1908 United States presidential election in Louisiana
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The 1908 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 3, 1908. All contemporary 46 states were part of the 1908 United States presidential election. Louisiana voters chose nine electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Louisiana was won by the Democratic nominees, former Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate John W. Kern of Indiana. With 84.63 percent of the popular vote, Louisiana would also prove to be Bryan's third strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote only after South Carolina and Mississippi.[1]
Results
| United States presidential election in Louisiana, 1908[2] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 63,568 | 84.63% | 9 | |
| Republican | William Howard Taft | 8,958 | 11.93% | 0 | |
| Socialist | Eugene Debs | 2,514 | 3.35% | 0 | |
| Independent | Thomas Louis Hisgen | 77 | 0.10% | 0 | |
| Totals | 75,117 | 100.00% | 9 | ||
| Voter turnout | — | ||||
References
- ^ "1908 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Louisiana
