Presidential election · 1908
1908 electoral map
William Howard Taft (Republican) won the 1908 presidential election with 321 electoral votes to William Jennings Bryan's 162. Taft carried 29 of the 46 states that took part.
Winner
William Howard Taft
321
Democratic
William Jennings Bryan
162
official Electoral College count
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Good to know
- Some electoral votes were split within states, cast by faithless electors or not counted, so the coloured states do not add up exactly to the official totals shown here. Each state is coloured by the party that won most of its electors.
States won in 1908
William Jennings Bryan· Democratic
17 statesWilliam Howard Taft· Republican
29 statesNew York 39Pennsylvania 34Illinois 27Ohio 23Missouri 18Massachusetts 16Indiana 15Michigan 14Iowa 13Wisconsin 13New Jersey 12Minnesota 11California 10Kansas 10Connecticut 7West Virginia 7Maine 6Washington 5New Hampshire 4North Dakota 4Oregon 4Rhode Island 4South Dakota 4Vermont 4Delaware 3Idaho 3Montana 3Utah 3Wyoming 3
Electoral College in 1908
46 states held 483 electoral votes in 1908. The largest prize was New York with 39 electoral votes.
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Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): results by state, electors by state and year, and the 1908 election article.