1908_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Oklahoma Knowpia

1908 Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district election
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← 1907 1910 →
U.S. Representative before election; Elmer L. Fulton; Democratic	Elected U.S. Representative ; Dick Thompson Morgan; Republican

1908 Oklahoma's 1st congressional district election
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U.S. Representative before election; Bird Segle McGuire; Republican	Elected U.S. Representative ; Bird Segle McGuire; Republican

The 1908 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma were held on November 3, 1908, to elect the five U.S. representatives from the state of Oklahoma, one from each of the state's five congressional districts. Members were elected to full terms that would begin at the start of the 61st Congress. These elections were held concurrently with the 1908 presidential election.

Despite winning the popular vote, the Democratic Party lost seats to the Republican Party, who gained a majority of seats. The Socialist Party also managed to gain popularity in the newly founded state.

Overview edit

1907 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats before	Seats after	+/–
	Republican	109,413	43.25%	1	3	+2
	Democratic	122,804	48.54%	4	2	–2
	Socialist	20,766	8.21%	0	0	0
Totals		252,983	100.00%	5	5	–

Popular vote

Democratic			48.54%
Republican			43.25%
Socialist			8.21%

House seats

Republican			60.00%
Democratic			40.00%

District 1 edit

Democratic primary edit

1908 Oklahoma's 1st congressional district Democratic primary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry S. Johnston	5,962	100%

Republican primary edit

1908 Oklahoma's 1st congressional Republican primary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bird Segle McGuire (incumbent)	7,404	79.4%
	Republican	Bayard T. Hainer	1,911	20.5%
Total votes			9,315	100%

Socialist primary edit

1908 Oklahoma's 1st congressional Socialist primary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist	Achilles W. Renshaw	345	100%

General election edit

1908 Oklahoma's 1st congressional district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bird Segle McGuire (incumbent)	23,312	50.6%	+0.3%
	Democratic	Henry S. Johnston	20,501	44.5%	-2.8%
	Socialist	Achilles W. Renshaw	2,249	4.9%	+2.5%
Total votes			46,062	100%
	Republican hold

District 2 edit

Democratic primary edit

1908 Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district Democratic primary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elmer L. Fulton	7,671	100%

Republican primary edit

1908 Oklahoma's 2nd congressional Republican primary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dick Thompson Morgan	4,393	59.4%
	Republican	Charles P. Lincoln	2,911	40.5%
Total votes			7,384	100%

Socialist primary edit

1908 Oklahoma's 2nd congressional Socialist primary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist	Charles P. Randall	776	100%

General election edit

1908 Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dick Thompson Morgan	26,273	46.9	-4.0%
	Democratic	Elmer L. Fulton (incumbent)	25,349	45.2	-3.9%
	Socialist	Charles P. Randall	4,443	7.9%	New
Total votes			56,065	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 3 edit

1907 Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district election

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Nominee	Charles E. Creager	James S. Davenport
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	24,952	23,881
Percentage	48.3%	46.2%


Nominee	Winston T. Banks
Party	Socialist
Popular vote	2,827
Percentage	5.5%

U.S. Representative before election

James S. Davenport
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Charles E. Creager
Republican

Democratic primary edit

1908 Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district Democratic primary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James S. Davenport	7,673	100%

Republican primary edit

1908 Oklahoma's 3rd congressional Republican primary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles E. Creager	3,578	53.7%
	Republican	H.E.P. Stanford	3,077	46.2%
Total votes			6,655	100%

Socialist primary edit

1908 Oklahoma's 3rd congressional Socialist primary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist	Winston T. Banks	276	100%

General election edit

1908 Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Charles E. Creager	24,952	48.3	-4.4%
	Democratic	James S. Davenport (incumbent)	23,881	46.2	-1.1%
	Socialist	Winston T. Banks	2,827	5.5	New
Total votes			51,660	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 4 edit

Democratic primary edit

1908 Oklahoma's 4th congressional district Democratic primary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles D. Carter (incumbent)	11,288	100%

Republican primary edit

1908 Oklahoma's 4th congressional Republican primary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Benjamin F. Hackett	1,327	50.7%
	Republican	E.N. Wright	1,289	49.2%
Total votes			2,616	100%

Socialist primary edit

1908 Oklahoma's 4th congressional Socialist primary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist	M.C. Carter	1,511	100%

General election edit

1908 Oklahoma's 4th congressional district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Charles D. Carter (incumbent)	22,047	50.6	-11.9%
	Republican	Benjamin F. Hackett	15,727	36.1	+2.9%
	Socialist	M. C. Carter	5,769	13.3	+9.0%
Total votes			43,543	100%
	Democratic hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

District 5 edit

Democratic primary edit

1908 Oklahoma's 4th congressional district Democratic primary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Scott Ferris (incumbent)	11,288	100%

Republican primary edit

Socialist primary edit

1908 Oklahoma's 4th congressional Socialist primary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist	W.D. Davis	323	100%

General election edit

1908 Oklahoma's 5th congressional district election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Scott Ferris (incumbent)	31,026	55.8	-10.5%
	Republican	Thompson^[a]	19,149	34.4	+4.5%
	Socialist	W. D. Davis	5,478	9.8	+5.9%
Total votes			55,653	100%
	Democratic hold