Indiana — 1908 presidential election
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Akashicstate1908 presidential electionIndiana · PresidentTaftR+1.5
How it voted
Share of the 1908 vote
| William H. Taft ✓Republican | 48.4% | 348,993 |
|---|---|---|
| William J. BryanDemocratic | 46.9% | 338,262 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 4.7% | 33,862 |
1908presidential margin
D+60R+60
92 counties, each filled by 1908 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Indiana cast 15 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (92 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County, IN | Democratic | D+31.7 |
| Allen County, IN | Democratic | D+11.9 |
| Bartholomew County, IN | Democratic | D+4.6 |
| Benton County, IN | Republican | R+10.2 |
| Blackford County, IN | Democratic | D+8.9 |
| Boone County, IN | Democratic | D+0.8 |
| Brown County, IN | Democratic | D+26.8 |
| Carroll County, IN | Democratic | D+0.8 |
| Cass County, IN | Democratic | D+5.2 |
| Clark County, IN | Democratic | D+4.8 |
| Clay County, IN | Democratic | D+5.1 |
| Clinton County, IN | Democratic | D+0.7 |
| Crawford County, IN | Democratic | D+4.3 |
| Daviess County, IN | Republican | R+2.4 |
| Dearborn County, IN | Democratic | D+14.0 |
| Decatur County, IN | Republican | R+4.9 |
| DeKalb County, IN | Democratic | D+9.8 |
| Delaware County, IN | Republican | R+9.4 |
| Dubois County, IN | Democratic | D+40.2 |
| Elkhart County, IN | Republican | R+4.2 |
| Fayette County, IN | Republican | R+16.2 |
| Floyd County, IN | Democratic | D+8.1 |
| Fountain County, IN | Republican | R+0.8 |
| Franklin County, IN | Democratic | D+21.7 |
| Fulton County, IN | Republican | R+1.5 |
| Gibson County, IN | Republican | R+1.3 |
| Grant County, IN | Republican | R+9.4 |
| Greene County, IN | Democratic | D+0.3 |
| Hamilton County, IN | Republican | R+18.8 |
| Hancock County, IN | Democratic | D+10.0 |
| Harrison County, IN | Democratic | D+4.3 |
| Hendricks County, IN | Republican | R+11.1 |
| Henry County, IN | Republican | R+14.6 |
| Howard County, IN | Republican | R+10.6 |
| Huntington County, IN | Republican | R+3.1 |
| Jackson County, IN | Democratic | D+17.5 |
| Jasper County, IN | Republican | R+12.6 |
| Jay County, IN | Democratic | D+1.6 |
| Jefferson County, IN | Republican | R+4.8 |
| Jennings County, IN | Republican | R+5.6 |
| Johnson County, IN | Democratic | D+12.5 |
| Knox County, IN | Democratic | D+8.7 |
| Kosciusko County, IN | Republican | R+12.6 |
| LaGrange County, IN | Republican | R+24.1 |
| Lake County, IN | Republican | R+25.7 |
| LaPorte County, IN | Republican | R+1.2 |
| Lawrence County, IN | Republican | R+10.6 |
| Madison County, IN | Democratic | D+4.7 |
| Marion County, IN | Republican | R+0.4 |
| Marshall County, IN | Democratic | D+5.2 |
| Martin County, IN | Democratic | D+1.9 |
| Miami County, IN | Democratic | D+4.2 |
| Monroe County, IN | Republican | R+4.6 |
| Montgomery County, IN | Republican | R+2.2 |
| Morgan County, IN | Republican | R+4.7 |
| Newton County, IN | Republican | R+15.6 |
| Noble County, IN | Republican | R+3.7 |
| Ohio County, IN | Democratic | D+0.2 |
| Orange County, IN | Republican | R+10.5 |
| Owen County, IN | Democratic | D+7.7 |
| Parke County, IN | Republican | R+5.1 |
| Perry County, IN | Democratic | D+10.5 |
| Pike County, IN | Democratic | D+0.02 |
| Porter County, IN | Republican | R+23.4 |
| Posey County, IN | Democratic | D+11.1 |
| Pulaski County, IN | Democratic | D+7.7 |
| Putnam County, IN | Democratic | D+8.5 |
| Randolph County, IN | Republican | R+27.9 |
| Ripley County, IN | Democratic | D+1.6 |
| Rush County, IN | Republican | R+9.5 |
| Scott County, IN | Democratic | D+11.6 |
| Shelby County, IN | Democratic | D+6.4 |
| Spencer County, IN | Republican | R+4.6 |
| St. Joseph County, IN | Republican | R+12.8 |
| Starke County, IN | Republican | R+7.4 |
| Steuben County, IN | Republican | R+28.7 |
| Sullivan County, IN | Democratic | D+20.8 |
| Switzerland County, IN | Democratic | D+3.0 |
| Tippecanoe County, IN | Republican | R+10.2 |
| Tipton County, IN | Democratic | D+3.1 |
| Union County, IN | Republican | R+13.1 |
| Vanderburgh County, IN | Republican | R+5.9 |
| Vermillion County, IN | Republican | R+14.3 |
| Vigo County, IN | Democratic | D+2.1 |
| Wabash County, IN | Republican | R+12.8 |
| Warren County, IN | Republican | R+32.6 |
| Warrick County, IN | Republican | R+1.0 |
| Washington County, IN | Democratic | D+12.9 |
| Wayne County, IN | Republican | R+19.0 |
| Wells County, IN | Democratic | D+19.1 |
| White County, IN | Republican | R+2.0 |
| Whitley County, IN | Democratic | D+3.9 |
Indiana results by county
92 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+1,678 | 1,72632.6% | 3,40464.4% | 1593.0% | 5,289 |
| Allen County | William J. Bryan+2,677 | 9,46842.1% | 12,14553.9% | 9004.0% | 22,513 |
| Bartholomew County | William J. Bryan+331 | 3,30646.1% | 3,63750.7% | 2243.1% | 7,167 |
| Benton County | William H. Taft+370 | 1,93653.5% | 1,56643.3% | 1183.3% | 3,620 |
| Blackford County | William J. Bryan+379 | 1,83543.1% | 2,21452.0% | 2094.9% | 4,258 |
| Boone County | William J. Bryan+54 | 3,47148.2% | 3,52549.0% | 2022.8% | 7,198 |
| Brown County | William J. Bryan+514 | 66334.6% | 1,17761.4% | 764.0% | 1,916 |
| Carroll County | William J. Bryan+44 | 2,54647.5% | 2,59048.3% | 2294.3% | 5,365 |
| Cass County | William J. Bryan+534 | 4,70045.4% | 5,23450.6% | 4104.0% | 10,344 |
| Clark County | William J. Bryan+379 | 3,70646.6% | 4,08551.3% | 1682.1% | 7,959 |
| Clay County | William J. Bryan+438 | 3,76643.8% | 4,20448.9% | 6317.3% | 8,601 |
| Clinton County | William J. Bryan+54 | 3,62647.2% | 3,68047.9% | 3764.9% | 7,682 |
| Crawford County | William J. Bryan+136 | 1,40344.5% | 1,53948.8% | 2116.7% | 3,153 |
| Daviess County | William H. Taft+171 | 3,42448.4% | 3,25346.0% | 4005.7% | 7,077 |
| Dearborn County | William J. Bryan+845 | 2,52041.8% | 3,36555.8% | 1422.4% | 6,027 |
| Decatur County | William H. Taft+274 | 2,83850.6% | 2,56445.7% | 2053.7% | 5,607 |
| DeKalb County | William J. Bryan+693 | 2,99142.4% | 3,68452.2% | 3775.3% | 7,052 |
| Delaware County | William H. Taft+1,289 | 7,01451.3% | 5,72541.9% | 9376.9% | 13,676 |
| Dubois County | William J. Bryan+1,947 | 1,39728.9% | 3,34469.1% | 972.0% | 4,838 |
| Elkhart County | William H. Taft+548 | 6,24548.2% | 5,69744.0% | 1,0177.8% | 12,959 |
| Fayette County | William H. Taft+694 | 2,39455.8% | 1,70039.6% | 1994.6% | 4,293 |
| Floyd County | William J. Bryan+633 | 3,43143.8% | 4,06451.9% | 3304.2% | 7,825 |
| Fountain County | William H. Taft+48 | 2,89448.9% | 2,84648.1% | 1783.0% | 5,918 |
| Franklin County | William J. Bryan+946 | 1,67038.2% | 2,61659.9% | 821.9% | 4,368 |
| Fulton County | William H. Taft+76 | 2,42649.3% | 2,35047.8% | 1412.9% | 4,917 |
| Gibson County | William H. Taft+97 | 3,75348.4% | 3,65647.2% | 3384.4% | 7,747 |
| Grant County | William H. Taft+1,362 | 7,18149.4% | 5,81940.0% | 1,53110.5% | 14,531 |
| Greene County | William J. Bryan+27 | 4,14544.2% | 4,17244.5% | 1,06811.4% | 9,385 |
| Hamilton County | William H. Taft+1,474 | 4,42156.5% | 2,94737.6% | 4605.9% | 7,828 |
| Hancock County | William J. Bryan+568 | 2,47243.5% | 3,04053.5% | 1713.0% | 5,683 |
| Harrison County | William J. Bryan+227 | 2,41946.2% | 2,64650.5% | 1743.3% | 5,239 |
| Hendricks County | William H. Taft+660 | 3,23154.3% | 2,57143.2% | 1512.5% | 5,953 |
| Henry County | William H. Taft+1,161 | 4,35854.6% | 3,19740.1% | 4235.3% | 7,978 |
| Howard County | William H. Taft+926 | 4,42350.6% | 3,49740.0% | 8219.4% | 8,741 |
| Huntington County | William H. Taft+261 | 3,97347.6% | 3,71244.5% | 6597.9% | 8,344 |
| Jackson County | William J. Bryan+1,152 | 2,63139.9% | 3,78357.4% | 1752.7% | 6,589 |
| Jasper County | William H. Taft+444 | 1,93955.2% | 1,49542.6% | 792.2% | 3,513 |
| Jay County | William J. Bryan+114 | 3,25645.7% | 3,37047.4% | 4916.9% | 7,117 |
| Jefferson County | William H. Taft+287 | 2,99550.1% | 2,70845.3% | 2804.7% | 5,983 |
| Jennings County | William H. Taft+229 | 2,10051.2% | 1,87145.6% | 1283.1% | 4,099 |
| Johnson County | William J. Bryan+749 | 2,51942.0% | 3,26854.5% | 2053.4% | 5,992 |
| Knox County | William J. Bryan+869 | 4,24742.5% | 5,11651.2% | 6226.2% | 9,985 |
| Kosciusko County | William H. Taft+1,015 | 4,37754.4% | 3,36241.8% | 3003.7% | 8,039 |
| LaGrange County | William H. Taft+943 | 2,35760.1% | 1,41436.1% | 1493.8% | 3,920 |
| Lake County | William H. Taft+3,997 | 9,49961.0% | 5,50235.3% | 5783.7% | 15,579 |
| LaPorte County | William H. Taft+144 | 5,82449.5% | 5,68048.3% | 2562.2% | 11,760 |
| Lawrence County | William H. Taft+766 | 3,88453.8% | 3,11843.2% | 2223.1% | 7,224 |
| Madison County | William J. Bryan+815 | 7,48143.5% | 8,29648.2% | 1,4278.3% | 17,204 |
| Marion County | William H. Taft+273 | 34,35148.7% | 34,07848.3% | 2,1513.0% | 70,580 |
| Marshall County | William J. Bryan+340 | 2,94745.3% | 3,28750.5% | 2704.2% | 6,504 |
| Martin County | William J. Bryan+66 | 1,66748.3% | 1,73350.3% | 481.4% | 3,448 |
| Miami County | William J. Bryan+356 | 3,82045.3% | 4,17649.5% | 4445.3% | 8,440 |
| Monroe County | William H. Taft+271 | 3,05151.5% | 2,78046.9% | 951.6% | 5,926 |
| Montgomery County | William H. Taft+200 | 4,42749.6% | 4,22747.4% | 2653.0% | 8,919 |
| Morgan County | William H. Taft+285 | 3,07451.0% | 2,78946.3% | 1672.8% | 6,030 |
| Newton County | William H. Taft+455 | 1,64556.5% | 1,19040.9% | 782.7% | 2,913 |
| Noble County | William H. Taft+258 | 3,50750.7% | 3,24947.0% | 1582.3% | 6,914 |
| Ohio County | William J. Bryan+3 | 61949.1% | 62249.4% | 191.5% | 1,260 |
| Orange County | William H. Taft+472 | 2,43353.9% | 1,96143.5% | 1182.6% | 4,512 |
| Owen County | William J. Bryan+297 | 1,72644.5% | 2,02352.2% | 1273.3% | 3,876 |
| Parke County | William H. Taft+319 | 3,02648.3% | 2,70743.2% | 5268.4% | 6,259 |
| Perry County | William J. Bryan+453 | 1,90343.9% | 2,35654.4% | 731.7% | 4,332 |
| Pike County | William J. Bryan+1 | 2,35947.9% | 2,36047.9% | 2084.2% | 4,927 |
| Porter County | William H. Taft+1,151 | 2,94059.9% | 1,78936.4% | 1813.7% | 4,910 |
| Posey County | William J. Bryan+640 | 2,44442.5% | 3,08453.6% | 2243.9% | 5,752 |
| Pulaski County | William J. Bryan+271 | 1,56144.3% | 1,83252.0% | 1303.7% | 3,523 |
| Putnam County | William J. Bryan+505 | 2,62644.3% | 3,13152.8% | 1692.9% | 5,926 |
| Randolph County | William H. Taft+2,192 | 4,79260.9% | 2,60033.0% | 4766.0% | 7,868 |
| Ripley County | William J. Bryan+89 | 2,66047.7% | 2,74949.2% | 1733.1% | 5,582 |
| Rush County | William H. Taft+558 | 3,10253.0% | 2,54443.4% | 2113.6% | 5,857 |
| Scott County | William J. Bryan+264 | 97943.0% | 1,24354.5% | 572.5% | 2,279 |
| Shelby County | William J. Bryan+506 | 3,52944.5% | 4,03550.9% | 3594.5% | 7,923 |
| Spencer County | William H. Taft+258 | 2,92051.5% | 2,66247.0% | 841.5% | 5,666 |
| St. Joseph County | William H. Taft+2,660 | 11,22253.9% | 8,56241.1% | 1,0294.9% | 20,813 |
| Starke County | William H. Taft+216 | 1,52152.2% | 1,30544.8% | 893.1% | 2,915 |
| Steuben County | William H. Taft+1,251 | 2,70462.0% | 1,45333.3% | 2044.7% | 4,361 |
| Sullivan County | William J. Bryan+1,715 | 2,94235.7% | 4,65756.5% | 6497.9% | 8,248 |
| Switzerland County | William J. Bryan+93 | 1,44447.3% | 1,53750.3% | 742.4% | 3,055 |
| Tippecanoe County | William H. Taft+1,180 | 6,16453.4% | 4,98443.2% | 3913.4% | 11,539 |
| Tipton County | William J. Bryan+161 | 2,39546.5% | 2,55649.6% | 2054.0% | 5,156 |
| Union County | William H. Taft+258 | 1,06654.2% | 80841.1% | 914.6% | 1,965 |
| Vanderburgh County | William H. Taft+1,083 | 9,11649.4% | 8,03343.6% | 1,2947.0% | 18,443 |
| Vermillion County | William H. Taft+724 | 2,56850.8% | 1,84436.5% | 64012.7% | 5,052 |
| Vigo County | William J. Bryan+462 | 10,22345.8% | 10,68547.8% | 1,4346.4% | 22,342 |
| Wabash County | William H. Taft+975 | 4,09153.5% | 3,11640.8% | 4335.7% | 7,640 |
| Warren County | William H. Taft+1,047 | 2,09265.1% | 1,04532.5% | 772.4% | 3,214 |
| Warrick County | William H. Taft+57 | 2,83948.4% | 2,78247.4% | 2484.2% | 5,869 |
| Washington County | William J. Bryan+597 | 1,97642.6% | 2,57355.4% | 922.0% | 4,641 |
| Wayne County | William H. Taft+2,228 | 6,73157.3% | 4,50338.4% | 5044.3% | 11,738 |
| Wells County | William J. Bryan+1,160 | 2,18535.9% | 3,34555.0% | 5539.1% | 6,083 |
| White County | William H. Taft+97 | 2,42349.3% | 2,32647.3% | 1703.5% | 4,919 |
| Whitley County | William J. Bryan+191 | 2,30246.6% | 2,49350.4% | 1483.0% | 4,943 |
Nominees: William Jennings Bryan (D) · William Howard Taft (R)
Indiana's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1908 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +1.2% |
| 1896 | −2.9% |
| 1900 | −3.8% |
| 1904 | −13.8% |
| 1908 | −1.5% |
| 1912 | +20.0% |
| 1916 | −0.9% |
| 1920 | −14.6% |
| 1924 | −16.6% |
| 1928 | −20.1% |
| 1932 | +11.7% |
| 1936 | +14.7% |
| 1940 | −1.4% |
| 1944 | −5.7% |
| 1948 | −0.8% |
| 1952 | −17.1% |
| 1956 | −20.2% |
| 1960 | −10.4% |
| 1964 | +12.4% |
| 1968 | −12.3% |
| 1972 | −32.8% |
| 1976 | −7.6% |
| 1980 | −18.4% |
| 1984 | −24.0% |
| 1988 | −20.2% |
| 1992 | −6.1% |
| 1996 | −5.6% |
| 2000 | −15.6% |
| 2004 | −20.7% |
| 2008 | +1.0% |
| 2012 | −10.2% |
| 2016 | −19.0% |
| 2020 | −16.1% |
| 2024 | −19.0% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1908 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.