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1908 United States presidential election in Oklahoma

November 3, 1908 1912 →
  Unsuccessful 1908.jpg William Howard Taft, Bain bw photo portrait, 1908.jpg EugeneVDebs.png
Nominee William Jennings Bryan William Howard Taft Eugene V. Debs
Party Democratic Republican Socialist
Home state Nebraska Ohio Indiana
Running mate John W. Kern James S. Sherman Benjamin Hanford
Electoral vote 7 0 0
Popular vote 122,363 110,474 21,755
Percentage 47.93% 43.27% 8.52%

Oklahoma Presidential Election Results 1908.svg
County Results

President before election

Theodore Roosevelt
Republican

Elected President

William Howard Taft
Republican

The 1908 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 3, 1908. All 46 states were part of the 1908 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. This was the first presidential election Oklahoma participated in, as it had become the 46th state on November 16, 1907.

Democratic Nominee William Jennings Bryan won Oklahoma by a 4.66% margin of victory,[1] establishing Oklahoma as a Democratic stronghold, a position it would hold for several decades. Prior to 1960, it consistently voted Democratic in presidential elections outside of a few Republican landslides. After Lyndon B. Johnson carried the state during his 1964 landslide, it never voted for a Democratic presidential nominee again.[2]

Eugene V. Debs, the Socialist candidate, won 8.52% of the vote, demonstrating the strength of the Socialist movement in Oklahoma at this point in the state's history. Debs would go on to improve this performance in 1912, winning around twice as much of the percentage of the vote in Oklahoma.

This was one of only two elections in which Oklahoma County, home to the city of Oklahoma City, voted for a candidate that lost the state.

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Results

1908 United States presidential election in Oklahoma[3]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic William Jennings Bryan 122,363 47.93% 7
Republican William Howard Taft 110,474 43.27% 0
Socialist Eugene V. Debs 21,755 8.52% 0
Populist Thomas E. Watson 434 0.17% 0
Independence Thomas L. Hisgen 274 0.11% 0
Totals 255,300 100.0% 7

Results by county

County William Jennings Bryan
Democratic
William Howard Taft[4]
Republican
Eugene Victor Debs[5]
Socialist
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Adair 825 50.55% 780 47.79% 26 1.59% 1 0.06% 45 2.76% 1,632
Alfalfa 1,459 43.13% 1,738 51.37% 179 5.29% 7 0.21% -279 -8.25% 3,383
Atoka 784 44.95% 757 43.41% 197 11.30% 6 0.34% 27 1.55% 1,744
Beaver 1,212 43.52% 1,362 48.90% 197 7.07% 14 0.50% -150 -5.39% 2,785
Beckham 1,807 56.68% 866 27.16% 498 15.62% 17 0.53% 941 29.52% 3,188
Blaine 1,317 40.25% 1,598 48.84% 341 10.42% 16 0.49% -281 -8.59% 3,272
Bryan 2,215 59.26% 1,044 27.93% 462 12.36% 17 0.45% 1,171 31.33% 3,738
Caddo 2,964 47.36% 2,860 45.69% 423 6.76% 12 0.19% 104 1.66% 6,259
Canadian 2,124 50.34% 1,931 45.77% 157 3.72% 7 0.17% 193 4.57% 4,219
Carter 2,181 53.46% 1,305 31.99% 587 14.39% 7 0.17% 876 21.47% 4,080
Cherokee 913 45.65% 1,039 51.95% 47 2.35% 1 0.05% -126 -6.30% 2,000
Choctaw 1,038 46.44% 878 39.28% 312 13.96% 7 0.31% 160 7.16% 2,235
Cimarron 449 52.33% 371 43.24% 38 4.43% 0 0.00% 78 9.09% 858
Cleveland 1,437 47.80% 1,092 36.33% 414 13.77% 63 2.10% 345 11.48% 3,006
Coal 906 42.02% 722 33.49% 524 24.30% 4 0.19% 184 8.53% 2,156
Comanche 3,481 54.88% 2,437 38.42% 411 6.48% 14 0.22% 1,044 16.46% 6,343
Craig 1,578 53.75% 1,296 44.14% 56 1.91% 6 0.20% 282 9.60% 2,936
Creek 1,413 40.19% 1,761 50.09% 335 9.53% 7 0.20% -348 -9.90% 3,516
Custer 1,721 47.18% 1,579 43.28% 333 9.13% 15 0.41% 142 3.89% 3,648
Delaware 974 58.92% 625 37.81% 52 3.15% 2 0.12% 349 21.11% 1,653
Dewey 1,075 38.67% 1,210 43.53% 486 17.48% 9 0.32% -135 -4.86% 2,780
Ellis 1,260 43.84% 1,379 47.98% 224 7.79% 11 0.38% -119 -4.14% 2,874
Garfield 2,618 45.09% 2,924 50.36% 254 4.37% 10 0.17% -306 -5.27% 5,806
Garvin 2,390 59.13% 1,290 31.91% 356 8.81% 6 0.15% 1,100 27.21% 4,042
Grady 2,826 61.38% 1,491 32.38% 258 5.60% 29 0.63% 1,335 29.00% 4,604
Grant 1,866 49.35% 1,796 47.50% 105 2.78% 14 0.37% 70 1.85% 3,781
Greer 2,149 63.98% 708 21.08% 472 14.05% 30 0.89% 1,441 42.90% 3,359
Harper 746 40.79% 876 47.90% 201 10.99% 6 0.33% -130 -7.11% 1,829
Haskell 1,401 48.21% 1,139 39.19% 363 12.49% 3 0.10% 262 9.02% 2,906
Hughes 1,649 47.21% 1,459 41.77% 380 10.88% 5 0.14% 190 5.44% 3,493
Jackson 1,897 68.31% 627 22.58% 230 8.28% 23 0.83% 1,270 45.73% 2,777
Jefferson 1,435 61.91% 604 26.06% 270 11.65% 9 0.39% 831 35.85% 2,318
Johnston 1,274 49.57% 693 26.96% 602 23.42% 1 0.04% 581 22.61% 2,570
Kay 2,511 46.41% 2,754 50.91% 138 2.55% 7 0.13% -243 -4.49% 5,410
Kingfisher 1,540 39.68% 2,106 54.26% 226 5.82% 9 0.23% -566 -14.58% 3,881
Kiowa 2,354 55.19% 1,591 37.30% 300 7.03% 20 0.47% 763 17.89% 4,265
Latimer 726 47.08% 616 39.95% 197 12.78% 3 0.19% 110 7.13% 1,542
Le Flore 1,872 48.22% 1,771 45.62% 230 5.92% 9 0.23% 101 2.60% 3,882
Lincoln 3,030 42.76% 3,503 49.44% 534 7.54% 19 0.27% -473 -6.68% 7,086
Logan 2,183 35.38% 3,768 61.07% 203 3.29% 16 0.26% -1,585 -25.69% 6,170
Love 835 55.63% 413 27.51% 253 16.86% 0 0.00% 422 28.11% 1,501
Major 877 31.30% 1,446 51.61% 463 16.52% 16 0.57% -569 -20.31% 2,802
Marshall 842 50.75% 406 24.47% 405 24.41% 6 0.36% 436 26.28% 1,659
Mayes 1,186 52.59% 1,021 45.28% 44 1.95% 4 0.18% 165 7.32% 2,255
McClain 1,234 51.83% 780 32.76% 363 15.25% 4 0.17% 454 19.07% 2,381
McCurtain 565 46.97% 482 40.07% 148 12.30% 8 0.67% 83 6.90% 1,203
McIntosh 1,236 41.34% 1,606 53.71% 141 4.72% 7 0.23% -370 -12.37% 2,990
Murray 1,111 56.28% 574 29.08% 280 14.18% 9 0.46% 537 27.20% 1,974
Muskogee 2,793 42.57% 3,592 54.75% 168 2.56% 8 0.12% -799 -12.18% 6,561
Noble 1,364 45.94% 1,476 49.71% 125 4.21% 4 0.13% -112 -3.77% 2,969
Nowata 909 45.63% 1,020 51.20% 61 3.06% 2 0.10% -111 -5.57% 1,992
Okfuskee 872 33.89% 1,297 50.41% 402 15.62% 2 0.08% -425 -16.52% 2,573
Oklahoma 4,876 45.17% 5,401 50.03% 493 4.57% 25 0.23% -525 -4.86% 10,795
Okmulgee 1,103 39.39% 1,400 50.00% 295 10.54% 2 0.07% -297 -10.61% 2,800
Osage 1,584 48.38% 1,528 46.67% 159 4.86% 3 0.09% 56 1.71% 3,274
Ottawa 1,297 50.55% 1,174 45.75% 93 3.62% 2 0.08% 123 4.79% 2,566
Pawnee 1,500 44.66% 1,556 46.32% 291 8.66% 12 0.36% -56 -1.67% 3,359
Payne 1,980 42.81% 2,244 48.52% 390 8.43% 11 0.24% -264 -5.71% 4,625
Pittsburg 2,891 46.14% 2,735 43.65% 629 10.04% 11 0.18% 156 2.49% 6,266
Pontotoc 1,841 56.09% 860 26.20% 578 17.61% 3 0.09% 981 29.89% 3,282
Pottawatomie 3,551 52.80% 2,609 38.79% 555 8.25% 11 0.16% 942 14.01% 6,726
Pushmataha 625 50.65% 484 39.22% 125 10.13% 0 0.00% 141 11.43% 1,234
Roger Mills 1,168 48.32% 839 34.71% 403 16.67% 7 0.29% 329 13.61% 2,417
Rogers 1,599 55.64% 1,134 39.46% 131 4.56% 10 0.35% 465 16.18% 2,874
Seminole 945 36.78% 1,168 45.47% 452 17.59% 4 0.16% -223 -8.68% 2,569
Sequoyah 1,648 43.19% 2,037 53.38% 131 3.43% 0 0.00% -389 -10.19% 3,816
Stephens 1,761 56.37% 725 23.21% 629 20.13% 9 0.29% 1,036 33.16% 3,124
Texas 1,470 48.48% 1,315 43.37% 239 7.88% 8 0.26% 155 5.11% 3,032
Tillman 1,661 66.02% 732 29.09% 109 4.33% 14 0.56% 929 36.92% 2,516
Tulsa 2,292 49.08% 2,150 46.04% 226 4.84% 2 0.04% 142 3.04% 4,670
Wagoner 1,143 33.38% 2,107 61.54% 167 4.88% 7 0.20% -964 -28.15% 3,424
Washington 1,409 45.94% 1,528 49.82% 123 4.01% 7 0.23% -119 -3.88% 3,067
Washita 1,867 54.82% 1,118 32.82% 409 12.01% 12 0.35% 749 21.99% 3,406
Woods 1,420 43.43% 1,557 47.61% 286 8.75% 7 0.21% -137 -4.19% 3,270
Woodward 1,308 39.61% 1,614 48.88% 371 11.24% 9 0.27% -306 -9.27% 3,302
Totals 122,363 47.93% 110,474 43.27% 21,755 8.52% 708 0.28% 11,889 4.66% 255,300

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Adair County, Oklahoma

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Adair County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 22,286. Its county seat is Stilwell. Adair County was named after the Adair family of the Cherokee tribe. One source says that the county was specifically named for Watt Adair, one of the first Cherokees to settle in the area.

Alfalfa County, Oklahoma

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Alfalfa County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 5,642. The county seat is Cherokee.

Atoka County, Oklahoma

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Atoka County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,007. Its county seat is Atoka. The county was formed before statehood from Choctaw Lands, and its name honors a Choctaw Chief named Atoka.

Beaver County, Oklahoma

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Beaver County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 5,636. The county seat is Beaver. The name was given because of the presence of many beaver dams on the Beaver River, which runs through the area. It is located in the Oklahoma Panhandle.

Beckham County, Oklahoma

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Beckham County is a county located on the western border of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 22,119. Its county seat is Sayre. Founded upon statehood in 1907, Beckham County was named for J. C. W. Beckham, who was Governor of Kentucky and the first popularly elected member of the United States Senate from Kentucky. Beckham County comprises the Elk City, OK Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Blaine County, Oklahoma

Blaine County, Oklahoma

Blaine County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,735. Its county seat is Watonga. Part of the Cheyenne-Arapaho land opening in 1892, the county had gained rail lines by the early 1900s and highways by the 1930s. The county was named for James G. Blaine, an American politician who was the Republican presidential candidate in 1884 and Secretary of State under President Benjamin Harrison.

Bryan County, Oklahoma

Bryan County, Oklahoma

Bryan County is a county in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 42,416. Its county seat is Durant. It is the only county in the United States named for Democratic politician William Jennings Bryan.

Caddo County, Oklahoma

Caddo County, Oklahoma

Caddo County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 29,600. Its county seat is Anadarko. Created in 1901 as part of Oklahoma Territory, the county is named for the Caddo tribe who were settled here on a reservation in the 1870s. Caddo County is immediately west of the seven-county Greater Oklahoma City metro area, and although is not officially in the metro area, it has many economic ties in this region.

Canadian County, Oklahoma

Canadian County, Oklahoma

Canadian County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 154,405, making it the fifth most populous county in Oklahoma. Its county seat is El Reno.

Carter County, Oklahoma

Carter County, Oklahoma

Carter County is a county in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 47,557. Its county seat is Ardmore. The county was named for Captain Ben W. Carter, a Cherokee who lived among the Chickasaw.

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References
  1. ^ "1908 Presidential General Election Results - Oklahoma". uselectionatlas.org.
  2. ^ Gust, Steve (October 6, 2012). "Oklahoma student who attended Democratic National Convention anticipates lifetime in politics". The Oklahoman. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  3. ^ "Bryan's Plurality 13,375". The Shawnee News - Shawnee, OK. November 16, 1908. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
  4. ^ Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote; 1896-1932 (second edition); pp. 226-227 Published 1947 by Stanford University Press
  5. ^ "1908 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)". Géoelections.


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