1908 Presidential Election Results

William Howard Taft (Republican) won the 1908 presidential election with 321 of 483 electoral votes, defeating William Jennings Bryan (Democratic, 162). Taft also won the popular vote with 54.5%.

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Results by state

State	EV	Taft	Bryan	Votes cast
Alabama	11	25.6%25,561	74.4%74,39111 EV	99,952
Arkansas	9	39.4%56,684	60.6%87,0209 EV	143,704
California	10	62.7%214,39810 EV	37.3%127,492	341,890
Colorado	5	49.4%123,693	50.6%126,6445 EV	250,337
Connecticut	7	62.3%112,8157 EV	37.7%68,255	181,070
Delaware	3	53.1%25,0143 EV	46.9%22,055	47,069
Florida	5	25.5%10,654	74.5%31,1045 EV	41,758
Georgia	13	36.5%41,692	63.5%72,41313 EV	114,105
Iowa	13	57.8%275,21013 EV	42.2%200,771	475,981
Idaho	3	59.3%52,6213 EV	40.7%36,162	88,783
Illinois	27	58.3%629,93227 EV	41.7%450,810	1,080,742
Indiana	15	50.8%348,99315 EV	49.2%338,262	687,255
Kansas	10	55.0%197,31610 EV	45.0%161,209	358,525
Kentucky	13	49.1%235,711	50.9%244,09213 EV	479,803
Louisiana	9	12.4%8,958	87.7%63,5689 EV	72,526
Massachusetts	16	63.1%265,96616 EV	36.9%155,533	421,499
Maryland	8	50.1%116,5132 EV	49.9%115,9086 EV	232,421
Maine	6	65.4%66,9876 EV	34.6%35,403	102,390
Michigan	14	65.6%333,31314 EV	34.4%174,619	507,932
Minnesota	11	64.2%195,84611 EV	35.8%109,411	305,257
Missouri	18	50.1%347,20318 EV	50.0%346,574	693,777
Mississippi	10	6.8%4,363	93.3%60,28710 EV	64,650
Montana	3	52.4%32,4713 EV	47.6%29,511	61,982
North Carolina	12	45.6%114,887	54.4%136,92812 EV	251,815
North Dakota	4	63.7%57,6804 EV	36.3%32,884	90,564
Nebraska	8	49.2%126,997	50.8%131,0998 EV	258,096
New Hampshire	4	61.2%53,1444 EV	38.8%33,655	86,799
New Jersey	12	59.2%265,29812 EV	40.8%182,522	447,820
Nevada	3	49.0%10,775	51.0%11,2123 EV	21,987
New York	39	56.6%870,07039 EV	43.4%667,468	1,537,538
Ohio	23	53.2%572,31223 EV	46.8%502,721	1,075,033
Oklahoma	7	47.5%110,473	52.6%122,3627 EV	232,835
Oregon	4	62.3%62,4544 EV	37.7%37,792	100,246
Pennsylvania	34	62.4%745,77934 EV	37.6%448,782	1,194,561
Rhode Island	4	64.0%43,9424 EV	36.0%24,706	68,648
South Carolina	9	6.0%3,945	94.0%62,2889 EV	66,233
South Dakota	4	62.7%67,5364 EV	37.4%40,266	107,802
Tennessee	12	46.5%117,977	53.5%135,60812 EV	253,585
Texas	18	23.2%65,605	76.8%216,66218 EV	282,267
Utah	3	58.9%61,1653 EV	41.1%42,610	103,775
Virginia	12	38.8%52,572	61.2%82,94612 EV	135,518
Vermont	4	77.5%39,5524 EV	22.5%11,496	51,048
Washington	5	64.5%106,0625 EV	35.5%58,383	164,445
Wisconsin	13	59.8%247,74413 EV	40.2%166,662	414,406
West Virginia	7	55.3%137,8697 EV	44.7%111,410	249,279
Wyoming	3	58.3%20,8463 EV	41.7%14,918	35,764

Popular vote shares are of the votes for the candidates listed in the source. A dash under Votes cast means the state legislature chose the electors. Sources: the National Archives (electoral votes), the American Presidency Project and the Clerk of the House (popular vote).