United States presidential election in Kentucky, 1908
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The 1908 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 3, 1908. All contemporary 46 states were part of the 1908 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose twenty-seven electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Kentucky was won by the Democratic nominees, former Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate John W. Kern of Indiana.
Results
United States presidential election in Kentucky, 1908[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 244,092 | 49.74% | 13 | |
Republican | William Howard Taft | 235,711 | 48.03% | 0 | |
Prohibition | Eugene Chafin | 5,885 | 1.20% | 0 | |
Social Democratic | Eugene Debs | 4,093 | 0.83% | 0 | |
Socialist Labor | August Gillhaus | 405 | 0.08% | 0 | |
Populist | Thomas E. Watson | 333 | 0.07% | 0 | |
Independence | Thomas Hisgen | 200 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Totals | 490,719 | 100.00% | 13 | ||
Voter turnout | — |
References
- ↑ Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky
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