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Major party conventions

The 1908 Republican Convention was held in Chicago from 16 June to 19 June. Prominent Republican candidates included House Speaker Joseph Gurney Cannon of Illinois, Charles Evans Hughes of New York, and Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin, but William Howard Taft, the Secretary of War, prevailed with the backing of outgoing President Theodore Roosevelt.


The 1908 Democratic Convention was held in Denver from 7 July to 10 July. Despite a challenge by Minnesota governor John Albert Johnson, two time previous nominee William Jennings Bryan quickly won the overwhelming support of his party.


The election was held on November 3, 1908.


Major party conventions

The 1908 Republican Convention was held in Chicago from 16 June to 19 June. Prominent Republican candidates included House Speaker Joseph Gurney Cannon of Illinois, Charles Evans Hughes of New York, and Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin, but William Howard Taft, the Secretary of War, prevailed with the backing of outgoing President Theodore Roosevelt.


The 1908 Democratic Convention was held in Denver from 7 July to 10 July. Despite a challenge by Minnesota governor John Albert Johnson, two time previous nominee William Jennings Bryan quickly won the overwhelming support of his party.


The election was held on November 3, 1908.


Election results

Presidential Candidate Party State Popular Vote: Electoral Vote:
William Howard Taft Republican Ohio 7,678,908 321
William Jennings Bryan Democratic Nebraska 6,409,104 162
Eugene Victor Debs Socialist Indiana 420,793 0
Eugene Wilder Chafin Prohibition Illinois 253,840 0
Thomas Louis Hisgen Independence Massachusetts 82,872 0
Thomas Edward Watson People's Georgia 29,100 0
August Gilhaus Socialist Labor New York 14,021 0
Daniel Braxton Turney United Christian Illinois 400 0
Vice Presidential Candidate Party State Popular Vote: Electoral Vote:
James Schoolcraft Sherman Republican New York - - - 321
John Worth Kern Democratic Indiana - - - 162
Benjamin Hanford Socialist New York - - - 0
Aaron Sherman Watkins Prohibition Ohio - - - 0
John Temple Graves Independence Georgia - - - 0
Samuel Williams Populist Indiana - - - 0
Donald L. Munro Socialist Labor Virginia - - - 0
Lorenzo S. Coffin United Christian Iowa - - - 0

Notes

Vice-President James S. Sherman died in office October 30, 1912.


See also

Other elections


U.S. presidential elections

1789–1800: 1789 | 1792 | 1796
1800–1849: 1800 | 1804 | 1808 | 1812 | 1816 | 1820 | 1824 | 1828 | 1832 | 1836 | 1840 | 1844 | 1848
1850–1899: 1852 | 1856 | 1860 | 1864 | 1868 | 1872 | 1876 | 1880 | 1884 | 1888 | 1892 | 1896
1900–1949: 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948
1950–1999: 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996
2000–2049: 2000 | 2004 | 2008

Notes

Vice-President James S. Sherman died in office October 30, 1912.


See also

Other elections


U.S. presidential elections

1789–1800: 1789 | 1792 | 1796
1800–1849: 1800 | 1804 | 1808 | 1812 | 1816 | 1820 | 1824 | 1828 | 1832 | 1836 | 1840 | 1844 | 1848
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1950–1999: 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996
2000–2049: 2000 | 2004 | 2008



 

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