Iowa — 1908 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1908 presidential electionIowa · PresidentTaftR+15.0
How it voted
Share of the 1908 vote
| William H. Taft ✓Republican | 55.6% | 275,209 |
|---|---|---|
| William J. BryanDemocratic | 40.6% | 200,771 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 3.8% | 18,789 |
1908presidential margin
D+60R+60
99 counties, each filled by 1908 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Iowa cast 13 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (99 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adair County, IA | Republican | R+24.1 |
| Adams County, IA | Republican | R+9.0 |
| Allamakee County, IA | Republican | R+18.5 |
| Appanoose County, IA | Republican | R+17.3 |
| Audubon County, IA | Republican | R+23.3 |
| Benton County, IA | Republican | R+13.2 |
| Black Hawk County, IA | Republican | R+25.4 |
| Boone County, IA | Republican | R+24.2 |
| Bremer County, IA | Democratic | D+7.4 |
| Buchanan County, IA | Republican | R+14.5 |
| Buena Vista County, IA | Republican | R+36.2 |
| Butler County, IA | Republican | R+41.4 |
| Calhoun County, IA | Republican | R+32.2 |
| Carroll County, IA | Democratic | D+14.5 |
| Cass County, IA | Republican | R+25.0 |
| Cedar County, IA | Republican | R+10.3 |
| Cerro Gordo County, IA | Republican | R+31.5 |
| Cherokee County, IA | Republican | R+34.9 |
| Chickasaw County, IA | Democratic | D+8.7 |
| Clarke County, IA | Republican | R+17.5 |
| Clay County, IA | Republican | R+41.5 |
| Clayton County, IA | Democratic | D+4.3 |
| Clinton County, IA | Republican | R+0.2 |
| Crawford County, IA | Democratic | D+3.3 |
| Dallas County, IA | Republican | R+24.1 |
| Davis County, IA | Democratic | D+8.0 |
| Decatur County, IA | Republican | R+8.3 |
| Delaware County, IA | Republican | R+23.3 |
| Des Moines County, IA | Republican | R+2.1 |
| Dickinson County, IA | Republican | R+36.4 |
| Dubuque County, IA | Democratic | D+16.3 |
| Emmet County, IA | Republican | R+44.3 |
| Fayette County, IA | Republican | R+18.4 |
| Floyd County, IA | Republican | R+32.1 |
| Franklin County, IA | Republican | R+48.0 |
| Fremont County, IA | Democratic | D+0.7 |
| Greene County, IA | Republican | R+37.2 |
| Grundy County, IA | Republican | R+25.1 |
| Guthrie County, IA | Republican | R+24.7 |
| Hamilton County, IA | Republican | R+39.9 |
| Hancock County, IA | Republican | R+36.3 |
| Hardin County, IA | Republican | R+43.2 |
| Harrison County, IA | Republican | R+8.8 |
| Henry County, IA | Republican | R+24.0 |
| Howard County, IA | Republican | R+4.0 |
| Humboldt County, IA | Republican | R+49.9 |
| Ida County, IA | Republican | R+7.2 |
| Iowa County, IA | Republican | R+7.6 |
| Jackson County, IA | Democratic | D+0.1 |
| Jasper County, IA | Republican | R+9.8 |
| Jefferson County, IA | Republican | R+21.4 |
| Johnson County, IA | Democratic | D+9.0 |
| Jones County, IA | Republican | R+5.9 |
| Keokuk County, IA | Republican | R+5.0 |
| Kossuth County, IA | Republican | R+17.5 |
| Lee County, IA | Democratic | D+4.9 |
| Linn County, IA | Republican | R+11.3 |
| Louisa County, IA | Republican | R+34.1 |
| Lucas County, IA | Republican | R+15.5 |
| Lyon County, IA | Republican | R+20.9 |
| Madison County, IA | Republican | R+25.1 |
| Mahaska County, IA | Republican | R+4.2 |
| Marion County, IA | Democratic | D+2.0 |
| Marshall County, IA | Republican | R+30.7 |
| Mills County, IA | Republican | R+12.3 |
| Mitchell County, IA | Republican | R+31.8 |
| Monona County, IA | Republican | R+6.5 |
| Monroe County, IA | Republican | R+13.6 |
| Montgomery County, IA | Republican | R+32.1 |
| Muscatine County, IA | Republican | R+6.8 |
| O'Brien County, IA | Republican | R+17.7 |
| Osceola County, IA | Republican | R+12.3 |
| Page County, IA | Republican | R+27.4 |
| Palo Alto County, IA | Republican | R+9.6 |
| Plymouth County, IA | Republican | R+9.2 |
| Pocahontas County, IA | Republican | R+16.8 |
| Polk County, IA | Republican | R+21.4 |
| Pottawattamie County, IA | Republican | R+5.1 |
| Poweshiek County, IA | Republican | R+24.2 |
| Ringgold County, IA | Republican | R+27.1 |
| Sac County, IA | Republican | R+30.7 |
| Scott County, IA | Republican | R+7.4 |
| Shelby County, IA | Republican | R+1.0 |
| Sioux County, IA | Republican | R+17.4 |
| Story County, IA | Republican | R+48.7 |
| Tama County, IA | Republican | R+4.0 |
| Taylor County, IA | Republican | R+20.9 |
| Union County, IA | Republican | R+8.6 |
| Van Buren County, IA | Republican | R+10.2 |
| Wapello County, IA | Republican | R+9.1 |
| Warren County, IA | Republican | R+21.4 |
| Washington County, IA | Republican | R+10.5 |
| Wayne County, IA | Republican | R+8.4 |
| Webster County, IA | Republican | R+19.8 |
| Winnebago County, IA | Republican | R+54.3 |
| Winneshiek County, IA | Republican | R+15.6 |
| Woodbury County, IA | Republican | R+11.1 |
| Worth County, IA | Republican | R+51.0 |
| Wright County, IA | Republican | R+47.3 |
Iowa results by county
99 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adair County | William H. Taft+863 | 2,18561.1% | 1,32236.9% | 722.0% | 3,579 |
| Adams County | William H. Taft+270 | 1,59553.0% | 1,32544.0% | 882.9% | 3,008 |
| Allamakee County | William H. Taft+796 | 2,52158.7% | 1,72540.1% | 511.2% | 4,297 |
| Appanoose County | William H. Taft+994 | 3,16155.0% | 2,16737.7% | 4197.3% | 5,747 |
| Audubon County | William H. Taft+651 | 1,70160.9% | 1,05037.6% | 441.6% | 2,795 |
| Benton County | William H. Taft+762 | 3,18055.1% | 2,41841.9% | 1753.0% | 5,773 |
| Black Hawk County | William H. Taft+2,310 | 5,43759.7% | 3,12734.3% | 5486.0% | 9,112 |
| Boone County | William H. Taft+1,410 | 3,36857.7% | 1,95833.6% | 5108.7% | 5,836 |
| Bremer County | William J. Bryan+269 | 1,65645.3% | 1,92552.7% | 752.1% | 3,656 |
| Buchanan County | William H. Taft+663 | 2,55255.8% | 1,88941.3% | 1363.0% | 4,577 |
| Buena Vista County | William H. Taft+1,283 | 2,33765.9% | 1,05429.7% | 1534.3% | 3,544 |
| Butler County | William H. Taft+1,473 | 2,46769.3% | 99427.9% | 982.8% | 3,559 |
| Calhoun County | William H. Taft+1,201 | 2,35363.0% | 1,15230.9% | 2286.1% | 3,733 |
| Carroll County | William J. Bryan+645 | 1,86541.9% | 2,51056.4% | 731.6% | 4,448 |
| Cass County | William H. Taft+1,144 | 2,79961.2% | 1,65536.2% | 1202.6% | 4,574 |
| Cedar County | William H. Taft+469 | 2,45554.2% | 1,98643.8% | 912.0% | 4,532 |
| Cerro Gordo County | William H. Taft+1,470 | 2,99064.1% | 1,52032.6% | 1583.4% | 4,668 |
| Cherokee County | William H. Taft+1,216 | 2,30066.1% | 1,08431.1% | 972.8% | 3,481 |
| Chickasaw County | William J. Bryan+306 | 1,57144.9% | 1,87753.6% | 531.5% | 3,501 |
| Clarke County | William H. Taft+490 | 1,62458.0% | 1,13440.5% | 421.5% | 2,800 |
| Clay County | William H. Taft+1,143 | 1,92169.7% | 77828.2% | 582.1% | 2,757 |
| Clayton County | William J. Bryan+253 | 2,77347.0% | 3,02651.3% | 961.6% | 5,895 |
| Clinton County | William H. Taft+15 | 4,83648.7% | 4,82148.5% | 2772.8% | 9,934 |
| Crawford County | William J. Bryan+153 | 2,16947.3% | 2,32250.6% | 972.1% | 4,588 |
| Dallas County | William H. Taft+1,261 | 3,13259.9% | 1,87135.8% | 2224.2% | 5,225 |
| Davis County | William J. Bryan+265 | 1,48445.0% | 1,74953.0% | 662.0% | 3,299 |
| Decatur County | William H. Taft+340 | 2,14952.5% | 1,80944.2% | 1333.3% | 4,091 |
| Delaware County | William H. Taft+925 | 2,39660.4% | 1,47137.1% | 1032.6% | 3,970 |
| Des Moines County | William H. Taft+178 | 4,15348.9% | 3,97546.8% | 3614.3% | 8,489 |
| Dickinson County | William H. Taft+606 | 1,10966.6% | 50330.2% | 543.2% | 1,666 |
| Dubuque County | William J. Bryan+1,937 | 4,70839.7% | 6,64556.1% | 5024.2% | 11,855 |
| Emmet County | William H. Taft+879 | 1,40170.6% | 52226.3% | 623.1% | 1,985 |
| Fayette County | William H. Taft+1,088 | 3,36956.8% | 2,28138.5% | 2784.7% | 5,928 |
| Floyd County | William H. Taft+1,212 | 2,46265.1% | 1,25033.1% | 681.8% | 3,780 |
| Franklin County | William H. Taft+1,417 | 2,15473.0% | 73725.0% | 592.0% | 2,950 |
| Fremont County | William J. Bryan+30 | 1,94948.6% | 1,97949.4% | 802.0% | 4,008 |
| Greene County | William H. Taft+1,422 | 2,57467.3% | 1,15230.1% | 1002.6% | 3,826 |
| Grundy County | William H. Taft+756 | 1,86161.8% | 1,10536.7% | 471.6% | 3,013 |
| Guthrie County | William H. Taft+1,028 | 2,56061.4% | 1,53236.8% | 751.8% | 4,167 |
| Hamilton County | William H. Taft+1,620 | 2,76568.2% | 1,14528.2% | 1463.6% | 4,056 |
| Hancock County | William H. Taft+946 | 1,75067.2% | 80430.9% | 522.0% | 2,606 |
| Hardin County | William H. Taft+1,936 | 3,12369.8% | 1,18726.5% | 1673.7% | 4,477 |
| Harrison County | William H. Taft+489 | 2,91452.4% | 2,42543.6% | 2224.0% | 5,561 |
| Henry County | William H. Taft+1,047 | 2,65360.9% | 1,60636.9% | 972.2% | 4,356 |
| Howard County | William H. Taft+122 | 1,53050.1% | 1,40846.1% | 1163.8% | 3,054 |
| Humboldt County | William H. Taft+1,231 | 1,81873.7% | 58723.8% | 632.6% | 2,468 |
| Ida County | William H. Taft+186 | 1,36753.0% | 1,18145.8% | 321.2% | 2,580 |
| Iowa County | William H. Taft+323 | 2,23052.6% | 1,90745.0% | 1042.5% | 4,241 |
| Jackson County | William J. Bryan+3 | 2,54248.5% | 2,54548.6% | 1532.9% | 5,240 |
| Jasper County | William H. Taft+654 | 3,54353.0% | 2,88943.2% | 2493.7% | 6,681 |
| Jefferson County | William H. Taft+832 | 2,27158.3% | 1,43936.9% | 1864.8% | 3,896 |
| Johnson County | William J. Bryan+556 | 2,75844.8% | 3,31453.9% | 791.3% | 6,151 |
| Jones County | William H. Taft+277 | 2,45352.1% | 2,17646.2% | 781.7% | 4,707 |
| Keokuk County | William H. Taft+269 | 2,72850.7% | 2,45945.7% | 1933.6% | 5,380 |
| Kossuth County | William H. Taft+786 | 2,61258.3% | 1,82640.7% | 441.0% | 4,482 |
| Lee County | William J. Bryan+444 | 4,26246.6% | 4,70651.5% | 1761.9% | 9,144 |
| Linn County | William H. Taft+1,445 | 6,93854.2% | 5,49342.9% | 3642.8% | 12,795 |
| Louisa County | William H. Taft+1,047 | 2,02565.9% | 97831.8% | 692.2% | 3,072 |
| Lucas County | William H. Taft+490 | 1,75755.4% | 1,26740.0% | 1474.6% | 3,171 |
| Lyon County | William H. Taft+586 | 1,65058.9% | 1,06438.0% | 863.1% | 2,800 |
| Madison County | William H. Taft+1,021 | 2,42559.5% | 1,40434.5% | 2446.0% | 4,073 |
| Mahaska County | William H. Taft+291 | 3,32648.5% | 3,03544.3% | 4957.2% | 6,856 |
| Marion County | William J. Bryan+114 | 2,62546.1% | 2,73948.1% | 3285.8% | 5,692 |
| Marshall County | William H. Taft+1,946 | 3,88761.3% | 1,94130.6% | 5098.0% | 6,337 |
| Mills County | William H. Taft+437 | 1,95955.0% | 1,52242.7% | 802.2% | 3,561 |
| Mitchell County | William H. Taft+944 | 1,93265.1% | 98833.3% | 481.6% | 2,968 |
| Monona County | William H. Taft+245 | 1,97752.6% | 1,73246.1% | 511.4% | 3,760 |
| Monroe County | William H. Taft+707 | 2,68651.6% | 1,97938.0% | 54210.4% | 5,207 |
| Montgomery County | William H. Taft+1,271 | 2,55364.4% | 1,28232.4% | 1273.2% | 3,962 |
| Muscatine County | William H. Taft+487 | 3,52549.4% | 3,03842.6% | 5688.0% | 7,131 |
| O'Brien County | William H. Taft+586 | 1,91257.7% | 1,32640.0% | 762.3% | 3,314 |
| Osceola County | William H. Taft+223 | 1,00055.3% | 77743.0% | 301.7% | 1,807 |
| Page County | William H. Taft+1,415 | 3,14160.8% | 1,72633.4% | 3025.8% | 5,169 |
| Palo Alto County | William H. Taft+299 | 1,63952.8% | 1,34043.2% | 1244.0% | 3,103 |
| Plymouth County | William H. Taft+454 | 2,62253.2% | 2,16844.0% | 1402.8% | 4,930 |
| Pocahontas County | William H. Taft+542 | 1,85757.4% | 1,31540.7% | 621.9% | 3,234 |
| Polk County | William H. Taft+4,631 | 12,55558.0% | 7,92436.6% | 1,1615.4% | 21,640 |
| Pottawattamie County | William H. Taft+617 | 6,13751.2% | 5,52046.0% | 3382.8% | 11,995 |
| Poweshiek County | William H. Taft+1,133 | 2,79459.7% | 1,66135.5% | 2234.8% | 4,678 |
| Ringgold County | William H. Taft+848 | 1,94061.9% | 1,09234.9% | 1003.2% | 3,132 |
| Sac County | William H. Taft+1,136 | 2,36664.0% | 1,23033.3% | 1002.7% | 3,696 |
| Scott County | William H. Taft+1,000 | 6,84550.7% | 5,84543.3% | 7995.9% | 13,489 |
| Shelby County | William H. Taft+38 | 1,97349.3% | 1,93548.4% | 912.3% | 3,999 |
| Sioux County | William H. Taft+806 | 2,69758.1% | 1,89140.7% | 541.2% | 4,642 |
| Story County | William H. Taft+2,595 | 3,79071.1% | 1,19522.4% | 3496.5% | 5,334 |
| Tama County | William H. Taft+224 | 2,77449.8% | 2,55045.8% | 2484.5% | 5,572 |
| Taylor County | William H. Taft+875 | 2,46058.8% | 1,58537.9% | 1413.4% | 4,186 |
| Union County | William H. Taft+364 | 2,20752.4% | 1,84343.7% | 1653.9% | 4,215 |
| Van Buren County | William H. Taft+403 | 2,13353.9% | 1,73043.7% | 972.4% | 3,960 |
| Wapello County | William H. Taft+817 | 4,54150.7% | 3,72441.6% | 6947.7% | 8,959 |
| Warren County | William H. Taft+944 | 2,58958.6% | 1,64537.2% | 1854.2% | 4,419 |
| Washington County | William H. Taft+512 | 2,63153.8% | 2,11943.3% | 1392.8% | 4,889 |
| Wayne County | William H. Taft+336 | 2,09252.1% | 1,75643.7% | 1684.2% | 4,016 |
| Webster County | William H. Taft+1,284 | 3,65856.5% | 2,37436.7% | 4406.8% | 6,472 |
| Winnebago County | William H. Taft+1,221 | 1,71076.1% | 48921.8% | 492.2% | 2,248 |
| Winneshiek County | William H. Taft+759 | 2,76756.8% | 2,00841.2% | 972.0% | 4,872 |
| Woodbury County | William H. Taft+1,365 | 6,58753.5% | 5,22242.4% | 4984.0% | 12,307 |
| Worth County | William H. Taft+984 | 1,43374.3% | 44923.3% | 462.4% | 1,928 |
| Wright County | William H. Taft+1,632 | 2,49872.3% | 86625.1% | 892.6% | 3,453 |
Nominees: William Jennings Bryan (D) · William Howard Taft (R)
Iowa's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1908 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −5.3% |
| 1896 | −12.6% |
| 1900 | −18.6% |
| 1904 | −32.7% |
| 1908 | −15.0% |
| 1912 | +13.3% |
| 1916 | −11.4% |
| 1920 | −45.5% |
| 1924 | −38.6% |
| 1928 | −24.2% |
| 1932 | +17.7% |
| 1936 | +11.7% |
| 1940 | −4.4% |
| 1944 | −4.5% |
| 1948 | +2.7% |
| 1952 | −28.2% |
| 1956 | −18.4% |
| 1960 | −13.5% |
| 1964 | +24.0% |
| 1968 | −12.2% |
| 1972 | −17.1% |
| 1976 | −1.0% |
| 1980 | −12.7% |
| 1984 | −7.4% |
| 1988 | +10.2% |
| 1992 | +6.0% |
| 1996 | +10.3% |
| 2000 | +0.3% |
| 2004 | −0.7% |
| 2008 | +9.5% |
| 2012 | +5.8% |
| 2016 | −9.3% |
| 2020 | −8.2% |
| 2024 | −13.2% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1908 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.