U.S. presidential election, 1908

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Presidential Candidate	Electoral Vote	Popular Vote	Pct	Party\n	Running Mate (Electoral Votes)
William Howard Taft of Ohio (W)	321	7,678,908	52.0	Republican	James Schoolcraft Sherman of New York (321)
William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska	162	6,409,104	43.4	Democrat	John William Kern of Indiana (162)
Other			4.6
Total			100.0%
Other elections: 1896, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1916, 1920
Source: U.S. Office of the Federal Register\n

Table of contents

1 Major Party Conventions 2 Votes for other candidates in the election 3 Notes

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.

Votes for other candidates in the election

• Socialist Party candidate Eugene V. Debs received 420,380 popular votes (2.8%).\n* Prohibition Party candidate Eugene W. Chafin received 252,821 popular votes (1.7%).

Notes

Vice-President James S. Sherman died in office October 30, 1912. \nSee also: President of the United States, U.S. presidential election, 1908, History of the United States (1865-1918)\nCategory:U.S. presidential elections