1908 United States presidential election in New Jersey
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The1908 United States presidential election in New Jerseytook place on November 3, 1908. All contemporary 46 states were part of the1908 United States presidential election.Voters chose 14 electors to theElectoral College,which selected thepresidentandvice president.
New Jerseywas won by theRepublicannominees,United States Secretary of WarWilliam Howard TaftofOhioand his running mateCongressmanJames S. ShermanofNew York.Taft and Sherman defeated theDemocraticnominees, formerCongressmanand two-time prior presidential candidateWilliam Jennings BryanofNebraskaand his running mateSenatorJohn W. KernofIndiana.Also in the running was theSocialist Partycandidate,Eugene V. Debs,who ran withBen Hanford.
Taft carried New Jersey comfortably with 56.80 percent of the vote to Bryan's 39.07 percent, a victory margin of 17.72 percent.[1]
Eugene Debs came in a distant third, with 2.19 percent.
Like much of theNortheast,New Jersey in the early decades of the 20th century was a staunchly Republican state, having not given a majority of the vote to a Democratic presidential candidate since1892.While winning a comfortable victory nationwide, Taft easily held New Jersey in the Republican column in 1908. On the county-level map, Taft carried 18 of the state's 21 counties, breaking 60% of the vote in 8 counties. Bryan won only the three rural counties in westernNorth Jersey,Warren,Sussex,andHunterdon,which had long been non-Yankee Democratic enclaves in the otherwise Republican Northeast.[2]
New Jersey's election result in 1908 made the state over 9% more Republican than the national average. This is the last time a Republican won the election without Hunterdon, Warren, and Sussex counties.
Bryan had previously lost New Jersey twice toWilliam McKinleyin1896and1900.
Results[edit]
| 1908 United States presidential election in New Jersey | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | William Howard Taft | 265,298 | 56.80% | 12 | |
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 182,522 | 39.07% | 0 | |
| Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 10,249 | 2.19% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Eugene W. Chafin | 4,930 | 1.06% | 0 | |
| Independence League | Thomas L. Hisgen | 2,916 | 0.62% | 0 | |
| Socialist Labor | August Gillhaus | 1,196 | 0.26% | 0 | |
| Totals | 467,111 | 100.0% | 12 | ||
Results by county[edit]
| County | William Howard Taft[3] Republican |
William Jennings Bryan[3] Democratic |
Eugene Victor Debs[3] Socialist |
Eugene Wilder Chafin[3] Prohibition |
Various candidates[3] Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Atlantic | 8,822 | 63.71% | 4,577 | 33.05% | 76 | 0.55% | 342 | 2.47% | 30 | 0.22% | 4,245 | 30.66% | 13,847 |
| Bergen | 14,042 | 61.51% | 7,628 | 33.42% | 575 | 2.52% | 219 | 0.96% | 364 | 1.59% | 6,414 | 28.10% | 22,828 |
| Burlington | 9,020 | 57.16% | 6,274 | 39.76% | 140 | 0.89% | 299 | 1.89% | 46 | 0.29% | 2,746 | 17.40% | 15,779 |
| Camden | 18,999 | 61.32% | 10,469 | 33.79% | 697 | 2.25% | 711 | 2.29% | 107 | 0.35% | 8,530 | 27.53% | 30,983 |
| Cape May | 2,937 | 63.27% | 1,553 | 33.46% | 33 | 0.71% | 111 | 2.39% | 8 | 0.17% | 1,384 | 29.81% | 4,642 |
| Cumberland | 6,770 | 56.56% | 4,521 | 37.77% | 158 | 1.32% | 476 | 3.98% | 45 | 0.38% | 2,249 | 18.79% | 11,970 |
| Essex | 53,687 | 61.71% | 30,191 | 34.70% | 2,205 | 2.53% | 317 | 0.36% | 604 | 0.69% | 23,496 | 27.01% | 87,004 |
| Gloucester | 5,318 | 56.37% | 3,707 | 39.29% | 72 | 0.76% | 322 | 3.41% | 15 | 0.16% | 1,611 | 17.08% | 9,434 |
| Hudson | 41,967 | 48.91% | 39,637 | 46.20% | 2,776 | 3.24% | 172 | 0.20% | 1,244 | 1.45% | 2,330 | 2.72% | 85,796 |
| Hunterdon | 3,733 | 43.04% | 4,737 | 54.62% | 29 | 0.33% | 140 | 1.61% | 34 | 0.39% | -1,004 | -11.58% | 8,673 |
| Mercer | 14,941 | 58.99% | 9,289 | 36.67% | 687 | 2.71% | 284 | 1.12% | 128 | 0.51% | 5,652 | 22.31% | 25,329 |
| Middlesex | 11,261 | 57.57% | 7,940 | 40.59% | 98 | 0.50% | 134 | 0.69% | 127 | 0.65% | 3,321 | 16.98% | 19,560 |
| Monmouth | 12,519 | 56.29% | 9,252 | 41.60% | 137 | 0.62% | 204 | 0.92% | 127 | 0.57% | 3,267 | 14.69% | 22,239 |
| Morris | 9,089 | 61.16% | 5,026 | 33.82% | 367 | 2.47% | 243 | 1.64% | 137 | 0.92% | 4,063 | 27.34% | 14,862 |
| Ocean | 3,326 | 65.15% | 1,634 | 32.01% | 22 | 0.43% | 89 | 1.74% | 34 | 0.67% | 1,692 | 33.14% | 5,105 |
| Passaic | 17,635 | 55.96% | 11,961 | 37.96% | 1,086 | 3.45% | 241 | 0.76% | 588 | 1.87% | 5,674 | 18.01% | 31,511 |
| Salem | 3,713 | 52.91% | 3,173 | 45.22% | 36 | 0.51% | 88 | 1.25% | 7 | 0.10% | 540 | 7.70% | 7,017 |
| Somerset | 5,043 | 59.43% | 3,271 | 38.55% | 24 | 0.28% | 94 | 1.11% | 53 | 0.62% | 1,772 | 20.88% | 8,485 |
| Sussex | 2,653 | 44.25% | 3,214 | 53.61% | 36 | 0.60% | 70 | 1.17% | 22 | 0.37% | -561 | -9.36% | 5,995 |
| Union | 15,919 | 60.90% | 8,806 | 33.69% | 912 | 3.49% | 132 | 0.50% | 370 | 1.42% | 7,113 | 27.21% | 26,139 |
| Warren | 3,904 | 39.38% | 5,662 | 57.12% | 83 | 0.84% | 242 | 2.44% | 22 | 0.22% | -1,758 | -17.73% | 9,913 |
| Totals | 265,298 | 56.80% | 182,522 | 39.07% | 10,249 | 2.19% | 4,930 | 1.06% | 4,112 | 0.88% | 82,776 | 17.72% | 467,111 |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^"1908 Presidential General Election Results – New Jersey".Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.RetrievedFebruary 7,2014.
- ^Phillips, Kevin P.;The Emerging Republican Majority,pp. 121-134ISBN978-0-691-16324-6
- ^abcdeGéoelections;Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1908(.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)
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