1908 United States presidential election in Missouri explained

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Election Name:	1908 United States presidential election in Missouri
Country:	Missouri
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1904 United States presidential election in Missouri
Previous Year:	1904
Next Election:	1912 United States presidential election in Missouri
Next Year:	1912
Election Date:	November 3, 1908
Image1:	William Howard Taft, Bain bw photo portrait, 1908.jpg
Nominee1:	William Howard Taft
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:	Ohio
Running Mate1:	James S. Sherman
Electoral Vote1:	18
Popular Vote1:	347,203
Percentage1:	48.50%
Nominee2:	William Jennings Bryan
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	Nebraska
Running Mate2:	John W. Kern
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	346,574
Percentage2:	48.41%
Map Size:	340px
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 Missouri took place on November 3, 1908, as part of the 1908 United States presidential election. Voters chose 18 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Missouri was very narrowly won by Secretary of War William Howard Taft (R–Ohio), running with James S. Sherman, with 48.50% of the popular vote, against former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan (D–Nebraska), running with John W. Kern, with 48.41% of the popular vote.^[1] Taft won the state by a narrow margin of 0.09%.

Bryan had previously won Missouri against William McKinley in both 1896 and 1900.

Results

Results by county

1908 United States presidential election in Missouri by county^[2]
County	Republican		Democratic		Socialist		Prohibition		Populist				Margin
	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"			data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%
	Adair		2,514		51.38%		1,992		40.71%		270		5.52%		75		1.53%		15		0.31%		27		0.55%		522		10.67%		4,893
	Andrew		2,169		54.09%		1,782		44.44%		15		0.37%		31		0.77%		6		0.15%		7		0.17%		387		9.65%		4,010
	Atchison		1,700		49.66%		1,651		48.23%		18		0.53%		48		1.40%		4		0.12%		2		0.06%		49		1.43%		3,423
	Audrain		1,733		33.61%		3,350		64.97%		15		0.29%		31		0.60%		21		0.41%		6		0.12%		-1,617		-31.36%		5,156
	Barry		2,526		49.62%		2,383		46.81%		138		2.71%		34		0.67%		4		0.08%		6		0.12%		143		2.81%		5,091
	Barton		1,673		43.36%		1,913		49.59%		192		4.98%		55		1.43%		4		0.10%		21		0.54%		-240		-6.22%		3,858
	Bates		2,754		44.07%		3,248		51.98%		83		1.33%		119		1.90%		25		0.40%		20		0.32%		-494		-7.91%		6,249
	Benton		1,924		59.09%		1,280		39.31%		19		0.58%		18		0.55%		12		0.37%		3		0.09%		644		19.78%		3,256
	Bollinger		1,593		50.30%		1,517		47.90%		27		0.85%		25		0.79%		1		0.03%		4		0.13%		76		2.40%		3,167
	Boone		2,149		29.63%		5,041		69.49%		28		0.39%		19		0.26%		15		0.21%		2		0.03%		-2,892		-39.87%		7,254
	Buchanan		8,394		45.34%		9,836		53.13%		167		0.90%		103		0.56%		4		0.02%		9		0.05%		-1,442		-7.79%		18,513
	Butler		2,186		51.22%		1,893		44.35%		145		3.40%		27		0.63%		6		0.14%		11		0.26%		293		6.87%		4,268
	Caldwell		2,161		57.55%		1,540		41.01%		4		0.11%		25		0.67%		18		0.48%		7		0.19%		621		16.54%		3,755
	Callaway		1,911		32.69%		3,878		66.35%		13		0.22%		39		0.67%		2		0.03%		2		0.03%		-1,967		-33.65%		5,845
	Camden		1,446		58.90%		955		38.90%		33		1.34%		12		0.49%		6		0.24%		3		0.12%		491		20.00%		2,455
			3,381		55.51%		2,621		43.03%		28		0.46%		42		0.69%		10		0.16%		9		0.15%		760		12.48%		6,091
	Carroll		3,015		51.55%		2,753		47.07%		31		0.53%		38		0.65%		8		0.14%		4		0.07%		262		4.48%		5,849
	Carter		507		43.63%		591		50.86%		57		4.91%		3		0.26%		3		0.26%		1		0.09%		-84		-7.23%		1,162
	Cass		2,193		39.84%		3,143		57.10%		108		1.96%		49		0.89%		4		0.07%		7		0.13%		-950		-17.26%		5,504
	Cedar		1,933		54.87%		1,483		42.09%		60		1.70%		26		0.74%		15		0.43%		6		0.17%		450		12.77%		3,523
	Chariton		2,249		39.78%		3,352		59.30%		12		0.21%		20		0.35%		16		0.28%		4		0.07%		-1,103		-19.51%		5,653
	Christian		1,871		61.08%		956		31.21%		146		4.77%		62		2.02%		19		0.62%		9		0.29%		915		29.87%		3,063
	Clark		1,741		49.52%		1,737		49.40%		5		0.14%		32		0.91%		0		0.00%		1		0.03%		4		0.11%		3,516
	Clay		1,166		24.63%		3,513		74.19%		25		0.53%		19		0.40%		11		0.23%		1		0.02%		-2,347		-49.57%		4,735
	Clinton		1,578		42.90%		2,075		56.42%		1		0.03%		19		0.52%		3		0.08%		2		0.05%		-497		-13.51%		3,678
	Cole		2,402		48.58%		2,494		50.44%		28		0.57%		14		0.28%		2		0.04%		4		0.08%		-92		-1.86%		4,944
	Cooper		2,679		50.73%		2,555		48.38%		9		0.17%		12		0.23%		16		0.30%		10		0.19%		124		2.35%		5,281
	Crawford		1,752		56.77%		1,260		40.83%		52		1.69%		17		0.55%		2		0.06%		3		0.10%		492		15.94%		3,086
	Dade		1,946		56.05%		1,441		41.50%		41		1.18%		30		0.86%		11		0.32%		3		0.09%		505		14.54%		3,472
	Dallas		1,609		61.96%		955		36.77%		10		0.39%		3		0.12%		17		0.65%		3		0.12%		654		25.18%		2,597
	Daviess		2,388		50.14%		2,294		48.16%		8		0.17%		52		1.09%		18		0.38%		3		0.06%		94		1.97%		4,763
	De Kalb		1,703		50.53%		1,632		48.43%		3		0.09%		28		0.83%		3		0.09%		1		0.03%		71		2.11%		3,370
	Dent		1,290		48.44%		1,330		49.94%		33		1.24%		4		0.15%		4		0.15%		2		0.08%		-40		-1.50%		2,663
	Douglas		1,922		64.84%		699		23.58%		281		9.48%		17		0.57%		35		1.18%		10		0.34%		1,223		41.26%		2,964
	Dunklin		1,638		35.17%		2,734		58.69%		259		5.56%		21		0.45%		3		0.06%		3		0.06%		-1,096		-23.53%		4,658
	Franklin		4,049		60.91%		2,423		36.45%		121		1.82%		31		0.47%		4		0.06%		19		0.29%		1,626		24.46%		6,647
	Gasconade		2,220		80.35%		509		18.42%		13		0.47%		10		0.36%		6		0.22%		5		0.18%		1,711		61.93%		2,763
	Gentry		1,882		44.75%		2,236		53.16%		24		0.57%		52		1.24%		11		0.26%		1		0.02%		-354		-8.42%		4,206
	Greene		6,439		49.81%		5,830		45.10%		453		3.50%		143		1.11%		49		0.38%		14		0.11%		609		4.71%		12,928
	Grundy		2,407		62.71%		1,359		35.41%		12		0.31%		43		1.12%		14		0.36%		3		0.08%		1,048		27.31%		3,838
	Harrison		2,842		58.41%		1,938		39.83%		15		0.31%		50		1.03%		12		0.25%		9		0.18%		904		18.58%		4,866
	Henry		2,854		43.30%		3,577		54.27%		61		0.93%		90		1.37%		6		0.09%		3		0.05%		-723		-10.97%		6,591
	Hickory		1,182		65.52%		561		31.10%		32		1.77%		12		0.67%		13		0.72%		4		0.22%		621		34.42%		1,804
	Holt		2,246		57.62%		1,596		40.94%		14		0.36%		28		0.72%		7		0.18%		7		0.18%		650		16.68%		3,898
	Howard		1,141		28.15%		2,884		71.16%		7		0.17%		13		0.32%		6		0.15%		2		0.05%		-1,743		-43.01%		4,053
	Howell		2,164		51.09%		1,827		43.13%		204		4.82%		23		0.54%		3		0.07%		15		0.35%		337		7.96%		4,236
	Iron		828		46.60%		931		52.39%		6		0.34%		8		0.45%		4		0.23%		0		0.00%		-103		-5.80%		1,777
	Jackson		26,998		45.18%		31,461		52.65%		904		1.51%		248		0.41%		46		0.08%		103		0.17%		-4,463		-7.47%		59,760
	Jasper		9,143		49.02%		8,130		43.59%		1,026		5.50%		251		1.35%		18		0.10%		84		0.45%		1,013		5.43%		18,652
	Jefferson		3,050		52.00%		2,698		46.00%		65		1.11%		19		0.32%		25		0.43%		8		0.14%		352		6.00%		5,865
	Johnson		2,997		45.44%		3,483		52.81%		69		1.05%		31		0.47%		9		0.14%		6		0.09%		-486		-7.37%		6,595
	Knox		1,339		43.72%		1,652		53.93%		25		0.82%		35		1.14%		3		0.10%		9		0.29%		-313		-10.22%		3,063
	Laclede		1,902		51.94%		1,681		45.90%		49		1.34%		14		0.38%		9		0.25%		7		0.19%		221		6.03%		3,662
	Lafayette		3,771		48.57%		3,865		49.78%		98		1.26%		25		0.32%		5		0.06%		0		0.00%		-94		-1.21%		7,764
	Lawrence		3,028		50.87%		2,532		42.54%		301		5.06%		55		0.92%		8		0.13%		28		0.47%		496		8.33%		5,952
	Lewis		1,473		36.89%		2,439		61.08%		20		0.50%		38		0.95%		17		0.43%		6		0.15%		-966		-24.19%		3,993
	Lincoln		1,620		38.51%		2,555		60.73%		6		0.14%		17		0.40%		5		0.12%		4		0.10%		-935		-22.22%		4,207
	Linn		2,974		48.66%		3,000		49.08%		77		1.26%		40		0.65%		17		0.28%		4		0.07%		-26		-0.43%		6,112
	Livingston		2,400		48.92%		2,379		48.49%		42		0.86%		24		0.49%		55		1.12%		6		0.12%		21		0.43%		4,906
	Macon		3,542		45.86%		3,919		50.74%		172		2.23%		59		0.76%		15		0.19%		17		0.22%		-377		-4.88%		7,724
	Madison		1,248		47.29%		1,321		50.06%		49		1.86%		17		0.64%		2		0.08%		2		0.08%		-73		-2.77%		2,639
	Maries		703		34.66%		1,309		64.55%		5		0.25%		10		0.49%		0		0.00%		1		0.05%		-606		-29.88%		2,028
	Marion		2,554		37.71%		3,982		58.80%		149		2.20%		70		1.03%		8		0.12%		9		0.13%		-1,428		-21.09%		6,772
	McDonald		1,333		48.49%		1,306		47.51%		80		2.91%		28		1.02%		0		0.00%		2		0.07%		27		0.98%		2,749
	Mercer		1,909		68.13%		852		30.41%		9		0.32%		26		0.93%		5		0.18%		1		0.04%		1,057		37.72%		2,802
	Miller		2,016		57.47%		1,393		39.71%		62		1.77%		15		0.43%		18		0.51%		4		0.11%		623		17.76%		3,508
	Mississippi		1,320		44.75%		1,589		53.86%		12		0.41%		18		0.61%		1		0.03%		10		0.34%		-269		-9.12%		2,950
	Moniteau		1,691		47.63%		1,763		49.66%		30		0.85%		35		0.99%		28		0.79%		3		0.08%		-72		-2.03%		3,550
	Monroe		871		18.61%		3,772		80.58%		14		0.30%		9		0.19%		12		0.26%		3		0.06%		-2,901		-61.97%		4,681
	Montgomery		2,038		48.76%		2,073		49.59%		11		0.26%		42		1.00%		11		0.26%		5		0.12%		-35		-0.84%		4,180
	Morgan		1,663		55.30%		1,315		43.73%		11		0.37%		11		0.37%		7		0.23%		0		0.00%		348		11.57%		3,007
			1,436		42.55%		1,824		54.04%		72		2.13%		17		0.50%		1		0.03%		25		0.74%		-388		-11.50%		3,375
	Newton		2,620		44.99%		2,725		46.80%		280		4.81%		158		2.71%		11		0.19%		29		0.50%		-105		-1.80%		5,823
	Nodaway		3,592		49.12%		3,595		49.16%		52		0.71%		45		0.62%		20		0.27%		9		0.12%		-3		-0.04%		7,313
	Oregon		729		30.31%		1,550		64.45%		119		4.95%		2		0.08%		2		0.08%		3		0.12%		-821		-34.14%		2,405
	Osage		1,820		55.24%		1,439		43.67%		4		0.12%		29		0.88%		0		0.00%		3		0.09%		381		11.56%		3,295
	Ozark		1,233		65.76%		594		31.68%		40		2.13%		3		0.16%		4		0.21%		1		0.05%		639		34.08%		1,875
	Pemiscot		1,390		43.93%		1,725		54.52%		39		1.23%		6		0.19%		1		0.03%		3		0.09%		-335		-10.59%		3,164
	Perry		1,775		52.53%		1,569		46.43%		1		0.03%		28		0.83%		2		0.06%		4		0.12%		206		6.10%		3,379
	Pettis		3,983		49.39%		3,791		47.01%		195		2.42%		86		1.07%		2		0.02%		7		0.09%		192		2.38%		8,064
	Phelps		1,520		45.00%		1,804		53.40%		21		0.62%		9		0.27%		22		0.65%		2		0.06%		-284		-8.41%		3,378
	Pike		2,403		41.78%		3,326		57.82%		10		0.17%		8		0.14%		4		0.07%		1		0.02%		-923		-16.05%		5,752
	Platte		982		25.84%		2,795		73.53%		6		0.16%		16		0.42%		2		0.05%		0		0.00%		-1,813		-47.70%		3,801
	Polk		2,670		54.43%		2,139		43.61%		39		0.80%		35		0.71%		19		0.39%		3		0.06%		531		10.83%		4,905
	Pulaski		988		40.31%		1,418		57.85%		28		1.14%		11		0.45%		6		0.24%		0		0.00%		-430		-17.54%		2,451
	Putnam		2,233		65.77%		1,056		31.10%		52		1.53%		48		1.41%		1		0.03%		5		0.15%		1,177		34.67%		3,395
	Ralls		900		31.35%		1,947		67.82%		11		0.38%		9		0.31%		2		0.07%		2		0.07%		-1,047		-36.47%		2,871
	Randolph		1,953		31.10%		4,245		67.60%		12		0.19%		44		0.70%		25		0.40%		1		0.02%		-2,292		-36.50%		6,280
	Ray		1,914		37.74%		3,043		60.00%		57		1.12%		46		0.91%		3		0.06%		9		0.18%		-1,129		-22.26%		5,072
	Reynolds		544		33.13%		1,052		64.07%		42		2.56%		1		0.06%		2		0.12%		1		0.06%		-508		-30.94%		1,642
	Ripley		946		40.95%		1,309		56.67%		4		0.17%		16		0.69%		33		1.43%		2		0.09%		-363		-15.71%		2,310
			3,480		62.84%		1,979		35.73%		42		0.76%		19		0.34%		2		0.04%		16		0.29%		1,501		27.10%		5,538
			1,723		46.50%		1,877		50.66%		72		1.94%		12		0.32%		19		0.51%		2		0.05%		-154		-4.16%		3,705
			3,260		48.56%		2,942		43.83%		439		6.54%		40		0.60%		12		0.18%		20		0.30%		318		4.74%		6,713
			10,177		66.40%		4,522		29.51%		450		2.94%		50		0.33%		10		0.07%		117		0.76%		5,655		36.90%		15,326
			74,160		52.76%		60,917		43.34%		4,965		3.53%		209		0.15%		35		0.02%		264		0.19%		13,243		9.42%		140,550
			1,064		48.78%		1,108		50.80%		4		0.18%		1		0.05%		4		0.18%		0		0.00%		-44		-2.02%		2,181
	Saline		2,926		40.73%		4,189		58.31%		31		0.43%		22		0.31%		10		0.14%		6		0.08%		-1,263		-17.58%		7,184
	Schuyler		1,007		43.76%		1,222		53.11%		19		0.83%		42		1.83%		8		0.35%		3		0.13%		-215		-9.34%		2,301
	Scotland		1,273		43.94%		1,564		53.99%		19		0.66%		25		0.86%		9		0.31%		7		0.24%		-291		-10.04%		2,897
	Scott		1,473		36.79%		1,853		46.28%		629		15.71%		17		0.42%		6		0.15%		26		0.65%		-380		-9.49%		4,004
	Shannon		849		40.94%		1,151		55.50%		62		2.99%		4		0.19%		2		0.10%		6		0.29%		-302		-14.56%		2,074
	Shelby		1,298		33.93%		2,466		64.47%		17		0.44%		39		1.02%		2		0.05%		3		0.08%		-1,168		-30.54%		3,825
	Stoddard		2,025		39.87%		2,736		53.87%		277		5.45%		35		0.69%		2		0.04%		4		0.08%		-711		-14.00%		5,079
	Stone		1,376		69.11%		477		23.96%		126		6.33%		3		0.15%		1		0.05%		8		0.40%		899		45.15%		1,991
	Sullivan		2,389		50.61%		2,269		48.07%		20		0.42%		35		0.74%		5		0.11%		2		0.04%		120		2.54%		4,720
	Taney		1,080		61.12%		628		35.54%		53		3.00%		2		0.11%		3		0.17%		1		0.06%		452		25.58%		1,767
	Texas		1,954		44.61%		2,328		53.15%		61		1.39%		18		0.41%		7		0.16%		12		0.27%		-374		-8.54%		4,380
	Vernon		2,369		37.48%		3,705		58.61%		170		2.69%		56		0.89%		6		0.09%		15		0.24%		-1,336		-21.14%		6,321
	Warren		1,714		76.14%		484		21.50%		42		1.87%		5		0.22%		6		0.27%		0		0.00%		1,230		54.64%		2,251
	Washington		1,753		56.11%		1,330		42.57%		18		0.58%		20		0.64%		1		0.03%		2		0.06%		423		13.54%		3,124
	Wayne		1,554		47.11%		1,641		49.74%		84		2.55%		13		0.39%		2		0.06%		5		0.15%		-87		-2.64%		3,299
	Webster		1,901		49.48%		1,761		45.84%		75		1.95%		62		1.61%		37		0.96%		6		0.16%		140		3.64%		3,842
	Worth		985		48.43%		993		48.82%		3		0.15%		45		2.21%		7		0.34%		1		0.05%		-8		-0.39%		2,034
	Wright		2,149		58.21%		1,469		39.79%		57		1.54%		9		0.24%		5		0.14%		3		0.08%		680		18.42%		3,692
Totals	347,203	48.50%	346,574	48.41%	15,431	2.16%	4,209	0.59%	1,165	0.16%	1,259	0.18%	629	0.09%	715,841

See also

• United States presidential elections in Missouri

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 1908 Presidential General Election Results — Missouri. 2023-07-07. uselectionatlas.org.
2. Web site: Géoelections. Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1908. (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)