See main article: 1908 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1908 United States presidential election in West Virginia |
| Country: | West Virginia |
| Flag Year: | 1805 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1904 United States presidential election in West Virginia |
| Previous Year: | 1904 |
| Next Election: | 1912 United States presidential election in West Virginia |
| Next Year: | 1912 |
| Election Date: | November 3, 1908 |
| Turnout: | 26.92% of the total population 1.89 pp[1] |
| 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: | 7 |
| Popular Vote1: | 137,869 |
| Percentage1: | 53.42% |
| Nominee2: | William Jennings Bryan |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Nebraska |
| Running Mate2: | John W. Kern |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 111,418 |
| Percentage2: | 43.17% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | William Taft |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
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.
| County | Republican | Democratic | Prohibition | Socialist | Margin | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||