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1908 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
Nominee
William Howard Taft William Jennings Bryan
Party
Republican
Democratic
Home state
Ohio
Nebraska
Running mate
James S. Sherman John W. Kern
Electoral vote
34
0
Popular vote
745,779
448,782
Percentage
58.84%
35.41%
County Results
Taft
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
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 Pennsylvania took place on November 3, 1908 as part of the 1908 United States presidential election , 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 34 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Pennsylvania overwhelmingly voted for the Republican nominee, Secretary of War William Howard Taft , over the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan . Taft won Pennsylvania by a landslide margin of 23.43%.
Results [ ]
1908 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[1]
Party
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Electoral votes
Republican William Howard Taft 745,779
58.84%
34
Democratic
William Jennings Bryan
448,782
35.41%
0
Prohibition
Eugene Chafin
36,694
2.90%
0
Socialist
Eugene Debs
33,914
2.68%
0
Socialist Labor
August Gillhaus
1,224
0.10%
0
Independence
Thomas L. Hisgen
1,057
0.08%
0
Totals
1,270,250
100.00%
34
Results by county [ ]
County
William Howard Taft
William Jennings Bryan
Various candidates
Margin
Total votes cast[2]
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Adams
4,034
51.40%
3,685
46.95%
130
1.66%
349
4.45%
7,849
Allegheny
74,080
60.77%
35,655
29.25%
12,170
9.98%
38,425
31.52%
121,905
Armstrong
6,110
59.67%
3,212
31.37%
917
8.96%
2,898
28.30%
10,239
Beaver
7,008
55.95%
4,200
33.53%
1,318
10.52%
2,808
22.42%
12,526
Bedford
4,784
57.03%
3,196
38.10%
408
4.86%
1,588
18.93%
8,388
Berks
13,642
41.01%
17,381
52.25%
2,245
6.75%
-3,739
-11.24%
33,268
Blair
10,583
67.00%
3,981
25.20%
1,232
7.80%
6,602
41.80%
15,796
Bradford
7,997
63.43%
3,758
29.81%
853
6.77%
4,239
33.62%
12,608
Bucks
9,409
55.33%
7,233
42.54%
362
2.13%
2,176
12.80%
17,004
Butler
6,584
54.15%
4,698
38.64%
877
7.21%
1,886
15.51%
12,159
Cambria
12,325
57.87%
7,979
37.47%
992
4.66%
4,346
20.41%
21,296
Cameron
1,110
65.72%
533
31.56%
46
2.72%
577
34.16%
1,689
Carbon
4,486
49.23%
3,890
42.69%
737
8.09%
596
6.54%
9,113
Centre
4,927
53.12%
3,998
43.10%
351
3.78%
929
10.02%
9,276
Chester
13,118
64.07%
6,555
32.01%
803
3.92%
6,563
32.05%
20,476
Clarion
2,915
42.92%
3,291
48.46%
585
8.61%
-376
-5.54%
6,791
Clearfield
7,726
55.38%
4,954
35.51%
1,271
9.11%
2,772
19.87%
13,951
Clinton
3,477
54.54%
2,547
39.95%
351
5.51%
930
14.59%
6,375
Columbia
3,718
39.17%
5,373
56.60%
402
4.23%
-1,655
-17.43%
9,493
Crawford
7,679
52.58%
5,668
38.81%
1,258
8.61%
2,011
13.77%
14,605
Cumberland
6,261
51.35%
5,403
44.32%
528
4.33%
858
7.04%
12,192
Dauphin
15,637
63.38%
7,546
30.59%
1,488
6.03%
8,091
32.80%
24,671
Delaware
15,184
70.75%
5,727
26.69%
550
2.56%
9,457
44.07%
21,461
Elk
2,991
51.52%
2,531
43.60%
283
4.88%
460
7.92%
5,805
Erie
10,828
55.76%
6,173
31.79%
2,418
12.45%
4,655
23.97%
19,419
Fayette
10,012
50.26%
8,220
41.26%
1,689
8.48%
1,792
9.00%
19,921
Forest
1,119
60.91%
512
27.87%
206
11.21%
607
33.04%
1,837
Franklin
6,938
58.05%
4,682
39.17%
332
2.78%
2,256
18.88%
11,952
Fulton
974
45.45%
1,098
51.24%
71
3.31%
-124
-5.79%
2,143
Greene
2,438
37.22%
3,793
57.91%
319
4.87%
-1,355
-20.69%
6,550
Huntingdon
4,503
66.34%
1,917
28.24%
368
5.42%
2,586
38.10%
6,788
Indiana
6,416
67.44%
1,965
20.65%
1,133
11.91%
4,451
46.78%
9,514
Jefferson
5,652
60.20%
2,982
31.76%
755
8.04%
2,670
28.44%
9,389
Juniata
1,765
54.09%
1,414
43.33%
84
2.57%
351
10.76%
3,263
Lackawanna
18,590
53.44%
15,451
44.41%
747
2.15%
3,139
9.02%
34,788
Lancaster
23,523
71.43%
8,109
24.62%
1,299
3.94%
15,414
46.81%
32,931
Lawrence
5,350
54.06%
2,656
26.84%
1,890
19.10%
2,694
27.22%
9,896
Lebanon
6,874
67.08%
2,858
27.89%
515
5.03%
4,016
39.19%
10,247
Lehigh
11,593
48.80%
11,285
47.50%
879
3.70%
308
1.30%
23,757
Luzerne
24,594
56.24%
17,379
39.74%
1,760
4.02%
7,215
16.50%
43,733
Lycoming
8,708
50.78%
7,144
41.66%
1,298
7.57%
1,564
9.12%
17,150
McKean
5,073
58.01%
2,867
32.78%
805
9.21%
2,206
25.23%
8,745
Mercer
6,497
47.27%
5,473
39.82%
1,774
12.91%
1,024
7.45%
13,744
Mifflin
2,902
59.39%
1,799
36.82%
185
3.79%
1,103
22.57%
4,886
Monroe
1,454
31.62%
3,004
65.32%
141
3.07%
-1,550
-33.70%
4,599
Montgomery
19,088
59.82%
11,899
37.29%
922
2.89%
7,189
22.53%
31,909
Montour
1,164
42.34%
1,490
54.20%
95
3.46%
-326
-11.86%
2,749
Northampton
10,857
46.91%
11,365
49.10%
923
3.99%
-508
-2.19%
23,145
Northumberland
10,439
51.97%
8,590
42.76%
1,058
5.27%
1,849
9.20%
20,087
Perry
3,269
58.82%
2,184
39.29%
105
1.89%
1,085
19.52%
5,558
Philadelphia
185,263
69.09%
75,310
28.09%
7,568
2.82%
109,953
41.01%
268,141
Pike
715
39.24%
1,069
58.67%
38
2.09%
-354
-19.43%
1,822
Potter
3,603
60.47%
1,932
32.43%
423
7.10%
1,671
28.05%
5,958
Schuylkill
18,758
52.57%
15,481
43.39%
1,440
4.04%
3,277
9.18%
35,679
Snyder
2,401
67.41%
1,081
30.35%
80
2.25%
1,320
37.06%
3,562
Somerset
6,478
68.15%
2,246
23.63%
781
8.22%
4,232
44.52%
9,505
Sullivan
1,119
47.24%
1,076
45.42%
174
7.34%
43
1.82%
2,369
Susquehanna
4,999
57.30%
3,230
37.02%
496
5.68%
1,769
20.28%
8,725
Tioga
6,947
71.28%
2,321
23.81%
478
4.90%
4,626
47.47%
9,746
Union
2,547
66.89%
1,154
30.30%
107
2.81%
1,393
36.58%
3,808
Venango
4,868
49.73%
2,815
28.76%
2,105
21.51%
2,053
20.97%
9,788
Warren
4,672
62.03%
2,054
27.27%
806
10.70%
2,618
34.76%
7,532
Washington
11,430
65.81%
4,886
28.13%
1,051
6.05%
6,544
37.68%
17,367
Wayne
3,650
56.67%
2,438
37.85%
353
5.48%
1,212
18.82%
6,441
Westmoreland
15,429
52.00%
11,101
37.41%
3,141
10.59%
4,328
14.59%
29,671
Wyoming
2,234
55.79%
1,629
40.68%
141
3.52%
605
15.11%
4,004
York
14,610
47.48%
15,171
49.30%
990
3.22%
-561
-1.82%
30,771
Totals
746,128
59.10%
444,297
35.19%
72,100
5.71%
301,831
23.91%
1,262,525
See also [ ] List of United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania References [ ]
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