1908 United States presidential election in Illinois
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The 1908 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 3, 1908. All contemporary 46 states were part of the 1908 United States presidential election. State voters chose 27 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Illinois was won by the Republican nominees, former Secretary of War William Howard Taft of Ohio and his running mate James S. Sherman of New York. They defeated the Democratic nominees, former representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running with John W. Kern, a former Indiana state senator. Taft won the state by a margin of 15.51%.
In this election, Illinois voted 6.97% to the right of the nation at-large.[1]
Bryan had previously lost Illinois to William McKinley in both 1896 and 1900.
Results
[edit]| 1908 United States presidential election in Illinois[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | William Howard Taft | 629,932 | 54.53% | 27 | |
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 450,810 | 39.02% | 0 | |
| Social Democratic | Eugene V. Debs | 34,711 | 3.00% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Eugene W. Chafin | 29,364 | 2.54% | 0 | |
| Independence | Thomas L. Hisgen | 7,724 | 0.67% | 0 | |
| Socialist Labor | August Gillhaus | 1,680 | 0.15% | 0 | |
| Populist | Thomas E. Watson | 633 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| United Christian | Daniel B. Turney | 400 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,155,254 | 100.00% | 27 | ||
| Voter turnout | — | ||||
Chicago results
[edit]| 1908 United States presidential election in Chicago[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Republican | William Howard Taft | 193,342 | 54.54% | ||
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 136,915 | 38.63% | ||
| Social Democratic | Eugene V. Debs | 14,942 | 4.22% | ||
| Independence | Thomas L. Hisgen | 4,351 | 1.23% | ||
| Prohibition | Eugene W. Chafin | 4,220 | 1.20% | ||
| Others | 695 | 0.20% | |||
| Totals | 354,465 | 100.00% | |||
Results by county
[edit]| County | William Howard Taft[4] Republican |
William Jennings Bryan[4] Democratic |
Eugene Victor Debs[4] Social Democratic |
Eugene Wilder Chafin[4] Prohibition |
Various candidates[4] Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 7,233 | 44.34% | 8,294 | 50.84% | 496 | 3.04% | 242 | 1.48% | 49 | 0.30% | -1,061 | -6.50% | 16,314 |
| Alexander | 3,790 | 63.85% | 2,027 | 34.15% | 56 | 0.94% | 54 | 0.91% | 9 | 0.15% | 1,763 | 29.70% | 5,936 |
| Bond | 2,143 | 53.68% | 1,465 | 36.70% | 84 | 2.10% | 289 | 7.24% | 11 | 0.28% | 678 | 16.98% | 3,992 |
| Boone | 2,805 | 76.06% | 587 | 15.92% | 127 | 3.44% | 155 | 4.20% | 14 | 0.38% | 2,218 | 60.14% | 3,688 |
| Brown | 947 | 35.83% | 1,609 | 60.88% | 11 | 0.42% | 64 | 2.42% | 12 | 0.45% | -662 | -25.05% | 2,643 |
| Bureau | 5,280 | 57.48% | 2,871 | 31.25% | 424 | 4.62% | 534 | 5.81% | 77 | 0.84% | 2,409 | 26.22% | 9,186 |
| Calhoun | 735 | 42.58% | 905 | 52.43% | 8 | 0.46% | 76 | 4.40% | 2 | 0.12% | -170 | -9.85% | 1,726 |
| Carroll | 2,875 | 66.71% | 1,129 | 26.19% | 67 | 1.55% | 223 | 5.17% | 16 | 0.37% | 1,746 | 40.51% | 4,310 |
| Cass | 1,878 | 42.46% | 2,434 | 55.03% | 14 | 0.32% | 90 | 2.03% | 7 | 0.16% | -556 | -12.57% | 4,423 |
| Champaign | 7,162 | 57.15% | 4,830 | 38.54% | 42 | 0.34% | 472 | 3.77% | 25 | 0.20% | 2,332 | 18.61% | 12,531 |
| Christian | 3,686 | 43.63% | 4,156 | 49.19% | 260 | 3.08% | 324 | 3.83% | 23 | 0.27% | -470 | -5.56% | 8,449 |
| Clark | 3,158 | 51.26% | 2,793 | 45.33% | 18 | 0.29% | 159 | 2.58% | 33 | 0.54% | 365 | 5.92% | 6,161 |
| Clay | 2,250 | 49.53% | 2,152 | 47.37% | 42 | 0.92% | 96 | 2.11% | 3 | 0.07% | 98 | 2.16% | 4,543 |
| Clinton | 2,104 | 39.11% | 3,016 | 56.06% | 181 | 3.36% | 61 | 1.13% | 18 | 0.33% | -912 | -16.95% | 5,380 |
| Coles | 4,388 | 50.83% | 3,957 | 45.84% | 58 | 0.67% | 206 | 2.39% | 23 | 0.27% | 431 | 4.99% | 8,632 |
| Cook | 230,400 | 55.51% | 152,990 | 36.86% | 18,842 | 4.54% | 5,965 | 1.44% | 6,894 | 1.66% | 77,410 | 18.65% | 415,091 |
| Crawford | 3,090 | 49.42% | 2,890 | 46.23% | 42 | 0.67% | 207 | 3.31% | 23 | 0.37% | 200 | 3.20% | 6,252 |
| Cumberland | 1,739 | 47.66% | 1,810 | 49.60% | 13 | 0.36% | 81 | 2.22% | 6 | 0.16% | -71 | -1.95% | 3,649 |
| DeKalb | 5,866 | 72.50% | 1,732 | 21.41% | 97 | 1.20% | 341 | 4.21% | 55 | 0.68% | 4,134 | 51.09% | 8,091 |
| DeWitt | 2,628 | 53.17% | 2,155 | 43.60% | 15 | 0.30% | 138 | 2.79% | 7 | 0.14% | 473 | 9.57% | 4,943 |
| Douglas | 2,656 | 55.33% | 1,917 | 39.94% | 11 | 0.23% | 192 | 4.00% | 24 | 0.50% | 739 | 15.40% | 4,800 |
| DuPage | 4,530 | 63.98% | 1,975 | 27.90% | 77 | 1.09% | 449 | 6.34% | 49 | 0.69% | 2,555 | 36.09% | 7,080 |
| Edgar | 3,757 | 50.46% | 3,433 | 46.11% | 50 | 0.67% | 189 | 2.54% | 16 | 0.21% | 324 | 4.35% | 7,445 |
| Edwards | 1,614 | 64.48% | 747 | 29.84% | 14 | 0.56% | 120 | 4.79% | 8 | 0.32% | 867 | 34.64% | 2,503 |
| Effingham | 1,877 | 38.86% | 2,826 | 58.51% | 29 | 0.60% | 91 | 1.88% | 7 | 0.14% | -949 | -19.65% | 4,830 |
| Fayette | 3,261 | 48.67% | 3,193 | 47.66% | 31 | 0.46% | 203 | 3.03% | 12 | 0.18% | 68 | 1.01% | 6,700 |
| Ford | 2,617 | 65.59% | 1,164 | 29.17% | 10 | 0.25% | 178 | 4.46% | 21 | 0.53% | 1,453 | 36.42% | 3,990 |
| Franklin | 2,539 | 48.52% | 2,401 | 45.88% | 152 | 2.90% | 121 | 2.31% | 20 | 0.38% | 138 | 2.64% | 5,233 |
| Fulton | 6,077 | 50.54% | 4,906 | 40.80% | 568 | 4.72% | 405 | 3.37% | 69 | 0.57% | 1,171 | 9.74% | 12,025 |
| Gallatin | 1,411 | 41.77% | 1,845 | 54.62% | 34 | 1.01% | 81 | 2.40% | 7 | 0.21% | -434 | -12.85% | 3,378 |
| Greene | 2,004 | 37.19% | 3,159 | 58.62% | 49 | 0.91% | 166 | 3.08% | 11 | 0.20% | -1,155 | -21.43% | 5,389 |
| Grundy | 3,127 | 63.08% | 1,359 | 27.42% | 207 | 4.18% | 190 | 3.83% | 74 | 1.49% | 1,768 | 35.67% | 4,957 |
| Hamilton | 1,809 | 44.26% | 2,128 | 52.07% | 30 | 0.73% | 110 | 2.69% | 10 | 0.24% | -319 | -7.81% | 4,087 |
| Hancock | 3,781 | 45.47% | 4,260 | 51.23% | 38 | 0.46% | 226 | 2.72% | 10 | 0.12% | -479 | -5.76% | 8,315 |
| Hardin | 813 | 52.52% | 680 | 43.93% | 9 | 0.58% | 45 | 2.91% | 1 | 0.06% | 133 | 8.59% | 1,548 |
| Henderson | 1,547 | 62.23% | 820 | 32.98% | 12 | 0.48% | 102 | 4.10% | 5 | 0.20% | 727 | 29.24% | 2,486 |
| Henry | 6,387 | 64.53% | 2,499 | 25.25% | 438 | 4.43% | 478 | 4.83% | 95 | 0.96% | 3,888 | 39.28% | 9,897 |
| Iroquois | 4,855 | 58.94% | 2,966 | 36.01% | 67 | 0.81% | 314 | 3.81% | 35 | 0.42% | 1,889 | 22.93% | 8,237 |
| Jackson | 4,016 | 53.07% | 3,149 | 41.61% | 145 | 1.92% | 234 | 3.09% | 24 | 0.32% | 867 | 11.46% | 7,568 |
| Jasper | 1,860 | 43.01% | 2,317 | 53.57% | 7 | 0.16% | 131 | 3.03% | 10 | 0.23% | -457 | -10.57% | 4,325 |
| Jefferson | 3,210 | 47.30% | 3,377 | 49.76% | 33 | 0.49% | 133 | 1.96% | 34 | 0.50% | -167 | -2.46% | 6,787 |
| Jersey | 1,460 | 43.17% | 1,818 | 53.76% | 26 | 0.77% | 71 | 2.10% | 7 | 0.21% | -358 | -10.59% | 3,382 |
| Jo Daviess | 3,132 | 54.57% | 2,310 | 40.25% | 94 | 1.64% | 184 | 3.21% | 19 | 0.33% | 822 | 14.32% | 5,739 |
| Johnson | 1,913 | 62.27% | 1,055 | 34.34% | 20 | 0.65% | 81 | 2.64% | 3 | 0.10% | 858 | 27.93% | 3,072 |
| Kane | 12,840 | 70.29% | 4,316 | 23.63% | 311 | 1.70% | 618 | 3.38% | 182 | 1.00% | 8,524 | 46.66% | 18,267 |
| Kankakee | 5,999 | 68.46% | 2,461 | 28.08% | 74 | 0.84% | 184 | 2.10% | 45 | 0.51% | 3,538 | 40.37% | 8,763 |
| Kendall | 1,948 | 73.87% | 556 | 21.08% | 11 | 0.42% | 116 | 4.40% | 6 | 0.23% | 1,392 | 52.79% | 2,637 |
| Knox | 7,084 | 63.83% | 3,277 | 29.53% | 320 | 2.88% | 381 | 3.43% | 36 | 0.32% | 3,807 | 34.30% | 11,098 |
| Lake | 6,392 | 68.15% | 2,264 | 24.14% | 237 | 2.53% | 352 | 3.75% | 134 | 1.43% | 4,128 | 44.01% | 9,379 |
| LaSalle | 11,159 | 55.59% | 7,589 | 37.81% | 705 | 3.51% | 454 | 2.26% | 167 | 0.83% | 3,570 | 17.78% | 20,074 |
| Lawrence | 2,197 | 47.16% | 2,253 | 48.36% | 14 | 0.30% | 192 | 4.12% | 3 | 0.06% | -56 | -1.20% | 4,659 |
| Lee | 4,255 | 63.50% | 2,144 | 32.00% | 37 | 0.55% | 232 | 3.46% | 33 | 0.49% | 2,111 | 31.50% | 6,701 |
| Livingston | 5,358 | 55.84% | 3,778 | 39.37% | 73 | 0.76% | 347 | 3.62% | 40 | 0.42% | 1,580 | 16.47% | 9,596 |
| Logan | 3,451 | 47.44% | 3,546 | 48.74% | 81 | 1.11% | 172 | 2.36% | 25 | 0.34% | -95 | -1.31% | 7,275 |
| Macon | 6,643 | 55.98% | 4,615 | 38.89% | 170 | 1.43% | 399 | 3.36% | 39 | 0.33% | 2,028 | 17.09% | 11,866 |
| Macoupin | 4,988 | 42.76% | 5,775 | 49.51% | 511 | 4.38% | 340 | 2.91% | 50 | 0.43% | -787 | -6.75% | 11,664 |
| Madison | 9,463 | 51.14% | 7,812 | 42.22% | 814 | 4.40% | 351 | 1.90% | 63 | 0.34% | 1,651 | 8.92% | 18,503 |
| Marion | 3,435 | 43.14% | 4,001 | 50.24% | 270 | 3.39% | 201 | 2.52% | 56 | 0.70% | -566 | -7.11% | 7,963 |
| Marshall | 1,893 | 50.13% | 1,714 | 45.39% | 48 | 1.27% | 113 | 2.99% | 8 | 0.21% | 179 | 4.74% | 3,776 |
| Mason | 1,924 | 43.49% | 2,264 | 51.18% | 24 | 0.54% | 204 | 4.61% | 8 | 0.18% | -340 | -7.69% | 4,424 |
| Massac | 2,084 | 73.67% | 652 | 23.05% | 7 | 0.25% | 85 | 3.00% | 1 | 0.04% | 1,432 | 50.62% | 2,829 |
| McDonough | 3,733 | 51.05% | 3,112 | 42.56% | 84 | 1.15% | 374 | 5.11% | 9 | 0.12% | 621 | 8.49% | 7,312 |
| McHenry | 5,331 | 71.07% | 1,887 | 25.16% | 51 | 0.68% | 194 | 2.59% | 38 | 0.51% | 3,444 | 45.91% | 7,501 |
| McLean | 8,953 | 55.88% | 5,982 | 37.33% | 197 | 1.23% | 840 | 5.24% | 51 | 0.32% | 2,971 | 18.54% | 16,023 |
| Menard | 1,600 | 45.56% | 1,748 | 49.77% | 19 | 0.54% | 135 | 3.84% | 10 | 0.28% | -148 | -4.21% | 3,512 |
| Mercer | 2,871 | 57.51% | 1,777 | 35.60% | 85 | 1.70% | 231 | 4.63% | 28 | 0.56% | 1,094 | 21.92% | 4,992 |
| Monroe | 1,733 | 52.95% | 1,512 | 46.20% | 9 | 0.27% | 15 | 0.46% | 4 | 0.12% | 221 | 6.75% | 3,273 |
| Montgomery | 3,782 | 45.64% | 3,909 | 47.17% | 242 | 2.92% | 318 | 3.84% | 36 | 0.43% | -127 | -1.53% | 8,287 |
| Morgan | 4,019 | 48.06% | 3,993 | 47.75% | 116 | 1.39% | 204 | 2.44% | 31 | 0.37% | 26 | 0.31% | 8,363 |
| Moultrie | 1,704 | 48.44% | 1,695 | 48.18% | 19 | 0.54% | 93 | 2.64% | 7 | 0.20% | 9 | 0.26% | 3,518 |
| Ogle | 4,848 | 69.24% | 1,761 | 25.15% | 28 | 0.40% | 338 | 4.83% | 27 | 0.39% | 3,087 | 44.09% | 7,002 |
| Peoria | 10,828 | 52.47% | 8,898 | 43.12% | 515 | 2.50% | 299 | 1.45% | 95 | 0.46% | 1,930 | 9.35% | 20,635 |
| Perry | 2,392 | 46.27% | 2,482 | 48.01% | 67 | 1.30% | 192 | 3.71% | 37 | 0.72% | -90 | -1.74% | 5,170 |
| Piatt | 2,349 | 57.96% | 1,530 | 37.75% | 12 | 0.30% | 153 | 3.77% | 9 | 0.22% | 819 | 20.21% | 4,053 |
| Pike | 2,932 | 40.36% | 3,859 | 53.12% | 185 | 2.55% | 257 | 3.54% | 32 | 0.44% | -927 | -12.76% | 7,265 |
| Pope | 1,706 | 67.75% | 748 | 29.71% | 6 | 0.24% | 58 | 2.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 958 | 38.05% | 2,518 |
| Pulaski | 2,185 | 65.24% | 1,080 | 32.25% | 19 | 0.57% | 56 | 1.67% | 9 | 0.27% | 1,105 | 32.99% | 3,349 |
| Putnam | 834 | 62.99% | 413 | 31.19% | 16 | 1.21% | 51 | 3.85% | 10 | 0.76% | 421 | 31.80% | 1,324 |
| Randolph | 3,045 | 47.04% | 3,172 | 49.00% | 101 | 1.56% | 151 | 2.33% | 4 | 0.06% | -127 | -1.96% | 6,473 |
| Richland | 1,684 | 44.13% | 1,938 | 50.79% | 67 | 1.76% | 122 | 3.20% | 5 | 0.13% | -254 | -6.66% | 3,816 |
| Rock Island | 8,196 | 55.45% | 4,739 | 32.06% | 1,072 | 7.25% | 344 | 2.33% | 430 | 2.91% | 3,457 | 23.39% | 14,781 |
| Saline | 3,125 | 52.12% | 2,471 | 41.21% | 249 | 4.15% | 124 | 2.07% | 27 | 0.45% | 654 | 10.91% | 5,996 |
| Sangamon | 10,422 | 49.79% | 9,351 | 44.67% | 458 | 2.19% | 626 | 2.99% | 77 | 0.37% | 1,071 | 5.12% | 20,934 |
| Schuyler | 1,622 | 43.31% | 1,876 | 50.09% | 18 | 0.48% | 216 | 5.77% | 13 | 0.35% | -254 | -6.78% | 3,745 |
| Scott | 1,101 | 42.76% | 1,376 | 53.44% | 20 | 0.78% | 71 | 2.76% | 7 | 0.27% | -275 | -10.68% | 2,575 |
| Shelby | 3,312 | 42.30% | 4,065 | 51.92% | 40 | 0.51% | 380 | 4.85% | 33 | 0.42% | -753 | -9.62% | 7,830 |
| St. Clair | 12,619 | 48.66% | 11,342 | 43.73% | 1,517 | 5.85% | 344 | 1.33% | 112 | 0.43% | 1,277 | 4.92% | 25,934 |
| Stark | 1,635 | 66.27% | 738 | 29.91% | 22 | 0.89% | 71 | 2.88% | 1 | 0.04% | 897 | 36.36% | 2,467 |
| Stephenson | 4,605 | 50.93% | 4,076 | 45.08% | 84 | 0.93% | 254 | 2.81% | 22 | 0.24% | 529 | 5.85% | 9,041 |
| Tazewell | 3,767 | 47.55% | 3,786 | 47.78% | 119 | 1.50% | 237 | 2.99% | 14 | 0.18% | -19 | -0.24% | 7,923 |
| Union | 1,695 | 37.43% | 2,690 | 59.40% | 12 | 0.26% | 127 | 2.80% | 5 | 0.11% | -995 | -21.97% | 4,529 |
| Vermilion | 11,726 | 60.62% | 6,320 | 32.67% | 385 | 1.99% | 824 | 4.26% | 89 | 0.46% | 5,406 | 27.95% | 19,344 |
| Wabash | 1,511 | 43.06% | 1,814 | 51.70% | 22 | 0.63% | 158 | 4.50% | 4 | 0.11% | -303 | -8.63% | 3,509 |
| Warren | 3,283 | 54.12% | 2,327 | 38.36% | 175 | 2.88% | 257 | 4.24% | 24 | 0.40% | 956 | 15.76% | 6,066 |
| Washington | 2,355 | 53.87% | 1,830 | 41.86% | 64 | 1.46% | 111 | 2.54% | 12 | 0.27% | 525 | 12.01% | 4,372 |
| Wayne | 2,946 | 49.60% | 2,791 | 46.99% | 26 | 0.44% | 160 | 2.69% | 17 | 0.29% | 155 | 2.61% | 5,940 |
| White | 2,436 | 43.50% | 2,934 | 52.39% | 61 | 1.09% | 147 | 2.63% | 22 | 0.39% | -498 | -8.89% | 5,600 |
| Whiteside | 5,257 | 65.74% | 2,140 | 26.76% | 64 | 0.80% | 498 | 6.23% | 38 | 0.48% | 3,117 | 38.98% | 7,997 |
| Will | 10,358 | 61.29% | 5,693 | 33.68% | 425 | 2.51% | 316 | 1.87% | 109 | 0.64% | 4,665 | 27.60% | 16,901 |
| Williamson | 4,786 | 52.63% | 3,513 | 38.63% | 484 | 5.32% | 272 | 2.99% | 38 | 0.42% | 1,273 | 14.00% | 9,093 |
| Winnebago | 8,919 | 71.54% | 2,163 | 17.35% | 747 | 5.99% | 531 | 4.26% | 107 | 0.86% | 6,756 | 54.19% | 12,467 |
| Woodford | 2,204 | 47.53% | 2,156 | 46.50% | 54 | 1.16% | 203 | 4.38% | 20 | 0.43% | 48 | 1.04% | 4,637 |
| Totals | 629,932 | 54.53% | 450,810 | 39.02% | 34,711 | 3.00% | 29,364 | 2.54% | 10,437 | 0.90% | 179,122 | 15.50% | 1,155,254 |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
- ^ Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Illinois
- ^ "TAFT SWEEPS CITY; DENEEN CUT HARD". The Chicago Tribune. November 9, 1900. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1908 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)
