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Election 1908 Results

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1908 presidential election in Tennessee

William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) beat William Howard Taft (Republican) in Tennessee in 1908, 52.8% to 45.8%, a margin of 7.0 points and 18,022 votes.

Tennessee voted 15.5 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+8.5.

The Democratic hold continued from 1904, when Alton B. Parker won.

Democrats led in 54 of the 96 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 42. The largest, Davidson, cast 11,232 votes and went to the Democrat by 49.8 points. The closest was Meigs, where 7 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
William Jennings Bryan won Democratic 135,391 52.8%
William Howard Taft Republican 117,369 45.8%
All other candidates 3,594 1.4%
Total256,354

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Davidson 8,309 74.0% 2,721 24.2% 202 11,232 D+49.8
Shelby 7,411 68.9% 3,069 28.5% 276 10,756 D+40.4
Knox 4,090 39.8% 5,817 56.6% 378 10,285 R+16.8
Hamilton 4,564 50.1% 4,250 46.6% 299 9,113 D+3.4
Montgomery 2,961 60.2% 1,903 38.7% 57 4,921 D+21.5
Weakley 2,976 61.4% 1,812 37.4% 57 4,845 D+24.0
Giles 3,051 65.9% 1,571 34.0% 5 4,627 D+32.0
Gibson 3,173 69.4% 1,369 29.9% 31 4,573 D+39.4
Sullivan 2,393 56.2% 1,836 43.1% 32 4,261 D+13.1
Carroll 1,802 43.1% 2,290 54.8% 89 4,181 R+11.7
Rutherford 2,764 69.3% 1,226 30.7% 3,990 D+38.5
Greene 1,886 48.1% 2,027 51.7% 10 3,923 R+3.6
Madison 2,409 62.0% 1,357 34.9% 121 3,887 D+27.1
Washington 1,574 41.0% 2,254 58.8% 7 3,835 R+17.7
Carter 454 12.6% 3,152 87.3% 4 3,610 R+74.7
Henry 2,369 68.2% 1,069 30.8% 38 3,476 D+37.4
Bedford 1,996 57.9% 1,446 41.9% 5 3,447 D+16.0
Blount 847 24.7% 2,568 74.8% 18 3,433 R+50.1
Sevier 291 8.5% 3,130 91.4% 2 3,423 R+82.9
Lawrence 1,591 47.8% 1,725 51.8% 14 3,330 R+4.0
Monroe 1,406 43.4% 1,827 56.4% 8 3,241 R+13.0
Robertson 2,418 75.8% 755 23.7% 15 3,188 D+52.2
Wilson 2,212 71.0% 902 28.9% 2 3,116 D+42.0
Lincoln 2,311 75.0% 692 22.5% 77 3,080 D+52.6
Putnam 1,632 53.4% 1,419 46.4% 8 3,059 D+7.0
Sumner 2,343 77.0% 673 22.1% 28 3,044 D+54.9
Obion 2,258 75.5% 711 23.8% 21 2,990 D+51.7
Maury 2,324 77.9% 620 20.8% 39 2,983 D+57.1
Franklin 2,168 74.7% 716 24.7% 18 2,902 D+50.0
Hawkins 1,152 40.5% 1,693 59.5% 2,845 R+19.0
Smith 1,638 59.1% 1,056 38.1% 76 2,770 D+21.0
Dekalb 1,284 46.7% 1,464 53.2% 4 2,752 R+6.5
Tipton 1,662 61.0% 1,041 38.2% 22 2,725 D+22.8
Anderson 632 23.6% 2,022 75.6% 19 2,673 R+52.0
Jefferson 662 25.0% 1,962 74.1% 24 2,648 R+49.1
Claiborne 971 37.0% 1,637 62.3% 19 2,627 R+25.4
Williamson 1,928 75.3% 605 23.6% 28 2,561 D+51.7
Dyer 1,786 71.9% 672 27.0% 27 2,485 D+44.8
Overton 1,401 56.6% 1,008 40.7% 65 2,474 D+15.9
Dickson 1,499 60.8% 899 36.4% 69 2,467 D+24.3
Cocke 688 27.9% 1,749 71.0% 26 2,463 R+43.1
Crockett 1,226 50.4% 1,205 49.6% 2,431 D+0.9
White 1,572 64.9% 835 34.5% 16 2,423 D+30.4
Campbell 530 22.0% 1,806 74.9% 74 2,410 R+52.9
McNairy 1,057 44.1% 1,300 54.2% 40 2,397 R+10.1
Johnson 232 9.7% 2,148 90.2% 1 2,381 R+80.5
Jackson 1,404 59.1% 966 40.7% 4 2,374 D+18.4
Hickman 1,285 54.2% 1,065 44.9% 23 2,373 D+9.3
Coffee 1,654 70.5% 656 28.0% 36 2,346 D+42.5
Warren 1,573 67.5% 729 31.3% 28 2,330 D+36.2
Macon 684 29.7% 1,594 69.2% 27 2,305 R+39.5
Stewart 1,475 64.5% 715 31.3% 97 2,287 D+33.2
Roane 595 26.2% 1,524 67.2% 149 2,268 R+41.0
McMinn 926 40.9% 1,320 58.3% 18 2,264 R+17.4
Union 496 22.7% 1,684 77.1% 3 2,183 R+54.4
Hardeman 1,568 72.3% 553 25.5% 47 2,168 D+46.8
Scott 190 8.8% 1,932 90.0% 25 2,147 R+81.1
Benton 1,221 57.1% 860 40.2% 59 2,140 D+16.9
Henderson 900 43.5% 1,148 55.5% 22 2,070 R+12.0
Marshall 1,544 74.8% 440 21.3% 81 2,065 D+53.5
Humphreys 1,301 65.2% 679 34.1% 14 1,994 D+31.2
Grainger 673 33.8% 1,309 65.7% 11 1,993 R+31.9
Marion 842 43.2% 1,074 55.1% 34 1,950 R+11.9
Polk 747 38.9% 1,175 61.1% 1,922 R+22.3
Hardin 720 37.7% 1,132 59.3% 57 1,909 R+21.6
Rhea 883 46.7% 995 52.7% 11 1,889 R+5.9
Fayette 1,849 98.9% 4 0.2% 17 1,870 D+98.7
Wayne 451 24.2% 1,411 75.7% 1 1,863 R+51.5
Lauderdale 1,315 70.9% 519 28.0% 22 1,856 D+42.9
Decatur 845 46.9% 958 53.1% 1,803 R+6.3
Hamblen 795 44.3% 991 55.3% 7 1,793 R+10.9
Hancock 370 21.0% 1,396 79.0% 1,766 R+58.1
Morgan 496 28.5% 1,236 71.1% 6 1,738 R+42.6
Cheatham 1,206 69.6% 526 30.3% 2 1,734 D+39.2
Bradley 620 36.2% 1,063 62.0% 31 1,714 R+25.8
Cannon 904 57.2% 672 42.5% 5 1,581 D+14.7
Cumberland 479 32.2% 1,010 67.8% 1,489 R+35.7
Loudon 444 30.6% 986 68.0% 20 1,450 R+37.4
Perry 756 52.3% 678 46.9% 12 1,446 D+5.4
Haywood 1,215 84.9% 189 13.2% 27 1,431 D+71.7
Clay 764 54.1% 634 44.9% 15 1,413 D+9.2
Chester 703 50.8% 577 41.7% 104 1,384 D+9.1
Fentress 332 26.9% 894 72.6% 6 1,232 R+45.6
Grundy 576 58.7% 261 26.6% 144 981 D+32.1
Houston 665 68.0% 288 29.4% 25 978 D+38.5
Unicoi 67 7.2% 860 92.8% 927 R+85.5
Meigs 464 50.2% 457 49.4% 4 925 D+0.8
Pickett 391 43.1% 517 56.9% 908 R+13.9
James (Ext) 217 26.3% 608 73.6% 1 826 R+47.3
Lewis 465 56.6% 354 43.1% 2 821 D+13.5
Moore 677 86.4% 103 13.1% 4 784 D+73.2
Bledsoe 295 40.7% 425 58.7% 4 724 R+18.0
Trousdale 476 70.0% 198 29.1% 6 680 D+40.9
Lake 464 71.3% 178 27.3% 9 651 D+43.9
Sequatchie 394 61.3% 249 38.7% 643 D+22.6
Van Buren 329 64.6% 176 34.6% 4 509 D+30.1

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.

Tennessee in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+29.7
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+23.2
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+26.0
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+20.4
2008 John McCain (R) R+15.1
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+14.3
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+3.9
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+2.4
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+4.7
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+16.3
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+16.3
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+0.3
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+13.0
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+38.0
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+11.0
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+7.1
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+0.6
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+0.3
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+12.3
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+21.2
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+34.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+38.1
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+34.0
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+7.7
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+9.2
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+3.0
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+13.6
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+28.8
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+7.0
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+11.0
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+8.2
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+5.8
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+13.5
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+6.5
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+3.7
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+9.1
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+19.7
1872 Third party (other)
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+36.9