1908 United States presidential election in Michigan
The 1908 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 3, 1908, as part of the 1908 United States presidential election. Voters chose fourteen[1] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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 County Results
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Michigan voted for Republican nominee William Howard Taft from Ohio over Democratic candidate Nebraskan William Jennings Bryan. The Republican ticket received nearly 62% of the vote, while the Democrats received 32%.[2]
With 61.93% of the popular vote, Michigan would be Taft's third strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Vermont and Maine.[3]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | William Howard Taft | 335,580 | 61.93% | |
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 175,771 | 32.44% | |
| Prohibition | Eugene W. Chafin | 16,974 | 3.13% | |
| Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 11,586 | 2.14% | |
| Socialist Labor | August Gillhaus | 1,096 | 0.20% | |
| Independence | Thomas L. Hisgen | 760 | 0.14% | |
| United Christian | Daniel Turney | 63 | 0.01% | |
| Total votes | 1,048,411 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County | William Howard Taft[4] Republican |
William Jennings Bryan[4] Democratic |
Eugene Wilder Chafin[4] Prohibition |
Eugene Victor Debs[4] Socialist |
Various candidates[4] Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alcona | 824 | 76.37% | 175 | 16.22% | 24 | 2.22% | 54 | 5.00% | 2 | 0.19% | 649 | 60.15% | 1,079 |
| Alger | 997 | 75.59% | 231 | 17.51% | 22 | 1.67% | 60 | 4.55% | 9 | 0.68% | 766 | 58.07% | 1,319 |
| Allegan | 5,422 | 67.32% | 2,186 | 27.14% | 285 | 3.54% | 135 | 1.68% | 26 | 0.32% | 3,236 | 40.18% | 8,054 |
| Alpena | 2,358 | 68.07% | 949 | 27.40% | 33 | 0.95% | 116 | 3.35% | 8 | 0.23% | 1,409 | 40.68% | 3,464 |
| Antrim | 2,020 | 73.21% | 574 | 20.80% | 99 | 3.59% | 59 | 2.14% | 7 | 0.25% | 1,446 | 52.41% | 2,759 |
| Arenac | 1,081 | 56.19% | 714 | 37.11% | 59 | 3.07% | 67 | 3.48% | 3 | 0.16% | 367 | 19.07% | 1,924 |
| Baraga | 765 | 73.98% | 232 | 22.44% | 19 | 1.84% | 14 | 1.35% | 4 | 0.39% | 533 | 51.55% | 1,034 |
| Barry | 3,247 | 57.46% | 2,126 | 37.62% | 244 | 4.32% | 21 | 0.37% | 13 | 0.23% | 1,121 | 19.84% | 5,651 |
| Bay | 6,760 | 58.22% | 4,223 | 36.37% | 180 | 1.55% | 403 | 3.47% | 45 | 0.39% | 2,537 | 21.85% | 11,611 |
| Benzie | 1,437 | 62.97% | 551 | 24.15% | 205 | 8.98% | 77 | 3.37% | 12 | 0.53% | 886 | 38.83% | 2,282 |
| Berrien | 7,260 | 58.07% | 4,598 | 36.78% | 274 | 2.19% | 276 | 2.21% | 95 | 0.76% | 2,662 | 21.29% | 12,503 |
| Branch | 3,715 | 57.48% | 2,402 | 37.17% | 187 | 2.89% | 131 | 2.03% | 28 | 0.43% | 1,313 | 20.32% | 6,463 |
| Calhoun | 6,848 | 55.99% | 4,240 | 34.67% | 473 | 3.87% | 530 | 4.33% | 140 | 1.14% | 2,608 | 21.32% | 12,231 |
| Cass | 3,082 | 52.72% | 2,466 | 42.18% | 149 | 2.55% | 128 | 2.19% | 21 | 0.36% | 616 | 10.54% | 5,846 |
| Charlevoix | 2,530 | 68.92% | 801 | 21.82% | 147 | 4.00% | 176 | 4.79% | 17 | 0.46% | 1,729 | 47.10% | 3,671 |
| Cheboygan | 2,053 | 58.94% | 1,205 | 34.60% | 126 | 3.62% | 83 | 2.38% | 16 | 0.46% | 848 | 24.35% | 3,483 |
| Chippewa | 2,418 | 64.19% | 1,175 | 31.19% | 129 | 3.42% | 37 | 0.98% | 8 | 0.21% | 1,243 | 33.00% | 3,767 |
| Clare | 1,345 | 68.14% | 567 | 28.72% | 36 | 1.82% | 22 | 1.11% | 4 | 0.20% | 778 | 39.41% | 1,974 |
| Clinton | 3,490 | 59.63% | 2,188 | 37.38% | 146 | 2.49% | 23 | 0.39% | 6 | 0.10% | 1,302 | 22.25% | 5,853 |
| Crawford | 590 | 67.82% | 237 | 27.24% | 12 | 1.38% | 28 | 3.22% | 3 | 0.34% | 353 | 40.57% | 870 |
| Delta | 3,243 | 71.70% | 1,097 | 24.25% | 81 | 1.79% | 80 | 1.77% | 22 | 0.49% | 2,146 | 47.45% | 4,523 |
| Dickinson | 2,507 | 76.18% | 544 | 16.53% | 176 | 5.35% | 44 | 1.34% | 20 | 0.61% | 1,963 | 59.65% | 3,291 |
| Eaton | 4,364 | 55.92% | 3,131 | 40.12% | 204 | 2.61% | 89 | 1.14% | 16 | 0.21% | 1,233 | 15.80% | 7,804 |
| Emmet | 2,313 | 62.08% | 1,012 | 27.16% | 204 | 5.48% | 184 | 4.94% | 13 | 0.35% | 1,301 | 34.92% | 3,726 |
| Genesee | 7,211 | 64.31% | 3,234 | 28.84% | 437 | 3.90% | 303 | 2.70% | 28 | 0.25% | 3,977 | 35.47% | 11,213 |
| Gladwin | 1,168 | 71.35% | 386 | 23.58% | 47 | 2.87% | 31 | 1.89% | 5 | 0.31% | 782 | 47.77% | 1,637 |
| Gogebic | 2,256 | 72.96% | 614 | 19.86% | 147 | 4.75% | 60 | 1.94% | 15 | 0.49% | 1,642 | 53.10% | 3,092 |
| Grand Traverse | 2,811 | 65.88% | 1,289 | 30.21% | 133 | 3.12% | 27 | 0.63% | 7 | 0.16% | 1,522 | 35.67% | 4,267 |
| Gratiot | 4,158 | 61.65% | 2,372 | 35.17% | 176 | 2.61% | 32 | 0.47% | 6 | 0.09% | 1,786 | 26.48% | 6,744 |
| Hillsdale | 4,463 | 60.98% | 2,516 | 34.38% | 279 | 3.81% | 44 | 0.60% | 17 | 0.23% | 1,947 | 26.60% | 7,319 |
| Houghton | 9,352 | 73.04% | 2,424 | 18.93% | 629 | 4.91% | 371 | 2.90% | 28 | 0.22% | 6,928 | 54.11% | 12,804 |
| Huron | 3,565 | 67.66% | 1,477 | 28.03% | 161 | 3.06% | 57 | 1.08% | 9 | 0.17% | 2,088 | 39.63% | 5,269 |
| Ingham | 6,723 | 53.69% | 5,016 | 40.06% | 582 | 4.65% | 157 | 1.25% | 43 | 0.34% | 1,707 | 13.63% | 12,521 |
| Ionia | 4,584 | 54.77% | 3,232 | 38.61% | 450 | 5.38% | 92 | 1.10% | 12 | 0.14% | 1,352 | 16.15% | 8,370 |
| Iosco | 1,224 | 63.03% | 668 | 34.40% | 40 | 2.06% | 9 | 0.46% | 1 | 0.05% | 556 | 28.63% | 1,942 |
| Iron | 2,055 | 85.63% | 260 | 10.83% | 40 | 1.67% | 22 | 0.92% | 23 | 0.96% | 1,795 | 74.79% | 2,400 |
| Isabella | 3,171 | 63.18% | 1,658 | 33.03% | 132 | 2.63% | 53 | 1.06% | 5 | 0.10% | 1,513 | 30.15% | 5,019 |
| Jackson | 6,770 | 54.12% | 5,226 | 41.77% | 331 | 2.65% | 161 | 1.29% | 22 | 0.18% | 1,544 | 12.34% | 12,510 |
| Kalamazoo | 6,511 | 54.63% | 4,477 | 37.57% | 448 | 3.76% | 425 | 3.57% | 57 | 0.48% | 2,034 | 17.07% | 11,918 |
| Kalkaska | 1,153 | 69.33% | 356 | 21.41% | 105 | 6.31% | 46 | 2.77% | 3 | 0.18% | 797 | 47.93% | 1,663 |
| Kent | 16,576 | 55.44% | 11,445 | 38.28% | 848 | 2.84% | 949 | 3.17% | 83 | 0.28% | 5,131 | 17.16% | 29,901 |
| Keweenaw | 1,026 | 90.56% | 63 | 5.56% | 16 | 1.41% | 25 | 2.21% | 3 | 0.26% | 963 | 85.00% | 1,133 |
| Lake | 673 | 68.88% | 253 | 25.90% | 14 | 1.43% | 31 | 3.17% | 6 | 0.61% | 420 | 42.99% | 977 |
| Lapeer | 3,426 | 63.49% | 1,644 | 30.47% | 288 | 5.34% | 34 | 0.63% | 4 | 0.07% | 1,782 | 33.02% | 5,396 |
| Leelanau | 1,258 | 66.35% | 566 | 29.85% | 46 | 2.43% | 23 | 1.21% | 3 | 0.16% | 692 | 36.50% | 1,896 |
| Lenawee | 6,607 | 56.22% | 4,704 | 40.03% | 398 | 3.39% | 28 | 0.24% | 15 | 0.13% | 1,903 | 16.19% | 11,752 |
| Livingston | 2,740 | 50.82% | 2,418 | 44.84% | 218 | 4.04% | 10 | 0.19% | 6 | 0.11% | 322 | 5.97% | 5,392 |
| Luce | 354 | 70.66% | 108 | 21.56% | 31 | 6.19% | 4 | 0.80% | 4 | 0.80% | 246 | 49.10% | 501 |
| Mackinac | 1,156 | 58.89% | 769 | 39.17% | 22 | 1.12% | 10 | 0.51% | 6 | 0.31% | 387 | 19.71% | 1,963 |
| Macomb | 4,472 | 56.78% | 3,138 | 39.84% | 224 | 2.84% | 34 | 0.43% | 8 | 0.10% | 1,334 | 16.94% | 7,876 |
| Manistee | 2,706 | 56.79% | 1,799 | 37.75% | 109 | 2.29% | 139 | 2.92% | 12 | 0.25% | 907 | 19.03% | 4,765 |
| Marquette | 5,613 | 74.78% | 1,275 | 16.99% | 259 | 3.45% | 332 | 4.42% | 27 | 0.36% | 4,338 | 57.79% | 7,506 |
| Mason | 2,577 | 65.71% | 1,132 | 28.86% | 149 | 3.80% | 52 | 1.33% | 12 | 0.31% | 1,445 | 36.84% | 3,922 |
| Mecosta | 2,723 | 65.84% | 1,179 | 28.51% | 149 | 3.60% | 80 | 1.93% | 5 | 0.12% | 1,544 | 37.33% | 4,136 |
| Menominee | 2,843 | 65.00% | 1,299 | 29.70% | 125 | 2.86% | 79 | 1.81% | 28 | 0.64% | 1,544 | 35.30% | 4,374 |
| Midland | 1,987 | 66.97% | 875 | 29.49% | 53 | 1.79% | 43 | 1.45% | 9 | 0.30% | 1,112 | 37.48% | 2,967 |
| Missaukee | 1,570 | 74.98% | 445 | 21.25% | 50 | 2.39% | 19 | 0.91% | 10 | 0.48% | 1,125 | 53.72% | 2,094 |
| Monroe | 4,206 | 53.07% | 3,451 | 43.54% | 212 | 2.67% | 50 | 0.63% | 7 | 0.09% | 755 | 9.53% | 7,926 |
| Montcalm | 4,558 | 69.05% | 1,715 | 25.98% | 197 | 2.98% | 116 | 1.76% | 15 | 0.23% | 2,843 | 43.07% | 6,601 |
| Montmorency | 580 | 75.23% | 179 | 23.22% | 3 | 0.39% | 8 | 1.04% | 1 | 0.13% | 401 | 52.01% | 771 |
| Muskegon | 5,070 | 69.25% | 1,794 | 24.50% | 149 | 2.04% | 273 | 3.73% | 35 | 0.48% | 3,276 | 44.75% | 7,321 |
| Newaygo | 2,677 | 69.37% | 956 | 24.77% | 147 | 3.81% | 69 | 1.79% | 10 | 0.26% | 1,721 | 44.60% | 3,859 |
| Oakland | 6,267 | 58.18% | 3,950 | 36.67% | 422 | 3.92% | 107 | 0.99% | 25 | 0.23% | 2,317 | 21.51% | 10,771 |
| Oceana | 2,445 | 68.51% | 799 | 22.39% | 251 | 7.03% | 57 | 1.60% | 17 | 0.48% | 1,646 | 46.12% | 3,569 |
| Ogemaw | 1,218 | 68.47% | 454 | 25.52% | 78 | 4.38% | 25 | 1.41% | 4 | 0.22% | 764 | 42.95% | 1,779 |
| Ontonagon | 1,249 | 71.37% | 425 | 24.29% | 18 | 1.03% | 47 | 2.69% | 11 | 0.63% | 824 | 47.09% | 1,750 |
| Osceola | 2,718 | 74.38% | 767 | 20.99% | 143 | 3.91% | 5 | 0.14% | 21 | 0.57% | 1,951 | 53.39% | 3,654 |
| Oscoda | 331 | 72.75% | 112 | 24.62% | 9 | 1.98% | 3 | 0.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 219 | 48.13% | 455 |
| Otsego | 864 | 72.48% | 276 | 23.15% | 34 | 2.85% | 15 | 1.26% | 3 | 0.25% | 588 | 49.33% | 1,192 |
| Ottawa | 5,642 | 66.25% | 2,429 | 28.52% | 247 | 2.90% | 164 | 1.93% | 34 | 0.40% | 3,213 | 37.73% | 8,516 |
| Presque Isle | 1,706 | 81.39% | 301 | 14.36% | 18 | 0.86% | 57 | 2.72% | 14 | 0.67% | 1,405 | 67.03% | 2,096 |
| Roscommon | 427 | 69.43% | 147 | 23.90% | 18 | 2.93% | 18 | 2.93% | 5 | 0.81% | 280 | 45.53% | 615 |
| Saginaw | 9,447 | 54.41% | 7,019 | 40.42% | 244 | 1.41% | 558 | 3.21% | 96 | 0.55% | 2,428 | 13.98% | 17,364 |
| Sanilac | 4,173 | 68.96% | 1,474 | 24.36% | 356 | 5.88% | 43 | 0.71% | 5 | 0.08% | 2,699 | 44.60% | 6,051 |
| Schoolcraft | 1,360 | 79.44% | 289 | 16.88% | 41 | 2.39% | 16 | 0.93% | 6 | 0.35% | 1,071 | 62.56% | 1,712 |
| Shiawassee | 4,199 | 57.96% | 2,339 | 32.28% | 524 | 7.23% | 171 | 2.36% | 12 | 0.17% | 1,860 | 25.67% | 7,245 |
| St. Clair | 7,287 | 62.23% | 3,756 | 32.08% | 327 | 2.79% | 295 | 2.52% | 44 | 0.38% | 3,531 | 30.16% | 11,709 |
| St. Joseph | 3,466 | 52.93% | 2,770 | 42.30% | 172 | 2.63% | 108 | 1.65% | 32 | 0.49% | 696 | 10.63% | 6,548 |
| Tuscola | 4,430 | 68.84% | 1,563 | 24.29% | 388 | 6.03% | 46 | 0.71% | 8 | 0.12% | 2,867 | 44.55% | 6,435 |
| Van Buren | 4,531 | 62.80% | 2,313 | 32.06% | 193 | 2.67% | 129 | 1.79% | 49 | 0.68% | 2,218 | 30.74% | 7,215 |
| Washtenaw | 5,845 | 54.58% | 4,441 | 41.47% | 305 | 2.85% | 88 | 0.82% | 30 | 0.28% | 1,404 | 13.11% | 10,709 |
| Wayne | 49,580 | 63.69% | 24,128 | 31.00% | 1,401 | 1.80% | 2,400 | 3.08% | 331 | 0.43% | 25,452 | 32.70% | 77,840 |
| Wexford | 2,886 | 71.95% | 831 | 20.72% | 238 | 5.93% | 40 | 1.00% | 16 | 0.40% | 2,055 | 51.23% | 4,011 |
| Totals | 333,313 | 61.94% | 174,619 | 32.45% | 16,785 | 3.12% | 11,527 | 2.14% | 1,891 | 0.35% | 158,694 | 29.49% | 538,135 |
References
- "1908 Election for the Thirty-First Term (1909-1913)". Retrieved 2018-04-03.
- "1908 Presidential General Election Results - Michigan". Retrieved 2018-04-03.
- "1908 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
- Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1908 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)
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