1908_United_States_presidential_election_in_Iowa

1908 United States presidential election in Iowa
Taft 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%	Bryan 40-50% 50-60%
President before election; Theodore Roosevelt; Republican	Elected President ; William Howard Taft; Republican

1908 United States presidential election in Iowa

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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.

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Iowa voted for the Republican nominees, Secretary of War William Howard Taft of Ohio and his running mate James S. Sherman of New York. They defeated the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative of Nebraska William Jennings Bryan and his running mate John W. Kern of Indiana. Taft won the state by a margin of 15.04%.

Bryan had previously lost Iowa to William McKinley in both 1896 and 1900.

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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
County^[2]	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	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

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[results-1] [1]
"1908 Presidential General Election Results - Iowa". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.

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Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1908 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)

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1908 United States presidential election in Iowa^[1]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
Party		Candidate	Running mate	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%

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1908 United States presidential election in Iowa

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