U.S. presidential election, 1908

Presidential Candidate	Electoral Vote	Popular Vote	Pct	Party	Running Mate (Electoral Votes)
William Howard Taft of Ohio (W)	321	7,678,908	52.0	Republican	James S. Sherman of New York (321)
William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska	162	6,409,104	43.4	Democrat	John W. Kern of Indiana (162)
Other
Total			100.0%
Other elections: 1896, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1916, 1920
Source: U.S. Office of the Federal Register

Notes:

Other candidates:

• Socialist Party candidate Eugene V. Debs received 420,380 popular votes (2.8%).
• Prohibition Party candidate Eugene W. Chafin received 252,821 popular votes (1.7%).

Vice-President James S. Sherman died in office October 30, 1912.

See also: President of the United States, U.S. presidential election, 1908, History of the United States (1865-1918)