Ohio — 1908 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1908 presidential electionOhio · PresidentTaftR+6.2
How it voted
Share of the 1908 vote
| William H. Taft ✓Republican | 51.0% | 572,312 |
|---|---|---|
| William J. BryanDemocratic | 44.8% | 502,721 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 4.1% | 46,519 |
1908presidential margin
D+60R+60
88 counties, each filled by 1908 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Ohio cast 23 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (88 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County, OH | Republican | R+5.8 |
| Allen County, OH | Democratic | D+10.0 |
| Ashland County, OH | Democratic | D+12.5 |
| Ashtabula County, OH | Republican | R+35.8 |
| Athens County, OH | Republican | R+26.7 |
| Auglaize County, OH | Democratic | D+20.8 |
| Belmont County, OH | Republican | R+2.6 |
| Brown County, OH | Democratic | D+23.1 |
| Butler County, OH | Democratic | D+13.1 |
| Carroll County, OH | Republican | R+21.9 |
| Champaign County, OH | Republican | R+13.3 |
| Clark County, OH | Republican | R+14.2 |
| Clermont County, OH | Democratic | D+0.2 |
| Clinton County, OH | Republican | R+24.6 |
| Columbiana County, OH | Republican | R+16.0 |
| Coshocton County, OH | Democratic | D+6.2 |
| Crawford County, OH | Democratic | D+31.6 |
| Cuyahoga County, OH | Republican | R+16.1 |
| Darke County, OH | Democratic | D+12.4 |
| Defiance County, OH | Democratic | D+18.9 |
| Delaware County, OH | Republican | R+8.9 |
| Erie County, OH | Republican | R+3.6 |
| Fairfield County, OH | Democratic | D+18.0 |
| Fayette County, OH | Republican | R+15.2 |
| Franklin County, OH | Republican | R+10.4 |
| Fulton County, OH | Republican | R+25.1 |
| Gallia County, OH | Republican | R+28.3 |
| Geauga County, OH | Republican | R+44.3 |
| Greene County, OH | Republican | R+24.8 |
| Guernsey County, OH | Republican | R+18.2 |
| Hamilton County, OH | Republican | R+16.3 |
| Hancock County, OH | Democratic | D+4.8 |
| Hardin County, OH | Republican | R+3.2 |
| Harrison County, OH | Republican | R+21.4 |
| Henry County, OH | Democratic | D+21.7 |
| Highland County, OH | Republican | R+4.0 |
| Hocking County, OH | Democratic | D+2.0 |
| Holmes County, OH | Democratic | D+41.1 |
| Huron County, OH | Republican | R+7.1 |
| Jackson County, OH | Republican | R+15.6 |
| Jefferson County, OH | Republican | R+19.0 |
| Knox County, OH | Republican | R+1.0 |
| Lake County, OH | Republican | R+37.4 |
| Lawrence County, OH | Republican | R+35.7 |
| Licking County, OH | Democratic | D+6.1 |
| Logan County, OH | Republican | R+19.3 |
| Lorain County, OH | Republican | R+21.3 |
| Lucas County, OH | Republican | R+6.5 |
| Madison County, OH | Republican | R+11.2 |
| Mahoning County, OH | Republican | R+6.9 |
| Marion County, OH | Democratic | D+5.3 |
| Medina County, OH | Republican | R+17.5 |
| Meigs County, OH | Republican | R+28.4 |
| Mercer County, OH | Democratic | D+34.3 |
| Miami County, OH | Republican | R+9.7 |
| Monroe County, OH | Democratic | D+33.0 |
| Montgomery County, OH | Democratic | D+1.2 |
| Morgan County, OH | Republican | R+11.3 |
| Morrow County, OH | Republican | R+5.3 |
| Muskingum County, OH | Republican | R+9.7 |
| Noble County, OH | Republican | R+11.1 |
| Ottawa County, OH | Democratic | D+20.2 |
| Paulding County, OH | Republican | R+4.8 |
| Perry County, OH | Republican | R+4.8 |
| Pickaway County, OH | Democratic | D+12.3 |
| Pike County, OH | Democratic | D+7.3 |
| Portage County, OH | Republican | R+6.2 |
| Preble County, OH | Republican | R+3.9 |
| Putnam County, OH | Democratic | D+31.4 |
| Richland County, OH | Democratic | D+11.4 |
| Ross County, OH | Republican | R+1.0 |
| Sandusky County, OH | Democratic | D+12.2 |
| Scioto County, OH | Republican | R+13.7 |
| Seneca County, OH | Democratic | D+10.2 |
| Shelby County, OH | Democratic | D+18.7 |
| Stark County, OH | Republican | R+6.5 |
| Summit County, OH | Republican | R+2.0 |
| Trumbull County, OH | Republican | R+20.8 |
| Tuscarawas County, OH | Democratic | D+0.4 |
| Union County, OH | Republican | R+16.0 |
| Van Wert County, OH | Republican | R+0.3 |
| Vinton County, OH | Republican | R+12.1 |
| Warren County, OH | Republican | R+22.5 |
| Washington County, OH | Democratic | D+1.1 |
| Wayne County, OH | Democratic | D+9.7 |
| Williams County, OH | Republican | R+4.2 |
| Wood County, OH | Republican | R+2.3 |
| Wyandot County, OH | Democratic | D+16.2 |
Ohio results by county
88 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | William H. Taft+384 | 3,43252.1% | 3,04846.3% | 1061.6% | 6,586 |
| Allen County | William J. Bryan+1,354 | 5,84143.1% | 7,19553.1% | 5213.8% | 13,557 |
| Ashland County | William J. Bryan+823 | 2,80442.7% | 3,62755.2% | 1422.2% | 6,573 |
| Ashtabula County | William H. Taft+4,641 | 8,21363.3% | 3,57227.5% | 1,1859.1% | 12,970 |
| Athens County | William H. Taft+2,795 | 6,44961.6% | 3,65434.9% | 3723.6% | 10,475 |
| Auglaize County | William J. Bryan+1,621 | 3,00138.6% | 4,62259.4% | 1612.1% | 7,784 |
| Belmont County | William H. Taft+443 | 8,19348.0% | 7,75045.4% | 1,1206.6% | 17,063 |
| Brown County | William J. Bryan+1,604 | 2,63838.0% | 4,24261.1% | 580.8% | 6,938 |
| Butler County | William J. Bryan+2,358 | 7,32040.6% | 9,67853.7% | 1,0265.7% | 18,024 |
| Carroll County | William H. Taft+927 | 2,51759.4% | 1,59037.5% | 1293.0% | 4,236 |
| Champaign County | William H. Taft+993 | 4,15355.7% | 3,16042.4% | 1441.9% | 7,457 |
| Clark County | William H. Taft+2,388 | 8,91753.0% | 6,52938.8% | 1,3888.2% | 16,834 |
| Clermont County | William J. Bryan+13 | 4,13748.9% | 4,15049.1% | 1712.0% | 8,458 |
| Clinton County | William H. Taft+1,643 | 4,10761.5% | 2,46436.9% | 1121.7% | 6,683 |
| Columbiana County | William H. Taft+2,890 | 9,62653.3% | 6,73637.3% | 1,7109.5% | 18,072 |
| Coshocton County | William J. Bryan+500 | 3,60644.5% | 4,10650.6% | 3994.9% | 8,111 |
| Crawford County | William J. Bryan+2,945 | 3,06132.8% | 6,00664.4% | 2532.7% | 9,320 |
| Cuyahoga County | William H. Taft+16,390 | 56,34455.4% | 39,95439.3% | 5,4315.3% | 101,729 |
| Darke County | William J. Bryan+1,440 | 4,95142.6% | 6,39155.0% | 2812.4% | 11,623 |
| Defiance County | William J. Bryan+1,223 | 2,53139.0% | 3,75457.9% | 1973.0% | 6,482 |
| Delaware County | William H. Taft+677 | 4,00752.8% | 3,33043.9% | 2563.4% | 7,593 |
| Erie County | William H. Taft+383 | 5,36650.1% | 4,98346.6% | 3533.3% | 10,702 |
| Fairfield County | William J. Bryan+1,798 | 4,02340.2% | 5,82158.2% | 1541.5% | 9,998 |
| Fayette County | William H. Taft+892 | 3,34356.8% | 2,45141.7% | 871.5% | 5,881 |
| Franklin County | William H. Taft+5,600 | 28,91453.4% | 23,31443.1% | 1,8693.5% | 54,097 |
| Fulton County | William H. Taft+1,477 | 3,60861.2% | 2,13136.2% | 1532.6% | 5,892 |
| Gallia County | William H. Taft+1,743 | 3,91463.5% | 2,17135.2% | 811.3% | 6,166 |
| Geauga County | William H. Taft+1,614 | 2,59671.2% | 98226.9% | 681.9% | 3,646 |
| Greene County | William H. Taft+2,020 | 4,90260.1% | 2,88235.4% | 3674.5% | 8,151 |
| Guernsey County | William H. Taft+1,761 | 5,21053.9% | 3,44935.7% | 1,00410.4% | 9,663 |
| Hamilton County | William H. Taft+18,374 | 63,80356.5% | 45,42940.2% | 3,7143.3% | 112,946 |
| Hancock County | William J. Bryan+521 | 4,89945.4% | 5,42050.3% | 4624.3% | 10,781 |
| Hardin County | William H. Taft+280 | 4,44450.3% | 4,16447.2% | 2192.5% | 8,827 |
| Harrison County | William H. Taft+1,108 | 3,06959.4% | 1,96137.9% | 1402.7% | 5,170 |
| Henry County | William J. Bryan+1,392 | 2,42537.8% | 3,81759.5% | 1712.7% | 6,413 |
| Highland County | William H. Taft+326 | 4,14951.2% | 3,82347.2% | 1261.6% | 8,098 |
| Hocking County | William J. Bryan+115 | 2,74947.7% | 2,86449.7% | 1482.6% | 5,761 |
| Holmes County | William J. Bryan+1,791 | 1,25228.7% | 3,04369.8% | 621.4% | 4,357 |
| Huron County | William H. Taft+668 | 4,93052.7% | 4,26245.6% | 1581.7% | 9,350 |
| Jackson County | William H. Taft+1,254 | 4,48955.8% | 3,23540.2% | 3153.9% | 8,039 |
| Jefferson County | William H. Taft+2,428 | 7,31057.2% | 4,88238.2% | 5854.6% | 12,777 |
| Knox County | William H. Taft+85 | 4,31849.1% | 4,23348.1% | 2452.8% | 8,796 |
| Lake County | William H. Taft+2,030 | 3,63567.0% | 1,60529.6% | 1883.5% | 5,428 |
| Lawrence County | William H. Taft+3,054 | 5,70866.7% | 2,65431.0% | 2002.3% | 8,562 |
| Licking County | William J. Bryan+929 | 6,75644.5% | 7,68550.7% | 7254.8% | 15,166 |
| Logan County | William H. Taft+1,570 | 4,75658.4% | 3,18639.1% | 1962.4% | 8,138 |
| Lorain County | William H. Taft+3,239 | 8,69957.1% | 5,46035.8% | 1,0767.1% | 15,235 |
| Lucas County | William H. Taft+2,507 | 18,71548.5% | 16,20842.0% | 3,6979.6% | 38,620 |
| Madison County | William H. Taft+621 | 3,05154.9% | 2,43043.8% | 731.3% | 5,554 |
| Mahoning County | William H. Taft+1,448 | 10,76051.2% | 9,31244.3% | 9514.5% | 21,023 |
| Marion County | William J. Bryan+482 | 4,17546.1% | 4,65751.4% | 2212.4% | 9,053 |
| Medina County | William H. Taft+1,049 | 3,42757.3% | 2,37839.8% | 1742.9% | 5,979 |
| Meigs County | William H. Taft+1,883 | 4,10862.0% | 2,22533.6% | 2884.3% | 6,621 |
| Mercer County | William J. Bryan+2,308 | 2,14831.9% | 4,45666.2% | 1251.9% | 6,729 |
| Miami County | William H. Taft+1,189 | 6,55853.7% | 5,36944.0% | 2882.4% | 12,215 |
| Monroe County | William J. Bryan+1,987 | 1,97432.7% | 3,96165.7% | 951.6% | 6,030 |
| Montgomery County | William J. Bryan+497 | 20,06947.1% | 20,56648.3% | 1,9804.6% | 42,615 |
| Morgan County | William H. Taft+513 | 2,44554.0% | 1,93242.7% | 1523.4% | 4,529 |
| Morrow County | William H. Taft+261 | 2,50051.1% | 2,23945.7% | 1573.2% | 4,896 |
| Muskingum County | William H. Taft+1,504 | 8,08052.4% | 6,57642.6% | 7755.0% | 15,431 |
| Noble County | William H. Taft+553 | 2,70754.3% | 2,15443.2% | 1272.5% | 4,988 |
| Ottawa County | William J. Bryan+1,127 | 2,20239.5% | 3,32959.7% | 460.8% | 5,577 |
| Paulding County | William H. Taft+282 | 3,04951.6% | 2,76746.8% | 911.5% | 5,907 |
| Perry County | William H. Taft+419 | 4,30449.5% | 3,88544.7% | 5095.9% | 8,698 |
| Pickaway County | William J. Bryan+888 | 3,11943.1% | 4,00755.4% | 1031.4% | 7,229 |
| Pike County | William J. Bryan+287 | 1,79845.5% | 2,08552.8% | 651.6% | 3,948 |
| Portage County | William H. Taft+504 | 4,12951.2% | 3,62544.9% | 3173.9% | 8,071 |
| Preble County | William H. Taft+272 | 3,51951.0% | 3,24747.1% | 1352.0% | 6,901 |
| Putnam County | William J. Bryan+2,353 | 2,48333.2% | 4,83664.6% | 1662.2% | 7,485 |
| Richland County | William J. Bryan+1,401 | 5,30143.0% | 6,70254.4% | 3232.6% | 12,326 |
| Ross County | William H. Taft+107 | 5,43249.7% | 5,32548.7% | 1741.6% | 10,931 |
| Sandusky County | William J. Bryan+1,163 | 4,07942.7% | 5,24254.9% | 2222.3% | 9,543 |
| Scioto County | William H. Taft+1,480 | 5,79053.5% | 4,31039.8% | 7186.6% | 10,818 |
| Seneca County | William J. Bryan+1,179 | 4,95943.1% | 6,13853.3% | 4153.6% | 11,512 |
| Shelby County | William J. Bryan+1,233 | 2,64640.1% | 3,87958.7% | 801.2% | 6,605 |
| Stark County | William H. Taft+1,826 | 14,11250.5% | 12,28643.9% | 1,5595.6% | 27,957 |
| Summit County | William H. Taft+435 | 10,36547.3% | 9,93045.3% | 1,6147.4% | 21,909 |
| Trumbull County | William H. Taft+2,502 | 6,97858.0% | 4,47637.2% | 5774.8% | 12,031 |
| Tuscarawas County | William J. Bryan+58 | 6,71747.3% | 6,77547.7% | 7135.0% | 14,205 |
| Union County | William H. Taft+999 | 3,56757.0% | 2,56841.1% | 1181.9% | 6,253 |
| Van Wert County | William H. Taft+26 | 3,80949.3% | 3,78348.9% | 1371.8% | 7,729 |
| Vinton County | William H. Taft+420 | 1,91655.1% | 1,49643.0% | 651.9% | 3,477 |
| Warren County | William H. Taft+1,577 | 4,23360.5% | 2,65638.0% | 1071.5% | 6,996 |
| Washington County | William J. Bryan+123 | 5,64848.7% | 5,77149.7% | 1881.6% | 11,607 |
| Wayne County | William J. Bryan+980 | 4,38843.5% | 5,36853.2% | 3283.3% | 10,084 |
| Williams County | William H. Taft+296 | 3,62550.8% | 3,32946.7% | 1762.5% | 7,130 |
| Wood County | William H. Taft+279 | 5,90449.6% | 5,62547.2% | 3813.2% | 11,910 |
| Wyandot County | William J. Bryan+945 | 2,40841.4% | 3,35357.6% | 611.0% | 5,822 |
Nominees: William Jennings Bryan (D) · William Howard Taft (R)
Ohio's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1908 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −0.1% |
| 1896 | −4.8% |
| 1900 | −6.6% |
| 1904 | −25.4% |
| 1908 | −6.2% |
| 1912 | +14.1% |
| 1916 | +7.7% |
| 1920 | −19.9% |
| 1924 | −34.6% |
| 1928 | −30.4% |
| 1932 | +2.8% |
| 1936 | +20.6% |
| 1940 | +4.4% |
| 1944 | −0.4% |
| 1948 | +0.2% |
| 1952 | −13.5% |
| 1956 | −22.2% |
| 1960 | −6.6% |
| 1964 | +25.9% |
| 1968 | −2.3% |
| 1972 | −21.6% |
| 1976 | +0.3% |
| 1980 | −10.6% |
| 1984 | −18.8% |
| 1988 | −10.9% |
| 1992 | +1.8% |
| 1996 | +6.4% |
| 2000 | −3.5% |
| 2004 | −2.1% |
| 2008 | +4.6% |
| 2012 | +3.0% |
| 2016 | −8.0% |
| 2020 | −8.0% |
| 2024 | −11.2% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1908 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.