1908 United States presidential election in Minnesota
The 1908 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 3, 1908 as part of the 1908 United States presidential election. State voters chose 11 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
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Minnesota was won by the Republican candidate, United States Secretary of War William Howard Taft over former Nebraska Congressman and two-time prior Democratic nominee William Jennings Bryan by a landslide margin of 26.09%. Taft went on to defeat Bryan nationally, with 321 electoral votes to the Democratic nominee's 162.
Bryan had previously lost Minnesota to William McKinley in both 1896 and 1900.
Results
| 1908 United States presidential election in Minnesota | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | William Howard Taft | 195,843 | 59.11% | 11 | |
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 109,401 | 33.02% | 0 | |
| Public Ownership | Eugene V. Debs | 14,527 | 4.38% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Eugene W. Chafin | 11,106 | 3.35% | 0 | |
| Independence | Thomas L. Hisgen | 426 | 0.13% | 0 | |
| Totals | 331,303 | 100.00% | 11 | ||
Results by county
| Counties carried by Taft/Sherman |
| Counties carried by Bryan/Kern |
| County | William Howard Taft Republican |
William Jennings Bryan Democratic |
Eugene Victor Debs Public Ownership |
Eugene Wilder Chafin Prohibition |
Thomas Louis Hisgen Independence |
Margin | Total votes cast[1] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | ||
| Aitkin | 1,205 | 67.02% | 389 | 21.64% | 143 | 7.95% | 57 | 3.17% | 4 | 0.22% | 816 | 45.38% | 1,798 | AI |
| Anoka | 1,577 | 68.99% | 610 | 26.68% | 42 | 1.84% | 56 | 2.45% | 1 | 0.04% | 967 | 42.30% | 2,286 | AN |
| Becker | 2,058 | 64.39% | 728 | 22.78% | 223 | 6.98% | 186 | 5.82% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,330 | 41.61% | 3,196 | BK |
| Beltrami | 1,882 | 63.41% | 648 | 21.83% | 384 | 12.94% | 45 | 1.52% | 9 | 0.30% | 1,234 | 41.58% | 2,968 | BL |
| Benton | 1,001 | 54.11% | 765 | 41.35% | 54 | 2.92% | 26 | 1.41% | 4 | 0.22% | 236 | 12.76% | 1,850 | BN |
| Big Stone | 965 | 57.78% | 565 | 33.83% | 51 | 3.05% | 89 | 5.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 400 | 23.95% | 1,670 | BS |
| Blue Earth | 3,297 | 56.20% | 2,191 | 37.34% | 149 | 2.54% | 226 | 3.85% | 4 | 0.07% | 1,106 | 18.85% | 5,867 | BE |
| Brown | 1,518 | 45.22% | 1,536 | 45.76% | 246 | 7.33% | 55 | 1.64% | 2 | 0.06% | -18 | -0.54% | 3,357 | BR |
| Carlton | 1,487 | 62.37% | 506 | 21.22% | 333 | 13.97% | 51 | 2.14% | 7 | 0.29% | 981 | 41.15% | 2,384 | CT |
| Carver | 1,739 | 60.03% | 1,101 | 38.00% | 21 | 0.72% | 34 | 1.17% | 2 | 0.07% | 638 | 22.02% | 2,897 | CA |
| Cass | 1,009 | 59.04% | 461 | 26.97% | 197 | 11.53% | 42 | 2.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 548 | 32.07% | 1,709 | CS |
| Chippewa | 1,409 | 58.98% | 799 | 33.44% | 32 | 1.34% | 144 | 6.03% | 5 | 0.21% | 610 | 25.53% | 2,389 | CP |
| Chisago | 2,107 | 79.90% | 408 | 15.47% | 71 | 2.69% | 49 | 1.86% | 2 | 0.08% | 1,699 | 64.43% | 2,637 | CH |
| Clay | 1,857 | 58.69% | 1,125 | 35.56% | 68 | 2.15% | 111 | 3.51% | 3 | 0.09% | 732 | 23.14% | 3,164 | CY |
| Clearwater | 779 | 66.07% | 164 | 13.91% | 185 | 15.69% | 46 | 3.90% | 5 | 0.42% | 594[lower-alpha 1] | 50.38% | 1,179 | CL |
| Cook | 255 | 77.98% | 42 | 12.84% | 19 | 5.81% | 11 | 3.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 213 | 65.14% | 327 | CK |
| Cottonwood | 1,240 | 65.82% | 526 | 27.92% | 19 | 1.01% | 98 | 5.20% | 1 | 0.05% | 714 | 37.90% | 1,884 | CD |
| Crow Wing | 1,681 | 59.42% | 661 | 23.37% | 410 | 14.49% | 72 | 2.55% | 5 | 0.18% | 1,020 | 36.06% | 2,829 | CW |
| Dakota | 2,481 | 55.07% | 1,778 | 39.47% | 108 | 2.40% | 131 | 2.91% | 7 | 0.16% | 703 | 15.60% | 4,505 | DK |
| Dodge | 1,454 | 69.77% | 515 | 24.71% | 19 | 0.91% | 96 | 4.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 939 | 45.06% | 2,084 | DO |
| Douglas | 1,894 | 60.92% | 979 | 31.49% | 70 | 2.25% | 165 | 5.31% | 1 | 0.03% | 915 | 29.43% | 3,109 | DG |
| Faribault | 2,305 | 61.81% | 1,039 | 27.86% | 26 | 0.70% | 357 | 9.57% | 2 | 0.05% | 1,266 | 33.95% | 3,729 | FA |
| Fillmore | 3,259 | 69.85% | 1,153 | 24.71% | 77 | 1.65% | 175 | 3.75% | 2 | 0.04% | 2,106 | 45.14% | 4,666 | FI |
| Freeborn | 2,465 | 61.14% | 976 | 24.21% | 167 | 4.14% | 421 | 10.44% | 3 | 0.07% | 1,489 | 36.93% | 4,032 | FB |
| Goodhue | 4,482 | 74.90% | 1,147 | 19.17% | 198 | 3.31% | 149 | 2.49% | 8 | 0.13% | 3,335 | 55.73% | 5,984 | GH |
| Grant | 1,099 | 70.04% | 376 | 23.96% | 25 | 1.59% | 69 | 4.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 723 | 46.08% | 1,569 | GR |
| Hennepin | 27,787 | 58.73% | 16,169 | 34.17% | 2,273 | 4.80% | 1,016 | 2.15% | 68 | 0.14% | 11,618 | 24.56% | 47,313 | HN |
| Houston | 1,700 | 67.35% | 745 | 29.52% | 11 | 0.44% | 68 | 2.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 955 | 37.84% | 2,524 | HS |
| Hubbard | 1,288 | 69.10% | 401 | 21.51% | 124 | 6.65% | 46 | 2.47% | 5 | 0.27% | 887 | 47.59% | 1,864 | HU |
| Isanti | 1,198 | 58.47% | 466 | 22.74% | 185 | 9.03% | 196 | 9.57% | 4 | 0.20% | 732 | 35.72% | 2,049 | IS |
| Itasca | 1,883 | 63.15% | 684 | 22.94% | 367 | 12.31% | 43 | 1.44% | 5 | 0.17% | 1,199 | 40.21% | 2,982 | IT |
| Jackson | 1,575 | 58.94% | 1,013 | 37.91% | 24 | 0.90% | 58 | 2.17% | 2 | 0.07% | 562 | 21.03% | 2,672 | JK |
| Kanabec | 803 | 69.52% | 242 | 20.95% | 65 | 5.63% | 43 | 3.72% | 2 | 0.17% | 561 | 48.57% | 1,155 | KA |
| Kandiyohi | 2,312 | 63.62% | 947 | 26.06% | 145 | 3.99% | 222 | 6.11% | 8 | 0.22% | 1,365 | 37.56% | 3,634 | KD |
| Kittson | 969 | 62.12% | 499 | 31.99% | 6 | 0.38% | 84 | 5.38% | 2 | 0.13% | 470 | 30.13% | 1,560 | KI |
| Koochiching | 826 | 56.00% | 420 | 28.47% | 188 | 12.75% | 39 | 2.64% | 2 | 0.14% | 406 | 27.53% | 1,475 | KO |
| Lac Qui Parle | 1,894 | 69.17% | 661 | 24.14% | 16 | 0.58% | 167 | 6.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,233 | 45.03% | 2,738 | LQ |
| Lake | 584 | 51.23% | 152 | 13.33% | 362 | 31.75% | 41 | 3.60% | 1 | 0.09% | 222[lower-alpha 1] | 19.47% | 1,140 | LK |
| Le Sueur | 1,819 | 47.86% | 1,699 | 44.70% | 199 | 5.24% | 79 | 2.08% | 5 | 0.13% | 120 | 3.16% | 3,801 | LS |
| Lincoln | 891 | 53.51% | 683 | 41.02% | 27 | 1.62% | 63 | 3.78% | 1 | 0.06% | 208 | 12.49% | 1,665 | LN |
| Lyon | 1,618 | 56.69% | 1,043 | 36.55% | 46 | 1.61% | 146 | 5.12% | 1 | 0.04% | 575 | 20.15% | 2,854 | LY |
| Mahnomen | 265 | 53.64% | 143 | 28.95% | 81 | 16.40% | 5 | 1.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 122 | 24.70% | 494 | MA |
| Marshall | 1,648 | 59.97% | 731 | 26.60% | 177 | 6.44% | 186 | 6.77% | 6 | 0.22% | 917 | 33.37% | 2,748 | MH |
| Martin | 1,922 | 59.05% | 1,054 | 32.38% | 91 | 2.80% | 184 | 5.65% | 4 | 0.12% | 868 | 26.67% | 3,255 | MT |
| McLeod | 1,579 | 49.39% | 1,506 | 47.11% | 35 | 1.09% | 73 | 2.28% | 4 | 0.13% | 73 | 2.28% | 3,197 | MD |
| Meeker | 1,928 | 61.23% | 1,111 | 35.28% | 35 | 1.11% | 74 | 2.35% | 1 | 0.03% | 817 | 25.94% | 3,149 | MK |
| Mille Lacs | 1,119 | 61.96% | 427 | 23.64% | 168 | 9.30% | 91 | 5.04% | 1 | 0.06% | 692 | 38.32% | 1,806 | ML |
| Morrison | 1,936 | 53.30% | 1,513 | 41.66% | 118 | 3.25% | 64 | 1.76% | 1 | 0.03% | 423 | 11.65% | 3,632 | MR |
| Mower | 2,629 | 63.46% | 1,206 | 29.11% | 180 | 4.34% | 124 | 2.99% | 4 | 0.10% | 1,423 | 34.35% | 4,143 | MO |
| Murray | 1,293 | 59.72% | 762 | 35.20% | 33 | 1.52% | 55 | 2.54% | 2 | 0.09% | 531 | 24.53% | 2,165 | MU |
| Nicollet | 1,392 | 59.26% | 832 | 35.42% | 50 | 2.13% | 72 | 3.07% | 3 | 0.13% | 560 | 23.84% | 2,349 | NI |
| Nobles | 1,432 | 56.78% | 925 | 36.68% | 58 | 2.30% | 107 | 4.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 507 | 20.10% | 2,522 | NO |
| Norman | 1,276 | 55.26% | 661 | 28.63% | 177 | 7.67% | 195 | 8.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 615 | 26.63% | 2,309 | NR |
| Olmsted | 2,472 | 58.03% | 1,621 | 38.05% | 16 | 0.38% | 141 | 3.31% | 10 | 0.23% | 851 | 19.98% | 4,260 | OL |
| Otter Tail | 3,964 | 58.07% | 2,320 | 33.99% | 208 | 3.05% | 329 | 4.82% | 5 | 0.07% | 1,644 | 24.08% | 6,826 | OT |
| Pine | 1,548 | 56.46% | 802 | 29.25% | 303 | 11.05% | 85 | 3.10% | 4 | 0.15% | 746 | 27.21% | 2,742 | PN |
| Pipestone | 1,057 | 65.09% | 491 | 30.23% | 27 | 1.66% | 49 | 3.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 566 | 34.85% | 1,624 | PS |
| Polk | 3,311 | 55.20% | 1,928 | 32.14% | 556 | 9.27% | 193 | 3.22% | 10 | 0.17% | 1,383 | 23.06% | 5,998 | PL |
| Pope | 1,794 | 76.86% | 442 | 18.94% | 23 | 0.99% | 75 | 3.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,352 | 57.93% | 2,334 | PO |
| Ramsey | 16,556 | 54.64% | 11,613 | 38.33% | 1,659 | 5.48% | 400 | 1.32% | 72 | 0.24% | 4,943 | 16.31% | 30,300 | RM |
| Red Lake | 1,428 | 53.01% | 856 | 31.77% | 342 | 12.69% | 60 | 2.23% | 8 | 0.30% | 572 | 21.23% | 2,694 | RL |
| Redwood | 1,821 | 59.86% | 1,076 | 35.37% | 54 | 1.78% | 88 | 2.89% | 3 | 0.10% | 745 | 24.49% | 3,042 | RW |
| Renville | 2,275 | 60.22% | 1,364 | 36.10% | 28 | 0.74% | 110 | 2.91% | 1 | 0.03% | 911 | 24.11% | 3,778 | RV |
| Rice | 2,821 | 61.46% | 1,614 | 35.16% | 40 | 0.87% | 111 | 2.42% | 4 | 0.09% | 1,207 | 26.30% | 4,590 | RC |
| Rock | 1,234 | 67.25% | 525 | 28.61% | 17 | 0.93% | 55 | 3.00% | 4 | 0.22% | 709 | 38.64% | 1,835 | RK |
| Roseau | 900 | 50.90% | 444 | 25.11% | 361 | 20.42% | 61 | 3.45% | 2 | 0.11% | 456 | 25.79% | 1,768 | RS |
| Saint Louis | 12,076 | 66.08% | 4,464 | 24.43% | 1,305 | 7.14% | 401 | 2.19% | 28 | 0.15% | 7,612 | 41.65% | 18,274 | SL |
| Scott | 1,045 | 39.29% | 1,548 | 58.20% | 12 | 0.45% | 52 | 1.95% | 3 | 0.11% | -503 | -18.91% | 2,660 | SC |
| Sherburne | 1,002 | 67.84% | 366 | 24.78% | 42 | 2.84% | 67 | 4.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 636 | 43.06% | 1,477 | SB |
| Sibley | 1,623 | 57.92% | 1,110 | 39.61% | 6 | 0.21% | 61 | 2.18% | 2 | 0.07% | 513 | 18.31% | 2,802 | SY |
| Stearns | 2,614 | 38.75% | 3,835 | 56.86% | 159 | 2.36% | 127 | 1.88% | 10 | 0.15% | -1,221 | -18.10% | 6,745 | ST |
| Steele | 1,899 | 57.11% | 1,284 | 38.62% | 38 | 1.14% | 104 | 3.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 615 | 18.50% | 3,325 | SE |
| Stevens | 877 | 57.93% | 582 | 38.44% | 17 | 1.12% | 37 | 2.44% | 1 | 0.07% | 295 | 19.48% | 1,514 | SV |
| Swift | 1,343 | 56.17% | 921 | 38.52% | 41 | 1.71% | 84 | 3.51% | 2 | 0.08% | 422 | 17.65% | 2,391 | SW |
| Todd | 2,334 | 57.37% | 1,305 | 32.08% | 258 | 6.34% | 163 | 4.01% | 8 | 0.20% | 1,029 | 25.29% | 4,068 | TD |
| Traverse | 685 | 54.93% | 514 | 41.22% | 13 | 1.04% | 34 | 2.73% | 1 | 0.08% | 171 | 13.71% | 1,247 | TR |
| Wabasha | 2,150 | 58.36% | 1,416 | 38.44% | 39 | 1.06% | 77 | 2.09% | 2 | 0.05% | 734 | 19.92% | 3,684 | WB |
| Wadena | 991 | 63.57% | 467 | 29.96% | 70 | 4.49% | 29 | 1.86% | 2 | 0.13% | 524 | 33.61% | 1,559 | WD |
| Waseca | 1,455 | 54.99% | 1,085 | 41.01% | 40 | 1.51% | 59 | 2.23% | 7 | 0.26% | 370 | 13.98% | 2,646 | WC |
| Washington | 2,727 | 68.50% | 1,120 | 28.13% | 63 | 1.58% | 68 | 1.71% | 3 | 0.08% | 1,607 | 40.37% | 3,981 | WA |
| Watonwan | 1,411 | 70.44% | 537 | 26.81% | 6 | 0.30% | 45 | 2.25% | 4 | 0.20% | 874 | 43.63% | 2,003 | WW |
| Wilkin | 779 | 53.03% | 614 | 41.80% | 26 | 1.77% | 48 | 3.27% | 2 | 0.14% | 165 | 11.23% | 1,469 | WK |
| Winona | 3,014 | 48.23% | 3,072 | 49.16% | 69 | 1.10% | 85 | 1.36% | 9 | 0.14% | -58 | -0.93% | 6,249 | WN |
| Wright | 2,820 | 63.48% | 1,396 | 31.43% | 37 | 0.83% | 184 | 4.14% | 5 | 0.11% | 1,424 | 32.06% | 4,442 | WR |
| Yellow Medicine | 1,745 | 65.06% | 786 | 29.31% | 19 | 0.71% | 130 | 4.85% | 2 | 0.07% | 959 | 35.76% | 2,682 | YM |
| Totals | 195,843 | 59.11% | 109,401 | 33.02% | 14,527 | 4.38% | 11,106 | 3.35% | 426 | 0.13% | 86,442 | 26.09 | 331,303 | MN |
Close counties
Carried by less than 5% of the county-wide vote:
- Brown, 0.54%
- Winona, 0.93%
- McLeod, 2.28%
- Le Sueur, 3.16%
Statistics
Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Republican):
- Chisago, 79.90%
- Cook, 77.98%
- Pope, 76.86%
- Goodhue, 74.90%
- Watonwan, 70.44%
Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Democratic):
- Scott, 58.20%
- Stearns, 56.86%
- Winona, 49.16%
- McLeod, 47.11%
- Brown, 45.76%
Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Public Ownership):
- Lake, 31.75%
- Roseau, 20.42%
- Mahnomen, 16.40%
- Clearwater, 15.69%
- Crow Wing, 14.49%
Notes
- In this county where Debs ran second ahead of Bryan, margin given is Taft vote minus Debs vote and percentage margin Taft percentage minus Debs percentage.
References
- Schmahl, Julius (1909). The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota of 1909. Harrison & Smith Co. pp. 532–539.
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