1908 United States presidential election in Wyoming

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1908 United States presidential election in Wyoming

November 3, 1908

Nominee William Howard Taft William Jennings Bryan Party Republican Democratic Home state Ohio Nebraska Running mate James S. Sherman John W. Kern Electoral vote 3 0 Popular vote 20,846 14,918 Percentage 55.43% 39.67%

County Results Taft   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%

President before election Theodore Roosevelt Republican Elected President William Howard Taft Republican

The 1908 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 3, 1908, as part of the 1908 United States presidential election. State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Wyoming was won by the Secretary of War William Howard Taft (R–Ohio), running with representative James S. Sherman, with 55.43 percent of the popular vote, against representative William Jennings Bryan (D–Nebraska), running with Senator John W. Kern, with 39.67 percent of the popular vote. Taft won the state by a margin of 15.76%.

Bryan had previously won Wyoming against William McKinley in 1896 but had lost the state to McKinley in 1900.

Results

General Election Results

Party		Pledged to	Elector	Votes
	Republican Party	William Howard Taft	John W. Hay	20,846
	Republican Party	William Howard Taft	Fred Waegele	20,829
	Republican Party	William Howard Taft	Thomas A. Cosgriff	20,802
	Democratic Party	William Jennings Bryan	Andrew McMicken	14,918
	Democratic Party	William Jennings Bryan	John H. Ward	14,863
	Democratic Party	William Jennings Bryan	Barnett G. Rodgers	14,823
	Socialist Party	Eugene V. Debs	Thomas Crosbie	1,715
	Socialist Party	Eugene V. Debs	William W. Paterson	1,712
	Socialist Party	Eugene V. Debs	John T. Hawkins	1,704
	Prohibition Party	Eugene W. Chafin	Clifford J. Swayer	66
	Prohibition Party	Eugene W. Chafin	William H. Clarke	64
	Prohibition Party	Eugene W. Chafin	Mary E. Metcalf	64
	Independence Party	Thomas L. Hisgen	James Davison	64
	Independence Party	Thomas L. Hisgen	Herbert Konald	61
	Independence Party	Thomas L. Hisgen	Charles W. Spence	59
Votes cast				37,609

Results by county

County	William Howard Taft Republican		William Jennings Bryan Democrat		Eugene V. Debs Socialist		Eugene W. Chafin Prohibition		Thomas L. Hisgen Independence		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Albany	1,335	49.74%	1,152	42.92%	173	6.45%	19	0.71%	5	0.19%	183	6.82%	2,684
Big Horn	2,638	60.28%	1,648	37.66%	80	1.83%	0	0.00%	10	0.23%	990	22.62%	4,376
Carbon	1,651	51.56%	1,430	44.66%	119	3.72%	0	0.00%	2	0.06%	221	6.90%	3,202
Converse	1,030	58.36%	716	40.57%	18	1.02%	0	0.00%	1	0.06%	314	17.79%	1,765
Crook	1,068	54.46%	799	40.74%	94	4.79%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	269	13.72%	1,961
Fremont	1,838	58.74%	1,190	38.03%	88	2.81%	5	0.16%	8	0.26%	648	20.71%	3,129
Johnson	781	55.39%	614	43.55%	11	0.78%	0	0.00%	4	0.28%	167	11.84%	1,410
Laramie	2,965	52.65%	2,523	44.80%	106	1.88%	35	0.62%	3	0.05%	442	7.85%	5,632
Natrona	835	63.74%	461	35.19%	10	0.76%	2	0.15%	2	0.15%	374	28.55%	1,310
Sheridan	2,158	54.99%	1,539	39.22%	218	5.56%	5	0.13%	4	0.10%	619	15.77%	3,924
Sweetwater	1,299	58.49%	637	28.68%	284	12.79%	0	0.00%	1	0.05%	662	29.81%	2,221
Uinta	2,525	53.08%	1,731	36.39%	478	10.05%	0	0.00%	23	0.48%	794	16.69%	4,757
Weston	723	58.40%	478	38.61%	36	2.91%	0	0.00%	1	0.08%	245	19.79%	1,238
Totals	20,846	55.43%	14,918	39.67%	1,715	4.56%	66	0.18%	64	0.17%	5,928	15.76%	37,609

See also

• United States presidential elections in Wyoming