1908 United States presidential election in South Carolina
The 1908 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 3, 1908. Voters chose 9 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Bryan 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% 90-100%
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South Carolina overwhelmingly voted for the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan, over the Republican nominee, Secretary of War William Howard Taft. Bryan won the state by a landslide margin of 87.9 points, even carrying Hampton County unanimously. Although South Carolina was Taft's weakest state, he performed slightly better in the state than Theodore Roosevelt had four years prior.
Results
| 1908 United States presidential election in South Carolina[1] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska | John Worth Kern of Indiana | 62,288 | 93.84% | 9 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican | William Howard Taft of Ohio | James Schoolcraft Sherman of New York | 3,945 | 5.94% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Socialist | Eugene Victor Debs of Indiana | Ben Hanford of New York | 100 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Independence | Thomas Louis Hisgen of Massachusetts | John Temple Graves of Georgia | 46 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 66,379 | 100.00% | 9 | 100.00% | ||||
Results by county
| County | William Jennings Bryan[2] Democratic |
William Howard Taft[2] Republican |
Eugene Victor Debs[2] Socialist |
Thomas Hisgen[2] Independence |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Abbeville | 1,481 | 99.13% | 9 | 0.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.27% | 1,472 | 98.53% | 1,494 |
| Aiken | 1,990 | 97.64% | 48 | 2.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,942 | 95.29% | 2,038 |
| Anderson | 2,099 | 97.18% | 58 | 2.69% | 3 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,041 | 94.49% | 2,160 |
| Bamberg | 848 | 96.25% | 33 | 3.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 815 | 92.51% | 881 |
| Barnwell | 1,407 | 94.11% | 88 | 5.89% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,319 | 88.23% | 1,495 |
| Beaufort | 522 | 65.74% | 272 | 34.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 250 | 31.49% | 794 |
| Berkeley | 609 | 72.16% | 235 | 27.84% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 374 | 44.31% | 844 |
| Calhoun | 669 | 92.28% | 54 | 7.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.28% | 615 | 84.83% | 725 |
| Charleston | 1,814 | 82.68% | 347 | 15.82% | 26 | 1.19% | 7 | 0.32% | 1,467 | 66.86% | 2,194 |
| Cherokee | 1,506 | 95.80% | 66 | 4.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,440 | 91.60% | 1,572 |
| Chester | 1,368 | 97.37% | 37 | 2.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,331 | 94.73% | 1,405 |
| Chesterfield | 1,458 | 96.88% | 47 | 3.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,411 | 93.75% | 1,505 |
| Clarendon | 1,091 | 94.62% | 62 | 5.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,029 | 89.25% | 1,153 |
| Colleton | 1,399 | 93.89% | 91 | 6.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,308 | 87.79% | 1,490 |
| Darlington | 1,279 | 98.38% | 21 | 1.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,258 | 96.77% | 1,300 |
| Dorchester | 883 | 89.10% | 103 | 10.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 5 | 0.50% | 780 | 78.71% | 991 |
| Edgefield | 1,097 | 99.28% | 8 | 0.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,089 | 98.55% | 1,105 |
| Fairfield | 830 | 98.34% | 12 | 1.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.24% | 818 | 96.92% | 844 |
| Florence | 1,460 | 97.46% | 28 | 1.87% | 7 | 0.47% | 3 | 0.20% | 1,432 | 95.59% | 1,498 |
| Georgetown | 544 | 83.31% | 108 | 16.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.15% | 436 | 66.77% | 653 |
| Greenville | 2,774 | 92.93% | 176 | 5.90% | 28 | 0.94% | 7 | 0.23% | 2,598 | 87.04% | 2,985 |
| Greenwood | 1,765 | 98.44% | 18 | 1.00% | 10 | 0.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,747 | 97.43% | 1,793 |
| Hampton | 1,138 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,138 | 100.00% | 1,138 |
| Horry | 1,247 | 95.70% | 56 | 4.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,191 | 91.40% | 1,303 |
| Kershaw | 922 | 95.25% | 45 | 4.65% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.10% | 877 | 90.60% | 968 |
| Lancaster | 1,730 | 96.65% | 58 | 3.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.11% | 1,672 | 93.41% | 1,790 |
| Laurens | 2,160 | 97.21% | 61 | 2.75% | 1 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,099 | 94.46% | 2,222 |
| Lee | 963 | 94.13% | 58 | 5.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.20% | 905 | 88.47% | 1,023 |
| Lexington | 2,508 | 96.87% | 80 | 3.09% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,428 | 93.78% | 2,589 |
| Marion | 2,007 | 95.66% | 91 | 4.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,916 | 91.33% | 2,098 |
| Marlboro | 917 | 98.29% | 16 | 1.71% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 901 | 96.57% | 933 |
| Newberry | 1,681 | 97.39% | 44 | 2.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.06% | 1,637 | 94.84% | 1,726 |
| Oconee | 1,126 | 86.62% | 172 | 13.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.15% | 954 | 73.38% | 1,300 |
| Orangeburg | 2,687 | 86.87% | 405 | 13.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,282 | 73.78% | 3,093 |
| Pickens | 1,241 | 95.68% | 56 | 4.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,185 | 91.36% | 1,297 |
| Richland | 1,750 | 87.19% | 236 | 11.76% | 18 | 0.90% | 3 | 0.15% | 1,514 | 75.44% | 2,007 |
| Saluda | 1,385 | 99.28% | 8 | 0.57% | 1 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.07% | 1,377 | 98.71% | 1,395 |
| Spartanburg | 4,162 | 94.76% | 225 | 5.12% | 5 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,937 | 89.64% | 4,392 |
| Sumter | 1,228 | 87.15% | 173 | 12.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 8 | 0.57% | 1,055 | 74.88% | 1,409 |
| Union | 1,389 | 96.59% | 49 | 3.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,340 | 93.18% | 1,438 |
| Williamsburg | 1,550 | 89.60% | 180 | 10.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,370 | 79.19% | 1,730 |
| York | 1,606 | 98.23% | 29 | 1.77% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,577 | 96.45% | 1,635 |
| Totals | 62,290 | 93.80% | 3,963 | 5.97% | 100 | 0.15% | 52 | 0.08% | 58,327 | 87.84% | 66,405 |
References
- "1908 Presidential General Election Results – South Carolina". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
- "Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1908". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)
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