1908 United States presidential election in Connecticut

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1908 United States presidential election in Connecticut
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  1904 November 3, 1908 1912  
  William Howard Taft, Bain bw photo portrait, 1908.jpg Unsuccessful 1908.jpg
Nominee William Howard Taft William Jennings Bryan
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Ohio Nebraska
Running mate James S. Sherman John W. Kern
Electoral vote70
Popular vote112,91568,255
Percentage59.43%35.92%

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Connecticut Presidential Election Results 1908 by Municipality.svg

President before election

Theodore Roosevelt
Republican

Elected President

William Howard Taft
Republican

The 1908 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 3, 1908, as part of the 1908 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Connecticut voted for the Republican nominees, Secretary of War William Howard Taft of Ohio and his running mate James S. Sherman of New York. They defeated the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate John W. Kern of Indiana. Taft won the state by a margin of 23.51%.

Bryan had previously lost Connecticut to William McKinley in both 1896 and 1900.

Results

1908 United States presidential election in Connecticut [1]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Republican William Howard Taft of Ohio James Schoolcraft Sherman of New York 112,91559.43%7100.00%
Democratic William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska John Worth Kern of Indiana 68,25535.92%00.00%
Socialist Eugene Victor Debs of Indiana Benjamin Hanford of New York 5,1132.69%00.00%
Prohibition Eugene Wilder Chafin of Illinois Aaron Sherman Watkins of Ohio 2,3801.25%00.00%
Independence Thomas Louis Hisgen of Massachusetts John Temple Graves of Georgia 7280.38%00.00%
Socialist Labor August Gillhaus of New York Donald L. Munro of Virginia 6080.31%00.00%
N/AOthersOthers40.01%00.00%
Total190,003100.00%7100.00%

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References

  1. "1908 Presidential General Election Results - Connecticut". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.