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The1908 United States presidential election in North Dakota took place on November 3, 1908. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
North Dakota voted for theRepublican nominee,Secretary of WarWilliam Howard Taft ofOhio and his running mateJames S. Sherman ofNew York. They defeated theDemocratic nominees, formerU.S. Representative ofNebraskaWilliam Jennings Bryan and his running mateJohn W. Kern ofIndiana. Taft won the state by a margin of 26.23%.
With 61.02% of the popular vote, North Dakota would be Taft's fourth strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote afterVermont,Maine andMichigan.[1]
Bryan had previously lost North Dakota to RepublicanWilliam McKinley in both1896 and1900.
| 1908 United States presidential election in North Dakota[2] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Republican | William Howard Taft ofOhio | James Schoolcraft Sherman ofNew York | 57,680 | 61.02% | 4 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan ofNebraska | John Worth Kern ofIndiana | 32,885 | 34.79% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Socialist | Eugene Victor Debs ofIndiana | Benjamin Hanford ofNew York | 2,421 | 2.56% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Prohibition | Eugene Wilder Chafin ofIllinois | Aaron Sherman Watkins ofOhio | 1,496 | 1.58% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Independence | Thomas Louis Hisgen ofMassachusetts | John Temple Graves ofGeorgia | 43 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 94,525 | 100.00% | 4 | 100.00% | ||||
| County[3] | William Howard Taft Republican | William Jennings Bryan Democratic | Eugene Victor Debs Socialist | Eugene Wilder Chafin Prohibition | Thomas Louis Hisgen Independence | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 577 | 70.45% | 201 | 24.54% | 21 | 2.56% | 19 | 2.32% | 1 | 0.12% | 376 | 45.91% | 819 |
| Barnes | 1,786 | 62.06% | 996 | 34.61% | 35 | 1.22% | 60 | 2.08% | 1 | 0.03% | 790 | 27.45% | 2,878 |
| Benson | 1,363 | 67.81% | 553 | 27.51% | 30 | 1.49% | 64 | 3.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 810 | 40.30% | 2,010 |
| Billings | 768 | 73.70% | 236 | 22.65% | 21 | 2.02% | 17 | 1.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 532 | 51.06% | 1,042 |
| Bottineau | 1,951 | 59.45% | 1,146 | 34.92% | 140 | 4.27% | 44 | 1.34% | 1 | 0.03% | 805 | 24.53% | 3,282 |
| Bowman | 451 | 66.13% | 209 | 30.65% | 15 | 2.20% | 7 | 1.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 242 | 35.48% | 682 |
| Burleigh | 1,375 | 65.82% | 660 | 31.59% | 37 | 1.77% | 17 | 0.81% | 0 | 0.00% | 715 | 34.23% | 2,089 |
| Cass | 3,681 | 62.53% | 2,000 | 33.97% | 94 | 1.60% | 106 | 1.80% | 6 | 0.10% | 1,681 | 28.55% | 5,887 |
| Cavalier | 1,528 | 55.06% | 1,190 | 42.88% | 32 | 1.15% | 24 | 0.86% | 1 | 0.04% | 338 | 12.18% | 2,775 |
| Dickey | 1,062 | 60.96% | 633 | 36.34% | 30 | 1.72% | 17 | 0.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 429 | 24.63% | 1,742 |
| Dunn | 373 | 68.82% | 160 | 29.52% | 8 | 1.48% | 1 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 213 | 39.30% | 542 |
| Eddy | 540 | 58.00% | 368 | 39.53% | 6 | 0.64% | 16 | 1.72% | 1 | 0.11% | 172 | 18.47% | 931 |
| Emmons | 951 | 59.70% | 618 | 38.79% | 14 | 0.88% | 10 | 0.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 333 | 20.90% | 1,593 |
| Foster | 569 | 56.00% | 434 | 42.72% | 6 | 0.59% | 7 | 0.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 135 | 13.29% | 1,016 |
| Grand Forks | 2,740 | 57.41% | 1,750 | 36.66% | 153 | 3.21% | 130 | 2.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 990 | 20.74% | 4,773 |
| Griggs | 605 | 51.84% | 493 | 42.25% | 18 | 1.54% | 51 | 4.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 112 | 9.60% | 1,167 |
| Hettinger | 568 | 73.96% | 181 | 23.57% | 9 | 1.17% | 10 | 1.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 387 | 50.39% | 768 |
| Kidder | 769 | 72.55% | 242 | 22.83% | 26 | 2.45% | 23 | 2.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 527 | 49.72% | 1,060 |
| LaMoure | 1,104 | 64.75% | 553 | 32.43% | 19 | 1.11% | 28 | 1.64% | 1 | 0.06% | 551 | 32.32% | 1,705 |
| Logan | 711 | 81.44% | 143 | 16.38% | 16 | 1.83% | 3 | 0.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 568 | 65.06% | 873 |
| McHenry | 1,772 | 56.16% | 1,296 | 41.08% | 55 | 1.74% | 32 | 1.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 476 | 15.09% | 3,155 |
| McIntosh | 927 | 86.47% | 140 | 13.06% | 4 | 0.37% | 1 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 787 | 73.41% | 1,072 |
| McKenzie | 574 | 68.41% | 212 | 25.27% | 46 | 5.48% | 7 | 0.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 362 | 43.15% | 839 |
| McLean | 2,273 | 67.83% | 927 | 27.66% | 98 | 2.92% | 51 | 1.52% | 2 | 0.06% | 1,346 | 40.17% | 3,351 |
| Mercer | 430 | 81.13% | 96 | 18.11% | 2 | 0.38% | 2 | 0.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 334 | 63.02% | 530 |
| Morton | 2,021 | 67.91% | 873 | 29.33% | 67 | 2.25% | 14 | 0.47% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,148 | 38.58% | 2,976 |
| Nelson | 1,225 | 63.80% | 616 | 32.08% | 60 | 3.13% | 17 | 0.89% | 2 | 0.10% | 609 | 31.72% | 1,920 |
| Oliver | 325 | 62.50% | 179 | 34.42% | 3 | 0.58% | 13 | 2.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 146 | 28.08% | 520 |
| Pembina | 1,389 | 52.55% | 1,185 | 44.84% | 17 | 0.64% | 50 | 1.89% | 2 | 0.08% | 204 | 7.72% | 2,643 |
| Pierce | 884 | 57.37% | 610 | 39.58% | 28 | 1.82% | 18 | 1.17% | 1 | 0.06% | 274 | 17.78% | 1,541 |
| Ramsey | 1,480 | 55.79% | 1,072 | 40.41% | 72 | 2.71% | 27 | 1.02% | 2 | 0.08% | 408 | 15.38% | 2,653 |
| Ransom | 1,308 | 67.53% | 581 | 29.99% | 11 | 0.57% | 36 | 1.86% | 1 | 0.05% | 727 | 37.53% | 1,937 |
| Richland | 1,864 | 54.17% | 1,502 | 43.65% | 14 | 0.41% | 60 | 1.74% | 1 | 0.03% | 362 | 10.52% | 3,441 |
| Rolette | 811 | 55.32% | 529 | 36.08% | 99 | 6.75% | 24 | 1.64% | 3 | 0.20% | 282 | 19.24% | 1,466 |
| Sargent | 1,012 | 61.48% | 576 | 34.99% | 38 | 2.31% | 20 | 1.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 436 | 26.49% | 1,646 |
| Stark | 922 | 63.76% | 496 | 34.30% | 19 | 1.31% | 7 | 0.48% | 2 | 0.14% | 426 | 29.46% | 1,446 |
| Steele | 881 | 68.72% | 366 | 28.55% | 17 | 1.33% | 18 | 1.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 515 | 40.17% | 1,282 |
| Stutsman | 1,777 | 55.67% | 1,344 | 42.11% | 24 | 0.75% | 45 | 1.41% | 2 | 0.06% | 433 | 13.57% | 3,192 |
| Towner | 867 | 54.19% | 655 | 40.94% | 59 | 3.69% | 18 | 1.13% | 1 | 0.06% | 212 | 13.25% | 1,600 |
| Traill | 1,207 | 66.03% | 490 | 26.81% | 33 | 1.81% | 97 | 5.31% | 1 | 0.05% | 717 | 39.22% | 1,828 |
| Walsh | 1,751 | 49.46% | 1,641 | 46.36% | 117 | 3.31% | 30 | 0.85% | 1 | 0.03% | 110 | 3.11% | 3,540 |
| Ward | 5,286 | 57.39% | 3,163 | 34.34% | 563 | 6.11% | 193 | 2.10% | 5 | 0.05% | 2,123 | 23.05% | 9,210 |
| Wells | 1,243 | 68.07% | 535 | 29.30% | 22 | 1.20% | 25 | 1.37% | 1 | 0.05% | 708 | 38.77% | 1,826 |
| Williams | 1,979 | 60.41% | 1,034 | 31.56% | 223 | 6.81% | 37 | 1.13% | 3 | 0.09% | 945 | 28.85% | 3,276 |
| Totals | 57,680 | 61.02% | 32,884 | 34.79% | 2,421 | 2.56% | 1,496 | 1.58% | 43 | 0.05% | 24,796 | 26.23% | 94,524 |
