William Howard Taft carried New York R+12.4.

William Jennings Bryan (D) vs William Howard Taft (R) in New York, 1908. The state ran 2.8 points more Republican than the nation (R+9.6 nationally).

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

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New York result

1,638,350 votes counted

Bryan (D)

667,468

40.7%

Taft (R)

870,070

53.1%

All others

100,812

6.2%

Margin

R+12.4

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1908 presidential election

New York, 1908

TaftR+12.4

How it voted

Share of the 1908 vote

William H. Taft ✓Republican	53.1%	870,070
William J. BryanDemocratic	40.7%	667,468
OtherAll other candidates	6.2%	100,812

D+60

R+60

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

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New York's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1908 contest in context

New York's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+3.4%
1896	−18.9%
1900	−9.3%
1904	−10.9%
1908	−12.4%
1912	+12.6%
1916	−7.0%
1920	−37.6%
1924	−26.6%
1928	−2.3%
1932	+12.7%
1936	+19.9%
1940	+3.6%
1944	+5.0%
1948	−1.0%
1952	−11.9%
1956	−22.4%
1960	+5.3%
1964	+37.3%
1968	+5.5%
1972	−17.3%
1976	+4.4%
1980	−2.7%
1984	−8.0%
1988	+4.1%
1992	+15.8%
1996	+28.9%
2000	+25.0%
2004	+18.3%
2008	+26.9%
2012	+28.2%
2016	+22.5%
2020	+23.1%
2024	+12.5%

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County results — 1908

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Albany County	R	−13.6%	18,732	24,763	44,277
Allegany County	R	−35.4%	3,390	7,504	11,609
Broome County	R	−21.9%	6,671	10,705	18,408
Cattaraugus County	R	−19.7%	6,096	9,320	16,371
Cayuga County	R	−23.5%	5,789	9,699	16,624
Chautauqua County	R	−39.9%	6,158	15,739	23,985
Chemung County	R	−10.3%	5,966	7,410	13,952
Chenango County	R	−21.1%	3,772	5,949	10,342
Clinton County	R	−16.3%	3,866	5,474	9,856
Columbia County	R	−5.7%	5,097	5,726	11,109
Cortland County	R	−30.3%	2,616	5,090	8,176
Delaware County	R	−20.4%	4,641	7,142	12,255
Dutchess County	R	−10.5%	8,961	11,132	20,775
Erie County	R	−7.0%	45,185	52,182	99,660
Essex County	R	−41.9%	2,033	5,167	7,479
Franklin County	R	−32.8%	2,935	5,999	9,355
Fulton County	R	−27.0%	3,508	6,574	11,342
Genesee County	R	−28.2%	3,171	5,794	9,306
Greene County	R	−5.8%	3,711	4,191	8,313
Hamilton County	R	−3.6%	586	632	1,264
Herkimer County	R	−15.6%	5,918	8,202	14,679
Jefferson County	R	−24.1%	6,694	11,477	19,813
Kings County	R	−9.7%	96,756	119,789	236,570
Lewis County	R	−18.9%	2,810	4,159	7,155
Livingston County	R	−22.4%	3,567	5,700	9,542
Madison County	R	−28.1%	3,637	6,727	10,978
Monroe County	R	−18.0%	22,704	33,250	58,649
Montgomery County	R	−17.4%	5,254	7,571	13,278
Nassau County	R	−31.6%	4,883	9,787	15,525
New York County	D	+1.5%	160,261	154,958	346,612
Niagara County	R	−12.6%	8,574	11,145	20,356
Oneida County	R	−12.4%	14,968	19,346	35,437
Onondaga County	R	−22.8%	16,643	27,209	46,355
Ontario County	R	−19.7%	5,484	8,245	14,040
Orange County	R	−17.7%	9,938	14,414	25,276
Orleans County	R	−29.3%	2,590	4,885	7,840
Oswego County	R	−23.8%	6,172	10,447	17,945
Otsego County	R	−10.6%	5,975	7,459	13,977
Putnam County	R	−24.2%	1,369	2,275	3,748
Queens County	D	+2.1%	20,342	19,420	44,008
Rensselaer County	R	−12.9%	13,162	17,196	31,311
Richmond County	D	+3.8%	7,401	6,831	15,084
Rockland County	R	−10.0%	3,937	4,857	9,227
Saratoga County	R	−13.7%	6,518	8,706	15,976
Schenectady County	R	−14.9%	7,129	9,944	18,862
Schoharie County	D	+6.0%	3,841	3,393	7,504
Schuyler County	R	−16.9%	1,695	2,417	4,270
Seneca County	R	−8.6%	3,136	3,749	7,101
St. Lawrence County	R	−39.6%	5,898	14,151	20,849
Steuben County	R	−18.1%	8,366	12,313	21,859
Suffolk County	R	−27.1%	5,877	10,689	17,730
Sullivan County	R	−7.8%	3,911	4,593	8,746
Tioga County	R	−21.2%	2,706	4,247	7,254
Tompkins County	R	−14.7%	3,734	5,090	9,232
Ulster County	R	−9.7%	8,560	10,475	19,740
Warren County	R	−21.7%	3,019	4,800	8,190
Washington County	R	−35.9%	3,593	7,933	12,087
Wayne County	R	−28.2%	4,404	8,008	12,777
Westchester County	R	−22.0%	18,346	29,438	50,422
Wyoming County	R	−28.4%	2,885	5,308	8,517
Yates County	R	−25.1%	1,927	3,275	5,371