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1908 United States presidential election in Missouri

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1908 United States presidential election in Missouri

← 1904 November 3, 1908 1912 →
 
Nominee William Howard Taft William Jennings Bryan
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Ohio Nebraska
Running mate James S. Sherman John W. Kern
Electoral vote 18 0
Popular vote 347,203 346,574
Percentage 48.50% 48.41%

County Results

President before election

Theodore Roosevelt
Republican

Elected President

William Howard Taft
Republican

The 1908 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 3, 1908, as part of the 1908 United States presidential election. Voters chose 18 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Missouri was very narrowly won by Secretary of War William Howard Taft (ROhio), running with James S. Sherman, with 48.50% of the popular vote, against former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan (DNebraska), running with John W. Kern, with 48.41% of the popular vote.[1] Taft won the state by a narrow margin of 0.09%.

Bryan had previously won Missouri against William McKinley in both 1896 and 1900.

Results

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1908 United States presidential election in Missouri
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican William Howard Taft 347,203 48.50%
Democratic William Jennings Bryan 346,574 48.41%
Socialist Eugene V. Debs 15,431 2.16%
Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin 4,284 0.60%
Populist Thomas E. Watson 1,165 0.16%
Socialist Labor August Gillhaus 868 0.12%
Independence Thomas L. Hisgen 402 0.06%

Results by county

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1908 United States presidential election in Missouri by county[2]
County William Howard Taft
Republican
William Jennings Bryan
Democratic
Eugene Victor Debs
Socialist
Eugene Wilder Chafin
Prohibition
Thomas Edward Watson
Populist
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # % # %
Adair 2,514 51.38% 1,992 40.71% 270 5.52% 75 1.53% 15 0.31% 27 0.55% 522 10.67% 4,893
Andrew 2,169 54.09% 1,782 44.44% 15 0.37% 31 0.77% 6 0.15% 7 0.17% 387 9.65% 4,010
Atchison 1,700 49.66% 1,651 48.23% 18 0.53% 48 1.40% 4 0.12% 2 0.06% 49 1.43% 3,423
Audrain 1,733 33.61% 3,350 64.97% 15 0.29% 31 0.60% 21 0.41% 6 0.12% -1,617 -31.36% 5,156
Barry 2,526 49.62% 2,383 46.81% 138 2.71% 34 0.67% 4 0.08% 6 0.12% 143 2.81% 5,091
Barton 1,673 43.36% 1,913 49.59% 192 4.98% 55 1.43% 4 0.10% 21 0.54% -240 -6.22% 3,858
Bates 2,754 44.07% 3,248 51.98% 83 1.33% 119 1.90% 25 0.40% 20 0.32% -494 -7.91% 6,249
Benton 1,924 59.09% 1,280 39.31% 19 0.58% 18 0.55% 12 0.37% 3 0.09% 644 19.78% 3,256
Bollinger 1,593 50.30% 1,517 47.90% 27 0.85% 25 0.79% 1 0.03% 4 0.13% 76 2.40% 3,167
Boone 2,149 29.63% 5,041 69.49% 28 0.39% 19 0.26% 15 0.21% 2 0.03% -2,892 -39.87% 7,254
Buchanan 8,394 45.34% 9,836 53.13% 167 0.90% 103 0.56% 4 0.02% 9 0.05% -1,442 -7.79% 18,513
Butler 2,186 51.22% 1,893 44.35% 145 3.40% 27 0.63% 6 0.14% 11 0.26% 293 6.87% 4,268
Caldwell 2,161 57.55% 1,540 41.01% 4 0.11% 25 0.67% 18 0.48% 7 0.19% 621 16.54% 3,755
Callaway 1,911 32.69% 3,878 66.35% 13 0.22% 39 0.67% 2 0.03% 2 0.03% -1,967 -33.65% 5,845
Camden 1,446 58.90% 955 38.90% 33 1.34% 12 0.49% 6 0.24% 3 0.12% 491 20.00% 2,455
Cape Girardeau 3,381 55.51% 2,621 43.03% 28 0.46% 42 0.69% 10 0.16% 9 0.15% 760 12.48% 6,091
Carroll 3,015 51.55% 2,753 47.07% 31 0.53% 38 0.65% 8 0.14% 4 0.07% 262 4.48% 5,849
Carter 507 43.63% 591 50.86% 57 4.91% 3 0.26% 3 0.26% 1 0.09% -84 -7.23% 1,162
Cass 2,193 39.84% 3,143 57.10% 108 1.96% 49 0.89% 4 0.07% 7 0.13% -950 -17.26% 5,504
Cedar 1,933 54.87% 1,483 42.09% 60 1.70% 26 0.74% 15 0.43% 6 0.17% 450 12.77% 3,523
Chariton 2,249 39.78% 3,352 59.30% 12 0.21% 20 0.35% 16 0.28% 4 0.07% -1,103 -19.51% 5,653
Christian 1,871 61.08% 956 31.21% 146 4.77% 62 2.02% 19 0.62% 9 0.29% 915 29.87% 3,063
Clark 1,741 49.52% 1,737 49.40% 5 0.14% 32 0.91% 0 0.00% 1 0.03% 4 0.11% 3,516
Clay 1,166 24.63% 3,513 74.19% 25 0.53% 19 0.40% 11 0.23% 1 0.02% -2,347 -49.57% 4,735
Clinton 1,578 42.90% 2,075 56.42% 1 0.03% 19 0.52% 3 0.08% 2 0.05% -497 -13.51% 3,678
Cole 2,402 48.58% 2,494 50.44% 28 0.57% 14 0.28% 2 0.04% 4 0.08% -92 -1.86% 4,944
Cooper 2,679 50.73% 2,555 48.38% 9 0.17% 12 0.23% 16 0.30% 10 0.19% 124 2.35% 5,281
Crawford 1,752 56.77% 1,260 40.83% 52 1.69% 17 0.55% 2 0.06% 3 0.10% 492 15.94% 3,086
Dade 1,946 56.05% 1,441 41.50% 41 1.18% 30 0.86% 11 0.32% 3 0.09% 505 14.54% 3,472
Dallas 1,609 61.96% 955 36.77% 10 0.39% 3 0.12% 17 0.65% 3 0.12% 654 25.18% 2,597
Daviess 2,388 50.14% 2,294 48.16% 8 0.17% 52 1.09% 18 0.38% 3 0.06% 94 1.97% 4,763
De Kalb 1,703 50.53% 1,632 48.43% 3 0.09% 28 0.83% 3 0.09% 1 0.03% 71 2.11% 3,370
Dent 1,290 48.44% 1,330 49.94% 33 1.24% 4 0.15% 4 0.15% 2 0.08% -40 -1.50% 2,663
Douglas 1,922 64.84% 699 23.58% 281 9.48% 17 0.57% 35 1.18% 10 0.34% 1,223 41.26% 2,964
Dunklin 1,638 35.17% 2,734 58.69% 259 5.56% 21 0.45% 3 0.06% 3 0.06% -1,096 -23.53% 4,658
Franklin 4,049 60.91% 2,423 36.45% 121 1.82% 31 0.47% 4 0.06% 19 0.29% 1,626 24.46% 6,647
Gasconade 2,220 80.35% 509 18.42% 13 0.47% 10 0.36% 6 0.22% 5 0.18% 1,711 61.93% 2,763
Gentry 1,882 44.75% 2,236 53.16% 24 0.57% 52 1.24% 11 0.26% 1 0.02% -354 -8.42% 4,206
Greene 6,439 49.81% 5,830 45.10% 453 3.50% 143 1.11% 49 0.38% 14 0.11% 609 4.71% 12,928
Grundy 2,407 62.71% 1,359 35.41% 12 0.31% 43 1.12% 14 0.36% 3 0.08% 1,048 27.31% 3,838
Harrison 2,842 58.41% 1,938 39.83% 15 0.31% 50 1.03% 12 0.25% 9 0.18% 904 18.58% 4,866
Henry 2,854 43.30% 3,577 54.27% 61 0.93% 90 1.37% 6 0.09% 3 0.05% -723 -10.97% 6,591
Hickory 1,182 65.52% 561 31.10% 32 1.77% 12 0.67% 13 0.72% 4 0.22% 621 34.42% 1,804
Holt 2,246 57.62% 1,596 40.94% 14 0.36% 28 0.72% 7 0.18% 7 0.18% 650 16.68% 3,898
Howard 1,141 28.15% 2,884 71.16% 7 0.17% 13 0.32% 6 0.15% 2 0.05% -1,743 -43.01% 4,053
Howell 2,164 51.09% 1,827 43.13% 204 4.82% 23 0.54% 3 0.07% 15 0.35% 337 7.96% 4,236
Iron 828 46.60% 931 52.39% 6 0.34% 8 0.45% 4 0.23% 0 0.00% -103 -5.80% 1,777
Jackson 26,998 45.18% 31,461 52.65% 904 1.51% 248 0.41% 46 0.08% 103 0.17% -4,463 -7.47% 59,760
Jasper 9,143 49.02% 8,130 43.59% 1,026 5.50% 251 1.35% 18 0.10% 84 0.45% 1,013 5.43% 18,652
Jefferson 3,050 52.00% 2,698 46.00% 65 1.11% 19 0.32% 25 0.43% 8 0.14% 352 6.00% 5,865
Johnson 2,997 45.44% 3,483 52.81% 69 1.05% 31 0.47% 9 0.14% 6 0.09% -486 -7.37% 6,595
Knox 1,339 43.72% 1,652 53.93% 25 0.82% 35 1.14% 3 0.10% 9 0.29% -313 -10.22% 3,063
Laclede 1,902 51.94% 1,681 45.90% 49 1.34% 14 0.38% 9 0.25% 7 0.19% 221 6.03% 3,662
Lafayette 3,771 48.57% 3,865 49.78% 98 1.26% 25 0.32% 5 0.06% 0 0.00% -94 -1.21% 7,764
Lawrence 3,028 50.87% 2,532 42.54% 301 5.06% 55 0.92% 8 0.13% 28 0.47% 496 8.33% 5,952
Lewis 1,473 36.89% 2,439 61.08% 20 0.50% 38 0.95% 17 0.43% 6 0.15% -966 -24.19% 3,993
Lincoln 1,620 38.51% 2,555 60.73% 6 0.14% 17 0.40% 5 0.12% 4 0.10% -935 -22.22% 4,207
Linn 2,974 48.66% 3,000 49.08% 77 1.26% 40 0.65% 17 0.28% 4 0.07% -26 -0.43% 6,112
Livingston 2,400 48.92% 2,379 48.49% 42 0.86% 24 0.49% 55 1.12% 6 0.12% 21 0.43% 4,906
Macon 3,542 45.86% 3,919 50.74% 172 2.23% 59 0.76% 15 0.19% 17 0.22% -377 -4.88% 7,724
Madison 1,248 47.29% 1,321 50.06% 49 1.86% 17 0.64% 2 0.08% 2 0.08% -73 -2.77% 2,639
Maries 703 34.66% 1,309 64.55% 5 0.25% 10 0.49% 0 0.00% 1 0.05% -606 -29.88% 2,028
Marion 2,554 37.71% 3,982 58.80% 149 2.20% 70 1.03% 8 0.12% 9 0.13% -1,428 -21.09% 6,772
McDonald 1,333 48.49% 1,306 47.51% 80 2.91% 28 1.02% 0 0.00% 2 0.07% 27 0.98% 2,749
Mercer 1,909 68.13% 852 30.41% 9 0.32% 26 0.93% 5 0.18% 1 0.04% 1,057 37.72% 2,802
Miller 2,016 57.47% 1,393 39.71% 62 1.77% 15 0.43% 18 0.51% 4 0.11% 623 17.76% 3,508
Mississippi 1,320 44.75% 1,589 53.86% 12 0.41% 18 0.61% 1 0.03% 10 0.34% -269 -9.12% 2,950
Moniteau 1,691 47.63% 1,763 49.66% 30 0.85% 35 0.99% 28 0.79% 3 0.08% -72 -2.03% 3,550
Monroe 871 18.61% 3,772 80.58% 14 0.30% 9 0.19% 12 0.26% 3 0.06% -2,901 -61.97% 4,681
Montgomery 2,038 48.76% 2,073 49.59% 11 0.26% 42 1.00% 11 0.26% 5 0.12% -35 -0.84% 4,180
Morgan 1,663 55.30% 1,315 43.73% 11 0.37% 11 0.37% 7 0.23% 0 0.00% 348 11.57% 3,007
New Madrid 1,436 42.55% 1,824 54.04% 72 2.13% 17 0.50% 1 0.03% 25 0.74% -388 -11.50% 3,375
Newton 2,620 44.99% 2,725 46.80% 280 4.81% 158 2.71% 11 0.19% 29 0.50% -105 -1.80% 5,823
Nodaway 3,592 49.12% 3,595 49.16% 52 0.71% 45 0.62% 20 0.27% 9 0.12% -3 -0.04% 7,313
Oregon 729 30.31% 1,550 64.45% 119 4.95% 2 0.08% 2 0.08% 3 0.12% -821 -34.14% 2,405
Osage 1,820 55.24% 1,439 43.67% 4 0.12% 29 0.88% 0 0.00% 3 0.09% 381 11.56% 3,295
Ozark 1,233 65.76% 594 31.68% 40 2.13% 3 0.16% 4 0.21% 1 0.05% 639 34.08% 1,875
Pemiscot 1,390 43.93% 1,725 54.52% 39 1.23% 6 0.19% 1 0.03% 3 0.09% -335 -10.59% 3,164
Perry 1,775 52.53% 1,569 46.43% 1 0.03% 28 0.83% 2 0.06% 4 0.12% 206 6.10% 3,379
Pettis 3,983 49.39% 3,791 47.01% 195 2.42% 86 1.07% 2 0.02% 7 0.09% 192 2.38% 8,064
Phelps 1,520 45.00% 1,804 53.40% 21 0.62% 9 0.27% 22 0.65% 2 0.06% -284 -8.41% 3,378
Pike 2,403 41.78% 3,326 57.82% 10 0.17% 8 0.14% 4 0.07% 1 0.02% -923 -16.05% 5,752
Platte 982 25.84% 2,795 73.53% 6 0.16% 16 0.42% 2 0.05% 0 0.00% -1,813 -47.70% 3,801
Polk 2,670 54.43% 2,139 43.61% 39 0.80% 35 0.71% 19 0.39% 3 0.06% 531 10.83% 4,905
Pulaski 988 40.31% 1,418 57.85% 28 1.14% 11 0.45% 6 0.24% 0 0.00% -430 -17.54% 2,451
Putnam 2,233 65.77% 1,056 31.10% 52 1.53% 48 1.41% 1 0.03% 5 0.15% 1,177 34.67% 3,395
Ralls 900 31.35% 1,947 67.82% 11 0.38% 9 0.31% 2 0.07% 2 0.07% -1,047 -36.47% 2,871
Randolph 1,953 31.10% 4,245 67.60% 12 0.19% 44 0.70% 25 0.40% 1 0.02% -2,292 -36.50% 6,280
Ray 1,914 37.74% 3,043 60.00% 57 1.12% 46 0.91% 3 0.06% 9 0.18% -1,129 -22.26% 5,072
Reynolds 544 33.13% 1,052 64.07% 42 2.56% 1 0.06% 2 0.12% 1 0.06% -508 -30.94% 1,642
Ripley 946 40.95% 1,309 56.67% 4 0.17% 16 0.69% 33 1.43% 2 0.09% -363 -15.71% 2,310
Saint Charles 3,480 62.84% 1,979 35.73% 42 0.76% 19 0.34% 2 0.04% 16 0.29% 1,501 27.10% 5,538
Saint Clair 1,723 46.50% 1,877 50.66% 72 1.94% 12 0.32% 19 0.51% 2 0.05% -154 -4.16% 3,705
Saint Francois 3,260 48.56% 2,942 43.83% 439 6.54% 40 0.60% 12 0.18% 20 0.30% 318 4.74% 6,713
Saint Louis County 10,177 66.40% 4,522 29.51% 450 2.94% 50 0.33% 10 0.07% 117 0.76% 5,655 36.90% 15,326
Saint Louis City 74,160 52.76% 60,917 43.34% 4,965 3.53% 209 0.15% 35 0.02% 264 0.19% 13,243 9.42% 140,550
Sainte Genevieve 1,064 48.78% 1,108 50.80% 4 0.18% 1 0.05% 4 0.18% 0 0.00% -44 -2.02% 2,181
Saline 2,926 40.73% 4,189 58.31% 31 0.43% 22 0.31% 10 0.14% 6 0.08% -1,263 -17.58% 7,184
Schuyler 1,007 43.76% 1,222 53.11% 19 0.83% 42 1.83% 8 0.35% 3 0.13% -215 -9.34% 2,301
Scotland 1,273 43.94% 1,564 53.99% 19 0.66% 25 0.86% 9 0.31% 7 0.24% -291 -10.04% 2,897
Scott 1,473 36.79% 1,853 46.28% 629 15.71% 17 0.42% 6 0.15% 26 0.65% -380 -9.49% 4,004
Shannon 849 40.94% 1,151 55.50% 62 2.99% 4 0.19% 2 0.10% 6 0.29% -302 -14.56% 2,074
Shelby 1,298 33.93% 2,466 64.47% 17 0.44% 39 1.02% 2 0.05% 3 0.08% -1,168 -30.54% 3,825
Stoddard 2,025 39.87% 2,736 53.87% 277 5.45% 35 0.69% 2 0.04% 4 0.08% -711 -14.00% 5,079
Stone 1,376 69.11% 477 23.96% 126 6.33% 3 0.15% 1 0.05% 8 0.40% 899 45.15% 1,991
Sullivan 2,389 50.61% 2,269 48.07% 20 0.42% 35 0.74% 5 0.11% 2 0.04% 120 2.54% 4,720
Taney 1,080 61.12% 628 35.54% 53 3.00% 2 0.11% 3 0.17% 1 0.06% 452 25.58% 1,767
Texas 1,954 44.61% 2,328 53.15% 61 1.39% 18 0.41% 7 0.16% 12 0.27% -374 -8.54% 4,380
Vernon 2,369 37.48% 3,705 58.61% 170 2.69% 56 0.89% 6 0.09% 15 0.24% -1,336 -21.14% 6,321
Warren 1,714 76.14% 484 21.50% 42 1.87% 5 0.22% 6 0.27% 0 0.00% 1,230 54.64% 2,251
Washington 1,753 56.11% 1,330 42.57% 18 0.58% 20 0.64% 1 0.03% 2 0.06% 423 13.54% 3,124
Wayne 1,554 47.11% 1,641 49.74% 84 2.55% 13 0.39% 2 0.06% 5 0.15% -87 -2.64% 3,299
Webster 1,901 49.48% 1,761 45.84% 75 1.95% 62 1.61% 37 0.96% 6 0.16% 140 3.64% 3,842
Worth 985 48.43% 993 48.82% 3 0.15% 45 2.21% 7 0.34% 1 0.05% -8 -0.39% 2,034
Wright 2,149 58.21% 1,469 39.79% 57 1.54% 9 0.24% 5 0.14% 3 0.08% 680 18.42% 3,692
Totals 347,203 48.50% 346,574 48.41% 15,431 2.16% 4,209 0.59% 1,165 0.16% 1,259 0.18% 629 0.09% 715,841

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1908 Presidential General Election Results — Missouri". uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  2. ^ "Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1908". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)