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1908 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

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The 1908 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 3, 1908. All contemporary 46 states were part of the 1908 United States presidential election. Voters chose five electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

1908 United States presidential election in Washington (state)
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Nominee William Howard Taft William Jennings Bryan Eugene V. Debs
Party Republican Democratic Socialist
Home state Ohio Nebraska Indiana
Running mate James S. Sherman John W. Kern Ben Hanford
Electoral vote 5 0 0
Popular vote 106,062 58,691 14,177
Percentage 57.68% 31.92% 7.71%
County Results
Taft
  40-50%
  50-60%
  60-70%
  70-80%

President before election

Theodore Roosevelt
Republican

Elected President

William Howard Taft
Republican

Washington had been established earlier in the 1900s as a one-party Republican bastion, which it would remain at a Presidential level apart from the 1910s GOP split until Franklin D. Roosevelt rose to power in 1932, and more or less continuously at state level during this era.[1] Democratic representation in the Washington legislature would during this period at times be countable on one hand.[2] Republican primaries would take over as the chief mode of political competition when introduced later in the decade.[3]

Roosevelt's great popularity in the state ensured his handpicked successor William Howard Taft would win Washington by a margin of 25.76% and without much difficulty, although because Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan retained some popularity from previous campaigns in this radical state, Taft could not equal Roosevelt's huge win from four years earlier. Bryan had previously won the state against William McKinley in 1896 but would later lose the state to McKinley in 1900.

Results

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General Election Results[4]
Party Pledged to Elector Votes
Republican Party William Howard Taft John R. O'Donnell 106,062
Republican Party William Howard Taft William Pitt Trimble 105,731
Republican Party William Howard Taft J. M. Fish 105,709
Republican Party William Howard Taft Frank M. Dallam 105,580
Republican Party William Howard Taft Charles E. Curlee 105,519
Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan W. J. Byham 58,691
Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan N. K. Mead 58,437
Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan J. M. McKeirnan 58,383
Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan Wilmon Tucker 58,293
Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan Frank M. Lamborn 58,206
Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs J. W. Morris 14,177
Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs J. G. Elliott 14,151
Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs J. E. Janes 14,117
Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs W. H. Harris 14,114
Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs C. L. Whiting 14,104
Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin T. E. Webb 4,700
Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin J. W. Lockhart 4,689
Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin H. C. Byron 4,687
Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin W. B. Eakin 4,675
Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin C. C. Gridley 4,664
Independence Party Thomas L. Hisgen Homer O. Campbell 249
Independence Party Thomas L. Hisgen George W. McCauley 249
Independence Party Thomas L. Hisgen Thomas G. Albin 248
Independence Party Thomas L. Hisgen Joseph C. Sharp 244
Independence Party Thomas L. Hisgen W. L. Woodring 243
Votes cast[a] 183,879

Results by county

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County William Howard Taft
Republican 		William Jennings Bryan
Democratic 		Eugene V. Debs
Socialist 		Eugene W. Chafin
Prohibition 		Thomas L. Hisgen
Independence 		Margin Total votes cast[b]
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adams 1,033 55.81% 714 38.57% 58 3.13% 45 2.43% 1 0.05% 319 17.23% 1,851
Asotin 648 59.61% 365 33.58% 36 3.31% 38 3.50% 0 0.00% 283 26.03% 1,087
Benton 891 57.74% 465 30.14% 151 9.79% 34 2.20% 2 0.13% 426 27.61% 1,543
Chehalis 3,128 60.35% 1,248 24.08% 712 13.74% 86 1.66% 9 0.17% 1,880 36.27% 5,183
Chelan 1,639 59.71% 871 31.73% 160 5.83% 66 2.40% 9 0.33% 768 27.98% 2,745
Clallam 938 59.59% 428 27.19% 187 11.88% 11 0.70% 10 0.64% 510 32.40% 1,574
Clark 2,416 58.83% 1,250 30.44% 335 8.16% 104 2.53% 2 0.05% 1,166 28.39% 4,107
Columbia 887 57.41% 585 37.86% 25 1.62% 48 3.11% 0 0.00% 302 19.55% 1,545
Cowlitz 1,573 65.65% 617 25.75% 172 7.18% 28 1.17% 6 0.25% 956 39.90% 2,396
Douglas 1,942 52.20% 1,540 41.40% 191 5.13% 43 1.16% 4 0.11% 402 10.81% 3,720
Ferry 467 47.17% 393 39.70% 115 11.62% 11 1.11% 4 0.40% 74 7.47% 990
Franklin 643 52.97% 485 39.95% 56 4.61% 27 2.22% 3 0.25% 158 13.01% 1,214
Garfield 556 58.53% 333 35.05% 40 4.21% 13 1.37% 8 0.84% 223 23.47% 950
Island 450 58.21% 192 24.84% 99 12.81% 28 3.62% 4 0.52% 258 33.38% 773
Jefferson 859 63.16% 417 30.66% 66 4.85% 11 0.81% 7 0.51% 442 32.50% 1,360
King 22,297 55.75% 14,644 36.62% 2,173 5.43% 836 2.09% 43 0.11% 7,653 19.14% 39,993
Kitsap 1,819 56.12% 850 26.23% 494 15.24% 74 2.28% 4 0.12% 969 29.90% 3,241
Kittitas 1,752 56.23% 985 31.61% 314 10.08% 64 2.05% 1 0.03% 767 24.61% 3,116
Klickitat 1,245 61.12% 570 27.98% 173 8.49% 46 2.26% 3 0.15% 675 33.14% 2,037
Lewis 3,170 60.45% 1,412 26.93% 528 10.07% 120 2.29% 14 0.27% 1,758 33.52% 5,244
Lincoln 2,025 55.19% 1,443 39.33% 124 3.38% 73 1.99% 4 0.11% 582 15.86% 3,669
Mason 553 56.60% 318 32.55% 80 8.19% 22 2.25% 4 0.41% 235 24.05% 977
Okanogan 1,368 49.23% 1,074 38.65% 307 11.05% 22 0.79% 8 0.29% 294 10.58% 2,779
Pacific 1,492 69.30% 483 22.43% 153 7.11% 21 0.98% 4 0.19% 1,009 46.86% 2,153
Pierce 10,935 60.84% 4,936 27.46% 1,626 9.05% 463 2.58% 14 0.08% 5,999 33.38% 17,974
San Juan 581 65.95% 178 20.20% 111 12.60% 10 1.14% 1 0.11% 403 45.74% 881
Skagit 2,924 56.42% 1,449 27.96% 690 13.31% 113 2.18% 7 0.14% 1,475 28.46% 5,183
Skamania 310 60.08% 143 27.71% 54 10.47% 7 1.36% 2 0.39% 167 32.36% 516
Snohomish 5,659 55.64% 2,974 29.24% 958 9.42% 567 5.57% 13 0.13% 2,685 26.40% 10,171
Spokane 11,719 58.68% 6,557 32.83% 1,184 5.93% 496 2.48% 14 0.07% 5,162 25.85% 19,970
Stevens 2,546 52.13% 1,564 32.02% 646 13.23% 120 2.46% 8 0.16% 982 20.11% 4,884
Thurston 1,940 57.28% 964 28.46% 367 10.84% 110 3.25% 6 0.18% 976 28.82% 3,387
Wahkiakum 485 70.80% 150 21.90% 46 6.72% 3 0.44% 1 0.15% 335 48.91% 685
Walla Walla 2,843 60.73% 1,660 35.46% 102 2.18% 71 1.52% 5 0.11% 1,183 25.27% 4,681
Whatcom 4,955 57.48% 2,398 27.82% 963 11.17% 296 3.43% 9 0.10% 2,557 29.66% 8,621
Whitman 3,376 52.60% 2,386 37.18% 337 5.25% 315 4.91% 4 0.06% 990 15.43% 6,418
Yakima 3,998 63.86% 1,650 26.35% 344 5.49% 258 4.12% 11 0.18% 2,348 37.50% 6,261
Totals 106,062 57.68% 58,691 31.92% 14,177 7.71% 4,700 2.56% 249 0.14% 43,371 25.76% 183,879

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
  2. ^ Based on highest elector on each ticket

References

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  1. ^ Burnham, Walter Dean; ‘The System of 1896’, in Kleppner, Paul (editor), The Evolution of American Electoral Systems, pp. 176-179 ISBN 0313213798
  2. ^ Schattschneider, Elmer Eric; The Semisovereign People: A Realist's View of Democracy in America, pp. 76-84 ISBN 0030133661
  3. ^ Murray, Keith; ‘Issues and Personalities of Pacific Northwest Politics, 1889-1950’, The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 3 (July 1950), pp. 213-233
  4. ^ Washington Secretary of State. "Presidential Electors". Abstract of Votes Polled in the State of Washington at the General Election held November 3, 1908. Olympia, Washington. pp. 19–21.
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