1908 United States presidential election in Utah

none June 2025 September 2023 1908 United States presidential election in Utah Utah 1903 presidential no 1904 United States presidential election in Utah 1904 1912 United States presidential election in Utah 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 3 61,028 56.19% Unsuccessful 1908.jpg William Jennings Bryan Democratic Party (United States) Nebraska John W. Kern 0 42,601 39.22% 1908 United States presidential election in Utah results map by county.svg 250px County results Taft #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% Bryan #86b6f2 50–60% President Theodore Roosevelt Republican Party (United States) William Howard Taft Republican Party (United States) 1908 United States presidential election The 1908 United States presidential election in Utah was held on November 3, 1908, throughout all forty-six contemporary states as part of the 1908 United States presidential election. State voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. This was the last election when Utah had the minimum three electoral votes as it would gain a second congressional district after the 1910 Census. Although Democrat/Populist Bryan had carried Utah in its debut presidential election by a five-to-one margin, the Republican Party – ditching ancestral hostility to the state's dominant Mormon religionPeterson, Charles S.; Utah: A History; pp. 163-164 0393302210 – was soon able to take control of the state, despite a threat from the anti-Mormon "American Party" in urban areas with sizeable non-Mormon ("Gentile") populations.Wahlquist, C. Austin; 'The 1912 Presidential Election in Utah' (A Thesis Presented to the Department of History, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah) In its third election of 1904, Utah had given a virtual two-to-one majority for Theodore Roosevelt against New York Democrat Alton B. Parker, who carried only Dixie's Washington County. Believing that the election could only be won in the West and Midwest,Deskins, Donald Richard; Walton, Hanes and Puckett, Sherman C.; Presidential Elections, 1789-2008: County, State, and National Mapping of Election Data, p. 286 0472116975 Bryan – who had had no trouble winning a third Democratic nomination – chose Indiana's John Worth Kern as his running mate. However, although many in the media supported the election of Bryan and praised his policies, the rapid recovery from the "Panic of 1907" meant that Bryan struggled severely in the Progressive-minded Western States once campaigning began.Hornig, Edgar A.; 'Campaign Issues in the Presidential Election of 1908'; Indiana Magazine of History, vol. 54, no. 3 (September 1958), pp. 237-264 The antagonism towards Bryan of business meant that Taft had little trouble repeating Theodore Roosevelt's triumph of 1904, although Bryan was able to cut Alton Parker's losing margin from 29 to 17 percentage points. Taft would win Utah by a margin of 17.04%. A powerful socialist movement in mining districtsSalvatore, Nick; Eugene V. Debs: Citizen and Socialist, p. 220 0252011481 failed to equal Debs' support from the 1904 election as his policies were not considered feasible or were co-opted by the two major parties. Taft was further helped by the unseating of delegates for Bryan as a result of conflict between pro- and anti-Mormon factions.'Both Parties Claim Northwest States: Republicans Seem to Have Best Chance in Wyoming and Colorado'; The New York Times, August 26, 1908, p. 4 Four years later, Utah would become one of the only two states that Taft would carry in his attempt for reelection, the other being Vermont. Results + General Election ResultsUtah State Archives, Abstract of the Returns of an Election held in the State of Utah, Tuesday, November 3rd, A.D. 1908 for Presidential Electors, for Representative in the Sixty-First Congress of the United States, for State Officers, and for District Officers in Districts comprising more than one county, and for the Adoption of Rejection of Proposed Amendments to the Constitution of this State.Edwards J. A. Seventh Report of the Bureau of Statistics of the State of Utah for the Years 1907-1908 1909 Tribune-Reporter Company Salt Lake City 68 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.102188384&seq=312 29 December 2025State Canvassing Board's Official Election Returns https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85058130/1908-11-28/ed-1/?sp=2 29 December 2025 The Salt Lake Herald 28 November 1908 Salt Lake City 2Party Pledged to Elector Votes Republican Party William Howard Taft Lafayette Holbrook61,028 Republican Party William Howard Taft Thomas Sevy61,015 Republican Party William Howard Taft Henry Cohn60,968 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan Frank B. Stephens42,601 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan Aquilla Nebeker42,554 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan James Andrus42,400 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs R. Leggett4,895 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs M. M. Johnson4,875 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs J. C. Edgar4,822 Independence Party Thomas L. Hisgen Abner N. Thompson87 Independence Party Thomas L. Hisgen Frank J. Tierney81 Independence Party Thomas L. Hisgen D. D. Crawford80 Write-in Scattering2Votes cast"highest" Based on highest elector on each ticket 108,613 Results by county County William Howard TaftRepublican William Jennings BryanDemocratic Eugene V. DebsSocialist Thomas L. HisgenIndependenceMarginTotal votes cast"highest" # % # % # % # % # %Beaver 94556.02%71442.32%271.60%10.06%23113.69%1,687Box Elder 2,39662.15%1,41736.76%401.04%20.05%97925.40%3,855Cache 3,78752.81%3,31746.26%640.89%30.04%4706.55%7,171Carbon 1,02359.82%58133.98%1066.20%00.00%44225.85%1,710Davis 1,73655.89%1,33142.85%341.09%50.16%40513.04%3,106Emery 1,09754.74%74937.38%1587.88%00.00%34817.37%2,004Garfield 72268.50%29027.51%423.98%00.00%43240.99%1,054Grand 23248.74%21545.17%245.04%51.05%173.57%476Iron 71255.80%48838.24%765.86%00.00%22417.55%1,276Juab 1,61548.40%1,42142.58%3008.99%10.03%1945.81%3,337Kane 41579.81%10219.62%30.58%00.00%31360.19%520Millard 1,01155.73%76542.17%382.09%00.00%24613.56%1,814Morgan 49458.19%30636.04%495.77%00.00%18822.14%849Piute 33356.54%15726.66%9816.64%10.17%17629.88%589Rich 42559.44%28539.86%50.70%00.00%14019.58%715Salt Lake 20,80558.02%12,95436.12%2,0595.74%410.11%7,85121.89%35,859San Juan 13053.06%10944.49%31.22%31.22%218.57%245Sanpete 3,33457.76%2,30739.97%1282.22%10.02%1,02717.79%5,772Includes 2 Scattering votesSevier 1,78054.94%1,27239.26%1875.77%10.03%50815.68%3,240Summit 1,61450.87%1,40244.19%1484.66%90.28%2126.68%3,173Tooele 1,10656.03%80840.93%592.99%10.05%29815.10%1,974Uintah 77848.44%68342.53%1459.03%00.00%955.92%1,606Utah 6,37354.82%4,98442.87%2672.30%20.02%1,38911.95%11,626Wasatch 1,26553.83%98541.91%984.17%20.09%28011.91%2,350Washington 74047.56%81052.06%50.32%10.06%-70-4.50%1,556Wayne 27949.91%18432.92%9617.17%00.00%9516.99%559Weber 5,88156.06%3,96537.80%6366.06%80.08%1,91618.27%10,490Total61,02856.19%42,60139.22%4,8954.51%870.08%18,42716.97%108,613 See also United States presidential elections in Utah Notes References Category:1908 Utah elections Utah 1908