1908 United States presidential election in Nebraska
1908 United States presidential election in Nebraska
County Results
Bryan
40-50%
50-60%
Taft
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
The 1908 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 3, 1908. All contemporary 46 states were part of the 1908 United States presidential election . Voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College , which selected the president and vice president .
Nebraska was won by the Democratic nominees, former Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate John W. Kern of Indiana . They defeated the Republican Party nominees, former Secretary of War William Howard Taft of Ohio and his running mate James S. Sherman of New York . Bryan won his home state by a narrow margin of 1.54%.
Bryan had previously won Nebraska against William McKinley in 1896 but lost it to McKinley in their 1900 rematch. Bryan's two wins in the state are the only times a Democrat has carried Nebraska without winning the presidency, although Kamala Harris would win one of the state’s electoral votes in her unsuccessful 2024 presidential bid .
As of 2020, this along with 1892 is the 2nd and last time that Nebraska has voted for a different presidential candidate than neighboring Kansas .
Results
Results by county
County[ 2]
William Jennings Bryan
William Howard Taft
Eugene Wilder Chafin
Eugene Victor Debs
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Adams
2,337
51.53%
1,987
43.81%
119
2.62%
92
2.03%
350
7.72%
4,535
Antelope
1,455
45.36%
1,658
51.68%
66
2.06%
29
0.90%
-203
-6.33%
3,208
Banner
74
27.61%
175
65.30%
2
0.75%
17
6.34%
-101
-37.69%
268
Blaine
160
40.82%
220
56.12%
4
1.02%
8
2.04%
-60
-15.31%
392
Boone
1,583
49.24%
1,580
49.14%
40
1.24%
12
0.37%
3
0.09%
3,215
Box Butte
684
51.35%
600
45.05%
19
1.43%
29
2.18%
84
6.31%
1,332
Boyd
891
46.75%
954
50.05%
34
1.78%
27
1.42%
-63
-3.31%
1,906
Brown
526
44.92%
588
50.21%
15
1.28%
42
3.59%
-62
-5.29%
1,171
Buffalo
2,520
48.49%
2,526
48.60%
75
1.44%
76
1.46%
-6
-0.12%
5,197
Burt
1,215
38.47%
1,880
59.53%
49
1.55%
14
0.44%
-665
-21.06%
3,158
Butler
2,129
59.16%
1,412
39.23%
41
1.14%
17
0.47%
717
19.92%
3,599
Cass
2,387
48.03%
2,440
49.09%
85
1.71%
58
1.17%
-53
-1.07%
4,970
Cedar
1,732
50.90%
1,627
47.81%
39
1.15%
5
0.15%
105
3.09%
3,403
Chase
338
43.61%
400
51.61%
34
4.39%
3
0.39%
-62
-8.00%
775
Cherry
1,021
47.09%
1,048
48.34%
41
1.89%
58
2.68%
-27
-1.25%
2,168
Cheyenne
809
45.97%
886
50.34%
28
1.59%
37
2.10%
-77
-4.38%
1,760
Clay
1,939
49.01%
1,891
47.80%
95
2.40%
31
0.78%
48
1.21%
3,956
Colfax
1,267
51.03%
1,159
46.68%
21
0.85%
36
1.45%
108
4.35%
2,483
Cuming
1,722
56.64%
1,284
42.24%
29
0.95%
5
0.16%
438
14.41%
3,040
Custer
2,898
48.86%
2,788
47.01%
98
1.65%
147
2.48%
110
1.85%
5,931
Dakota
716
48.09%
729
48.96%
22
1.48%
22
1.48%
-13
-0.87%
1,489
Dawes
727
45.21%
836
51.99%
16
1.00%
29
1.80%
-109
-6.78%
1,608
Dawson
1,926
51.06%
1,737
46.05%
87
2.31%
22
0.58%
189
5.01%
3,772
Deuel
392
41.79%
526
56.08%
12
1.28%
8
0.85%
-134
-14.29%
938
Dixon
1,100
45.23%
1,257
51.69%
63
2.59%
12
0.49%
-157
-6.46%
2,432
Dodge
2,664
50.66%
2,437
46.34%
109
2.07%
49
0.93%
227
4.32%
5,259
Douglas
15,583
50.74%
14,066
45.80%
266
0.87%
798
2.60%
1,517
4.94%
30,713
Dundy
391
42.50%
486
52.83%
17
1.85%
26
2.83%
-95
-10.33%
920
Fillmore
1,989
52.22%
1,756
46.10%
40
1.05%
24
0.63%
233
6.12%
3,809
Franklin
1,298
52.42%
1,083
43.74%
57
2.30%
38
1.53%
215
8.68%
2,476
Frontier
847
41.24%
1,098
53.46%
55
2.68%
54
2.63%
-251
-12.22%
2,054
Furnas
1,618
51.78%
1,400
44.80%
92
2.94%
15
0.48%
218
6.98%
3,125
Gage
3,129
44.38%
3,721
52.78%
131
1.86%
69
0.98%
-592
-8.40%
7,050
Garfield
363
47.51%
368
48.17%
10
1.31%
23
3.01%
-5
-0.65%
764
Gosper
634
54.28%
499
42.72%
32
2.74%
3
0.26%
135
11.56%
1,168
Grant
101
51.79%
93
47.69%
0
0.00%
1
0.51%
8
4.10%
195
Greeley
1,072
59.36%
691
38.26%
14
0.78%
29
1.61%
381
21.10%
1,806
Hall
2,229
47.62%
2,241
47.87%
102
2.18%
109
2.33%
-12
-0.26%
4,681
Hamilton
1,664
48.26%
1,633
47.36%
129
3.74%
22
0.64%
31
0.90%
3,448
Harlan
1,158
48.19%
1,081
44.99%
115
4.79%
49
2.04%
77
3.20%
2,403
Hayes
277
40.20%
359
52.10%
11
1.60%
42
6.10%
-82
-11.90%
689
Hitchcock
632
48.77%
633
48.84%
17
1.31%
14
1.08%
-1
-0.08%
1,296
Holt
1,777
51.06%
1,541
44.28%
99
2.84%
63
1.81%
236
6.78%
3,480
Hooker
91
46.19%
100
50.76%
3
1.52%
3
1.52%
-9
-4.57%
197
Howard
1,435
57.79%
977
39.35%
40
1.61%
31
1.25%
458
18.45%
2,483
Jefferson
1,787
46.49%
1,941
50.49%
77
2.00%
39
1.01%
-154
-4.01%
3,844
Johnson
1,150
44.92%
1,357
53.01%
45
1.76%
8
0.31%
-207
-8.09%
2,560
Kearney
1,174
50.69%
993
42.88%
121
5.22%
28
1.21%
181
7.82%
2,316
Keith
310
44.99%
368
53.41%
6
0.87%
5
0.73%
-58
-8.42%
689
Keya Paha
354
41.99%
422
50.06%
18
2.14%
49
5.81%
-68
-8.07%
843
Kimball
124
34.73%
216
60.50%
7
1.96%
10
2.80%
-92
-25.77%
357
Knox
2,106
51.40%
1,871
45.67%
79
1.93%
41
1.00%
235
5.74%
4,097
Lancaster
8,540
51.91%
7,428
45.15%
400
2.43%
85
0.52%
1,112
6.76%
16,453
Lincoln
1,382
43.43%
1,541
48.43%
80
2.51%
179
5.63%
-159
-5.00%
3,182
Logan
155
49.52%
140
44.73%
10
3.19%
8
2.56%
15
4.79%
313
Loup
170
36.96%
248
53.91%
10
2.17%
32
6.96%
-78
-16.96%
460
Madison
1,878
46.15%
2,137
52.52%
40
0.98%
14
0.34%
-259
-6.37%
4,069
McPherson
165
38.55%
234
54.67%
11
2.57%
18
4.21%
-69
-16.12%
428
Merrick
1,081
44.76%
1,133
46.92%
186
7.70%
15
0.62%
-52
-2.15%
2,415
Nance
926
44.97%
1,082
52.55%
45
2.19%
6
0.29%
-156
-7.58%
2,059
Nemaha
1,674
50.01%
1,583
47.30%
49
1.46%
41
1.22%
91
2.72%
3,347
Nuckolls
1,523
49.32%
1,519
49.19%
35
1.13%
11
0.36%
4
0.13%
3,088
Otoe
2,411
50.83%
2,243
47.29%
71
1.50%
18
0.38%
168
3.54%
4,743
Pawnee
1,115
41.73%
1,468
54.94%
80
2.99%
9
0.34%
-353
-13.21%
2,672
Perkins
265
50.67%
254
48.57%
1
0.19%
3
0.57%
11
2.10%
523
Phelps
1,238
43.78%
1,445
51.10%
116
4.10%
29
1.03%
-207
-7.32%
2,828
Pierce
1,095
49.82%
1,067
48.54%
27
1.23%
9
0.41%
28
1.27%
2,198
Platte
2,487
59.99%
1,584
38.21%
67
1.62%
8
0.19%
903
21.78%
4,146
Polk
1,264
47.82%
1,171
44.31%
165
6.24%
43
1.63%
93
3.52%
2,643
Red Willow
1,317
48.96%
1,242
46.17%
53
1.97%
78
2.90%
75
2.79%
2,690
Richardson
2,258
50.53%
2,123
47.51%
71
1.59%
17
0.38%
135
3.02%
4,469
Rock
334
40.14%
469
56.37%
14
1.68%
15
1.80%
-135
-16.23%
832
Saline
2,249
51.04%
2,048
46.48%
93
2.11%
16
0.36%
201
4.56%
4,406
Sarpy
1,090
52.68%
912
44.08%
41
1.98%
26
1.26%
178
8.60%
2,069
Saunders
2,679
52.42%
2,309
45.18%
91
1.78%
32
0.63%
370
7.24%
5,111
Scotts Bluff
549
38.10%
789
54.75%
30
2.08%
73
5.07%
-240
-16.66%
1,441
Seward
2,029
50.69%
1,930
48.21%
41
1.02%
3
0.07%
99
2.47%
4,003
Sheridan
733
48.26%
709
46.68%
34
2.24%
43
2.83%
24
1.58%
1,519
Sherman
925
52.14%
776
43.74%
23
1.30%
50
2.82%
149
8.40%
1,774
Sioux
464
45.71%
516
50.84%
24
2.36%
11
1.08%
-52
-5.12%
1,015
Stanton
823
50.49%
792
48.59%
9
0.55%
6
0.37%
31
1.90%
1,630
Thayer
1,703
48.75%
1,714
49.07%
53
1.52%
23
0.66%
-11
-0.31%
3,493
Thomas
130
55.56%
95
40.60%
2
0.85%
7
2.99%
35
14.96%
234
Thurston
734
44.30%
895
54.01%
15
0.91%
13
0.78%
-161
-9.72%
1,657
Valley
1,045
48.70%
1,040
48.46%
51
2.38%
10
0.47%
5
0.23%
2,146
Washington
1,460
46.63%
1,592
50.85%
39
1.25%
40
1.28%
-132
-4.22%
3,131
Wayne
1,055
44.23%
1,297
54.38%
23
0.96%
10
0.42%
-242
-10.15%
2,385
Webster
1,354
46.72%
1,408
48.59%
119
4.11%
17
0.59%
-54
-1.86%
2,898
Wheeler
252
48.74%
236
45.65%
10
1.93%
19
3.68%
16
3.09%
517
York
2,042
46.58%
2,209
50.39%
124
2.83%
9
0.21%
-167
-3.81%
4,384
Totals
131,099
49.14%
126,997
47.60%
5,179
1.94%
3,524
1.32%
4,102
1.54%
266,799
See also
Notes
References
