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Election 1908 Results

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1908 presidential election in Missouri

William Howard Taft (Republican) beat William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) in Missouri in 1908, 48.5% to 48.4%, a margin of 0.09 points and 629 votes.

Missouri voted 8.4 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+8.5.

The Republican hold continued from 1904, when Theodore Roosevelt won.

Democrats led in 60 of the 115 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 55. The largest, St. Louis City, cast 140,550 votes and went to the Republican by 9.4 points. The closest was Nodaway, where 3 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
William Howard Taft won	Republican	347,203	48.5%
William Jennings Bryan	Democratic	346,574	48.4%
All other candidates		22,150	3.1%
Total		715,927

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
St. Louis City	60,917 43.3%	74,160 52.8%	5,473	140,550	R+9.4
Jackson	31,461 52.6%	26,998 45.2%	1,301	59,760	D+7.5
Jasper	8,130 43.6%	9,143 49.0%	1,379	18,652	R+5.4
Buchanan	9,836 53.1%	8,394 45.3%	283	18,513	D+7.8
St. Louis	4,522 30.8%	10,177 69.2%		14,699	R+38.5
Greene	5,830 45.1%	6,439 49.8%	659	12,928	R+4.7
Pettis	3,791 47.0%	3,983 49.4%	290	8,064	R+2.4
Lafayette	3,865 49.8%	3,771 48.6%	128	7,764	D+1.2
Macon	3,919 50.7%	3,542 45.9%	263	7,724	D+4.9
Nodaway	3,595 49.2%	3,592 49.1%	126	7,313	level
Boone	5,041 69.5%	2,149 29.6%	64	7,254	D+39.9
Saline	4,189 58.3%	2,926 40.7%	69	7,184	D+17.6
Marion	3,982 58.8%	2,554 37.7%	236	6,772	D+21.1
St. Francois	2,942 43.8%	3,260 48.6%	511	6,713	R+4.7
Franklin	2,423 36.5%	4,049 60.9%	175	6,647	R+24.5
Johnson	3,483 52.8%	2,997 45.4%	115	6,595	D+7.4
Henry	3,577 54.3%	2,854 43.3%	160	6,591	D+11.0
Vernon	3,705 58.6%	2,369 37.5%	247	6,321	D+21.1
Randolph	4,245 67.6%	1,953 31.1%	82	6,280	D+36.5
Bates	3,248 52.0%	2,754 44.1%	247	6,249	D+7.9
Linn	3,000 49.1%	2,974 48.7%	138	6,112	D+0.4
Cape Girardeau	2,621 43.0%	3,381 55.5%	89	6,091	R+12.5
Lawrence	2,532 42.5%	3,028 50.9%	392	5,952	R+8.3
Jefferson	2,698 46.0%	3,050 52.0%	117	5,865	R+6.0
Carroll	2,753 47.1%	3,015 51.5%	81	5,849	R+4.5
Callaway	3,878 66.3%	1,911 32.7%	56	5,845	D+33.7
Newton	2,725 46.8%	2,620 45.0%	478	5,823	D+1.8
Pike	3,326 57.8%	2,403 41.8%	23	5,752	D+16.0
Chariton	3,352 59.3%	2,249 39.8%	52	5,653	D+19.5
St. Charles	1,979 35.7%	3,480 62.8%	79	5,538	R+27.1
Cass	3,143 57.1%	2,193 39.8%	168	5,504	D+17.3
Cooper	2,555 48.4%	2,679 50.7%	47	5,281	R+2.3
Audrain	3,350 65.0%	1,733 33.6%	73	5,156	D+31.4
Barry	2,383 46.8%	2,526 49.6%	182	5,091	R+2.8
Stoddard	2,736 53.9%	2,025 39.9%	318	5,079	D+14.0
Ray	3,043 60.0%	1,914 37.7%	115	5,072	D+22.3
Cole	2,494 50.4%	2,402 48.6%	48	4,944	D+1.9
Livingston	2,379 48.5%	2,400 48.9%	127	4,906	R+0.4
Polk	2,139 43.6%	2,670 54.4%	96	4,905	R+10.8
Adair	1,992 40.7%	2,514 51.4%	387	4,893	R+10.7
Harrison	1,938 39.8%	2,842 58.4%	86	4,866	R+18.6
Daviess	2,294 48.2%	2,388 50.1%	81	4,763	R+2.0
Clay	3,513 74.2%	1,166 24.6%	56	4,735	D+49.6
Sullivan	2,269 48.1%	2,389 50.6%	62	4,720	R+2.5
Monroe	3,772 80.6%	871 18.6%	38	4,681	D+62.0
Dunklin	2,734 58.7%	1,638 35.2%	286	4,658	D+23.5
Texas	2,328 53.2%	1,954 44.6%	98	4,380	D+8.5
Butler	1,893 44.4%	2,186 51.2%	189	4,268	R+6.9
Howell	1,827 43.1%	2,164 51.1%	245	4,236	R+8.0
Lincoln	2,555 60.7%	1,620 38.5%	32	4,207	D+22.2
Gentry	2,236 53.2%	1,882 44.7%	88	4,206	D+8.4
Montgomery	2,073 49.6%	2,038 48.8%	69	4,180	D+0.8
Howard	2,884 71.2%	1,141 28.2%	28	4,053	D+43.0
Andrew	1,782 44.4%	2,169 54.1%	59	4,010	R+9.7
Scott	1,853 46.3%	1,473 36.8%	678	4,004	D+9.5
Lewis	2,439 61.1%	1,473 36.9%	81	3,993	D+24.2
Holt	1,596 40.9%	2,246 57.6%	56	3,898	R+16.7
Barton	1,913 49.6%	1,673 43.4%	272	3,858	D+6.2
Webster	1,761 45.8%	1,901 49.5%	180	3,842	R+3.6
Grundy	1,359 35.4%	2,407 62.7%	72	3,838	R+27.3
Shelby	2,466 64.5%	1,298 33.9%	61	3,825	D+30.5
Platte	2,795 73.5%	982 25.8%	24	3,801	D+47.7
Caldwell	1,540 41.0%	2,161 57.5%	54	3,755	R+16.5
St. Clair	1,877 50.7%	1,723 46.5%	105	3,705	D+4.2
Wright	1,469 39.8%	2,149 58.2%	74	3,692	R+18.4
Clinton	2,075 56.4%	1,578 42.9%	25	3,678	D+13.5
Laclede	1,681 45.9%	1,902 51.9%	79	3,662	R+6.0
Moniteau	1,763 49.7%	1,691 47.6%	96	3,550	D+2.0
Cedar	1,483 42.1%	1,933 54.9%	107	3,523	R+12.8
Clark	1,737 49.4%	1,741 49.5%	38	3,516	R+0.1
Miller	1,393 39.7%	2,016 57.5%	99	3,508	R+17.8
Dade	1,441 41.5%	1,946 56.0%	85	3,472	R+14.5
Atchison	1,651 48.2%	1,700 49.7%	72	3,423	R+1.4
Putnam	1,056 31.1%	2,233 65.8%	106	3,395	R+34.7
Perry	1,569 46.4%	1,775 52.5%	35	3,379	R+6.1
Phelps	1,804 53.4%	1,520 45.0%	54	3,378	D+8.4
New Madrid	1,824 54.0%	1,436 42.5%	115	3,375	D+11.5
De Kalb	1,632 48.4%	1,703 50.5%	35	3,370	R+2.1
Wayne	1,641 49.7%	1,554 47.1%	104	3,299	D+2.6
Osage	1,439 43.7%	1,820 55.2%	36	3,295	R+11.6
Benton	1,280 39.3%	1,924 59.1%	52	3,256	R+19.8
Bollinger	1,517 47.9%	1,593 50.3%	57	3,167	R+2.4
Pemiscot	1,725 54.5%	1,390 43.9%	49	3,164	D+10.6
Washington	1,330 42.6%	1,753 56.1%	41	3,124	R+13.5
Crawford	1,260 40.8%	1,752 56.8%	74	3,086	R+15.9
Christian	956 31.2%	1,871 61.1%	236	3,063	R+29.9
Knox	1,652 53.9%	1,339 43.7%	72	3,063	D+10.2
Morgan	1,315 43.7%	1,663 55.3%	29	3,007	R+11.6
Douglas	699 23.6%	1,922 64.8%	343	2,964	R+41.3
Mississippi	1,589 53.9%	1,320 44.7%	41	2,950	D+9.1
Scotland	1,564 54.0%	1,273 43.9%	60	2,897	D+10.0
Ralls	1,947 67.8%	900 31.3%	24	2,871	D+36.5
Mercer	852 30.4%	1,909 68.1%	41	2,802	R+37.7
Gasconade	509 18.4%	2,220 80.3%	34	2,763	R+61.9
McDonald	1,306 47.5%	1,333 48.5%	110	2,749	R+1.0
Dent	1,330 49.9%	1,290 48.4%	43	2,663	D+1.5
Madison	1,321 50.1%	1,248 47.3%	70	2,639	D+2.8
Dallas	955 36.8%	1,609 62.0%	33	2,597	R+25.2
Camden	955 38.9%	1,446 58.9%	54	2,455	R+20.0
Pulaski	1,418 57.9%	988 40.3%	45	2,451	D+17.5
Oregon	1,550 64.4%	729 30.3%	126	2,405	D+34.1
Ripley	1,309 56.7%	946 41.0%	55	2,310	D+15.7
Schuyler	1,222 53.1%	1,007 43.8%	72	2,301	D+9.3
Warren	484 21.5%	1,714 76.1%	53	2,251	R+54.6
Ste. Genevieve	1,108 50.8%	1,064 48.8%	9	2,181	D+2.0
Shannon	1,151 55.5%	849 40.9%	74	2,074	D+14.6
Worth	993 48.8%	985 48.4%	56	2,034	D+0.4
Maries	1,309 64.5%	703 34.7%	16	2,028	D+29.9
Stone	477 24.0%	1,376 69.1%	138	1,991	R+45.2
Ozark	594 31.7%	1,233 65.8%	48	1,875	R+34.1
Hickory	561 31.1%	1,182 65.5%	61	1,804	R+34.4
Iron	931 52.4%	828 46.6%	18	1,777	D+5.8
Taney	628 35.5%	1,080 61.1%	59	1,767	R+25.6
Reynolds	1,052 64.1%	544 33.1%	46	1,642	D+30.9
Carter	591 50.9%	507 43.6%	64	1,162	D+7.2

Counties as they stood in 1908; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Missouri in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+18.4
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+15.4
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+18.6
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+9.4
2008	John McCain (R)	R+0.1
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+7.2
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+3.3
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+6.3
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+10.1
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+4.0
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+20.0
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+6.8
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+3.6
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+24.6
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+1.1
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+28.1
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+0.5
1956	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+0.2
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+1.6
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+16.6
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+2.9
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+4.8
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+22.6
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+28.6
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+11.4
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+5.8
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+11.4
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+3.6
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+17.6
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+0.1
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+3.9
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+5.5
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+8.7
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+7.5
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+4.9
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+7.5
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+13.7
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+16.3
1872	Third party (other)
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+13.9

1908 presidential election in Missouri

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