Kansas — 1908 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1908 presidential electionKansas · PresidentTaftR+9.4
How it voted
Share of the 1908 vote
| William H. Taft ✓Republican | 52.3% | 196,316 |
|---|---|---|
| William J. BryanDemocratic | 43.0% | 161,209 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 4.7% | 17,518 |
1908presidential margin
D+60R+60
105 counties, each filled by 1908 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Kansas cast 10 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (105 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Allen County, KS | Republican | R+11.5 |
| Anderson County, KS | Republican | R+6.3 |
| Atchison County, KS | Republican | R+11.0 |
| Barber County, KS | Republican | R+11.4 |
| Barton County, KS | Democratic | D+7.1 |
| Bourbon County, KS | Republican | R+0.2 |
| Brown County, KS | Republican | R+14.9 |
| Butler County, KS | Republican | R+13.4 |
| Chase County, KS | Republican | R+9.7 |
| Chautauqua County, KS | Republican | R+26.1 |
| Cherokee County, KS | Republican | R+0.8 |
| Cheyenne County, KS | Republican | R+16.4 |
| Clark County, KS | Republican | R+4.7 |
| Clay County, KS | Republican | R+10.3 |
| Cloud County, KS | Republican | R+12.2 |
| Coffey County, KS | Republican | R+9.3 |
| Comanche County, KS | Republican | R+22.4 |
| Cowley County, KS | Democratic | D+6.9 |
| Crawford County, KS | Republican | R+8.3 |
| Decatur County, KS | Democratic | D+15.4 |
| Dickinson County, KS | Republican | R+11.2 |
| Doniphan County, KS | Republican | R+34.3 |
| Douglas County, KS | Republican | R+23.5 |
| Edwards County, KS | Republican | R+4.5 |
| Elk County, KS | Republican | R+9.9 |
| Ellis County, KS | Democratic | D+29.3 |
| Ellsworth County, KS | Republican | R+7.6 |
| Finney County, KS | Republican | R+27.6 |
| Ford County, KS | Republican | R+9.8 |
| Franklin County, KS | Republican | R+10.0 |
| Geary County, KS | Republican | R+9.5 |
| Gove County, KS | Republican | R+15.4 |
| Graham County, KS | Republican | R+10.8 |
| Grant County, KS | Republican | R+13.8 |
| Gray County, KS | Republican | R+4.3 |
| Greeley County, KS | Republican | R+36.7 |
| Greenwood County, KS | Republican | R+20.6 |
| Hamilton County, KS | Republican | R+19.3 |
| Harper County, KS | Republican | R+2.8 |
| Harvey County, KS | Republican | R+21.0 |
| Haskell County, KS | Republican | R+9.3 |
| Hodgeman County, KS | Republican | R+16.8 |
| Jackson County, KS | Republican | R+18.8 |
| Jefferson County, KS | Republican | R+13.5 |
| Jewell County, KS | Republican | R+10.6 |
| Johnson County, KS | Republican | R+4.9 |
| Kearny County, KS | Republican | R+17.1 |
| Kingman County, KS | Democratic | D+1.2 |
| Kiowa County, KS | Republican | R+24.7 |
| Labette County, KS | Republican | R+8.5 |
| Lane County, KS | Republican | R+12.4 |
| Leavenworth County, KS | Republican | R+11.4 |
| Lincoln County, KS | Republican | R+4.2 |
| Linn County, KS | Republican | R+7.8 |
| Logan County, KS | Republican | R+24.5 |
| Lyon County, KS | Republican | R+7.0 |
| Marion County, KS | Republican | R+18.0 |
| Marshall County, KS | Republican | R+13.3 |
| McPherson County, KS | Republican | R+17.0 |
| Meade County, KS | Republican | R+17.5 |
| Miami County, KS | Republican | R+4.5 |
| Mitchell County, KS | Republican | R+5.6 |
| Montgomery County, KS | Republican | R+11.5 |
| Morris County, KS | Republican | R+16.6 |
| Morton County, KS | Republican | R+4.6 |
| Nemaha County, KS | Republican | R+4.6 |
| Neosho County, KS | Republican | R+9.9 |
| Ness County, KS | Republican | R+13.1 |
| Norton County, KS | Republican | R+3.8 |
| Osage County, KS | Republican | R+7.2 |
| Osborne County, KS | Republican | R+17.7 |
| Ottawa County, KS | Republican | R+6.3 |
| Pawnee County, KS | Republican | R+1.9 |
| Phillips County, KS | Republican | R+8.1 |
| Pottawatomie County, KS | Republican | R+22.2 |
| Pratt County, KS | Republican | R+7.0 |
| Rawlins County, KS | Democratic | D+0.9 |
| Reno County, KS | Republican | R+9.2 |
| Republic County, KS | Republican | R+6.0 |
| Rice County, KS | Republican | R+11.9 |
| Riley County, KS | Republican | R+26.8 |
| Rooks County, KS | Republican | R+11.5 |
| Rush County, KS | Democratic | D+7.7 |
| Russell County, KS | Republican | R+16.1 |
| Saline County, KS | Republican | R+3.6 |
| Scott County, KS | Republican | R+4.4 |
| Sedgwick County, KS | Republican | R+5.3 |
| Seward County, KS | Republican | R+1.6 |
| Shawnee County, KS | Republican | R+14.7 |
| Sheridan County, KS | Republican | R+0.6 |
| Sherman County, KS | Democratic | D+6.9 |
| Smith County, KS | Republican | R+7.0 |
| Stafford County, KS | Republican | R+7.6 |
| Stanton County, KS | Republican | R+24.7 |
| Stevens County, KS | Republican | R+8.0 |
| Sumner County, KS | Republican | R+7.3 |
| Thomas County, KS | Democratic | D+4.8 |
| Trego County, KS | Republican | R+14.1 |
| Wabaunsee County, KS | Republican | R+22.4 |
| Wallace County, KS | Republican | R+24.4 |
| Washington County, KS | Republican | R+17.1 |
| Wichita County, KS | Republican | R+14.0 |
| Wilson County, KS | Republican | R+14.2 |
| Woodson County, KS | Republican | R+8.7 |
| Wyandotte County, KS | Democratic | D+1.3 |
Kansas results by county
105 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen County | William H. Taft+704 | 3,28353.8% | 2,57942.3% | 2403.9% | 6,102 |
| Anderson County | William H. Taft+210 | 1,72251.2% | 1,51245.0% | 1263.8% | 3,360 |
| Atchison County | William H. Taft+651 | 3,24454.9% | 2,59343.9% | 681.2% | 5,905 |
| Barber County | William H. Taft+233 | 1,09753.7% | 86442.3% | 814.0% | 2,042 |
| Barton County | William J. Bryan+275 | 1,72944.8% | 2,00452.0% | 1243.2% | 3,857 |
| Bourbon County | William H. Taft+9 | 2,69547.8% | 2,68647.7% | 2534.5% | 5,634 |
| Brown County | William H. Taft+734 | 2,77856.3% | 2,04441.4% | 1112.3% | 4,933 |
| Butler County | William H. Taft+759 | 3,04954.0% | 2,29040.5% | 3105.5% | 5,649 |
| Chase County | William H. Taft+187 | 1,02153.0% | 83443.3% | 703.6% | 1,925 |
| Chautauqua County | William H. Taft+731 | 1,68960.2% | 95834.1% | 1595.7% | 2,806 |
| Cherokee County | William H. Taft+74 | 3,89344.3% | 3,81943.4% | 1,08312.3% | 8,795 |
| Cheyenne County | William H. Taft+147 | 48654.3% | 33937.9% | 707.8% | 895 |
| Clark County | William H. Taft+36 | 38649.9% | 35045.2% | 384.9% | 774 |
| Clay County | William H. Taft+363 | 1,85853.0% | 1,49542.6% | 1554.4% | 3,508 |
| Cloud County | William H. Taft+507 | 2,17052.2% | 1,66340.0% | 3217.7% | 4,154 |
| Coffey County | William H. Taft+365 | 2,09453.4% | 1,72944.1% | 1002.5% | 3,923 |
| Comanche County | William H. Taft+147 | 39259.7% | 24537.3% | 203.0% | 657 |
| Cowley County | William J. Bryan+417 | 2,57842.4% | 2,99549.3% | 5058.3% | 6,078 |
| Crawford County | William H. Taft+922 | 5,15246.5% | 4,23038.2% | 1,68615.2% | 11,068 |
| Decatur County | William J. Bryan+352 | 89839.3% | 1,25054.8% | 1355.9% | 2,283 |
| Dickinson County | William H. Taft+604 | 2,88653.3% | 2,28242.1% | 2464.5% | 5,414 |
| Doniphan County | William H. Taft+1,194 | 2,30766.3% | 1,11332.0% | 601.7% | 3,480 |
| Douglas County | William H. Taft+1,269 | 3,27960.6% | 2,01037.2% | 1192.2% | 5,408 |
| Edwards County | William H. Taft+69 | 77350.2% | 70445.7% | 624.0% | 1,539 |
| Elk County | William H. Taft+267 | 1,45454.1% | 1,18744.2% | 461.7% | 2,687 |
| Ellis County | William J. Bryan+653 | 76834.5% | 1,42163.8% | 371.7% | 2,226 |
| Ellsworth County | William H. Taft+174 | 1,21352.9% | 1,03945.4% | 391.7% | 2,291 |
| Finney County | William H. Taft+449 | 1,00061.5% | 55133.9% | 764.7% | 1,627 |
| Ford County | William H. Taft+244 | 1,33353.3% | 1,08943.5% | 803.2% | 2,502 |
| Franklin County | William H. Taft+503 | 2,65852.7% | 2,15542.8% | 2274.5% | 5,040 |
| Geary County | William H. Taft+224 | 1,25753.4% | 1,03343.9% | 652.8% | 2,355 |
| Gove County | William H. Taft+176 | 63255.1% | 45639.8% | 585.1% | 1,146 |
| Graham County | William H. Taft+188 | 91152.2% | 72341.5% | 1106.3% | 1,744 |
| Grant County | William H. Taft+45 | 17854.8% | 13340.9% | 144.3% | 325 |
| Gray County | William H. Taft+34 | 37246.8% | 33842.5% | 8510.7% | 795 |
| Greeley County | William H. Taft+117 | 20664.6% | 8927.9% | 247.5% | 319 |
| Greenwood County | William H. Taft+825 | 2,37059.2% | 1,54538.6% | 912.3% | 4,006 |
| Hamilton County | William H. Taft+140 | 41557.3% | 27538.0% | 344.7% | 724 |
| Harper County | William H. Taft+86 | 1,49048.5% | 1,40445.7% | 1815.9% | 3,075 |
| Harvey County | William H. Taft+830 | 2,30558.3% | 1,47537.3% | 1744.4% | 3,954 |
| Haskell County | William H. Taft+33 | 17248.7% | 13939.4% | 4211.9% | 353 |
| Hodgeman County | William H. Taft+121 | 41157.1% | 29040.3% | 192.6% | 720 |
| Jackson County | William H. Taft+707 | 2,20158.6% | 1,49439.8% | 581.5% | 3,753 |
| Jefferson County | William H. Taft+550 | 2,27055.6% | 1,72042.1% | 952.3% | 4,085 |
| Jewell County | William H. Taft+478 | 2,41053.5% | 1,93242.9% | 1643.6% | 4,506 |
| Johnson County | William H. Taft+222 | 2,31351.2% | 2,09146.3% | 1162.6% | 4,520 |
| Kearny County | William H. Taft+131 | 43556.6% | 30439.6% | 293.8% | 768 |
| Kingman County | William J. Bryan+37 | 1,44247.3% | 1,47948.5% | 1304.3% | 3,051 |
| Kiowa County | William H. Taft+290 | 69959.5% | 40934.8% | 675.7% | 1,175 |
| Labette County | William H. Taft+584 | 3,36749.2% | 2,78340.6% | 69810.2% | 6,848 |
| Lane County | William H. Taft+86 | 35751.5% | 27139.1% | 659.4% | 693 |
| Leavenworth County | William H. Taft+1,028 | 4,84653.9% | 3,81842.4% | 3323.7% | 8,996 |
| Lincoln County | William H. Taft+101 | 1,21850.3% | 1,11746.1% | 883.6% | 2,423 |
| Linn County | William H. Taft+293 | 1,95051.8% | 1,65744.0% | 1584.2% | 3,765 |
| Logan County | William H. Taft+216 | 52459.3% | 30834.9% | 515.8% | 883 |
| Lyon County | William H. Taft+411 | 2,97350.9% | 2,56243.8% | 3095.3% | 5,844 |
| Marion County | William H. Taft+799 | 2,54657.4% | 1,74739.4% | 1393.1% | 4,432 |
| Marshall County | William H. Taft+782 | 3,29655.9% | 2,51442.6% | 851.4% | 5,895 |
| McPherson County | William H. Taft+803 | 2,70857.4% | 1,90540.4% | 1062.2% | 4,719 |
| Meade County | William H. Taft+174 | 56056.2% | 38638.8% | 505.0% | 996 |
| Miami County | William H. Taft+219 | 2,47551.0% | 2,25646.5% | 1192.5% | 4,850 |
| Mitchell County | William H. Taft+195 | 1,76550.5% | 1,57044.9% | 1604.6% | 3,495 |
| Montgomery County | William H. Taft+1,136 | 5,16652.1% | 4,03040.6% | 7207.3% | 9,916 |
| Morris County | William H. Taft+515 | 1,78857.5% | 1,27341.0% | 471.5% | 3,108 |
| Morton County | William H. Taft+14 | 15450.5% | 14045.9% | 113.6% | 305 |
| Nemaha County | William H. Taft+212 | 2,39451.6% | 2,18247.0% | 661.4% | 4,642 |
| Neosho County | William H. Taft+543 | 2,92953.1% | 2,38643.3% | 1963.6% | 5,511 |
| Ness County | William H. Taft+174 | 63548.0% | 46134.8% | 22817.2% | 1,324 |
| Norton County | William H. Taft+111 | 1,44849.8% | 1,33745.9% | 1254.3% | 2,910 |
| Osage County | William H. Taft+383 | 2,67150.3% | 2,28843.1% | 3516.6% | 5,310 |
| Osborne County | William H. Taft+533 | 1,66555.3% | 1,13237.6% | 2147.1% | 3,011 |
| Ottawa County | William H. Taft+179 | 1,44450.5% | 1,26544.3% | 1485.2% | 2,857 |
| Pawnee County | William H. Taft+39 | 1,00048.4% | 96146.5% | 1045.0% | 2,065 |
| Phillips County | William H. Taft+272 | 1,76252.3% | 1,49044.2% | 1203.6% | 3,372 |
| Pottawatomie County | William H. Taft+970 | 2,65060.8% | 1,68038.5% | 300.7% | 4,360 |
| Pratt County | William H. Taft+166 | 1,19350.5% | 1,02743.5% | 1416.0% | 2,361 |
| Rawlins County | William J. Bryan+13 | 71947.4% | 73248.2% | 674.4% | 1,518 |
| Reno County | William H. Taft+711 | 4,09252.7% | 3,38143.6% | 2893.7% | 7,762 |
| Republic County | William H. Taft+251 | 2,15651.8% | 1,90545.8% | 1022.5% | 4,163 |
| Rice County | William H. Taft+425 | 1,83251.3% | 1,40739.4% | 3299.2% | 3,568 |
| Riley County | William H. Taft+987 | 2,27661.7% | 1,28935.0% | 1233.3% | 3,688 |
| Rooks County | William H. Taft+277 | 1,28053.1% | 1,00341.6% | 1265.2% | 2,409 |
| Rush County | William J. Bryan+130 | 76445.0% | 89452.7% | 392.3% | 1,697 |
| Russell County | William H. Taft+384 | 1,36057.1% | 97641.0% | 451.9% | 2,381 |
| Saline County | William H. Taft+163 | 2,29750.2% | 2,13446.6% | 1493.3% | 4,580 |
| Scott County | William H. Taft+30 | 32447.1% | 29442.7% | 7010.2% | 688 |
| Sedgwick County | William H. Taft+707 | 6,75650.2% | 6,04945.0% | 6404.8% | 13,445 |
| Seward County | William H. Taft+14 | 42748.1% | 41346.5% | 485.4% | 888 |
| Shawnee County | William H. Taft+1,969 | 7,55456.3% | 5,58541.6% | 2822.1% | 13,421 |
| Sheridan County | William H. Taft+8 | 63948.9% | 63148.3% | 372.8% | 1,307 |
| Sherman County | William J. Bryan+69 | 43943.6% | 50850.5% | 595.9% | 1,006 |
| Smith County | William H. Taft+250 | 1,84351.7% | 1,59344.6% | 1323.7% | 3,568 |
| Stafford County | William H. Taft+199 | 1,33451.0% | 1,13543.4% | 1475.6% | 2,616 |
| Stanton County | William H. Taft+73 | 18060.8% | 10736.1% | 93.0% | 296 |
| Stevens County | William H. Taft+43 | 25848.2% | 21540.2% | 6211.6% | 535 |
| Sumner County | William H. Taft+463 | 3,23551.3% | 2,77244.0% | 2994.7% | 6,306 |
| Thomas County | William J. Bryan+61 | 56945.0% | 63049.8% | 665.2% | 1,265 |
| Trego County | William H. Taft+159 | 61754.7% | 45840.6% | 524.6% | 1,127 |
| Wabaunsee County | William H. Taft+686 | 1,84960.2% | 1,16337.9% | 571.9% | 3,069 |
| Wallace County | William H. Taft+144 | 35059.3% | 20634.9% | 345.8% | 590 |
| Washington County | William H. Taft+807 | 2,71157.5% | 1,90440.4% | 992.1% | 4,714 |
| Wichita County | William H. Taft+60 | 23354.3% | 17340.3% | 235.4% | 429 |
| Wilson County | William H. Taft+651 | 2,42853.1% | 1,77738.9% | 3648.0% | 4,569 |
| Woodson County | William H. Taft+205 | 1,25253.2% | 1,04744.5% | 532.3% | 2,352 |
| Wyandotte County | William J. Bryan+239 | 8,68447.6% | 8,92348.9% | 6523.6% | 18,259 |
Nominees: William Jennings Bryan (D) · William Howard Taft (R)
Kansas's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1908 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −48.4% |
| 1896 | +3.7% |
| 1900 | −6.6% |
| 1904 | −38.7% |
| 1908 | −9.4% |
| 1912 | +18.8% |
| 1916 | +5.9% |
| 1920 | −32.2% |
| 1924 | −37.9% |
| 1928 | −45.0% |
| 1932 | +9.4% |
| 1936 | +7.7% |
| 1940 | −14.5% |
| 1944 | −21.1% |
| 1948 | −9.0% |
| 1952 | −38.3% |
| 1956 | −31.2% |
| 1960 | −21.3% |
| 1964 | +9.0% |
| 1968 | −20.1% |
| 1972 | −38.2% |
| 1976 | −7.6% |
| 1980 | −24.6% |
| 1984 | −33.7% |
| 1988 | −13.2% |
| 1992 | −5.1% |
| 1996 | −18.2% |
| 2000 | −20.8% |
| 2004 | −25.4% |
| 2008 | −15.0% |
| 2012 | −21.6% |
| 2016 | −20.4% |
| 2020 | −14.7% |
| 2024 | −16.1% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1908 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.