The 1908 United States presidential election in Utah was held on November 3, 1908, throughout all forty-six contemporary states. Utah voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. This was the last election when Utah had the minimum three electoral votes as it would gain a second congressional district after the 1910 Census.
Background
Although Democrat/Populist Bryan had carried Utah in its debut presidential election by a five-to-one margin, the Republican Party – ditching ancestral hostility to the state's dominant Mormon religion[1] – was soon able to take control of the state, despite a threat from the anti-Mormon "American Party" in urban areas with sizeable non-Mormon ("Gentile") populations.[2] In its third election of 1904, the Beehive State had given a virtual two-to-one majority for Theodore Roosevelt against New York Democrat Alton B. Parker, who carried only Dixie's Washington County.
The antagonism towards Bryan of business, despite a powerful socialist movement in mining districts[3] meant that Taft has little trouble repeating Theodore Roosevelt's triumph of 1904, although Bryan was able to cut Parker's losing margin from 29 to 17 percentage points.
Results
Results by county
| County |
Taft# |
Taft% |
Bryan# |
Bryan% |
Others# |
Others% |
Total votes cast[4] |
| Beaver |
945 |
55.13% |
741 |
43.23% |
28 |
1.63% |
1,714 |
| Box Elder |
2,401 |
62.20% |
1,417 |
36.71% |
42 |
1.09% |
3,860 |
| Cache |
3,795 |
52.86% |
3,317 |
46.20% |
67 |
0.93% |
7,179 |
| Carbon |
1,027 |
59.92% |
581 |
33.90% |
106 |
6.18% |
1,714 |
| Davis |
1,740 |
55.95% |
1,331 |
42.80% |
39 |
1.25% |
3,110 |
| Emery |
1,098 |
54.76% |
749 |
37.36% |
158 |
7.88% |
2,005 |
| Garfield |
878 |
72.03% |
299 |
24.53% |
42 |
3.45% |
1,219 |
| Grand |
233 |
48.85% |
215 |
45.07% |
29 |
6.08% |
477 |
| Iron |
718 |
56.01% |
488 |
38.07% |
76 |
5.93% |
1,282 |
| Juab |
1,619 |
48.46% |
1,421 |
42.53% |
301 |
9.01% |
3,341 |
| Kane |
414 |
79.77% |
102 |
19.65% |
3 |
0.58% |
519 |
| Millard |
1,004 |
55.56% |
765 |
42.34% |
38 |
2.10% |
1,807 |
| Morgan |
490 |
57.99% |
306 |
36.21% |
49 |
5.80% |
845 |
| Piute |
332 |
56.46% |
157 |
26.70% |
99 |
16.84% |
588 |
| Rich |
427 |
59.55% |
285 |
39.75% |
5 |
0.70% |
717 |
| Salt Lake |
20,755 |
57.96% |
12,954 |
36.18% |
2,100 |
5.86% |
35,809 |
| San Juan |
131 |
53.25% |
109 |
44.31% |
6 |
2.44% |
246 |
| Sanpete |
3,333 |
57.77% |
2,307 |
39.99% |
129 |
2.24% |
5,769 |
| Sevier |
1,777 |
54.90% |
1,272 |
39.30% |
188 |
5.81% |
3,237 |
| Summit |
1,612 |
50.84% |
1,402 |
44.21% |
157 |
4.95% |
3,171 |
| Tooele |
1,106 |
56.03% |
808 |
40.93% |
60 |
3.04% |
1,974 |
| Uintah |
782 |
48.57% |
683 |
42.42% |
145 |
9.01% |
1,610 |
| Utah |
6,390 |
54.88% |
4,984 |
42.81% |
269 |
2.31% |
11,643 |
| Wasatch |
1,265 |
53.83% |
985 |
41.91% |
100 |
4.26% |
2,350 |
| Washington |
738 |
47.49% |
810 |
52.12% |
6 |
0.39% |
1,554 |
| Wayne |
276 |
49.64% |
184 |
33.09% |
96 |
17.27% |
556 |
| Weber |
5,879 |
56.05% |
3,965 |
37.81% |
644 |
6.14% |
10,488 |
| Total | 61,165 | 56.23% | 42,637 | 39.19% | 4,982 | 4.58% | 108,784 |
References
- ↑ Peterson, Charles S.; Utah: A History; pp. 163-164
ISBN 0393302210
- ↑ Wahlquist, C. Austin; ‘The 1912 Presidential Election in Utah’ (A Thesis Presented to the Department of History, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah)
- ↑ Salvatore, Nick; Eugene V. Debs: Citizen and Socialist, p. 220
ISBN 0252011481
- 1 2 Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote; 1896-1932 (second edition); pp. 223-224 Published 1947 by Stanford University Press
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