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1908 United States presidential election in Mississippi
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1908 United States presidential election
1908 United States presidential election in Mississippi Mississippi presidential no 1904 United States presidential election in Mississippi 1904 1912 United States presidential election in Mississippi 1912 November 3, 1908 x200px Unsuccessful 1908.jpg William Jennings Bryan Democratic Party (United States) Nebraska John W. Kern 10 60,287 90.11% William Howard Taft, Bain bw photo portrait, 1908.jpg William Howard Taft Republican Party (United States) Ohio James S. Sherman 0 4,363 6.52% 1908 United States presidential election in Mississippi results map by county.svg 205px County results
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The 1908 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 3, 1908. Voters chose 10 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Mississippi overwhelmingly voted for the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative of Nebraska William Jennings Bryan and his running mate John W. Kern of Indiana. They defeated the Republican nominees, Secretary of War William Howard Taft of Ohio and his running mate James S. Sherman of New York. Bryan won the state by a landslide margin of 83.59%.
With 90.11% of the popular vote, Mississippi would prove to be Bryan's second strongest state in the 1908 presidential election only after South Carolina.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1908&f=1&off=0&elect=0 1908 Presidential Election Statistics Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2018-03-05
Bryan had previously won Mississippi against William McKinley in both 1896 and 1900.
Results
1908 United States presidential election in Mississippi1908 Presidential General Election Results – Mississippi https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1908&fips=28&f=1&off=0&elect=0 U.S. Election Atlas 1 April 2020PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic William Jennings Bryan 60,287 90.11% 10 Republican William Howard Taft 4,363 6.52% 0 Populist Thomas E. Watson 1,276 1.91% 0 Socialist Eugene V. Debs 978 1.46% 0 Totals 66,904 100.00% 10
See also
United States presidential elections in Mississippi
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