1908 United States presidential election in New York
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Turnout | 79.7%[1] 3.6 pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections in New York State |
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The 1908 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 3, 1908. All 46 contemporary states were part of the 1908 United States presidential election. Voters chose 39 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Taft carried New York State with 53.11% of the vote to Bryan's 40.74%, a victory margin of 12.37%. Debs finished a distant third, receiving 2.35% of the vote in the state.
New York weighed in for this election as about 4% more Republican than the national average. New York would prove to be a Republican stronghold during the Fourth Party System, voting for Republican candidates in the presidential elections of that era barring Woodrow Wilson's win four years later. This was the first time since its incorporation in 1898 that a Republican won New York City, something that has happened twice since, in 1920 and 1924.
Bryan had previously lost New York twice to William McKinley in both 1896 and 1900.
Results
1908 United States presidential election in New York[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | William Howard Taft | 870,070 | 53.11% | 39 | |
Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 667,468 | 40.74% | 0 | |
Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 38,451 | 2.35% | 0 | |
Independence League
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Thomas L. Hisgen | 35,817 | 2.19% | 0 | |
Prohibition | Eugene W. Chafin | 22,667 | 1.38% | 0 | |
Socialist Labor | August Gillhaus | 3,877 | 0.24% | 0 | |
Totals | 1,638,350 | 100.0% | 39 |
New York City results
1908 Presidential Election in New York City | Manhattan | The Bronx | Brooklyn | Queens | Staten Island | Total | |||
Republican | William Howard Taft | 154,958 | 119,789 | 19,420 | 6,831 | 300,998 | 46.86% | ||
44.71% | 50.64% | 44.13% | 45.29% | ||||||
Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 160,261 | 96,756 | 20,342 | 7,401 | 284,760 | 44.34% | ||
46.24% | 40.90% | 46.22% | 49.07% | ||||||
Independence League
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Thomas L. Hisgen | 14,125 | 10,448 | 2,284 | 523 | 27,380 | 4.26% | ||
4.08% | 4.42% | 5.19% | 3.47% | ||||||
Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 15,599 | 8,422 | 1,751 | 193 | 25,965 | 4.04% | ||
4.50% | 3.56% | 3.98% | 1.28% | ||||||
Socialist Labor | August Gillhaus | 1,162 | 625 | 93 | 32 | 1,912 | 0.30% | ||
0.34% | 0.26% | 0.21% | 0.21% | ||||||
Prohibition | Eugene W. Chafin | 507 | 530 | 118 | 104 | 1,259 | 0.20% | ||
0.15% | 0.22% | 0.27% | 0.69% | ||||||
TOTAL | 346,612 | 236,570 | 44,008 | 15,084 | 642,274 | 100.00% |
Results by county
County | William Howard Taft Republican |
William Jennings Bryan Democratic |
Eugene Victor Debs[3] Socialist |
Various candidates[3] Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[4] | |||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Albany | 24,763 | 55.93% | 18,732 | 42.31% | 206 | 0.47% | 576 | 1.30% | 6,031 | 13.62% | 44,277 |
Allegany | 7,504 | 64.64% | 3,390 | 29.20% | 46 | 0.40% | 669 | 5.76% | 4,114 | 35.44% | 11,609 |
Broome | 10,705 | 58.15% | 6,671 | 36.24% | 99 | 0.54% | 933 | 5.07% | 4,034 | 21.91% | 18,408 |
Cattaraugus | 9,320 | 56.93% | 6,096 | 37.24% | 281 | 1.72% | 674 | 4.12% | 3,224 | 19.69% | 16,371 |
Cayuga | 9,699 | 58.34% | 5,789 | 34.82% | 595 | 3.58% | 541 | 3.25% | 3,910 | 23.52% | 16,624 |
Chautauqua | 15,739 | 65.62% | 6,158 | 25.67% | 988 | 4.12% | 1,100 | 4.59% | 9,581 | 39.95% | 23,985 |
Chemung | 7,410 | 53.11% | 5,966 | 42.76% | 80 | 0.57% | 496 | 3.56% | 1,444 | 10.35% | 13,952 |
Chenango | 5,949 | 57.52% | 3,772 | 36.47% | 67 | 0.65% | 554 | 5.36% | 2,177 | 21.05% | 10,342 |
Clinton | 5,474 | 55.54% | 3,866 | 39.22% | 54 | 0.55% | 462 | 4.69% | 1,608 | 16.31% | 9,856 |
Columbia | 5,726 | 51.54% | 5,097 | 45.88% | 16 | 0.14% | 270 | 2.43% | 629 | 5.66% | 11,109 |
Cortland | 5,090 | 62.26% | 2,616 | 32.00% | 12 | 0.15% | 458 | 5.60% | 2,474 | 30.26% | 8,176 |
Delaware | 7,142 | 58.28% | 4,641 | 37.87% | 21 | 0.17% | 451 | 3.68% | 2,501 | 20.41% | 12,255 |
Dutchess | 11,132 | 53.58% | 8,961 | 43.13% | 73 | 0.35% | 609 | 2.93% | 2,171 | 10.45% | 20,775 |
Erie | 52,182 | 52.36% | 45,185 | 45.34% | 1,234 | 1.24% | 1,059 | 1.06% | 6,997 | 7.02% | 99,660 |
Essex | 5,167 | 69.09% | 2,033 | 27.18% | 60 | 0.80% | 219 | 2.93% | 3,134 | 41.90% | 7,479 |
Franklin | 5,999 | 64.13% | 2,935 | 31.37% | 21 | 0.22% | 400 | 4.28% | 3,064 | 32.75% | 9,355 |
Fulton | 6,574 | 57.96% | 3,508 | 30.93% | 565 | 4.98% | 695 | 6.13% | 3,066 | 27.03% | 11,342 |
Genesee | 5,794 | 62.26% | 3,171 | 34.07% | 14 | 0.15% | 327 | 3.51% | 2,623 | 28.19% | 9,306 |
Greene | 4,191 | 50.42% | 3,711 | 44.64% | 63 | 0.76% | 348 | 4.19% | 480 | 5.77% | 8,313 |
Hamilton | 632 | 50.00% | 586 | 46.36% | 1 | 0.08% | 45 | 3.56% | 46 | 3.64% | 1,264 |
Herkimer | 8,202 | 55.88% | 5,918 | 40.32% | 156 | 1.06% | 403 | 2.75% | 2,284 | 15.56% | 14,679 |
Jefferson | 11,477 | 57.93% | 6,694 | 33.79% | 436 | 2.20% | 1,206 | 6.09% | 4,783 | 24.14% | 19,813 |
Kings
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119,789 | 50.64% | 96,756 | 40.90% | 8,422 | 3.56% | 11,603 | 4.90% | 23,033 | 9.74% | 236,570 |
Lewis | 4,159 | 58.13% | 2,810 | 39.27% | 13 | 0.18% | 173 | 2.42% | 1,349 | 18.85% | 7,155 |
Livingston | 5,700 | 59.74% | 3,567 | 37.38% | 14 | 0.15% | 261 | 2.74% | 2,133 | 22.35% | 9,542 |
Madison | 6,727 | 61.28% | 3,637 | 33.13% | 141 | 1.28% | 473 | 4.31% | 3,090 | 28.15% | 10,978 |
Monroe | 33,250 | 56.69% | 22,704 | 38.71% | 1,521 | 2.59% | 1,174 | 2.00% | 10,546 | 17.98% | 58,649 |
Montgomery | 7,571 | 57.02% | 5,254 | 39.57% | 58 | 0.44% | 395 | 2.97% | 2,317 | 17.45% | 13,278 |
Nassau | 9,787 | 63.04% | 4,883 | 31.45% | 86 | 0.55% | 769 | 4.95% | 4,904 | 31.59% | 15,525 |
New York
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154,958 | 44.71% | 160,261 | 46.24% | 15,599 | 4.50% | 15,794 | 4.56% | -5,303 | -1.53% | 346,612 |
Niagara | 11,145 | 54.75% | 8,574 | 42.12% | 95 | 0.47% | 542 | 2.66% | 2,571 | 12.63% | 20,356 |
Oneida | 19,346 | 54.59% | 14,968 | 42.24% | 250 | 0.71% | 873 | 2.46% | 4,378 | 12.35% | 35,437 |
Onondaga | 27,209 | 58.70% | 16,643 | 35.90% | 1,116 | 2.41% | 1,387 | 2.99% | 10,566 | 22.79% | 46,355 |
Ontario | 8,245 | 58.73% | 5,484 | 39.06% | 82 | 0.58% | 229 | 1.63% | 2,761 | 19.67% | 14,040 |
Orange | 14,414 | 57.03% | 9,938 | 39.32% | 194 | 0.77% | 730 | 2.89% | 4,476 | 17.71% | 25,276 |
Orleans | 4,885 | 62.31% | 2,590 | 33.04% | 27 | 0.34% | 338 | 4.31% | 2,295 | 29.27% | 7,840 |
Oswego | 10,447 | 58.22% | 6,172 | 34.39% | 76 | 0.42% | 1,250 | 6.97% | 4,275 | 23.82% | 17,945 |
Otsego | 7,459 | 53.37% | 5,975 | 42.75% | 24 | 0.17% | 519 | 3.71% | 1,484 | 10.62% | 13,977 |
Putnam | 2,275 | 60.70% | 1,369 | 36.53% | 4 | 0.11% | 100 | 2.67% | 906 | 24.17% | 3,748 |
Queens
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19,420 | 44.13% | 20,342 | 46.22% | 1,751 | 3.98% | 2,495 | 5.67% | -922 | -2.10% | 44,008 |
Rensselaer | 17,196 | 54.92% | 13,162 | 42.04% | 224 | 0.72% | 729 | 2.33% | 4,034 | 12.88% | 31,311 |
Richmond
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6,831 | 45.29% | 7,401 | 49.07% | 193 | 1.28% | 659 | 4.37% | -570 | -3.78% | 15,084 |
Rockland | 4,857 | 52.64% | 3,937 | 42.67% | 88 | 0.95% | 345 | 3.74% | 920 | 9.97% | 9,227 |
Saratoga | 8,706 | 54.49% | 6,518 | 40.80% | 155 | 0.97% | 597 | 3.74% | 2,188 | 13.70% | 15,976 |
Schenectady | 9,944 | 52.72% | 7,129 | 37.80% | 1,110 | 5.88% | 679 | 3.60% | 2,815 | 14.92% | 18,862 |
Schoharie | 3,393 | 45.22% | 3,841 | 51.19% | 5 | 0.07% | 265 | 3.53% | -448 | -5.97% | 7,504 |
Schuyler | 2,417 | 56.60% | 1,695 | 39.70% | 16 | 0.37% | 142 | 3.33% | 722 | 16.91% | 4,270 |
Seneca | 3,749 | 52.80% | 3,136 | 44.16% | 54 | 0.76% | 162 | 2.28% | 613 | 8.63% | 7,101 |
St. Lawrence | 14,151 | 67.87% | 5,898 | 28.29% | 61 | 0.29% | 739 | 3.54% | 8,253 | 39.58% | 20,849 |
Steuben | 12,313 | 56.33% | 8,366 | 38.27% | 237 | 1.08% | 943 | 4.31% | 3,947 | 18.06% | 21,859 |
Suffolk | 10,689 | 60.29% | 5,877 | 33.15% | 283 | 1.60% | 881 | 4.97% | 4,812 | 27.14% | 17,730 |
Sullivan | 4,593 | 52.52% | 3,911 | 44.72% | 55 | 0.63% | 187 | 2.14% | 682 | 7.80% | 8,746 |
Tioga | 4,247 | 58.55% | 2,706 | 37.30% | 45 | 0.62% | 256 | 3.53% | 1,541 | 21.24% | 7,254 |
Tompkins | 5,090 | 55.13% | 3,734 | 40.45% | 50 | 0.54% | 358 | 3.88% | 1,356 | 14.69% | 9,232 |
Ulster | 10,475 | 53.06% | 8,560 | 43.36% | 107 | 0.54% | 598 | 3.03% | 1,915 | 9.70% | 19,740 |
Warren | 4,800 | 58.61% | 3,019 | 36.86% | 60 | 0.73% | 311 | 3.80% | 1,781 | 21.75% | 8,190 |
Washington | 7,933 | 65.63% | 3,593 | 29.73% | 110 | 0.91% | 451 | 3.73% | 4,340 | 35.91% | 12,087 |
Wayne | 8,008 | 62.68% | 4,404 | 34.47% | 56 | 0.44% | 309 | 2.42% | 3,604 | 28.21% | 12,777 |
Westchester | 29,438 | 58.38% | 18,346 | 36.38% | 923 | 1.83% | 1,715 | 3.40% | 11,092 | 22.00% | 50,422 |
Wyoming | 5,308 | 62.32% | 2,885 | 33.87% | 28 | 0.33% | 296 | 3.48% | 2,423 | 28.45% | 8,517 |
Yates | 3,275 | 60.98% | 1,927 | 35.88% | 30 | 0.56% | 139 | 2.59% | 1,348 | 25.10% | 5,371 |
Totals | 870,070 | 53.11% | 667,468 | 40.74% | 38,451 | 2.35% | 62,361 | 3.81% | 202,602 | 12.37% | 1,638,350 |
See also
References
- ^ Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.
- ^ "1908 Presidential Election Results - New York". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
- ^ a b Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1908 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)
- ISBN 9780804716963