1908 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

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1908 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
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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 vote340
Popular vote745,779448,782
Percentage58.84%35.41%

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County Results

President before election

Theodore Roosevelt
Republican

Elected President

William Howard Taft
Republican

The 1908 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 3, 1908, as part of the 1908 United States presidential election, throughout 46 states (Arizona and New Mexico were still territories that would participate in the next election). This was the first presidential election in which Oklahoma participated. Voters chose 34 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Pennsylvania overwhelmingly 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 landslide margin of 23.43%.

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

Results

1908 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania [1]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican William Howard Taft 745,77958.84%34
Democratic William Jennings Bryan 448,78235.41%0
Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin 36,6942.90%0
Socialist Eugene V. Debs 33,9142.68%0
Socialist Labor August Gillhaus 1,2240.10%0
Independence Thomas L. Hisgen 1,0570.08%0
Totals1,270,250100.00%34

Results by county

CountyWilliam Howard Taft
Republican
William Jennings Bryan
Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast [2]
# %# %# %# %
Adams 4,03451.40%3,68546.95%1301.66%3494.45%7,849
Allegheny 74,08060.77%35,65529.25%12,1709.98%38,42531.52%121,905
Armstrong 6,11059.67%3,21231.37%9178.96%2,89828.30%10,239
Beaver 7,00855.95%4,20033.53%1,31810.52%2,80822.42%12,526
Bedford 4,78457.03%3,19638.10%4084.86%1,58818.93%8,388
Berks 13,64241.01%17,38152.25%2,2456.75%-3,739-11.24%33,268
Blair 10,58367.00%3,98125.20%1,2327.80%6,60241.80%15,796
Bradford 7,99763.43%3,75829.81%8536.77%4,23933.62%12,608
Bucks 9,40955.33%7,23342.54%3622.13%2,17612.80%17,004
Butler 6,58454.15%4,69838.64%8777.21%1,88615.51%12,159
Cambria 12,32557.87%7,97937.47%9924.66%4,34620.41%21,296
Cameron 1,11065.72%53331.56%462.72%57734.16%1,689
Carbon 4,48649.23%3,89042.69%7378.09%5966.54%9,113
Centre 4,92753.12%3,99843.10%3513.78%92910.02%9,276
Chester 13,11864.07%6,55532.01%8033.92%6,56332.05%20,476
Clarion 2,91542.92%3,29148.46%5858.61%-376-5.54%6,791
Clearfield 7,72655.38%4,95435.51%1,2719.11%2,77219.87%13,951
Clinton 3,47754.54%2,54739.95%3515.51%93014.59%6,375
Columbia 3,71839.17%5,37356.60%4024.23%-1,655-17.43%9,493
Crawford 7,67952.58%5,66838.81%1,2588.61%2,01113.77%14,605
Cumberland 6,26151.35%5,40344.32%5284.33%8587.04%12,192
Dauphin 15,63763.38%7,54630.59%1,4886.03%8,09132.80%24,671
Delaware 15,18470.75%5,72726.69%5502.56%9,45744.07%21,461
Elk 2,99151.52%2,53143.60%2834.88%4607.92%5,805
Erie 10,82855.76%6,17331.79%2,41812.45%4,65523.97%19,419
Fayette 10,01250.26%8,22041.26%1,6898.48%1,7929.00%19,921
Forest 1,11960.91%51227.87%20611.21%60733.04%1,837
Franklin 6,93858.05%4,68239.17%3322.78%2,25618.88%11,952
Fulton 97445.45%1,09851.24%713.31%-124-5.79%2,143
Greene 2,43837.22%3,79357.91%3194.87%-1,355-20.69%6,550
Huntingdon 4,50366.34%1,91728.24%3685.42%2,58638.10%6,788
Indiana 6,41667.44%1,96520.65%1,13311.91%4,45146.78%9,514
Jefferson 5,65260.20%2,98231.76%7558.04%2,67028.44%9,389
Juniata 1,76554.09%1,41443.33%842.57%35110.76%3,263
Lackawanna 18,59053.44%15,45144.41%7472.15%3,1399.02%34,788
Lancaster 23,52371.43%8,10924.62%1,2993.94%15,41446.81%32,931
Lawrence 5,35054.06%2,65626.84%1,89019.10%2,69427.22%9,896
Lebanon 6,87467.08%2,85827.89%5155.03%4,01639.19%10,247
Lehigh 11,59348.80%11,28547.50%8793.70%3081.30%23,757
Luzerne 24,59456.24%17,37939.74%1,7604.02%7,21516.50%43,733
Lycoming 8,70850.78%7,14441.66%1,2987.57%1,5649.12%17,150
McKean 5,07358.01%2,86732.78%8059.21%2,20625.23%8,745
Mercer 6,49747.27%5,47339.82%1,77412.91%1,0247.45%13,744
Mifflin 2,90259.39%1,79936.82%1853.79%1,10322.57%4,886
Monroe 1,45431.62%3,00465.32%1413.07%-1,550-33.70%4,599
Montgomery 19,08859.82%11,89937.29%9222.89%7,18922.53%31,909
Montour 1,16442.34%1,49054.20%953.46%-326-11.86%2,749
Northampton 10,85746.91%11,36549.10%9233.99%-508-2.19%23,145
Northumberland 10,43951.97%8,59042.76%1,0585.27%1,8499.20%20,087
Perry 3,26958.82%2,18439.29%1051.89%1,08519.52%5,558
Philadelphia 185,26369.09%75,31028.09%7,5682.82%109,95341.01%268,141
Pike 71539.24%1,06958.67%382.09%-354-19.43%1,822
Potter 3,60360.47%1,93232.43%4237.10%1,67128.05%5,958
Schuylkill 18,75852.57%15,48143.39%1,4404.04%3,2779.18%35,679
Snyder 2,40167.41%1,08130.35%802.25%1,32037.06%3,562
Somerset 6,47868.15%2,24623.63%7818.22%4,23244.52%9,505
Sullivan 1,11947.24%1,07645.42%1747.34%431.82%2,369
Susquehanna 4,99957.30%3,23037.02%4965.68%1,76920.28%8,725
Tioga 6,94771.28%2,32123.81%4784.90%4,62647.47%9,746
Union 2,54766.89%1,15430.30%1072.81%1,39336.58%3,808
Venango 4,86849.73%2,81528.76%2,10521.51%2,05320.97%9,788
Warren 4,67262.03%2,05427.27%80610.70%2,61834.76%7,532
Washington 11,43065.81%4,88628.13%1,0516.05%6,54437.68%17,367
Wayne 3,65056.67%2,43837.85%3535.48%1,21218.82%6,441
Westmoreland 15,42952.00%11,10137.41%3,14110.59%4,32814.59%29,671
Wyoming 2,23455.79%1,62940.68%1413.52%60515.11%4,004
York 14,61047.48%15,17149.30%9903.22%-561-1.82%30,771
Totals746,12859.10%444,29735.19%72,1005.71%301,83123.91%1,262,525

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References

  1. David Leip. "1908 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  2. Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 309-313 ISBN   9780804716963