1908 United States presidential election in Texas

1908 United States presidential election in Texas
Bryan 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% 90-100%	Taft 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% 90-100%
President before election; Theodore Roosevelt; Republican	Elected President; William Howard Taft; Republican

The1908 United States presidential election in Texastook place on November 3, 1908. Voters chose 18 representatives, or electors to theElectoral College,who voted forpresidentandvice president.

Texasoverwhelmingly voted for theDemocraticnominee, formerU.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan,over theRepublicannominee,Secretary of War William Howard Taft.Bryan won Texas by a landslide margin of 51.62%.

Bryan had previously won Texas againstWilliam McKinleyin both1896and1900.With 73.97 percent of the popular vote, Texas would also prove to be Bryan's fourth strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote only afterSouth Carolina,MississippiandLouisiana.^[1]

Results

1908 United States presidential election in Texas^[2]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Count	%	Count	%
	Democratic	William Jennings BryanofNebraska	John Worth KernofIndiana	217,302	73.97%	18	100.00%
	Republican	William Howard TaftofOhio	James Schoolcraft ShermanofNew York	65,666	22.35%	0	0.00%
	Socialist	Eugene Victor DebsofIndiana	Benjamin HanfordofNew York	7,870	2.68%	0	0.00%
	Prohibition	Eugene Wilder ChafinofIllinois	Aaron Sherman WatkinsofOhio	1,634	0.56%	0	0.00%
	Populist	Thomas Edward WatsonofGeorgia	Samuel Wardell WilliamsofIndiana	994	0.34%	0	0.00%
	Socialist Labor	August GillhausofNew York	Donald L. MunroofVirginia	176	0.06%	0	0.00%
	Independence	Thomas Louis HisgenofMassachusetts	John Temple GravesofGeorgia	115	0.04%	0	0.00%
Total				293,757	100.00%	18	100.00%

References

^"1908 Presidential Election Statistics".Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.RetrievedMarch 5,2018.
^"1908 Presidential General Election Results - Texas".U.S. Election Atlas.RetrievedDecember 23,2013.

[1] "1908 Presidential Election Statistics".Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.RetrievedMarch 5,2018.

[results-2] "1908 Presidential General Election Results - Texas".U.S. Election Atlas.RetrievedDecember 23,2013.

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