1908 United States presidential election in New York explained

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Election Name:	1908 United States presidential election in New York
Country:	New York
Flag Image:	Flag of New York (1909–2020).svg
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1904 United States presidential election in New York
Previous Year:	1904
Next Election:	1912 United States presidential election in New York
Next Year:	1912
Turnout:	79.7%^[1] 3.6 pp
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:	39
Popular Vote1:	870,070
Percentage1:	53.11%
Nominee2:	William Jennings Bryan
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	Nebraska
Running Mate2:	John W. Kern
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	667,468
Percentage2:	40.74%
Map Size:	400px
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 New York took place on November 3, 1908. All 46 contemporary states were part of the 1908 United States presidential election. Voters chose 39 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

New York was won by the Republican nominees, United States Secretary of War William Howard Taft of Ohio and his running mate Congressman James S. Sherman of New York. Taft and Sherman defeated the Democratic nominees, former Congressman and two-time prior presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate Senator John W. Kern of Indiana. Also in the running was the Socialist Party candidate, Eugene V. Debs, who ran with Ben Hanford.

Taft carried New York State with 53.11% of the vote to Bryan's 40.74%, a victory margin of 12.37%. Debs finished a distant third, receiving 2.35% of the vote in the state.

New York weighed in for this election as about 4% more Republican than the national average. New York would prove to be a Republican stronghold during the Fourth Party System, voting for Republican candidates in the presidential elections of that era barring Woodrow Wilson's win four years later. This was the first time since its incorporation in 1898 that a Republican won New York City, something that has happened twice since, in 1920 and 1924.

Bryan had previously lost New York twice to William McKinley in both 1896 and 1900.

Results

1908 United States presidential election in New York^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	William Howard Taft	870,070	53.11%	39
	Democratic	William Jennings Bryan	667,468	40.74%	0
	Socialist	Eugene V. Debs	38,451	2.35%	0
	Independence League	Thomas L. Hisgen	35,817	2.19%	0
	Prohibition	Eugene W. Chafin	22,667	1.38%	0
	Socialist Labor	August Gillhaus	3,877	0.24%	0
Totals			1,638,350	100.0%	39

New York City results

1908 Presidential Election in New York City			Manhattan	The Bronx	Brooklyn	Queens	Staten Island	Total
	Republican	William Howard Taft	154,958		119,789	19,420	6,831	300,998	46.86%
			44.71%		50.64%	44.13%	45.29%
	Democratic	William Jennings Bryan	160,261		96,756	20,342	7,401	284,760	44.34%
			46.24%		40.90%	46.22%	49.07%
	Independence League	Thomas L. Hisgen	14,125		10,448	2,284	523	27,380	4.26%
			4.08%		4.42%	5.19%	3.47%
	Socialist	Eugene V. Debs	15,599		8,422	1,751	193	25,965	4.04%
			4.50%		3.56%	3.98%	1.28%
	Socialist Labor	August Gillhaus	1,162		625	93	32	1,912	0.30%
			0.34%		0.26%	0.21%	0.21%
	Prohibition	Eugene W. Chafin	507		530	118	104	1,259	0.20%
			0.15%		0.22%	0.27%	0.69%
TOTAL			346,612		236,570	44,008	15,084	642,274	100.00%

Results by county

County	William Howard Taft Republican		William Jennings Bryan Democratic		Eugene Victor Debs^[3] Socialist		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast^[4]
	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"			data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%
	Albany		24,763		55.93%		18,732		42.31%		206		0.47%		576		1.30%		6,031		13.62%		44,277
	Allegany		7,504		64.64%		3,390		29.20%		46		0.40%		669		5.76%		4,114		35.44%		11,609
	Broome		10,705		58.15%		6,671		36.24%		99		0.54%		933		5.07%		4,034		21.91%		18,408
	Cattaraugus		9,320		56.93%		6,096		37.24%		281		1.72%		674		4.12%		3,224		19.69%		16,371
	Cayuga		9,699		58.34%		5,789		34.82%		595		3.58%		541		3.25%		3,910		23.52%		16,624
	Chautauqua		15,739		65.62%		6,158		25.67%		988		4.12%		1,100		4.59%		9,581		39.95%		23,985
	Chemung		7,410		53.11%		5,966		42.76%		80		0.57%		496		3.56%		1,444		10.35%		13,952
	Chenango		5,949		57.52%		3,772		36.47%		67		0.65%		554		5.36%		2,177		21.05%		10,342
	Clinton		5,474		55.54%		3,866		39.22%		54		0.55%		462		4.69%		1,608		16.31%		9,856
	Columbia		5,726		51.54%		5,097		45.88%		16		0.14%		270		2.43%		629		5.66%		11,109
	Cortland		5,090		62.26%		2,616		32.00%		12		0.15%		458		5.60%		2,474		30.26%		8,176
	Delaware		7,142		58.28%		4,641		37.87%		21		0.17%		451		3.68%		2,501		20.41%		12,255
	Dutchess		11,132		53.58%		8,961		43.13%		73		0.35%		609		2.93%		2,171		10.45%		20,775
	Erie		52,182		52.36%		45,185		45.34%		1,234		1.24%		1,059		1.06%		6,997		7.02%		99,660
	Essex		5,167		69.09%		2,033		27.18%		60		0.80%		219		2.93%		3,134		41.90%		7,479
	Franklin		5,999		64.13%		2,935		31.37%		21		0.22%		400		4.28%		3,064		32.75%		9,355
	Fulton		6,574		57.96%		3,508		30.93%		565		4.98%		695		6.13%		3,066		27.03%		11,342
	Genesee		5,794		62.26%		3,171		34.07%		14		0.15%		327		3.51%		2,623		28.19%		9,306
	Greene		4,191		50.42%		3,711		44.64%		63		0.76%		348		4.19%		480		5.77%		8,313
	Hamilton		632		50.00%		586		46.36%		1		0.08%		45		3.56%		46		3.64%		1,264
	Herkimer		8,202		55.88%		5,918		40.32%		156		1.06%		403		2.75%		2,284		15.56%		14,679
	Jefferson		11,477		57.93%		6,694		33.79%		436		2.20%		1,206		6.09%		4,783		24.14%		19,813
	Kings		119,789		50.64%		96,756		40.90%		8,422		3.56%		11,603		4.90%		23,033		9.74%		236,570
	Lewis		4,159		58.13%		2,810		39.27%		13		0.18%		173		2.42%		1,349		18.85%		7,155
	Livingston		5,700		59.74%		3,567		37.38%		14		0.15%		261		2.74%		2,133		22.35%		9,542
	Madison		6,727		61.28%		3,637		33.13%		141		1.28%		473		4.31%		3,090		28.15%		10,978
	Monroe		33,250		56.69%		22,704		38.71%		1,521		2.59%		1,174		2.00%		10,546		17.98%		58,649
	Montgomery		7,571		57.02%		5,254		39.57%		58		0.44%		395		2.97%		2,317		17.45%		13,278
	Nassau		9,787		63.04%		4,883		31.45%		86		0.55%		769		4.95%		4,904		31.59%		15,525
	New York		154,958		44.71%		160,261		46.24%		15,599		4.50%		15,794		4.56%		-5,303		-1.53%		346,612
	Niagara		11,145		54.75%		8,574		42.12%		95		0.47%		542		2.66%		2,571		12.63%		20,356
	Oneida		19,346		54.59%		14,968		42.24%		250		0.71%		873		2.46%		4,378		12.35%		35,437
	Onondaga		27,209		58.70%		16,643		35.90%		1,116		2.41%		1,387		2.99%		10,566		22.79%		46,355
	Ontario		8,245		58.73%		5,484		39.06%		82		0.58%		229		1.63%		2,761		19.67%		14,040
	Orange		14,414		57.03%		9,938		39.32%		194		0.77%		730		2.89%		4,476		17.71%		25,276
	Orleans		4,885		62.31%		2,590		33.04%		27		0.34%		338		4.31%		2,295		29.27%		7,840
	Oswego		10,447		58.22%		6,172		34.39%		76		0.42%		1,250		6.97%		4,275		23.82%		17,945
	Otsego		7,459		53.37%		5,975		42.75%		24		0.17%		519		3.71%		1,484		10.62%		13,977
	Putnam		2,275		60.70%		1,369		36.53%		4		0.11%		100		2.67%		906		24.17%		3,748
	Queens		19,420		44.13%		20,342		46.22%		1,751		3.98%		2,495		5.67%		-922		-2.10%		44,008
	Rensselaer		17,196		54.92%		13,162		42.04%		224		0.72%		729		2.33%		4,034		12.88%		31,311
	Richmond		6,831		45.29%		7,401		49.07%		193		1.28%		659		4.37%		-570		-3.78%		15,084
	Rockland		4,857		52.64%		3,937		42.67%		88		0.95%		345		3.74%		920		9.97%		9,227
	Saratoga		8,706		54.49%		6,518		40.80%		155		0.97%		597		3.74%		2,188		13.70%		15,976
	Schenectady		9,944		52.72%		7,129		37.80%		1,110		5.88%		679		3.60%		2,815		14.92%		18,862
	Schoharie		3,393		45.22%		3,841		51.19%		5		0.07%		265		3.53%		-448		-5.97%		7,504
	Schuyler		2,417		56.60%		1,695		39.70%		16		0.37%		142		3.33%		722		16.91%		4,270
	Seneca		3,749		52.80%		3,136		44.16%		54		0.76%		162		2.28%		613		8.63%		7,101
	St. Lawrence		14,151		67.87%		5,898		28.29%		61		0.29%		739		3.54%		8,253		39.58%		20,849
	Steuben		12,313		56.33%		8,366		38.27%		237		1.08%		943		4.31%		3,947		18.06%		21,859
	Suffolk		10,689		60.29%		5,877		33.15%		283		1.60%		881		4.97%		4,812		27.14%		17,730
	Sullivan		4,593		52.52%		3,911		44.72%		55		0.63%		187		2.14%		682		7.80%		8,746
	Tioga		4,247		58.55%		2,706		37.30%		45		0.62%		256		3.53%		1,541		21.24%		7,254
	Tompkins		5,090		55.13%		3,734		40.45%		50		0.54%		358		3.88%		1,356		14.69%		9,232
	Ulster		10,475		53.06%		8,560		43.36%		107		0.54%		598		3.03%		1,915		9.70%		19,740
	Warren		4,800		58.61%		3,019		36.86%		60		0.73%		311		3.80%		1,781		21.75%		8,190
	Washington		7,933		65.63%		3,593		29.73%		110		0.91%		451		3.73%		4,340		35.91%		12,087
	Wayne		8,008		62.68%		4,404		34.47%		56		0.44%		309		2.42%		3,604		28.21%		12,777
	Westchester		29,438		58.38%		18,346		36.38%		923		1.83%		1,715		3.40%		11,092		22.00%		50,422
	Wyoming		5,308		62.32%		2,885		33.87%		28		0.33%		296		3.48%		2,423		28.45%		8,517
	Yates		3,275		60.98%		1,927		35.88%		30		0.56%		139		2.59%		1,348		25.10%		5,371
Totals	870,070	53.11%	667,468	40.74%	38,451	2.35%	62,361	3.81%	202,602	12.37%	1,638,350

See also

• United States presidential elections in New York
• Presidency of William Howard Taft

Notes and References

1. Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.
2. Web site: 1908 Presidential Election Results - New York. 2013-10-05 . Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.
3. Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1908 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)
4. Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 275-280