William Jennings Bryan carried Texas D+51.6.

William Jennings Bryan (D) vs William Howard Taft (R) in Texas, 1908. Texas held 18 electoral votes this cycle. The state ran 61.1 points more Democratic than the nation (R+9.6 nationally).

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

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Texas result

292,913 votes counted

Electoral votes

18

Bryan (D)

216,676

74.0%

Taft (R)

65,605

22.4%

All others

10,632

3.6%

Margin

D+51.6

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1908 presidential election

Texas, 1908

BryanD+51.6

How it voted

Share of the 1908 vote

William J. Bryan ✓Democratic	74.0%	216,676
William H. TaftRepublican	22.4%	65,605
OtherAll other candidates	3.6%	10,632

D+60

R+60

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

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Texas's presidential margins

1904–2024, the 1908 contest in context

Texas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1904	+49.6%
1908	+51.6%
1912	+63.2%
1916	+59.6%
1920	+36.6%
1924	+52.6%
1928	−3.9%
1932	+77.0%
1936	+74.8%
1940	+62.0%
1944	+54.8%
1948	+41.7%
1952	−6.4%
1956	−11.3%
1960	+2.0%
1964	+26.8%
1968	+1.3%
1972	−33.0%
1976	+3.2%
1980	−13.9%
1984	−27.5%
1988	−12.6%
1992	−3.5%
1996	−4.9%
2000	−21.3%
2004	−22.9%
2008	−11.8%
2012	−15.8%
2016	−9.0%
2020	−5.6%
2024	−13.7%

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County results — 1908

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Anderson County	D	+38.0%	1,575	697	2,312
Angelina County	D	+69.0%	1,089	197	1,292
Aransas County	D	+70.5%	193	33	227
Archer County	D	+65.0%	331	63	412
Armstrong County	D	+74.1%	252	32	297
Atascosa County	D	+60.7%	614	142	777
Austin County	D	+41.7%	1,394	572	1,970
Bandera County	D	+21.8%	449	283	762
Bastrop County	D	+40.1%	1,232	522	1,770
Baylor County	D	+79.4%	600	53	689
Bee County	D	+56.9%	533	137	696
Bell County	D	+71.6%	3,067	480	3,614
Bexar County	D	+4.4%	3,885	3,549	7,572
Blanco County	D	+26.6%	437	252	695
Borden County	D	+82.8%	135	5	157
Bosque County	D	+65.7%	1,394	268	1,713
Bowie County	D	+41.0%	1,776	705	2,611
Brazoria County	D	+15.6%	567	408	1,020
Brazos County	D	+72.4%	876	138	1,020
Brewster County	D	+76.6%	283	34	325
Briscoe County	D	+78.0%	117	7	141
Brown County	D	+60.2%	1,557	346	2,011
Burleson County	D	+52.8%	1,201	365	1,582
Burnet County	D	+51.1%	848	265	1,142
Caldwell County	D	+71.3%	1,226	197	1,443
Calhoun County	D	+47.6%	219	71	311
Cameron County	D	+11.2%	1,217	971	2,191
Camp County	D	+27.0%	569	324	908
Cass County	D	+20.6%	1,547	996	2,672
Castro County	D	+85.0%	110	8	120
Chambers County	D	+7.7%	323	275	626
Cherokee County	D	+72.0%	1,575	211	1,895
Childress County	D	+70.5%	595	92	713
Clay County	D	+61.5%	1,115	244	1,417
Coke County	D	+68.0%	356	56	441
Coleman County	D	+73.7%	1,170	135	1,405
Collin County	D	+63.2%	3,797	792	4,755
Colorado County	D	+38.5%	1,116	486	1,635
Comal County	D	+10.4%	626	508	1,134
Comanche County	D	+71.9%	2,336	292	2,841
Concho County	D	+64.2%	228	36	299
Cooke County	D	+62.5%	2,439	523	3,067
Coryell County	D	+75.9%	1,653	201	1,912
Cottle County	D	+75.1%	157	18	185
Crockett County	D	+65.0%	65	13	80
Crosby County	D	+89.6%	148	1	164
Dallam County	D	+44.4%	285	94	430
Dallas County	D	+54.6%	7,324	2,063	9,640
Deaf Smith County	D	+68.6%	273	48	328
Delta County	D	+75.7%	946	131	1,077
Denton County	D	+67.4%	2,739	491	3,335
DeWitt County	D	+6.1%	966	853	1,839
Dickens County	D	+67.1%	195	28	249
Dimmit County	D	+19.5%	151	101	257
Duval County	D	+6.7%	692	605	1,297
Eastland County	D	+69.7%	1,856	229	2,335
Ector County	D	+89.7%	136	5	146
Edwards County	R	−4.6%	208	232	520
El Paso County	D	+38.4%	2,302	1,019	3,343
Ellis County	D	+75.8%	4,413	593	5,037
Erath County	D	+54.8%	2,074	504	2,864
Falls County	D	+54.6%	1,791	503	2,360
Fannin County	D	+67.3%	3,191	614	3,829
Fayette County	D	+28.7%	2,240	1,234	3,501
Fisher County	D	+78.5%	776	62	910
Floyd County	D	+84.4%	292	16	327
Fort Bend County	D	+21.8%	550	353	903
Franklin County	D	+78.3%	650	72	738
Freestone County	D	+58.6%	1,185	302	1,506
Frio County	D	+54.6%	397	112	522
Gaines County	D	+82.7%	93	7	104
Galveston County	D	+43.0%	2,175	843	3,097
Garza County	D	+100.0%	67	0	67
Gillespie County	R	−64.8%	281	1,332	1,622
Glasscock County	D	+82.1%	75	6	84
Goliad County	R	−22.4%	397	644	1,104
Gonzales County	D	+40.5%	1,441	609	2,055
Gray County	D	+52.7%	338	82	486
Grayson County	D	+50.8%	4,506	1,388	6,133
Gregg County	D	+33.6%	565	273	869
Grimes County	D	+81.9%	973	88	1,081
Hale County	D	+79.7%	406	41	458
Hall County	D	+76.0%	508	56	595
Hamilton County	D	+66.1%	1,123	222	1,364
Hansford County	D	+53.7%	98	26	134
Hardeman County	D	+68.5%	664	108	812
Hardin County	D	+53.0%	809	234	1,084
Harris County	D	+47.8%	5,074	1,722	7,018
Harrison County	D	+58.5%	1,143	289	1,461
Hartley County	D	+65.9%	150	30	182
Haskell County	D	+72.9%	1,245	145	1,508
Hays County	D	+71.9%	871	133	1,026
Hemphill County	D	+36.5%	187	82	288
Henderson County	D	+59.2%	1,143	255	1,499
Hidalgo County	D	+87.6%	554	36	591
Hill County	D	+76.5%	3,330	414	3,811
Hood County	D	+68.1%	945	161	1,152
Hopkins County	D	+73.4%	2,184	271	2,605
Houston County	D	+44.4%	1,310	493	1,839
Howard County	D	+74.3%	504	52	608
Hunt County	D	+72.7%	3,808	518	4,528
Hutchinson County	D	+61.9%	134	30	168
Irion County	D	+87.4%	102	5	111
Jack County	D	+47.4%	780	268	1,080
Jackson County	D	+69.2%	798	139	953
Jasper County	D	+52.9%	695	187	961
Jeff Davis County	D	+18.0%	121	83	211
Jefferson County	D	+38.8%	1,962	821	2,940
Johnson County	D	+73.8%	2,747	339	3,264
Jones County	D	+72.0%	1,752	206	2,146
Karnes County	D	+54.4%	642	182	846
Kaufman County	D	+67.6%	2,205	387	2,689
Kendall County	R	−54.8%	148	537	710
Kent County	D	+81.6%	194	17	217
Kerr County	D	+15.1%	451	327	819
Kimble County	D	+46.7%	181	60	259
King County	D	+100.0%	69	0	69
Knox County	D	+76.7%	798	92	920
La Salle County	D	+18.6%	328	224	558
Lamar County	D	+69.7%	2,886	482	3,450
Lamb County	D	+44.4%	13	5	18
Lampasas County	D	+41.5%	746	296	1,084
Lavaca County	D	+29.4%	1,666	861	2,734
Lee County	D	+23.0%	820	509	1,352
Leon County	D	+41.1%	861	351	1,241
Liberty County	D	+36.3%	539	248	802
Limestone County	D	+72.7%	1,773	247	2,098
Lipscomb County	D	+44.0%	169	60	248
Llano County	D	+59.6%	485	116	619
Loving County	D	+100.0%	3	0	3
Lubbock County	D	+78.0%	224	26	254
Lynn County	D	+100.0%	1	0	1
Madison County	D	+61.2%	540	123	681
Marion County	D	+17.9%	594	414	1,008
Martin County	D	+78.4%	234	27	264
Mason County	D	+13.6%	429	322	786
Matagorda County	D	+54.4%	590	167	778
Maverick County	R	−5.2%	258	287	553
McCulloch County	D	+54.2%	651	184	861
McLennan County	D	+64.9%	3,778	741	4,679
McMullen County	D	+41.3%	85	35	121
Medina County	R	−9.0%	578	695	1,300
Menard County	D	+56.3%	152	36	206
Milam County	D	+59.9%	2,069	460	2,687
Mills County	D	+43.8%	567	201	836
Mitchell County	D	+73.5%	635	73	765
Montague County	D	+68.6%	2,035	329	2,487
Montgomery County	D	+41.1%	752	308	1,079
Moore County	D	+74.6%	97	12	114
Morris County	D	+61.8%	646	142	816
Nacogdoches County	D	+74.4%	1,478	186	1,736
Navarro County	D	+63.8%	2,879	618	3,545
Newton County	D	+58.1%	357	94	453
Nolan County	D	+71.3%	733	104	882
Nueces County	D	+49.9%	831	253	1,159
Oldham County	D	+43.1%	40	15	58
Orange County	D	+62.0%	534	119	669
Palo Pinto County	D	+63.6%	1,483	269	1,910
Panola County	D	+61.9%	1,242	266	1,576
Parmer County	D	+49.2%	95	31	130
Polk County	D	+44.0%	627	243	873
Potter County	D	+61.4%	794	158	1,035
Presidio County	D	+26.4%	233	135	371
Rains County	D	+62.6%	416	61	567
Randall County	D	+66.8%	233	44	283
Reagan County	D	+86.0%	52	3	57
Red River County	D	+49.9%	1,813	587	2,456
Reeves County	D	+84.6%	316	24	345
Refugio County	R	−12.4%	138	178	323
Roberts County	D	+58.0%	125	31	162
Robertson County	D	+50.9%	1,233	394	1,648
Runnels County	D	+77.0%	981	103	1,140
Rusk County	D	+28.9%	1,595	871	2,508
Sabine County	D	+76.1%	467	54	543
San Augustine County	D	+63.6%	423	87	528
San Jacinto County	D	+10.7%	371	299	671
San Patricio County	D	+39.3%	273	115	402
San Saba County	D	+67.2%	744	124	923
Schleicher County	D	+84.2%	126	9	139
Scurry County	D	+71.7%	721	84	889
Shackelford County	D	+75.6%	266	30	312
Shelby County	D	+76.5%	1,727	182	2,019
Sherman County	D	+57.6%	158	37	210
Smith County	D	+39.0%	2,090	863	3,146
Somervell County	D	+65.4%	251	39	324
Starr County	D	+37.2%	901	411	1,317
Stephens County	D	+80.0%	692	34	823
Sterling County	D	+90.4%	147	5	157
Stonewall County	D	+90.3%	329	14	349
Sutton County	D	+74.2%	79	10	93
Swisher County	D	+79.5%	239	26	268
Tarrant County	D	+59.5%	6,403	1,513	8,217
Taylor County	D	+75.1%	1,705	177	2,035
Terrell County	D	+27.9%	110	62	172
Terry County	D	+100.0%	13	0	13
Throckmorton County	D	+70.1%	223	33	271
Titus County	D	+64.8%	960	199	1,175
Tom Green County	D	+75.3%	920	114	1,071
Travis County	D	+33.4%	2,440	1,185	3,752
Trinity County	D	+58.1%	599	156	763
Tyler County	D	+67.3%	665	122	807
Upshur County	D	+49.9%	898	287	1,225
Uvalde County	D	+37.3%	748	320	1,148
Val Verde County	D	+31.9%	362	182	565
Van Zandt County	D	+66.7%	1,626	179	2,171
Victoria County	D	+26.0%	562	327	903
Walker County	D	+16.2%	613	441	1,060
Waller County	D	+32.8%	697	349	1,060
Ward County	D	+76.1%	234	30	268
Washington County	D	+31.8%	1,543	798	2,342
Webb County	R	−65.3%	233	1,109	1,342
Wharton County	D	+24.8%	745	433	1,258
Wheeler County	D	+71.2%	384	55	462
Wichita County	D	+49.8%	804	255	1,102
Wilbarger County	D	+71.2%	780	110	941
Williamson County	D	+52.4%	2,430	720	3,265
Wilson County	D	+54.4%	858	252	1,114
Winkler County	D	+66.7%	12	2	15
Wood County	D	+52.4%	1,331	375	1,826
Yoakum County	D	+80.0%	36	4	40
Young County	D	+76.9%	813	89	942
Zavala County	D	+57.3%	123	29	164