1908 United States presidential election in Minnesota

none June 2025 September 2023 1908 United States presidential election 1908 United States presidential election in Minnesota Minnesota 1893 presidential no 1904 United States presidential election in Minnesota 1904 1912 United States presidential election in Minnesota 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 11 195,843 59.11% Unsuccessful 1908.jpg William Jennings Bryan Democratic Party (United States) Nebraska John W. Kern 0 109,401 109401 331303 2 1908 United States presidential election in Minnesota results map by county.svg 350px 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 Minnesota took place on November 3, 1908, as part of the 1908 United States presidential election. State voters chose 11 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. Minnesota was won by the Republican candidates, United States Secretary of War William Howard Taft of Ohio and his running mate James S. Sherman of New York. They defeated the former Nebraska Congressman and two-time prior Democratic nominee William Jennings Bryan and his running mate John W. Kern of Indiana. Taft won the state by a landslide margin of 26.09%. Taft went on to defeat Bryan nationally, with 321 electoral votes to the Democratic nominee's 162. Bryan had previously lost Minnesota to William McKinley in both 1896 and 1900. Results 1908 United States presidential election in MinnesotaPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican William Howard Taft 195,843 59.11% 11 Democratic William Jennings Bryan 109,401 33.02% 0 Public Ownership Eugene V. Debs 14,527 4.38% 0 Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin 11,106 3.35% 0 Independence Thomas L. Hisgen 426 0.13% 0 Totals 331,303 100.00% 11 Results by county County William Howard TaftRepublican William Jennings BryanDemocratic Eugene Victor DebsPublic Ownership Eugene Wilder ChafinProhibition Thomas Louis HisgenIndependence Margin Total votes castSchmahl Julius The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota of 1909 1909 Harrison & Smith Co. 532–539 # % # % # % # % # % # % # Aitkin 1,205 67.02% 389 21.64% 143 7.95% 57 3.17% 4 0.22% 816 45.38% 1,798 AI Anoka 1,577 68.99% 610 26.68% 42 1.84% 56 2.45% 1 0.04% 967 42.30% 2,286 AN Becker 2,058 64.39% 728 22.78% 223 6.98% 186 5.82% 1 0.03% 1,330 41.61% 3,196 BK Beltrami 1,882 63.41% 648 21.83% 384 12.94% 45 1.52% 9 0.30% 1,234 41.58% 2,968 BL Benton 1,001 54.11% 765 41.35% 54 2.92% 26 1.41% 4 0.22% 236 12.76% 1,850 BN Big Stone 965 57.78% 565 33.83% 51 3.05% 89 5.33% 0 0.00% 400 23.95% 1,670 BS Blue Earth 3,297 56.20% 2,191 37.34% 149 2.54% 226 3.85% 4 0.07% 1,106 18.85% 5,867 BE Brown 1,518 45.22% 1,536 45.76% 246 7.33% 55 1.64% 2 0.06% -18 -0.54% 3,357 BR Carlton 1,487 62.37% 506 21.22% 333 13.97% 51 2.14% 7 0.29% 981 41.15% 2,384 CT Carver 1,739 60.03% 1,101 38.00% 21 0.72% 34 1.17% 2 0.07% 638 22.02% 2,897 CA Cass 1,009 59.04% 461 26.97% 197 11.53% 42 2.46% 0 0.00% 548 32.07% 1,709 CS Chippewa 1,409 58.98% 799 33.44% 32 1.34% 144 6.03% 5 0.21% 610 25.53% 2,389 CP Chisago 2,107 79.90% 408 15.47% 71 2.69% 49 1.86% 2 0.08% 1,699 64.43% 2,637 CH Clay 1,857 58.69% 1,125 35.56% 68 2.15% 111 3.51% 3 0.09% 732 23.14% 3,164 CY Clearwater 779 66.07% 164 13.91% 185 15.69% 46 3.90% 5 0.42% 594"DebsdBryan" In this county where Debs ran second ahead of Bryan, margin given is Taft vote minus Debs vote and percentage margin Taft percentage minus Debs percentage. 50.38% 1,179 CL Cook 255 77.98% 42 12.84% 19 5.81% 11 3.36% 0 0.00% 213 65.14% 327 CK Cottonwood 1,240 65.82% 526 27.92% 19 1.01% 98 5.20% 1 0.05% 714 37.90% 1,884 CD Crow Wing 1,681 59.42% 661 23.37% 410 14.49% 72 2.55% 5 0.18% 1,020 36.06% 2,829 CW Dakota 2,481 55.07% 1,778 39.47% 108 2.40% 131 2.91% 7 0.16% 703 15.60% 4,505 DK Dodge 1,454 69.77% 515 24.71% 19 0.91% 96 4.61% 0 0.00% 939 45.06% 2,084 DO Douglas 1,894 60.92% 979 31.49% 70 2.25% 165 5.31% 1 0.03% 915 29.43% 3,109 DG Faribault 2,305 61.81% 1,039 27.86% 26 0.70% 357 9.57% 2 0.05% 1,266 33.95% 3,729 FA Fillmore 3,259 69.85% 1,153 24.71% 77 1.65% 175 3.75% 2 0.04% 2,106 45.14% 4,666 FI Freeborn 2,465 61.14% 976 24.21% 167 4.14% 421 10.44% 3 0.07% 1,489 36.93% 4,032 FB Goodhue 4,482 74.90% 1,147 19.17% 198 3.31% 149 2.49% 8 0.13% 3,335 55.73% 5,984 GH Grant 1,099 70.04% 376 23.96% 25 1.59% 69 4.40% 0 0.00% 723 46.08% 1,569 GR Hennepin 27,787 58.73% 16,169 34.17% 2,273 4.80% 1,016 2.15% 68 0.14% 11,618 24.56% 47,313 HN Houston 1,700 67.35% 745 29.52% 11 0.44% 68 2.69% 0 0.00% 955 37.84% 2,524 HS Hubbard 1,288 69.10% 401 21.51% 124 6.65% 46 2.47% 5 0.27% 887 47.59% 1,864 HU Isanti 1,198 58.47% 466 22.74% 185 9.03% 196 9.57% 4 0.20% 732 35.72% 2,049 IS Itasca 1,883 63.15% 684 22.94% 367 12.31% 43 1.44% 5 0.17% 1,199 40.21% 2,982 IT Jackson 1,575 58.94% 1,013 37.91% 24 0.90% 58 2.17% 2 0.07% 562 21.03% 2,672 JK Kanabec 803 69.52% 242 20.95% 65 5.63% 43 3.72% 2 0.17% 561 48.57% 1,155 KA Kandiyohi 2,312 63.62% 947 26.06% 145 3.99% 222 6.11% 8 0.22% 1,365 37.56% 3,634 KD Kittson 969 62.12% 499 31.99% 6 0.38% 84 5.38% 2 0.13% 470 30.13% 1,560 KI Koochiching 826 56.00% 420 28.47% 188 12.75% 39 2.64% 2 0.14% 406 27.53% 1,475 KO Lac qui Parle 1,894 69.17% 661 24.14% 16 0.58% 167 6.10% 0 0.00% 1,233 45.03% 2,738 LQ Lake 584 51.23% 152 13.33% 362 31.75% 41 3.60% 1 0.09% 222"DebsdBryan" 19.47% 1,140 LK Le Sueur 1,819 47.86% 1,699 44.70% 199 5.24% 79 2.08% 5 0.13% 120 3.16% 3,801 LS Lincoln 891 53.51% 683 41.02% 27 1.62% 63 3.78% 1 0.06% 208 12.49% 1,665 LN Lyon 1,618 56.69% 1,043 36.55% 46 1.61% 146 5.12% 1 0.04% 575 20.15% 2,854 LYMahnomen 265 53.64% 143 28.95% 81 16.40% 5 1.01% 0 0.00% 122 24.70% 494 MAMarshall 1,648 59.97% 731 26.60% 177 6.44% 186 6.77% 6 0.22% 917 33.37% 2,748 MHMartin 1,922 59.05% 1,054 32.38% 91 2.80% 184 5.65% 4 0.12% 868 26.67% 3,255 MT McLeod 1,579 49.39% 1,506 47.11% 35 1.09% 73 2.28% 4 0.13% 73 2.28% 3,197 MD Meeker 1,928 61.23% 1,111 35.28% 35 1.11% 74 2.35% 1 0.03% 817 25.94% 3,149 MK Mille Lacs 1,119 61.96% 427 23.64% 168 9.30% 91 5.04% 1 0.06% 692 38.32% 1,806 ML Morrison 1,936 53.30% 1,513 41.66% 118 3.25% 64 1.76% 1 0.03% 423 11.65% 3,632 MR Mower 2,629 63.46% 1,206 29.11% 180 4.34% 124 2.99% 4 0.10% 1,423 34.35% 4,143 MO Murray 1,293 59.72% 762 35.20% 33 1.52% 55 2.54% 2 0.09% 531 24.53% 2,165 MU Nicollet 1,392 59.26% 832 35.42% 50 2.13% 72 3.07% 3 0.13% 560 23.84% 2,349 NI Nobles 1,432 56.78% 925 36.68% 58 2.30% 107 4.24% 0 0.00% 507 20.10% 2,522 NO Norman 1,276 55.26% 661 28.63% 177 7.67% 195 8.45% 0 0.00% 615 26.63% 2,309 NR Olmsted 2,472 58.03% 1,621 38.05% 16 0.38% 141 3.31% 10 0.23% 851 19.98% 4,260 OL Otter Tail 3,964 58.07% 2,320 33.99% 208 3.05% 329 4.82% 5 0.07% 1,644 24.08% 6,826 OT Pine 1,548 56.46% 802 29.25% 303 11.05% 85 3.10% 4 0.15% 746 27.21% 2,742 PN Pipestone 1,057 65.09% 491 30.23% 27 1.66% 49 3.02% 0 0.00% 566 34.85% 1,624 PS Polk 3,311 55.20% 1,928 32.14% 556 9.27% 193 3.22% 10 0.17% 1,383 23.06% 5,998 PL Pope 1,794 76.86% 442 18.94% 23 0.99% 75 3.21% 0 0.00% 1,352 57.93% 2,334 PO Ramsey 16,556 54.64% 11,613 38.33% 1,659 5.48% 400 1.32% 72 0.24% 4,943 16.31% 30,300 RM Red Lake 1,428 53.01% 856 31.77% 342 12.69% 60 2.23% 8 0.30% 572 21.23% 2,694 RL Redwood 1,821 59.86% 1,076 35.37% 54 1.78% 88 2.89% 3 0.10% 745 24.49% 3,042 RW Renville 2,275 60.22% 1,364 36.10% 28 0.74% 110 2.91% 1 0.03% 911 24.11% 3,778 RV Rice 2,821 61.46% 1,614 35.16% 40 0.87% 111 2.42% 4 0.09% 1,207 26.30% 4,590 RC Rock 1,234 67.25% 525 28.61% 17 0.93% 55 3.00% 4 0.22% 709 38.64% 1,835 RK Roseau 900 50.90% 444 25.11% 361 20.42% 61 3.45% 2 0.11% 456 25.79% 1,768 RS Saint Louis 12,076 66.08% 4,464 24.43% 1,305 7.14% 401 2.19% 28 0.15% 7,612 41.65% 18,274 SL Scott 1,045 39.29% 1,548 58.20% 12 0.45% 52 1.95% 3 0.11% -503 -18.91% 2,660 SC Sherburne 1,002 67.84% 366 24.78% 42 2.84% 67 4.54% 0 0.00% 636 43.06% 1,477 SB Sibley 1,623 57.92% 1,110 39.61% 6 0.21% 61 2.18% 2 0.07% 513 18.31% 2,802 SY Stearns 2,614 38.75% 3,835 56.86% 159 2.36% 127 1.88% 10 0.15% -1,221 -18.10% 6,745 ST Steele 1,899 57.11% 1,284 38.62% 38 1.14% 104 3.13% 0 0.00% 615 18.50% 3,325 SE Stevens 877 57.93% 582 38.44% 17 1.12% 37 2.44% 1 0.07% 295 19.48% 1,514 SV Swift 1,343 56.17% 921 38.52% 41 1.71% 84 3.51% 2 0.08% 422 17.65% 2,391 SW Todd 2,334 57.37% 1,305 32.08% 258 6.34% 163 4.01% 8 0.20% 1,029 25.29% 4,068 TD Traverse 685 54.93% 514 41.22% 13 1.04% 34 2.73% 1 0.08% 171 13.71% 1,247 TR Wabasha 2,150 58.36% 1,416 38.44% 39 1.06% 77 2.09% 2 0.05% 734 19.92% 3,684 WB Wadena 991 63.57% 467 29.96% 70 4.49% 29 1.86% 2 0.13% 524 33.61% 1,559 WD Waseca 1,455 54.99% 1,085 41.01% 40 1.51% 59 2.23% 7 0.26% 370 13.98% 2,646 WC Washington 2,727 68.50% 1,120 28.13% 63 1.58% 68 1.71% 3 0.08% 1,607 40.37% 3,981 WA Watonwan 1,411 70.44% 537 26.81% 6 0.30% 45 2.25% 4 0.20% 874 43.63% 2,003 WW Wilkin 779 53.03% 614 41.80% 26 1.77% 48 3.27% 2 0.14% 165 11.23% 1,469 WK Winona 3,014 48.23% 3,072 49.16% 69 1.10% 85 1.36% 9 0.14% -58 -0.93% 6,249 WN Wright 2,820 63.48% 1,396 31.43% 37 0.83% 184 4.14% 5 0.11% 1,424 32.06% 4,442 WR Yellow Medicine 1,745 65.06% 786 29.31% 19 0.71% 130 4.85% 2 0.07% 959 35.76% 2,682 YM Totals 195,843 59.11% 109,401 33.02% 14,527 4.38% 11,106 3.35% 426 0.13% 86,442 26.09 331,303 MN Analysis Statistics Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Republican): Chisago, 79.90% Cook, 77.98% Pope, 76.86% Goodhue, 74.90% Watonwan, 70.44% Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Democratic): Scott, 58.20% Stearns, 56.86% Winona, 49.16% McLeod, 47.11% Brown, 45.76% Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Public Ownership): Lake, 31.75% Roseau, 20.42% Mahnomen, 16.40% Clearwater, 15.69% Crow Wing, 14.49% See also United States presidential elections in Minnesota Notes References Minnesota 1908 Category:1908 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