See main article: 1908 United States presidential election.
Election Name: | 1908 United States presidential election in Wyoming |
Country: | Wyoming |
Flag Year: | 1923 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1904 United States presidential election in Wyoming |
Previous Year: | 1904 |
Next Election: | 1912 United States presidential election in Wyoming |
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: | 3 |
Popular Vote1: | 20,846 |
Percentage1: | 55.43% |
Nominee2: | William Jennings Bryan |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Home State2: | Nebraska |
Running Mate2: | John W. Kern |
Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
Popular Vote2: | 14,918 |
Percentage2: | 39.67% |
Map Size: | 290px |
President | |
Before Election: | Theodore Roosevelt |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
Before Color: | 3333FF |
After Election: | William Howard Taft |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Color: | 3333FF |
The 1908 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 3, 1908, as part of the 1908 United States presidential election. State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Wyoming was won by the Secretary of War William Howard Taft (R–Ohio), running with representative James S. Sherman, with 55.43 percent of the popular vote, against representative William Jennings Bryan (D–Nebraska), running with Senator John W. Kern, with 39.67 percent of the popular vote.[1] Taft won the state by a margin of 15.76%.
Bryan had previously won Wyoming against William McKinley in 1896 but had lost the state to McKinley in 1900.
County | William Howard Taft Republican | William Jennings Bryan Democratic | Margin | Total votes cast[2] | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | % | % | |||||||||||||
Albany | 1,335 | 53.68% | 1,152 | 46.32% | 183 | 7.36% | 2,487 | ||||||||
Big Horn | 2,638 | 61.55% | 1,648 | 38.45% | 990 | 23.10% | 4,286 | ||||||||
Carbon | 1,651 | 53.59% | 1,430 | 46.41% | 221 | 7.17% | 3,081 | ||||||||
Converse | 1,030 | 59.03% | 715 | 40.97% | 315 | 18.05% | 1,745 | ||||||||
Crook | 1,068 | 57.20% | 799 | 42.80% | 269 | 14.41% | 1,867 | ||||||||
Fremont | 1,838 | 60.70% | 1,190 | 39.30% | 648 | 21.40% | 3,028 | ||||||||
Johnson | 781 | 56.39% | 604 | 43.61% | 177 | 12.78% | 1,385 | ||||||||
Laramie | 2,965 | 54.03% | 2,523 | 45.97% | 442 | 8.05% | 5,488 | ||||||||
Natrona | 835 | 64.43% | 461 | 35.57% | 374 | 28.86% | 1,296 | ||||||||
Sheridan | 2,158 | 58.37% | 1,539 | 41.63% | 619 | 16.74% | 3,697 | ||||||||
Sweetwater | 1,299 | 67.10% | 637 | 32.90% | 662 | 34.19% | 1,936 | ||||||||
Uinta | 2,525 | 59.33% | 1,731 | 40.67% | 794 | 18.66% | 4,256 | ||||||||
Weston | 723 | 60.20% | 478 | 39.80% | 245 | 20.40% | 1,201 | ||||||||
Totals | 20,846 | 55.43% | 14,907 | 39.67% | 5,939 | 15.79% | 37,609 |