Minnesota — 1908 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1908 presidential electionMinnesota · PresidentTaftR+26.2
How it voted
Share of the 1908 vote
| William H. Taft ✓Republican | 59.3% | 195,842 |
|---|---|---|
| William J. BryanDemocratic | 33.1% | 109,401 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 7.6% | 25,010 |
1908presidential margin
D+60R+60
85 counties, each filled by 1908 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Minnesota cast 11 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (85 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Aitkin County, MN | Republican | R+45.4 |
| Anoka County, MN | Republican | R+42.3 |
| Becker County, MN | Republican | R+41.6 |
| Beltrami County, MN | Republican | R+41.6 |
| Benton County, MN | Republican | R+12.8 |
| Big Stone County, MN | Republican | R+24.0 |
| Blue Earth County, MN | Republican | R+18.9 |
| Brown County, MN | Democratic | D+0.5 |
| Carlton County, MN | Republican | R+41.1 |
| Carver County, MN | Republican | R+22.0 |
| Cass County, MN | Republican | R+32.1 |
| Chippewa County, MN | Republican | R+25.5 |
| Chisago County, MN | Republican | R+64.4 |
| Clay County, MN | Republican | R+23.1 |
| Clearwater County, MN | Republican | R+52.2 |
| Cook County, MN | Republican | R+65.1 |
| Cottonwood County, MN | Republican | R+37.9 |
| Crow Wing County, MN | Republican | R+36.1 |
| Dakota County, MN | Republican | R+15.6 |
| Dodge County, MN | Republican | R+45.1 |
| Douglas County, MN | Republican | R+29.4 |
| Faribault County, MN | Republican | R+34.0 |
| Fillmore County, MN | Republican | R+45.1 |
| Freeborn County, MN | Republican | R+36.9 |
| Goodhue County, MN | Republican | R+55.7 |
| Grant County, MN | Republican | R+46.1 |
| Hennepin County, MN | Republican | R+24.6 |
| Houston County, MN | Republican | R+37.8 |
| Hubbard County, MN | Republican | R+47.6 |
| Isanti County, MN | Republican | R+35.7 |
| Itasca County, MN | Republican | R+40.2 |
| Jackson County, MN | Republican | R+21.0 |
| Kanabec County, MN | Republican | R+48.6 |
| Kandiyohi County, MN | Republican | R+37.6 |
| Kittson County, MN | Republican | R+30.1 |
| Koochiching County, MN | Republican | R+27.5 |
| Lac qui Parle County, MN | Republican | R+45.0 |
| Lake County, MN | Republican | R+37.9 |
| Le Sueur County, MN | Republican | R+3.2 |
| Lincoln County, MN | Republican | R+12.5 |
| Lyon County, MN | Republican | R+20.1 |
| Mahnomen County, MN | Republican | R+24.7 |
| Marshall County, MN | Republican | R+33.4 |
| Martin County, MN | Republican | R+26.7 |
| McLeod County, MN | Republican | R+2.3 |
| Meeker County, MN | Republican | R+25.9 |
| Mille Lacs County, MN | Republican | R+38.3 |
| Morrison County, MN | Republican | R+11.6 |
| Mower County, MN | Republican | R+34.3 |
| Murray County, MN | Republican | R+24.8 |
| Nicollet County, MN | Republican | R+23.9 |
| Nobles County, MN | Republican | R+20.1 |
| Norman County, MN | Republican | R+26.6 |
| Olmsted County, MN | Republican | R+20.0 |
| Otter Tail County, MN | Republican | R+24.1 |
| Pine County, MN | Republican | R+27.2 |
| Pipestone County, MN | Republican | R+34.9 |
| Polk County, MN | Republican | R+23.1 |
| Pope County, MN | Republican | R+57.9 |
| Ramsey County, MN | Republican | R+16.3 |
| Red Lake County, MN | Republican | R+21.2 |
| Redwood County, MN | Republican | R+24.5 |
| Renville County, MN | Republican | R+24.1 |
| Rice County, MN | Republican | R+26.3 |
| Rock County, MN | Republican | R+38.6 |
| Roseau County, MN | Republican | R+25.8 |
| Scott County, MN | Democratic | D+18.9 |
| Sherburne County, MN | Republican | R+43.1 |
| Sibley County, MN | Republican | R+18.3 |
| St. Louis County, MN | Republican | R+41.7 |
| Stearns County, MN | Democratic | D+18.1 |
| Steele County, MN | Republican | R+18.5 |
| Stevens County, MN | Republican | R+19.5 |
| Swift County, MN | Republican | R+17.6 |
| Todd County, MN | Republican | R+25.3 |
| Traverse County, MN | Republican | R+13.7 |
| Wabasha County, MN | Republican | R+19.9 |
| Wadena County, MN | Republican | R+33.6 |
| Waseca County, MN | Republican | R+14.0 |
| Washington County, MN | Republican | R+40.4 |
| Watonwan County, MN | Republican | R+43.6 |
| Wilkin County, MN | Republican | R+11.2 |
| Winona County, MN | Democratic | D+0.9 |
| Wright County, MN | Republican | R+32.1 |
| Yellow Medicine County, MN | Republican | R+35.8 |
Minnesota results by county
85 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aitkin County | William H. Taft+816 | 1,20567.0% | 38921.6% | 20411.3% | 1,798 |
| Anoka County | William H. Taft+967 | 1,57769.0% | 61026.7% | 994.3% | 2,286 |
| Becker County | William H. Taft+1,330 | 2,05864.4% | 72822.8% | 41012.8% | 3,196 |
| Beltrami County | William H. Taft+1,234 | 1,88263.4% | 64821.8% | 43914.8% | 2,969 |
| Benton County | William H. Taft+236 | 1,00154.1% | 76541.4% | 844.5% | 1,850 |
| Big Stone County | William H. Taft+400 | 96557.8% | 56533.8% | 1408.4% | 1,670 |
| Blue Earth County | William H. Taft+1,106 | 3,29756.2% | 2,19137.3% | 3796.5% | 5,867 |
| Brown County | William J. Bryan+18 | 1,51845.2% | 1,53645.8% | 3039.0% | 3,357 |
| Carlton County | William H. Taft+981 | 1,48762.4% | 50621.2% | 39116.4% | 2,384 |
| Carver County | William H. Taft+638 | 1,73960.0% | 1,10138.0% | 572.0% | 2,897 |
| Cass County | William H. Taft+548 | 1,00959.0% | 46127.0% | 23914.0% | 1,709 |
| Chippewa County | William H. Taft+610 | 1,40959.0% | 79933.4% | 1817.6% | 2,389 |
| Chisago County | William H. Taft+1,699 | 2,10779.9% | 40815.5% | 1224.6% | 2,637 |
| Clay County | William H. Taft+732 | 1,85758.7% | 1,12535.6% | 1825.8% | 3,164 |
| Clearwater County | William H. Taft+543 | 77966.1% | 16413.9% | 23620.0% | 1,179 |
| Cook County | William H. Taft+213 | 25578.0% | 4212.8% | 309.2% | 327 |
| Cottonwood County | William H. Taft+714 | 1,24065.8% | 52627.9% | 1186.3% | 1,884 |
| Crow Wing County | William H. Taft+1,020 | 1,68159.4% | 66123.4% | 48717.2% | 2,829 |
| Dakota County | William H. Taft+703 | 2,48155.1% | 1,77839.5% | 2465.5% | 4,505 |
| Dodge County | William H. Taft+939 | 1,45469.8% | 51524.7% | 1155.5% | 2,084 |
| Douglas County | William H. Taft+915 | 1,89460.9% | 97931.5% | 2367.6% | 3,109 |
| Faribault County | William H. Taft+1,266 | 2,30561.8% | 1,03927.9% | 38510.3% | 3,729 |
| Fillmore County | William H. Taft+2,106 | 3,25969.8% | 1,15324.7% | 2545.4% | 4,666 |
| Freeborn County | William H. Taft+1,489 | 2,46561.1% | 97624.2% | 59114.7% | 4,032 |
| Goodhue County | William H. Taft+3,335 | 4,48274.9% | 1,14719.2% | 3565.9% | 5,985 |
| Grant County | William H. Taft+723 | 1,09970.0% | 37624.0% | 946.0% | 1,569 |
| Hennepin County | William H. Taft+11,618 | 27,78758.7% | 16,16934.2% | 3,3577.1% | 47,313 |
| Houston County | William H. Taft+955 | 1,70067.4% | 74529.5% | 793.1% | 2,524 |
| Hubbard County | William H. Taft+887 | 1,28869.1% | 40121.5% | 1759.4% | 1,864 |
| Isanti County | William H. Taft+732 | 1,19858.5% | 46622.7% | 38518.8% | 2,049 |
| Itasca County | William H. Taft+1,199 | 1,88363.1% | 68422.9% | 41513.9% | 2,982 |
| Jackson County | William H. Taft+562 | 1,57558.9% | 1,01337.9% | 843.1% | 2,672 |
| Kanabec County | William H. Taft+561 | 80369.5% | 24221.0% | 1109.5% | 1,155 |
| Kandiyohi County | William H. Taft+1,365 | 2,31263.6% | 94726.1% | 37510.3% | 3,634 |
| Kittson County | William H. Taft+470 | 96962.2% | 49932.0% | 915.8% | 1,559 |
| Koochiching County | William H. Taft+406 | 82656.0% | 42028.5% | 22915.5% | 1,475 |
| Lac qui Parle County | William H. Taft+1,233 | 1,89469.2% | 66124.1% | 1836.7% | 2,738 |
| Lake County | William H. Taft+180 | 58451.2% | 15213.3% | 40435.4% | 1,140 |
| Le Sueur County | William H. Taft+120 | 1,81947.9% | 1,69944.7% | 2837.4% | 3,801 |
| Lincoln County | William H. Taft+208 | 89153.5% | 68341.0% | 915.5% | 1,665 |
| Lyon County | William H. Taft+575 | 1,61856.7% | 1,04336.5% | 1936.8% | 2,854 |
| Mahnomen County | William H. Taft+122 | 26553.6% | 14328.9% | 8617.4% | 494 |
| Marshall County | William H. Taft+917 | 1,64860.0% | 73126.6% | 36813.4% | 2,747 |
| Martin County | William H. Taft+868 | 1,92259.0% | 1,05432.4% | 2798.6% | 3,255 |
| McLeod County | William H. Taft+73 | 1,57949.4% | 1,50647.1% | 1123.5% | 3,197 |
| Meeker County | William H. Taft+817 | 1,92861.2% | 1,11135.3% | 1103.5% | 3,149 |
| Mille Lacs County | William H. Taft+692 | 1,11962.0% | 42723.6% | 26014.4% | 1,806 |
| Morrison County | William H. Taft+423 | 1,93653.3% | 1,51341.7% | 1835.0% | 3,632 |
| Mower County | William H. Taft+1,423 | 2,62963.5% | 1,20629.1% | 3087.4% | 4,143 |
| Murray County | William H. Taft+531 | 1,29360.3% | 76235.5% | 904.2% | 2,145 |
| Nicollet County | William H. Taft+560 | 1,39259.3% | 83235.4% | 1245.3% | 2,348 |
| Nobles County | William H. Taft+507 | 1,43256.8% | 92536.7% | 1656.5% | 2,522 |
| Norman County | William H. Taft+615 | 1,27655.3% | 66128.6% | 37216.1% | 2,309 |
| Olmsted County | William H. Taft+851 | 2,47258.0% | 1,62138.1% | 1673.9% | 4,260 |
| Otter Tail County | William H. Taft+1,644 | 3,96458.1% | 2,32034.0% | 5427.9% | 6,826 |
| Pine County | William H. Taft+746 | 1,54856.4% | 80229.2% | 39314.3% | 2,743 |
| Pipestone County | William H. Taft+566 | 1,05765.1% | 49130.2% | 764.7% | 1,624 |
| Polk County | William H. Taft+1,383 | 3,31155.2% | 1,92832.1% | 75812.6% | 5,997 |
| Pope County | William H. Taft+1,352 | 1,79476.9% | 44218.9% | 984.2% | 2,334 |
| Ramsey County | William H. Taft+4,943 | 16,55654.6% | 11,61338.3% | 2,1317.0% | 30,300 |
| Red Lake County | William H. Taft+572 | 1,42853.0% | 85631.8% | 41015.2% | 2,694 |
| Redwood County | William H. Taft+745 | 1,82159.9% | 1,07635.4% | 1454.8% | 3,042 |
| Renville County | William H. Taft+911 | 2,27560.2% | 1,36436.1% | 1393.7% | 3,778 |
| Rice County | William H. Taft+1,207 | 2,82161.5% | 1,61435.2% | 1553.4% | 4,590 |
| Rock County | William H. Taft+709 | 1,23467.2% | 52528.6% | 774.2% | 1,836 |
| Roseau County | William H. Taft+456 | 90050.9% | 44425.1% | 42424.0% | 1,768 |
| Scott County | William J. Bryan+503 | 1,04539.3% | 1,54858.2% | 672.5% | 2,660 |
| Sherburne County | William H. Taft+636 | 1,00267.8% | 36624.8% | 1097.4% | 1,477 |
| Sibley County | William H. Taft+513 | 1,62357.9% | 1,11039.6% | 692.5% | 2,802 |
| St. Louis County | William H. Taft+7,612 | 12,07666.1% | 4,46424.4% | 1,7349.5% | 18,274 |
| Stearns County | William J. Bryan+1,221 | 2,61438.8% | 3,83556.9% | 2964.4% | 6,745 |
| Steele County | William H. Taft+615 | 1,89957.1% | 1,28438.6% | 1424.3% | 3,325 |
| Stevens County | William H. Taft+295 | 87757.9% | 58238.4% | 553.6% | 1,514 |
| Swift County | William H. Taft+422 | 1,34356.2% | 92138.5% | 1275.3% | 2,391 |
| Todd County | William H. Taft+1,029 | 2,33457.4% | 1,30532.1% | 42910.5% | 4,068 |
| Traverse County | William H. Taft+171 | 68554.9% | 51441.2% | 483.8% | 1,247 |
| Wabasha County | William H. Taft+734 | 2,15058.4% | 1,41638.4% | 1183.2% | 3,684 |
| Wadena County | William H. Taft+524 | 99163.6% | 46730.0% | 1016.5% | 1,559 |
| Waseca County | William H. Taft+370 | 1,45555.0% | 1,08541.0% | 1064.0% | 2,646 |
| Washington County | William H. Taft+1,607 | 2,72768.5% | 1,12028.1% | 1343.4% | 3,981 |
| Watonwan County | William H. Taft+874 | 1,41170.4% | 53726.8% | 552.7% | 2,003 |
| Wilkin County | William H. Taft+165 | 77953.0% | 61441.8% | 765.2% | 1,469 |
| Winona County | William J. Bryan+58 | 3,01448.2% | 3,07249.2% | 1632.6% | 6,249 |
| Wright County | William H. Taft+1,424 | 2,82063.5% | 1,39631.4% | 2265.1% | 4,442 |
| Yellow Medicine County | William H. Taft+959 | 1,74565.1% | 78629.3% | 1515.6% | 2,682 |
Nominees: William Jennings Bryan (D) · William Howard Taft (R)
Minnesota's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1908 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −8.3% |
| 1896 | −15.7% |
| 1900 | −24.5% |
| 1904 | −55.1% |
| 1908 | −26.2% |
| 1912 | +12.6% |
| 1916 | −0.1% |
| 1920 | −51.2% |
| 1924 | −44.4% |
| 1928 | −16.9% |
| 1932 | +23.6% |
| 1936 | +30.8% |
| 1940 | +3.8% |
| 1944 | +5.5% |
| 1948 | +17.3% |
| 1952 | −11.2% |
| 1956 | −7.6% |
| 1960 | +1.4% |
| 1964 | +27.8% |
| 1968 | +12.5% |
| 1972 | −5.5% |
| 1976 | +12.9% |
| 1980 | +3.9% |
| 1984 | +0.2% |
| 1988 | +7.0% |
| 1992 | +11.6% |
| 1996 | +16.1% |
| 2000 | +2.4% |
| 2004 | +3.5% |
| 2008 | +10.2% |
| 2012 | +7.7% |
| 2016 | +1.5% |
| 2020 | +7.1% |
| 2024 | +4.2% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1908 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.