Who won Oklahoma in the 1908 presidential election?

Bryan (Democratic) carried Oklahoma in 1908, winning its 7 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Oklahoma have in 1908?

Oklahoma cast 7 electoral votes in the 1908 presidential election.

Did Oklahoma vote for the national winner in 1908?

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

Progressive EraOK · 7 EV

1908

Oklahoma: Bryan carries 7 EV.

Oklahoma cast its 7 electoral votes for Bryan (Democratic). National winner: William Howard Taft (Republican) — Oklahoma voted against the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1908 result in Oklahoma

Oklahoma backed Bryan (Democratic) in the 1908 presidential election, casting 7 electoral votes for the ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — William Howard Taft (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Oklahoma among the states he did not carry.

1908 was the first presidential election in which Oklahoma cast electoral votes. The region divided — Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas joined Oklahoma for the Democratic ticket, while Kansas and Colorado did not. Across the 30 presidential elections Oklahoma has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (20 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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