1908 United States presidential election in Oregon

none June 2025 September 2023 1908 United States presidential election 1908 United States presidential election in Oregon Oregon 1925 File:Flag of Oregon (1900–1925).gif presidential no 1904 United States presidential election in Oregon 1904 1912 United States presidential election in Oregon 1912 November 3, 1908 x160px William Howard Taft, Bain bw photo portrait, 1908.jpg William Howard Taft Republican Party (United States) Ohio James S. Sherman 4 62,530 56.39% Unsuccessful 1908.jpg William Jennings Bryan Democratic Party (United States) Nebraska John W. Kern 0 38,049 34.31% EugeneVDebs.png Eugene V. Debs Socialist Party of America Indiana Ben Hanford 0 7,339 6.62% 1908 United States presidential election in Oregon results map by county.svg 375px County results 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 Oregon took place on November 3, 1908. All contemporary 46 states were part of the 1908 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. Polls always said that Oregon, which had voted Democratic only once over twelve presidential elections since statehood,This was in the Reconstruction election of 1868, for Horatio Seymour. would ultimately be easily retained by Taft.‘Hitchcock Poll Says Taft: Claims Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Wyoming, and Colorado’; New York Times, September 25, 1908, p. 4 Despite differences with the state GOP, a New York Times opinion poll continued to show a Taft victory as certain,‘Republicans Figure on a Sweep for Taft: Party's Latest Reports Give Its Candidate 27 States and 305 Electoral Votes’; New York Times, October 22, 1908, p. 4 although The Washington Post was much less certain.Starek, Fred; ‘Bryan Gaining, but Taft Ahead: Republicans on the Defensive to Hold Their Ground’; The Washington Post, October 18, 1908, p. 1 Ultimately, however, Taft would repeat Roosevelt's feat of sweeping every county in Oregon, but his winning margin was less than half as large as that by which Alton Brooks Parker had been defeated in 1904. Bryan had previously lost Oregon twice to Republican William McKinley in both 1896 and 1900. Oregon had been earlier in the 1900s solidified as a one-party Republican bastion, which it would remain at a Presidential level apart from the 1910s GOP split until Franklin D. Roosevelt rose to power in 1932,Burnham, Walter Dean; ‘The System of 1896’, in Kleppner, Paul (editor), The Evolution of American Electoral Systems, pp. 176-179 0313213798 and apart from a very short New Deal interlude at state level until the “Revolution of 1954”. Democratic representation in the Oregon legislature would never exceed fifteen percent during this period except for the above-mentioned 1930s interlude,Schattschneider, Elmer Eric; The Semisovereign People: A Realist's View of Democracy in America, pp. 76-84 0030133661 and Republican primaries would become the chief mode of competition.Murray, Keith; ‘Issues and Personalities of Pacific Northwest Politics, 1889-1950’, The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 3 (July 1950), pp. 213-233 The Beaver State's few Democrats pledged themselves to Bryan – who had been the last Democratic presidential candidate to carry any of the state's counties – in June.‘Oregon Goes for Bryan: Delegates Instructed to Stay with Him to the End’; New York Times, June 10, 1908, p. 2 In contrast, Senator Jonathan Bourne wanted incumbent President Theodore Roosevelt to run for effectively a third term;‘Bourne Says Roosevelt: Oregon Senator Starts for Chicago Still Predicting Stampede to President’; New York Times, June 13, 1908, p. 2 however once it was clear that Taft would be the GOP nominee Bourne campaigned for him vigorously in spite of his history as a “silver Republican” who backed Bryan in 1896.Schlup, Leonard; ‘Republican Insurgent: Jonathan Bourne and the Politics of Progressivism, 1908-1912’; Oregon Historical Quarterly, vol. 87, no. 3 (Fall, 1986), pp. 229-244 Results 1908 United States presidential election in OregonDave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – OregonPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican William Howard Taft 62,530 56.39% 4 Democratic William Jennings Bryan 38,049 34.31% 0 Socialist Eugene V. Debs 7,339 6.62% 0 Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin 2,682 2.42% 0 Independence Thomas L. Hisgen 289 0.26% 0 Totals 110,889 100.00% 4 Voter turnout — Results by county County William Howard TaftGéoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1908 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)Republican William Jennings BryanDemocratic Eugene V. DebsSocialist Eugene W. ChafinProhibition Thomas HisgenIndependence Margin Total votescast # % # % # % # % # % # % Baker 1,689 46.79% 1,596 44.21% 270 7.48% 23 0.64% 32 0.89% 93 2.58% 3,610 Benton 1,183 55.99% 773 36.58% 66 3.12% 87 4.12% 4 0.19% 410 19.40% 2,113 Clackamas 2,776 53.91% 1,866 36.24% 363 7.05% 123 2.39% 21 0.41% 910 17.67% 5,149 Clatsop 1,482 59.78% 658 26.54% 282 11.38% 51 2.06% 6 0.24% 824 33.24% 2,479 Columbia 1,242 63.69% 454 23.28% 201 10.31% 42 2.15% 11 0.56% 788 40.41% 1,950 Coos 1,850 56.94% 894 27.52% 431 13.27% 50 1.54% 24 0.74% 956 29.42% 3,249 Crook 915 56.87% 548 34.06% 106 6.59% 39 2.42% 1 0.06% 367 22.81% 1,609 Curry 268 58.64% 148 32.39% 33 7.22% 0 0.00% 8 1.75% 120 26.26% 457 Douglas 2,092 53.81% 1,359 34.95% 370 9.52% 60 1.54% 7 0.18% 733 18.85% 3,888 Gilliam 470 61.92% 242 31.88% 37 4.87% 6 0.79% 4 0.53% 228 30.04% 759 Grant 748 56.93% 433 32.95% 106 8.07% 13 0.99% 14 1.07% 315 23.97% 1,314 Harney 450 52.39% 329 38.30% 65 7.57% 11 1.28% 4 0.47% 121 14.09% 859 Hood River 767 62.16% 359 29.09% 58 4.70% 47 3.81% 3 0.24% 408 33.06% 1,234 Jackson 2,032 50.09% 1,537 37.89% 379 9.34% 98 2.42% 11 0.27% 495 12.20% 4,057 Josephine 967 47.47% 732 35.94% 295 14.48% 20 0.98% 23 1.13% 235 11.54% 2,037 Klamath 634 54.61% 427 36.78% 82 7.06% 11 0.95% 7 0.60% 207 17.83% 1,161 Lake 465 60.78% 239 31.24% 53 6.93% 6 0.78% 2 0.26% 226 29.54% 765 Lane 3,313 54.91% 2,174 36.04% 422 6.99% 108 1.79% 16 0.27% 1,139 18.88% 6,033 Lincoln 595 58.51% 282 27.73% 119 11.70% 15 1.47% 6 0.59% 313 30.78% 1,017 Linn 2,202 48.87% 1,813 40.24% 333 7.39% 155 3.44% 3 0.07% 389 8.63% 4,506 Malheur 800 54.42% 543 36.94% 74 5.03% 53 3.61% 0 0.00% 257 17.48% 1,470 Marion 3,788 57.24% 2,239 33.83% 301 4.55% 275 4.16% 15 0.23% 1,549 23.41% 6,618 Morrow 680 62.10% 272 24.84% 111 10.14% 24 2.19% 8 0.73% 408 37.26% 1,095 Multnomah 17,819 59.82% 9,850 33.07% 1,454 4.88% 629 2.11% 35 0.12% 7,969 26.75% 29,787 Polk 1,456 51.87% 1,113 39.65% 159 5.66% 75 2.67% 4 0.14% 343 12.22% 2,807 Sherman 437 58.27% 252 33.60% 35 4.67% 25 3.33% 1 0.13% 185 24.67% 750 Tillamook 641 60.13% 253 23.73% 128 12.01% 39 3.66% 5 0.47% 388 36.40% 1,066 Umatilla 2,328 55.63% 1,568 37.47% 180 4.30% 109 2.60% 0 0.00% 760 18.16% 4,185 Union 1,510 50.67% 1,191 39.97% 232 7.79% 36 1.21% 11 0.37% 319 10.70% 2,980 Wallowa 905 58.69% 506 32.81% 109 7.07% 20 1.30% 2 0.13% 399 25.88% 1,542 Wasco 1,309 57.14% 764 33.35% 155 6.77% 58 2.53% 5 0.22% 545 23.79% 2,291 Washington 2,319 61.96% 1,153 30.80% 137 3.66% 124 3.31% 10 0.27% 1,166 31.15% 3,743 Wheeler 418 61.65% 236 34.81% 9 1.33% 14 2.06% 1 0.15% 182 26.84% 678 Yamhill 1,980 54.49% 1,246 34.29% 167 4.60% 236 6.49% 5 0.14% 734 20.20% 3,634Totals62,53056.39%38,04934.31%7,3226.60%2,6822.42%3090.28%24,48122.08%110,892 See also United States presidential elections in Oregon Notes References 2 Oregon 1908 Category:1908 Oregon elections