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The 1908 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 3, 1908, as part of the 1908 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Connecticut voted for the Republican nominees, Secretary of War William Howard Taft of Ohio and his running mate James S. Sherman of New York. They defeated the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate John W. Kern of Indiana. Taft won the state by a margin of 23.51%.

Bryan had previously lost Connecticut to William McKinley in both 1896 and 1900.

Results

1908 United States presidential election in Connecticut[1]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican William Howard Taft of Ohio James Schoolcraft Sherman of New York 112,915 59.43% 7 100.00%
Democratic William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska John Worth Kern of Indiana 68,255 35.92% 0 0.00%
Socialist Eugene Victor Debs of Indiana Benjamin Hanford of New York 5,113 2.69% 0 0.00%
Prohibition Eugene Wilder Chafin of Illinois Aaron Sherman Watkins of Ohio 2,380 1.25% 0 0.00%
Independence Thomas Louis Hisgen of Massachusetts John Temple Graves of Georgia 728 0.38% 0 0.00%
Socialist Labor August Gillhaus of New York Donald L. Munro of Virginia 608 0.31% 0 0.00%
N/A Others Others 4 0.01% 0 0.00%
Total 190,003 100.00% 7 100.00%

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References

  1. ^ "1908 Presidential General Election Results - Connecticut". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.