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The United States presidential election of 1908 was the 31st quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 1908. Popular incumbent President Theodore Roosevelt, honoring a promise not to seek a third term, persuaded the Republican Party to nominate William Howard Taft, his close friend and Secretary of War, to become his successor.
1908 US Presidential Election Result
Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Popular vote | Electoral | Running mate | |||
Count | Pct | vote | Vice-presidential candidate | Home state | Elect. vote | |||
William Howard Taft | Republican | Ohio | 76,78,335 | 51.57% | 321 | James S. Sherman | New York | 321 |
William Jennings Bryan | Democratic | Nebraska | 64,08,979 | 43.04% | 162 | John W. Kern | Indiana | 162 |
Eugene V. Debs | Socialist | Indiana | 4,20,852 | 2.83% | 0 | Benjamin Hanford | New York | 0 |
Eugene W. Chafin | Prohibition | Illinois | 2,54,087 | 1.71% | 0 | Aaron S. Watkins | Ohio | 0 |
Thomas L. Hisgen | Independence | Massachusetts | 82,574 | 0.55% | 0 | John Temple Graves | Georgia | 0 |
Thomas E. Watson | Populist | Georgia | 28,862 | 0.19% | 0 | Samuel Williams | Indiana | 0 |
August Gillhaus | Socialist Labor | New York | 14,031 | 0.09% | 0 | Donald L. Munro | Virginia | 0 |
Other | 1,519 | 0.01% | — | Other | — | |||
Total | 1,48,89,239 | 100% | 483 | 483 | ||||
Needed to win | 242 | 242 |
Source: Wikipedia