Who won Texas in the 1908 presidential election?

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

How many electoral votes did Texas have in 1908?

Texas cast 18 electoral votes in the 1908 presidential election.

Did Texas vote for the national winner in 1908?

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

Progressive EraTX · 18 EV

1908

Texas: Bryan carries 18 EV.

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

What happened in Texas, 1908

In 1908, Texas 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 Texas among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 10th consecutive election in which Texas backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1872. Texas did not move alone — neighboring Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana broke the same way in 1908. Across the 44 presidential elections Texas has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (28 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

Texas full history →