1908 United States presidential election in Oklahoma

none June 2025 September 2023 1908 United States presidential election 1908 United States presidential election in Oklahoma presidential no 1912 United States presidential election in Oklahoma 1912 November 3, 1908 x160px Unsuccessful 1908.jpg William Jennings Bryan Democratic Party (United States) Nebraska John W. Kern 7 122,363 47.93% William Howard Taft, Bain bw photo portrait, 1908.jpg William Howard Taft Republican Party (United States) Ohio James S. Sherman 0 110,474 43.27% EugeneVDebs.png Eugene V. Debs Socialist Party of America Indiana Ben Hanford 0 21,755 8.52% 1908 United States presidential election in Oklahoma results map by county.svg 400px County results Bryan #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% Taft #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% President Theodore Roosevelt Republican Party (United States) William Howard Taft Republican Party (United States) The 1908 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 3, 1908. All 46 states were part of the 1908 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. This was the first presidential election Oklahoma participated in, as it had become the 46th state on November 16, 1907. Oklahoma was won by the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan and his running mate John W. Kern of Indiana. They defeated the Republican nominees, Secretary of War William Howard Taft of Ohio and his running mate James S. Sherman of New York. Bryan won the state by a narrow margin of 4.66%,http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1908&fips=40&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1908 Presidential General Election Results - Oklahoma uselectionatlas.org establishing Oklahoma as a Democratic-leaning state, a position it would hold for several decades. Prior to 1952, it consistently voted Democratic in presidential elections outside of the Republican landslides in 1920 and 1928. Only Lyndon B. Johnson in his 1964 landslide has carried the state for Democrats since 1952.Gust Steve http://newsok.com/oklahoma-student-who-attended-democratic-national-convention-anticipates-lifetime-in-politics/article/3716126 Oklahoma student who attended Democratic National Convention anticipates lifetime in politics The Oklahoman October 6, 2012 November 9, 2016 This is one of two times that the state voted for a losing Democrat, along with 1924. This was one of only two elections in which Oklahoma County, home to Oklahoma City, voted for a candidate that lost the state, along with 1920. Eugene V. Debs, the Socialist candidate, won 8.52% of the vote, demonstrating the strength of the Socialist movement in Oklahoma at this point in the state's history. Debs would go on to improve this performance in 1912, winning around twice as much of the percentage of the vote in Oklahoma. Results 1908 United States presidential election in Oklahomahttps://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc162720/m1/1/zoom/?q=eugene_debs_thomas_watson&resolution=1&lat=3768.9999999999995&lon=2294.499999999999 December 13, 2018 Bryan's Plurality 13,375 The Shawnee News - Shawnee, OK November 16, 1908PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic William Jennings Bryan 122,363 47.93% 7 Republican William Howard Taft 110,474 43.27% 0 Socialist Eugene V. Debs 21,755 8.52% 0 Populist Thomas E. Watson 434 0.17% 0 Independence Thomas L. Hisgen 274 0.11% 0 Totals 255,300 100.0% 7 Results by county County William Jennings BryanDemocratic William Howard TaftRobinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote; 1896-1932 (second edition); pp. 226-227 Published 1947 by Stanford University PressRepublican Eugene V. DebsGéoelections http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1908.htm 1908 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)Socialist Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votescast # % # % # % # % # % Adair 825 50.55% 780 47.79% 26 1.59% 1 0.06% 45 2.76% 1,632 Alfalfa 1,459 43.13% 1,738 51.37% 179 5.29% 7 0.21% -279 -8.25% 3,383 Atoka 784 44.95% 757 43.41% 197 11.30% 6 0.34% 27 1.55% 1,744 Beaver 1,212 43.52% 1,362 48.90% 197 7.07% 14 0.50% -150 -5.39% 2,785 Beckham 1,807 56.68% 866 27.16% 498 15.62% 17 0.53% 941 29.52% 3,188 Blaine 1,317 40.25% 1,598 48.84% 341 10.42% 16 0.49% -281 -8.59% 3,272 Bryan 2,215 59.26% 1,044 27.93% 462 12.36% 17 0.45% 1,171 31.33% 3,738 Caddo 2,964 47.36% 2,860 45.69% 423 6.76% 12 0.19% 104 1.66% 6,259 Canadian 2,124 50.34% 1,931 45.77% 157 3.72% 7 0.17% 193 4.57% 4,219 Carter 2,181 53.46% 1,305 31.99% 587 14.39% 7 0.17% 876 21.47% 4,080 Cherokee 913 45.65% 1,039 51.95% 47 2.35% 1 0.05% -126 -6.30% 2,000 Choctaw 1,038 46.44% 878 39.28% 312 13.96% 7 0.31% 160 7.16% 2,235 Cimarron 449 52.33% 371 43.24% 38 4.43% 0 0.00% 78 9.09% 858 Cleveland 1,437 47.80% 1,092 36.33% 414 13.77% 63 2.10% 345 11.48% 3,006 Coal 906 42.02% 722 33.49% 524 24.30% 4 0.19% 184 8.53% 2,156 Comanche 3,481 54.88% 2,437 38.42% 411 6.48% 14 0.22% 1,044 16.46% 6,343 Craig 1,578 53.75% 1,296 44.14% 56 1.91% 6 0.20% 282 9.60% 2,936 Creek 1,413 40.19% 1,761 50.09% 335 9.53% 7 0.20% -348 -9.90% 3,516 Custer 1,721 47.18% 1,579 43.28% 333 9.13% 15 0.41% 142 3.89% 3,648 Delaware 974 58.92% 625 37.81% 52 3.15% 2 0.12% 349 21.11% 1,653 Dewey 1,075 38.67% 1,210 43.53% 486 17.48% 9 0.32% -135 -4.86% 2,780 Ellis 1,260 43.84% 1,379 47.98% 224 7.79% 11 0.38% -119 -4.14% 2,874 Garfield 2,618 45.09% 2,924 50.36% 254 4.37% 10 0.17% -306 -5.27% 5,806 Garvin 2,390 59.13% 1,290 31.91% 356 8.81% 6 0.15% 1,100 27.21% 4,042 Grady 2,826 61.38% 1,491 32.38% 258 5.60% 29 0.63% 1,335 29.00% 4,604 Grant 1,866 49.35% 1,796 47.50% 105 2.78% 14 0.37% 70 1.85% 3,781 Greer 2,149 63.98% 708 21.08% 472 14.05% 30 0.89% 1,441 42.90% 3,359 Harper 746 40.79% 876 47.90% 201 10.99% 6 0.33% -130 -7.11% 1,829 Haskell 1,401 48.21% 1,139 39.19% 363 12.49% 3 0.10% 262 9.02% 2,906 Hughes 1,649 47.21% 1,459 41.77% 380 10.88% 5 0.14% 190 5.44% 3,493 Jackson 1,897 68.31% 627 22.58% 230 8.28% 23 0.83% 1,270 45.73% 2,777 Jefferson 1,435 61.91% 604 26.06% 270 11.65% 9 0.39% 831 35.85% 2,318 Johnston 1,274 49.57% 693 26.96% 602 23.42% 1 0.04% 581 22.61% 2,570 Kay 2,511 46.41% 2,754 50.91% 138 2.55% 7 0.13% -243 -4.49% 5,410 Kingfisher 1,540 39.68% 2,106 54.26% 226 5.82% 9 0.23% -566 -14.58% 3,881 Kiowa 2,354 55.19% 1,591 37.30% 300 7.03% 20 0.47% 763 17.89% 4,265 Latimer 726 47.08% 616 39.95% 197 12.78% 3 0.19% 110 7.13% 1,542 Le Flore 1,872 48.22% 1,771 45.62% 230 5.92% 9 0.23% 101 2.60% 3,882 Lincoln 3,030 42.76% 3,503 49.44% 534 7.54% 19 0.27% -473 -6.68% 7,086 Logan 2,183 35.38% 3,768 61.07% 203 3.29% 16 0.26% -1,585 -25.69% 6,170 Love 835 55.63% 413 27.51% 253 16.86% 0 0.00% 422 28.11% 1,501 Major 877 31.30% 1,446 51.61% 463 16.52% 16 0.57% -569 -20.31% 2,802 Marshall 842 50.75% 406 24.47% 405 24.41% 6 0.36% 436 26.28% 1,659 Mayes 1,186 52.59% 1,021 45.28% 44 1.95% 4 0.18% 165 7.32% 2,255 McClain 1,234 51.83% 780 32.76% 363 15.25% 4 0.17% 454 19.07% 2,381 McCurtain 565 46.97% 482 40.07% 148 12.30% 8 0.67% 83 6.90% 1,203 McIntosh 1,236 41.34% 1,606 53.71% 141 4.72% 7 0.23% -370 -12.37% 2,990 Murray 1,111 56.28% 574 29.08% 280 14.18% 9 0.46% 537 27.20% 1,974 Muskogee 2,793 42.57% 3,592 54.75% 168 2.56% 8 0.12% -799 -12.18% 6,561 Noble 1,364 45.94% 1,476 49.71% 125 4.21% 4 0.13% -112 -3.77% 2,969 Nowata 909 45.63% 1,020 51.20% 61 3.06% 2 0.10% -111 -5.57% 1,992 Okfuskee 872 33.89% 1,297 50.41% 402 15.62% 2 0.08% -425 -16.52% 2,573 Oklahoma 4,876 45.17% 5,401 50.03% 493 4.57% 25 0.23% -525 -4.86% 10,795 Okmulgee 1,103 39.39% 1,400 50.00% 295 10.54% 2 0.07% -297 -10.61% 2,800 Osage 1,584 48.38% 1,528 46.67% 159 4.86% 3 0.09% 56 1.71% 3,274 Ottawa 1,297 50.55% 1,174 45.75% 93 3.62% 2 0.08% 123 4.79% 2,566 Pawnee 1,500 44.66% 1,556 46.32% 291 8.66% 12 0.36% -56 -1.67% 3,359 Payne 1,980 42.81% 2,244 48.52% 390 8.43% 11 0.24% -264 -5.71% 4,625 Pittsburg 2,891 46.14% 2,735 43.65% 629 10.04% 11 0.18% 156 2.49% 6,266 Pontotoc 1,841 56.09% 860 26.20% 578 17.61% 3 0.09% 981 29.89% 3,282 Pottawatomie 3,551 52.80% 2,609 38.79% 555 8.25% 11 0.16% 942 14.01% 6,726 Pushmataha 625 50.65% 484 39.22% 125 10.13% 0 0.00% 141 11.43% 1,234 Roger Mills 1,168 48.32% 839 34.71% 403 16.67% 7 0.29% 329 13.61% 2,417 Rogers 1,599 55.64% 1,134 39.46% 131 4.56% 10 0.35% 465 16.18% 2,874 Seminole 945 36.78% 1,168 45.47% 452 17.59% 4 0.16% -223 -8.68% 2,569 Sequoyah 1,648 43.19% 2,037 53.38% 131 3.43% 0 0.00% -389 -10.19% 3,816 Stephens 1,761 56.37% 725 23.21% 629 20.13% 9 0.29% 1,036 33.16% 3,124 Texas 1,470 48.48% 1,315 43.37% 239 7.88% 8 0.26% 155 5.11% 3,032 Tillman 1,661 66.02% 732 29.09% 109 4.33% 14 0.56% 929 36.92% 2,516 Tulsa 2,292 49.08% 2,150 46.04% 226 4.84% 2 0.04% 142 3.04% 4,670 Wagoner 1,143 33.38% 2,107 61.54% 167 4.88% 7 0.20% -964 -28.15% 3,424 Washington 1,409 45.94% 1,528 49.82% 123 4.01% 7 0.23% -119 -3.88% 3,067 Washita 1,867 54.82% 1,118 32.82% 409 12.01% 12 0.35% 749 21.99% 3,406 Woods 1,420 43.43% 1,557 47.61% 286 8.75% 7 0.21% -137 -4.19% 3,270 Woodward 1,308 39.61% 1,614 48.88% 371 11.24% 9 0.27% -306 -9.27% 3,302Totals122,36347.93%110,47443.27%21,7558.52%7080.28%11,8894.66%255,300 See also United States presidential elections in Oklahoma References Oklahoma 1908 Category:1908 Oklahoma elections