1908 United States presidential election in Texas

The 1908 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 3, 1908. Voters chose 18 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1908 United States presidential election in Texas

November 3, 1908

Nominee William Jennings Bryan William Howard Taft Party Democratic Republican Home state Nebraska Ohio Running mate John Worth Kern James S. Sherman Electoral vote 18 0 Popular vote 217,302 65,666 Percentage 73.97% 22.35%

County Results Bryan   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90%   90-100% Taft   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90%   90-100%

President before election Theodore Roosevelt Republican Elected President William Howard Taft Republican

Texas overwhelmingly voted for the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan, over the Republican nominee, Secretary of War William Howard Taft. Bryan won Texas by a landslide margin of 51.62%.

Bryan had previously won Texas in both 1896 and 1900. With 73.97 percent of the popular vote, Texas would also prove to be Bryan's fourth strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote only after South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana.[1]

Results

1908 United States presidential election in Texas[2]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Democratic	William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska	John Worth Kern of Indiana	217,302	73.97%	18	100.00%
	Republican	William Howard Taft of Ohio	James Schoolcraft Sherman of New York	65,666	22.35%	0	0.00%
	Socialist Party of America	Eugene Victor Debs	Benjamin Hanford	7,870	2.68%	0	0.00%
	Prohibition	Eugene Wilder Chafin of Illinois	Aaron Sherman Watkins of Ohio	1,634	0.56%	0	0.00%
	People's Party (United States)	Thomas Edward Watson	Samuel Williams (American politician)	994	0.34%	0	0.00%
	Socialist Labor Party of American	August Gillhaus	Donald L. Munro	176	0.06%	0	0.00%
	Independence	Thomas Louis Hisgen of Massachusetts	John Temple Graves of Georgia	115	0.04%	0	0.00%
Total				293,757	100.00%	18	100.00%

References

1. "1908 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
2. "1908 Presidential General Election Results - Texas". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.