U.S. presidential election, 1908
| Presidential Candidate | Electoral Vote |
Popular Vote |
Pct |
Party
| Running Mate
(Electoral Votes) |
| William Howard Taft of Ohio (W) |
321 |
7,678,908 |
52.0 |
Republican |
James Schoolcraft Sherman of New York (321) |
| William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska |
162 |
6,409,104 |
43.4 |
Democrat |
John William Kern of Indiana (162) |
| Other |
|
|
4.6 |
|
| Total |
|
|
100.0% |
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Major Party Conventions
The 1908 Republican Convention was held in Chicago from 16 June to 19 June. Prominent Republican candidates included House Speaker Joseph Gurney Cannon of Illinois, Charles Evans Hughes of New York, and Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin, but William Howard Taft, the Secretary of War, prevailed with the backing of outgoing President Theodore Roosevelt.
The 1908 Democratic Convention was held in Denver from 7 July to 10 July. Despite a challenge by Minnesota governor John Albert Johnson, two time previous nominee William Jennings Bryan quickly won the overwhelming support of his party.
The election was held on November 3, 1908.
Votes for other candidates in the election
Notes
Vice-President James S. Sherman died in office October 30, 1912.
See also: President of the United States, U.S. presidential election, 1908, History of the United States (1865-1918)
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