1908 United States presidential election in Indiana

none June 2025 September 2023 1908 United States presidential election in Indiana Indiana File:Flag of Indiana (1903–1917).png presidential no 1904 United States presidential election in Indiana 1904 1912 United States presidential election in Indiana 1912 November 3, 1908 89.9%Madison 1986 30 0.2 pp 200x200px File:William Howard Taft, Bain bw photo portrait, 1908 (cropped).jpg William Howard Taft Republican Party (United States) Ohio James S. Sherman 15 348,993 48.40% File:William Jennings Bryan, 1860-1925 (closein cropped 3x4).jpg William Jennings Bryan Democratic Party (United States) Nebraska John W. Kern 0 338,262 46.91% 1908 United States presidential election in Indiana results map by county.svg 180px 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) A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 3, 1908, as part of the 1908 United States presidential election. The Republican ticket of the U.S. secretary of war William Howard Taft and the U.S. representative from New York's 27th congressional district James S. Sherman defeated the Democratic ticket of the former U.S. representative from Nebraska's 1st congressional district William Jennings Bryan and the former U.S. senator from Indiana John W. Kern. Taft defeated Bryan in the national election with 321 electoral votes.Petersen 1963 74 Background Partisan coalitions in Indiana at the turn of the century reflected the regional, ethnic, and religious roots of the settler population, with the descendants of White Southerners, German Americans, and Irish Americans (especially Catholics) voting reliably Democratic, while Yankees, Nordic and Scandinavian Americans, and British Americans favored the Republican Party. Southern Indiana leaned Democratic and Northern Indiana leaned Republican, in line with the loose correlation between ethnicity and geography. The state's notable concentration of German Catholics contributed to its closeness in presidential elections during the Third Party System relative to other Lower North states. Bryan's previous campaigns in 1896 and 1900 had seen the state move more securely into the Republican column, as German Catholics alienated by Bryan's outspoken Evangelicalism, conservatives unnerved by the candidate's agrarian radicalism, and urban workers frightened by threats of mass layoffs in the event of a Bryan victory voted Republican for the first time.Phillips 1969 332–36 General election Results Indiana chose 15 electors on a statewide general ticket. State law required voters to elect each member of the Electoral College individually, rather than as a group.Indiana 1908 123 This sometimes resulted in small differences in the number of votes cast for electors pledged to the same presidential candidate, if some voters did not vote for all the electors nominated by a party.Petersen 1963 vii The following table quotes the official returns published by the secretary of state of Indiana, which list the votes for the first elector on each ticket.Sims 1908 276–77 1908 United States presidential election in IndianaSims 1908 276–77The official returns list 18,045 votes for the leading Prohibition elector, but the county results add up to 18,036. Republican Party (United States) William Howard TaftJames S. Sherman 348,993 48.40 5.58 Democratic Party (United States) William Jennings BryanJohn W. Kern 338,262 46.91 6.69 Prohibition Party Eugene W. ChafinAaron S. Watkins 18,036 2.50 0.94 Socialist Party of America Eugene V. DebsBen Hanford 13,476 1.87 0.87 Populist Party (United States) Thomas E. WatsonSamuel Williams 1,193 0.16 0.20 Socialist Labor Party of America August GillhausDonald L. Munro 643 0.09 0.14 Independence Party (United States) Thomas L. HisgenJohn Temple Graves 514 0.07 0.07 721,117 100.00 Results by county + 1908 United States presidential election in Indiana by countySims 1908 276–77 County William H. TaftRepublican William J. BryanDemocratic Eugene W. ChafinProhibition Eugene V. DebsSocialist Others Margin Total Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Adams 1,726 32.63% 3,404 64.36% 141 2.67% 13 0.25% 5 0.09% -1,678 -31.73% 5,289 Allen 9,468 42.06% 12,145 53.95% 340 1.51% 494 2.19% 66 0.29% -2,677 -11.89% 22,513 Bartholomew 3,306 46.13% 3,637 50.75% 151 2.11% 59 0.82% 14 0.20% -331 -4.62% 7,167 Benton 1,936 53.48% 1,566 43.26% 103 2.85% 15 0.41% 0 0.00% 370 10.22% 3,620 Blackford 1,835 43.10% 2,214 52.00% 166 3.90% 42 0.99% 1 0.02% -379 -8.90% 4,258 Boone 3,471 48.22% 3,525 48.97% 166 2.31% 11 0.15% 25 0.35% -54 -0.75% 7,198 Brown 663 34.60% 1,177 61.43% 68 3.55% 5 0.26% 3 0.16% -514 -26.83% 1,916 Carroll 2,546 47.46% 2,590 48.28% 152 2.83% 68 1.27% 9 0.17% -44 -0.82% 5,365 Cass 4,700 45.44% 5,234 50.60% 349 3.37% 38 0.37% 23 0.22% -534 -5.16% 10,344 Clark 3,706 46.56% 4,085 51.33% 82 1.03% 68 0.85% 18 0.23% -379 -4.76% 7,959 Clay 3,766 43.79% 4,204 48.88% 110 1.28% 499 5.80% 22 0.26% -438 -5.09% 8,601 Clinton 3,626 47.20% 3,680 47.90% 281 3.66% 78 1.02% 17 0.22% -54 -0.70% 7,682 Crawford 1,403 44.50% 1,539 48.81% 126 4.00% 82 2.60% 3 0.10% -136 -4.31% 3,153 Daviess 3,424 48.38% 3,253 45.97% 134 1.89% 204 2.88% 62 0.88% 171 2.42% 7,077 De Kalb 2,991 42.41% 3,684 52.24% 287 4.07% 63 0.89% 27 0.38% -693 -9.83% 7,052 Dearborn 2,520 41.81% 3,365 55.83% 94 1.56% 41 0.68% 7 0.12% -845 -14.02% 6,027 Decatur 2,838 50.62% 2,564 45.73% 159 2.84% 39 0.70% 7 0.12% 274 4.89% 5,607 Delaware 7,014 51.29% 5,725 41.86% 475 3.47% 316 2.31% 146 1.07% 1,289 9.43% 13,676 Dubois 1,397 28.88% 3,344 69.12% 36 0.74% 58 1.20% 3 0.06% -1,947 -40.24% 4,838 Elkhart 6,245 48.19% 5,697 43.96% 596 4.60% 400 3.09% 21 0.16% 548 4.23% 12,959 Fayette 2,394 55.77% 1,700 39.60% 114 2.66% 81 1.89% 4 0.09% 694 16.17% 4,293 Floyd 3,431 43.85% 4,064 51.94% 94 1.20% 226 2.89% 10 0.13% -633 -8.09% 7,825 Fountain 2,894 48.90% 2,846 48.09% 122 2.06% 45 0.76% 11 0.19% 48 0.81% 5,918 Franklin 1,670 38.23% 2,616 59.89% 74 1.69% 7 0.16% 1 0.02% -946 -21.66% 4,368 Fulton 2,426 49.34% 2,350 47.79% 125 2.54% 13 0.26% 3 0.06% 76 1.55% 4,917 Gibson 3,753 48.44% 3,656 47.19% 241 3.11% 86 1.11% 11 0.14% 97 1.25% 7,747 Grant 7,181 49.42% 5,819 40.05% 1,140 7.85% 339 2.33% 52 0.36% 1,362 9.37% 14,531 Greene 4,145 44.17% 4,172 44.45% 84 0.90% 930 9.91% 54 0.58% -27 -0.29% 9,385 Hamilton 4,421 56.48% 2,947 37.65% 435 5.56% 24 0.31% 1 0.01% 1,474 18.83% 7,828 Hancock 2,472 43.50% 3,040 53.49% 146 2.57% 22 0.39% 3 0.05% -568 -9.99% 5,683 Harrison 2,419 46.17% 2,646 50.51% 100 1.91% 67 1.28% 7 0.13% -227 -4.33% 5,239 Hendricks 3,231 54.28% 2,571 43.19% 146 2.45% 0 0.00% 5 0.08% 660 11.09% 5,953 Henry 4,358 54.63% 3,197 40.07% 332 4.16% 61 0.76% 30 0.38% 1,161 14.55% 7,978 Howard 4,423 50.60% 3,497 40.01% 550 6.29% 255 2.92% 16 0.18% 926 10.59% 8,741 Huntington 3,973 47.62% 3,712 44.49% 405 4.85% 241 2.89% 13 0.16% 261 3.13% 8,344 Jackson 2,631 39.93% 3,783 57.41% 140 2.12% 30 0.46% 5 0.08% -1,152 -17.48% 6,589 Jasper 1,939 55.19% 1,495 42.56% 70 1.99% 7 0.20% 2 0.06% 444 12.64% 3,513 Jay 3,256 45.75% 3,370 47.35% 426 5.99% 53 0.74% 12 0.17% -114 -1.60% 7,117 Jefferson 2,995 50.06% 2,708 45.26% 176 2.94% 97 1.62% 7 0.12% 287 4.80% 5,983 Jennings 2,100 51.23% 1,871 45.65% 101 2.46% 21 0.51% 6 0.15% 229 5.59% 4,099 Johnson 2,519 42.04% 3,268 54.54% 193 3.22% 9 0.15% 3 0.05% -749 -12.50% 5,992 Knox 4,247 42.53% 5,116 51.24% 199 1.99% 375 3.76% 48 0.48% -869 -8.70% 9,985 Kosciusko 4,377 54.45% 3,362 41.82% 233 2.90% 54 0.67% 13 0.16% 1,015 12.63% 8,039 La Porte 5,824 49.52% 5,680 48.30% 126 1.07% 103 0.88% 27 0.23% 144 1.22% 11,760 Lagrange 2,357 60.13% 1,414 36.07% 133 3.39% 10 0.26% 6 0.15% 943 24.06% 3,920 Lake 9,499 60.97% 5,502 35.32% 125 0.80% 303 1.94% 150 0.96% 3,997 25.66% 15,579 Lawrence 3,884 53.77% 3,118 43.16% 93 1.29% 119 1.65% 10 0.14% 766 10.60% 7,224 Madison 7,481 43.48% 8,296 48.22% 497 2.89% 894 5.20% 36 0.21% -815 -4.74% 17,204 Marion 34,351 48.67% 34,078 48.28% 839 1.19% 1,075 1.52% 237 0.34% 273 0.39% 70,580 Marshall 2,947 45.31% 3,287 50.54% 199 3.06% 55 0.85% 16 0.25% -340 -5.23% 6,504 Martin 1,667 48.35% 1,733 50.26% 34 0.99% 11 0.32% 3 0.09% -66 -1.91% 3,448 Miami 3,820 45.26% 4,176 49.48% 233 2.76% 187 2.22% 24 0.28% -356 -4.22% 8,440 Monroe 3,051 51.48% 2,780 46.91% 77 1.30% 14 0.24% 4 0.07% 271 4.57% 5,926 Montgomery 4,427 49.64% 4,227 47.39% 195 2.19% 44 0.49% 26 0.29% 200 2.24% 8,919 Morgan 3,074 50.98% 2,789 46.25% 121 2.01% 44 0.73% 2 0.03% 285 4.73% 6,030 Newton 1,645 56.47% 1,190 40.85% 65 2.23% 8 0.27% 5 0.17% 455 15.62% 2,913 Noble 3,507 50.72% 3,249 46.99% 120 1.74% 29 0.42% 9 0.13% 258 3.73% 6,914 Ohio 619 49.13% 622 49.37% 16 1.27% 3 0.24% 0 0.00% -3 -0.24% 1,260 Orange 2,433 53.92% 1,961 43.46% 70 1.55% 44 0.98% 4 0.09% 472 10.46% 4,512 Owen 1,726 44.53% 2,023 52.19% 61 1.57% 51 1.32% 15 0.39% -297 -7.66% 3,876 Parke 3,026 48.35% 2,707 43.25% 315 5.03% 204 3.26% 7 0.11% 319 5.10% 6,259 Perry 1,903 43.93% 2,356 54.39% 34 0.78% 37 0.85% 2 0.05% -453 -10.46% 4,332 Pike 2,359 47.88% 2,360 47.90% 59 1.20% 131 2.66% 18 0.37% -1 -0.02% 4,927 Porter 2,940 59.88% 1,789 36.44% 78 1.59% 59 1.20% 44 0.90% 1,151 23.44% 4,910 Posey 2,444 42.49% 3,084 53.62% 147 2.56% 69 1.20% 8 0.14% -640 -11.13% 5,752 Pulaski 1,561 44.31% 1,832 52.00% 101 2.87% 14 0.40% 15 0.42% -271 -7.69% 3,523 Putnam 2,626 44.31% 3,131 52.83% 121 2.04% 36 0.61% 12 0.20% -505 -8.52% 5,926 Randolph 4,792 60.90% 2,600 33.05% 380 4.83% 87 1.11% 9 0.11% 2,192 27.86% 7,868 Ripley 2,660 47.65% 2,749 49.25% 88 1.58% 76 1.36% 9 0.16% -89 -1.59% 5,582 Rush 3,102 52.96% 2,544 43.44% 191 3.26% 13 0.22% 7 0.12% 558 9.53% 5,857 Scott 979 42.96% 1,243 54.54% 51 2.24% 3 0.13% 3 0.13% -264 -11.58% 2,279 Shelby 3,529 44.54% 4,035 50.93% 252 3.18% 95 1.20% 12 0.15% -506 -6.39% 7,923 Spencer 2,920 51.54% 2,662 46.98% 61 1.08% 18 0.32% 5 0.09% 258 4.55% 5,666 St. Joseph 11,222 53.92% 8,562 41.14% 272 1.31% 705 3.39% 52 0.25% 2,660 12.78% 20,813 Starke 1,521 52.18% 1,305 44.77% 43 1.48% 39 1.34% 7 0.24% 216 7.41% 2,915 Steuben 2,704 62.00% 1,453 33.32% 182 4.17% 13 0.30% 9 0.21% 1,251 28.69% 4,361 Sullivan 2,942 35.67% 4,657 56.46% 225 2.73% 398 4.83% 26 0.32% -1,715 -20.79% 8,248 Switzerland 1,444 47.27% 1,537 50.31% 58 1.90% 14 0.46% 2 0.07% -93 -3.04% 3,055 Tippecanoe 6,164 53.42% 4,984 43.19% 289 2.50% 65 0.56% 37 0.32% 1,180 10.23% 11,539 Tipton 2,395 46.45% 2,556 49.57% 183 3.55% 13 0.25% 9 0.17% -161 -3.12% 5,156 Union 1,066 54.25% 808 41.12% 73 3.72% 18 0.92% 0 0.00% 258 13.13% 1,965 Vanderburgh 9,116 49.43% 8,033 43.56% 135 0.73% 1,034 5.61% 125 0.68% 1,083 5.87% 18,443 Vermillion 2,568 50.83% 1,844 36.50% 217 4.30% 407 8.06% 16 0.32% 724 14.33% 5,052 Vigo 10,223 45.76% 10,685 47.82% 257 1.15% 690 3.09% 487 2.18% -462 -2.07% 22,342 Wabash 4,091 53.55% 3,116 40.79% 337 4.41% 87 1.14% 9 0.12% 975 12.76% 7,640 Warren 2,092 65.09% 1,045 32.51% 70 2.18% 3 0.09% 4 0.12% 1,047 32.58% 3,214 Warrick 2,839 48.37% 2,782 47.40% 138 2.35% 101 1.72% 9 0.15% 57 0.97% 5,869 Washington 1,976 42.58% 2,573 55.44% 74 1.59% 12 0.26% 6 0.13% -597 -12.86% 4,641 Wayne 6,731 57.34% 4,503 38.36% 179 1.52% 308 2.62% 17 0.14% 2,228 18.98% 11,738 Wells 2,185 35.92% 3,345 54.99% 482 7.92% 65 1.07% 6 0.10% -1,160 -19.07% 6,083 White 2,423 49.26% 2,326 47.29% 144 2.93% 19 0.39% 7 0.14% 97 1.97% 4,919 Whitley 2,302 46.57% 2,493 50.43% 134 2.71% 13 0.26% 1 0.02% -191 -3.86% 4,943 TOTAL 348,993 48.40% 338,262 46.91% 18,036 2.50% 13,476 1.87% 2,350 0.32% 10,731 1.49% 721,117 See also United States presidential elections in Indiana Notes References Bibliography Indiana Election Law of Indiana 1908 State Board of Election Commissioners Indianapolis https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112066935492&seq=1 Madison James H. The Indiana Way: A State History 1986 Indiana University Press Bloomington https://archive.org/details/indianawaystate00madi Phillips Kevin P. The Emerging Republican Majority 1969 Arlington House New Rochelle, NY 76-79602 https://archive.org/details/emergingrepublic00kevi Petersen Svend A Statistical History of the American Presidential Elections 1963 Frederick Ungar Publishing Company New York 62-21786 https://archive.org/details/statisticalhisto00pete Sims Fred A. Biennial Report of Fred A. Sims, Secretary of State of the State of Indiana [...] 1908 none Indianapolis https://www.google.com/books/edition/Biennial_Report_of_Secretary_of_State_of/yBwwAQAAMAAJ Indiana 1908 Category:1908 Indiana elections