United States presidential election in Maine, 1908

United States presidential election in Maine, 1908
November 3, 1908

 
Nominee William Howard Taft William Jennings Bryan
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Ohio Nebraska
Running mate James S. Sherman John Worth Kern
Electoral vote 6 0
Popular vote 66,987 35,403
Percentage 63.00% 33.29%
President before election

Theodore Roosevelt
Republican

 Elected President

William Howard Taft
Republican

The 1908 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 3, 1908. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Maine voted for the Republican nominee, Secretary of War William Howard Taft, over the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan. Taft won the state by a margin of 29.71 percent.

With 63% of the popular vote, Maine would be Taft's second strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after nearby Vermont[1].

Results

United States presidential election in Maine, 1908[2]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican William Howard Taft of Ohio James Schoolcraft Sherman of New York 66,987 63.00% 6 100.00%
Democratic William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska John Worth Kern of Indiana 35,403 33.29% 0 0.00%
Socialist Eugene Victor Debs of Indiana Benjamin Hanford of New York 1,758 1.65% 0 0.00%
Prohibition Eugene Wilder Chafin of Illinois Aaron Sherman Watkins of Ohio 1,487 1.25% 0 0.00%
Independence Thomas Louis Hisgen of Massachusetts John Temple Graves of Georgia 700 0.66% 0 0.00%
N/A Others Others 1 0.01% 0 0.00%
Total 106,336 100.00% 6 100.00%

Results by county

County Taft# Taft% Bryan# Bryan% Others# Others% Total votes cast[3]
Androscoggin 4,381 56.06% 3,095 39.60% 339 4.34% 7,815
Aroostook 4,783 77.56% 1,157 18.76% 227 3.68% 6,167
Cumberland 10,593 61.81% 5,735 33.46% 810 4.73% 17,138
Franklin 2,173 68.46% 930 29.30% 71 2.24% 3,174
Hancock 3,169 61.50% 1,846 35.82% 138 2.68% 5,153
Kennebec 6,133 65.99% 2,871 30.89% 290 3.12% 9,294
Knox 2,228 50.04% 1,932 43.40% 292 6.56% 4,452
Lincoln 1,693 56.43% 1,196 39.87% 111 3.70% 3,000
Oxford 4,179 64.53% 2,093 32.32% 204 3.15% 6,476
Penobscot 7,336 66.03% 3,525 31.73% 249 2.24% 11,110
Piscataquis 2,157 70.49% 828 27.06% 75 2.45% 3,060
Sagadahoc 1,776 64.00% 838 30.20% 161 5.80% 2,775
Somerset 3,688 65.30% 1,676 29.67% 284 5.03% 5,648
Waldo 2,491 63.22% 1,335 33.88% 114 2.89% 3,940
Washington 3,507 59.49% 2,256 38.27% 132 2.24% 5,895
York 6,700 59.64% 4,090 36.40% 445 3.96% 11,235
Totals66,98763.00%35,40333.29%3,9423.71%106,332

References

  1. ↑ "1908 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  2. ↑ "1908 Presidential General Election Results – Maine". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  3. ↑ Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 223-224 ISBN 9780804716963
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