See main article: 1908 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1908 United States presidential election in Minnesota |
| Country: | Minnesota |
| Flag Year: | 1893 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1904 United States presidential election in Minnesota |
| Previous Year: | 1904 |
| Next Election: | 1912 United States presidential election in Minnesota |
| 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: | 11 |
| Popular Vote1: | 195,843 |
| Percentage1: | 59.11% |
| Nominee2: | William Jennings Bryan |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Nebraska |
| Running Mate2: | John W. Kern |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 109,401 |
| Map Size: | 350px |
| 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 Minnesota took place on November 3, 1908 as part of the 1908 United States presidential election. State voters chose 11 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Minnesota was won by the Republican candidates, United States Secretary of War William Howard Taft of Ohio and his running mate James S. Sherman of New York. They defeated the former Nebraska Congressman and two-time prior Democratic nominee William Jennings Bryan and his running mate John W. Kern of Indiana. Taft won the state by a landslide margin of 26.09%. Taft went on to defeat Bryan nationally, with 321 electoral votes to the Democratic nominee's 162.
Bryan had previously lost Minnesota to William McKinley in both 1896 and 1900.
| 1908 United States presidential election in Minnesota | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Republican | William Howard Taft | 195,843 | 59.11% | 11 | ||
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 109,401 | 33.02% | 0 | ||
| Public Ownership | Eugene V. Debs | 14,527 | 4.38% | 0 | ||
| Prohibition | Eugene W. Chafin | 11,106 | 3.35% | 0 | ||
| Independence | Thomas L. Hisgen | 426 | 0.13% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 331,303 | 100.00% | 11 | |||
| Counties carried by Taft/Sherman | |
| Counties carried by Bryan/Kern |
| County | William Howard Taft Republican | William Jennings Bryan Democratic | Eugene Victor Debs Public Ownership | Eugene Wilder Chafin Prohibition | Thomas Louis Hisgen Independence | Margin | Total votes cast[1] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | ||||||||||
| Aitkin | 1,205 | 67.02% | 389 | 21.64% | 143 | 7.95% | 57 | 3.17% | 4 | 0.22% | 816 | 45.38% | 1,798 | AI | |
| Anoka | 1,577 | 68.99% | 610 | 26.68% | 42 | 1.84% | 56 | 2.45% | 1 | 0.04% | 967 | 42.30% | 2,286 | AN | |
| Becker | 2,058 | 64.39% | 728 | 22.78% | 223 | 6.98% | 186 | 5.82% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,330 | 41.61% | 3,196 | BK | |
| Beltrami | 1,882 | 63.41% | 648 | 21.83% | 384 | 12.94% | 45 | 1.52% | 9 | 0.30% | 1,234 | 41.58% | 2,968 | BL | |
| Benton | 1,001 | 54.11% | 765 | 41.35% | 54 | 2.92% | 26 | 1.41% | 4 | 0.22% | 236 | 12.76% | 1,850 | BN | |
| Big Stone | 965 | 57.78% | 565 | 33.83% | 51 | 3.05% | 89 | 5.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 400 | 23.95% | 1,670 | BS | |
| Blue Earth | 3,297 | 56.20% | 2,191 | 37.34% | 149 | 2.54% | 226 | 3.85% | 4 | 0.07% | 1,106 | 18.85% | 5,867 | BE | |
| Brown | 1,518 | 45.22% | 1,536 | 45.76% | 246 | 7.33% | 55 | 1.64% | 2 | 0.06% | -18 | -0.54% | 3,357 | BR | |
| Carlton | 1,487 | 62.37% | 506 | 21.22% | 333 | 13.97% | 51 | 2.14% | 7 | 0.29% | 981 | 41.15% | 2,384 | CT | |
| Carver | 1,739 | 60.03% | 1,101 | 38.00% | 21 | 0.72% | 34 | 1.17% | 2 | 0.07% | 638 | 22.02% | 2,897 | CA | |
| Cass | 1,009 | 59.04% | 461 | 26.97% | 197 | 11.53% | 42 | 2.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 548 | 32.07% | 1,709 | CS | |
| Chippewa | 1,409 | 58.98% | 799 | 33.44% | 32 | 1.34% | 144 | 6.03% | 5 | 0.21% | 610 | 25.53% | 2,389 | CP | |
| Chisago | 2,107 | 79.90% | 408 | 15.47% | 71 | 2.69% | 49 | 1.86% | 2 | 0.08% | 1,699 | 64.43% | 2,637 | CH | |
| Clay | 1,857 | 58.69% | 1,125 | 35.56% | 68 | 2.15% | 111 | 3.51% | 3 | 0.09% | 732 | 23.14% | 3,164 | CY | |
| Clearwater | 779 | 66.07% | 164 | 13.91% | 185 | 15.69% | 46 | 3.90% | 5 | 0.42% | 594 | 50.38% | 1,179 | CL | |
| Cook | 255 | 77.98% | 42 | 12.84% | 19 | 5.81% | 11 | 3.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 213 | 65.14% | 327 | CK | |
| Cottonwood | 1,240 | 65.82% | 526 | 27.92% | 19 | 1.01% | 98 | 5.20% | 1 | 0.05% | 714 | 37.90% | 1,884 | CD | |
| Crow Wing | 1,681 | 59.42% | 661 | 23.37% | 410 | 14.49% | 72 | 2.55% | 5 | 0.18% | 1,020 | 36.06% | 2,829 | CW | |
| Dakota | 2,481 | 55.07% | 1,778 | 39.47% | 108 | 2.40% | 131 | 2.91% | 7 | 0.16% | 703 | 15.60% | 4,505 | DK | |
| Dodge | 1,454 | 69.77% | 515 | 24.71% | 19 | 0.91% | 96 | 4.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 939 | 45.06% | 2,084 | DO | |
| Douglas | 1,894 | 60.92% | 979 | 31.49% | 70 | 2.25% | 165 | 5.31% | 1 | 0.03% | 915 | 29.43% | 3,109 | DG | |
| Faribault | 2,305 | 61.81% | 1,039 | 27.86% | 26 | 0.70% | 357 | 9.57% | 2 | 0.05% | 1,266 | 33.95% | 3,729 | FA | |
| Fillmore | 3,259 | 69.85% | 1,153 | 24.71% | 77 | 1.65% | 175 | 3.75% | 2 | 0.04% | 2,106 | 45.14% | 4,666 | FI | |
| Freeborn | 2,465 | 61.14% | 976 | 24.21% | 167 | 4.14% | 421 | 10.44% | 3 | 0.07% | 1,489 | 36.93% | 4,032 | FB | |
| Goodhue | 4,482 | 74.90% | 1,147 | 19.17% | 198 | 3.31% | 149 | 2.49% | 8 | 0.13% | 3,335 | 55.73% | 5,984 | GH | |
| Grant | 1,099 | 70.04% | 376 | 23.96% | 25 | 1.59% | 69 | 4.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 723 | 46.08% | 1,569 | GR | |
| Hennepin | 27,787 | 58.73% | 16,169 | 34.17% | 2,273 | 4.80% | 1,016 | 2.15% | 68 | 0.14% | 11,618 | 24.56% | 47,313 | HN | |
| Houston | 1,700 | 67.35% | 745 | 29.52% | 11 | 0.44% | 68 | 2.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 955 | 37.84% | 2,524 | HS | |
| Hubbard | 1,288 | 69.10% | 401 | 21.51% | 124 | 6.65% | 46 | 2.47% | 5 | 0.27% | 887 | 47.59% | 1,864 | HU | |
| Isanti | 1,198 | 58.47% | 466 | 22.74% | 185 | 9.03% | 196 | 9.57% | 4 | 0.20% | 732 | 35.72% | 2,049 | IS | |
| Itasca | 1,883 | 63.15% | 684 | 22.94% | 367 | 12.31% | 43 | 1.44% | 5 | 0.17% | 1,199 | 40.21% | 2,982 | IT | |
| Jackson | 1,575 | 58.94% | 1,013 | 37.91% | 24 | 0.90% | 58 | 2.17% | 2 | 0.07% | 562 | 21.03% | 2,672 | JK | |
| Kanabec | 803 | 69.52% | 242 | 20.95% | 65 | 5.63% | 43 | 3.72% | 2 | 0.17% | 561 | 48.57% | 1,155 | KA | |
| Kandiyohi | 2,312 | 63.62% | 947 | 26.06% | 145 | 3.99% | 222 | 6.11% | 8 | 0.22% | 1,365 | 37.56% | 3,634 | KD | |
| Kittson | 969 | 62.12% | 499 | 31.99% | 6 | 0.38% | 84 | 5.38% | 2 | 0.13% | 470 | 30.13% | 1,560 | KI | |
| Koochiching | 826 | 56.00% | 420 | 28.47% | 188 | 12.75% | 39 | 2.64% | 2 | 0.14% | 406 | 27.53% | 1,475 | KO | |
| Lac qui Parle | 1,894 | 69.17% | 661 | 24.14% | 16 | 0.58% | 167 | 6.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,233 | 45.03% | 2,738 | LQ | |
| Lake | 584 | 51.23% | 152 | 13.33% | 362 | 31.75% | 41 | 3.60% | 1 | 0.09% | 222 | 19.47% | 1,140 | LK | |
| Le Sueur | 1,819 | 47.86% | 1,699 | 44.70% | 199 | 5.24% | 79 | 2.08% | 5 | 0.13% | 120 | 3.16% | 3,801 | LS | |
| Lincoln | 891 | 53.51% | 683 | 41.02% | 27 | 1.62% | 63 | 3.78% | 1 | 0.06% | 208 | 12.49% | 1,665 | LN | |
| Lyon | 1,618 | 56.69% | 1,043 | 36.55% | 46 | 1.61% | 146 | 5.12% | 1 | 0.04% | 575 | 20.15% | 2,854 | LY | |
| Mahnomen | 265 | 53.64% | 143 | 28.95% | 81 | 16.40% | 5 | 1.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 122 | 24.70% | 494 | MA | |
| Marshall | 1,648 | 59.97% | 731 | 26.60% | 177 | 6.44% | 186 | 6.77% | 6 | 0.22% | 917 | 33.37% | 2,748 | MH | |
| Martin | 1,922 | 59.05% | 1,054 | 32.38% | 91 | 2.80% | 184 | 5.65% | 4 | 0.12% | 868 | 26.67% | 3,255 | MT | |
| McLeod | 1,579 | 49.39% | 1,506 | 47.11% | 35 | 1.09% | 73 | 2.28% | 4 | 0.13% | 73 | 2.28% | 3,197 | MD | |
| Meeker | 1,928 | 61.23% | 1,111 | 35.28% | 35 | 1.11% | 74 | 2.35% | 1 | 0.03% | 817 | 25.94% | 3,149 | MK | |
| Mille Lacs | 1,119 | 61.96% | 427 | 23.64% | 168 | 9.30% | 91 | 5.04% | 1 | 0.06% | 692 | 38.32% | 1,806 | ML | |
| Morrison | 1,936 | 53.30% | 1,513 | 41.66% | 118 | 3.25% | 64 | 1.76% | 1 | 0.03% | 423 | 11.65% | 3,632 | MR | |
| Mower | 2,629 | 63.46% | 1,206 | 29.11% | 180 | 4.34% | 124 | 2.99% | 4 | 0.10% | 1,423 | 34.35% | 4,143 | MO | |
| Murray | 1,293 | 59.72% | 762 | 35.20% | 33 | 1.52% | 55 | 2.54% | 2 | 0.09% | 531 | 24.53% | 2,165 | MU | |
| Nicollet | 1,392 | 59.26% | 832 | 35.42% | 50 | 2.13% | 72 | 3.07% | 3 | 0.13% | 560 | 23.84% | 2,349 | NI | |
| Nobles | 1,432 | 56.78% | 925 | 36.68% | 58 | 2.30% | 107 | 4.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 507 | 20.10% | 2,522 | NO | |
| Norman | 1,276 | 55.26% | 661 | 28.63% | 177 | 7.67% | 195 | 8.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 615 | 26.63% | 2,309 | NR | |
| Olmsted | 2,472 | 58.03% | 1,621 | 38.05% | 16 | 0.38% | 141 | 3.31% | 10 | 0.23% | 851 | 19.98% | 4,260 | OL | |
| Otter Tail | 3,964 | 58.07% | 2,320 | 33.99% | 208 | 3.05% | 329 | 4.82% | 5 | 0.07% | 1,644 | 24.08% | 6,826 | OT | |
| Pine | 1,548 | 56.46% | 802 | 29.25% | 303 | 11.05% | 85 | 3.10% | 4 | 0.15% | 746 | 27.21% | 2,742 | PN | |
| Pipestone | 1,057 | 65.09% | 491 | 30.23% | 27 | 1.66% | 49 | 3.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 566 | 34.85% | 1,624 | PS | |
| Polk | 3,311 | 55.20% | 1,928 | 32.14% | 556 | 9.27% | 193 | 3.22% | 10 | 0.17% | 1,383 | 23.06% | 5,998 | PL | |
| Pope | 1,794 | 76.86% | 442 | 18.94% | 23 | 0.99% | 75 | 3.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,352 | 57.93% | 2,334 | PO | |
| Ramsey | 16,556 | 54.64% | 11,613 | 38.33% | 1,659 | 5.48% | 400 | 1.32% | 72 | 0.24% | 4,943 | 16.31% | 30,300 | RM | |
| Red Lake | 1,428 | 53.01% | 856 | 31.77% | 342 | 12.69% | 60 | 2.23% | 8 | 0.30% | 572 | 21.23% | 2,694 | RL | |
| Redwood | 1,821 | 59.86% | 1,076 | 35.37% | 54 | 1.78% | 88 | 2.89% | 3 | 0.10% | 745 | 24.49% | 3,042 | RW | |
| Renville | 2,275 | 60.22% | 1,364 | 36.10% | 28 | 0.74% | 110 | 2.91% | 1 | 0.03% | 911 | 24.11% | 3,778 | RV | |
| Rice | 2,821 | 61.46% | 1,614 | 35.16% | 40 | 0.87% | 111 | 2.42% | 4 | 0.09% | 1,207 | 26.30% | 4,590 | RC | |
| Rock | 1,234 | 67.25% | 525 | 28.61% | 17 | 0.93% | 55 | 3.00% | 4 | 0.22% | 709 | 38.64% | 1,835 | RK | |
| Roseau | 900 | 50.90% | 444 | 25.11% | 361 | 20.42% | 61 | 3.45% | 2 | 0.11% | 456 | 25.79% | 1,768 | RS | |
| Saint Louis | 12,076 | 66.08% | 4,464 | 24.43% | 1,305 | 7.14% | 401 | 2.19% | 28 | 0.15% | 7,612 | 41.65% | 18,274 | SL | |
| Scott | 1,045 | 39.29% | 1,548 | 58.20% | 12 | 0.45% | 52 | 1.95% | 3 | 0.11% | -503 | -18.91% | 2,660 | SC | |
| Sherburne | 1,002 | 67.84% | 366 | 24.78% | 42 | 2.84% | 67 | 4.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 636 | 43.06% | 1,477 | SB | |
| Sibley | 1,623 | 57.92% | 1,110 | 39.61% | 6 | 0.21% | 61 | 2.18% | 2 | 0.07% | 513 | 18.31% | 2,802 | SY | |
| Stearns | 2,614 | 38.75% | 3,835 | 56.86% | 159 | 2.36% | 127 | 1.88% | 10 | 0.15% | -1,221 | -18.10% | 6,745 | ST | |
| Steele | 1,899 | 57.11% | 1,284 | 38.62% | 38 | 1.14% | 104 | 3.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 615 | 18.50% | 3,325 | SE | |
| Stevens | 877 | 57.93% | 582 | 38.44% | 17 | 1.12% | 37 | 2.44% | 1 | 0.07% | 295 | 19.48% | 1,514 | SV | |
| Swift | 1,343 | 56.17% | 921 | 38.52% | 41 | 1.71% | 84 | 3.51% | 2 | 0.08% | 422 | 17.65% | 2,391 | SW | |
| Todd | 2,334 | 57.37% | 1,305 | 32.08% | 258 | 6.34% | 163 | 4.01% | 8 | 0.20% | 1,029 | 25.29% | 4,068 | TD | |
| Traverse | 685 | 54.93% | 514 | 41.22% | 13 | 1.04% | 34 | 2.73% | 1 | 0.08% | 171 | 13.71% | 1,247 | TR | |
| Wabasha | 2,150 | 58.36% | 1,416 | 38.44% | 39 | 1.06% | 77 | 2.09% | 2 | 0.05% | 734 | 19.92% | 3,684 | WB | |
| Wadena | 991 | 63.57% | 467 | 29.96% | 70 | 4.49% | 29 | 1.86% | 2 | 0.13% | 524 | 33.61% | 1,559 | WD | |
| Waseca | 1,455 | 54.99% | 1,085 | 41.01% | 40 | 1.51% | 59 | 2.23% | 7 | 0.26% | 370 | 13.98% | 2,646 | WC | |
| Washington | 2,727 | 68.50% | 1,120 | 28.13% | 63 | 1.58% | 68 | 1.71% | 3 | 0.08% | 1,607 | 40.37% | 3,981 | WA | |
| Watonwan | 1,411 | 70.44% | 537 | 26.81% | 6 | 0.30% | 45 | 2.25% | 4 | 0.20% | 874 | 43.63% | 2,003 | WW | |
| Wilkin | 779 | 53.03% | 614 | 41.80% | 26 | 1.77% | 48 | 3.27% | 2 | 0.14% | 165 | 11.23% | 1,469 | WK | |
| Winona | 3,014 | 48.23% | 3,072 | 49.16% | 69 | 1.10% | 85 | 1.36% | 9 | 0.14% | -58 | -0.93% | 6,249 | WN | |
| Wright | 2,820 | 63.48% | 1,396 | 31.43% | 37 | 0.83% | 184 | 4.14% | 5 | 0.11% | 1,424 | 32.06% | 4,442 | WR | |
| Yellow Medicine | 1,745 | 65.06% | 786 | 29.31% | 19 | 0.71% | 130 | 4.85% | 2 | 0.07% | 959 | 35.76% | 2,682 | YM | |
| Totals | 195,843 | 59.11% | 109,401 | 33.02% | 14,527 | 4.38% | 11,106 | 3.35% | 426 | 0.13% | 86,442 | 26.09 | 331,303 | MN | |
Carried by less than 5% of the county-wide vote:
Brown, 0.54% Winona, 0.93% McLeod, 2.28% Le Sueur, 3.16%Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Republican):
Chisago, 79.90% Cook, 77.98% Pope, 76.86% Goodhue, 74.90% Watonwan, 70.44%Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Democratic):
Scott, 58.20% Stearns, 56.86% Winona, 49.16% McLeod, 47.11% Brown, 45.76%Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Public Ownership):
Lake, 31.75% Roseau, 20.42% Mahnomen, 16.40% Clearwater, 15.69% Crow Wing, 14.49%