Who won Missouri in the 1908 presidential election?

Bryan (Democratic) carried Missouri in 1908, winning its 18 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Missouri have in 1908?

Missouri cast 18 electoral votes in the 1908 presidential election.

Did Missouri vote for the national winner in 1908?

No. Missouri backed Bryan, while William Howard Taft won the presidency nationally.

Progressive EraMO · 18 EV

1908

Missouri: Bryan carries 18 EV.

Missouri cast its 18 electoral votes for Bryan (Democratic). National winner: William Howard Taft (Republican) — Missouri voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Missouri, 1908

In 1908, Missouri awarded its 18 electoral votes to Bryan of the Democratic party. Nationally the result broke the other way — William Howard Taft (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Missouri among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 10th consecutive election in which Missouri backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1872. The region divided — Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska joined Missouri for the Democratic ticket, while Iowa, Illinois, and Kansas did not. Across the 52 presidential elections Missouri has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (33 times). The vote fell within the Progressive Era — Trust-busting, suffrage, and World War I.

In the national count, William Howard Taft took 321 of the 483 electoral votes, against William Jennings Bryan's 162. William Howard Taft led the national popular vote with 51.57% of the ballots cast.

The 1908 national map

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