1908 United States presidential election in New York

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1908 United States presidential election in New York
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Turnout79.7% [1] Decrease2.svg 3.6 pp
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Nominee William Howard Taft William Jennings Bryan
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Ohio Nebraska
Running mate James S. Sherman John W. Kern
Electoral vote390
Popular vote870,070667,468
Percentage53.11%40.74%
New York Presidential Election Results 1908.svg
County Results
President before election

Theodore Roosevelt
Republican

Elected President

William Howard Taft
Republican

The 1908 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 3, 1908. All 46 contemporary states were part of the 1908 United States presidential election. Voters chose 39 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

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New York was won by the Republican nominees, United States Secretary of War William Howard Taft of Ohio and his running mate Congressman James S. Sherman of New York. Taft and Sherman defeated the Democratic nominees, former Congressman and two-time prior presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate Senator John W. Kern of Indiana. Also in the running was the Socialist Party candidate, Eugene V. Debs, who ran with Ben Hanford.

Taft carried New York State with 53.11% of the vote to Bryan's 40.74%, a victory margin of 12.37%. Debs finished a distant third, receiving 2.35% of the vote in the state.

New York weighed in for this election as about 4% more Republican than the national average. New York would prove to be a Republican stronghold during the Fourth Party System, voting for Republican candidates in the presidential elections of that era barring Woodrow Wilson's win four years later. This was the first time since its incorporation in 1898 that a Republican won New York City, something that has happened twice since, in 1920 and 1924.

Bryan had previously lost New York twice to William McKinley in both 1896 and 1900.

Results

1908 United States presidential election in New York [2]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican William Howard Taft 870,07053.11%39
Democratic William Jennings Bryan 667,46840.74%0
Socialist Eugene V. Debs 38,4512.35%0
Independence League Thomas L. Hisgen 35,8172.19%0
Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin 22,6671.38%0
Socialist Labor August Gillhaus 3,8770.24%0
Totals1,638,350100.0%39

New York City results

1908 Presidential Election in New York City Manhattan The Bronx Brooklyn Queens Staten Island Total
Republican William Howard Taft 154,958119,78919,4206,831300,99846.86%
44.71%50.64%44.13%45.29%
Democratic William Jennings Bryan 160,26196,75620,3427,401284,76044.34%
46.24%40.90%46.22%49.07%
Independence League Thomas L. Hisgen 14,12510,4482,28452327,3804.26%
4.08%4.42%5.19%3.47%
Socialist Eugene V. Debs 15,5998,4221,75119325,9654.04%
4.50%3.56%3.98%1.28%
Socialist Labor August Gillhaus 1,16262593321,9120.30%
0.34%0.26%0.21%0.21%
Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin 5075301181041,2590.20%
0.15%0.22%0.27%0.69%
TOTAL346,612236,57044,00815,084642,274100.00%

Results by county

CountyWilliam Howard Taft
Republican		William Jennings Bryan
Democratic		Eugene Victor Debs [3]
Socialist		Various candidates [3]
Other parties		MarginTotal votes cast [4]
# %# %# %# %# %
Albany 24,76355.93%18,73242.31%2060.47%5761.30%6,03113.62%44,277
Allegany 7,50464.64%3,39029.20%460.40%6695.76%4,11435.44%11,609
Broome 10,70558.15%6,67136.24%990.54%9335.07%4,03421.91%18,408
Cattaraugus 9,32056.93%6,09637.24%2811.72%6744.12%3,22419.69%16,371
Cayuga 9,69958.34%5,78934.82%5953.58%5413.25%3,91023.52%16,624
Chautauqua 15,73965.62%6,15825.67%9884.12%1,1004.59%9,58139.95%23,985
Chemung 7,41053.11%5,96642.76%800.57%4963.56%1,44410.35%13,952
Chenango 5,94957.52%3,77236.47%670.65%5545.36%2,17721.05%10,342
Clinton 5,47455.54%3,86639.22%540.55%4624.69%1,60816.31%9,856
Columbia 5,72651.54%5,09745.88%160.14%2702.43%6295.66%11,109
Cortland 5,09062.26%2,61632.00%120.15%4585.60%2,47430.26%8,176
Delaware 7,14258.28%4,64137.87%210.17%4513.68%2,50120.41%12,255
Dutchess 11,13253.58%8,96143.13%730.35%6092.93%2,17110.45%20,775
Erie 52,18252.36%45,18545.34%1,2341.24%1,0591.06%6,9977.02%99,660
Essex 5,16769.09%2,03327.18%600.80%2192.93%3,13441.90%7,479
Franklin 5,99964.13%2,93531.37%210.22%4004.28%3,06432.75%9,355
Fulton 6,57457.96%3,50830.93%5654.98%6956.13%3,06627.03%11,342
Genesee 5,79462.26%3,17134.07%140.15%3273.51%2,62328.19%9,306
Greene 4,19150.42%3,71144.64%630.76%3484.19%4805.77%8,313
Hamilton 63250.00%58646.36%10.08%453.56%463.64%1,264
Herkimer 8,20255.88%5,91840.32%1561.06%4032.75%2,28415.56%14,679
Jefferson 11,47757.93%6,69433.79%4362.20%1,2066.09%4,78324.14%19,813
Kings 119,78950.64%96,75640.90%8,4223.56%11,6034.90%23,0339.74%236,570
Lewis 4,15958.13%2,81039.27%130.18%1732.42%1,34918.85%7,155
Livingston 5,70059.74%3,56737.38%140.15%2612.74%2,13322.35%9,542
Madison 6,72761.28%3,63733.13%1411.28%4734.31%3,09028.15%10,978
Monroe 33,25056.69%22,70438.71%1,5212.59%1,1742.00%10,54617.98%58,649
Montgomery 7,57157.02%5,25439.57%580.44%3952.97%2,31717.45%13,278
Nassau 9,78763.04%4,88331.45%860.55%7694.95%4,90431.59%15,525
New York 154,95844.71%160,26146.24%15,5994.50%15,7944.56%-5,303-1.53%346,612
Niagara 11,14554.75%8,57442.12%950.47%5422.66%2,57112.63%20,356
Oneida 19,34654.59%14,96842.24%2500.71%8732.46%4,37812.35%35,437
Onondaga 27,20958.70%16,64335.90%1,1162.41%1,3872.99%10,56622.79%46,355
Ontario 8,24558.73%5,48439.06%820.58%2291.63%2,76119.67%14,040
Orange 14,41457.03%9,93839.32%1940.77%7302.89%4,47617.71%25,276
Orleans 4,88562.31%2,59033.04%270.34%3384.31%2,29529.27%7,840
Oswego 10,44758.22%6,17234.39%760.42%1,2506.97%4,27523.82%17,945
Otsego 7,45953.37%5,97542.75%240.17%5193.71%1,48410.62%13,977
Putnam 2,27560.70%1,36936.53%40.11%1002.67%90624.17%3,748
Queens 19,42044.13%20,34246.22%1,7513.98%2,4955.67%-922-2.10%44,008
Rensselaer 17,19654.92%13,16242.04%2240.72%7292.33%4,03412.88%31,311
Richmond 6,83145.29%7,40149.07%1931.28%6594.37%-570-3.78%15,084
Rockland 4,85752.64%3,93742.67%880.95%3453.74%9209.97%9,227
Saratoga 8,70654.49%6,51840.80%1550.97%5973.74%2,18813.70%15,976
Schenectady 9,94452.72%7,12937.80%1,1105.88%6793.60%2,81514.92%18,862
Schoharie 3,39345.22%3,84151.19%50.07%2653.53%-448-5.97%7,504
Schuyler 2,41756.60%1,69539.70%160.37%1423.33%72216.91%4,270
Seneca 3,74952.80%3,13644.16%540.76%1622.28%6138.63%7,101
St. Lawrence 14,15167.87%5,89828.29%610.29%7393.54%8,25339.58%20,849
Steuben 12,31356.33%8,36638.27%2371.08%9434.31%3,94718.06%21,859
Suffolk 10,68960.29%5,87733.15%2831.60%8814.97%4,81227.14%17,730
Sullivan 4,59352.52%3,91144.72%550.63%1872.14%6827.80%8,746
Tioga 4,24758.55%2,70637.30%450.62%2563.53%1,54121.24%7,254
Tompkins 5,09055.13%3,73440.45%500.54%3583.88%1,35614.69%9,232
Ulster 10,47553.06%8,56043.36%1070.54%5983.03%1,9159.70%19,740
Warren 4,80058.61%3,01936.86%600.73%3113.80%1,78121.75%8,190
Washington 7,93365.63%3,59329.73%1100.91%4513.73%4,34035.91%12,087
Wayne 8,00862.68%4,40434.47%560.44%3092.42%3,60428.21%12,777
Westchester 29,43858.38%18,34636.38%9231.83%1,7153.40%11,09222.00%50,422
Wyoming 5,30862.32%2,88533.87%280.33%2963.48%2,42328.45%8,517
Yates 3,27560.98%1,92735.88%300.56%1392.59%1,34825.10%5,371
Totals870,07053.11%667,46840.74%38,4512.35%62,3613.81%202,60212.37%1,638,350

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References

  1. ↑ Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.
  2. ↑ "1908 Presidential Election Results - New York". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  3. 1 2 Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1908 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)
  4. ↑ Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 275-280 ISBN   9780804716963
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