William Howard Taft carried Missouri R+0.1.

William Jennings Bryan (D) vs William Howard Taft (R) in Missouri, 1908. The state ran 9.5 points more Democratic than the nation (R+9.6 nationally).

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

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Missouri result

715,841 votes counted

Bryan (D)

346,574

48.4%

Taft (R)

347,203

48.5%

All others

22,064

3.1%

Margin

R+0.1

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1908 presidential election

Missouri, 1908

How it voted

Share of the 1908 vote

William H. Taft ✓Republican	48.5%	347,203
William J. BryanDemocratic	48.4%	346,574
OtherAll other candidates	3.1%	22,064

D+60

R+60

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

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Missouri's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1908 contest in context

Missouri's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+7.5%
1896	+8.7%
1900	+5.5%
1904	−3.9%
1908	−0.1%
1912	+17.6%
1916	+3.6%
1920	−11.5%
1924	−5.6%
1928	−11.4%
1932	+28.6%
1936	+22.6%
1940	+4.8%
1944	+2.9%
1948	+16.6%
1952	−1.6%
1956	+0.2%
1960	+0.5%
1964	+28.1%
1968	−1.1%
1972	−24.7%
1976	+3.6%
1980	−6.8%
1984	−20.0%
1988	−4.0%
1992	+10.1%
1996	+6.3%
2000	−3.3%
2004	−7.2%
2008	−0.1%
2012	−9.4%
2016	−18.5%
2020	−15.3%
2024	−18.4%

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County results — 1908

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−10.7%	1,992	2,514	4,893
Andrew County	R	−9.7%	1,782	2,169	4,010
Atchison County	R	−1.4%	1,651	1,700	3,423
Audrain County	D	+31.4%	3,350	1,733	5,156
Barry County	R	−2.8%	2,383	2,526	5,091
Barton County	D	+6.2%	1,913	1,673	3,858
Bates County	D	+7.9%	3,248	2,754	6,249
Benton County	R	−19.8%	1,280	1,924	3,256
Bollinger County	R	−2.4%	1,517	1,593	3,167
Boone County	D	+39.9%	5,041	2,149	7,254
Buchanan County	D	+7.8%	9,836	8,394	18,513
Butler County	R	−6.9%	1,893	2,186	4,268
Caldwell County	R	−16.5%	1,540	2,161	3,755
Callaway County	D	+33.7%	3,878	1,911	5,845
Camden County	R	−20.0%	955	1,446	2,455
Cape Girardeau County	R	−12.5%	2,621	3,381	6,091
Carroll County	R	−4.5%	2,753	3,015	5,849
Carter County	D	+7.2%	591	507	1,162
Cass County	D	+17.3%	3,143	2,193	5,504
Cedar County	R	−12.8%	1,483	1,933	3,523
Chariton County	D	+19.5%	3,352	2,249	5,653
Christian County	R	−29.9%	956	1,871	3,063
Clark County	R	−0.1%	1,737	1,741	3,516
Clay County	D	+49.6%	3,513	1,166	4,735
Clinton County	D	+13.5%	2,075	1,578	3,678
Cole County	D	+1.9%	2,494	2,402	4,944
Cooper County	R	−2.3%	2,555	2,679	5,281
Crawford County	R	−15.9%	1,260	1,752	3,086
Dade County	R	−14.5%	1,441	1,946	3,472
Dallas County	R	−25.2%	955	1,609	2,597
Daviess County	R	−2.0%	2,294	2,388	4,763
DeKalb County	R	−2.1%	1,632	1,703	3,370
Dent County	D	+1.5%	1,330	1,290	2,663
Douglas County	R	−41.3%	699	1,922	2,964
Dunklin County	D	+23.5%	2,734	1,638	4,658
Franklin County	R	−24.5%	2,423	4,049	6,647
Gasconade County	R	−61.9%	509	2,220	2,763
Gentry County	D	+8.4%	2,236	1,882	4,206
Greene County	R	−4.7%	5,830	6,439	12,928
Grundy County	R	−27.3%	1,359	2,407	3,838
Harrison County	R	−18.6%	1,938	2,842	4,866
Henry County	D	+11.0%	3,577	2,854	6,591
Hickory County	R	−34.4%	561	1,182	1,804
Holt County	R	−16.7%	1,596	2,246	3,898
Howard County	D	+43.0%	2,884	1,141	4,053
Howell County	R	−8.0%	1,827	2,164	4,236
Iron County	D	+5.8%	931	828	1,777
Jackson County	D	+7.5%	31,461	26,998	59,760
Jasper County	R	−5.4%	8,130	9,143	18,652
Jefferson County	R	−6.0%	2,698	3,050	5,865
Johnson County	D	+7.4%	3,483	2,997	6,595
Knox County	D	+10.2%	1,652	1,339	3,063
Laclede County	R	−6.0%	1,681	1,902	3,662
Lafayette County	D	+1.2%	3,865	3,771	7,764
Lawrence County	R	−8.3%	2,532	3,028	5,952
Lewis County	D	+24.2%	2,439	1,473	3,993
Lincoln County	D	+22.2%	2,555	1,620	4,207
Linn County	D	+0.4%	3,000	2,974	6,112
Livingston County	R	−0.4%	2,379	2,400	4,906
Macon County	D	+4.9%	3,919	3,542	7,724
Madison County	D	+2.8%	1,321	1,248	2,639
Maries County	D	+29.9%	1,309	703	2,028
Marion County	D	+21.1%	3,982	2,554	6,772
McDonald County	R	−1.0%	1,306	1,333	2,749
Mercer County	R	−37.7%	852	1,909	2,802
Miller County	R	−17.8%	1,393	2,016	3,508
Mississippi County	D	+9.1%	1,589	1,320	2,950
Moniteau County	D	+2.0%	1,763	1,691	3,550
Monroe County	D	+62.0%	3,772	871	4,681
Montgomery County	D	+0.8%	2,073	2,038	4,180
Morgan County	R	−11.6%	1,315	1,663	3,007
New Madrid County	D	+11.5%	1,824	1,436	3,375
Newton County	D	+1.8%	2,725	2,620	5,823
Nodaway County	D	+0.0%	3,595	3,592	7,313
Oregon County	D	+34.1%	1,550	729	2,405
Osage County	R	−11.6%	1,439	1,820	3,295
Ozark County	R	−34.1%	594	1,233	1,875
Pemiscot County	D	+10.6%	1,725	1,390	3,164
Perry County	R	−6.1%	1,569	1,775	3,379
Pettis County	R	−2.4%	3,791	3,983	8,064
Phelps County	D	+8.4%	1,804	1,520	3,378
Pike County	D	+16.0%	3,326	2,403	5,752
Platte County	D	+47.7%	2,795	982	3,801
Polk County	R	−10.8%	2,139	2,670	4,905
Pulaski County	D	+17.5%	1,418	988	2,451
Putnam County	R	−34.7%	1,056	2,233	3,395
Ralls County	D	+36.5%	1,947	900	2,871
Randolph County	D	+36.5%	4,245	1,953	6,280
Ray County	D	+22.3%	3,043	1,914	5,072
Reynolds County	D	+30.9%	1,052	544	1,642
Ripley County	D	+15.7%	1,309	946	2,310
Saline County	D	+17.6%	4,189	2,926	7,184
Schuyler County	D	+9.3%	1,222	1,007	2,301
Scotland County	D	+10.0%	1,564	1,273	2,897
Scott County	D	+9.5%	1,853	1,473	4,004
Shannon County	D	+14.6%	1,151	849	2,074
Shelby County	D	+30.5%	2,466	1,298	3,825
St. Charles County	R	−27.1%	1,979	3,480	5,538
St. Clair County	D	+4.2%	1,877	1,723	3,705
St. Francois County	R	−4.7%	2,942	3,260	6,713
St. Louis city	R	−9.4%	60,917	74,160	140,550
St. Louis County	R	−36.9%	4,522	10,177	15,326
Ste. Genevieve County	D	+2.0%	1,108	1,064	2,181
Stoddard County	D	+14.0%	2,736	2,025	5,079
Stone County	R	−45.2%	477	1,376	1,991
Sullivan County	R	−2.5%	2,269	2,389	4,720
Taney County	R	−25.6%	628	1,080	1,767
Texas County	D	+8.5%	2,328	1,954	4,380
Vernon County	D	+21.1%	3,705	2,369	6,321
Warren County	R	−54.6%	484	1,714	2,251
Washington County	R	−13.5%	1,330	1,753	3,124
Wayne County	D	+2.6%	1,641	1,554	3,299
Webster County	R	−3.6%	1,761	1,901	3,842
Worth County	D	+0.4%	993	985	2,034
Wright County	R	−18.4%	1,469	2,149	3,692