1908 United States presidential election in Kansas
The 1908 United States presidential election in Kansas was held on November 3, 1908 as part of the 1908 United States presidential election. Kansas voters chose ten electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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In its first thirty years as a state Kansas had been powerfully Republican, but with the Populist movement and major agricultural crises the state turned to James B. Weaver in 1892 and William Jennings Bryan in 1896;[1] however, President William McKinley won a rematch with Bryan in 1900. With the return to a conservative “Gold Democrat” candidate in 1904, Kansas reverted to rock-solid Republican as Alton Brooks Parker failed to carry a single county in the state against Theodore Roosevelt.
For 1908, William Jennings Bryan – the only Democrat so far to win the state in a Presidential election – was nominated for a third time. However, at the beginning of October predictions suggested that not enough of the Bryan voters who deserted Parker would return to enable the “Commoner” to emulate his success of 1896.[2] Bryan did tour Kansas late in his campaign at the beginning of November,[3] but the fact that Kansas’ local Republicans were supportive of Taft's plan to guarantee bank deposits for all customers via the state treasurer[4] meant that the state was always in Taft's hands. The GOP nominee would ultimately carry Kansas by 9.60%, an improvement of over 2% upon McKinley's 1900 result and of 13.26% upon the Republican result from 1896.
Full results
| Presidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Howard Taft of Ohio | James S. Sherman | Republican | 10[5] | 197,216 | 52.46% |
| William Jennings Bryan | John W. Kern | Democratic | 0 | 161,209 | 42.88% |
| Eugene V. Debs | Benjamin Hanford | Socialist | 0 | 12,420 | 3.30% |
| Eugene Chafin | Aaron Watkins | Prohibition | 0 | 5,033 | 1.34% |
| Thomas Hisgen | John Temple Graves | Independent | 0 | 68 | 0.02% |
Results by county
| County | William Howard Taft[6] Republican |
William Jennings Bryan[6] Democratic |
Eugene Victor Debs[6] Social Democratic |
Eugene Wilder Chafin[6] Prohibition |
Thomas Louis Higsen[6] Independent |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Allen | 3,283 | 53.80% | 2,579 | 42.26% | 204 | 3.34% | 36 | 0.59% | 0 | 0.00% | 704 | 11.54% | 6,102 |
| Anderson | 1,722 | 51.25% | 1,512 | 45.00% | 65 | 1.93% | 61 | 1.82% | 0 | 0.00% | 210 | 6.25% | 3,360 |
| Atchison | 3,244 | 54.94% | 2,593 | 43.91% | 48 | 0.81% | 18 | 0.30% | 2 | 0.03% | 651 | 11.02% | 5,905 |
| Barber | 1,097 | 53.72% | 864 | 42.31% | 45 | 2.20% | 36 | 1.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 233 | 11.41% | 2,042 |
| Barton | 1,729 | 44.83% | 2,004 | 51.96% | 100 | 2.59% | 24 | 0.62% | 0 | 0.00% | -275 | -7.13% | 3,857 |
| Bourbon | 2,695 | 47.83% | 2,686 | 47.67% | 211 | 3.75% | 42 | 0.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 9 | 0.16% | 5,634 |
| Brown | 2,778 | 56.31% | 2,044 | 41.44% | 61 | 1.24% | 50 | 1.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 734 | 14.88% | 4,933 |
| Butler | 3,049 | 53.97% | 2,290 | 40.54% | 149 | 2.64% | 160 | 2.83% | 1 | 0.02% | 759 | 13.44% | 5,649 |
| Chase | 1,021 | 53.04% | 834 | 43.32% | 46 | 2.39% | 24 | 1.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 187 | 9.71% | 1,925 |
| Chautauqua | 1,689 | 60.19% | 958 | 34.14% | 148 | 5.27% | 11 | 0.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 731 | 26.05% | 2,806 |
| Cherokee | 3,893 | 44.26% | 3,819 | 43.42% | 1,030 | 11.71% | 51 | 0.58% | 2 | 0.02% | 74 | 0.84% | 8,795 |
| Cheyenne | 486 | 54.30% | 339 | 37.88% | 41 | 4.58% | 20 | 2.23% | 9 | 1.01% | 147 | 16.42% | 895 |
| Clark | 386 | 49.87% | 350 | 45.22% | 24 | 3.10% | 12 | 1.55% | 2 | 0.26% | 36 | 4.65% | 774 |
| Clay | 1,858 | 52.96% | 1,495 | 42.62% | 102 | 2.91% | 52 | 1.48% | 1 | 0.03% | 363 | 10.35% | 3,508 |
| Cloud | 2,170 | 52.24% | 1,663 | 40.03% | 244 | 5.87% | 76 | 1.83% | 1 | 0.02% | 507 | 12.21% | 4,154 |
| Coffey | 2,094 | 53.38% | 1,729 | 44.07% | 35 | 0.89% | 63 | 1.61% | 2 | 0.05% | 365 | 9.30% | 3,923 |
| Comanche | 392 | 59.67% | 245 | 37.29% | 10 | 1.52% | 10 | 1.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 147 | 22.37% | 657 |
| Cowley | 3,578 | 50.55% | 2,995 | 42.31% | 396 | 5.59% | 109 | 1.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 583 | 8.24% | 7,078 |
| Crawford | 5,152 | 46.55% | 4,230 | 38.22% | 1,631 | 14.74% | 54 | 0.49% | 1 | 0.01% | 922 | 8.33% | 11,068 |
| Decatur | 898 | 39.18% | 1,250 | 54.54% | 94 | 4.10% | 41 | 1.79% | 9 | 0.39% | -352 | -15.36% | 2,292 |
| Dickinson | 2,886 | 53.31% | 2,282 | 42.15% | 152 | 2.81% | 94 | 1.74% | 0 | 0.00% | 604 | 11.16% | 5,414 |
| Doniphan | 2,307 | 66.46% | 1,113 | 32.07% | 33 | 0.95% | 18 | 0.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,194 | 34.40% | 3,471 |
| Douglas | 3,279 | 60.63% | 2,010 | 37.17% | 49 | 0.91% | 70 | 1.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,269 | 23.47% | 5,408 |
| Edwards | 773 | 50.23% | 704 | 45.74% | 27 | 1.75% | 35 | 2.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 69 | 4.48% | 1,539 |
| Elk | 1,454 | 54.11% | 1,187 | 44.18% | 25 | 0.93% | 21 | 0.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 267 | 9.94% | 2,687 |
| Ellis | 768 | 34.50% | 1,421 | 63.84% | 20 | 0.90% | 17 | 0.76% | 0 | 0.00% | -653 | -29.34% | 2,226 |
| Ellsworth | 1,213 | 52.95% | 1,039 | 45.35% | 13 | 0.57% | 26 | 1.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 174 | 7.59% | 2,291 |
| Finney | 1,000 | 61.46% | 551 | 33.87% | 58 | 3.56% | 18 | 1.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 449 | 27.60% | 1,627 |
| Ford | 1,333 | 53.28% | 1,089 | 43.53% | 44 | 1.76% | 36 | 1.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 244 | 9.75% | 2,502 |
| Franklin | 2,658 | 52.74% | 2,155 | 42.76% | 93 | 1.85% | 134 | 2.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 503 | 9.98% | 5,040 |
| Geary | 1,257 | 53.38% | 1,033 | 43.86% | 38 | 1.61% | 27 | 1.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 224 | 9.51% | 2,355 |
| Gove | 632 | 55.15% | 456 | 39.79% | 32 | 2.79% | 26 | 2.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 176 | 15.36% | 1,146 |
| Graham | 911 | 52.24% | 723 | 41.46% | 95 | 5.45% | 15 | 0.86% | 0 | 0.00% | 188 | 10.78% | 1,744 |
| Grant | 178 | 54.77% | 133 | 40.92% | 12 | 3.69% | 2 | 0.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 45 | 13.85% | 325 |
| Gray | 372 | 46.79% | 338 | 42.52% | 64 | 8.05% | 21 | 2.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 34 | 4.28% | 795 |
| Greeley | 206 | 64.58% | 89 | 27.90% | 21 | 6.58% | 3 | 0.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 117 | 36.68% | 319 |
| Greenwood | 2,370 | 59.16% | 1,545 | 38.57% | 69 | 1.72% | 22 | 0.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 825 | 20.59% | 4,006 |
| Hamilton | 415 | 57.32% | 275 | 37.98% | 30 | 4.14% | 4 | 0.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 140 | 19.34% | 724 |
| Harper | 1,490 | 48.46% | 1,404 | 45.66% | 112 | 3.64% | 69 | 2.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 86 | 2.80% | 3,075 |
| Harvey | 2,305 | 58.30% | 1,475 | 37.30% | 99 | 2.50% | 74 | 1.87% | 1 | 0.03% | 830 | 20.99% | 3,954 |
| Haskell | 172 | 48.73% | 139 | 39.38% | 36 | 10.20% | 6 | 1.70% | 0 | 0.00% | 33 | 9.35% | 353 |
| Hodgeman | 411 | 57.08% | 290 | 40.28% | 7 | 0.97% | 12 | 1.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 121 | 16.81% | 720 |
| Jackson | 2,201 | 58.65% | 1,494 | 39.81% | 17 | 0.45% | 39 | 1.04% | 2 | 0.05% | 707 | 18.84% | 3,753 |
| Jefferson | 2,270 | 55.57% | 1,720 | 42.11% | 64 | 1.57% | 31 | 0.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 550 | 13.46% | 4,085 |
| Jewell | 2,410 | 53.48% | 1,932 | 42.88% | 54 | 1.20% | 110 | 2.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 478 | 10.61% | 4,506 |
| Johnson | 2,313 | 51.17% | 2,091 | 46.26% | 88 | 1.95% | 28 | 0.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 222 | 4.91% | 4,520 |
| Kearny | 435 | 56.64% | 304 | 39.58% | 26 | 3.39% | 3 | 0.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 131 | 17.06% | 768 |
| Kingman | 1,442 | 47.26% | 1,479 | 48.48% | 84 | 2.75% | 45 | 1.47% | 1 | 0.03% | -37 | -1.21% | 3,051 |
| Kiowa | 699 | 59.49% | 409 | 34.81% | 37 | 3.15% | 30 | 2.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 290 | 24.68% | 1,175 |
| Labette | 3,367 | 49.17% | 2,783 | 40.64% | 643 | 9.39% | 54 | 0.79% | 1 | 0.01% | 584 | 8.53% | 6,848 |
| Lane | 357 | 51.52% | 271 | 39.11% | 49 | 7.07% | 16 | 2.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 86 | 12.41% | 693 |
| Leavenworth | 4,846 | 53.87% | 3,818 | 42.44% | 288 | 3.20% | 43 | 0.48% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,028 | 11.43% | 8,996 |
| Lincoln | 1,218 | 50.27% | 1,117 | 46.10% | 58 | 2.39% | 30 | 1.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 101 | 4.17% | 2,423 |
| Linn | 1,950 | 51.79% | 1,657 | 44.01% | 126 | 3.35% | 31 | 0.82% | 1 | 0.03% | 293 | 7.78% | 3,765 |
| Logan | 524 | 59.34% | 308 | 34.88% | 32 | 3.62% | 18 | 2.04% | 1 | 0.11% | 216 | 24.46% | 883 |
| Lyon | 2,973 | 50.87% | 2,562 | 43.84% | 161 | 2.75% | 147 | 2.52% | 1 | 0.02% | 411 | 7.03% | 5,844 |
| Marion | 2,546 | 57.45% | 1,747 | 39.42% | 57 | 1.29% | 80 | 1.81% | 2 | 0.05% | 799 | 18.03% | 4,432 |
| Marshall | 3,296 | 55.91% | 2,514 | 42.65% | 32 | 0.54% | 53 | 0.90% | 0 | 0.00% | 782 | 13.27% | 5,895 |
| McPherson | 2,708 | 57.39% | 1,905 | 40.37% | 55 | 1.17% | 51 | 1.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 803 | 17.02% | 4,719 |
| Meade | 560 | 56.22% | 386 | 38.76% | 26 | 2.61% | 24 | 2.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 174 | 17.47% | 996 |
| Miami | 2,475 | 51.03% | 2,256 | 46.52% | 91 | 1.88% | 26 | 0.54% | 2 | 0.04% | 219 | 4.52% | 4,850 |
| Mitchell | 1,765 | 50.50% | 1,570 | 44.92% | 118 | 3.38% | 42 | 1.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 195 | 5.58% | 3,495 |
| Montgomery | 5,166 | 52.10% | 4,030 | 40.64% | 661 | 6.67% | 57 | 0.57% | 2 | 0.02% | 1,136 | 11.46% | 9,916 |
| Morris | 1,788 | 57.53% | 1,273 | 40.96% | 19 | 0.61% | 28 | 0.90% | 0 | 0.00% | 515 | 16.57% | 3,108 |
| Morton | 154 | 50.49% | 140 | 45.90% | 6 | 1.97% | 5 | 1.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 14 | 4.59% | 305 |
| Nemaha | 2,394 | 51.57% | 2,182 | 47.01% | 32 | 0.69% | 33 | 0.71% | 1 | 0.02% | 212 | 4.57% | 4,642 |
| Neosho | 2,929 | 53.15% | 2,386 | 43.30% | 166 | 3.01% | 29 | 0.53% | 1 | 0.02% | 543 | 9.85% | 5,511 |
| Ness | 635 | 47.96% | 461 | 34.82% | 109 | 8.23% | 117 | 8.84% | 2 | 0.15% | 174 | 13.14% | 1,324 |
| Norton | 1,448 | 49.76% | 1,337 | 45.95% | 59 | 2.03% | 66 | 2.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 111 | 3.81% | 2,910 |
| Osage | 2,671 | 50.30% | 2,288 | 43.09% | 264 | 4.97% | 86 | 1.62% | 1 | 0.02% | 383 | 7.21% | 5,310 |
| Osborne | 1,665 | 55.30% | 1,132 | 37.60% | 45 | 1.49% | 169 | 5.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 533 | 17.70% | 3,011 |
| Ottawa | 1,444 | 50.54% | 1,265 | 44.28% | 83 | 2.91% | 65 | 2.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 179 | 6.27% | 2,857 |
| Pawnee | 1,000 | 48.43% | 961 | 46.54% | 68 | 3.29% | 36 | 1.74% | 0 | 0.00% | 39 | 1.89% | 2,065 |
| Phillips | 1,762 | 52.25% | 1,490 | 44.19% | 65 | 1.93% | 55 | 1.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 272 | 8.07% | 3,372 |
| Pottawatomie | 2,650 | 60.78% | 1,680 | 38.53% | 11 | 0.25% | 19 | 0.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 970 | 22.25% | 4,360 |
| Pratt | 1,193 | 50.53% | 1,027 | 43.50% | 67 | 2.84% | 73 | 3.09% | 1 | 0.04% | 166 | 7.03% | 2,361 |
| Rawlins | 719 | 47.36% | 732 | 48.22% | 59 | 3.89% | 7 | 0.46% | 1 | 0.07% | -13 | -0.86% | 1,518 |
| Reno | 4,092 | 52.72% | 3,381 | 43.56% | 175 | 2.25% | 114 | 1.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 711 | 9.16% | 7,762 |
| Republic | 2,156 | 51.79% | 1,905 | 45.76% | 35 | 0.84% | 67 | 1.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 251 | 6.03% | 4,163 |
| Rice | 1,832 | 51.35% | 1,407 | 39.43% | 110 | 3.08% | 217 | 6.08% | 2 | 0.06% | 425 | 11.91% | 3,568 |
| Riley | 2,276 | 61.71% | 1,289 | 34.95% | 65 | 1.76% | 58 | 1.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 987 | 26.76% | 3,688 |
| Rooks | 1,280 | 53.13% | 1,003 | 41.64% | 75 | 3.11% | 51 | 2.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 277 | 11.50% | 2,409 |
| Rush | 764 | 45.02% | 894 | 52.68% | 30 | 1.77% | 9 | 0.53% | 0 | 0.00% | -130 | -7.66% | 1,697 |
| Russell | 1,360 | 57.12% | 976 | 40.99% | 27 | 1.13% | 18 | 0.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 384 | 16.13% | 2,381 |
| Saline | 2,297 | 50.15% | 2,134 | 46.59% | 116 | 2.53% | 33 | 0.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 163 | 3.56% | 4,580 |
| Scott | 324 | 47.09% | 294 | 42.73% | 61 | 8.87% | 8 | 1.16% | 1 | 0.15% | 30 | 4.36% | 688 |
| Sedgwick | 6,756 | 50.25% | 6,049 | 44.99% | 390 | 2.90% | 247 | 1.84% | 3 | 0.02% | 707 | 5.26% | 13,445 |
| Seward | 427 | 48.09% | 413 | 46.51% | 33 | 3.72% | 15 | 1.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 14 | 1.58% | 888 |
| Shawnee | 7,554 | 56.28% | 5,585 | 41.61% | 170 | 1.27% | 112 | 0.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,969 | 14.67% | 13,421 |
| Sheridan | 639 | 48.89% | 631 | 48.28% | 22 | 1.68% | 15 | 1.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 8 | 0.61% | 1,307 |
| Sherman | 439 | 43.64% | 508 | 50.50% | 46 | 4.57% | 13 | 1.29% | 0 | 0.00% | -69 | -6.86% | 1,006 |
| Smith | 1,843 | 51.65% | 1,593 | 44.65% | 51 | 1.43% | 78 | 2.19% | 3 | 0.08% | 250 | 7.01% | 3,568 |
| Stafford | 1,334 | 50.99% | 1,135 | 43.39% | 48 | 1.83% | 99 | 3.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 199 | 7.61% | 2,616 |
| Stanton | 180 | 60.81% | 107 | 36.15% | 6 | 2.03% | 3 | 1.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 73 | 24.66% | 296 |
| Stevens | 258 | 48.22% | 215 | 40.19% | 39 | 7.29% | 23 | 4.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 43 | 8.04% | 535 |
| Sumner | 3,235 | 51.30% | 2,772 | 43.96% | 204 | 3.24% | 95 | 1.51% | 0 | 0.00% | 463 | 7.34% | 6,306 |
| Thomas | 569 | 44.98% | 630 | 49.80% | 44 | 3.48% | 22 | 1.74% | 0 | 0.00% | -61 | -4.82% | 1,265 |
| Trego | 617 | 54.65% | 458 | 40.57% | 32 | 2.83% | 20 | 1.77% | 2 | 0.18% | 159 | 14.08% | 1,129 |
| Wabaunsee | 1,849 | 60.25% | 1,163 | 37.90% | 24 | 0.78% | 33 | 1.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 686 | 22.35% | 3,069 |
| Wallace | 350 | 59.32% | 206 | 34.92% | 23 | 3.90% | 11 | 1.86% | 0 | 0.00% | 144 | 24.41% | 590 |
| Washington | 2,711 | 57.51% | 1,904 | 40.39% | 46 | 0.98% | 53 | 1.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 807 | 17.12% | 4,714 |
| Wichita | 233 | 54.31% | 173 | 40.33% | 22 | 5.13% | 1 | 0.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 60 | 13.99% | 429 |
| Wilson | 2,428 | 53.14% | 1,777 | 38.89% | 324 | 7.09% | 40 | 0.88% | 0 | 0.00% | 651 | 14.25% | 4,569 |
| Woodson | 1,252 | 53.23% | 1,047 | 44.52% | 41 | 1.74% | 12 | 0.51% | 0 | 0.00% | 205 | 8.72% | 2,352 |
| Wyandotte | 8,684 | 47.56% | 8,923 | 48.87% | 528 | 2.89% | 117 | 0.64% | 7 | 0.04% | -239 | -1.31% | 18,259 |
| Totals | 197,316 | 52.47% | 161,209 | 42.87% | 12,420 | 3.30% | 5,030 | 1.34% | 70 | 0.02% | 36,107 | 9.60% | 376,045 |
References
- Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 418 ISBN 9780691163246
- ‘Roads Can’t Handle Crops: Predicts That Bryan Will Carry Missouri and Taft Kansas’; San Francisco Chronicle, October 5, 1908, p. 3
- ‘Campaign Nears End: Hitchcock and Mack Rest. Stick to Forecasts of Last Week’; Boston Daily Globe, November 2, 1908, p.1
- ‘Nominee at Same Banquet: Taft and Bryan Will Meet at Chicago’; Boston Daily Globe, September 12, 1908, p. 2
- "1908 Presidential General Election Results – Kansas". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
- Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1908 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)
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