1908 United States presidential election in Rhode Island
The 1908 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place on November 3, 1908. Voters chose 4 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Rhode Island 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 26.6%.
With 60.76% of the popular vote, Rhode Island would be Taft's fifth strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Vermont, Maine, Michigan and North Dakota.[1]
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 | 43,942 | 60.76% | 4 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic | William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska | John Worth Kern of Indiana | 24,706 | 34.16% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Socialist | Eugene Victor Debs of Indiana | Benjamin Hanford of New York | 1,365 | 1.89% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Independence | Thomas Louis Hisgen of Massachusetts | John Temple Graves of Georgia | 1,105 | 1.53% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Prohibition | Eugene Wilder Chafin of Illinois | Aaron Sherman Watkins of Ohio | 1,016 | 1.40% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Socialist Labor | August Gillhaus of New York | Donald L. Munro of Virginia | 183 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Total | 72,317 | 100.00% | 4 | 100.00% |
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References
- "1908 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
- "1908 Presidential General Election Results - Rhode Island". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
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