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.
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Nebraska was won by the Democratic nominees, former Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate John W. Kern of Indiana. They defeated the Republican Party nominees, former Secretary of War William Howard Taft of Ohio and his running mate James S. Sherman of New York. Bryan won his home state by a narrow margin of 1.54%.
Bryan had previously won Nebraska against William McKinley in 1896 but lost it to McKinley in their 1900 rematch. Bryan's two wins in the state are the only times a Democrat has carried Nebraska without winning the presidency, although Kamala Harris would win one of the state’s electoral votes in her unsuccessful 2024 presidential bid.
As of 2020, this along with 1892 is the 2nd and last time that Nebraska has voted for a different presidential candidate than neighboring Kansas.
Results
edit| 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 W. Chafin | 5,179 | 1.94% | 0 | |
| Social Democratic | Eugene V. Debs | 3,524 | 1.32% | 0 | |
| Totals | 266,799 | 100.00% | 8 | ||
| Voter turnout | — | ||||
Results by county
edit| 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 |
| Totals | 131,099 | 49.14% | 126,997 | 47.60% | 5,179 | 1.94% | 3,524 | 1.32% | 4,102 | 1.54% | 266,799 |
See also
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editReferences
edit- ^ Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Nebraska
- ^ Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1908 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)