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1908 United States presidential election in Montana

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United States presidential election in Montana, 1908

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Nominee William Howard Taft William Jennings Bryan Eugene V. Debs
Party Republican Democratic Socialist
Home state Ohio Nebraska Indiana
Running mate James S. Sherman John Worth Kern Benjamin Hanford
Electoral vote 3 0 0
Popular vote 32,333 29,326 5,855
Percentage 46.98% 42.61% 8.51%

County results

President before election

Theodore Roosevelt
Republican

Elected President

William Howard Taft
Republican

The 1908 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 3, 1908 throughout 46 states (Arizona and New Mexico were still territories that would participate in the next election). This was the first presidential election in which Oklahoma participated. Voters chose 3 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Montana voted for the Republican nominee, Secretary of War William Howard Taft, over the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan by a relatively small margin. Taft won Montana by a margin of 4.37%. Bryan had previously won Montana by large margins in the United States presidential election in Montana, 1896 and United States presidential election in Montana, 1900 presidential elections.

Results

United States presidential [1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican William Howard Taft 32,333 46.98% 3
Democratic William Jennings Bryan 29,326 42.61% 0
Socialist Eugene Debs 5,855 8.51% 0
Prohibition Eugene Chafin 827 1.20% 0
Independence Thomas L. Hisgen 481 0.70% 0

References