United States presidential election in Rhode Island, 1908

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United States presidential election in Rhode Island, 1908

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Nominee William Howard Taft William Jennings Bryan
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Ohio Nebraska
Running mate James S. Sherman John Worth Kern
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 43,942 24,706
Percentage 60.76% 34.16%

President before election

Theodore Roosevelt
Republican

Elected President

William Howard Taft
Republican

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 1908 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place on November 3, 1908 throughout 46 states. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Rhode Island 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 26.6%.

Results

United States presidential election in Rhode Island, 1908[1]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican William Howard Taft of Ohio James Schoolcraft Sherman of New York 43,942 60.76% 4 100.00%
Democratic William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska John Worth Kern of Indiana 24,706 34.16% 0 0.00%
Socialist Eugene Victor Debs of Indiana Benjamin Hanford of New York 1,365 1.89% 0 0.00%
[[Independence Party (United States)|Template:Independence Party (United States)/meta/shortname]] Thomas Louis Hisgen of Massachusetts John Temple Graves of Georgia 1,105 1.53% 0 0.00%
Prohibition Eugene Wilder Chafin of Illinois Aaron Sherman Watkins of Ohio 1,016 1.40% 0 0.00%
Socialist Labor August Gillhaus of New York Donald L. Munro of Virginia 183 0.25% 0 0.00%
Total 72,317 100.00% 4 100.00%

References

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