Election in Indiana
1908 United States presidential election in Indiana
Nominee
William Howard Taft
William Jennings Bryan
Party
Republican
Democratic
Home state
Ohio
Nebraska
Running mate
James S. Sherman
John W. Kern
Electoral vote
15
0
Popular vote
348,993
338,262
Percentage
48.40%
46.91%
County Results
Taft
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
Bryan
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
President before election
Theodore Roosevelt
Republican
Elected President
William Howard Taft
Republican
The 1908 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 3, 1908. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Indiana 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 narrow margin of 1.49%.
Results [ ]
1908 United States presidential election in Indiana[1]
Party
Candidate
Running mate
Popular vote
Electoral vote
Count
%
Count
%
Republican
William Howard Taft of Ohio
James Schoolcraft Sherman of New York
348,993
48.40%
15
100.00%
Democratic
William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska
John Worth Kern of Indiana
338,262
46.91%
0
0.00%
Prohibition
Eugene Wilder Chafin of Illinois
Aaron Sherman Watkins of Ohio
18,845
2.50%
0
0.00%
Socialist
Eugene Victor Debs of Indiana
Benjamin Hanford of New York
13,476
1.87%
0
0.00%
Populist
Thomas Edward Watson of Georgia
Samuel Williams of Indiana
1,193
0.17%
0
0.00%
Socialist Labor
August Gillhaus of New York
Donald L. Munro of Virginia
643
0.09%
0
0.00%
Independence
Thomas Louis Hisgen of Massachusetts
John Temple Graves of Georgia
514
0.07%
0
0.00%
Total
721,126
100.00%
15
100.00%
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