William Howard Taft carried Illinois R+15.5.

William Jennings Bryan (D) vs William Howard Taft (R) in Illinois, 1908. The state ran 6.0 points more Republican than the nation (R+9.6 nationally).

Nominees: William Jennings Bryan (D) · William Howard Taft (R)

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Illinois result

1,155,254 votes counted

Bryan (D)

450,810

39.0%

Taft (R)

629,932

54.5%

All others

74,512

6.4%

Margin

R+15.5

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1908 presidential election

Illinois, 1908

TaftR+15.5

How it voted

Share of the 1908 vote

William H. Taft ✓Republican	54.5%	629,932
William J. BryanDemocratic	39.0%	450,810
OtherAll other candidates	6.4%	74,512

D+60

R+60

102 counties, each filled by 1908 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Illinois's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1908 contest in context

Illinois's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+3.1%
1896	−13.0%
1900	−8.4%
1904	−28.3%
1908	−15.5%
1912	+13.2%
1916	−9.2%
1920	−42.3%
1924	−35.5%
1928	−14.7%
1932	+13.2%
1936	+18.0%
1940	+2.4%
1944	+3.5%
1948	+0.8%
1952	−9.9%
1956	−19.2%
1960	+0.2%
1964	+18.9%
1968	−2.9%
1972	−18.5%
1976	−2.0%
1980	−7.9%
1984	−12.9%
1988	−2.1%
1992	+14.2%
1996	+17.5%
2000	+12.0%
2004	+10.3%
2008	+25.1%
2012	+16.8%
2016	+16.9%
2020	+16.9%
2024	+10.9%

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County results — 1908

102 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	D	+6.5%	8,294	7,233	16,314
Alexander County	R	−29.7%	2,027	3,790	5,936
Bond County	R	−17.0%	1,465	2,143	3,992
Boone County	R	−60.1%	587	2,805	3,688
Brown County	D	+25.0%	1,609	947	2,643
Bureau County	R	−26.2%	2,871	5,280	9,186
Calhoun County	D	+9.8%	905	735	1,726
Carroll County	R	−40.5%	1,129	2,875	4,310
Cass County	D	+12.6%	2,434	1,878	4,423
Champaign County	R	−18.6%	4,830	7,162	12,531
Christian County	D	+5.6%	4,156	3,686	8,449
Clark County	R	−5.9%	2,793	3,158	6,161
Clay County	R	−2.2%	2,152	2,250	4,543
Clinton County	D	+17.0%	3,016	2,104	5,380
Coles County	R	−5.0%	3,957	4,388	8,632
Cook County	R	−18.6%	152,990	230,400	415,091
Crawford County	R	−3.2%	2,890	3,090	6,252
Cumberland County	D	+1.9%	1,810	1,739	3,649
De Witt County	R	−9.6%	2,155	2,628	4,943
DeKalb County	R	−51.1%	1,732	5,866	8,091
Douglas County	R	−15.4%	1,917	2,656	4,800
DuPage County	R	−36.1%	1,975	4,530	7,080
Edgar County	R	−4.4%	3,433	3,757	7,445
Edwards County	R	−34.6%	747	1,614	2,503
Effingham County	D	+19.6%	2,826	1,877	4,830
Fayette County	R	−1.0%	3,193	3,261	6,700
Ford County	R	−36.4%	1,164	2,617	3,990
Franklin County	R	−2.6%	2,401	2,539	5,233
Fulton County	R	−9.7%	4,906	6,077	12,025
Gallatin County	D	+12.8%	1,845	1,411	3,378
Greene County	D	+21.4%	3,159	2,004	5,389
Grundy County	R	−35.7%	1,359	3,127	4,957
Hamilton County	D	+7.8%	2,128	1,809	4,087
Hancock County	D	+5.8%	4,260	3,781	8,315
Hardin County	R	−8.6%	680	813	1,548
Henderson County	R	−29.2%	820	1,547	2,486
Henry County	R	−39.3%	2,499	6,387	9,897
Iroquois County	R	−22.9%	2,966	4,855	8,237
Jackson County	R	−11.5%	3,149	4,016	7,568
Jasper County	D	+10.6%	2,317	1,860	4,325
Jefferson County	D	+2.5%	3,377	3,210	6,787
Jersey County	D	+10.6%	1,818	1,460	3,382
Jo Daviess County	R	−14.3%	2,310	3,132	5,739
Johnson County	R	−27.9%	1,055	1,913	3,072
Kane County	R	−46.7%	4,316	12,840	18,267
Kankakee County	R	−40.4%	2,461	5,999	8,763
Kendall County	R	−52.8%	556	1,948	2,637
Knox County	R	−34.3%	3,277	7,084	11,098
Lake County	R	−44.0%	2,264	6,392	9,379
LaSalle County	R	−17.8%	7,589	11,159	20,074
Lawrence County	D	+1.2%	2,253	2,197	4,659
Lee County	R	−31.5%	2,144	4,255	6,701
Livingston County	R	−16.5%	3,778	5,358	9,596
Logan County	D	+1.3%	3,546	3,451	7,275
Macon County	R	−17.1%	4,615	6,643	11,866
Macoupin County	D	+6.7%	5,775	4,988	11,664
Madison County	R	−8.9%	7,812	9,463	18,503
Marion County	D	+7.1%	4,001	3,435	7,963
Marshall County	R	−4.7%	1,714	1,893	3,776
Mason County	D	+7.7%	2,264	1,924	4,424
Massac County	R	−50.6%	652	2,084	2,829
McDonough County	R	−8.5%	3,112	3,733	7,312
McHenry County	R	−45.9%	1,887	5,331	7,501
McLean County	R	−18.5%	5,982	8,953	16,023
Menard County	D	+4.2%	1,748	1,600	3,512
Mercer County	R	−21.9%	1,777	2,871	4,992
Monroe County	R	−6.8%	1,512	1,733	3,273
Montgomery County	D	+1.5%	3,909	3,782	8,287
Morgan County	R	−0.3%	3,993	4,019	8,363
Moultrie County	R	−0.3%	1,695	1,704	3,518
Ogle County	R	−44.1%	1,761	4,848	7,002
Peoria County	R	−9.4%	8,898	10,828	20,635
Perry County	D	+1.7%	2,482	2,392	5,170
Piatt County	R	−20.2%	1,530	2,349	4,053
Pike County	D	+12.8%	3,859	2,932	7,265
Pope County	R	−38.0%	748	1,706	2,518
Pulaski County	R	−33.0%	1,080	2,185	3,349
Putnam County	R	−31.8%	413	834	1,324
Randolph County	D	+2.0%	3,172	3,045	6,473
Richland County	D	+6.7%	1,938	1,684	3,816
Rock Island County	R	−23.4%	4,739	8,196	14,781
Saline County	R	−10.9%	2,471	3,125	5,996
Sangamon County	R	−5.1%	9,351	10,422	20,934
Schuyler County	D	+6.8%	1,876	1,622	3,745
Scott County	D	+10.7%	1,376	1,101	2,575
Shelby County	D	+9.6%	4,065	3,312	7,830
St. Clair County	R	−4.9%	11,342	12,619	25,934
Stark County	R	−36.4%	738	1,635	2,467
Stephenson County	R	−5.9%	4,076	4,605	9,041
Tazewell County	D	+0.2%	3,786	3,767	7,923
Union County	D	+22.0%	2,690	1,695	4,529
Vermilion County	R	−27.9%	6,320	11,726	19,344
Wabash County	D	+8.6%	1,814	1,511	3,509
Warren County	R	−15.8%	2,327	3,283	6,066
Washington County	R	−12.0%	1,830	2,355	4,372
Wayne County	R	−2.6%	2,791	2,946	5,940
White County	D	+8.9%	2,934	2,436	5,600
Whiteside County	R	−39.0%	2,140	5,257	7,997
Will County	R	−27.6%	5,693	10,358	16,901
Williamson County	R	−14.0%	3,513	4,786	9,093
Winnebago County	R	−54.2%	2,163	8,919	12,467
Woodford County	R	−1.0%	2,156	2,204	4,637