See main article: article and 1908 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1908 United States presidential election in Ohio |
| Country: | Ohio |
| Flag Year: | 1902 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1904 United States presidential election in Ohio |
| Previous Year: | 1904 |
| Next Election: | 1912 United States presidential election in Ohio |
| 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: | 23 |
| Popular Vote1: | 572,312 |
| Percentage1: | 51.03% |
| Nominee2: | William Jennings Bryan |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Nebraska |
| Running Mate2: | John W. Kern |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 502,721 |
| Percentage2: | 44.82% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| 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 Ohio was held on November 3, 1908, as part of the 1908 United States presidential election. State voters chose 23 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Since the Civil War, Ohio politics had been controlled by a conflict between the anti-Civil War Appalachian southeast and German-American counties of the northwest, opposed both to the heavily Yankee and New Englander northeast and to the Ohio Company counties of the southeast.[1] There was also an area of the Virginia Military District in the southwest that was historically the state's Whig stronghold and later voted Republican.[2] The GOP had consistently controlled the state during this era, if largely due to the prevalence of Ohio natives on the ticket,[3] losing only one electoral vote to Democrat Grover Cleveland in 1892. Following the nomination of William Jennings Bryan for the first time in 1896, another Ohio native and former governor in William McKinley strengthened the party's hold on the state by his appeal to white ethnic migrants in Ohio's cities.[4] McKinley would also defeat Bryan in Ohio in 1900
In his third campaign against an Ohio native, Bryan extensively toured Ohio, associating Taft with John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil – whom Bryan criticized as "vicious lawbreakers".[5] In September 1908 there had been reports of a major swing that would give Bryan a chance to be the first Democrat to carry the state since Franklin Pierce in 1852,[6] but a week before Bryan's tour it was reported that Gold Democrats and labor were turning away from Bryan.[7]
Ultimately, Taft won the state by a margin of 6.21%, a margin less than a third that by which Theodore Roosevelt defeated Alton B. Parker four years earlier.
| 1908 United States presidential election in Ohio[8] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | William Howard Taft | 572,312 | 51.03% | 23 | |
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 502,721 | 44.82% | 0 | |
| Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 33,795 | 3.01% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Eugene W. Chafin | 11,402 | 1.02% | 0 | |
| Socialist Labor | August Gillhaus | 721 | 0.06% | 0 | |
| Independence | Thomas L. Hisgen | 439 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| People's | Thomas E. Watson | 162 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,121,552 | 100.0% | 23 | ||
| County | William Howard Taft Republican | William Jennings Bryan Democratic | Eugene Victor Debs[9] Socialist | Eugene Wilder Chafin Prohibition | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast[10] | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adams | 3,432 | 52.11% | 3,048 | 46.28% | 17 | 0.26% | 88 | 1.34% | 1 | 0.02% | 384 | 5.83% | 6,586 | ||||||||||||||
| Allen | 5,841 | 43.08% | 7,195 | 53.07% | 373 | 2.75% | 127 | 0.94% | 21 | 0.15% | -1,354 | -9.99% | 13,557 | ||||||||||||||
| Ashland | 2,804 | 42.66% | 3,627 | 55.18% | 56 | 0.85% | 84 | 1.28% | 2 | 0.03% | -823 | -12.52% | 6,573 | ||||||||||||||
| Ashtabula | 8,213 | 63.32% | 3,572 | 27.54% | 938 | 7.23% | 231 | 1.78% | 16 | 0.12% | 4,641 | 35.78% | 12,970 | ||||||||||||||
| Athens | 6,449 | 61.57% | 3,654 | 34.88% | 164 | 1.57% | 189 | 1.80% | 19 | 0.18% | 2,795 | 26.68% | 10,475 | ||||||||||||||
| Auglaize | 3,001 | 38.55% | 4,622 | 59.38% | 102 | 1.31% | 57 | 0.73% | 2 | 0.03% | -1,621 | -20.82% | 7,784 | ||||||||||||||
| Belmont | 8,193 | 48.02% | 7,750 | 45.42% | 730 | 4.28% | 378 | 2.22% | 12 | 0.07% | 443 | 2.60% | 17,063 | ||||||||||||||
| Brown | 2,638 | 38.02% | 4,242 | 61.14% | 23 | 0.33% | 35 | 0.50% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,604 | -23.12% | 6,938 | ||||||||||||||
| Butler | 7,320 | 40.61% | 9,678 | 53.70% | 885 | 4.91% | 85 | 0.47% | 56 | 0.31% | -2,358 | -13.08% | 18,024 | ||||||||||||||
| Carroll | 2,517 | 59.42% | 1,590 | 37.54% | 44 | 1.04% | 83 | 1.96% | 2 | 0.05% | 927 | 21.88% | 4,236 | ||||||||||||||
| Champaign | 4,153 | 55.69% | 3,160 | 42.38% | 46 | 0.62% | 93 | 1.25% | 5 | 0.07% | 993 | 13.32% | 7,457 | ||||||||||||||
| Clark | 8,917 | 52.97% | 6,529 | 38.78% | 1,040 | 6.18% | 326 | 1.94% | 22 | 0.13% | 2,388 | 14.19% | 16,834 | ||||||||||||||
| Clermont | 4,137 | 48.91% | 4,150 | 49.07% | 107 | 1.27% | 61 | 0.72% | 3 | 0.04% | -13 | -0.15% | 8,458 | ||||||||||||||
| Clinton | 4,107 | 61.45% | 2,464 | 36.87% | 28 | 0.42% | 76 | 1.14% | 8 | 0.12% | 1,643 | 24.58% | 6,683 | ||||||||||||||
| Columbiana | 9,626 | 53.26% | 6,736 | 37.27% | 948 | 5.25% | 742 | 4.11% | 20 | 0.11% | 2,890 | 15.99% | 18,072 | ||||||||||||||
| Coshocton | 3,606 | 44.46% | 4,106 | 50.62% | 311 | 3.83% | 83 | 1.02% | 5 | 0.06% | -500 | -6.16% | 8,111 | ||||||||||||||
| Crawford | 3,061 | 32.84% | 6,006 | 64.44% | 166 | 1.78% | 78 | 0.84% | 9 | 0.10% | -2,945 | -31.60% | 9,320 | ||||||||||||||
| Cuyahoga | 56,344 | 55.39% | 39,954 | 39.27% | 4,818 | 4.74% | 351 | 0.35% | 262 | 0.26% | 16,390 | 16.11% | 101,729 | ||||||||||||||
| Darke | 4,951 | 42.60% | 6,391 | 54.99% | 70 | 0.60% | 210 | 1.81% | 1 | 0.01% | -1,440 | -12.39% | 11,623 | ||||||||||||||
| Defiance | 2,531 | 39.05% | 3,754 | 57.91% | 112 | 1.73% | 72 | 1.11% | 13 | 0.20% | -1,223 | -18.87% | 6,482 | ||||||||||||||
| Delaware | 4,007 | 52.77% | 3,330 | 43.86% | 64 | 0.84% | 186 | 2.45% | 6 | 0.08% | 677 | 8.92% | 7,593 | ||||||||||||||
| Erie | 5,366 | 50.14% | 4,983 | 46.56% | 293 | 2.74% | 41 | 0.38% | 19 | 0.18% | 383 | 3.58% | 10,702 | ||||||||||||||
| Fairfield | 4,023 | 40.24% | 5,821 | 58.22% | 25 | 0.25% | 125 | 1.25% | 4 | 0.04% | -1,798 | -17.98% | 9,998 | ||||||||||||||
| Fayette | 3,343 | 56.84% | 2,451 | 41.68% | 33 | 0.56% | 49 | 0.83% | 5 | 0.09% | 892 | 15.17% | 5,881 | ||||||||||||||
| Franklin | 28,914 | 53.45% | 23,314 | 43.10% | 1,211 | 2.24% | 606 | 1.12% | 52 | 0.10% | 5,600 | 10.35% | 54,097 | ||||||||||||||
| Fulton | 3,608 | 61.24% | 2,131 | 36.17% | 69 | 1.17% | 82 | 1.39% | 2 | 0.03% | 1,477 | 25.07% | 5,892 | ||||||||||||||
| Gallia | 3,914 | 63.48% | 2,171 | 35.21% | 25 | 0.41% | 50 | 0.81% | 6 | 0.10% | 1,743 | 28.27% | 6,166 | ||||||||||||||
| Geauga | 2,596 | 71.20% | 982 | 26.93% | 32 | 0.88% | 32 | 0.88% | 4 | 0.11% | 1,614 | 44.27% | 3,646 | ||||||||||||||
| Greene | 4,902 | 60.14% | 2,882 | 35.36% | 232 | 2.85% | 125 | 1.53% | 10 | 0.12% | 2,020 | 24.78% | 8,151 | ||||||||||||||
| Guernsey | 5,210 | 53.92% | 3,449 | 35.69% | 798 | 8.26% | 196 | 2.03% | 10 | 0.10% | 1,761 | 18.22% | 9,663 | ||||||||||||||
| Hamilton | 63,803 | 56.49% | 45,429 | 40.22% | 3,306 | 2.93% | 317 | 0.28% | 91 | 0.08% | 18,374 | 16.27% | 112,946 | ||||||||||||||
| Hancock | 4,899 | 45.44% | 5,420 | 50.27% | 356 | 3.30% | 93 | 0.86% | 13 | 0.12% | -521 | -4.83% | 10,781 | ||||||||||||||
| Hardin | 4,444 | 50.35% | 4,164 | 47.17% | 99 | 1.12% | 117 | 1.33% | 3 | 0.03% | 280 | 3.17% | 8,827 | ||||||||||||||
| Harrison | 3,069 | 59.36% | 1,961 | 37.93% | 51 | 0.99% | 87 | 1.68% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,108 | 21.43% | 5,170 | ||||||||||||||
| Henry | 2,425 | 37.81% | 3,817 | 59.52% | 121 | 1.89% | 49 | 0.76% | 1 | 0.02% | -1,392 | -21.71% | 6,413 | ||||||||||||||
| Highland | 4,149 | 51.23% | 3,823 | 47.21% | 23 | 0.28% | 93 | 1.15% | 10 | 0.12% | 326 | 4.03% | 8,098 | ||||||||||||||
| Hocking | 2,749 | 47.72% | 2,864 | 49.71% | 95 | 1.65% | 47 | 0.82% | 6 | 0.10% | -115 | -2.00% | 5,761 | ||||||||||||||
| Holmes | 1,252 | 28.74% | 3,043 | 69.84% | 29 | 0.67% | 31 | 0.71% | 2 | 0.05% | -1,791 | -41.11% | 4,357 | ||||||||||||||
| Huron | 4,930 | 52.73% | 4,262 | 45.58% | 90 | 0.96% | 61 | 0.65% | 7 | 0.07% | 668 | 7.14% | 9,350 | ||||||||||||||
| Jackson | 4,489 | 55.84% | 3,235 | 40.24% | 209 | 2.60% | 90 | 1.12% | 16 | 0.20% | 1,254 | 15.60% | 8,039 | ||||||||||||||
| Jefferson | 7,310 | 57.21% | 4,882 | 38.21% | 355 | 2.78% | 225 | 1.76% | 5 | 0.04% | 2,428 | 19.00% | 12,777 | ||||||||||||||
| Knox | 4,318 | 49.09% | 4,233 | 48.12% | 139 | 1.58% | 99 | 1.13% | 7 | 0.08% | 85 | 0.97% | 8,796 | ||||||||||||||
| Lake | 3,635 | 66.97% | 1,605 | 29.57% | 121 | 2.23% | 63 | 1.16% | 4 | 0.07% | 2,030 | 37.40% | 5,428 | ||||||||||||||
| Lawrence | 5,708 | 66.67% | 2,654 | 31.00% | 134 | 1.57% | 65 | 0.76% | 1 | 0.01% | 3,054 | 35.67% | 8,562 | ||||||||||||||
| Licking | 6,756 | 44.55% | 7,685 | 50.67% | 598 | 3.94% | 119 | 0.78% | 8 | 0.05% | -929 | -6.13% | 15,166 | ||||||||||||||
| Logan | 4,756 | 58.44% | 3,186 | 39.15% | 76 | 0.93% | 116 | 1.43% | 4 | 0.05% | 1,570 | 19.29% | 8,138 | ||||||||||||||
| Lorain | 8,699 | 57.10% | 5,460 | 35.84% | 944 | 6.20% | 108 | 0.71% | 24 | 0.16% | 3,239 | 21.26% | 15,235 | ||||||||||||||
| Lucas | 18,715 | 48.46% | 16,208 | 41.97% | 3,394 | 8.79% | 169 | 0.44% | 134 | 0.35% | 2,507 | 6.49% | 38,620 | ||||||||||||||
| Madison | 3,051 | 54.93% | 2,430 | 43.75% | 17 | 0.31% | 55 | 0.99% | 1 | 0.02% | 621 | 11.18% | 5,554 | ||||||||||||||
| Mahoning | 10,760 | 51.18% | 9,312 | 44.29% | 631 | 3.00% | 298 | 1.42% | 22 | 0.10% | 1,448 | 6.89% | 21,023 | ||||||||||||||
| Marion | 4,175 | 46.12% | 4,657 | 51.44% | 99 | 1.09% | 116 | 1.28% | 6 | 0.07% | -482 | -5.32% | 9,053 | ||||||||||||||
| Medina | 3,427 | 57.32% | 2,378 | 39.77% | 118 | 1.97% | 52 | 0.87% | 4 | 0.07% | 1,049 | 17.54% | 5,979 | ||||||||||||||
| Meigs | 4,108 | 62.05% | 2,225 | 33.61% | 222 | 3.35% | 59 | 0.89% | 7 | 0.11% | 1,883 | 28.44% | 6,621 | ||||||||||||||
| Mercer | 2,148 | 31.92% | 4,456 | 66.22% | 46 | 0.68% | 73 | 1.08% | 6 | 0.09% | -2,308 | -34.30% | 6,729 | ||||||||||||||
| Miami | 6,558 | 53.69% | 5,369 | 43.95% | 182 | 1.49% | 100 | 0.82% | 6 | 0.05% | 1,189 | 9.73% | 12,215 | ||||||||||||||
| Monroe | 1,974 | 32.74% | 3,961 | 65.69% | 38 | 0.63% | 57 | 0.95% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,987 | -32.95% | 6,030 | ||||||||||||||
| Montgomery | 20,069 | 47.09% | 20,566 | 48.26% | 1,780 | 4.18% | 177 | 0.42% | 23 | 0.05% | -497 | -1.17% | 42,615 | ||||||||||||||
| Morgan | 2,445 | 53.99% | 1,932 | 42.66% | 56 | 1.24% | 92 | 2.03% | 4 | 0.09% | 513 | 11.33% | 4,529 | ||||||||||||||
| Morrow | 2,500 | 51.06% | 2,239 | 45.73% | 30 | 0.61% | 121 | 2.47% | 6 | 0.12% | 261 | 5.33% | 4,896 | ||||||||||||||
| Muskingum | 8,080 | 52.36% | 6,576 | 42.62% | 420 | 2.72% | 340 | 2.20% | 15 | 0.10% | 1,504 | 9.75% | 15,431 | ||||||||||||||
| Noble | 2,707 | 54.27% | 2,154 | 43.18% | 28 | 0.56% | 93 | 1.86% | 6 | 0.12% | 553 | 11.09% | 4,988 | ||||||||||||||
| Ottawa | 2,202 | 39.48% | 3,329 | 59.69% | 25 | 0.45% | 17 | 0.30% | 4 | 0.07% | -1,127 | -20.21% | 5,577 | ||||||||||||||
| Paulding | 3,049 | 51.62% | 2,767 | 46.84% | 19 | 0.32% | 63 | 1.07% | 9 | 0.15% | 282 | 4.77% | 5,907 | ||||||||||||||
| Perry | 4,304 | 49.48% | 3,885 | 44.67% | 398 | 4.58% | 102 | 1.17% | 9 | 0.10% | 419 | 4.82% | 8,698 | ||||||||||||||
| Pickaway | 3,119 | 43.15% | 4,007 | 55.43% | 22 | 0.30% | 76 | 1.05% | 5 | 0.07% | -888 | -12.28% | 7,229 | ||||||||||||||
| Pike | 1,798 | 45.54% | 2,085 | 52.81% | 24 | 0.61% | 34 | 0.86% | 7 | 0.18% | -287 | -7.27% | 3,948 | ||||||||||||||
| Portage | 4,129 | 51.16% | 3,625 | 44.91% | 183 | 2.27% | 127 | 1.57% | 7 | 0.09% | 504 | 6.24% | 8,071 | ||||||||||||||
| Preble | 3,519 | 50.99% | 3,247 | 47.05% | 42 | 0.61% | 90 | 1.30% | 3 | 0.04% | 272 | 3.94% | 6,901 | ||||||||||||||
| Putnam | 2,483 | 33.17% | 4,836 | 64.61% | 95 | 1.27% | 65 | 0.87% | 6 | 0.08% | -2,353 | -31.44% | 7,485 | ||||||||||||||
| Richland | 5,301 | 43.01% | 6,702 | 54.37% | 213 | 1.73% | 102 | 0.83% | 8 | 0.06% | -1,401 | -11.37% | 12,326 | ||||||||||||||
| Ross | 5,432 | 49.69% | 5,325 | 48.71% | 89 | 0.81% | 75 | 0.69% | 10 | 0.09% | 107 | 0.98% | 10,931 | ||||||||||||||
| Sandusky | 4,079 | 42.74% | 5,242 | 54.93% | 172 | 1.80% | 47 | 0.49% | 3 | 0.03% | -1,163 | -12.19% | 9,543 | ||||||||||||||
| Scioto | 5,790 | 53.52% | 4,310 | 39.84% | 589 | 5.44% | 119 | 1.10% | 10 | 0.09% | 1,480 | 13.68% | 10,818 | ||||||||||||||
| Seneca | 4,959 | 43.08% | 6,138 | 53.32% | 307 | 2.67% | 88 | 0.76% | 20 | 0.17% | -1,179 | -10.24% | 11,512 | ||||||||||||||
| Shelby | 2,646 | 40.06% | 3,879 | 58.73% | 38 | 0.58% | 38 | 0.58% | 4 | 0.06% | -1,233 | -18.67% | 6,605 | ||||||||||||||
| Stark | 14,112 | 50.48% | 12,286 | 43.95% | 1,110 | 3.97% | 405 | 1.45% | 44 | 0.16% | 1,826 | 6.53% | 27,957 | ||||||||||||||
| Summit | 10,365 | 47.31% | 9,930 | 45.32% | 1,255 | 5.73% | 328 | 1.50% | 31 | 0.14% | 435 | 1.99% | 21,909 | ||||||||||||||
| Trumbull | 6,978 | 58.00% | 4,476 | 37.20% | 397 | 3.30% | 165 | 1.37% | 15 | 0.12% | 2,502 | 20.80% | 12,031 | ||||||||||||||
| Tuscarawas | 6,717 | 47.29% | 6,775 | 47.69% | 559 | 3.94% | 120 | 0.84% | 34 | 0.24% | -58 | -0.41% | 14,205 | ||||||||||||||
| Union | 3,567 | 57.04% | 2,568 | 41.07% | 31 | 0.50% | 83 | 1.33% | 4 | 0.06% | 999 | 15.98% | 6,253 | ||||||||||||||
| Van Wert | 3,809 | 49.28% | 3,783 | 48.95% | 77 | 1.00% | 55 | 0.71% | 5 | 0.06% | 26 | 0.34% | 7,729 | ||||||||||||||
| Vinton | 1,916 | 55.10% | 1,496 | 43.03% | 25 | 0.72% | 32 | 0.92% | 8 | 0.23% | 420 | 12.08% | 3,477 | ||||||||||||||
| Warren | 4,233 | 60.51% | 2,656 | 37.96% | 50 | 0.71% | 53 | 0.76% | 4 | 0.06% | 1,577 | 22.54% | 6,996 | ||||||||||||||
| Washington | 5,648 | 48.66% | 5,771 | 49.72% | 58 | 0.50% | 126 | 1.09% | 4 | 0.03% | -123 | -1.06% | 11,607 | ||||||||||||||
| Wayne | 4,388 | 43.51% | 5,368 | 53.23% | 149 | 1.48% | 174 | 1.73% | 5 | 0.05% | -980 | -9.72% | 10,084 | ||||||||||||||
| Williams | 3,625 | 50.84% | 3,329 | 46.69% | 60 | 0.84% | 109 | 1.53% | 7 | 0.10% | 296 | 4.15% | 7,130 | ||||||||||||||
| Wood | 5,904 | 49.57% | 5,625 | 47.23% | 209 | 1.75% | 163 | 1.37% | 9 | 0.08% | 279 | 2.34% | 11,910 | ||||||||||||||
| Wyandot | 2,408 | 41.36% | 3,353 | 57.59% | 32 | 0.55% | 23 | 0.40% | 6 | 0.10% | -945 | -16.23% | 5,822 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 572,312 | 51.03% | 502,721 | 44.82% | 33,795 | 3.01% | 11,402 | 1.02% | 1,322 | 0.12% | 69,591 | 6.20% | 1,121,552 | ||||||||||||||