1908 Presidential Election

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1908 Presidential Election: William Howard Taft Won✓

The 1908 United States presidential election was held on November 3, 1908. The election was a contest between Republican nominee William Howard Taft, who was the Secretary of War, and Democratic nominee William Jennings Bryan. Taft secured 321 electoral votes to Bryan’s 162.

162
William Jennings Bryan

6,408,984 votes (43.10%)

321
✓ William Howard Taft

7,678,395 votes (51.60%)

266 needed to win

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Missouri Results

✓ William Howard Taft (R) won the state of Missouri.

Indiana Results

✓ William Howard Taft (R) won the state of Indiana.

Montana Results

✓ William Howard Taft (R) won the state of Montana.

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Full state results

State	William Howard Taft votes	William Howard Taft %	William Jennings Bryan votes	William Jennings Bryan %	Total votes
Alabama	25,561	24.31%	74,391	70.75%	105,152
Arkansas	56,624	37.30%	87,015	57.31%	151,822
California	214,398	55.46%	127,492	32.98%	386,597
Colorado	123,693	46.88%	126,644	48.00%	263,858
Connecticut	112,915	59.43%	68,255	35.92%	190,003
Delaware	25,014	52.10%	22,055	45.94%	48,007
Florida	10,654	21.58%	31,104	63.01%	49,360
Georgia	41,355	31.21%	72,350	54.60%	132,504
Idaho	52,621	54.09%	36,162	37.17%	97,293
Illinois	629,932	54.53%	450,810	39.02%	1,155,254
Indiana	348,993	48.40%	338,262	46.91%	721,126
Iowa	275,209	55.62%	200,771	40.58%	494,769
Kansas	197,216	52.46%	161,209	42.88%	375,946
Kentucky	235,711	48.03%	244,092	49.74%	490,719
Louisiana	8,958	11.93%	63,568	84.63%	75,117
Maine	66,987	63.00%	35,403	33.29%	106,336
Maryland	116,513	48.85%	115,908	48.59%	238,531
Massachusetts	265,966	58.21%	155,543	34.04%	456,919
Michigan	335,580	61.93%	175,771	32.44%	541,830
Minnesota	195,843	59.11%	109,401	33.02%	331,304
Mississippi	4,363	6.52%	60,287	90.11%	66,904
Missouri	347,203	48.50%	346,574	48.41%	715,927
Montana	32,333	46.98%	29,326	42.61%	68,822
Nebraska	126,997	47.60%	131,099	49.14%	266,799
Nevada	10,775	43.93%	11,212	45.71%	24,526
New Hampshire	53,149	59.32%	33,655	37.56%	89,600
New Jersey	265,298	56.80%	182,522	39.07%	467,111
New York	870,070	53.11%	667,468	40.74%	1,638,350
North Carolina	114,887	45.49%	136,928	54.22%	252,554
North Dakota	57,680	61.02%	32,885	34.79%	94,525
Ohio	572,312	51.03%	502,721	44.82%	1,121,552
Oklahoma	110,550	43.03%	123,907	48.22%	256,917
Oregon	62,530	56.39%	38,049	34.31%	110,889
Pennsylvania	745,779	58.84%	448,782	35.41%	1,267,450
Rhode Island	43,942	60.76%	24,706	34.16%	72,317
South Carolina	3,945	5.94%	62,288	93.84%	66,379
South Dakota	67,536	58.84%	40,266	35.08%	114,775
Tennessee	117,977	45.87%	135,608	52.73%	257,180
Texas	65,666	22.35%	217,302	73.97%	293,757
Utah	61,028	56.19%	42,601	39.22%	108,613
Vermont	39,552	75.08%	11,496	21.82%	52,680
Virginia	52,572	38.36%	82,946	60.52%	137,065
Washington	106,062	57.68%	58,691	31.92%	183,879
West Virginia	137,869	53.42%	111,418	43.17%	258,105
Wisconsin	247,747	54.52%	166,662	36.67%	454,441
Wyoming	20,846	55.43%	14,918	39.67%	37,609