1908 United States presidential election in Oregon explained

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Election Name:1908 United States presidential election in Oregon
Country:Oregon
Flag Year:1925
Flag Image:File:Flag of Oregon (1900–1925).gif
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1904 United States presidential election in Oregon
Previous Year:1904
Next Election:1912 United States presidential election in Oregon
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 Vote1:4
Popular Vote1:62,530
Percentage1:56.39%
Nominee2:William Jennings Bryan
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:Nebraska
Running Mate2:John W. Kern
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:38,049
Percentage2:34.31%
Image3:EugeneVDebs.png
Nominee3:Eugene V. Debs
Party3:Socialist Party of America
Home State3:Indiana
Running Mate3:Ben Hanford
Electoral Vote3:0
Popular Vote3:7,339
Percentage3:6.62%
Map Size:375px
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 Oregon took place on November 3, 1908. All contemporary 46 states were part of the 1908 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

Polls always said that Oregon, which had voted Democratic only once over twelve presidential elections since statehood, would ultimately be easily retained by Taft.[1] Despite differences with the state GOP, a New York Times opinion poll continued to show a Taft victory as certain,[2] although The Washington Post was much less certain.[3] Ultimately, however, Taft would repeat Roosevelt's feat of sweeping every county in Oregon, but his winning margin was less than half as large as that by which Alton Brooks Parker had been defeated in 1904.

Bryan had previously lost Oregon twice to Republican William McKinley in both 1896 and 1900.

Oregon had been earlier in the 1900s solidified as a one-party Republican bastion, which it would remain at a Presidential level apart from the 1910s GOP split until Franklin D. Roosevelt rose to power in 1932,[4] and apart from a very short New Deal interlude at state level until the “Revolution of 1954”. Democratic representation in the Oregon legislature would never exceed fifteen percent during this period except for the above-mentioned 1930s interlude,[5] and Republican primaries would become the chief mode of competition.[6]

The Beaver State's few Democrats pledged themselves to Bryan – who had been the last Democratic presidential candidate to carry any of the state's counties – in June.[7] In contrast, Senator Jonathan Bourne wanted incumbent President Theodore Roosevelt to run for effectively a third term;[8] however once it was clear that Taft would be the GOP nominee Bourne campaigned for him vigorously in spite of his history as a “silver Republican” who backed Bryan in 1896.[9]

Results

1908 United States presidential election in Oregon[10]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
RepublicanWilliam Howard Taft62,53056.39%4
DemocraticWilliam Jennings Bryan38,04934.31%0
SocialistEugene V. Debs7,3396.62%0
ProhibitionEugene W. Chafin2,6822.42%0
IndependenceThomas L. Hisgen2890.26%0
Totals110,889100.00%4
Voter turnout—

Results by county

CountyWilliam Howard Taft[11]
Republican		William Jennings Bryan
Democratic		Eugene Victor Debs
Socialist		Eugene Wilder Chafin
Prohibition		Thomas Hisgen
Independence		MarginTotal votes cast
%%%%%%
Baker1,68946.79%1,59644.21%2707.48%230.64%320.89%932.58%3,610
Benton1,18355.99%77336.58%663.12%874.12%40.19%41019.40%2,113
Clackamas2,77653.91%1,86636.24%3637.05%1232.39%210.41%91017.67%5,149
Clatsop1,48259.78%65826.54%28211.38%512.06%60.24%82433.24%2,479
Columbia1,24263.69%45423.28%20110.31%422.15%110.56%78840.41%1,950
Coos1,85056.94%89427.52%43113.27%501.54%240.74%95629.42%3,249
Crook91556.87%54834.06%1066.59%392.42%10.06%36722.81%1,609
Curry26858.64%14832.39%337.22%00.00%81.75%12026.26%457
Douglas2,09253.81%1,35934.95%3709.52%601.54%70.18%73318.85%3,888
Gilliam47061.92%24231.88%374.87%60.79%40.53%22830.04%759
Grant74856.93%43332.95%1068.07%130.99%141.07%31523.97%1,314
Harney45052.39%32938.30%657.57%111.28%40.47%12114.09%859
Hood River76762.16%35929.09%584.70%473.81%30.24%40833.06%1,234
Jackson2,03250.09%1,53737.89%3799.34%982.42%110.27%49512.20%4,057
Josephine96747.47%73235.94%29514.48%200.98%231.13%23511.54%2,037
Klamath63454.61%42736.78%827.06%110.95%70.60%20717.83%1,161
Lake46560.78%23931.24%536.93%60.78%20.26%22629.54%765
Lane3,31354.91%2,17436.04%4226.99%1081.79%160.27%1,13918.88%6,033
Lincoln59558.51%28227.73%11911.70%151.47%60.59%31330.78%1,017
Linn2,20248.87%1,81340.24%3337.39%1553.44%30.07%3898.63%4,506
Malheur80054.42%54336.94%745.03%533.61%00.00%25717.48%1,470
Marion3,78857.24%2,23933.83%3014.55%2754.16%150.23%1,54923.41%6,618
Morrow68062.10%27224.84%11110.14%242.19%80.73%40837.26%1,095
Multnomah17,81959.82%9,85033.07%1,4544.88%6292.11%350.12%7,96926.75%29,787
Polk1,45651.87%1,11339.65%1595.66%752.67%40.14%34312.22%2,807
Sherman43758.27%25233.60%354.67%253.33%10.13%18524.67%750
Tillamook64160.13%25323.73%12812.01%393.66%50.47%38836.40%1,066
Umatilla2,32855.63%1,56837.47%1804.30%1092.60%00.00%76018.16%4,185
Union1,51050.67%1,19139.97%2327.79%361.21%110.37%31910.70%2,980
Wallowa90558.69%50632.81%1097.07%201.30%20.13%39925.88%1,542
Wasco1,30957.14%76433.35%1556.77%582.53%50.22%54523.79%2,291
Washington2,31961.96%1,15330.80%1373.66%1243.31%100.27%1,16631.15%3,743
Wheeler41861.65%23634.81%91.33%142.06%10.15%18226.84%678
Yamhill1,98054.49%1,24634.29%1674.60%2366.49%50.14%73420.20%3,634
Totals62,53056.39%38,04934.31%7,3226.60%2,6822.42%3090.28%24,48122.08%110,892

See also

Notes and References

  1. ‘Hitchcock Poll Says Taft: Claims Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Wyoming, and Colorado’; New York Times, September 25, 1908, p. 4
  2. ‘Republicans Figure on a Sweep for Taft: Party's Latest Reports Give Its Candidate 27 States and 305 Electoral Votes’; New York Times, October 22, 1908, p. 4
  3. Starek, Fred; ‘Bryan Gaining, but Taft Ahead: Republicans on the Defensive to Hold Their Ground’; The Washington Post, October 18, 1908, p. 1
  4. Burnham, Walter Dean; ‘The System of 1896’, in Kleppner, Paul (editor), The Evolution of American Electoral Systems, pp. 176-179
  5. [Elmer Eric Schattschneider|Schattschneider, Elmer Eric]
  6. Murray, Keith; ‘Issues and Personalities of Pacific Northwest Politics, 1889-1950’, The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 3 (July 1950), pp. 213-233
  7. ‘Oregon Goes for Bryan: Delegates Instructed to Stay with Him to the End’; New York Times, June 10, 1908, p. 2
  8. ‘Bourne Says Roosevelt: Oregon Senator Starts for Chicago Still Predicting Stampede to President’; New York Times, June 13, 1908, p. 2
  9. Schlup, Leonard; ‘Republican Insurgent: Jonathan Bourne and the Politics of Progressivism, 1908-1912’; Oregon Historical Quarterly, vol. 87, no. 3 (Fall, 1986), pp. 229-244
  10. Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Oregon
  11. Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1908 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)

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