| Elections in West Virginia |
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The 1908 United States presidential election in West Virginia 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.[2]
West Virginia was won by the 42nd Secretary of War William Howard Taft (R–Ohio), running with representative James S. Sherman, with 53.42 percent of the popular vote, against former representative William Jennings Bryan (D–Nebraska), running with John W. Kern, a former Indiana state senator with 43.17 percent of the popular vote.[2] Taft won the state by a margin of 10.25%.
The Prohibition Party ran Eugene W. Chafin (P–Wisconsin) with Aaron S. Watkins, the president of Asbury College and received 1.99 percent of the vote. The Socialist Party of America chose four-time candidate for President of the United States Eugene V. Debs (S–Indiana), running with Ben Hanford, and received 1.43 percent of the popular vote.
Bryan had previously lost West Virginia to William McKinley in both 1896 and 1900.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | William Howard Taft | 137,869 | 53.42% | |
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 111,418 | 43.17% | |
| Prohibition | Eugene W. Chafin | 5,139 | 1.99% | |
| Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 3,679 | 1.43% | |
| Total votes | 258,105 | 100.00% | ||
Results by county
| County | William Howard Taft Republican |
William Jennings Bryan Democratic |
Eugene Wilder Chafin Prohibition |
Eugene Victor Debs Socialist |
Various candidates Write-ins |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Barbour | 2,072 | 54.37% | 1,634 | 42.88% | 78 | 2.05% | 27 | 0.71% | 438 | 11.49% | 3,811 | ||
| Berkeley | 2,675 | 49.98% | 2,563 | 47.89% | 100 | 1.87% | 14 | 0.26% | 112 | 2.09% | 5,352 | ||
| Boone | 994 | 47.56% | 1,031 | 49.33% | 7 | 0.33% | 58 | 2.78% | -37 | -1.77% | 2,090 | ||
| Braxton | 2,365 | 46.86% | 2,565 | 50.82% | 102 | 2.02% | 15 | 0.30% | -200 | -3.96% | 5,047 | ||
| Brooke | 1,374 | 53.61% | 1,074 | 41.90% | 58 | 2.26% | 57 | 2.22% | 300 | 11.71% | 2,563 | ||
| Cabell | 4,900 | 50.83% | 4,467 | 46.34% | 160 | 1.66% | 111 | 1.15% | 2 | 0.02% | 433 | 4.49% | 9,640 |
| Calhoun | 1,006 | 44.36% | 1,212 | 53.44% | 44 | 1.94% | 6 | 0.26% | -206 | -9.08% | 2,268 | ||
| Clay | 1,320 | 59.06% | 825 | 36.91% | 68 | 3.04% | 21 | 0.94% | 1 | 0.04% | 495 | 22.15% | 2,235 |
| Doddridge | 1,773 | 62.50% | 990 | 34.90% | 46 | 1.62% | 28 | 0.99% | 783 | 27.60% | 2,837 | ||
| Fayette | 5,874 | 56.27% | 3,819 | 36.58% | 282 | 2.70% | 464 | 4.44% | 2,055 | 19.69% | 10,439 | ||
| Gilmer | 989 | 38.66% | 1,512 | 59.11% | 56 | 2.19% | 1 | 0.04% | -523 | -20.45% | 2,558 | ||
| Grant | 1,305 | 78.14% | 336 | 20.12% | 25 | 1.50% | 4 | 0.24% | 969 | 58.02% | 1,670 | ||
| Greenbrier | 2,415 | 46.50% | 2,682 | 51.64% | 49 | 0.94% | 46 | 0.89% | 2 | 0.04% | -267 | -5.14% | 5,194 |
| Hampshire | 683 | 27.58% | 1,773 | 71.61% | 19 | 0.77% | 1 | 0.04% | -1,090 | -44.02% | 2,476 | ||
| Hancock | 1,185 | 59.73% | 719 | 36.24% | 60 | 3.02% | 20 | 1.01% | 466 | 23.49% | 1,984 | ||
| Hardy | 646 | 34.55% | 1,219 | 65.19% | 1 | 0.05% | 4 | 0.21% | -573 | -30.64% | 1,870 | ||
| Harrison | 4,946 | 52.40% | 4,004 | 42.42% | 397 | 4.21% | 86 | 0.91% | 6 | 0.06% | 942 | 9.98% | 9,439 |
| Jackson | 2,615 | 56.59% | 1,950 | 42.20% | 37 | 0.80% | 19 | 0.41% | 665 | 14.39% | 4,621 | ||
| Jefferson | 1,255 | 32.84% | 2,490 | 65.15% | 76 | 1.99% | 1 | 0.03% | -1,235 | -32.31% | 3,822 | ||
| Kanawha | 9,663 | 54.43% | 7,117 | 40.09% | 345 | 1.94% | 624 | 3.51% | 5 | 0.03% | 2,546 | 14.34% | 17,754 |
| Lewis | 2,239 | 52.79% | 1,832 | 43.20% | 149 | 3.51% | 19 | 0.45% | 2 | 0.05% | 407 | 9.60% | 4,241 |
| Lincoln | 2,202 | 55.08% | 1,732 | 43.32% | 58 | 1.45% | 6 | 0.15% | 470 | 11.76% | 3,998 | ||
| Logan | 730 | 33.56% | 1,399 | 64.32% | 11 | 0.51% | 33 | 1.52% | 2 | 0.09% | -669 | -30.76% | 2,175 |
| Marion | 4,368 | 49.07% | 3,961 | 44.50% | 344 | 3.86% | 222 | 2.49% | 6 | 0.07% | 407 | 4.57% | 8,901 |
| Marshall | 3,680 | 55.46% | 2,498 | 37.64% | 220 | 3.32% | 238 | 3.59% | 1,182 | 17.81% | 6,636 | ||
| Mason | 3,116 | 60.80% | 1,928 | 37.62% | 24 | 0.47% | 56 | 1.09% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,188 | 23.18% | 5,125 |
| McDowell | 6,176 | 75.90% | 1,916 | 23.55% | 45 | 0.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,260 | 52.35% | 8,137 | ||
| Mercer | 4,229 | 57.96% | 3,006 | 41.20% | 24 | 0.33% | 36 | 0.49% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,223 | 16.76% | 7,296 |
| Mineral | 1,986 | 55.40% | 1,512 | 42.18% | 66 | 1.84% | 17 | 0.47% | 4 | 0.11% | 474 | 13.22% | 3,585 |
| Mingo | 2,058 | 57.23% | 1,520 | 42.27% | 9 | 0.25% | 9 | 0.25% | 538 | 14.96% | 3,596 | ||
| Monongalia | 3,131 | 59.64% | 1,758 | 33.49% | 172 | 3.28% | 187 | 3.56% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,373 | 26.15% | 5,250 |
| Monroe | 1,523 | 49.54% | 1,521 | 49.48% | 29 | 0.94% | 1 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.07% | 3,074 | ||
| Morgan | 1,134 | 65.78% | 549 | 31.84% | 37 | 2.15% | 4 | 0.23% | 585 | 33.93% | 1,724 | ||
| Nicholas | 1,795 | 48.99% | 1,730 | 47.22% | 139 | 3.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 65 | 1.77% | 3,664 | ||
| Ohio | 7,312 | 50.76% | 6,497 | 45.10% | 153 | 1.06% | 441 | 3.06% | 3 | 0.02% | 815 | 5.66% | 14,406 |
| Pendleton | 898 | 42.88% | 1,193 | 56.97% | 3 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | -295 | -14.09% | 2,094 | ||
| Pleasants | 987 | 50.54% | 921 | 47.16% | 41 | 2.10% | 4 | 0.20% | 66 | 3.38% | 1,953 | ||
| Pocahontas | 1,687 | 54.99% | 1,300 | 42.37% | 73 | 2.38% | 8 | 0.26% | 387 | 12.61% | 3,068 | ||
| Preston | 3,928 | 70.04% | 1,454 | 25.93% | 144 | 2.57% | 81 | 1.44% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,474 | 44.12% | 5,608 |
| Putnam | 2,098 | 53.63% | 1,726 | 44.12% | 36 | 0.92% | 50 | 1.28% | 2 | 0.05% | 372 | 9.51% | 3,912 |
| Raleigh | 2,530 | 55.16% | 1,891 | 41.23% | 44 | 0.96% | 122 | 2.66% | 639 | 13.93% | 4,587 | ||
| Randolph | 2,363 | 44.92% | 2,645 | 50.29% | 142 | 2.70% | 110 | 2.09% | -282 | -5.36% | 5,260 | ||
| Ritchie | 2,242 | 58.25% | 1,346 | 34.97% | 222 | 5.77% | 38 | 0.99% | 1 | 0.03% | 896 | 23.28% | 3,849 |
| Roane | 2,334 | 54.87% | 1,868 | 43.91% | 43 | 1.01% | 9 | 0.21% | 466 | 10.95% | 4,254 | ||
| Summers | 1,940 | 47.31% | 2,123 | 51.77% | 35 | 0.85% | 3 | 0.07% | -183 | -4.46% | 4,101 | ||
| Taylor | 2,106 | 54.89% | 1,552 | 40.45% | 129 | 3.36% | 46 | 1.20% | 4 | 0.10% | 554 | 14.44% | 3,837 |
| Tucker | 1,886 | 57.31% | 1,265 | 38.44% | 122 | 3.71% | 18 | 0.55% | 621 | 18.87% | 3,291 | ||
| Tyler | 2,113 | 57.89% | 1,355 | 37.12% | 113 | 3.10% | 69 | 1.89% | 758 | 20.77% | 3,650 | ||
| Upshur | 2,571 | 71.42% | 846 | 23.50% | 174 | 4.83% | 9 | 0.25% | 1,725 | 47.92% | 3,600 | ||
| Wayne | 2,410 | 47.81% | 2,590 | 51.38% | 32 | 0.63% | 9 | 0.18% | -180 | -3.57% | 5,041 | ||
| Webster | 932 | 43.03% | 1,196 | 55.22% | 32 | 1.48% | 6 | 0.28% | -264 | -12.19% | 2,166 | ||
| Wetzel | 2,235 | 42.23% | 2,874 | 54.31% | 96 | 1.81% | 85 | 1.61% | 2 | 0.04% | -639 | -12.07% | 5,292 |
| Wirt | 1,028 | 48.81% | 1,042 | 49.48% | 29 | 1.38% | 7 | 0.33% | -14 | -0.66% | 2,106 | ||
| Wood | 4,596 | 51.75% | 4,063 | 45.74% | 96 | 1.08% | 127 | 1.43% | 533 | 6.00% | 8,882 | ||
| Wyoming | 1,251 | 58.90% | 827 | 38.94% | 44 | 2.07% | 2 | 0.09% | 424 | 19.96% | 2,124 | ||
| Totals | 137,869 | 53.41% | 111,418 | 43.16% | 5,140 | 1.99% | 3,679 | 1.43% | 47 | 0.02% | 26,451 | 10.25% | 258,153 |
See also
References
- ^ "1908 Presidential Election Results West Virginia Total Population Turnout".
- ^ a b c "1908 Presidential Election Results West Virginia".
- ^ "Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1908". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)
