1908 United States presidential election in California

none June 2025 September 2023 1908 United States presidential election 1908 United States presidential election in California California presidential no 1904 United States presidential election in California 1904 1912 United States presidential election in California 1912 November 3, 1908 x160px William Howard Taft, Bain bw photo portrait, 1908.jpg William Howard Taft Republican Party (United States) Ohio James S. Sherman 10 214,398 55.46% Unsuccessful 1908.jpg William Jennings Bryan Democratic Party (United States) Nebraska John W. Kern 0 127,492 32.98% EugeneVDebs.png Eugene V. Debs Socialist Party of America Indiana Ben Hanford 0 28,659 7.41% 1908 United States presidential election in California results map by county.svg 300px County results Taft #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #aa0000 80–90% Bryan #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% President Theodore Roosevelt Republican Party (United States) William Howard Taft Republican Party (United States) 1846 The 1908 United States presidential election in California took place on November 3, 1908, as part of the 1908 United States presidential election. State voters chose 10 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. California voted for the Republican nominee, former War Secretary William Howard Taft and his running mate James S. Sherman of New York. They defeated the Democratic nominees, former representative and the 1896 and 1900 nominee, William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running with John W. Kern, a former Indiana state senator. Taft won the state by a margin of 22.48%. This was the first presidential election in which more votes were cast in Los Angeles County than in San Francisco, although this had also previously occurred in the 1906 gubernatorial election.However, this was not the first time San Francisco did not provide the largest county vote in the state; more votes were cast in El Dorado County than in San Francisco in 1852. Additionally, the Sacramento District had more raw votes than San Francisco in the state's first gubernatorial election in 1849. Bryan had previously lost California to William McKinley in both 1896 and 1900. Results + General Election ResultsStatement of the Vote of California at the General Election, Held November 3, 1908 1968 Sacramento, California 3–7 https://archive.org/details/statementofvo19081922cali/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater 14 July 2024Party Pledged to Elector Votes Republican Party William Howard Taft Ulysses S. Grant Jr.214,398 Republican Party William Howard Taft Samuel M. Shortridge213,598 Republican Party William Howard Taft Francis M. Smith213,552 Republican Party William Howard Taft Alden Anderson213,533 Republican Party William Howard Taft G. W. Dwinnell213,532 Republican Party William Howard Taft Thomas J. Field213,292 Republican Party William Howard Taft H. G. W. Dinkelspiel213,225 Republican Party William Howard Taft Delos O. Druffel213,071 Republican Party William Howard Taft Byron Erkenbrecher212,931 Republican Party William Howard Taft Lyman M. King212,314 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan James D. Phelan127,492 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan Harry P. Flannery126,796 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan Eugene German126,696 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan W. B. Shearer126,617 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan D. W. Carmichael126,527 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan Charles Edelman126,483 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan A. W. Maltby126,465 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan E. E. Bush126,393 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan Thomas E. Gibbon126,312 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan John W. Martin126,190 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs Mary E. Garbutt28,659 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs G. W. Woodbey28,572 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs Benjamin Chambers28,547 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs Oliver Everett28,534 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs J. H. Wilder28,533 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs J. C. Weybright28,532 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs Mary F. Merrill28,518 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs Henry Meyer28,507 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs F. C. Wheeler28,500 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs Bertha W. Starkweather28,351 Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin Frederick Heard11,770 Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin Ray T. Kimball11,735 Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin Albert K. Nash11,674 Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin William H. Dorman11,663 Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin Adolph R. Buckman11,654 Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin Horace A. Johnson11,653 Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin Henry C. Weisenburger11,648 Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin Granville P. Hurst11,644 Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin Christopher C. Crowell11,616 Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin John H. Allin11,597 Independence League Thomas L. Hisgen Al Murphy4,278 Independence League Thomas L. Hisgen Frank R. Wehe4,122 Independence League Thomas L. Hisgen Richard Kinsella4,075 Independence League Thomas L. Hisgen J. D. McGaughey4,065 Independence League Thomas L. Hisgen R. H. Norton4,060 Independence League Thomas L. Hisgen Raymond E. Fair4,058 Independence League Thomas L. Hisgen C. K. Lambie4,055 Independence League Thomas L. Hisgen Z. W. Craig4,047 Independence League Thomas L. Hisgen T. E. Amlin4,043 Independence League Thomas L. Hisgen Henry E. Mills4,042 Write-in Scattering28The source does not list these votes by countyVotes castBased on totals for highest elector on each ticket 386,625 Results by county County William Howard TaftRepublican William Jennings BryanDemocratic Eugene V. DebsSocialist Eugene W. ChafinProhibition Thomas L. HisgenIndependence Margin Total votes castBased on the highest elector on each ticketIndividual county totals do not include the Scattering votes # % # % # % # % # % # %Alameda21,38064.24%7,11021.36%3,46210.40%6081.83%7232.17%14,27042.87%33,283Alpine7587.21%1112.79%00.00%00.00%00.00%6474.42%86Amador1,03551.88%87443.81%381.90%251.25%231.15%1618.07%1,995Butte3,09452.74%2,14636.58%3846.55%1993.39%430.73%94816.16%5,866Calaveras1,32355.54%83334.97%1677.01%170.71%421.76%49020.57%2,382Colusa73038.58%1,06456.24%522.75%331.74%130.69%-334-17.65%1,892Contra Costa3,33660.61%1,59929.05%4387.96%711.29%601.09%1,73731.56%5,504Del Norte45059.29%20226.61%719.35%283.69%81.05%24832.67%759El Dorado98644.74%1,01946.23%1486.72%221.00%291.32%-33-1.50%2,204Fresno6,38450.89%4,74337.81%8686.92%5084.05%420.33%1,64113.08%12,545Glenn61844.72%71151.45%191.37%282.03%60.43%-93-6.73%1,382Humboldt4,22165.02%1,20618.58%86513.32%1382.13%620.96%3,01546.44%6,492Imperial90947.64%67535.38%20410.69%1025.35%180.94%23412.26%1,908Inyo58340.94%61843.40%15811.10%372.60%281.97%-35-2.46%1,424Kern2,27045.60%2,21544.50%3807.63%571.15%561.12%551.10%4,978Kings1,19853.22%85938.16%1124.98%703.11%120.53%33915.06%2,251Lake62542.84%62843.04%1107.54%644.39%322.19%-3-0.21%1,459Lassen55154.61%36135.78%818.03%90.89%70.69%19018.83%1,009Los Angeles41,48356.77%22,07630.21%4,7026.43%4,0335.52%7831.07%19,40726.56%73,077Madera59644.85%57443.19%1219.10%211.58%171.28%221.66%1,329Marin2,73268.25%98324.56%2195.47%280.70%411.02%1,74943.69%4,003Mariposa35236.86%48050.26%869.01%141.47%232.41%-128-13.40%955Mendocino2,74655.56%1,75235.45%2935.93%881.78%631.27%99420.11%4,942Merced1,10744.58%1,10044.30%1526.12%1044.19%200.81%70.28%2,483Modoc62049.92%57446.22%241.93%120.97%120.97%463.70%1,242Mono22459.89%12132.35%256.68%00.00%41.07%10327.54%374Monterey2,48653.64%1,61634.87%2114.55%2655.72%571.23%87018.77%4,635Napa2,40559.08%1,33632.82%2065.06%1002.46%240.59%1,06926.26%4,071Nevada1,82550.86%1,36838.13%2968.25%762.12%230.64%45712.74%3,588Orange3,24453.74%1,91131.65%3756.21%4517.47%560.93%1,33322.08%6,037Placer1,86551.45%1,49141.13%1714.72%691.90%290.80%37410.32%3,625Plumas65957.91%39534.71%595.18%121.05%131.14%26423.20%1,138Riverside3,22957.24%1,37424.36%56510.02%4277.57%460.82%1,85532.88%5,641Sacramento6,51555.15%4,53338.37%6085.15%1060.90%520.44%1,98216.78%11,814San Benito93753.57%68439.11%633.60%522.97%130.74%25314.47%1,749San Bernardino4,72952.90%2,68530.03%7778.69%6186.91%1311.47%2,04422.86%8,940San Diego5,41257.56%2,39325.45%1,34214.27%2122.25%440.47%3,01932.11%9,403San Francisco33,18455.19%21,26035.36%4,5237.52%4060.68%7511.25%11,92419.83%60,124San Joaquin4,47052.20%3,33138.90%5476.39%1671.95%490.57%1,13913.30%8,564San Luis Obispo2,00850.76%1,38134.91%3709.35%1543.89%431.09%62715.85%3,956San Mateo2,86562.91%1,31428.85%3016.61%290.64%450.99%1,55134.06%4,554Santa Barbara2,71355.19%1,64033.36%3767.65%1042.12%831.69%1,07321.83%4,916Santa Clara7,95058.88%3,83628.41%8836.54%6965.15%1371.01%4,11430.47%13,502Santa Cruz2,88654.71%1,64331.15%4508.53%2374.49%591.12%1,24323.56%5,275Shasta1,89147.61%1,38934.97%57714.53%691.74%461.16%50212.64%3,972Sierra60055.40%51037.86%544.99%111.02%80.74%19017.54%1,083Siskiyou1,81347.40%1,65743.32%2646.90%391.02%521.36%1564.08%3,825Solano3,11554.72%2,03335.71%4027.06%1021.79%410.72%1,08219.01%5,693Sonoma5,42757.50%3,16833.56%4835.12%2853.02%760.81%2,25923.93%9,439Stanislaus1,66346.45%1,39038.83%1825.08%3158.80%300.84%2737.63%3,580Sutter89654.94%65239.98%452.76%281.72%100.61%24414.96%1,631Tehama1,06447.46%89439.88%2049.10%622.77%180.80%1707.58%2,242Trinity39344.41%33137.40%13014.69%141.58%171.92%627.01%885Tulare2,74247.95%2,32940.73%4668.15%1432.50%380.66%4137.22%5,718Tuolumne94344.40%87841.34%1878.80%723.39%442.07%653.06%2,124Ventura1,86456.57%1,18135.84%1584.80%481.46%441.34%68320.73%3,295Yolo1,70749.01%1,55344.59%1273.65%742.12%220.63%1544.42%3,483Yuba1,27055.92%90239.72%783.43%110.48%100.44%36816.20%2,271Total 214,39855.45%127,49232.98%28,6597.41%11,7703.04%4,2781.11%86,90622.48%386,597 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic El Dorado Glenn Inyo Lake See also United States presidential elections in California 1908 California Amendment 14 Notes References California 1908 Category:1908 California elections