1908 United States presidential election in North Dakota
1908 United States presidential election in North Dakota
County Results
Taft 40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
The 1908 United States presidential election in North Dakota took place on November 3, 1908. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
North Dakota voted for the Republican nominee, 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 26.23%.
With 61.02% of the popular vote, North Dakota would be Taft's fourth strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Vermont , Maine and Michigan .[ 1]
Bryan had previously lost North Dakota to Republican William McKinley in both 1896 and 1900 .
Results
Results by county
County[ 3]
William Howard Taft Republican
William Jennings Bryan Democratic
Eugene Victor Debs Socialist
Eugene Wilder Chafin Prohibition
Thomas Louis Hisgen Independence
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Adams
577
70.45%
201
24.54%
21
2.56%
19
2.32%
1
0.12%
376
45.91%
819
Barnes
1,786
62.06%
996
34.61%
35
1.22%
60
2.08%
1
0.03%
790
27.45%
2,878
Benson
1,363
67.81%
553
27.51%
30
1.49%
64
3.18%
0
0.00%
810
40.30%
2,010
Billings
768
73.70%
236
22.65%
21
2.02%
17
1.63%
0
0.00%
532
51.06%
1,042
Bottineau
1,951
59.45%
1,146
34.92%
140
4.27%
44
1.34%
1
0.03%
805
24.53%
3,282
Bowman
451
66.13%
209
30.65%
15
2.20%
7
1.03%
0
0.00%
242
35.48%
682
Burleigh
1,375
65.82%
660
31.59%
37
1.77%
17
0.81%
0
0.00%
715
34.23%
2,089
Cass
3,681
62.53%
2,000
33.97%
94
1.60%
106
1.80%
6
0.10%
1,681
28.55%
5,887
Cavalier
1,528
55.06%
1,190
42.88%
32
1.15%
24
0.86%
1
0.04%
338
12.18%
2,775
Dickey
1,062
60.96%
633
36.34%
30
1.72%
17
0.98%
0
0.00%
429
24.63%
1,742
Dunn
373
68.82%
160
29.52%
8
1.48%
1
0.18%
0
0.00%
213
39.30%
542
Eddy
540
58.00%
368
39.53%
6
0.64%
16
1.72%
1
0.11%
172
18.47%
931
Emmons
951
59.70%
618
38.79%
14
0.88%
10
0.63%
0
0.00%
333
20.90%
1,593
Foster
569
56.00%
434
42.72%
6
0.59%
7
0.69%
0
0.00%
135
13.29%
1,016
Grand Forks
2,740
57.41%
1,750
36.66%
153
3.21%
130
2.72%
0
0.00%
990
20.74%
4,773
Griggs
605
51.84%
493
42.25%
18
1.54%
51
4.37%
0
0.00%
112
9.60%
1,167
Hettinger
568
73.96%
181
23.57%
9
1.17%
10
1.30%
0
0.00%
387
50.39%
768
Kidder
769
72.55%
242
22.83%
26
2.45%
23
2.17%
0
0.00%
527
49.72%
1,060
LaMoure
1,104
64.75%
553
32.43%
19
1.11%
28
1.64%
1
0.06%
551
32.32%
1,705
Logan
711
81.44%
143
16.38%
16
1.83%
3
0.34%
0
0.00%
568
65.06%
873
McHenry
1,772
56.16%
1,296
41.08%
55
1.74%
32
1.01%
0
0.00%
476
15.09%
3,155
McIntosh
927
86.47%
140
13.06%
4
0.37%
1
0.09%
0
0.00%
787
73.41%
1,072
McKenzie
574
68.41%
212
25.27%
46
5.48%
7
0.83%
0
0.00%
362
43.15%
839
McLean
2,273
67.83%
927
27.66%
98
2.92%
51
1.52%
2
0.06%
1,346
40.17%
3,351
Mercer
430
81.13%
96
18.11%
2
0.38%
2
0.38%
0
0.00%
334
63.02%
530
Morton
2,021
67.91%
873
29.33%
67
2.25%
14
0.47%
1
0.03%
1,148
38.58%
2,976
Nelson
1,225
63.80%
616
32.08%
60
3.13%
17
0.89%
2
0.10%
609
31.72%
1,920
Oliver
325
62.50%
179
34.42%
3
0.58%
13
2.50%
0
0.00%
146
28.08%
520
Pembina
1,389
52.55%
1,185
44.84%
17
0.64%
50
1.89%
2
0.08%
204
7.72%
2,643
Pierce
884
57.37%
610
39.58%
28
1.82%
18
1.17%
1
0.06%
274
17.78%
1,541
Ramsey
1,480
55.79%
1,072
40.41%
72
2.71%
27
1.02%
2
0.08%
408
15.38%
2,653
Ransom
1,308
67.53%
581
29.99%
11
0.57%
36
1.86%
1
0.05%
727
37.53%
1,937
Richland
1,864
54.17%
1,502
43.65%
14
0.41%
60
1.74%
1
0.03%
362
10.52%
3,441
Rolette
811
55.32%
529
36.08%
99
6.75%
24
1.64%
3
0.20%
282
19.24%
1,466
Sargent
1,012
61.48%
576
34.99%
38
2.31%
20
1.22%
0
0.00%
436
26.49%
1,646
Stark
922
63.76%
496
34.30%
19
1.31%
7
0.48%
2
0.14%
426
29.46%
1,446
Steele
881
68.72%
366
28.55%
17
1.33%
18
1.40%
0
0.00%
515
40.17%
1,282
Stutsman
1,777
55.67%
1,344
42.11%
24
0.75%
45
1.41%
2
0.06%
433
13.57%
3,192
Towner
867
54.19%
655
40.94%
59
3.69%
18
1.13%
1
0.06%
212
13.25%
1,600
Traill
1,207
66.03%
490
26.81%
33
1.81%
97
5.31%
1
0.05%
717
39.22%
1,828
Walsh
1,751
49.46%
1,641
46.36%
117
3.31%
30
0.85%
1
0.03%
110
3.11%
3,540
Ward
5,286
57.39%
3,163
34.34%
563
6.11%
193
2.10%
5
0.05%
2,123
23.05%
9,210
Wells
1,243
68.07%
535
29.30%
22
1.20%
25
1.37%
1
0.05%
708
38.77%
1,826
Williams
1,979
60.41%
1,034
31.56%
223
6.81%
37
1.13%
3
0.09%
945
28.85%
3,276
Totals
57,680
61.02%
32,884
34.79%
2,421
2.56%
1,496
1.58%
43
0.05%
24,796
26.23%
94,524
See also
References