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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.
Iowa voted for the Republican nominees, Secretary of War William Howard TaftofOhio and his running mate James S. ShermanofNew York. They defeated the Democratic nominees, former U.S. RepresentativeofNebraska William Jennings Bryan and his running mate John W. KernofIndiana. Taft won the state by a margin of 15.04%.
Bryan had previously lost Iowa to William McKinley in both 1896 and 1900.
1908 United States presidential election in Iowa[1] | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
Count | % | Count | % | |||||
Republican | William Howard TaftofOhio | James Schoolcraft ShermanofNew York | 275,209 | 55.62% | 13 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic | William Jennings BryanofNebraska | John Worth KernofIndiana | 200,771 | 40.582% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Prohibition | Eugene Wilder ChafinofIllinois | Aaron Sherman WatkinsofOhio | 9,837 | 1.99% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Socialist | Eugene Victor DebsofIndiana | Benjamin HanfordofNew York | 8,287 | 1.67% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Independence | Thomas Louis HisgenofMassachusetts | John Temple GravesofGeorgia | 404 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Populist | Thomas Edward WatsonofGeorgia | Samuel Wardell WilliamsofIndiana | 261 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Total | 494,769 | 100.00% | 13 | 100.00% |
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 | ||||||
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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 |
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