1908 United States presidential election in Illinois
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 twenty-seven electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
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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.
Results
1908 United States presidential election in Illinois[1] | |||||
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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 Debs | 34,711 | 3.00% | 0 | |
Prohibition | Eugene Chafin | 29,364 | 2.54% | 0 | |
Independence | Thomas 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 | — |
Results by county
County | William Howard Taft[2] Republican |
William Jennings Bryan[2] Democratic |
Eugene Victor Debs[2] Social Democratic |
Eugene Wilder Chafin[2] Prohibition |
Various candidates[2] Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
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 | 11,159 | 55.59% | 7,589 | 37.81% | 705 | 3.51% | 454 | 2.26% | 167 | 0.83% | 3,570 | 17.78% | 20,074 |
LaSalle | 6,392 | 68.15% | 2,264 | 24.14% | 237 | 2.53% | 352 | 3.75% | 134 | 1.43% | 4,128 | 44.01% | 9,379 |
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 |
Notes
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References
- Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Illinois
- Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1908 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)
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