United States presidential election in West Virginia, 1908

United States presidential election in West Virginia, 1908

November 3, 1908
Turnout	26.92% of the total population 1.89 pp[1]
Nominee William Taft William Jennings Bryan Party Republican Democratic Home state Ohio Nebraska Running mate James S. Sherman John W. Kern Electoral vote 7 0 Popular vote 137,869 111,418 Percentage 53.42% 43.17%
President before election Theodore Roosevelt Republican Elected President William Taft Republican

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The 1908 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 3, 1908, as part of the 1908 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose seven representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president^[2].

West Virginia was won by the 42nd Secretary of War William Howard Taft (R–Ohio), running with representative James S. Sherman, with 53.42% of the popular vote, against former representative William Jennings Bryan (D–Nebraska), running with John W. Kern, a former Indianian state senator with 43.17% of the popular vote.^[2]

The Socialist Party of America chose four-time candidate for President of the United States Eugene V. Debs (S–Indiana), running with Ben Hanford, with 1.43% of the popular vote. The Prohibition Party ran Eugene Chafin (P–Wisconsin) with Aaron S. Watkins, the president of Asbury College and received 1.99% of the vote.

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