1908 United States presidential election in Iowa
The 1908 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 3, 1908 as part of the 1908 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Iowa voted for the Republican nominee, Secretary of War William Howard Taft, over the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan. Taft won the state by a margin of 15.04%.
Bryan had previously lost Iowa to William McKinley in both 1896 and 1900.
Results
| 1908 United States presidential election in Iowa[1] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Republican | William Howard Taft of Ohio | James Schoolcraft Sherman of New York | 275,209 | 55.62% | 13 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska | John Worth Kern of Indiana | 200,771 | 40.582% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Prohibition | Eugene Wilder Chafin of Illinois | Aaron Sherman Watkins of Ohio | 9,837 | 1.99% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Socialist | Eugene Victor Debs of Indiana | Benjamin Hanford of New York | 8,287 | 1.67% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Independence | Thomas Louis Hisgen of Massachusetts | John Temple Graves of Georgia | 404 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Populist | Thomas Edward Watson of Georgia | Samuel Wardell Williams of Indiana | 261 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 494,769 | 100.00% | 13 | 100.00% | ||||
Results by county
| County[2] | William Howard Taft Republican |
William Jennings Bryan Democratic |
Eugene Wilder Chafin Prohibition |
Eugene Victor Debs Socialist |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 2,185 | 61.05% | 1,322 | 36.94% | 45 | 1.26% | 24 | 0.67% | 3 | 0.08% | 863 | 24.11% | 3,579 |
| Adams | 1,595 | 53.03% | 1,325 | 44.05% | 57 | 1.89% | 30 | 1.00% | 1 | 0.03% | 270 | 8.98% | 3,008 |
| Allamakee | 2,521 | 58.67% | 1,725 | 40.14% | 40 | 0.93% | 7 | 0.16% | 4 | 0.09% | 796 | 18.52% | 4,297 |
| Appanoose | 3,161 | 55.00% | 2,167 | 37.71% | 80 | 1.39% | 322 | 5.60% | 17 | 0.30% | 994 | 17.30% | 5,747 |
| Audubon | 1,701 | 60.86% | 1,050 | 37.57% | 33 | 1.18% | 9 | 0.32% | 2 | 0.07% | 651 | 23.29% | 2,795 |
| Benton | 3,180 | 55.08% | 2,418 | 41.88% | 76 | 1.32% | 94 | 1.63% | 5 | 0.09% | 762 | 13.20% | 5,773 |
| Black Hawk | 5,437 | 59.67% | 3,127 | 34.32% | 293 | 3.22% | 244 | 2.68% | 11 | 0.12% | 2,310 | 25.35% | 9,112 |
| Boone | 3,368 | 57.71% | 1,958 | 33.55% | 151 | 2.59% | 350 | 6.00% | 9 | 0.15% | 1,410 | 24.16% | 5,836 |
| Bremer | 1,656 | 45.30% | 1,925 | 52.65% | 56 | 1.53% | 14 | 0.38% | 5 | 0.14% | -269 | -7.36% | 3,656 |
| Buchanan | 2,552 | 55.76% | 1,889 | 41.27% | 118 | 2.58% | 16 | 0.35% | 2 | 0.04% | 663 | 14.49% | 4,577 |
| Buena Vista | 2,337 | 65.94% | 1,054 | 29.74% | 86 | 2.43% | 66 | 1.86% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,283 | 36.20% | 3,544 |
| Butler | 2,467 | 69.32% | 994 | 27.93% | 79 | 2.22% | 15 | 0.42% | 4 | 0.11% | 1,473 | 41.39% | 3,559 |
| Calhoun | 2,353 | 63.03% | 1,152 | 30.86% | 152 | 4.07% | 64 | 1.71% | 12 | 0.32% | 1,201 | 32.17% | 3,733 |
| Carroll | 1,865 | 41.93% | 2,510 | 56.43% | 58 | 1.30% | 12 | 0.27% | 3 | 0.07% | -645 | -14.50% | 4,448 |
| Cass | 2,799 | 61.19% | 1,655 | 36.18% | 47 | 1.03% | 64 | 1.40% | 9 | 0.20% | 1,144 | 25.01% | 4,574 |
| Cedar | 2,455 | 54.17% | 1,986 | 43.82% | 67 | 1.48% | 22 | 0.49% | 2 | 0.04% | 469 | 10.35% | 4,532 |
| Cerro Gordo | 2,990 | 64.05% | 1,520 | 32.56% | 98 | 2.10% | 60 | 1.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,470 | 31.49% | 4,668 |
| Cherokee | 2,300 | 66.07% | 1,084 | 31.14% | 68 | 1.95% | 24 | 0.69% | 5 | 0.14% | 1,216 | 34.93% | 3,481 |
| Chickasaw | 1,571 | 44.87% | 1,877 | 53.61% | 35 | 1.00% | 15 | 0.43% | 3 | 0.09% | -306 | -8.74% | 3,501 |
| Clarke | 1,624 | 58.00% | 1,134 | 40.50% | 37 | 1.32% | 3 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.07% | 490 | 17.50% | 2,800 |
| Clay | 1,921 | 69.68% | 778 | 28.22% | 41 | 1.49% | 16 | 0.58% | 1 | 0.04% | 1,143 | 41.46% | 2,757 |
| Clayton | 2,773 | 47.04% | 3,026 | 51.33% | 61 | 1.03% | 30 | 0.51% | 5 | 0.08% | -253 | -4.29% | 5,895 |
| Clinton | 4,836 | 48.68% | 4,821 | 48.53% | 80 | 0.81% | 191 | 1.92% | 6 | 0.06% | 15 | 0.15% | 9,934 |
| Crawford | 2,169 | 47.28% | 2,322 | 50.61% | 69 | 1.50% | 22 | 0.48% | 6 | 0.13% | -153 | -3.33% | 4,588 |
| Dallas | 3,132 | 59.94% | 1,871 | 35.81% | 142 | 2.72% | 78 | 1.49% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,261 | 24.13% | 5,225 |
| Davis | 1,484 | 44.98% | 1,749 | 53.02% | 40 | 1.21% | 20 | 0.61% | 6 | 0.18% | -265 | -8.03% | 3,299 |
| Decatur | 2,149 | 52.53% | 1,809 | 44.22% | 56 | 1.37% | 58 | 1.42% | 19 | 0.46% | 340 | 8.31% | 4,091 |
| Delaware | 2,396 | 60.35% | 1,471 | 37.05% | 65 | 1.64% | 36 | 0.91% | 2 | 0.05% | 925 | 23.30% | 3,970 |
| Des Moines | 4,153 | 48.92% | 3,975 | 46.83% | 103 | 1.21% | 233 | 2.74% | 25 | 0.29% | 178 | 2.10% | 8,489 |
| Dickinson | 1,109 | 66.57% | 503 | 30.19% | 26 | 1.56% | 25 | 1.50% | 3 | 0.18% | 606 | 36.37% | 1,666 |
| Dubuque | 4,708 | 39.71% | 6,645 | 56.05% | 53 | 0.45% | 427 | 3.60% | 22 | 0.19% | -1,937 | -16.34% | 11,855 |
| Emmet | 1,401 | 70.58% | 522 | 26.30% | 24 | 1.21% | 38 | 1.91% | 0 | 0.00% | 879 | 44.28% | 1,985 |
| Fayette | 3,369 | 56.83% | 2,281 | 38.48% | 179 | 3.02% | 86 | 1.45% | 13 | 0.22% | 1,088 | 18.35% | 5,928 |
| Floyd | 2,462 | 65.13% | 1,250 | 33.07% | 48 | 1.27% | 15 | 0.40% | 5 | 0.13% | 1,212 | 32.06% | 3,780 |
| Franklin | 2,154 | 73.02% | 737 | 24.98% | 50 | 1.69% | 5 | 0.17% | 4 | 0.14% | 1,417 | 48.03% | 2,950 |
| Fremont | 1,949 | 48.63% | 1,979 | 49.38% | 59 | 1.47% | 21 | 0.52% | 0 | 0.00% | -30 | -0.75% | 4,008 |
| Greene | 2,574 | 67.28% | 1,152 | 30.11% | 84 | 2.20% | 16 | 0.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,422 | 37.17% | 3,826 |
| Grundy | 1,861 | 61.77% | 1,105 | 36.67% | 45 | 1.49% | 1 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.03% | 756 | 25.09% | 3,013 |
| Guthrie | 2,560 | 61.44% | 1,532 | 36.77% | 60 | 1.44% | 11 | 0.26% | 4 | 0.10% | 1,028 | 24.67% | 4,167 |
| Hamilton | 2,765 | 68.17% | 1,145 | 28.23% | 109 | 2.69% | 34 | 0.84% | 3 | 0.07% | 1,620 | 39.94% | 4,056 |
| Hancock | 1,750 | 67.15% | 804 | 30.85% | 49 | 1.88% | 3 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 946 | 36.30% | 2,606 |
| Hardin | 3,123 | 69.76% | 1,187 | 26.51% | 146 | 3.26% | 19 | 0.42% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,936 | 43.24% | 4,477 |
| Harrison | 2,914 | 52.40% | 2,425 | 43.61% | 111 | 2.00% | 108 | 1.94% | 3 | 0.05% | 489 | 8.79% | 5,561 |
| Henry | 2,653 | 60.90% | 1,606 | 36.87% | 82 | 1.88% | 11 | 0.25% | 4 | 0.09% | 1,047 | 24.04% | 4,356 |
| Howard | 1,530 | 50.10% | 1,408 | 46.10% | 57 | 1.87% | 55 | 1.80% | 4 | 0.13% | 122 | 3.99% | 3,054 |
| Humboldt | 1,818 | 73.66% | 587 | 23.78% | 54 | 2.19% | 9 | 0.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,231 | 49.88% | 2,468 |
| Ida | 1,367 | 52.98% | 1,181 | 45.78% | 19 | 0.74% | 13 | 0.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 186 | 7.21% | 2,580 |
| Iowa | 2,230 | 52.58% | 1,907 | 44.97% | 83 | 1.96% | 19 | 0.45% | 2 | 0.05% | 323 | 7.62% | 4,241 |
| Jackson | 2,542 | 48.51% | 2,545 | 48.57% | 35 | 0.67% | 109 | 2.08% | 9 | 0.17% | -3 | -0.06% | 5,240 |
| Jasper | 3,543 | 53.03% | 2,889 | 43.24% | 152 | 2.28% | 91 | 1.36% | 6 | 0.09% | 654 | 9.79% | 6,681 |
| Jefferson | 2,271 | 58.29% | 1,439 | 36.94% | 166 | 4.26% | 17 | 0.44% | 3 | 0.08% | 832 | 21.36% | 3,896 |
| Johnson | 2,758 | 44.84% | 3,314 | 53.88% | 50 | 0.81% | 14 | 0.23% | 15 | 0.24% | -556 | -9.04% | 6,151 |
| Jones | 2,453 | 52.11% | 2,176 | 46.23% | 52 | 1.10% | 23 | 0.49% | 3 | 0.06% | 277 | 5.88% | 4,707 |
| Keokuk | 2,728 | 50.71% | 2,459 | 45.71% | 151 | 2.81% | 40 | 0.74% | 2 | 0.04% | 269 | 5.00% | 5,380 |
| Kossuth | 2,612 | 58.28% | 1,826 | 40.74% | 35 | 0.78% | 9 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 786 | 17.54% | 4,482 |
| Lee | 4,262 | 46.61% | 4,706 | 51.47% | 73 | 0.80% | 86 | 0.94% | 17 | 0.19% | -444 | -4.86% | 9,144 |
| Linn | 6,938 | 54.22% | 5,493 | 42.93% | 213 | 1.66% | 121 | 0.95% | 30 | 0.23% | 1,445 | 11.29% | 12,795 |
| Louisa | 2,025 | 65.92% | 978 | 31.84% | 46 | 1.50% | 19 | 0.62% | 4 | 0.13% | 1,047 | 34.08% | 3,072 |
| Lucas | 1,757 | 55.41% | 1,267 | 39.96% | 109 | 3.44% | 35 | 1.10% | 3 | 0.09% | 490 | 15.45% | 3,171 |
| Lyon | 1,650 | 58.93% | 1,064 | 38.00% | 29 | 1.04% | 56 | 2.00% | 1 | 0.04% | 586 | 20.93% | 2,800 |
| Madison | 2,425 | 59.54% | 1,404 | 34.47% | 182 | 4.47% | 56 | 1.37% | 6 | 0.15% | 1,021 | 25.07% | 4,073 |
| Mahaska | 3,326 | 48.51% | 3,035 | 44.27% | 395 | 5.76% | 92 | 1.34% | 8 | 0.12% | 291 | 4.24% | 6,856 |
| Marion | 2,625 | 46.12% | 2,739 | 48.12% | 160 | 2.81% | 154 | 2.71% | 14 | 0.25% | -114 | -2.00% | 5,692 |
| Marshall | 3,887 | 61.34% | 1,941 | 30.63% | 309 | 4.88% | 195 | 3.08% | 5 | 0.08% | 1,946 | 30.71% | 6,337 |
| Mills | 1,959 | 55.01% | 1,522 | 42.74% | 55 | 1.54% | 17 | 0.48% | 8 | 0.22% | 437 | 12.27% | 3,561 |
| Mitchell | 1,932 | 65.09% | 988 | 33.29% | 36 | 1.21% | 9 | 0.30% | 3 | 0.10% | 944 | 31.81% | 2,968 |
| Monona | 1,977 | 52.58% | 1,732 | 46.06% | 35 | 0.93% | 15 | 0.40% | 1 | 0.03% | 245 | 6.52% | 3,760 |
| Monroe | 2,686 | 51.58% | 1,979 | 38.01% | 112 | 2.15% | 418 | 8.03% | 12 | 0.23% | 707 | 13.58% | 5,207 |
| Montgomery | 2,553 | 64.44% | 1,282 | 32.36% | 74 | 1.87% | 49 | 1.24% | 4 | 0.10% | 1,271 | 32.08% | 3,962 |
| Muscatine | 3,525 | 49.43% | 3,038 | 42.60% | 85 | 1.19% | 475 | 6.66% | 8 | 0.11% | 487 | 6.83% | 7,131 |
| O'Brien | 1,912 | 57.69% | 1,326 | 40.01% | 36 | 1.09% | 36 | 1.09% | 4 | 0.12% | 586 | 17.68% | 3,314 |
| Osceola | 1,000 | 55.34% | 777 | 43.00% | 18 | 1.00% | 11 | 0.61% | 1 | 0.06% | 223 | 12.34% | 1,807 |
| Page | 3,141 | 60.77% | 1,726 | 33.39% | 196 | 3.79% | 101 | 1.95% | 5 | 0.10% | 1,415 | 27.37% | 5,169 |
| Palo Alto | 1,639 | 52.82% | 1,340 | 43.18% | 59 | 1.90% | 61 | 1.97% | 4 | 0.13% | 299 | 9.64% | 3,103 |
| Plymouth | 2,622 | 53.18% | 2,168 | 43.98% | 99 | 2.01% | 39 | 0.79% | 2 | 0.04% | 454 | 9.21% | 4,930 |
| Pocahontas | 1,857 | 57.42% | 1,315 | 40.66% | 35 | 1.08% | 22 | 0.68% | 5 | 0.15% | 542 | 16.76% | 3,234 |
| Polk | 12,555 | 58.02% | 7,924 | 36.62% | 527 | 2.44% | 601 | 2.78% | 33 | 0.15% | 4,631 | 21.40% | 21,640 |
| Pottawattamie | 6,137 | 51.16% | 5,520 | 46.02% | 169 | 1.41% | 162 | 1.35% | 7 | 0.06% | 617 | 5.14% | 11,995 |
| Poweshiek | 2,794 | 59.73% | 1,661 | 35.51% | 184 | 3.93% | 33 | 0.71% | 6 | 0.13% | 1,133 | 24.22% | 4,678 |
| Ringgold | 1,940 | 61.94% | 1,092 | 34.87% | 83 | 2.65% | 15 | 0.48% | 2 | 0.06% | 848 | 27.08% | 3,132 |
| Sac | 2,366 | 64.02% | 1,230 | 33.28% | 74 | 2.00% | 21 | 0.57% | 5 | 0.14% | 1,136 | 30.74% | 3,696 |
| Scott | 6,845 | 50.75% | 5,845 | 43.33% | 71 | 0.53% | 667 | 4.94% | 61 | 0.45% | 1,000 | 7.41% | 13,489 |
| Shelby | 1,973 | 49.34% | 1,935 | 48.39% | 53 | 1.33% | 33 | 0.83% | 5 | 0.13% | 38 | 0.95% | 3,999 |
| Sioux | 2,697 | 58.10% | 1,891 | 40.74% | 32 | 0.69% | 22 | 0.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 806 | 17.36% | 4,642 |
| Story | 3,790 | 71.05% | 1,195 | 22.40% | 293 | 5.49% | 52 | 0.97% | 4 | 0.07% | 2,595 | 48.65% | 5,334 |
| Tama | 2,774 | 49.78% | 2,550 | 45.76% | 151 | 2.71% | 38 | 0.68% | 59 | 1.06% | 224 | 4.02% | 5,572 |
| Taylor | 2,460 | 58.77% | 1,585 | 37.86% | 94 | 2.25% | 46 | 1.10% | 1 | 0.02% | 875 | 20.90% | 4,186 |
| Union | 2,207 | 52.36% | 1,843 | 43.72% | 124 | 2.94% | 37 | 0.88% | 4 | 0.09% | 364 | 8.64% | 4,215 |
| Van Buren | 2,133 | 53.86% | 1,730 | 43.69% | 77 | 1.94% | 17 | 0.43% | 3 | 0.08% | 403 | 10.18% | 3,960 |
| Wapello | 4,541 | 50.69% | 3,724 | 41.57% | 124 | 1.38% | 551 | 6.15% | 19 | 0.21% | 817 | 9.12% | 8,959 |
| Warren | 2,589 | 58.59% | 1,645 | 37.23% | 163 | 3.69% | 19 | 0.43% | 3 | 0.07% | 944 | 21.36% | 4,419 |
| Washington | 2,631 | 53.81% | 2,119 | 43.34% | 122 | 2.50% | 17 | 0.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 512 | 10.47% | 4,889 |
| Wayne | 2,092 | 52.09% | 1,756 | 43.73% | 119 | 2.96% | 45 | 1.12% | 4 | 0.10% | 336 | 8.37% | 4,016 |
| Webster | 3,658 | 56.52% | 2,374 | 36.68% | 241 | 3.72% | 192 | 2.97% | 7 | 0.11% | 1,284 | 19.84% | 6,472 |
| Winnebago | 1,710 | 76.07% | 489 | 21.75% | 40 | 1.78% | 9 | 0.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,221 | 54.31% | 2,248 |
| Winneshiek | 2,767 | 56.79% | 2,008 | 41.22% | 65 | 1.33% | 29 | 0.60% | 3 | 0.06% | 759 | 15.58% | 4,872 |
| Woodbury | 6,587 | 53.52% | 5,222 | 42.43% | 256 | 2.08% | 230 | 1.87% | 12 | 0.10% | 1,365 | 11.09% | 12,307 |
| Worth | 1,433 | 74.33% | 449 | 23.29% | 30 | 1.56% | 16 | 0.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 984 | 51.04% | 1,928 |
| Wright | 2,498 | 72.34% | 866 | 25.08% | 77 | 2.23% | 10 | 0.29% | 2 | 0.06% | 1,632 | 47.26% | 3,453 |
| Totals | 275,209 | 55.62% | 200,771 | 40.58% | 9,837 | 1.99% | 8,287 | 1.67% | 665 | 0.13% | 74,438 | 15.05% | 494,769 |
References
- "1908 Presidential General Election Results - Iowa". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
- Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1908 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)
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