1908 United States presidential election in West Virginia

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1908 United States presidential election in West Virginia
Flag of West Virginia.svg
  1904 November 3, 1908 1912  
Turnout26.92% of the total population Increase2.svg 1.89 pp [1]
  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 vote137,869111,418
Percentage53.42%43.17%

West Virginia Presidential Election Results 1908.svg
County Results

President before election

Theodore Roosevelt
Republican

Elected President

William Taft
Republican

The 1908 United States presidential election in West Virginia 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. [2]

Contents

West Virginia was won by the 42nd Secretary of War William Howard Taft (ROhio), running with representative James S. Sherman, with 53.42 percent of the popular vote, against former representative William Jennings Bryan (DNebraska), running with John W. Kern, a former Indiana state senator with 43.17 percent of the popular vote. [2] Taft won the state by a margin of 10.25%.

The Prohibition Party ran Eugene W. Chafin (PWisconsin) with Aaron S. Watkins, the president of Asbury College and received 1.99 percent of the vote. The Socialist Party of America chose four-time candidate for President of the United States Eugene V. Debs (SIndiana), running with Ben Hanford, and received 1.43 percent of the popular vote.

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

Results

1908 United States presidential election in West Virginia [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican William Howard Taft 137,869 53.42%
Democratic William Jennings Bryan 111,41843.17%
Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin 5,1391.99%
Socialist Eugene V. Debs 3,6791.43%
Total votes258,105 100.00%

Results by county

1908 United States presidential election in West Virginia by county [3]
CountyWilliam Howard Taft
Republican
William Jennings Bryan
Democratic
Eugene Wilder Chafin
Prohibition
Eugene Victor Debs
Socialist
Various candidates
Write-ins
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %# %
Barbour 2,07254.37%1,63442.88%782.05%270.71%43811.49%3,811
Berkeley 2,67549.98%2,56347.89%1001.87%140.26%1122.09%5,352
Boone 99447.56%1,03149.33%70.33%582.78%-37-1.77%2,090
Braxton 2,36546.86%2,56550.82%1022.02%150.30%-200-3.96%5,047
Brooke 1,37453.61%1,07441.90%582.26%572.22%30011.71%2,563
Cabell 4,90050.83%4,46746.34%1601.66%1111.15%20.02%4334.49%9,640
Calhoun 1,00644.36%1,21253.44%441.94%60.26%-206-9.08%2,268
Clay 1,32059.06%82536.91%683.04%210.94%10.04%49522.15%2,235
Doddridge 1,77362.50%99034.90%461.62%280.99%78327.60%2,837
Fayette 5,87456.27%3,81936.58%2822.70%4644.44%2,05519.69%10,439
Gilmer 98938.66%1,51259.11%562.19%10.04%-523-20.45%2,558
Grant 1,30578.14%33620.12%251.50%40.24%96958.02%1,670
Greenbrier 2,41546.50%2,68251.64%490.94%460.89%20.04%-267-5.14%5,194
Hampshire 68327.58%1,77371.61%190.77%10.04%-1,090-44.02%2,476
Hancock 1,18559.73%71936.24%603.02%201.01%46623.49%1,984
Hardy 64634.55%1,21965.19%10.05%40.21%-573-30.64%1,870
Harrison 4,94652.40%4,00442.42%3974.21%860.91%60.06%9429.98%9,439
Jackson 2,61556.59%1,95042.20%370.80%190.41%66514.39%4,621
Jefferson 1,25532.84%2,49065.15%761.99%10.03%-1,235-32.31%3,822
Kanawha 9,66354.43%7,11740.09%3451.94%6243.51%50.03%2,54614.34%17,754
Lewis 2,23952.79%1,83243.20%1493.51%190.45%20.05%4079.60%4,241
Lincoln 2,20255.08%1,73243.32%581.45%60.15%47011.76%3,998
Logan 73033.56%1,39964.32%110.51%331.52%20.09%-669-30.76%2,175
Marion 4,36849.07%3,96144.50%3443.86%2222.49%60.07%4074.57%8,901
Marshall 3,68055.46%2,49837.64%2203.32%2383.59%1,18217.81%6,636
Mason 3,11660.80%1,92837.62%240.47%561.09%10.02%1,18823.18%5,125
McDowell 6,17675.90%1,91623.55%450.55%00.00%4,26052.35%8,137
Mercer 4,22957.96%3,00641.20%240.33%360.49%10.01%1,22316.76%7,296
Mineral 1,98655.40%1,51242.18%661.84%170.47%40.11%47413.22%3,585
Mingo 2,05857.23%1,52042.27%90.25%90.25%53814.96%3,596
Monongalia 3,13159.64%1,75833.49%1723.28%1873.56%20.04%1,37326.15%5,250
Monroe 1,52349.54%1,52149.48%290.94%10.03%20.07%3,074
Morgan 1,13465.78%54931.84%372.15%40.23%58533.93%1,724
Nicholas 1,79548.99%1,73047.22%1393.79%00.00%651.77%3,664
Ohio 7,31250.76%6,49745.10%1531.06%4413.06%30.02%8155.66%14,406
Pendleton 89842.88%1,19356.97%30.14%00.00%-295-14.09%2,094
Pleasants 98750.54%92147.16%412.10%40.20%663.38%1,953
Pocahontas 1,68754.99%1,30042.37%732.38%80.26%38712.61%3,068
Preston 3,92870.04%1,45425.93%1442.57%811.44%10.02%2,47444.12%5,608
Putnam 2,09853.63%1,72644.12%360.92%501.28%20.05%3729.51%3,912
Raleigh 2,53055.16%1,89141.23%440.96%1222.66%63913.93%4,587
Randolph 2,36344.92%2,64550.29%1422.70%1102.09%-282-5.36%5,260
Ritchie 2,24258.25%1,34634.97%2225.77%380.99%10.03%89623.28%3,849
Roane 2,33454.87%1,86843.91%431.01%90.21%46610.95%4,254
Summers 1,94047.31%2,12351.77%350.85%30.07%-183-4.46%4,101
Taylor 2,10654.89%1,55240.45%1293.36%461.20%40.10%55414.44%3,837
Tucker 1,88657.31%1,26538.44%1223.71%180.55%62118.87%3,291
Tyler 2,11357.89%1,35537.12%1133.10%691.89%75820.77%3,650
Upshur 2,57171.42%84623.50%1744.83%90.25%1,72547.92%3,600
Wayne 2,41047.81%2,59051.38%320.63%90.18%-180-3.57%5,041
Webster 93243.03%1,19655.22%321.48%60.28%-264-12.19%2,166
Wetzel 2,23542.23%2,87454.31%961.81%851.61%20.04%-639-12.07%5,292
Wirt 1,02848.81%1,04249.48%291.38%70.33%-14-0.66%2,106
Wood 4,59651.75%4,06345.74%961.08%1271.43%5336.00%8,882
Wyoming 1,25158.90%82738.94%442.07%20.09%42419.96%2,124
Totals137,86953.41%111,41843.16%5,1401.99%3,6791.43%470.02%26,45110.25%258,153

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References

  1. "1908 Presidential Election Results West Virginia Total Population Turnout".
  2. 1 2 3 "1908 Presidential Election Results West Virginia".
  3. "Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1908". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)