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%
The1908 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 3, 1908. All contemporary 46 states were part of the1908 United States presidential election . Alabama voters chose eleven electors to theElectoral College , which selected thepresident andvice president .
Alabama was won by theDemocratic nominees, former RepresentativeWilliam Jennings Bryan ofNebraska and his running mateJohn W. Kern ofIndiana . They defeated theRepublican candidates,United States Secretary of War William Howard Taft ofOhio and his running mateJames S. Sherman ofNew 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 afterSouth Carolina ,Mississippi ,Louisiana andTexas .[ 1]
Bryan had previously defeatedWilliam McKinley in Alabama in both1896 and1900 .
County William J. Bryan William H. Taft Thomas E. Watson Eugene V. Debs Various candidates 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
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