1908 United States presidential election in North Carolina

none June 2025 September 2023 1908 United States presidential election 1908 United States presidential election in North Carolina North Carolina 1885 presidential no 1904 United States presidential election in North Carolina 1904 1912 United States presidential election in North Carolina 1912 November 3, 1908 x200px Unsuccessful 1908.jpg William Jennings Bryan Democratic Party (United States) Nebraska John W. Kern 12 136,928 54.22% William Howard Taft, Bain bw photo portrait, 1908.jpg William Howard Taft Republican Party (United States) Ohio James S. Sherman 0 114,887 45.49% 400px 400px County results Bryan #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% #002b84 90–100% Taft #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% President Theodore Roosevelt Republican Party (United States) William Howard Taft Republican Party (United States) The 1908 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 3, 1908. All contemporary 46 states were part of the 1908 United States presidential election. North Carolina voters chose 12 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. North Carolina 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 Party nominees, William Howard Taft and his running mate James S. Sherman of New York. Bryan won the state by a margin of 8.73%. Although, like all former Confederate states, North Carolina would during its “Redemption” develop a politics based upon Jim Crow laws, disfranchisement of its African-American population and dominance of the Democratic Party, the Republican Party possessed sufficient historic Unionist white support from the mountains and northwestern Piedmont to gain a stable one-third of the statewide vote total in general elections even after blacks lost the right to vote.Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 210, 242 978-0-691-16324-6 After the failure of Theodore Roosevelt to reconcile with the South, new nominee Taft would in October become the first Republican candidate to tour the South.Tindall, George B.; ‘Southern Strategy: A Historical Perspective’; North Carolina Historical Review; vol. 48, no. 2 (April 1971), pp. 126-141 Aided by opposition by developing manufacturers to Bryan's populism, and by his willingness to accept black disfranchisementde Santis, Vincent P.; ‘Republican Efforts to “Crack” the Democratic South’; The Review of Politics, vol. 14, no. 2 (April 1952), pp. 244-264 alongside a completely “lily-white” state GOP that even excluded blacks from membership,Heersink Boris Jenkins Jeffery A. Republican Party Politics and the American South, 1865–1968 2020 48–50, 239–243 Cambridge University Press 9781316663950 Taft gained substantially upon Theodore Roosevelt's performance in 1904, especially in previously Democratic western and Piedmont counties. He was the first Republican to ever carry Cabarrus County and Catawba County – which would become solidly Republican after World War I and among thirteen Tar Heel counties to back Barry Goldwater over Lyndon Johnson – and also Jackson County.Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 265-271 0786422173 Bryan had previously won North Carolina against William McKinley in both 1896 and 1900. Results 1908 United States presidential election in North CarolinaDave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – North CarolinaPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic William Jennings Bryan 136,928 54.22% 12 Republican William Howard Taft 114,887 45.49% 0 Socialist Eugene V. Debs 372 0.15% 0 Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin 354 0.14% 0 Write-ins Scattered 13 0.01% 0 Totals 252,554 100.00% 12 Voter turnout — Results by county 1908 United States presidential election in North Carolina by countyCountyWilliam Jennings BryanGéoelections 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)DemocraticWilliam Howard TaftRepublicanEugene Victor DebsSocial DemocraticEugene Wilder ChafinProhibitionMargin%#%#%#%#%# Currituck 91.16% 701 8.84% 68 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 82.31% 633 Northampton 90.27% 1,726 9.73% 186 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 80.54% 1,540 Scotland 89.36% 714 10.64% 85 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 78.72% 629 Halifax 85.07% 2,165 14.93% 380 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 70.14% 1,785 Anson 83.19% 1,490 16.81% 301 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 66.39% 1,189 Edgecombe 80.01% 1,753 19.99% 438 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 60.02% 1,315 New HanoverIn this county there was one vote for a write-in candidate. 78.39% 1,857 21.57% 511 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 56.82% 1,346 Warren 78.27% 1,066 21.73% 296 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 56.53% 770 Franklin 77.96% 1,984 22.04% 561 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 55.91% 1,423 Bertie 77.75% 1,258 22.25% 360 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 55.50% 898 Martin 76.07% 1,338 23.93% 421 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 52.13% 917 Craven 75.70% 1,399 24.30% 449 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 51.41% 950 Hyde 74.80% 662 25.20% 223 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 49.60% 439 Chowan 74.46% 621 25.54% 213 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 48.92% 408 Pitt 73.04% 2,419 26.87% 890 0.00% 0 0.09% 3 46.17% 1,529 Pender 71.37% 930 28.63% 373 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 42.75% 557 Union 70.87% 2,029 29.13% 834 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 41.74% 1,195 Camden 70.82% 398 29.18% 164 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 41.64% 234 Hertford 70.39% 839 29.61% 353 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 40.77% 486 Mecklenburg 70.09% 3,926 29.37% 1,645 0.07% 4 0.46% 26 40.72% 2,281 PasquotankIn this county there were two votes for write-in candidates 69.54% 929 30.31% 405 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 39.22% 524 Richmond 69.01% 1,029 30.99% 462 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 38.03% 567 Caswell 68.62% 820 31.21% 373 0.00% 0 0.17% 2 37.41% 447 Granville 67.99% 1,561 31.97% 734 0.00% 0 0.04% 1 36.02% 827 Robeson 67.48% 2,698 32.52% 1,300 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 34.97% 1,398 Gates 65.96% 653 34.04% 337 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 31.92% 316 Jones 65.00% 585 35.00% 315 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 30.00% 270 Vance 63.62% 1,121 36.38% 641 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 27.24% 480 Bladen 63.17% 1,132 36.83% 660 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 26.34% 472 Wilson 63.07% 1,732 36.93% 1,014 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 26.15% 718 Greene 61.95% 876 38.05% 538 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 23.90% 338 Cleveland 60.98% 2,282 38.99% 1,459 0.03% 1 0.00% 0 21.99% 823 Haywood 59.91% 1,952 40.02% 1,304 0.06% 2 0.00% 0 19.89% 648 Lee 59.68% 832 40.32% 562 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 19.37% 270 Wayne 59.30% 2,207 40.41% 1,504 0.00% 0 0.30% 11 18.89% 703 Lenoir 58.98% 1,393 40.90% 966 0.13% 3 0.00% 0 18.08% 427 Harnett 58.79% 1,501 41.01% 1,047 0.04% 1 0.16% 4 17.78% 454 Beaufort 57.79% 1,828 41.23% 1,304 0.92% 29 0.06% 2 16.57% 524 Iredell 57.67% 2,465 42.19% 1,803 0.02% 1 0.12% 5 15.49% 662 Columbus 57.19% 1,845 42.81% 1,381 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 14.38% 464 Guilford 56.56% 3,822 42.36% 2,863 0.46% 31 0.62% 42 14.19% 959 Cumberland 55.77% 1,832 44.23% 1,453 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 11.54% 379 Nash 55.71% 1,678 44.29% 1,334 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 11.42% 344 Wake 55.55% 3,713 44.30% 2,961 0.00% 0 0.15% 10 11.25% 752 Pamlico 54.37% 628 43.38% 501 2.25% 26 0.00% 0 11.00% 127 Duplin 55.18% 1,508 44.82% 1,225 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 10.35% 283 Onslow 55.06% 870 44.94% 710 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 10.13% 160 Gaston 54.40% 2,398 44.69% 1,970 0.18% 8 0.73% 32 9.71% 428 Rowan 53.61% 2,392 45.02% 2,009 0.78% 35 0.58% 26 8.58% 383 Perquimans 53.08% 568 46.92% 502 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 6.17% 66 Dare 52.93% 416 47.07% 370 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 5.85% 46 Rutherford 52.79% 1,978 47.13% 1,766 0.00% 0 0.08% 3 5.66% 212 Alleghany 52.40% 633 47.60% 575 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 4.80% 58 Carteret 52.08% 1,152 47.92% 1,060 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 4.16% 92 Clay 51.58% 343 48.27% 321 0.15% 1 0.00% 0 3.31% 22 Yancey 50.73% 978 49.27% 950 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 1.45% 28 Moore 50.29% 1,109 48.84% 1,077 0.54% 12 0.32% 7 1.45% 32 Durham 50.41% 1,859 49.35% 1,820 0.08% 3 0.16% 6 1.06% 39 Chatham 50.36% 1,521 49.57% 1,497 0.00% 0 0.07% 2 0.79% 24 Lincoln 50.10% 1,222 49.90% 1,217 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.21% 5 Buncombe 49.10% 3,506 50.03% 3,572 0.76% 54 0.11% 8 -0.92% -66 Ashe 49.47% 1,639 50.53% 1,674 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -1.06% -35 Alamance 48.79% 2,113 50.43% 2,184 0.07% 3 0.72% 31 -1.64% -71 Burke 49.10% 1,310 50.90% 1,358 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -1.80% -48 McDowell 48.62% 950 51.18% 1,000 0.00% 0 0.20% 4 -2.56% -50 Orange 48.61% 1,017 51.29% 1,073 0.10% 2 0.00% 0 -2.68% -56 Jackson 48.44% 1,022 51.47% 1,086 0.09% 2 0.00% 0 -3.03% -64 Rockingham 48.19% 1,887 51.28% 2,008 0.36% 14 0.18% 7 -3.09% -121 Transylvania 48.26% 570 51.74% 611 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -3.47% -41 CatawbaIn this county there were ten votes for various write-in candidates. 47.56% 1,864 51.29% 2,010 0.00% 0 0.89% 35 -3.73% -146 Montgomery 48.07% 1,008 51.84% 1,087 0.00% 0 0.10% 2 -3.77% -79 Randolph 48.02% 2,472 51.98% 2,676 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -3.96% -204 Johnston 47.84% 2,593 52.16% 2,827 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -4.32% -234 Davidson 47.35% 2,126 52.12% 2,340 0.09% 4 0.45% 20 -4.77% -214 Graham 47.34% 418 52.66% 465 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -5.32% -47 Washington 47.10% 495 52.90% 556 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -5.80% -61 Macon 47.01% 927 52.99% 1,045 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -5.98% -118 Stanly 46.95% 1,491 53.05% 1,685 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -6.11% -194 Cabarrus 46.93% 1,610 53.07% 1,821 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -6.15% -211 Forsyth 44.94% 2,472 52.28% 2,876 2.38% 131 0.40% 22 -7.34% -404 Polk 45.14% 511 54.86% 621 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -9.72% -110 Caldwell 44.72% 1,413 55.22% 1,745 0.00% 0 0.06% 2 -10.51% -332 Tyrrell 44.13% 312 55.87% 395 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -11.74% -83 Person 43.63% 750 56.37% 969 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -12.74% -219 Alexander 42.47% 793 57.53% 1,074 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -15.05% -281 Watauga 42.29% 962 57.71% 1,313 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -15.43% -351 Brunswick 41.92% 607 58.08% 841 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -16.16% -234 Davie 39.61% 780 60.18% 1,185 0.00% 0 0.20% 4 -20.57% -405 Swain 39.27% 602 60.73% 931 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -21.46% -329 Stokes 38.21% 1,061 61.61% 1,711 0.18% 5 0.00% 0 -23.41% -650 Cherokee 37.38% 782 62.62% 1,310 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -25.24% -528 Surry 37.27% 1,709 62.60% 2,870 0.00% 0 0.13% 6 -25.32% -1,161 Henderson 36.40% 917 63.60% 1,602 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -27.19% -685 Sampson 35.09% 1,335 64.78% 2,465 0.00% 0 0.13% 5 -29.70% -1,130 Wilkes 31.50% 1,559 68.34% 3,382 0.00% 0 0.16% 8 -36.84% -1,823 Madison 29.84% 862 70.16% 2,027 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -40.33% -1,165 Yadkin 26.43% 597 72.78% 1,644 0.00% 0 0.80% 18 -46.35% -1,047 Mitchell 23.32% 550 76.68% 1,808 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -53.35% -1,258 See also United States presidential elections in North Carolina Notes References 2 North Carolina 1908 Category:1908 North Carolina elections