1908 Presidential Election - TimeLines of Liberty

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United States of America
Election of 1908

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- The ^V1 notations refers to notes in the red cell immediately below.
- The popular vote shown is for the Party Ticket. Popular Vote Results will vary among sources but will give a general idea of the percentage in relation to the other results. Popular vote figures exclude those states that did not use a popular vote to select their electors to the Electoral College.
- - - Amendment XII was enacted after the tie in 1800 - In 1804 the electors began voting for President and Vice President using separate ballots. This change ensured the Vice President would most likely be of the same party as the President.
- Beginning in 1848 all States hold the presidential election on the same day in November.

Year

Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

Popular Vote

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1908

1
2
3
4
5
6
7

William Howard Taft ^V1
William Jennings Bryan
Eugene Victor Debs
Eugene Wilder Chafin
Thomas Louis Hisgen
Thomas Edward Watson
Other

Republican
Democratic ^V2
Socialist
Prohibition
Independence
Populist
(nominal parties)

321
162
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0

7,679,006
6,409,106
402,820
254,087
82,571
28,822
15,550

Vice Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

1
2
3
4
5
6
7

James S. Sherman
John W. Kern
Benjamin Hanford
Aaron Sherman Watkins
John Temple Graves
Samuel Williams
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RepublicanDemocratic
Socialist
Prohibition
Independence
Populist
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321
162
    0
    0
    0
    0
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^V1	Roosevelt kept his campaign promise to not run for a third term, but chose William Howard Taft to be his successor.
^V2	William J. Bryan looses a third run for the presidency. Bryan campaigned, attacking "government by privilege"; perhaps the beginning of the Democratic Party's strategy of promoting "class envy."
*	46 states participated in the 1908 election.

United States of America
Election of 1908

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