13 0.22% 1,088 18.35% 5,928 Floyd 2,462 65.13% 1,250 33.07% 48 1.27% 15 0.40% 5 0.13% 1,212 32.06% 3,780 Franklin 2,154 73.02% 737 24.98% 50 1.69% 5 0.17% 4 0.14% 1,417 48.03% 2,950 Fremont 1,949 48.63% 1,979 49.38% 59 1.47% 21 0.52% 0 0.00% -30 -0.75% 4,008 Greene 2,574 67.28% 1,152 30.11% 84 2.20% 16 0.42% 0 0.00% 1,422 37.17% 3,826 Grundy 1,861 61.77% 1,105 36.67% 45 1.49% 1 0.03% 1 0.03% 756 25.09% 3,013 Guthrie 2,560 61.44% 1,532 36.77% 60 1.44% 11 0.26% 4 0.10% 1,028 24.67% 4,167 Hamilton 2,765 68.17% 1,145 28.23% 109 2.69% 34 0.84% 3 0.07% 1,620 39.94% 4,056 Hancock 1,750 67.15% 804 30.85% 49 1.88% 3 0.12% 0 0.00% 946 36.30% 2,606 Hardin 3,123 69.76% 1,187 26.51% 146 3.26% 19 0.42% 2 0.04% 1,936 43.24% 4,477 Harrison 2,914 52.40% 2,425 43.61% 111 2.00% 108 1.94% 3 0.05% 489 8.79% 5,561 Henry 2,653 60.90% 1,606 36.87% 82 1.88% 11 0.25% 4 0.09% 1,047 24.04% 4,356 Howard 1,530 50.10% 1,408 46.10% 57 1.87% 55 1.80% 4 0.13% 122 3.99% 3,054 Humboldt 1,818 73.66% 587 23.78% 54 2.19% 9 0.36% 0 0.00% 1,231 49.88% 2,468 Ida 1,367 52.98% 1,181 45.78% 19 0.74% 13 0.50% 0 0.00% 186 7.21% 2,580 Iowa 2,230 52.58% 1,907 44.97% 83 1.96% 19 0.45% 2 0.05% 323 7.62% 4,241 Jackson 2,542 48.51% 2,545 48.57% 35 0.67% 109 2.08% 9 0.17% -3 -0.06% 5,240 Jasper 3,543 53.03% 2,889 43.24% 152 2.28% 91 1.36% 6 0.09% 654 9.79% 6,681 Jefferson 2,271 58.29% 1,439 36.94% 166 4.26% 17 0.44% 3 0.08% 832 21.36% 3,896 Johnson 2,758 44.84% 3,314 53.88% 50 0.81% 14 0.23% 15 0.24% -556 -9.04% 6,151 Jones 2,453 52.11% 2,176 46.23% 52 1.10% 23 0.49% 3 0.06% 277 5.88% 4,707 Keokuk 2,728 50.71% 2,459 45.71% 151 2.81% 40 0.74% 2 0.04% 269 5.00% 5,380 Kossuth 2,612 58.28% 1,826 40.74% 35 0.78% 9 0.20% 0 0.00% 786 17.54% 4,482 Lee 4,262 46.61% 4,706 51.47% 73 0.80% 86 0.94% 17 0.19% -444 -4.86% 9,144 Linn 6,938 54.22% 5,493 42.93% 213 1.66% 121 0.95% 30 0.23% 1,445 11.29% 12,795 Louisa 2,025 65.92% 978 31.84% 46 1.50% 19 0.62% 4 0.13% 1,047 34.08% 3,072 Lucas 1,757 55.41% 1,267 39.96% 109 3.44% 35 1.10% 3 0.09% 490 15.45% 3,171 Lyon 1,650 58.93% 1,064 38.00% 29 1.04% 56 2.00% 1 0.04% 586 20.93% 2,800 Madison 2,425 59.54% 1,404 34.47% 182 4.47% 56 1.37% 6 0.15% 1,021 25.07% 4,073 Mahaska 3,326 48.51% 3,035 44.27% 395 5.76% 92 1.34% 8 0.12% 291 4.24% 6,856 Marion 2,625 46.12% 2,739 48.12% 160 2.81% 154 2.71% 14 0.25% -114 -2.00% 5,692 Marshall 3,887 61.34% 1,941 30.63% 309 4.88% 195 3.08% 5 0.08% 1,946 30.71% 6,337 Mills 1,959 55.01% 1,522 42.74% 55 1.54% 17 0.48% 8 0.22% 437 12.27% 3,561 Mitchell 1,932 65.09% 988 33.29% 36 1.21% 9 0.30% 3 0.10% 944 31.81% 2,968 Monona 1,977 52.58% 1,732 46.06% 35 0.93% 15 0.40% 1 0.03% 245 6.52% 3,760 Monroe 2,686 51.58% 1,979 38.01% 112 2.15% 418 8.03% 12 0.23% 707 13.58% 5,207 Montgomery 2,553 64.44% 1,282 32.36% 74 1.87% 49 1.24% 4 0.10% 1,271 32.08% 3,962 Muscatine 3,525 49.43% 3,038 42.60% 85 1.19% 475 6.66% 8 0.11% 487 6.83% 7,131 O'Brien 1,912 57.69% 1,326 40.01% 36 1.09% 36 1.09% 4 0.12% 586 17.68% 3,314 Osceola 1,000 55.34% 777 43.00% 18 1.00% 11 0.61% 1 0.06% 223 12.34% 1,807 Page 3,141 60.77% 1,726 33.39% 196 3.79% 101 1.95% 5 0.10% 1,415 27.37% 5,169 Palo Alto 1,639 52.82% 1,340 43.18% 59 1.90% 61 1.97% 4 0.13% 299 9.64% 3,103 Plymouth 2,622 53.18% 2,168 43.98% 99 2.01% 39 0.79% 2 0.04% 454 9.21% 4,930 Pocahontas 1,857 57.42% 1,315 40.66% 35 1.08% 22 0.68% 5 0.15% 542 16.76% 3,234 Polk 12,555 58.02% 7,924 36.62% 527 2.44% 601 2.78% 33 0.15% 4,631 21.40% 21,640 Pottawattamie 6,137 51.16% 5,520 46.02% 169 1.41% 162 1.35% 7 0.06% 617 5.14% 11,995 Poweshiek 2,794 59.73% 1,661 35.51% 184 3.93% 33 0.71% 6 0.13% 1,133 24.22% 4,678 Ringgold 1,940 61.94% 1,092 34.87% 83 2.65% 15 0.48% 2 0.06% 848 27.08% 3,132 Sac 2,366 64.02% 1,230 33.28% 74 2.00% 21 0.57% 5 0.14% 1,136 30.74% 3,696 Scott 6,845 50.75% 5,845 43.33% 71 0.53% 667 4.94% 61 0.45% 1,000 7.41% 13,489 Shelby 1,973 49.34% 1,935 48.39% 53 1.33% 33 0.83% 5 0.13% 38 0.95% 3,999 Sioux 2,697 58.10% 1,891 40.74% 32 0.69% 22 0.47% 0 0.00% 806 17.36% 4,642 Story 3,790 71.05% 1,195 22.40% 293 5.49% 52 0.97% 4 0.07% 2,595 48.65% 5,334 Tama 2,774 49.78% 2,550 45.76% 151 2.71% 38 0.68% 59 1.06% 224 4.02% 5,572 Taylor 2,460 58.77% 1,585 37.86% 94 2.25% 46 1.10% 1 0.02% 875 20.90% 4,186 Union 2,207 52.36% 1,843 43.72% 124 2.94% 37 0.88% 4 0.09% 364 8.64% 4,215 Van Buren 2,133 53.86% 1,730 43.69% 77 1.94% 17 0.43% 3 0.08% 403 10.18% 3,960 Wapello 4,541 50.69% 3,724 41.57% 124 1.38% 551 6.15% 19 0.21% 817 9.12% 8,959 Warren 2,589 58.59% 1,645 37.23% 163 3.69% 19 0.43% 3 0.07% 944 21.36% 4,419 Washington 2,631 53.81% 2,119 43.34% 122 2.50% 17 0.35% 0 0.00% 512 10.47% 4,889 Wayne 2,092 52.09% 1,756 43.73% 119 2.96% 45 1.12% 4 0.10% 336 8.37% 4,016 Webster 3,658 56.52% 2,374 36.68% 241 3.72% 192 2.97% 7 0.11% 1,284 19.84% 6,472 Winnebago 1,710 76.07% 489 21.75% 40 1.78% 9 0.40% 0 0.00% 1,221 54.31% 2,248 Winneshiek 2,767 56.79% 2,008 41.22% 65 1.33% 29 0.60% 3 0.06% 759 15.58% 4,872 Woodbury 6,587 53.52% 5,222 42.43% 256 2.08% 230 1.87% 12 0.10% 1,365 11.09% 12,307 Worth 1,433 74.33% 449 23.29% 30 1.56% 16 0.83% 0 0.00% 984 51.04% 1,928 Wright 2,498 72.34% 866 25.08% 77 2.23% 10 0.29% 2 0.06% 1,632 47.26% 3,453Totals275,20955.62%200,77140.58%9,8371.99%8,2871.67%6650.13%74,43815.05%494,769 See also United States presidential elections in Iowa References Iowa 1908 Category:1908 Iowa elections