United States presidential election in South Carolina, 1908

United States presidential election in South Carolina, 1908

November 3, 1908

 
Nominee William Jennings Bryan William Howard Taft
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Nebraska Ohio
Running mate John Worth Kern James S. Sherman
Electoral vote 9 0
Popular vote 62,288 3,945
Percentage 93.84% 5.94%

President before election

Theodore Roosevelt
Republican

Elected President

William Howard Taft
Republican

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

South Carolina solidly voted for the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan, over the Republican nominee, Secretary of War William Howard Taft. Bryan won the state by a landslide margin of 87.9 percent. Although South Carolina was one of Taft's weakest states, he performed slightly better in the state than Theodore Roosevelt had four year prior

Results

United States presidential election in South Carolina, 1908[1]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Democratic William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska John Worth Kern of Indiana 62,288 93.84% 9 100.00%
Republican William Howard Taft of Ohio James Schoolcraft Sherman of New York 3,945 5.94% 0 0.00%
Socialist Eugene Victor Debs of Indiana Ben Hanford of New York 100 0.15% 0 0.00%
Independence Thomas Louis Hisgen of Massachusetts John Temple Graves of Georgia 46 0.07% 0 0.00%
Total 66,379 100.00% 9 100.00%

References

  1. "1908 Presidential General Election Results - South Carolina". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
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