Pennsylvania — 1908 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1908 presidential electionPennsylvania · PresidentTaftR+23.4
How it voted
Share of the 1908 vote
| William H. Taft ✓Republican | 58.8% | 745,779 |
|---|---|---|
| William J. BryanDemocratic | 35.4% | 448,782 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 5.8% | 72,889 |
1908presidential margin
D+60R+60
67 counties, each filled by 1908 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Pennsylvania cast 34 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (67 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County, PA | Democratic | D+4.4 |
| Allegheny County, PA | Republican | R+31.5 |
| Armstrong County, PA | Republican | R+28.3 |
| Beaver County, PA | Republican | R+22.4 |
| Bedford County, PA | Republican | R+18.9 |
| Berks County, PA | Democratic | D+11.2 |
| Blair County, PA | Republican | R+33.4 |
| Bradford County, PA | Republican | R+33.6 |
| Bucks County, PA | Republican | R+12.8 |
| Butler County, PA | Republican | R+15.5 |
| Cambria County, PA | Republican | R+20.4 |
| Cameron County, PA | Republican | R+34.2 |
| Carbon County, PA | Republican | R+6.5 |
| Centre County, PA | Republican | R+10.0 |
| Chester County, PA | Republican | R+32.1 |
| Clarion County, PA | Democratic | D+5.5 |
| Clearfield County, PA | Republican | R+11.9 |
| Clinton County, PA | Republican | R+14.6 |
| Columbia County, PA | Democratic | D+17.4 |
| Crawford County, PA | Republican | R+13.8 |
| Cumberland County, PA | Republican | R+7.0 |
| Dauphin County, PA | Republican | R+32.8 |
| Delaware County, PA | Republican | R+44.1 |
| Elk County, PA | Republican | R+7.9 |
| Erie County, PA | Republican | R+24.0 |
| Fayette County, PA | Republican | R+9.0 |
| Forest County, PA | Republican | R+33.0 |
| Franklin County, PA | Republican | R+18.9 |
| Fulton County, PA | Democratic | D+5.8 |
| Greene County, PA | Democratic | D+20.7 |
| Huntingdon County, PA | Republican | R+38.1 |
| Indiana County, PA | Republican | R+46.8 |
| Jefferson County, PA | Republican | R+28.4 |
| Juniata County, PA | Republican | R+10.8 |
| Lackawanna County, PA | Republican | R+9.0 |
| Lancaster County, PA | Republican | R+46.8 |
| Lawrence County, PA | Republican | R+27.2 |
| Lebanon County, PA | Republican | R+39.2 |
| Lehigh County, PA | Republican | R+1.3 |
| Luzerne County, PA | Republican | R+16.5 |
| Lycoming County, PA | Republican | R+9.1 |
| McKean County, PA | Republican | R+25.2 |
| Mercer County, PA | Republican | R+7.5 |
| Mifflin County, PA | Republican | R+22.6 |
| Monroe County, PA | Democratic | D+33.7 |
| Montgomery County, PA | Republican | R+22.5 |
| Montour County, PA | Democratic | D+11.9 |
| Northampton County, PA | Democratic | D+2.2 |
| Northumberland County, PA | Republican | R+9.2 |
| Perry County, PA | Republican | R+19.5 |
| Philadelphia County, PA | Republican | R+41.0 |
| Pike County, PA | Democratic | D+19.4 |
| Potter County, PA | Republican | R+28.0 |
| Schuylkill County, PA | Republican | R+9.2 |
| Snyder County, PA | Republican | R+37.1 |
| Somerset County, PA | Republican | R+44.6 |
| Sullivan County, PA | Republican | R+1.8 |
| Susquehanna County, PA | Republican | R+20.3 |
| Tioga County, PA | Republican | R+47.5 |
| Union County, PA | Republican | R+36.6 |
| Venango County, PA | Republican | R+21.0 |
| Warren County, PA | Republican | R+34.8 |
| Washington County, PA | Republican | R+21.7 |
| Wayne County, PA | Republican | R+18.8 |
| Westmoreland County, PA | Republican | R+14.6 |
| Wyoming County, PA | Republican | R+15.1 |
| York County, PA | Democratic | D+1.8 |
Pennsylvania results by county
67 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 J. Bryan+349 | 3,68546.9% | 4,03451.4% | 1301.7% | 7,849 |
| Allegheny County | William H. Taft+38,425 | 74,08060.8% | 35,65529.2% | 12,17010.0% | 121,905 |
| Armstrong County | William H. Taft+2,898 | 6,11059.7% | 3,21231.4% | 9179.0% | 10,239 |
| Beaver County | William H. Taft+2,808 | 7,00855.9% | 4,20033.5% | 1,31810.5% | 12,526 |
| Bedford County | William H. Taft+1,588 | 4,78457.0% | 3,19638.1% | 4084.9% | 8,388 |
| Berks County | William J. Bryan+3,739 | 13,64241.0% | 17,38152.2% | 2,2456.7% | 33,268 |
| Blair County | William H. Taft+5,602 | 10,58363.0% | 4,98129.7% | 1,2327.3% | 16,796 |
| Bradford County | William H. Taft+4,239 | 7,99763.4% | 3,75829.8% | 8536.8% | 12,608 |
| Bucks County | William H. Taft+2,176 | 9,40955.3% | 7,23342.5% | 3622.1% | 17,004 |
| Butler County | William H. Taft+1,886 | 6,58454.1% | 4,69838.6% | 8777.2% | 12,159 |
| Cambria County | William H. Taft+4,346 | 12,32557.9% | 7,97937.5% | 9924.7% | 21,296 |
| Cameron County | William H. Taft+577 | 1,11065.7% | 53331.6% | 462.7% | 1,689 |
| Carbon County | William H. Taft+596 | 4,48649.2% | 3,89042.7% | 7378.1% | 9,113 |
| Centre County | William H. Taft+929 | 4,92753.1% | 3,99843.1% | 3513.8% | 9,276 |
| Chester County | William H. Taft+6,563 | 13,11864.1% | 6,55532.0% | 8033.9% | 20,476 |
| Clarion County | William J. Bryan+376 | 2,91542.9% | 3,29148.5% | 5858.6% | 6,791 |
| Clearfield County | William H. Taft+1,772 | 7,72651.7% | 5,95439.8% | 1,2718.5% | 14,951 |
| Clinton County | William H. Taft+930 | 3,47754.5% | 2,54740.0% | 3515.5% | 6,375 |
| Columbia County | William J. Bryan+1,655 | 3,71839.2% | 5,37356.6% | 4024.2% | 9,493 |
| Crawford County | William H. Taft+2,011 | 7,67952.6% | 5,66838.8% | 1,2588.6% | 14,605 |
| Cumberland County | William H. Taft+858 | 6,26151.4% | 5,40344.3% | 5284.3% | 12,192 |
| Dauphin County | William H. Taft+8,091 | 15,63763.4% | 7,54630.6% | 1,4886.0% | 24,671 |
| Delaware County | William H. Taft+9,457 | 15,18470.8% | 5,72726.7% | 5502.6% | 21,461 |
| Elk County | William H. Taft+460 | 2,99151.5% | 2,53143.6% | 2834.9% | 5,805 |
| Erie County | William H. Taft+4,655 | 10,82855.8% | 6,17331.8% | 2,41812.5% | 19,419 |
| Fayette County | William H. Taft+1,792 | 10,01250.3% | 8,22041.3% | 1,6898.5% | 19,921 |
| Forest County | William H. Taft+607 | 1,11960.9% | 51227.9% | 20611.2% | 1,837 |
| Franklin County | William H. Taft+2,256 | 6,93858.0% | 4,68239.2% | 3322.8% | 11,952 |
| Fulton County | William J. Bryan+124 | 97445.5% | 1,09851.2% | 713.3% | 2,143 |
| Greene County | William J. Bryan+1,355 | 2,43837.2% | 3,79357.9% | 3194.9% | 6,550 |
| Huntingdon County | William H. Taft+2,586 | 4,50366.3% | 1,91728.2% | 3685.4% | 6,788 |
| Indiana County | William H. Taft+4,451 | 6,41667.4% | 1,96520.7% | 1,13311.9% | 9,514 |
| Jefferson County | William H. Taft+2,666 | 5,65260.2% | 2,98631.8% | 7558.0% | 9,393 |
| Juniata County | William H. Taft+351 | 1,76554.1% | 1,41443.3% | 842.6% | 3,263 |
| Lackawanna County | William H. Taft+3,139 | 18,59053.4% | 15,45144.4% | 7472.1% | 34,788 |
| Lancaster County | William H. Taft+15,414 | 23,52371.4% | 8,10924.6% | 1,2993.9% | 32,931 |
| Lawrence County | William H. Taft+2,694 | 5,35054.1% | 2,65626.8% | 1,89019.1% | 9,896 |
| Lebanon County | William H. Taft+4,016 | 6,87467.1% | 2,85827.9% | 5155.0% | 10,247 |
| Lehigh County | William H. Taft+308 | 11,59348.8% | 11,28547.5% | 8793.7% | 23,757 |
| Luzerne County | William H. Taft+7,215 | 24,59456.2% | 17,37939.7% | 1,7604.0% | 43,733 |
| Lycoming County | William H. Taft+1,564 | 8,70850.8% | 7,14441.7% | 1,2987.6% | 17,150 |
| McKean County | William H. Taft+2,206 | 5,07358.0% | 2,86732.8% | 8059.2% | 8,745 |
| Mercer County | William H. Taft+1,024 | 6,49747.3% | 5,47339.8% | 1,77412.9% | 13,744 |
| Mifflin County | William H. Taft+1,103 | 2,90259.4% | 1,79936.8% | 1853.8% | 4,886 |
| Monroe County | William J. Bryan+1,550 | 1,45431.6% | 3,00465.3% | 1413.1% | 4,599 |
| Montgomery County | William H. Taft+7,189 | 19,08859.8% | 11,89937.3% | 9222.9% | 31,909 |
| Montour County | William J. Bryan+326 | 1,16442.3% | 1,49054.2% | 953.5% | 2,749 |
| Northampton County | William J. Bryan+508 | 10,85746.9% | 11,36549.1% | 9234.0% | 23,145 |
| Northumberland County | William H. Taft+1,849 | 10,43952.0% | 8,59042.8% | 1,0585.3% | 20,087 |
| Perry County | William H. Taft+1,085 | 3,26958.8% | 2,18439.3% | 1051.9% | 5,558 |
| Philadelphia County | William H. Taft+109,953 | 185,26369.1% | 75,31028.1% | 7,5682.8% | 268,141 |
| Pike County | William J. Bryan+354 | 71539.2% | 1,06958.7% | 382.1% | 1,822 |
| Potter County | William H. Taft+1,671 | 3,60360.5% | 1,93232.4% | 4237.1% | 5,958 |
| Schuylkill County | William H. Taft+3,277 | 18,75852.6% | 15,48143.4% | 1,4404.0% | 35,679 |
| Snyder County | William H. Taft+1,320 | 2,40167.4% | 1,08130.3% | 802.2% | 3,562 |
| Somerset County | William H. Taft+4,232 | 6,47868.2% | 2,24623.7% | 7718.1% | 9,495 |
| Sullivan County | William H. Taft+43 | 1,11947.2% | 1,07645.4% | 1747.3% | 2,369 |
| Susquehanna County | William H. Taft+1,769 | 4,99957.3% | 3,23037.0% | 4965.7% | 8,725 |
| Tioga County | William H. Taft+4,626 | 6,94771.3% | 2,32123.8% | 4784.9% | 9,746 |
| Union County | William H. Taft+1,393 | 2,54766.9% | 1,15430.3% | 1072.8% | 3,808 |
| Venango County | William H. Taft+2,053 | 4,86849.7% | 2,81528.8% | 2,10521.5% | 9,788 |
| Warren County | William H. Taft+2,618 | 4,67262.0% | 2,05427.3% | 80610.7% | 7,532 |
| Washington County | William H. Taft+4,412 | 11,43056.3% | 7,01834.6% | 1,8509.1% | 20,298 |
| Wayne County | William H. Taft+1,212 | 3,65056.7% | 2,43837.9% | 3535.5% | 6,441 |
| Westmoreland County | William H. Taft+4,328 | 15,42952.0% | 11,10137.4% | 3,14110.6% | 29,671 |
| Wyoming County | William H. Taft+605 | 2,23455.8% | 1,62940.7% | 1413.5% | 4,004 |
| York County | William J. Bryan+561 | 14,61047.5% | 15,17149.3% | 9903.2% | 30,771 |
Nominees: William Jennings Bryan (D) · William Howard Taft (R)
Pennsylvania's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1908 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −6.4% |
| 1896 | −24.7% |
| 1900 | −24.6% |
| 1904 | −40.7% |
| 1908 | −23.4% |
| 1912 | +10.0% |
| 1916 | −14.0% |
| 1920 | −38.6% |
| 1924 | −46.3% |
| 1928 | −31.4% |
| 1932 | −5.5% |
| 1936 | +16.0% |
| 1940 | +6.9% |
| 1944 | +2.8% |
| 1948 | −4.0% |
| 1952 | −5.9% |
| 1956 | −13.2% |
| 1960 | +2.3% |
| 1964 | +30.2% |
| 1968 | +3.6% |
| 1972 | −20.0% |
| 1976 | +2.7% |
| 1980 | −7.1% |
| 1984 | −7.4% |
| 1988 | −2.3% |
| 1992 | +9.0% |
| 1996 | +9.2% |
| 2000 | +4.2% |
| 2004 | +2.5% |
| 2008 | +10.3% |
| 2012 | +5.4% |
| 2016 | −0.7% |
| 2020 | +1.2% |
| 2024 | −1.7% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1908 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.