1908 United States presidential election in Nebraska

The 1908 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 3, 1908. All contemporary 46 states were part of the 1908 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

1908 United States presidential election in Nebraska

November 3, 1908
 
Nominee William Jennings Bryan William Howard Taft
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Nebraska Ohio
Running mate John W. Kern James S. Sherman
Electoral vote 8 0
Popular vote 131,099 126,997
Percentage 49.14% 47.60%

County Results

President before election

Theodore Roosevelt
Republican

Elected President

William Howard Taft
Republican

Nebraska was won by the Democratic nominees, former Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate John W. Kern of Indiana.

Bryan won his home state to Republican Party candidate William Howard Taft by a narrow margin of 1.54%. Bryan had previously won Nebraska against William McKinley in 1896 but lost it to McKinley in their rematch 1900. As of the 2020 election, this was the last election in which the Republican candidate won the election without winning Nebraska.

Results

1908 United States presidential election in Nebraska[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic William Jennings Bryan 131,099 49.14% 8
Republican William Howard Taft 126,997 47.60% 0
Prohibition Eugene Chafin 5,179 1.94% 0
Social Democratic Eugene Debs 3,524 1.32% 0
Totals 266,799 100.00% 8
Voter turnout

Results by county

County[2] William Jennings Bryan
Democratic
William Howard Taft
Republican
Eugene Wilder Chafin
Prohibition
Eugene Victor Debs
Socialist
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Adams 2,337 51.53% 1,987 43.81% 119 2.62% 92 2.03% 350 7.72% 4,535
Antelope 1,455 45.36% 1,658 51.68% 66 2.06% 29 0.90% -203 -6.33% 3,208
Banner 74 27.61% 175 65.30% 2 0.75% 17 6.34% -101 -37.69% 268
Blaine 160 40.82% 220 56.12% 4 1.02% 8 2.04% -60 -15.31% 392
Boone 1,583 49.24% 1,580 49.14% 40 1.24% 12 0.37% 3 0.09% 3,215
Box Butte 684 51.35% 600 45.05% 19 1.43% 29 2.18% 84 6.31% 1,332
Boyd 891 46.75% 954 50.05% 34 1.78% 27 1.42% -63 -3.31% 1,906
Brown 526 44.92% 588 50.21% 15 1.28% 42 3.59% -62 -5.29% 1,171
Buffalo 2,520 48.49% 2,526 48.60% 75 1.44% 76 1.46% -6 -0.12% 5,197
Burt 1,215 38.47% 1,880 59.53% 49 1.55% 14 0.44% -665 -21.06% 3,158
Butler 2,129 59.16% 1,412 39.23% 41 1.14% 17 0.47% 717 19.92% 3,599
Cass 2,387 48.03% 2,440 49.09% 85 1.71% 58 1.17% -53 -1.07% 4,970
Cedar 1,732 50.90% 1,627 47.81% 39 1.15% 5 0.15% 105 3.09% 3,403
Chase 338 43.61% 400 51.61% 34 4.39% 3 0.39% -62 -8.00% 775
Cherry 1,021 47.09% 1,048 48.34% 41 1.89% 58 2.68% -27 -1.25% 2,168
Cheyenne 809 45.97% 886 50.34% 28 1.59% 37 2.10% -77 -4.38% 1,760
Clay 1,939 49.01% 1,891 47.80% 95 2.40% 31 0.78% 48 1.21% 3,956
Colfax 1,267 51.03% 1,159 46.68% 21 0.85% 36 1.45% 108 4.35% 2,483
Cuming 1,722 56.64% 1,284 42.24% 29 0.95% 5 0.16% 438 14.41% 3,040
Custer 2,898 48.86% 2,788 47.01% 98 1.65% 147 2.48% 110 1.85% 5,931
Dakota 716 48.09% 729 48.96% 22 1.48% 22 1.48% -13 -0.87% 1,489
Dawes 727 45.21% 836 51.99% 16 1.00% 29 1.80% -109 -6.78% 1,608
Dawson 1,926 51.06% 1,737 46.05% 87 2.31% 22 0.58% 189 5.01% 3,772
Deuel 392 41.79% 526 56.08% 12 1.28% 8 0.85% -134 -14.29% 938
Dixon 1,100 45.23% 1,257 51.69% 63 2.59% 12 0.49% -157 -6.46% 2,432
Dodge 2,664 50.66% 2,437 46.34% 109 2.07% 49 0.93% 227 4.32% 5,259
Douglas 15,583 50.74% 14,066 45.80% 266 0.87% 798 2.60% 1,517 4.94% 30,713
Dundy 391 42.50% 486 52.83% 17 1.85% 26 2.83% -95 -10.33% 920
Fillmore 1,989 52.22% 1,756 46.10% 40 1.05% 24 0.63% 233 6.12% 3,809
Franklin 1,298 52.42% 1,083 43.74% 57 2.30% 38 1.53% 215 8.68% 2,476
Frontier 847 41.24% 1,098 53.46% 55 2.68% 54 2.63% -251 -12.22% 2,054
Furnas 1,618 51.78% 1,400 44.80% 92 2.94% 15 0.48% 218 6.98% 3,125
Gage 3,129 44.38% 3,721 52.78% 131 1.86% 69 0.98% -592 -8.40% 7,050
Garfield 363 47.51% 368 48.17% 10 1.31% 23 3.01% -5 -0.65% 764
Gosper 634 54.28% 499 42.72% 32 2.74% 3 0.26% 135 11.56% 1,168
Grant 101 51.79% 93 47.69% 0 0.00% 1 0.51% 8 4.10% 195
Greeley 1,072 59.36% 691 38.26% 14 0.78% 29 1.61% 381 21.10% 1,806
Hall 2,229 47.62% 2,241 47.87% 102 2.18% 109 2.33% -12 -0.26% 4,681
Hamilton 1,664 48.26% 1,633 47.36% 129 3.74% 22 0.64% 31 0.90% 3,448
Harlan 1,158 48.19% 1,081 44.99% 115 4.79% 49 2.04% 77 3.20% 2,403
Hayes 277 40.20% 359 52.10% 11 1.60% 42 6.10% -82 -11.90% 689
Hitchcock 632 48.77% 633 48.84% 17 1.31% 14 1.08% -1 -0.08% 1,296
Holt 1,777 51.06% 1,541 44.28% 99 2.84% 63 1.81% 236 6.78% 3,480
Hooker 91 46.19% 100 50.76% 3 1.52% 3 1.52% -9 -4.57% 197
Howard 1,435 57.79% 977 39.35% 40 1.61% 31 1.25% 458 18.45% 2,483
Jefferson 1,787 46.49% 1,941 50.49% 77 2.00% 39 1.01% -154 -4.01% 3,844
Johnson 1,150 44.92% 1,357 53.01% 45 1.76% 8 0.31% -207 -8.09% 2,560
Kearney 1,174 50.69% 993 42.88% 121 5.22% 28 1.21% 181 7.82% 2,316
Keith 310 44.99% 368 53.41% 6 0.87% 5 0.73% -58 -8.42% 689
Keya Paha 354 41.99% 422 50.06% 18 2.14% 49 5.81% -68 -8.07% 843
Kimball 124 34.73% 216 60.50% 7 1.96% 10 2.80% -92 -25.77% 357
Knox 2,106 51.40% 1,871 45.67% 79 1.93% 41 1.00% 235 5.74% 4,097
Lancaster 8,540 51.91% 7,428 45.15% 400 2.43% 85 0.52% 1,112 6.76% 16,453
Lincoln 1,382 43.43% 1,541 48.43% 80 2.51% 179 5.63% -159 -5.00% 3,182
Logan 155 49.52% 140 44.73% 10 3.19% 8 2.56% 15 4.79% 313
Loup 170 36.96% 248 53.91% 10 2.17% 32 6.96% -78 -16.96% 460
Madison 1,878 46.15% 2,137 52.52% 40 0.98% 14 0.34% -259 -6.37% 4,069
McPherson 165 38.55% 234 54.67% 11 2.57% 18 4.21% -69 -16.12% 428
Merrick 1,081 44.76% 1,133 46.92% 186 7.70% 15 0.62% -52 -2.15% 2,415
Nance 926 44.97% 1,082 52.55% 45 2.19% 6 0.29% -156 -7.58% 2,059
Nemaha 1,674 50.01% 1,583 47.30% 49 1.46% 41 1.22% 91 2.72% 3,347
Nuckolls 1,523 49.32% 1,519 49.19% 35 1.13% 11 0.36% 4 0.13% 3,088
Otoe 2,411 50.83% 2,243 47.29% 71 1.50% 18 0.38% 168 3.54% 4,743
Pawnee 1,115 41.73% 1,468 54.94% 80 2.99% 9 0.34% -353 -13.21% 2,672
Perkins 265 50.67% 254 48.57% 1 0.19% 3 0.57% 11 2.10% 523
Phelps 1,238 43.78% 1,445 51.10% 116 4.10% 29 1.03% -207 -7.32% 2,828
Pierce 1,095 49.82% 1,067 48.54% 27 1.23% 9 0.41% 28 1.27% 2,198
Platte 2,487 59.99% 1,584 38.21% 67 1.62% 8 0.19% 903 21.78% 4,146
Polk 1,264 47.82% 1,171 44.31% 165 6.24% 43 1.63% 93 3.52% 2,643
Red Willow 1,317 48.96% 1,242 46.17% 53 1.97% 78 2.90% 75 2.79% 2,690
Richardson 2,258 50.53% 2,123 47.51% 71 1.59% 17 0.38% 135 3.02% 4,469
Rock 334 40.14% 469 56.37% 14 1.68% 15 1.80% -135 -16.23% 832
Saline 2,249 51.04% 2,048 46.48% 93 2.11% 16 0.36% 201 4.56% 4,406
Sarpy 1,090 52.68% 912 44.08% 41 1.98% 26 1.26% 178 8.60% 2,069
Saunders 2,679 52.42% 2,309 45.18% 91 1.78% 32 0.63% 370 7.24% 5,111
Scotts Bluff 549 38.10% 789 54.75% 30 2.08% 73 5.07% -240 -16.66% 1,441
Seward 2,029 50.69% 1,930 48.21% 41 1.02% 3 0.07% 99 2.47% 4,003
Sheridan 733 48.26% 709 46.68% 34 2.24% 43 2.83% 24 1.58% 1,519
Sherman 925 52.14% 776 43.74% 23 1.30% 50 2.82% 149 8.40% 1,774
Sioux 464 45.71% 516 50.84% 24 2.36% 11 1.08% -52 -5.12% 1,015
Stanton 823 50.49% 792 48.59% 9 0.55% 6 0.37% 31 1.90% 1,630
Thayer 1,703 48.75% 1,714 49.07% 53 1.52% 23 0.66% -11 -0.31% 3,493
Thomas 130 55.56% 95 40.60% 2 0.85% 7 2.99% 35 14.96% 234
Thurston 734 44.30% 895 54.01% 15 0.91% 13 0.78% -161 -9.72% 1,657
Valley 1,045 48.70% 1,040 48.46% 51 2.38% 10 0.47% 5 0.23% 2,146
Washington 1,460 46.63% 1,592 50.85% 39 1.25% 40 1.28% -132 -4.22% 3,131
Wayne 1,055 44.23% 1,297 54.38% 23 0.96% 10 0.42% -242 -10.15% 2,385
Webster 1,354 46.72% 1,408 48.59% 119 4.11% 17 0.59% -54 -1.86% 2,898
Wheeler 252 48.74% 236 45.65% 10 1.93% 19 3.68% 16 3.09% 517
York 2,042 46.58% 2,209 50.39% 124 2.83% 9 0.21% -167 -3.81% 4,384
Totals131,09949.14%126,99747.60%5,1791.94%3,5241.32%4,1021.54%266,799

References

  1. Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Nebraska
  2. Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1908 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)

Notes

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