See main article: 1908 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1908 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania |
| Country: | Pennsylvania |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1904 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania |
| Previous Year: | 1904 |
| Next Election: | 1912 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania |
| Next Year: | 1912 |
| Election Date: | November 3, 1908 |
| Image1: | William Howard Taft, Bain bw photo portrait, 1908.jpg |
| Nominee1: | William Howard Taft |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | Ohio |
| Running Mate1: | James S. Sherman |
| Electoral Vote1: | 34 |
| Popular Vote1: | 745,779 |
| Percentage1: | 58.84% |
| Nominee2: | William Jennings Bryan |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Nebraska |
| Running Mate2: | John W. Kern |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 448,782 |
| Percentage2: | 35.41% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | William Howard Taft |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1908 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 3, 1908, as part of the 1908 United States presidential election, throughout 46 states (Arizona and New Mexico were still territories that would participate in the next election). This was the first presidential election in which Oklahoma participated. Voters chose 34 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Pennsylvania 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 of Nebraska and his running mate John W. Kern of Indiana. Taft won the state by a landslide margin of 23.43%.
Bryan had previously lost Pennsylvania to William McKinley in both 1896 and 1900.
| 1908 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[1] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Republican | William Howard Taft | 745,779 | 58.84% | 34 | ||
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 448,782 | 35.41% | 0 | ||
| Prohibition | Eugene W. Chafin | 36,694 | 2.90% | 0 | ||
| Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 33,914 | 2.68% | 0 | ||
| Socialist Labor | August Gillhaus | 1,224 | 0.10% | 0 | ||
| Independence | Thomas L. Hisgen | 1,057 | 0.08% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1,270,250 | 100.00% | 34 | |||
| County | William Howard Taft Republican | William Jennings Bryan Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast[2] | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Adams | 4,034 | 51.40% | 3,685 | 46.95% | 130 | 1.66% | 349 | 4.45% | 7,849 | ||||||||||
| Allegheny | 74,080 | 60.77% | 35,655 | 29.25% | 12,170 | 9.98% | 38,425 | 31.52% | 121,905 | ||||||||||
| Armstrong | 6,110 | 59.67% | 3,212 | 31.37% | 917 | 8.96% | 2,898 | 28.30% | 10,239 | ||||||||||
| Beaver | 7,008 | 55.95% | 4,200 | 33.53% | 1,318 | 10.52% | 2,808 | 22.42% | 12,526 | ||||||||||
| Bedford | 4,784 | 57.03% | 3,196 | 38.10% | 408 | 4.86% | 1,588 | 18.93% | 8,388 | ||||||||||
| Berks | 13,642 | 41.01% | 17,381 | 52.25% | 2,245 | 6.75% | -3,739 | -11.24% | 33,268 | ||||||||||
| Blair | 10,583 | 67.00% | 3,981 | 25.20% | 1,232 | 7.80% | 6,602 | 41.80% | 15,796 | ||||||||||
| Bradford | 7,997 | 63.43% | 3,758 | 29.81% | 853 | 6.77% | 4,239 | 33.62% | 12,608 | ||||||||||
| Bucks | 9,409 | 55.33% | 7,233 | 42.54% | 362 | 2.13% | 2,176 | 12.80% | 17,004 | ||||||||||
| Butler | 6,584 | 54.15% | 4,698 | 38.64% | 877 | 7.21% | 1,886 | 15.51% | 12,159 | ||||||||||
| Cambria | 12,325 | 57.87% | 7,979 | 37.47% | 992 | 4.66% | 4,346 | 20.41% | 21,296 | ||||||||||
| Cameron | 1,110 | 65.72% | 533 | 31.56% | 46 | 2.72% | 577 | 34.16% | 1,689 | ||||||||||
| Carbon | 4,486 | 49.23% | 3,890 | 42.69% | 737 | 8.09% | 596 | 6.54% | 9,113 | ||||||||||
| Centre | 4,927 | 53.12% | 3,998 | 43.10% | 351 | 3.78% | 929 | 10.02% | 9,276 | ||||||||||
| Chester | 13,118 | 64.07% | 6,555 | 32.01% | 803 | 3.92% | 6,563 | 32.05% | 20,476 | ||||||||||
| Clarion | 2,915 | 42.92% | 3,291 | 48.46% | 585 | 8.61% | -376 | -5.54% | 6,791 | ||||||||||
| Clearfield | 7,726 | 55.38% | 4,954 | 35.51% | 1,271 | 9.11% | 2,772 | 19.87% | 13,951 | ||||||||||
| Clinton | 3,477 | 54.54% | 2,547 | 39.95% | 351 | 5.51% | 930 | 14.59% | 6,375 | ||||||||||
| Columbia | 3,718 | 39.17% | 5,373 | 56.60% | 402 | 4.23% | -1,655 | -17.43% | 9,493 | ||||||||||
| Crawford | 7,679 | 52.58% | 5,668 | 38.81% | 1,258 | 8.61% | 2,011 | 13.77% | 14,605 | ||||||||||
| Cumberland | 6,261 | 51.35% | 5,403 | 44.32% | 528 | 4.33% | 858 | 7.04% | 12,192 | ||||||||||
| Dauphin | 15,637 | 63.38% | 7,546 | 30.59% | 1,488 | 6.03% | 8,091 | 32.80% | 24,671 | ||||||||||
| Delaware | 15,184 | 70.75% | 5,727 | 26.69% | 550 | 2.56% | 9,457 | 44.07% | 21,461 | ||||||||||
| Elk | 2,991 | 51.52% | 2,531 | 43.60% | 283 | 4.88% | 460 | 7.92% | 5,805 | ||||||||||
| Erie | 10,828 | 55.76% | 6,173 | 31.79% | 2,418 | 12.45% | 4,655 | 23.97% | 19,419 | ||||||||||
| Fayette | 10,012 | 50.26% | 8,220 | 41.26% | 1,689 | 8.48% | 1,792 | 9.00% | 19,921 | ||||||||||
| Forest | 1,119 | 60.91% | 512 | 27.87% | 206 | 11.21% | 607 | 33.04% | 1,837 | ||||||||||
| Franklin | 6,938 | 58.05% | 4,682 | 39.17% | 332 | 2.78% | 2,256 | 18.88% | 11,952 | ||||||||||
| Fulton | 974 | 45.45% | 1,098 | 51.24% | 71 | 3.31% | -124 | -5.79% | 2,143 | ||||||||||
| Greene | 2,438 | 37.22% | 3,793 | 57.91% | 319 | 4.87% | -1,355 | -20.69% | 6,550 | ||||||||||
| Huntingdon | 4,503 | 66.34% | 1,917 | 28.24% | 368 | 5.42% | 2,586 | 38.10% | 6,788 | ||||||||||
| Indiana | 6,416 | 67.44% | 1,965 | 20.65% | 1,133 | 11.91% | 4,451 | 46.78% | 9,514 | ||||||||||
| Jefferson | 5,652 | 60.20% | 2,982 | 31.76% | 755 | 8.04% | 2,670 | 28.44% | 9,389 | ||||||||||
| Juniata | 1,765 | 54.09% | 1,414 | 43.33% | 84 | 2.57% | 351 | 10.76% | 3,263 | ||||||||||
| Lackawanna | 18,590 | 53.44% | 15,451 | 44.41% | 747 | 2.15% | 3,139 | 9.02% | 34,788 | ||||||||||
| Lancaster | 23,523 | 71.43% | 8,109 | 24.62% | 1,299 | 3.94% | 15,414 | 46.81% | 32,931 | ||||||||||
| Lawrence | 5,350 | 54.06% | 2,656 | 26.84% | 1,890 | 19.10% | 2,694 | 27.22% | 9,896 | ||||||||||
| Lebanon | 6,874 | 67.08% | 2,858 | 27.89% | 515 | 5.03% | 4,016 | 39.19% | 10,247 | ||||||||||
| Lehigh | 11,593 | 48.80% | 11,285 | 47.50% | 879 | 3.70% | 308 | 1.30% | 23,757 | ||||||||||
| Luzerne | 24,594 | 56.24% | 17,379 | 39.74% | 1,760 | 4.02% | 7,215 | 16.50% | 43,733 | ||||||||||
| Lycoming | 8,708 | 50.78% | 7,144 | 41.66% | 1,298 | 7.57% | 1,564 | 9.12% | 17,150 | ||||||||||
| McKean | 5,073 | 58.01% | 2,867 | 32.78% | 805 | 9.21% | 2,206 | 25.23% | 8,745 | ||||||||||
| Mercer | 6,497 | 47.27% | 5,473 | 39.82% | 1,774 | 12.91% | 1,024 | 7.45% | 13,744 | ||||||||||
| Mifflin | 2,902 | 59.39% | 1,799 | 36.82% | 185 | 3.79% | 1,103 | 22.57% | 4,886 | ||||||||||
| Monroe | 1,454 | 31.62% | 3,004 | 65.32% | 141 | 3.07% | -1,550 | -33.70% | 4,599 | ||||||||||
| Montgomery | 19,088 | 59.82% | 11,899 | 37.29% | 922 | 2.89% | 7,189 | 22.53% | 31,909 | ||||||||||
| Montour | 1,164 | 42.34% | 1,490 | 54.20% | 95 | 3.46% | -326 | -11.86% | 2,749 | ||||||||||
| Northampton | 10,857 | 46.91% | 11,365 | 49.10% | 923 | 3.99% | -508 | -2.19% | 23,145 | ||||||||||
| Northumberland | 10,439 | 51.97% | 8,590 | 42.76% | 1,058 | 5.27% | 1,849 | 9.20% | 20,087 | ||||||||||
| Perry | 3,269 | 58.82% | 2,184 | 39.29% | 105 | 1.89% | 1,085 | 19.52% | 5,558 | ||||||||||
| Philadelphia | 185,263 | 69.09% | 75,310 | 28.09% | 7,568 | 2.82% | 109,953 | 41.01% | 268,141 | ||||||||||
| Pike | 715 | 39.24% | 1,069 | 58.67% | 38 | 2.09% | -354 | -19.43% | 1,822 | ||||||||||
| Potter | 3,603 | 60.47% | 1,932 | 32.43% | 423 | 7.10% | 1,671 | 28.05% | 5,958 | ||||||||||
| Schuylkill | 18,758 | 52.57% | 15,481 | 43.39% | 1,440 | 4.04% | 3,277 | 9.18% | 35,679 | ||||||||||
| Snyder | 2,401 | 67.41% | 1,081 | 30.35% | 80 | 2.25% | 1,320 | 37.06% | 3,562 | ||||||||||
| Somerset | 6,478 | 68.15% | 2,246 | 23.63% | 781 | 8.22% | 4,232 | 44.52% | 9,505 | ||||||||||
| Sullivan | 1,119 | 47.24% | 1,076 | 45.42% | 174 | 7.34% | 43 | 1.82% | 2,369 | ||||||||||
| Susquehanna | 4,999 | 57.30% | 3,230 | 37.02% | 496 | 5.68% | 1,769 | 20.28% | 8,725 | ||||||||||
| Tioga | 6,947 | 71.28% | 2,321 | 23.81% | 478 | 4.90% | 4,626 | 47.47% | 9,746 | ||||||||||
| Union | 2,547 | 66.89% | 1,154 | 30.30% | 107 | 2.81% | 1,393 | 36.58% | 3,808 | ||||||||||
| Venango | 4,868 | 49.73% | 2,815 | 28.76% | 2,105 | 21.51% | 2,053 | 20.97% | 9,788 | ||||||||||
| Warren | 4,672 | 62.03% | 2,054 | 27.27% | 806 | 10.70% | 2,618 | 34.76% | 7,532 | ||||||||||
| Washington | 11,430 | 65.81% | 4,886 | 28.13% | 1,051 | 6.05% | 6,544 | 37.68% | 17,367 | ||||||||||
| Wayne | 3,650 | 56.67% | 2,438 | 37.85% | 353 | 5.48% | 1,212 | 18.82% | 6,441 | ||||||||||
| Westmoreland | 15,429 | 52.00% | 11,101 | 37.41% | 3,141 | 10.59% | 4,328 | 14.59% | 29,671 | ||||||||||
| Wyoming | 2,234 | 55.79% | 1,629 | 40.68% | 141 | 3.52% | 605 | 15.11% | 4,004 | ||||||||||
| York | 14,610 | 47.48% | 15,171 | 49.30% | 990 | 3.22% | -561 | -1.82% | 30,771 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 746,128 | 59.10% | 444,297 | 35.19% | 72,100 | 5.71% | 301,831 | 23.91% | 1,262,525 | ||||||||||