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The1908 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 3, 1908. All 46 states were part of the1908 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president. This was the first presidential election Oklahoma participated in, as it had become the 46th state on November 16, 1907.
Oklahoma was won by theDemocratic nominees, formerU.S. RepresentativeWilliam Jennings Bryan and his running mateJohn W. Kern ofIndiana. They defeated theRepublican nominees,Secretary of WarWilliam Howard Taft ofOhio and his running mateJames S. Sherman ofNew York. Bryan won the state by a narrow margin of 4.66%,[1] establishing Oklahoma as a Democratic-leaning state, a position it would hold for several decades.
Prior to1952, it consistently voted Democratic in presidential elections outside of the Republican landslides in 1920 and 1928. OnlyLyndon B. Johnson in his1964 landslide has carried the state for Democrats since 1952.[2] This is one of two times that the state voted for a losing Democrat, along with 1924. This was one of only two elections in whichOklahoma County, home toOklahoma City, voted for a candidate that lost the state, along with 1920.
Eugene V. Debs, the Socialist candidate, won 8.52% of the vote, demonstrating the strength of theSocialist movement in Oklahoma at this point in the state's history. Debs would go on to improve this performance in1912, winning around twice as much of the percentage of the vote in Oklahoma.
| 1908 United States presidential election in Oklahoma[3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 122,363 | 47.93% | 7 | |
| Republican | William Howard Taft | 110,474 | 43.27% | 0 | |
| Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 21,755 | 8.52% | 0 | |
| Populist | Thomas E. Watson | 434 | 0.17% | 0 | |
| Independence | Thomas L. Hisgen | 274 | 0.11% | 0 | |
| Totals | 255,300 | 100.0% | 7 | ||
| County | William Jennings Bryan Democratic | William Howard Taft[4] Republican | Eugene Victor Debs[5] Socialist | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 825 | 50.55% | 780 | 47.79% | 26 | 1.59% | 1 | 0.06% | 45 | 2.76% | 1,632 |
| Alfalfa | 1,459 | 43.13% | 1,738 | 51.37% | 179 | 5.29% | 7 | 0.21% | -279 | -8.25% | 3,383 |
| Atoka | 784 | 44.95% | 757 | 43.41% | 197 | 11.30% | 6 | 0.34% | 27 | 1.55% | 1,744 |
| Beaver | 1,212 | 43.52% | 1,362 | 48.90% | 197 | 7.07% | 14 | 0.50% | -150 | -5.39% | 2,785 |
| Beckham | 1,807 | 56.68% | 866 | 27.16% | 498 | 15.62% | 17 | 0.53% | 941 | 29.52% | 3,188 |
| Blaine | 1,317 | 40.25% | 1,598 | 48.84% | 341 | 10.42% | 16 | 0.49% | -281 | -8.59% | 3,272 |
| Bryan | 2,215 | 59.26% | 1,044 | 27.93% | 462 | 12.36% | 17 | 0.45% | 1,171 | 31.33% | 3,738 |
| Caddo | 2,964 | 47.36% | 2,860 | 45.69% | 423 | 6.76% | 12 | 0.19% | 104 | 1.66% | 6,259 |
| Canadian | 2,124 | 50.34% | 1,931 | 45.77% | 157 | 3.72% | 7 | 0.17% | 193 | 4.57% | 4,219 |
| Carter | 2,181 | 53.46% | 1,305 | 31.99% | 587 | 14.39% | 7 | 0.17% | 876 | 21.47% | 4,080 |
| Cherokee | 913 | 45.65% | 1,039 | 51.95% | 47 | 2.35% | 1 | 0.05% | -126 | -6.30% | 2,000 |
| Choctaw | 1,038 | 46.44% | 878 | 39.28% | 312 | 13.96% | 7 | 0.31% | 160 | 7.16% | 2,235 |
| Cimarron | 449 | 52.33% | 371 | 43.24% | 38 | 4.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 78 | 9.09% | 858 |
| Cleveland | 1,437 | 47.80% | 1,092 | 36.33% | 414 | 13.77% | 63 | 2.10% | 345 | 11.48% | 3,006 |
| Coal | 906 | 42.02% | 722 | 33.49% | 524 | 24.30% | 4 | 0.19% | 184 | 8.53% | 2,156 |
| Comanche | 3,481 | 54.88% | 2,437 | 38.42% | 411 | 6.48% | 14 | 0.22% | 1,044 | 16.46% | 6,343 |
| Craig | 1,578 | 53.75% | 1,296 | 44.14% | 56 | 1.91% | 6 | 0.20% | 282 | 9.60% | 2,936 |
| Creek | 1,413 | 40.19% | 1,761 | 50.09% | 335 | 9.53% | 7 | 0.20% | -348 | -9.90% | 3,516 |
| Custer | 1,721 | 47.18% | 1,579 | 43.28% | 333 | 9.13% | 15 | 0.41% | 142 | 3.89% | 3,648 |
| Delaware | 974 | 58.92% | 625 | 37.81% | 52 | 3.15% | 2 | 0.12% | 349 | 21.11% | 1,653 |
| Dewey | 1,075 | 38.67% | 1,210 | 43.53% | 486 | 17.48% | 9 | 0.32% | -135 | -4.86% | 2,780 |
| Ellis | 1,260 | 43.84% | 1,379 | 47.98% | 224 | 7.79% | 11 | 0.38% | -119 | -4.14% | 2,874 |
| Garfield | 2,618 | 45.09% | 2,924 | 50.36% | 254 | 4.37% | 10 | 0.17% | -306 | -5.27% | 5,806 |
| Garvin | 2,390 | 59.13% | 1,290 | 31.91% | 356 | 8.81% | 6 | 0.15% | 1,100 | 27.21% | 4,042 |
| Grady | 2,826 | 61.38% | 1,491 | 32.38% | 258 | 5.60% | 29 | 0.63% | 1,335 | 29.00% | 4,604 |
| Grant | 1,866 | 49.35% | 1,796 | 47.50% | 105 | 2.78% | 14 | 0.37% | 70 | 1.85% | 3,781 |
| Greer | 2,149 | 63.98% | 708 | 21.08% | 472 | 14.05% | 30 | 0.89% | 1,441 | 42.90% | 3,359 |
| Harper | 746 | 40.79% | 876 | 47.90% | 201 | 10.99% | 6 | 0.33% | -130 | -7.11% | 1,829 |
| Haskell | 1,401 | 48.21% | 1,139 | 39.19% | 363 | 12.49% | 3 | 0.10% | 262 | 9.02% | 2,906 |
| Hughes | 1,649 | 47.21% | 1,459 | 41.77% | 380 | 10.88% | 5 | 0.14% | 190 | 5.44% | 3,493 |
| Jackson | 1,897 | 68.31% | 627 | 22.58% | 230 | 8.28% | 23 | 0.83% | 1,270 | 45.73% | 2,777 |
| Jefferson | 1,435 | 61.91% | 604 | 26.06% | 270 | 11.65% | 9 | 0.39% | 831 | 35.85% | 2,318 |
| Johnston | 1,274 | 49.57% | 693 | 26.96% | 602 | 23.42% | 1 | 0.04% | 581 | 22.61% | 2,570 |
| Kay | 2,511 | 46.41% | 2,754 | 50.91% | 138 | 2.55% | 7 | 0.13% | -243 | -4.49% | 5,410 |
| Kingfisher | 1,540 | 39.68% | 2,106 | 54.26% | 226 | 5.82% | 9 | 0.23% | -566 | -14.58% | 3,881 |
| Kiowa | 2,354 | 55.19% | 1,591 | 37.30% | 300 | 7.03% | 20 | 0.47% | 763 | 17.89% | 4,265 |
| Latimer | 726 | 47.08% | 616 | 39.95% | 197 | 12.78% | 3 | 0.19% | 110 | 7.13% | 1,542 |
| Le Flore | 1,872 | 48.22% | 1,771 | 45.62% | 230 | 5.92% | 9 | 0.23% | 101 | 2.60% | 3,882 |
| Lincoln | 3,030 | 42.76% | 3,503 | 49.44% | 534 | 7.54% | 19 | 0.27% | -473 | -6.68% | 7,086 |
| Logan | 2,183 | 35.38% | 3,768 | 61.07% | 203 | 3.29% | 16 | 0.26% | -1,585 | -25.69% | 6,170 |
| Love | 835 | 55.63% | 413 | 27.51% | 253 | 16.86% | 0 | 0.00% | 422 | 28.11% | 1,501 |
| Major | 877 | 31.30% | 1,446 | 51.61% | 463 | 16.52% | 16 | 0.57% | -569 | -20.31% | 2,802 |
| Marshall | 842 | 50.75% | 406 | 24.47% | 405 | 24.41% | 6 | 0.36% | 436 | 26.28% | 1,659 |
| Mayes | 1,186 | 52.59% | 1,021 | 45.28% | 44 | 1.95% | 4 | 0.18% | 165 | 7.32% | 2,255 |
| McClain | 1,234 | 51.83% | 780 | 32.76% | 363 | 15.25% | 4 | 0.17% | 454 | 19.07% | 2,381 |
| McCurtain | 565 | 46.97% | 482 | 40.07% | 148 | 12.30% | 8 | 0.67% | 83 | 6.90% | 1,203 |
| McIntosh | 1,236 | 41.34% | 1,606 | 53.71% | 141 | 4.72% | 7 | 0.23% | -370 | -12.37% | 2,990 |
| Murray | 1,111 | 56.28% | 574 | 29.08% | 280 | 14.18% | 9 | 0.46% | 537 | 27.20% | 1,974 |
| Muskogee | 2,793 | 42.57% | 3,592 | 54.75% | 168 | 2.56% | 8 | 0.12% | -799 | -12.18% | 6,561 |
| Noble | 1,364 | 45.94% | 1,476 | 49.71% | 125 | 4.21% | 4 | 0.13% | -112 | -3.77% | 2,969 |
| Nowata | 909 | 45.63% | 1,020 | 51.20% | 61 | 3.06% | 2 | 0.10% | -111 | -5.57% | 1,992 |
| Okfuskee | 872 | 33.89% | 1,297 | 50.41% | 402 | 15.62% | 2 | 0.08% | -425 | -16.52% | 2,573 |
| Oklahoma | 4,876 | 45.17% | 5,401 | 50.03% | 493 | 4.57% | 25 | 0.23% | -525 | -4.86% | 10,795 |
| Okmulgee | 1,103 | 39.39% | 1,400 | 50.00% | 295 | 10.54% | 2 | 0.07% | -297 | -10.61% | 2,800 |
| Osage | 1,584 | 48.38% | 1,528 | 46.67% | 159 | 4.86% | 3 | 0.09% | 56 | 1.71% | 3,274 |
| Ottawa | 1,297 | 50.55% | 1,174 | 45.75% | 93 | 3.62% | 2 | 0.08% | 123 | 4.79% | 2,566 |
| Pawnee | 1,500 | 44.66% | 1,556 | 46.32% | 291 | 8.66% | 12 | 0.36% | -56 | -1.67% | 3,359 |
| Payne | 1,980 | 42.81% | 2,244 | 48.52% | 390 | 8.43% | 11 | 0.24% | -264 | -5.71% | 4,625 |
| Pittsburg | 2,891 | 46.14% | 2,735 | 43.65% | 629 | 10.04% | 11 | 0.18% | 156 | 2.49% | 6,266 |
| Pontotoc | 1,841 | 56.09% | 860 | 26.20% | 578 | 17.61% | 3 | 0.09% | 981 | 29.89% | 3,282 |
| Pottawatomie | 3,551 | 52.80% | 2,609 | 38.79% | 555 | 8.25% | 11 | 0.16% | 942 | 14.01% | 6,726 |
| Pushmataha | 625 | 50.65% | 484 | 39.22% | 125 | 10.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 141 | 11.43% | 1,234 |
| Roger Mills | 1,168 | 48.32% | 839 | 34.71% | 403 | 16.67% | 7 | 0.29% | 329 | 13.61% | 2,417 |
| Rogers | 1,599 | 55.64% | 1,134 | 39.46% | 131 | 4.56% | 10 | 0.35% | 465 | 16.18% | 2,874 |
| Seminole | 945 | 36.78% | 1,168 | 45.47% | 452 | 17.59% | 4 | 0.16% | -223 | -8.68% | 2,569 |
| Sequoyah | 1,648 | 43.19% | 2,037 | 53.38% | 131 | 3.43% | 0 | 0.00% | -389 | -10.19% | 3,816 |
| Stephens | 1,761 | 56.37% | 725 | 23.21% | 629 | 20.13% | 9 | 0.29% | 1,036 | 33.16% | 3,124 |
| Texas | 1,470 | 48.48% | 1,315 | 43.37% | 239 | 7.88% | 8 | 0.26% | 155 | 5.11% | 3,032 |
| Tillman | 1,661 | 66.02% | 732 | 29.09% | 109 | 4.33% | 14 | 0.56% | 929 | 36.92% | 2,516 |
| Tulsa | 2,292 | 49.08% | 2,150 | 46.04% | 226 | 4.84% | 2 | 0.04% | 142 | 3.04% | 4,670 |
| Wagoner | 1,143 | 33.38% | 2,107 | 61.54% | 167 | 4.88% | 7 | 0.20% | -964 | -28.15% | 3,424 |
| Washington | 1,409 | 45.94% | 1,528 | 49.82% | 123 | 4.01% | 7 | 0.23% | -119 | -3.88% | 3,067 |
| Washita | 1,867 | 54.82% | 1,118 | 32.82% | 409 | 12.01% | 12 | 0.35% | 749 | 21.99% | 3,406 |
| Woods | 1,420 | 43.43% | 1,557 | 47.61% | 286 | 8.75% | 7 | 0.21% | -137 | -4.19% | 3,270 |
| Woodward | 1,308 | 39.61% | 1,614 | 48.88% | 371 | 11.24% | 9 | 0.27% | -306 | -9.27% | 3,302 |
| Totals | 122,363 | 47.93% | 110,474 | 43.27% | 21,755 | 8.52% | 708 | 0.28% | 11,889 | 4.66% | 255,300 |
