1908 United States presidential election in Alabama
1908 United States presidential election in Alabama
County results
Bryan
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90–100%
Taft
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
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 .
Results
Results by county
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
Source:[3]
See also
Notes
References