See main article: 1908 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1908 United States presidential election in Alabama |
| Country: | Alabama |
| Flag Year: | 1895 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1904 United States presidential election in Alabama |
| Previous Year: | 1904 |
| Next Election: | 1912 United States presidential election in Alabama |
| Next Year: | 1912 |
| Election Date: | November 3, 1908 |
| Image1: | Unsuccessful 1908.jpg |
| Nominee1: | William Jennings Bryan |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | Nebraska |
| Running Mate1: | John W. Kern |
| Electoral Vote1: | 11 |
| Popular Vote1: | 74,374 |
| Percentage1: | 70.88% |
| Nominee2: | William Howard Taft |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Ohio |
| Running Mate2: | James S. Sherman |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 25,372 |
| Percentage2: | 24.18% |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | William Howard Taft |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1908 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 3, 1908. All contemporary 46 states were part of the 1908 United States presidential election. Alabama voters chose eleven electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Alabama was won by the Democratic nominees, former Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate John W. Kern of Indiana. They defeated the Republican candidates, United States Secretary of War William Howard Taft of Ohio and his running mate James S. Sherman of New York. Bryan won the state by a margin of 46.7%.
With 70.88% of the popular vote, Alabama would prove to be Bryan's fifth strongest state in the 1908 presidential election after South Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.[1]
Bryan had previously defeated William McKinley in Alabama in both 1896 and 1900.
| 1908 United States presidential election in Alabama[2] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 74,374 | 70.88% | 11 | ||
| Republican | William Howard Taft | 25,372 | 24.18% | 0 | ||
| Populist | Thomas E. Watson | 1,575 | 1.50% | 0 | ||
| Social Democratic | Eugene V. Debs | 1,450 | 1.38% | 0 | ||
| Republican | Davidson Faction | 987 | 0.94% | 0 | ||
| Prohibition | Eugene W. Chafin | 677 | 0.65% | 0 | ||
| Independence | Thomas L. Hisgen | 497 | 0.47% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 104,932 | 100.00% | 11 | |||
| Voter turnout | — | |||||
| County | William J. Bryan Democratic | William H. Taft Republican | Thomas E. Watson Populist | Eugene V. Debs Social Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Autauga | 655 | 87.10% | 97 | 12.90% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 558 | 74.20% | 752 | ||||||||||||||
| Baldwin | 439 | 68.70% | 109 | 17.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 63 | 9.86% | 28 | 4.38% | 330 | 51.64% | 639 | ||||||||||||||
| Barbour | 1,303 | 92.81% | 43 | 3.06% | 34 | 2.42% | 6 | 0.43% | 18 | 1.28% | 1,260 | 89.74% | 1,404 | ||||||||||||||
| Bibb | 670 | 72.98% | 139 | 15.14% | 16 | 1.74% | 77 | 8.39% | 16 | 1.74% | 531 | 57.84% | 918 | ||||||||||||||
| Blount | 1,133 | 52.80% | 973 | 45.34% | 23 | 1.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 17 | 0.79% | 160 | 7.46% | 2,146 | ||||||||||||||
| Bullock | 782 | 98.74% | 10 | 1.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 772 | 97.47% | 792 | ||||||||||||||
| Butler | 727 | 80.42% | 137 | 15.15% | 19 | 2.10% | 9 | 1.00% | 12 | 1.33% | 590 | 65.27% | 904 | ||||||||||||||
| Calhoun | 1,438 | 67.80% | 570 | 26.87% | 27 | 1.27% | 9 | 0.42% | 77 | 3.63% | 868 | 40.92% | 2,121 | ||||||||||||||
| Chambers | 1,025 | 92.84% | 50 | 4.53% | 15 | 1.36% | 9 | 0.82% | 5 | 0.45% | 975 | 88.32% | 1,104 | ||||||||||||||
| Cherokee | 712 | 50.42% | 602 | 42.63% | 24 | 1.70% | 48 | 3.40% | 26 | 1.84% | 110 | 7.79% | 1,412 | ||||||||||||||
| Chilton | 656 | 40.44% | 890 | 54.87% | 37 | 2.28% | 26 | 1.60% | 13 | 0.80% | −234 | −14.43% | 1,622 | ||||||||||||||
| Choctaw | 590 | 89.26% | 44 | 6.66% | 9 | 1.36% | 9 | 1.36% | 9 | 1.36% | 546 | 82.60% | 661 | ||||||||||||||
| Clarke | 1,169 | 94.20% | 56 | 4.51% | 5 | 0.40% | 4 | 0.32% | 7 | 0.56% | 1,113 | 89.69% | 1,241 | ||||||||||||||
| Clay | 863 | 57.76% | 594 | 39.76% | 26 | 1.74% | 2 | 0.13% | 9 | 0.60% | 269 | 18.01% | 1,494 | ||||||||||||||
| Cleburne | 278 | 38.83% | 357 | 49.86% | 2 | 0.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 79 | 11.03% | −79 | −11.03% | 716 | ||||||||||||||
| Coffee | 1,305 | 69.19% | 341 | 18.08% | 195 | 10.34% | 13 | 0.69% | 32 | 1.70% | 964 | 51.11% | 1,886 | ||||||||||||||
| Colbert | 849 | 67.06% | 353 | 27.88% | 0 | 0.00% | 46 | 3.63% | 18 | 1.42% | 496 | 39.18% | 1,266 | ||||||||||||||
| Conecuh | 651 | 81.78% | 111 | 13.94% | 11 | 1.38% | 10 | 1.26% | 13 | 1.63% | 540 | 67.84% | 796 | ||||||||||||||
| Coosa | 717 | 57.64% | 447 | 35.93% | 7 | 0.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 73 | 5.87% | 270 | 21.70% | 1,244 | ||||||||||||||
| Covington | 1,054 | 70.88% | 315 | 21.18% | 74 | 4.98% | 17 | 1.14% | 27 | 1.82% | 739 | 49.70% | 1,487 | ||||||||||||||
| Crenshaw | 1,100 | 74.07% | 311 | 20.94% | 38 | 2.56% | 15 | 1.01% | 21 | 1.41% | 789 | 53.13% | 1,485 | ||||||||||||||
| Cullman | 1,239 | 42.68% | 1,521 | 52.39% | 52 | 1.79% | 11 | 0.38% | 80 | 2.76% | −282 | −9.71% | 2,903 | ||||||||||||||
| Dale | 921 | 69.61% | 346 | 26.15% | 30 | 2.27% | 4 | 0.30% | 22 | 1.66% | 575 | 43.46% | 1,323 | ||||||||||||||
| Dallas | 1,420 | 97.06% | 28 | 1.91% | 4 | 0.27% | 4 | 0.27% | 7 | 0.48% | 1,392 | 95.15% | 1,463 | ||||||||||||||
| DeKalb | 1,395 | 54.58% | 1,103 | 43.15% | 18 | 0.70% | 13 | 0.51% | 27 | 1.06% | 292 | 11.42% | 2,556 | ||||||||||||||
| Elmore | 1,063 | 86.49% | 138 | 11.23% | 6 | 0.49% | 4 | 0.33% | 18 | 1.46% | 925 | 75.26% | 1,229 | ||||||||||||||
| Escambia | 641 | 80.93% | 113 | 14.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 25 | 3.16% | 13 | 1.64% | 528 | 66.67% | 792 | ||||||||||||||
| Etowah | 1,309 | 54.29% | 996 | 41.31% | 17 | 0.71% | 44 | 1.82% | 45 | 1.87% | 313 | 12.98% | 2,411 | ||||||||||||||
| Fayette | 731 | 47.22% | 678 | 43.80% | 45 | 2.91% | 59 | 3.81% | 35 | 2.26% | 53 | 3.42% | 1,548 | ||||||||||||||
| Franklin | 650 | 47.69% | 652 | 47.84% | 10 | 0.73% | 42 | 3.08% | 9 | 0.66% | −2 | −0.15% | 1,363 | ||||||||||||||
| Geneva | 854 | 56.15% | 500 | 32.87% | 126 | 8.28% | 4 | 0.26% | 37 | 2.43% | 354 | 23.27% | 1,521 | ||||||||||||||
| Greene | 423 | 96.36% | 12 | 2.73% | 4 | 0.91% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 411 | 93.62% | 439 | ||||||||||||||
| Hale | 714 | 97.81% | 13 | 1.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.14% | 2 | 0.27% | 701 | 96.03% | 730 | ||||||||||||||
| Henry | 723 | 81.24% | 79 | 8.88% | 72 | 8.09% | 8 | 0.90% | 8 | 0.90% | 644 | 72.36% | 890 | ||||||||||||||
| Houston | 965 | 66.23% | 423 | 29.03% | 28 | 1.92% | 10 | 0.69% | 31 | 2.13% | 542 | 37.20% | 1,457 | ||||||||||||||
| Jackson | 1,404 | 71.52% | 469 | 23.89% | 26 | 1.32% | 3 | 0.15% | 61 | 3.11% | 935 | 47.63% | 1,963 | ||||||||||||||
| Jefferson | 7,803 | 72.88% | 2,182 | 20.38% | 28 | 0.26% | 367 | 3.43% | 327 | 3.05% | 5,621 | 52.50% | 10,707 | ||||||||||||||
| Lamar | 839 | 83.07% | 160 | 15.84% | 2 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 9 | 0.89% | 679 | 67.23% | 1,010 | ||||||||||||||
| Lauderdale | 1,177 | 71.90% | 427 | 26.08% | 4 | 0.24% | 14 | 0.86% | 15 | 0.92% | 750 | 45.82% | 1,637 | ||||||||||||||
| Lawrence | 602 | 60.93% | 344 | 34.82% | 17 | 1.72% | 14 | 1.42% | 11 | 1.11% | 258 | 26.11% | 988 | ||||||||||||||
| Lee | 1,126 | 88.38% | 64 | 5.02% | 7 | 0.55% | 51 | 4.00% | 26 | 2.04% | 1,062 | 83.36% | 1,274 | ||||||||||||||
| Limestone | 1,188 | 81.76% | 238 | 16.38% | 2 | 0.14% | 6 | 0.41% | 19 | 1.31% | 950 | 65.38% | 1,453 | ||||||||||||||
| Lowndes | 633 | 94.20% | 36 | 5.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.45% | 597 | 88.84% | 672 | ||||||||||||||
| Macon | 482 | 91.12% | 38 | 7.18% | 5 | 0.95% | 4 | 0.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 444 | 83.93% | 529 | ||||||||||||||
| Madison | 2,168 | 87.10% | 277 | 11.13% | 1 | 0.04% | 17 | 0.68% | 26 | 1.04% | 1,891 | 75.97% | 2,489 | ||||||||||||||
| Marengo | 1,333 | 93.15% | 78 | 5.45% | 20 | 1.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,255 | 87.70% | 1,431 | ||||||||||||||
| Marion | 1,100 | 64.71% | 589 | 34.65% | 1 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.12% | 8 | 0.47% | 511 | 30.06% | 1,700 | ||||||||||||||
| Marshall | 1,313 | 56.09% | 923 | 39.43% | 52 | 2.22% | 9 | 0.38% | 44 | 1.88% | 390 | 16.66% | 2,341 | ||||||||||||||
| Mobile | 2,422 | 75.03% | 453 | 14.03% | 8 | 0.25% | 53 | 1.64% | 292 | 9.05% | 1,969 | 61.00% | 3,228 | ||||||||||||||
| Monroe | 856 | 96.61% | 18 | 2.03% | 5 | 0.56% | 1 | 0.11% | 6 | 0.68% | 838 | 94.58% | 886 | ||||||||||||||
| Montgomery | 2,621 | 96.54% | 79 | 2.91% | 1 | 0.04% | 9 | 0.33% | 5 | 0.18% | 2,542 | 93.63% | 2,715 | ||||||||||||||
| Morgan | 1,548 | 70.01% | 497 | 22.48% | 21 | 0.95% | 92 | 4.16% | 53 | 2.40% | 1,051 | 47.54% | 2,211 | ||||||||||||||
| Perry | 776 | 97.98% | 12 | 1.52% | 4 | 0.51% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 764 | 96.46% | 792 | ||||||||||||||
| Pickens | 816 | 85.36% | 69 | 7.22% | 23 | 2.41% | 19 | 1.99% | 29 | 3.03% | 747 | 78.14% | 956 | ||||||||||||||
| Pike | 1,507 | 96.29% | 39 | 2.49% | 15 | 0.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.26% | 1,468 | 93.80% | 1,565 | ||||||||||||||
| Randolph | 799 | 66.20% | 395 | 32.73% | 0 | 0.00% | 5 | 0.41% | 8 | 0.66% | 404 | 33.47% | 1,207 | ||||||||||||||
| Russell | 516 | 91.01% | 32 | 5.64% | 2 | 0.35% | 15 | 2.65% | 2 | 0.35% | 484 | 85.36% | 567 | ||||||||||||||
| Shelby | 1,011 | 40.57% | 1,231 | 49.40% | 212 | 8.51% | 23 | 0.92% | 15 | 0.60% | −220 | −8.83% | 2,492 | ||||||||||||||
| St. Clair | 820 | 45.71% | 782 | 43.59% | 108 | 6.02% | 6 | 0.33% | 78 | 4.35% | 38 | 2.12% | 1,794 | ||||||||||||||
| Sumter | 719 | 98.76% | 3 | 0.41% | 3 | 0.41% | 1 | 0.14% | 2 | 0.27% | 716 | 98.35% | 728 | ||||||||||||||
| Talladega | 1,010 | 72.61% | 351 | 25.23% | 10 | 0.72% | 2 | 0.14% | 18 | 1.29% | 659 | 47.38% | 1,391 | ||||||||||||||
| Tallapoosa | 1,343 | 81.59% | 104 | 6.32% | 6 | 0.36% | 8 | 0.49% | 185 | 11.24% | 1,239 | 75.27% | 1,646 | ||||||||||||||
| Tuscaloosa | 1,729 | 85.05% | 162 | 7.97% | 7 | 0.34% | 76 | 3.74% | 59 | 2.90% | 1,567 | 77.08% | 2,033 | ||||||||||||||
| Walker | 1,632 | 53.32% | 1,367 | 44.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 43 | 1.40% | 19 | 0.62% | 265 | 8.66% | 3,061 | ||||||||||||||
| Washington | 464 | 87.22% | 40 | 7.52% | 2 | 0.38% | 10 | 1.88% | 16 | 3.01% | 424 | 79.70% | 532 | ||||||||||||||
| Wilcox | 1,027 | 99.81% | 2 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,025 | 99.61% | 1,029 | ||||||||||||||
| Winston | 443 | 31.55% | 949 | 67.59% | 10 | 0.71% | 2 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | −506 | −36.04% | 1,404 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 74,391 | 70.75% | 25,561 | 24.31% | 1,576 | 1.50% | 1,444 | 1.37% | 2,174 | 2.07% | 48,830 | 46.44% | 105,146 | ||||||||||||||
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