William Howard Taft carried Kansas R+9.4.

William Jennings Bryan (D) vs William Howard Taft (R) in Kansas, 1908. The state ran 0.2 points more Democratic than the nation (R+9.6 nationally).

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

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Kansas result

375,043 votes counted

Bryan (D)

161,209

43.0%

Taft (R)

196,316

52.3%

All others

17,518

4.7%

Margin

R+9.4

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1908 presidential election

Kansas, 1908

TaftR+9.4

How it voted

Share of the 1908 vote

William H. Taft ✓Republican	52.3%	196,316
William J. BryanDemocratic	43.0%	161,209
OtherAll other candidates	4.7%	17,518

D+60

R+60

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

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Kansas's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1908 contest in context

Kansas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−50.2%
1896	+3.7%
1900	−6.6%
1904	−38.7%
1908	−9.4%
1912	+18.8%
1916	+5.9%
1920	−32.2%
1924	−37.9%
1928	−45.0%
1932	+9.4%
1936	+7.7%
1940	−14.5%
1944	−21.1%
1948	−9.0%
1952	−38.3%
1956	−31.2%
1960	−21.3%
1964	+9.0%
1968	−20.1%
1972	−38.2%
1976	−7.6%
1980	−24.6%
1984	−33.7%
1988	−13.2%
1992	−5.1%
1996	−18.2%
2000	−20.8%
2004	−25.4%
2008	−15.0%
2012	−21.6%
2016	−20.4%
2020	−14.7%
2024	−16.0%

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County results — 1908

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Allen County	R	−11.5%	2,579	3,283	6,102
Anderson County	R	−6.3%	1,512	1,722	3,360
Atchison County	R	−11.0%	2,593	3,244	5,905
Barber County	R	−11.4%	864	1,097	2,042
Barton County	D	+7.1%	2,004	1,729	3,857
Bourbon County	R	−0.2%	2,686	2,695	5,634
Brown County	R	−14.9%	2,044	2,778	4,933
Butler County	R	−13.4%	2,290	3,049	5,649
Chase County	R	−9.7%	834	1,021	1,925
Chautauqua County	R	−26.1%	958	1,689	2,806
Cherokee County	R	−0.8%	3,819	3,893	8,795
Cheyenne County	R	−16.4%	339	486	895
Clark County	R	−4.7%	350	386	774
Clay County	R	−10.3%	1,495	1,858	3,508
Cloud County	R	−12.2%	1,663	2,170	4,154
Coffey County	R	−9.3%	1,729	2,094	3,923
Comanche County	R	−22.4%	245	392	657
Cowley County	D	+6.9%	2,995	2,578	6,078
Crawford County	R	−8.3%	4,230	5,152	11,068
Decatur County	D	+15.4%	1,250	898	2,283
Dickinson County	R	−11.2%	2,282	2,886	5,414
Doniphan County	R	−34.3%	1,113	2,307	3,480
Douglas County	R	−23.5%	2,010	3,279	5,408
Edwards County	R	−4.5%	704	773	1,539
Elk County	R	−9.9%	1,187	1,454	2,687
Ellis County	D	+29.3%	1,421	768	2,226
Ellsworth County	R	−7.6%	1,039	1,213	2,291
Finney County	R	−27.6%	551	1,000	1,627
Ford County	R	−9.8%	1,089	1,333	2,502
Franklin County	R	−10.0%	2,155	2,658	5,040
Geary County	R	−9.5%	1,033	1,257	2,355
Gove County	R	−15.4%	456	632	1,146
Graham County	R	−10.8%	723	911	1,744
Grant County	R	−13.8%	133	178	325
Gray County	R	−4.3%	338	372	795
Greeley County	R	−36.7%	89	206	319
Greenwood County	R	−20.6%	1,545	2,370	4,006
Hamilton County	R	−19.3%	275	415	724
Harper County	R	−2.8%	1,404	1,490	3,075
Harvey County	R	−21.0%	1,475	2,305	3,954
Haskell County	R	−9.3%	139	172	353
Hodgeman County	R	−16.8%	290	411	720
Jackson County	R	−18.8%	1,494	2,201	3,753
Jefferson County	R	−13.5%	1,720	2,270	4,085
Jewell County	R	−10.6%	1,932	2,410	4,506
Johnson County	R	−4.9%	2,091	2,313	4,520
Kearny County	R	−17.1%	304	435	768
Kingman County	D	+1.2%	1,479	1,442	3,051
Kiowa County	R	−24.7%	409	699	1,175
Labette County	R	−8.5%	2,783	3,367	6,848
Lane County	R	−12.4%	271	357	693
Leavenworth County	R	−11.4%	3,818	4,846	8,996
Lincoln County	R	−4.2%	1,117	1,218	2,423
Linn County	R	−7.8%	1,657	1,950	3,765
Logan County	R	−24.5%	308	524	883
Lyon County	R	−7.0%	2,562	2,973	5,844
Marion County	R	−18.0%	1,747	2,546	4,432
Marshall County	R	−13.3%	2,514	3,296	5,895
McPherson County	R	−17.0%	1,905	2,708	4,719
Meade County	R	−17.5%	386	560	996
Miami County	R	−4.5%	2,256	2,475	4,850
Mitchell County	R	−5.6%	1,570	1,765	3,495
Montgomery County	R	−11.5%	4,030	5,166	9,916
Morris County	R	−16.6%	1,273	1,788	3,108
Morton County	R	−4.6%	140	154	305
Nemaha County	R	−4.6%	2,182	2,394	4,642
Neosho County	R	−9.9%	2,386	2,929	5,511
Ness County	R	−13.1%	461	635	1,324
Norton County	R	−3.8%	1,337	1,448	2,910
Osage County	R	−7.2%	2,288	2,671	5,310
Osborne County	R	−17.7%	1,132	1,665	3,011
Ottawa County	R	−6.3%	1,265	1,444	2,857
Pawnee County	R	−1.9%	961	1,000	2,065
Phillips County	R	−8.1%	1,490	1,762	3,372
Pottawatomie County	R	−22.2%	1,680	2,650	4,360
Pratt County	R	−7.0%	1,027	1,193	2,361
Rawlins County	D	+0.9%	732	719	1,518
Reno County	R	−9.2%	3,381	4,092	7,762
Republic County	R	−6.0%	1,905	2,156	4,163
Rice County	R	−11.9%	1,407	1,832	3,568
Riley County	R	−26.8%	1,289	2,276	3,688
Rooks County	R	−11.5%	1,003	1,280	2,409
Rush County	D	+7.7%	894	764	1,697
Russell County	R	−16.1%	976	1,360	2,381
Saline County	R	−3.6%	2,134	2,297	4,580
Scott County	R	−4.4%	294	324	688
Sedgwick County	R	−5.3%	6,049	6,756	13,445
Seward County	R	−1.6%	413	427	888
Shawnee County	R	−14.7%	5,585	7,554	13,421
Sheridan County	R	−0.6%	631	639	1,307
Sherman County	D	+6.9%	508	439	1,006
Smith County	R	−7.0%	1,593	1,843	3,568
Stafford County	R	−7.6%	1,135	1,334	2,616
Stanton County	R	−24.7%	107	180	296
Stevens County	R	−8.0%	215	258	535
Sumner County	R	−7.3%	2,772	3,235	6,306
Thomas County	D	+4.8%	630	569	1,265
Trego County	R	−14.1%	458	617	1,127
Wabaunsee County	R	−22.4%	1,163	1,849	3,069
Wallace County	R	−24.4%	206	350	590
Washington County	R	−17.1%	1,904	2,711	4,714
Wichita County	R	−14.0%	173	233	429
Wilson County	R	−14.2%	1,777	2,428	4,569
Woodson County	R	−8.7%	1,047	1,252	2,352
Wyandotte County	D	+1.3%	8,923	8,684	18,259