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Election 1908 Results

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1908 presidential election in Texas

William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) beat William Howard Taft (Republican) in Texas in 1908, 74.0% to 22.4%, a margin of 51.6 points and 151,071 votes.

Texas voted 60.1 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 214 of the 222 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 8. The largest, Dallas, cast 9,640 votes and went to the Democrat by 54.6 points. The closest was Lynn, where 1 vote 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 216,676 74.0%
William Howard Taft Republican 65,605 22.4%
All other candidates 10,632 3.6%
Total292,913

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Dallas 7,324 76.0% 2,063 21.4% 253 9,640 D+54.6
Tarrant 6,403 77.9% 1,513 18.4% 301 8,217 D+59.5
Bexar 3,885 51.3% 3,549 46.9% 138 7,572 D+4.4
Harris 5,074 72.3% 1,722 24.5% 222 7,018 D+47.8
Grayson 4,506 73.5% 1,388 22.6% 239 6,133 D+50.8
Ellis 4,413 87.6% 593 11.8% 31 5,037 D+75.8
Collin 3,797 79.9% 792 16.7% 166 4,755 D+63.2
McLennan 3,778 80.7% 741 15.8% 160 4,679 D+64.9
Hunt 3,808 84.1% 518 11.4% 202 4,528 D+72.7
Fannin 3,191 83.3% 614 16.0% 24 3,829 D+67.3
Hill 3,330 87.4% 414 10.9% 67 3,811 D+76.5
Travis 2,440 65.0% 1,185 31.6% 127 3,752 D+33.4
Bell 3,067 84.9% 480 13.3% 67 3,614 D+71.6
Navarro 2,879 81.2% 618 17.4% 48 3,545 D+63.8
Fayette 2,240 64.0% 1,234 35.2% 27 3,501 D+28.7
Lamar 2,886 83.7% 482 14.0% 82 3,450 D+69.7
El Paso 2,302 68.9% 1,019 30.5% 22 3,343 D+38.4
Denton 2,739 82.1% 491 14.7% 105 3,335 D+67.4
Williamson 2,430 74.4% 720 22.1% 115 3,265 D+52.4
Johnson 2,747 84.2% 339 10.4% 178 3,264 D+73.8
Smith 2,090 66.4% 863 27.4% 193 3,146 D+39.0
Galveston 2,175 70.2% 843 27.2% 79 3,097 D+43.0
Cooke 2,439 79.5% 523 17.1% 105 3,067 D+62.5
Jefferson 1,962 66.7% 821 27.9% 157 2,940 D+38.8
Erath 2,074 72.4% 504 17.6% 286 2,864 D+54.8
Comanche 2,336 82.2% 292 10.3% 213 2,841 D+71.9
Lavaca 1,666 60.9% 861 31.5% 207 2,734 D+29.4
Kaufman 2,205 82.0% 387 14.4% 97 2,689 D+67.6
Milam 2,069 77.0% 460 17.1% 158 2,687 D+59.9
Cass 1,547 57.9% 996 37.3% 129 2,672 D+20.6
Bowie 1,776 68.0% 705 27.0% 130 2,611 D+41.0
Hopkins 2,184 83.8% 271 10.4% 150 2,605 D+73.4
Rusk 1,595 63.6% 871 34.7% 42 2,508 D+28.9
Montague 2,035 81.8% 329 13.2% 123 2,487 D+68.6
Red River 1,813 73.8% 587 23.9% 56 2,456 D+49.9
Falls 1,791 75.9% 503 21.3% 66 2,360 D+54.6
Washington 1,543 65.9% 798 34.1% 1 2,342 D+31.8
Eastland 1,856 79.5% 229 9.8% 250 2,335 D+69.7
Anderson 1,575 68.1% 697 30.1% 40 2,312 D+38.0
Cameron 1,217 55.5% 971 44.3% 3 2,191 D+11.2
Van Zandt 1,626 74.9% 179 8.2% 366 2,171 D+66.7
Jones 1,752 81.6% 206 9.6% 188 2,146 D+72.0
Limestone 1,773 84.5% 247 11.8% 78 2,098 D+72.7
Gonzales 1,441 70.1% 609 29.6% 5 2,055 D+40.5
Taylor 1,705 83.8% 177 8.7% 153 2,035 D+75.1
Shelby 1,727 85.5% 182 9.0% 110 2,019 D+76.5
Brown 1,557 77.4% 346 17.2% 108 2,011 D+60.2
Austin 1,394 70.8% 572 29.0% 4 1,970 D+41.7
Coryell 1,653 86.5% 201 10.5% 58 1,912 D+75.9
Palo Pinto 1,483 77.6% 269 14.1% 158 1,910 D+63.6
Cherokee 1,575 83.1% 211 11.1% 109 1,895 D+72.0
De Witt 966 52.5% 853 46.4% 20 1,839 D+6.1
Houston 1,310 71.2% 493 26.8% 36 1,839 D+44.4
Wood 1,331 72.9% 375 20.5% 120 1,826 D+52.4
Bastrop 1,232 69.6% 522 29.5% 16 1,770 D+40.1
Nacogdoches 1,478 85.1% 186 10.7% 72 1,736 D+74.4
Bosque 1,394 81.4% 268 15.6% 51 1,713 D+65.7
Robertson 1,233 74.8% 394 23.9% 21 1,648 D+50.9
Colorado 1,116 68.3% 486 29.7% 33 1,635 D+38.5
Gillespie 281 17.3% 1,332 82.1% 9 1,622 R+64.8
Burleson 1,201 75.9% 365 23.1% 16 1,582 D+52.8
Panola 1,242 78.8% 266 16.9% 68 1,576 D+61.9
Haskell 1,245 82.6% 145 9.6% 118 1,508 D+72.9
Freestone 1,185 78.7% 302 20.1% 19 1,506 D+58.6
Henderson 1,143 76.3% 255 17.0% 101 1,499 D+59.2
Harrison 1,143 78.2% 289 19.8% 29 1,461 D+58.5
Caldwell 1,226 85.0% 197 13.7% 20 1,443 D+71.3
Clay 1,115 78.7% 244 17.2% 58 1,417 D+61.5
Coleman 1,170 83.3% 135 9.6% 100 1,405 D+73.7
Hamilton 1,123 82.3% 222 16.3% 19 1,364 D+66.1
Lee 820 60.7% 509 37.6% 23 1,352 D+23.0
Webb 233 17.4% 1,109 82.6% 1,342 R+65.3
Starr 901 68.4% 411 31.2% 5 1,317 D+37.2
Medina 578 44.5% 695 53.5% 27 1,300 R+9.0
Duval 692 53.4% 605 46.6% 1,297 D+6.7
Angelina 1,089 84.3% 197 15.2% 6 1,292 D+69.0
Wharton 745 59.2% 433 34.4% 80 1,258 D+24.8
Leon 861 69.4% 351 28.3% 29 1,241 D+41.1
Upshur 898 73.3% 287 23.4% 40 1,225 D+49.9
Titus 960 81.7% 199 16.9% 16 1,175 D+64.8
Nueces 831 71.7% 253 21.8% 75 1,159 D+49.9
Hood 945 82.0% 161 14.0% 46 1,152 D+68.1
Uvalde 748 65.2% 320 27.9% 80 1,148 D+37.3
Burnet 848 74.3% 265 23.2% 29 1,142 D+51.1
Runnels 981 86.1% 103 9.0% 56 1,140 D+77.0
Comal 626 55.2% 508 44.8% 1,134 D+10.4
Wilson 858 77.0% 252 22.6% 4 1,114 D+54.4
Goliad 397 36.0% 644 58.3% 63 1,104 R+22.4
Wichita 804 73.0% 255 23.1% 43 1,102 D+49.8
Hardin 809 74.6% 234 21.6% 41 1,084 D+53.0
Lampasas 746 68.8% 296 27.3% 42 1,084 D+41.5
Grimes 973 90.0% 88 8.1% 20 1,081 D+81.9
Jack 780 72.2% 268 24.8% 32 1,080 D+47.4
Montgomery 752 69.7% 308 28.5% 19 1,079 D+41.1
Delta 946 87.8% 131 12.2% 1,077 D+75.7
Tom Green 920 85.9% 114 10.6% 37 1,071 D+75.3
Walker 613 57.8% 441 41.6% 6 1,060 D+16.2
Waller 697 65.8% 349 32.9% 14 1,060 D+32.8
Potter 794 76.7% 158 15.3% 83 1,035 D+61.4
Hays 871 84.9% 133 13.0% 22 1,026 D+71.9
Brazoria 567 55.6% 408 40.0% 45 1,020 D+15.6
Brazos 876 85.9% 138 13.5% 6 1,020 D+72.4
Marion 594 58.9% 414 41.1% 1,008 D+17.9
Jasper 695 72.3% 187 19.5% 79 961 D+52.9
Jackson 798 83.7% 139 14.6% 16 953 D+69.2
Young 813 86.3% 89 9.4% 40 942 D+76.9
Wilbarger 780 82.9% 110 11.7% 51 941 D+71.2
San Saba 744 80.6% 124 13.4% 55 923 D+67.2
Knox 798 86.7% 92 10.0% 30 920 D+76.7
Fisher 776 85.3% 62 6.8% 72 910 D+78.5
Camp 569 62.7% 324 35.7% 15 908 D+27.0
Fort Bend 550 60.9% 353 39.1% 903 D+21.8
Victoria 562 62.2% 327 36.2% 14 903 D+26.0
Scurry 721 81.1% 84 9.4% 84 889 D+71.7
Nolan 733 83.1% 104 11.8% 45 882 D+71.3
Polk 627 71.8% 243 27.8% 3 873 D+44.0
Gregg 565 65.0% 273 31.4% 31 869 D+33.6
McCulloch 651 75.6% 184 21.4% 26 861 D+54.2
Karnes 642 75.9% 182 21.5% 22 846 D+54.4
Mills 567 67.8% 201 24.0% 68 836 D+43.8
Stephens 692 84.1% 34 4.1% 97 823 D+80.0
Kerr 451 55.1% 327 39.9% 41 819 D+15.1
Morris 646 79.2% 142 17.4% 28 816 D+61.8
Hardeman 664 81.8% 108 13.3% 40 812 D+68.5
Tyler 665 82.4% 122 15.1% 20 807 D+67.3
Liberty 539 67.2% 248 30.9% 15 802 D+36.3
Mason 429 54.6% 322 41.0% 35 786 D+13.6
Matagorda 590 75.8% 167 21.5% 21 778 D+54.4
Atascosa 614 79.0% 142 18.3% 21 777 D+60.7
Mitchell 635 83.0% 73 9.5% 57 765 D+73.5
Trinity 599 78.5% 156 20.4% 8 763 D+58.1
Bandera 449 58.9% 283 37.1% 30 762 D+21.8
Franklin 650 88.1% 72 9.8% 16 738 D+78.3
Childress 595 83.5% 92 12.9% 26 713 D+70.5
Kendall 148 20.8% 537 75.6% 25 710 R+54.8
Bee 533 76.6% 137 19.7% 26 696 D+56.9
Blanco 437 62.9% 252 36.3% 6 695 D+26.6
Baylor 600 87.1% 53 7.7% 36 689 D+79.4
Madison 540 79.3% 123 18.1% 18 681 D+61.2
San Jacinto 371 55.3% 299 44.6% 1 671 D+10.7
Orange 534 79.8% 119 17.8% 16 669 D+62.0
Chambers 323 51.6% 275 43.9% 28 626 D+7.7
Llano 485 78.4% 116 18.7% 18 619 D+59.6
Howard 504 82.9% 52 8.6% 52 608 D+74.3
Hall 508 85.4% 56 9.4% 31 595 D+76.0
Hidalgo 554 93.7% 36 6.1% 1 591 D+87.6
Rains 416 73.4% 61 10.8% 90 567 D+62.6
Val Verde 362 64.1% 182 32.2% 21 565 D+31.9
La Salle 328 58.8% 224 40.1% 6 558 D+18.6
Maverick 258 46.7% 287 51.9% 8 553 R+5.2
Sabine 467 86.0% 54 9.9% 22 543 D+76.1
San Augustine 423 80.1% 87 16.5% 18 528 D+63.6
Frio 397 76.1% 112 21.5% 13 522 D+54.6
Edwards 208 40.0% 232 44.6% 80 520 R+4.6
Gray 338 69.5% 82 16.9% 66 486 D+52.7
Wheeler 384 83.1% 55 11.9% 23 462 D+71.2
Hale 406 88.6% 41 9.0% 11 458 D+79.7
Newton 357 78.8% 94 20.8% 2 453 D+58.1
Coke 356 80.7% 56 12.7% 29 441 D+68.0
Dallam 285 66.3% 94 21.9% 51 430 D+44.4
Archer 331 80.3% 63 15.3% 18 412 D+65.0
San Patricio 273 67.9% 115 28.6% 14 402 D+39.3
Presidio 233 62.8% 135 36.4% 3 371 D+26.4
Stonewall 329 94.3% 14 4.0% 6 349 D+90.3
Reeves 316 91.6% 24 7.0% 5 345 D+84.6
Deaf Smith 273 83.2% 48 14.6% 7 328 D+68.6
Floyd 292 89.3% 16 4.9% 19 327 D+84.4
Brewster 283 87.1% 34 10.5% 8 325 D+76.6
Somervell 251 77.5% 39 12.0% 34 324 D+65.4
Refugio 138 42.7% 178 55.1% 7 323 R+12.4
Shackelford 266 85.3% 30 9.6% 16 312 D+75.6
Calhoun 219 70.4% 71 22.8% 21 311 D+47.6
Concho 228 76.3% 36 12.0% 35 299 D+64.2
Armstrong 252 84.8% 32 10.8% 13 297 D+74.1
Hemphill 187 64.9% 82 28.5% 19 288 D+36.5
Randall 233 82.3% 44 15.5% 6 283 D+66.8
Throckmorton 223 82.3% 33 12.2% 15 271 D+70.1
Swisher 239 89.2% 26 9.7% 3 268 D+79.5
Ward 234 87.3% 30 11.2% 4 268 D+76.1
Martin 234 88.6% 27 10.2% 3 264 D+78.4
Kimble 181 69.9% 60 23.2% 18 259 D+46.7
Dimmit 151 58.8% 101 39.3% 5 257 D+19.5
Lubbock 224 88.2% 26 10.2% 4 254 D+78.0
Dickens 195 78.3% 28 11.2% 26 249 D+67.1
Lipscomb 169 68.1% 60 24.2% 19 248 D+44.0
Aransas 193 85.0% 33 14.5% 1 227 D+70.5
Kent 194 89.4% 17 7.8% 6 217 D+81.6
Jeff Davis 121 57.3% 83 39.3% 7 211 D+18.0
Sherman 158 75.2% 37 17.6% 15 210 D+57.6
Menard 152 73.8% 36 17.5% 18 206 D+56.3
Cottle 157 84.9% 18 9.7% 10 185 D+75.1
Hartley 150 82.4% 30 16.5% 2 182 D+65.9
Terrell 110 64.0% 62 36.0% 172 D+27.9
Hutchinson 134 79.8% 30 17.9% 4 168 D+61.9
Crosby 148 90.2% 1 0.6% 15 164 D+89.6
Zavala 123 75.0% 29 17.7% 12 164 D+57.3
Roberts 125 77.2% 31 19.1% 6 162 D+58.0
Borden 135 86.0% 5 3.2% 17 157 D+82.8
Sterling 147 93.6% 5 3.2% 5 157 D+90.4
Ector 136 93.2% 5 3.4% 5 146 D+89.7
Briscoe 117 83.0% 7 5.0% 17 141 D+78.0
Schleicher 126 90.6% 9 6.5% 4 139 D+84.2
Hansford 98 73.1% 26 19.4% 10 134 D+53.7
Parmer 95 73.1% 31 23.8% 4 130 D+49.2
McMullen 85 70.2% 35 28.9% 1 121 D+41.3
Castro 110 91.7% 8 6.7% 2 120 D+85.0
Moore 97 85.1% 12 10.5% 5 114 D+74.6
Irion 102 91.9% 5 4.5% 4 111 D+87.4
Gaines 93 89.4% 7 6.7% 4 104 D+82.7
Sutton 79 84.9% 10 10.8% 4 93 D+74.2
Glasscock 75 89.3% 6 7.1% 3 84 D+82.1
Crockett 65 81.3% 13 16.3% 2 80 D+65.0
King 69 100.0% 0 0.0% 69 D+100.0
Garza 67 100.0% 0 0.0% 67 D+100.0
Oldham 40 69.0% 15 25.9% 3 58 D+43.1
Reagan 52 91.2% 3 5.3% 2 57 D+86.0
Yoakum 36 90.0% 4 10.0% 40 D+80.0
Lamb 13 72.2% 5 27.8% 18 D+44.4
Winkler 12 80.0% 2 13.3% 1 15 D+66.7
Terry 13 100.0% 0 0.0% 13 D+100.0
Loving 3 100.0% 0 0.0% 3 D+100.0
Lynn 1 100.0% 0 0.0% 1 D+100.0

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.

Texas in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+13.7
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+5.6
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+9.0
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+15.8
2008 John McCain (R) R+11.8
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+22.9
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+21.3
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+4.9
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+3.5
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+12.6
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+27.5
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+13.9
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+3.2
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+33.0
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+1.3
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+26.8
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+2.0
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.3
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+6.4
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+41.7
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+54.8
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+62.0
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+74.8
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+76.7
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+3.7
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+53.9
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+35.8
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+59.5
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+63.9
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+51.6
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+49.6
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+32.4
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+37.2
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+37.4
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+41.0
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+40.9
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+40.8
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+40.1
1872 Third party (other)