1908 United States presidential election in New York

none June 2025 September 2023 1908 United States presidential election 1908 United States presidential election in New York New York Flag of New York (1909–2020).svg presidential no 1904 United States presidential election in New York 1904 1912 United States presidential election in New York 1912 79.7%Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072. 3.6 pp November 3, 1908 x200px William Howard Taft, Bain bw photo portrait, 1908.jpg William Howard Taft Republican Party (United States) Ohio James S. Sherman 39 870,070 53.11% Unsuccessful 1908.jpg William Jennings Bryan Democratic Party (United States) Nebraska John W. Kern 0 667,468 40.74% 400px 400px County results Taft #e27f90 50–60%#cc2f4a 60–70% Bryan #b9d7ff 40–50%#86b6f2 50–60% President Theodore Roosevelt Republican Party (United States) William Howard Taft 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 Yorkhttp://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1908&fips=36&f=1 2013-10-05 1908 Presidential Election Results - New York Dave Leip's U.S. Election AtlasPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral 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 CityManhattanThe BronxBrooklynQueens Staten IslandTotal RepublicanWilliam Howard Taft154,958119,78919,4206,831300,99846.86%44.71%50.64%44.13%45.29% DemocraticWilliam Jennings Bryan160,26196,75620,3427,401284,76044.34%46.24% 40.90%46.22%49.07% Independence LeagueThomas L. Hisgen14,12510,4482,28452327,3804.26%4.08%4.42%5.19%3.47% SocialistEugene V. Debs15,5998,4221,75119325,9654.04%4.50%3.56%3.98%1.28% Socialist LaborAugust Gillhaus1,16262593321,9120.30%0.34%0.26%0.21%0.21% ProhibitionEugene W. Chafin5075301181041,2590.20%0.15%0.22%0.27%0.69%TOTAL346,612236,57044,00815,084642,274 100.00% Results by county County William Howard TaftRepublican William Jennings Bryan Democratic Eugene Victor DebsGéoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1908 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)Socialist Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes castRobinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 275-280 9780804716963 # % # % # % # % # % 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% 5,371Totals870,07053.11%667,46840.74%38,4512.35%62,3613.81%202,60212.37%1,638,350 See also United States presidential elections in New York Presidency of William Howard Taft References expanded New York 1908 Category:1908 New York (state) elections