1908 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

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1908 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

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Nominee William Howard Taft William Jennings Bryan Eugene V. Debs Party Republican Democratic Socialist Home state Ohio Nebraska Indiana Running mate James S. Sherman John W. Kern Ben Hanford Electoral vote 5 0 0 Popular vote 106,062 58,691 14,177 Percentage 57.68% 31.92% 7.71%

County Results Taft   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80% The 1908 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 3, 1908. All contemporary 46 states were part of the 1908 United States presidential election. Voters chose five electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. Washington had been established earlier in the 1900s as a one-party Republican bastion, which it would remain at a Presidential level apart from the 1910s GOP split until Franklin D. Roosevelt rose to power in 1932, and more or less continuously at state level during this era. [1] Democratic representation in the Washington legislature would during this period at times be countable on one hand. [2] Republican primaries would take over as the chief mode of political competition when introduced later in the decade. [3] Roosevelt's great popularity in the state ensured his handpicked successor William Howard Taft would win Washington by a margin of 25.76% and without much difficulty, although because Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan retained some popularity from previous campaigns in this radical state, Taft could not equal Roosevelt's huge win from four years earlier. Bryan had previously won the state against William McKinley in 1896 but would later lose the state to McKinley in 1900. Results General Election Results [4] Party Pledged to Elector Votes Republican Party William Howard Taft John R. O'Donnell 106,062 Republican Party William Howard Taft William Pitt Trimble 105,731 Republican Party William Howard Taft J. M. Fish 105,709 Republican Party William Howard Taft Frank M. Dallam 105,580 Republican Party William Howard Taft Charles E. Curlee 105,519 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan W. J. Byham 58,691 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan N. K. Mead 58,437 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan J. M. McKeirnan 58,383 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan Wilmon Tucker 58,293 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan Frank M. Lamborn 58,206 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs J. W. Morris 14,177 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs J. G. Elliott 14,151 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs J. E. Janes 14,117 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs W. H. Harris 14,114 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs C. L. Whiting 14,104 Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin T. E. Webb 4,700 Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin J. W. Lockhart 4,689 Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin H. C. Byron 4,687 Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin W. B. Eakin 4,675 Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin C. C. Gridley 4,664 Independence Party Thomas L. Hisgen Homer O. Campbell 249 Independence Party Thomas L. Hisgen George W. McCauley 249 Independence Party Thomas L. Hisgen Thomas G. Albin 248 Independence Party Thomas L. Hisgen Joseph C. Sharp 244 Independence Party Thomas L. Hisgen W. L. Woodring 243 Votes cast [lower-alpha 1] 183,879 Results by county County William Howard Taft Republican William Jennings Bryan Democratic Eugene V. Debs Socialist Eugene W. Chafin Prohibition Thomas L. Hisgen Independence Margin Total votes cast [lower-alpha 2] #  % #  % #  % #  % #  % #  % Adams 1,033 55.81% 714 38.57% 58 3.13% 45 2.43% 1 0.05% 319 17.23% 1,851 Asotin 648 59.61% 365 33.58% 36 3.31% 38 3.50% 0 0.00% 283 26.03% 1,087 Benton 891 57.74% 465 30.14% 151 9.79% 34 2.20% 2 0.13% 426 27.61% 1,543 Chehalis 3,128 60.35% 1,248 24.08% 712 13.74% 86 1.66% 9 0.17% 1,880 36.27% 5,183 Chelan 1,639 59.71% 871 31.73% 160 5.83% 66 2.40% 9 0.33% 768 27.98% 2,745 Clallam 938 59.59% 428 27.19% 187 11.88% 11 0.70% 10 0.64% 510 32.40% 1,574 Clark 2,416 58.83% 1,250 30.44% 335 8.16% 104 2.53% 2 0.05% 1,166 28.39% 4,107 Columbia 887 57.41% 585 37.86% 25 1.62% 48 3.11% 0 0.00% 302 19.55% 1,545 Cowlitz 1,573 65.65% 617 25.75% 172 7.18% 28 1.17% 6 0.25% 956 39.90% 2,396 Douglas 1,942 52.20% 1,540 41.40% 191 5.13% 43 1.16% 4 0.11% 402 10.81% 3,720 Ferry 467 47.17% 393 39.70% 115 11.62% 11 1.11% 4 0.40% 74 7.47% 990 Franklin 643 52.97% 485 39.95% 56 4.61% 27 2.22% 3 0.25% 158 13.01% 1,214 Garfield 556 58.53% 333 35.05% 40 4.21% 13 1.37% 8 0.84% 223 23.47% 950 Island 450 58.21% 192 24.84% 99 12.81% 28 3.62% 4 0.52% 258 33.38% 773 Jefferson 859 63.16% 417 30.66% 66 4.85% 11 0.81% 7 0.51% 442 32.50% 1,360 King 22,297 55.75% 14,644 36.62% 2,173 5.43% 836 2.09% 43 0.11% 7,653 19.14% 39,993 Kitsap 1,819 56.12% 850 26.23% 494 15.24% 74 2.28% 4 0.12% 969 29.90% 3,241 Kittitas 1,752 56.23% 985 31.61% 314 10.08% 64 2.05% 1 0.03% 767 24.61% 3,116 Klickitat 1,245 61.12% 570 27.98% 173 8.49% 46 2.26% 3 0.15% 675 33.14% 2,037 Lewis 3,170 60.45% 1,412 26.93% 528 10.07% 120 2.29% 14 0.27% 1,758 33.52% 5,244 Lincoln 2,025 55.19% 1,443 39.33% 124 3.38% 73 1.99% 4 0.11% 582 15.86% 3,669 Mason 553 56.60% 318 32.55% 80 8.19% 22 2.25% 4 0.41% 235 24.05% 977 Okanogan 1,368 49.23% 1,074 38.65% 307 11.05% 22 0.79% 8 0.29% 294 10.58% 2,779 Pacific 1,492 69.30% 483 22.43% 153 7.11% 21 0.98% 4 0.19% 1,009 46.86% 2,153 Pierce 10,935 60.84% 4,936 27.46% 1,626 9.05% 463 2.58% 14 0.08% 5,999 33.38% 17,974 San Juan 581 65.95% 178 20.20% 111 12.60% 10 1.14% 1 0.11% 403 45.74% 881 Skagit 2,924 56.42% 1,449 27.96% 690 13.31% 113 2.18% 7 0.14% 1,475 28.46% 5,183 Skamania 310 60.08% 143 27.71% 54 10.47% 7 1.36% 2 0.39% 167 32.36% 516 Snohomish 5,659 55.64% 2,974 29.24% 958 9.42% 567 5.57% 13 0.13% 2,685 26.40% 10,171 Spokane 11,719 58.68% 6,557 32.83% 1,184 5.93% 496 2.48% 14 0.07% 5,162 25.85% 19,970 Stevens 2,546 52.13% 1,564 32.02% 646 13.23% 120 2.46% 8 0.16% 982 20.11% 4,884 Thurston 1,940 57.28% 964 28.46% 367 10.84% 110 3.25% 6 0.18% 976 28.82% 3,387 Wahkiakum 485 70.80% 150 21.90% 46 6.72% 3 0.44% 1 0.15% 335 48.91% 685 Walla Walla 2,843 60.73% 1,660 35.46% 102 2.18% 71 1.52% 5 0.11% 1,183 25.27% 4,681 Whatcom 4,955 57.48% 2,398 27.82% 963 11.17% 296 3.43% 9 0.10% 2,557 29.66% 8,621 Whitman 3,376 52.60% 2,386 37.18% 337 5.25% 315 4.91% 4 0.06% 990 15.43% 6,418 Yakima 3,998 63.86% 1,650 26.35% 344 5.49% 258 4.12% 11 0.18% 2,348 37.50% 6,261 Totals 106,062 57.68% 58,691 31.92% 14,177 7.71% 4,700 2.56% 249 0.14% 43,371 25.76% 183,879 See also United States presidential elections in Washington (state) Notes Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket Based on highest elector on each ticket References Burnham, Walter Dean; ‘The System of 1896’, in Kleppner, Paul (editor), The Evolution of American Electoral Systems, pp. 176-179 ISBN   0313213798 Schattschneider, Elmer Eric; The Semisovereign People: A Realist's View of Democracy in America, pp. 76-84 ISBN   0030133661 Murray, Keith; ‘Issues and Personalities of Pacific Northwest Politics, 1889-1950’, The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 3 (July 1950), pp. 213-233 Washington Secretary of State. "Presidential Electors". Abstract of Votes Polled in the State of Washington at the General Election held November 3, 1908. Olympia, Washington. pp. 19–21. This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.