1908 United States presidential election in Minnesota
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The 1908 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 3, 1908 as part of the 1908 United States presidential election. Minnesota voters chose 11 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
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.
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] | |||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | ||
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[a] | 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[a] | 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%
See also[]
- United States presidential elections in Minnesota
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ Schmahl, Julius (1909). The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota of 1909. Harrison & Smith Co. pp. 532–539.
- 1908 United States presidential election by state
- United States presidential elections in Minnesota
- 1908 Minnesota elections