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The 1908 United States presidential election in Vermont took place on November 3, 1908 as part of the 1908 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Vermont overwhelmingly 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 and his running mate John W. Kern of Indiana. Taft won the state by a landslide margin of 53.26%.
With 75.08% of the popular vote, Vermont would be Taft’s strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote.[1]
Bryan had previously lost Vermont to William McKinley in both 1896 and 1900.
Results
| 1908 United States presidential election in Vermont[2] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Republican | William Howard Taft of Ohio | James Schoolcraft Sherman of New York | 39,552 | 75.08% | 4 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska | John Worth Kern of Indiana | 11,496 | 21.82% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Independence | Thomas Louis Hisgen of Massachusetts | John Temple Graves of Georgia | 804 | 1.53% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Prohibition | Eugene Wilder Chafin of Illinois | Aaron Sherman Watkins of Ohio | 802 | 1.52% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| N/A | Others | Others | 29 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 52,683 | 100.00% | 4 | 100.00% | ||||
Results by county
| County | William Howard Taft Republican |
William Jennings Bryan Democratic |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Addison | 2,986 | 84.42% | 444 | 12.55% | 107 | 3.03% | 2,542 | 71.87% | 3,537 |
| Bennington | 2,453 | 73.66% | 748 | 22.46% | 129 | 3.87% | 1,705 | 51.20% | 3,330 |
| Caledonia | 2,700 | 74.63% | 764 | 21.12% | 154 | 4.26% | 1,936 | 53.51% | 3,618 |
| Chittenden | 3,806 | 68.29% | 1,650 | 29.61% | 117 | 2.10% | 2,156 | 38.69% | 5,573 |
| Essex | 744 | 68.07% | 327 | 29.92% | 22 | 2.01% | 417 | 38.15% | 1,093 |
| Franklin | 2,360 | 66.84% | 1,048 | 29.68% | 123 | 3.48% | 1,312 | 37.16% | 3,531 |
| Grand Isle | 364 | 64.31% | 188 | 33.22% | 14 | 2.47% | 176 | 31.10% | 566 |
| Lamoille | 1,455 | 79.03% | 311 | 16.89% | 75 | 4.07% | 1,144 | 62.14% | 1,841 |
| Orange | 2,262 | 74.46% | 667 | 21.96% | 109 | 3.59% | 1,595 | 52.50% | 3,038 |
| Orleans | 2,535 | 85.30% | 384 | 12.92% | 53 | 1.78% | 2,151 | 72.38% | 2,972 |
| Rutland | 5,643 | 75.69% | 1,543 | 20.70% | 269 | 3.61% | 4,100 | 55.00% | 7,455 |
| Washington | 3,823 | 67.86% | 1,610 | 28.58% | 201 | 3.57% | 2,213 | 39.28% | 5,634 |
| Windham | 3,738 | 78.56% | 906 | 19.04% | 114 | 2.40% | 2,832 | 59.52% | 4,758 |
| Windsor | 4,683 | 81.61% | 907 | 15.81% | 148 | 2.58% | 3,776 | 65.81% | 5,738 |
| Totals | 39,552 | 75.07% | 11,497 | 21.82% | 1,635 | 3.10% | 28,055 | 53.25% | 52,684 |
See also
References
- ^ "1908 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ "1908 Presidential General Election Results - Vermont". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
- ^ Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 352-354 ISBN 9780804716963
