1908 United States presidential election in Connecticut
Election in Connecticut
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1908 United States presidential election
The 1908 United States presidential election in Connecticut 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 .
Connecticut 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 23.51%.
Results
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Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | |||
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Republican | William Howard Taft of Ohio | James Schoolcraft Sherman of New York | 112,915 | 59.43% | 7 | 100.00% | |
Democratic | William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska | John Worth Kern of Indiana | 68,255 | 35.92% | 0 | 0.00% | |
Socialist | Eugene Victor Debs of Indiana | Benjamin Hanford of New York | 5,113 | 2.69% | 0 | 0.00% | |
Prohibition | Eugene Wilder Chafin of Illinois | Aaron Sherman Watkins of Ohio | 2,380 | 1.25% | 0 | 0.00% | |
Independence | Thomas Louis Hisgen of Massachusetts | John Temple Graves of Georgia | 728 | 0.38% | 0 | 0.00% | |
Socialist Labor | August Gillhaus of New York | Donald L. Munro of Virginia | 608 | 0.31% | 0 | 0.00% | |
N/A | Others | Others | 4 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.00% | |
Total | 190,003 | 100.00% | 7 | 100.00% |
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References
- ↑ "1908 Presidential General Election Results - Connecticut" . U.S. Election Atlas . Retrieved 23 December 2013 .
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