1908 United States presidential election in Michigan

none June 2025 September 2023 1908 United States presidential election Flag of Michigan (1865–1911, obverse).svgborder 1908 United States presidential election in Michigan Michigan presidential no 1904 United States presidential election in Michigan 1904 1912 United States presidential election in Michigan 1912 All 14 Michigan votes to the Electoral College November 3, 1908 x200px William Howard Taft, Bain bw photo portrait, 1908.jpg William Howard Taft Republican Party (United States) Ohio James S. Sherman 14 335,580 61.93% Unsuccessful 1908.jpg William Jennings Bryan Democratic Party (United States) Nebraska John W. Kern 0 175,771 32.44% 375px 375px County results Taft #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% #800000 90–100% President Theodore Roosevelt Republican Party (United States) William Howard Taft Republican Party (United States) The 1908 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 3, 1908, as part of the 1908 United States presidential election. Voters chose 14https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/1905_1909.html#1908 1908 Election for the Thirty-First Term (1909-1913) 2018-04-03 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Following the Panic of 1893 and the Populist movement, Michigan would turn from a competitive Republican-leaning state into a rigidly one-party polity dominated by the Republican Party.Burnham Walter Dean The System of 1896: An Analysis The Evolution of American Electoral Systems December 23, 1981 178–179 Bloomsbury Academic 0313213798 The dominance of the culture of the Lower Peninsula by anti-slavery YankeesEnglish, Gustavus P.; Proceedings of the Ninth Republican National Convention (1888), p. 234 would be augmented by the turn of formerly Democratic-leaning German Catholics away from that party as a result of the remodelled party's agrarian and free silver sympathies, which became rigidly opposed by both the upper class and workers who followed them.Sundquist James Politics and Policy: The Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson Years December 2010 526 Brookings Institution Press 978-0815719090 The state Democratic Party was further crippled via the Populist movement severing its critical financial ties with business and commerce in Michigan as in other Northern states.Rogowski Ronald Commerce and Coalitions: How Trade Affects Domestic Political Alignments 978-0691219431 Princeton University Press 2020 A brief turn of the strongly evangelical Cabinet Counties toward the Populist movement in the 1896 presidential election would reverse itself following the return to prosperity under President William McKinley, so that these joined in Republican hegemony until the Great Depression. McKinley would also later beat Bryan in the state again four years later. In the 1894 elections, the Democratic Party lost all but one seat in the Michigan legislature,Swamped! The Democrats Drowned Out by a Tremendous Republican Tidal Wave The L'Anse Sentinel November 10, 1894 L'Anse 1 and the party would only make minor gains there for the next third of a century. Unlike the other states of the Upper Midwest, the Yankee influence on the culture of the Lower Peninsula was so strong that left-wing third parties did not provide significant opposition to the Republicans, nor was there more than a moderate degree of coordinated factionalism within the hegemonic Michigan Republican Party.Hansen John Mark Shigeo Hirano Snyder Jr James M. Parties within Parties: Parties, Factions, and Coordinated Politics, 1900-1980 Gerber Alan S. Schickler Eric Governing in a Polarized Age: Elections, Parties, and Political Representation in America February 27, 2017 165–168 Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-09509-0 With Michigan's solid one-party GOP status not threatened, neither William Howard Taft nor Bryan campaigned in the state, and the only straw vote suggested that Republican nominee Taft from Ohio would carry the state over third-time Democratic candidate Nebraskan William Jennings Bryan by between fifty and one hundred thousand votesTaft Will Get Michigan Santa Ana Register Santa Ana, California October 22, 1908 1 — still a halving of the huge margin Theodore Roosevelt had gained over Alton B. Parker four years previously. However, the Santa Ana Register estimate proved extremely conservative, for the Republican ticket received nearly 62 percent of the vote, while the Democrats received only 32 percent.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1908&fips=26&off=0&elect=0&f=0 1908 Presidential General Election Results — Michigan 2018-04-03 With 61.93 percent of the popular vote, Michigan would be Taft's third strongest victory in terms of popular vote percentage after Vermont and Maine.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1908&f=1&off=0&elect=0 1908 Presidential Election Statistics Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2018-03-05 This was the second time, after the previous election, that any party carried every county in the state. Results + General Election ResultsMichigan State Archives, Canvass of the votes given at the General Election, held in the State of Michigan on Tuesday the Third day of November A.D. 1908Party Pledged to Elector Votes Republican William Howard Taft Frederick M. Alger335,580 Republican William Howard Taft John N. Bagley333,446 Republican William Howard Taft George Barnes333,174 Republican William Howard Taft Jerome H. Bishop333,161 Republican William Howard Taft Clifford C. Ward333,152 Republican William Howard Taft Frederick A. Washburn333,152 Republican William Howard Taft James R. Thompson333,148 Republican William Howard Taft Henry B. Smith333,141 Republican William Howard Taft George Clapperton333,112 Republican William Howard Taft William H. Acker333,079 Republican William Howard Taft Alvin M. Bentley333,064 Republican William Howard Taft Salomon Stern333,050 Republican William Howard Taft Warren A. Cartier333,029 Republican William Howard Taft Alfred J. Doherty333,028 Democratic William Jennings Bryan John D. Mershon175,771 Democratic William Jennings Bryan John F. Bible174,715 Democratic William Jennings Bryan John F. Murphy174,665 Democratic William Jennings Bryan Edwin A. Burch174,616 Democratic William Jennings Bryan Charles R. Sligh174,579 Democratic William Jennings Bryan Jacob Martin174,543 Democratic William Jennings Bryan Daniel J. Gerow174,517 Democratic William Jennings Bryan Emery D. Weimer174,496 Democratic William Jennings Bryan Thomas J. Dundon174,495 Democratic William Jennings Bryan Frederick Thoman174,492 Democratic William Jennings Bryan Robert H. Rayburn174,470 Democratic William Jennings Bryan Daniel L. Ensign174,460 Democratic William Jennings Bryan Charles W. Williams174,453 Democratic William Jennings Bryan John W. Ewing174,392 Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin William A. Taylor16,974 Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin Fred W. Corbett16,812 Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin Newton J. Carey16,792 Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin Leroy H. White16,791 Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin Andrew J. Liverance16,789 Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin Alexander McVittie16,786 Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin Lucius D. Boynton16,785 Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin Judge R. Barnum16,782 Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin Joseph Leighton16,777 Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin George Roelofs16,775 Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin Byron P. Wilkinson16,775 Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin George M. Sprout16,773 Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin John T. Spencer16,768 Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin Jefferson D. Leland16,759 Socialist Eugene V. Debs Deland M. Stevens11,586 Socialist Eugene V. Debs William H. Barry11,538 Socialist Eugene V. Debs George M. Campbell11,537 Socialist Eugene V. Debs August Wolf11,537 Socialist Eugene V. Debs Charles Hunt11,528 Socialist Eugene V. Debs Joseph La Barge11,525 Socialist Eugene V. Debs Thomas Smith11,524 Socialist Eugene V. Debs David C. Nettleton11,516 Socialist Eugene V. Debs Reuben Frantz11,514 Socialist Eugene V. Debs Jerry Van Weirden11,512 Socialist Eugene V. Debs William H. Bingham11,511 Socialist Eugene V. Debs William F. Lilsanantti11,468 Socialist Eugene V. Debs John G. Heal11,426 Socialist Eugene V. Debs Anna Grigsby Lockwood7,847There were also 3,421 votes for "Anna G. Lockwood" and 253 votes for "Anna Grigsby" that were recorded separately. The combined total for Lockwood would therefore have been 11,521. Socialist Labor August Gillhaus Henry Ulbright1,096 Socialist Labor August Gillhaus Albert B. Latta1,067 Independence Thomas L. Hisgen C. P. Sterns760 Independence Thomas L. Hisgen William J. Hall742 Independence Thomas L. Hisgen George Whitmore740 Independence Thomas L. Hisgen John J. Beams738 Independence Thomas L. Hisgen Edward Doyden738 Independence Thomas L. Hisgen E. Hayward736 Independence Thomas L. Hisgen Thad King736 Independence Thomas L. Hisgen John E. Long735 Independence Thomas L. Hisgen R. L. Horton734 Independence Thomas L. Hisgen W. J. Cushway733 Independence Thomas L. Hisgen F. F. French733 Independence Thomas L. Hisgen George Gerould732 Independence Thomas L. Hisgen Charles Lamb727 Independence Thomas L. Hisgen P. Lowry726 United Christian Daniel Turney J. F. Cook63 United Christian Daniel Turney H. L. Feerman63 United Christian Daniel Turney J. H. Reilley63 United Christian Daniel Turney V. Wagner63 United Christian Daniel Turney G. W. Weaver63 United Christian Daniel Turney T. Burley62 United Christian Daniel Turney O. R. Stikon62 United Christian Daniel Turney A. Tanner62 United Christian Daniel Turney Thomas Williams62 United Christian Daniel Turney B. Clark61 United Christian Daniel Turney J. R. Keyes61 United Christian Daniel Turney F. E. Kinsmore61 United Christian Daniel Turney Charles M. Meyers61 United Christian Daniel Turney G. Wyman61Votes cast"highest" Based on highest elector on each ticket 541,830 Results by county The results below are those for the highest elector on each ticket. The results listed in the 1909-1910 Michigan Manual are a "general average" for each ticket and thus not the "true" results. CountyMartindale Frederick C. Michigan Official Directory and Legislative Manual for the Years 1909-1910 1909 Lansing 304-305 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073067293&view=1up&seq=340 24 May 2026 William Howard TaftRepublican William Jennings BryanDemocratic Eugene W. ChafinProhibition Eugene V. DebsSocialist August GillhausSocialist Labor Thomas L. HisgenIndependence Margin Total votes cast"highest" # % # % # % # % # % # % # %Alcona82676.34%17616.27%242.22%544.99%20.18%00.00%65060.07%1,082Alger1,00675.53%23517.64%221.65%604.50%20.15%70.53%77157.88%1,332Allegan5,47967.26%2,21127.14%2943.61%1351.66%110.14%160.20%3,26840.12%8,146Alpena2,37768.17%95227.30%340.98%1163.33%60.17%20.06%1,42540.87%3,487Antrim2,03273.20%57620.75%1013.64%592.13%30.11%50.18%1,45652.45%2,776Arenac1,08556.16%71737.11%603.11%673.47%20.10%10.05%36819.05%1,932Baraga77070.00%29326.64%191.73%141.27%10.09%30.27%47743.36%1,100Barry3,25457.37%2,13937.71%2464.34%210.37%90.16%30.05%1,11519.66%5,672Bay6,76058.22%4,22336.37%1801.55%4033.47%270.23%180.16%2,53721.85%11,611Benzie1,44262.72%55524.14%2109.13%773.35%90.39%60.26%88738.58%2,299Berrien7,26958.05%4,60636.78%2752.20%2762.20%180.14%640.51%2,66321.27%12,522Includes 14 votes for TurneyBranch3,72157.52%2,40037.10%1882.91%1312.03%130.20%160.25%1,32120.42%6,469Calhoun6,85955.96%4,25334.70%4733.86%5304.32%930.76%480.39%2,60621.26%12,256Cass3,09252.74%2,47442.20%1482.52%1282.18%90.15%100.17%61810.54%5,863"two" Includes 2 votes for TurneyCharlevoix2,53868.86%80621.87%1494.04%1764.77%60.16%110.30%1,73246.99%3,686Cheboygan2,08158.99%1,21734.50%1303.68%842.38%110.31%50.14%86424.49%3,528Chippewa2,42264.09%1,18231.28%1303.44%370.98%20.05%40.11%1,24032.81%3,779"two"Clare1,35068.15%56728.62%381.92%221.11%30.15%10.05%78339.53%1,981Clinton3,49359.59%2,19337.41%1472.51%230.39%40.07%10.02%1,30022.18%5,862"one" Includes 1 vote for TurneyCrawford59367.54%24327.68%121.37%283.19%20.23%00.00%35039.86%878Delta3,25771.68%1,10124.23%841.85%801.76%150.33%70.15%2,15647.45%4,544Dickinson2,51576.10%54916.61%1765.33%441.33%120.36%70.21%1,96659.49%3,305"two"Eaton4,38355.88%3,14840.13%2082.65%891.13%90.11%70.09%1,23515.74%7,844Emmet2,32362.11%1,01627.17%2045.45%1844.92%110.29%20.05%1,30734.95%3,740Genesee7,26864.27%3,26728.89%4443.93%3032.68%180.16%90.08%4,00135.38%11,309Gladwin1,19571.47%39323.50%482.87%311.85%40.24%10.06%80247.97%1,672Gogebic2,26572.95%61719.87%1474.73%601.93%70.23%50.16%1,64853.08%3,105"four" Includes 4 votes for TurneyGrand Traverse2,82165.76%1,30130.33%1343.12%270.63%20.05%50.12%1,52035.43%4,290Gratiot4,16461.70%2,37435.18%1782.64%320.47%10.01%00.00%1,79026.52%6,749Hillsdale4,51761.00%2,54934.42%2803.78%430.58%20.03%140.19%1,96826.58%7,405Houghton9,38173.12%2,42118.87%6274.89%3712.89%80.06%160.12%6,96054.25%12,829"five" Includes 5 votes for TurneyHuron3,59067.72%1,48127.94%1643.09%571.08%50.09%40.08%2,10939.78%5,301Ingham6,72553.65%5,02540.09%5854.67%1571.25%220.18%210.17%1,70013.56%12,535Ionia4,59854.71%3,24138.56%4615.49%921.09%30.04%90.11%1,35716.15%8,404Iosco1,22763.02%67034.41%402.05%90.46%00.00%10.05%55728.61%1,947Iron2,06085.51%26511.00%401.66%220.91%50.21%150.62%1,79574.51%2,409"two"Isabella3,18563.17%1,66633.04%1332.64%531.05%30.06%20.04%1,51930.13%5,042Jackson6,76854.07%5,23441.82%3312.64%1611.29%110.09%90.07%1,53412.26%12,516"two"Kalamazoo6,57154.64%4,51837.57%4553.78%4253.53%170.14%360.30%2,05317.07%12,025"three" Includes 3 votes for TurneyKalkaska1,15669.26%35921.51%1056.29%462.76%20.12%10.06%79747.75%1,669Kent16,66355.46%11,49438.26%8592.86%9473.15%670.22%150.05%5,16917.20%30,045Keweenaw1,02990.50%645.63%161.41%252.20%00.00%20.18%96584.87%1,137"one"Lake67868.97%25425.84%141.42%313.15%40.41%20.20%42443.13%983Lapeer3,45463.52%1,65730.47%2895.31%340.63%00.00%40.07%1,79733.05%5,438Leelanau1,26866.11%57830.14%462.40%231.20%20.10%10.05%69035.97%1,918Lenawee6,60756.22%4,70440.03%3983.39%280.24%90.08%40.03%1,90316.19%11,752"two"Livingston2,74050.81%2,41844.84%2194.06%100.19%20.04%40.07%3225.97%5,393Luce35770.83%10821.43%316.15%40.79%20.40%20.40%24949.40%504Mackinac1,16158.84%77339.18%231.17%100.51%20.10%30.15%38819.67%1,973"one"Macomb4,49756.76%3,15839.86%2262.85%340.43%20.03%10.01%1,33916.90%7,923"five"Manistee2,70956.76%1,80537.82%1092.28%1392.91%20.04%90.19%90418.94%4,773Marquette5,63574.79%1,27816.96%2613.46%3314.39%130.17%140.19%4,35757.83%7,534"two"Mason2,59065.70%1,13628.82%1513.83%521.32%40.10%90.23%1,45436.88%3,942Mecosta2,72165.72%1,18328.57%1513.65%801.93%20.05%30.07%1,53837.15%4,140Menominee2,86264.88%1,31329.77%1282.90%791.79%140.32%150.34%1,54935.12%4,411Midland2,00466.82%88929.64%531.77%431.43%70.23%30.10%1,11537.18%2,999Missaukee1,57374.94%44621.25%512.43%190.91%30.14%60.29%1,12753.69%2,099"one"Monroe4,20853.04%3,45743.58%2112.66%500.63%30.04%30.04%7519.47%7,933"one"Montcalm4,58569.05%1,72525.98%1982.98%1161.75%60.09%100.15%2,86043.07%6,640Montmorency58875.38%18023.08%30.38%81.03%00.00%10.13%40852.31%780Muskegon5,10369.29%1,80324.48%1492.02%2733.71%150.20%170.23%3,30044.81%7,365"five"Newaygo2,68269.28%96224.85%1483.82%691.78%90.23%10.03%1,72044.43%3,871Oakland6,28758.19%3,96236.67%4233.91%1070.99%110.10%150.14%2,32521.52%10,805Oceana2,46268.39%80322.31%2597.19%581.61%120.33%60.17%1,65946.08%3,600Ogemaw1,22568.32%45825.54%814.52%251.39%30.17%10.06%76742.78%1,793Ontonagon1,25071.23%42924.44%181.03%472.68%50.28%60.34%82146.78%1,755Osceola2,82675.00%76920.41%1463.87%50.13%160.42%60.16%2,05754.59%3,768Oscoda33272.65%11424.95%81.75%30.66%00.00%00.00%21847.70%457Otsego86672.53%27623.12%342.85%151.26%10.08%20.17%59049.41%1,194Ottawa5,65966.17%2,44128.54%2623.06%1651.93%90.11%150.18%3,21837.63%8,552"one"Presque Isle1,72281.42%30514.42%180.85%572.70%110.52%20.09%1,41767.00%2,115Roscommon43069.24%14923.99%182.90%182.90%30.48%30.48%28145.25%621Saginaw9,46454.43%7,02540.40%2441.40%5583.21%730.42%230.13%2,43914.03%17,387Sanilac4,18468.88%1,48424.43%3585.89%430.71%20.03%30.05%2,70044.45%6,074Schoolcraft1,36479.16%29517.12%422.44%160.93%30.17%30.17%1,06962.04%1,723Shiawassee4,21157.92%2,35032.32%5267.24%1712.35%70.10%40.06%1,86125.60%7,270"one"St. Clair7,33462.37%3,75431.92%3322.82%2952.51%310.26%90.08%3,58030.44%11,759"four"St. Joseph3,46452.89%2,77342.34%1732.64%1081.65%30.05%290.44%69110.55%6,550Tuscola4,44868.77%1,57524.35%3916.05%460.71%60.09%20.03%2,87344.42%6,468Van Buren4,56562.78%2,33532.11%1952.68%1291.77%120.17%360.50%2,23030.67%7,272Washtenaw5,84554.58%4,44141.47%3052.85%880.82%160.15%140.13%1,40413.11%10,709Wayne50,61863.68%24,60330.95%1,4461.82%2,4613.10%3060.38%540.07%26,01532.73%79,488Wexford2,89272.01%83220.72%2375.90%390.97%80.20%60.15%2,06051.29%4,016"two"Totals335,58061.93%175,77132.44%16,9743.13%11,5862.14%1,0960.20%7600.14%159,80929.49%541,830 See also United States presidential elections in Michigan Notes References Michigan 1908 United States presidential election