1908 United States presidential election in West Virginia

1908 United States presidential election in West Virginia

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Turnout	26.92% of the total population 1.89 pp[1]
Nominee William Howard 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%
County Results Taft   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80% Bryan   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%
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. 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 percent of the popular vote, against former representative William Jennings Bryan (D–Nebraska), running with John W. Kern, a former Indiana state senator with 43.17 percent of the popular vote.^[2] Taft won the state by a margin of 10.25%.

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

Bryan had previously lost West Virginia to William McKinley in both 1896 and 1900.