1908 United States presidential election in South Dakota

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

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1908 United States presidential election in South Dakota

November 3, 1908

Nominee William Howard Taft William Jennings Bryan Party Republican Democratic Home state Ohio Nebraska Running mate James S. Sherman John Worth Kern Electoral vote 4 0 Popular vote 67,536 40,266 Percentage 58.84% 35.08%

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

South Dakota 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 23.76 percentage points.

William Bryan had previously won South Dakota during his run against William McKinley in 1896 but would later lose the state McKinley four years later in 1900.

Results

1908 United States presidential election in South Dakota[1]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Republican	William Howard Taft of Ohio	James Schoolcraft Sherman of New York	67,536	58.84%	4	100.00%
	Democratic	William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska	John Worth Kern of Indiana	40,266	35.08%	0	0.00%
	Prohibition	Eugene Wilder Chafin of Illinois	Aaron Sherman Watkins of Ohio	4,039	3.52%	0	0.00%
	Socialist	Eugene Victor Debs of Indiana	Ben Hanford of New York	2,846	2.48%	0	0.00%
	Independence	Thomas Louis Hisgen of Massachusetts	John Temple Graves of Georgia	88	0.08%	0	0.00%
Total				114,775	100.00%	4	100.00%

References

1. "1908 Presidential General Election Results - South Dakota". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 23 December 2013.