The 1908 United States presidential election in Florida was held on November 3, 1908 as part of the 1908 United States presidential election . Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for President and Vice-President. With the disenfranchisement of African-Americans by a poll tax in 1889,[1] Al Smith in 1928. Unlike southern states extending into the Appalachian Mountains or Ozarks , or Texas with its German settlements in the Edwards Plateau , Florida completely lacked upland or German refugee whites opposed to secession . Thus Florida's Republican Party between 1872 and 1888 was entirely dependent upon black votes, a fact is graphically seen when one considers that – although very few blacks in Florida had ever voted within the previous fifty-five years – at the time of the landmark court case of Smith v. Allwright [2] [3]
1908 United States presidential election in Florida County Results
Bryan
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
Taft
40–50%
Florida 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 the state by a narrow margin of 41.43%.
Nevertheless, Florida's one-party Democratic rule was to be marginally interrupted in the 1900s by considerable Socialist and Populist growth, centered in Tampa and Jacksonville , and southern Lee County with its "Koreshan Unity " sect[4] Eugene V. Debs , in the second of his five Presidential runs, over ten percent of the vote in several counties of South Florida , and Populist Thomas E. Watson substantial votes in many pineywoods counties.
1908 saw several major strikes in the state, notably of railcars in Pensacola ,[4]
Bryan had previously won Florida twice against William McKinley in both 1896 and 1900 .
Results edit Results by county edit William Jennings Bryan William Howard Taft Eugene Victor Debs[6] Thomas Edward Watson[6] Eugene Wilder Chafin[6] Thomas Hisgen[6] Margin Total votes cast[7] County # % # % # % # % # % # % # % # Alachua 1,239 61.03% 686 33.79% 25 1.23% 26 1.28% 38 1.87% 16 0.79% 553 27.24% 2,030 Baker 152 45.24% 104 30.95% 51 15.18% 11 3.27% 7 2.08% 11 3.27% 48 14.29% 336 Bradford 729 74.31% 180 18.35% 19 1.94% 13 1.33% 38 3.87% 2 0.20% 549 55.96% 981 Brevard 294 50.78% 225 38.86% 50 8.64% 7 1.21% 1 0.17% 2 0.35% 69 11.92% 579 Calhoun 241 35.23% 339 49.56% 12 1.75% 84 12.28% 2 0.29% 6 0.88% -98 -14.33% 684 Citrus 371 83.56% 33 7.43% 26 5.86% 8 1.80% 6 1.35% 0 0.00% 338 76.13% 444 Clay 355 63.62% 122 21.86% 22 3.94% 18 3.23% 38 6.81% 3 0.54% 233 41.76% 558 Columbia 465 52.13% 279 31.28% 61 6.84% 54 6.05% 23 2.58% 10 1.12% 186 20.85% 892 Dade 961 60.59% 275 17.34% 160 10.09% 108 6.81% 53 3.34% 29 1.83% 686 43.25% 1,586 De Soto 992 69.03% 244 16.98% 112 7.79% 32 2.23% 44 3.06% 13 0.90% 748 52.05% 1,437 Duval 2,381 66.84% 641 18.00% 233 6.54% 155 4.35% 100 2.81% 52 1.46% 1,740 48.84% 3,562 Escambia 1,887 56.23% 718 21.39% 351 10.46% 245 7.30% 101 3.01% 54 1.61% 1,169 34.84% 3,356 Franklin 283 56.94% 112 22.54% 56 11.27% 30 6.04% 9 1.81% 7 1.41% 171 34.40% 497 Gadsden 563 76.29% 89 12.06% 34 4.61% 34 4.61% 12 1.63% 6 0.81% 474 64.23% 738 Hamilton 452 63.84% 116 16.38% 84 11.86% 33 4.66% 17 2.40% 6 0.85% 336 47.46% 708 Hernando 260 76.70% 57 16.81% 14 4.13% 5 1.47% 3 0.88% 0 0.00% 203 59.89% 339 Hillsborough 2,703 73.17% 367 9.94% 366 9.91% 69 1.87% 146 3.95% 43 1.16% 2,336 63.23% 3,694 Holmes 438 50.69% 337 39.00% 40 4.63% 32 3.70% 8 0.93% 9 1.04% 101 11.69% 864 Jackson 1,122 66.43% 353 20.90% 134 7.93% 55 3.26% 10 0.59% 15 0.89% 769 45.53% 1,689 Jefferson 565 71.34% 149 18.81% 23 2.90% 30 3.79% 21 2.65% 4 0.51% 416 52.53% 792 Lafayette 487 75.50% 90 13.95% 15 2.33% 8 1.24% 44 6.82% 1 0.16% 397 61.55% 645 Lake 487 58.46% 200 24.01% 62 7.44% 33 3.96% 45 5.40% 6 0.72% 287 34.45% 833 Lee 266 49.91% 72 13.51% 109 20.45% 10 1.88% 74 13.88% 2 0.38% 157[a] 29.46% 533 Leon 698 72.86% 143 14.93% 44 4.59% 39 4.07% 25 2.61% 9 0.94% 555 57.93% 958 Levy 411 59.14% 189 27.19% 64 9.21% 14 2.01% 11 1.58% 6 0.86% 222 31.95% 695 Liberty 176 64.47% 69 25.27% 11 4.03% 11 4.03% 4 1.47% 2 0.73% 107 39.20% 273 Madison 511 85.88% 32 5.38% 23 3.87% 19 3.19% 7 1.18% 3 0.50% 479 80.50% 595 Manatee 644 70.85% 93 10.23% 104 11.44% 36 3.96% 28 3.08% 4 0.44% 540[a] 59.41% 909 Marion 1,352 61.85% 482 22.05% 120 5.49% 97 4.44% 116 5.31% 19 0.87% 870 39.80% 2,186 Monroe 630 54.03% 227 19.47% 239 20.50% 26 2.23% 31 2.66% 13 1.11% 391[a] 33.53% 1,166 Nassau 466 75.04% 92 14.81% 20 3.22% 15 2.42% 16 2.58% 12 1.93% 374 60.23% 621 Orange 952 59.17% 485 30.14% 63 3.92% 63 3.92% 26 1.62% 20 1.24% 467 29.03% 1,609 Osceola 193 57.44% 81 24.11% 12 3.57% 47 13.99% 1 0.30% 2 0.60% 112 33.33% 336 Pasco 436 76.49% 81 14.21% 21 3.68% 17 2.98% 15 2.63% 0 0.00% 355 62.28% 570 Polk 1,251 69.62% 290 16.14% 154 8.57% 54 3.01% 41 2.28% 7 0.39% 961 53.48% 1,797 Putnam 797 54.22% 454 30.88% 105 7.14% 57 3.88% 32 2.18% 25 1.70% 343 23.34% 1,470 St. Johns 758 56.07% 344 25.44% 35 3.02% 6 0.52% 10 0.86% 5 0.43% 414 30.63% 1,158 St. Lucie 280 64.52% 63 14.52% 146 24.62% 49 8.26% 32 5.40% 23 3.88% 134[a] 39.90% 593 Santa Rosa 535 66.63% 212 26.40% 38 4.53% 14 1.67% 7 0.84% 32 3.82% 323 40.23% 838 Sumter 343 69.72% 62 12.60% 28 5.69% 35 7.11% 22 4.47% 2 0.41% 281 57.12% 492 Suwannee 597 56.70% 150 14.25% 220 20.89% 55 5.22% 19 1.80% 12 1.14% 377[a] 35.81% 1,053 Taylor 250 48.64% 160 31.13% 41 7.98% 48 9.34% 12 2.33% 3 0.58% 90 17.51% 514 Volusia 736 58.18% 444 35.10% 41 3.24% 12 0.95% 28 2.21% 4 0.32% 292 23.08% 1,265 Wakulla 239 69.48% 56 16.28% 31 9.01% 11 3.20% 6 1.74% 1 0.29% 183 53.20% 344 Walton 504 51.85% 369 37.96% 46 4.73% 34 3.50% 13 1.34% 6 0.62% 135 13.89% 972 Washington 652 55.77% 288 24.64% 82 7.01% 87 7.44% 14 1.20% 46 3.93% 364 31.13% 1,169 Totals 31,104 63.01% 10,654 21.58% 3,747 7.59% 1,946 3.94% 1,356 2.75% 553 1.12% 20,450 41.43% 49,360
See also edit Notes edit ^ a b c d e In this county where Debs ran second ahead of Taft, margin given is Bryan vote total minus Debs vote total and percentage margin Bryan percentage minus Debs percentage. References edit ^ Silbey, Joel H. and Bogue, Allan G.; The History of American Electoral Behavior , p. 210 ISBN 140087114X ^ See Price, Hugh Douglas; 'The Negro and Florida Politics, 1944-1954'; The Journal of Politics ^ Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority , pp. 208, 210 ISBN 9780691163246 ^ a b Griffin, R. Steven; ‘Workers of the Sunshine State, Unite! The Florida Socialist Party during the Progressive Era, 1900-1920’ (thesis) ^ "1908 Presidential General Election Results – Florida". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved February 24, 2012 . ^ a b c d Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1908 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures) ^ Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932 , pp. 156-161 ISBN 9780804716963
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Main article 1908 United States presidential election The 1908 United States presidential election in Florida was held on November 3 1908 as part of the 1908 United States presidential election Voters chose five representatives or electors to the Electoral College who voted for President and Vice President With the disenfranchisement of African Americans by a poll tax in 1889 1 Florida become a one party Democratic state which it was to remain until the 1950s apart from the anti Catholic vote against Al Smith in 1928 Unlike southern states extending into the Appalachian Mountains or Ozarks or Texas with its German settlements in the Edwards Plateau Florida completely lacked upland or German refugee whites opposed to secession Thus Florida s Republican Party between 1872 and 1888 was entirely dependent upon black votes a fact is graphically seen when one considers that although very few blacks in Florida had ever voted within the previous fifty five years at the time of the landmark court case of Smith v Allwright half of Florida s registered Republicans were still black 2 Thus disfranchisement of blacks and poor whites left Florida as devoid of Republican adherents as Louisiana Mississippi or South Carolina 3 1908 United States presidential election in Florida 1904 November 3 1908 1912 Nominee William Jennings Bryan William Howard Taft Eugene V DebsParty Democratic Republican SocialistHome state Nebraska Ohio IndianaRunning mate John W Kern James S Sherman Ben HanfordElectoral vote 5 0 0Popular vote 31 104 10 654 3 747Percentage 63 01 21 58 7 59 County Results Bryan 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 Taft 40 50 President before electionTheodore RooseveltRepublican Elected President William Howard TaftRepublicanFlorida 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 the state by a narrow margin of 41 43 Nevertheless Florida s one party Democratic rule was to be marginally interrupted in the 1900s by considerable Socialist and Populist growth centered in Tampa and Jacksonville and southern Lee County with its Koreshan Unity sect 4 Immigrants and farmers fearing loss of tenure were able to give Eugene V Debs in the second of his five Presidential runs over ten percent of the vote in several counties of South Florida and Populist Thomas E Watson substantial votes in many pineywoods counties 1908 saw several major strikes in the state notably of railcars in Pensacola 4 and Debs was able to improve upon his 1904 vote to the extent of running second in five counties However Bryan still carried the state by a three to one margin over his nearest rival Bryan had previously won Florida twice against William McKinley in both 1896 and 1900 Contents 1 Results 1 1 Results by county 2 See also 3 Notes 4 ReferencesResults edit1908 United States presidential election in Florida 5 Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votesDemocrat William Jennings Bryan 31 104 63 01 5Republican William Howard Taft 10 654 21 58 0Socialist Eugene V Debs 3 747 7 59 0People s Thomas E Watson 1 946 3 94 0Prohibition Eugene W Chafin 1 356 2 75 0Independence Thomas L Hisgen 553 1 12 0Totals 49 360 100 00 5Results by county edit William Jennings BryanDemocratic William Howard TaftRepublican Eugene Victor Debs 6 Socialist Thomas Edward Watson 6 Populist Eugene Wilder Chafin 6 Prohibition Thomas Hisgen 6 Independence Margin Total votes cast 7 County Alachua 1 239 61 03 686 33 79 25 1 23 26 1 28 38 1 87 16 0 79 553 27 24 2 030Baker 152 45 24 104 30 95 51 15 18 11 3 27 7 2 08 11 3 27 48 14 29 336Bradford 729 74 31 180 18 35 19 1 94 13 1 33 38 3 87 2 0 20 549 55 96 981Brevard 294 50 78 225 38 86 50 8 64 7 1 21 1 0 17 2 0 35 69 11 92 579Calhoun 241 35 23 339 49 56 12 1 75 84 12 28 2 0 29 6 0 88 98 14 33 684Citrus 371 83 56 33 7 43 26 5 86 8 1 80 6 1 35 0 0 00 338 76 13 444Clay 355 63 62 122 21 86 22 3 94 18 3 23 38 6 81 3 0 54 233 41 76 558Columbia 465 52 13 279 31 28 61 6 84 54 6 05 23 2 58 10 1 12 186 20 85 892Dade 961 60 59 275 17 34 160 10 09 108 6 81 53 3 34 29 1 83 686 43 25 1 586De Soto 992 69 03 244 16 98 112 7 79 32 2 23 44 3 06 13 0 90 748 52 05 1 437Duval 2 381 66 84 641 18 00 233 6 54 155 4 35 100 2 81 52 1 46 1 740 48 84 3 562Escambia 1 887 56 23 718 21 39 351 10 46 245 7 30 101 3 01 54 1 61 1 169 34 84 3 356Franklin 283 56 94 112 22 54 56 11 27 30 6 04 9 1 81 7 1 41 171 34 40 497Gadsden 563 76 29 89 12 06 34 4 61 34 4 61 12 1 63 6 0 81 474 64 23 738Hamilton 452 63 84 116 16 38 84 11 86 33 4 66 17 2 40 6 0 85 336 47 46 708Hernando 260 76 70 57 16 81 14 4 13 5 1 47 3 0 88 0 0 00 203 59 89 339Hillsborough 2 703 73 17 367 9 94 366 9 91 69 1 87 146 3 95 43 1 16 2 336 63 23 3 694Holmes 438 50 69 337 39 00 40 4 63 32 3 70 8 0 93 9 1 04 101 11 69 864Jackson 1 122 66 43 353 20 90 134 7 93 55 3 26 10 0 59 15 0 89 769 45 53 1 689Jefferson 565 71 34 149 18 81 23 2 90 30 3 79 21 2 65 4 0 51 416 52 53 792Lafayette 487 75 50 90 13 95 15 2 33 8 1 24 44 6 82 1 0 16 397 61 55 645Lake 487 58 46 200 24 01 62 7 44 33 3 96 45 5 40 6 0 72 287 34 45 833Lee 266 49 91 72 13 51 109 20 45 10 1 88 74 13 88 2 0 38 157 a 29 46 533Leon 698 72 86 143 14 93 44 4 59 39 4 07 25 2 61 9 0 94 555 57 93 958Levy 411 59 14 189 27 19 64 9 21 14 2 01 11 1 58 6 0 86 222 31 95 695Liberty 176 64 47 69 25 27 11 4 03 11 4 03 4 1 47 2 0 73 107 39 20 273Madison 511 85 88 32 5 38 23 3 87 19 3 19 7 1 18 3 0 50 479 80 50 595Manatee 644 70 85 93 10 23 104 11 44 36 3 96 28 3 08 4 0 44 540 a 59 41 909Marion 1 352 61 85 482 22 05 120 5 49 97 4 44 116 5 31 19 0 87 870 39 80 2 186Monroe 630 54 03 227 19 47 239 20 50 26 2 23 31 2 66 13 1 11 391 a 33 53 1 166Nassau 466 75 04 92 14 81 20 3 22 15 2 42 16 2 58 12 1 93 374 60 23 621Orange 952 59 17 485 30 14 63 3 92 63 3 92 26 1 62 20 1 24 467 29 03 1 609Osceola 193 57 44 81 24 11 12 3 57 47 13 99 1 0 30 2 0 60 112 33 33 336Pasco 436 76 49 81 14 21 21 3 68 17 2 98 15 2 63 0 0 00 355 62 28 570Polk 1 251 69 62 290 16 14 154 8 57 54 3 01 41 2 28 7 0 39 961 53 48 1 797Putnam 797 54 22 454 30 88 105 7 14 57 3 88 32 2 18 25 1 70 343 23 34 1 470St Johns 758 56 07 344 25 44 35 3 02 6 0 52 10 0 86 5 0 43 414 30 63 1 158St Lucie 280 64 52 63 14 52 146 24 62 49 8 26 32 5 40 23 3 88 134 a 39 90 593Santa Rosa 535 66 63 212 26 40 38 4 53 14 1 67 7 0 84 32 3 82 323 40 23 838Sumter 343 69 72 62 12 60 28 5 69 35 7 11 22 4 47 2 0 41 281 57 12 492Suwannee 597 56 70 150 14 25 220 20 89 55 5 22 19 1 80 12 1 14 377 a 35 81 1 053Taylor 250 48 64 160 31 13 41 7 98 48 9 34 12 2 33 3 0 58 90 17 51 514Volusia 736 58 18 444 35 10 41 3 24 12 0 95 28 2 21 4 0 32 292 23 08 1 265Wakulla 239 69 48 56 16 28 31 9 01 11 3 20 6 1 74 1 0 29 183 53 20 344Walton 504 51 85 369 37 96 46 4 73 34 3 50 13 1 34 6 0 62 135 13 89 972Washington 652 55 77 288 24 64 82 7 01 87 7 44 14 1 20 46 3 93 364 31 13 1 169Totals 31 104 63 01 10 654 21 58 3 747 7 59 1 946 3 94 1 356 2 75 553 1 12 20 450 41 43 49 360See also editUnited States presidential elections in FloridaNotes edit a b c d e In this county where Debs ran second ahead of Taft margin given is Bryan vote total minus Debs vote total and percentage margin Bryan percentage minus Debs percentage References edit Silbey Joel H and Bogue Allan G The History of American Electoral Behavior p 210 ISBN 140087114X See Price Hugh Douglas The Negro and Florida Politics 1944 1954 The Journal of Politics Vol 17 No 2 May 1955 pp 198 220 Phillips Kevin P The Emerging Republican Majority pp 208 210 ISBN 9780691163246 a b Griffin R Steven Workers of the Sunshine State Unite The Florida Socialist Party during the Progressive Era 1900 1920 thesis 1908 Presidential General Election Results Florida Dave Leip s U S Election Atlas Retrieved February 24 2012 a b c d Geoelections Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1908 xlsx file for 30 including full minor party 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