United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 1908

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November 3, 1908

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Nominee	William Howard Taft	William Jennings Bryan
Party	Republican	Democratic
Home state	Ohio	Nebraska
Running mate	James S. Sherman	John Worth Kern
Electoral vote	34	0
Popular vote	745,779	448,782
Percentage	58.84%	35.41%

County results

President before election

Theodore Roosevelt
Republican

Elected President

William Howard Taft
Republican

Theodore Roosevelt
Republican

William Howard Taft
Republican

The 1908 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 3, 1908 throughout 46 states (Arizona and New Mexico were still territories that would participate in the next election). This was the first presidential election in which Oklahoma participated. Voters chose 34 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Pennsylvania overwhelmingly voted for the Republican nominee, Secretary of War William Howard Taft, over the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan. Taft won Pennsylvania by a landslide margin of 23.43%.

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