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The 1908 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 3, 1908, as part of the 1908 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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County Results
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Maine voted for the Republican nominees, Secretary of War William Howard Taft of Ohio and his running mate James S. Sherman of New York. They defeated the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate John W. Kern of Indiana.. Taft won the state by a margin of 29.71%.
With 63% of the popular vote, Maine would be Taft's second strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after nearby Vermont.[1]
Bryan had previously lost Maine to William McKinley in both 1896 and 1900.
| 1908 United States presidential election in Maine[2] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Republican | William Howard Taft of Ohio | James Schoolcraft Sherman of New York | 66,987 | 63.00% | 6 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska | John Worth Kern of Indiana | 35,403 | 33.29% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Socialist | Eugene Victor Debs of Indiana | Benjamin Hanford of New York | 1,758 | 1.65% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Prohibition | Eugene Wilder Chafin of Illinois | Aaron Sherman Watkins of Ohio | 1,487 | 1.25% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Independence | Thomas Louis Hisgen of Massachusetts | John Temple Graves of Georgia | 700 | 0.66% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| N/A | Others | Others | 1 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 106,336 | 100.00% | 6 | 100.00% | ||||
| County | William Howard Taft Republican |
William Jennings Bryan Democratic |
Eugene Victor Debs[3] Socialist |
Eugene Wilder Chafin[3] Prohibition |
Thomas Louis Hisgen[3] Independence |
Margin | Total votes cast[4] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Androscoggin | 4,381 | 56.06% | 3,095 | 39.60% | 183 | 2.34% | 96 | 1.23% | 60 | 0.77% | 1,286 | 16.46% | 7,815 |
| Aroostook | 4,783 | 77.56% | 1,157 | 18.76% | 53 | 0.86% | 145 | 2.35% | 29 | 0.47% | 3,626 | 58.80% | 6,167 |
| Cumberland | 10,593 | 61.81% | 5,735 | 33.46% | 372 | 2.17% | 270 | 1.58% | 168 | 0.98% | 4,858 | 28.35% | 17,138 |
| Franklin | 2,173 | 68.46% | 930 | 29.30% | 15 | 0.47% | 51 | 1.61% | 8 | 0.25% | 1,243 | 39.12% | 3,174 |
| Hancock | 3,169 | 61.50% | 1,846 | 35.82% | 77 | 1.49% | 36 | 0.70% | 25 | 0.49% | 1,323 | 25.67% | 5,153 |
| Kennebec | 6,133 | 65.99% | 2,871 | 30.89% | 99 | 1.07% | 132 | 1.42% | 59 | 0.63% | 3,262 | 35.10% | 9,294 |
| Knox | 2,228 | 50.04% | 1,932 | 43.40% | 230 | 5.17% | 40 | 0.90% | 22 | 0.49% | 296 | 6.65% | 4,452 |
| Lincoln | 1,693 | 56.43% | 1,196 | 39.87% | 51 | 1.70% | 50 | 1.67% | 10 | 0.33% | 497 | 16.57% | 3,000 |
| Oxford | 4,179 | 64.53% | 2,093 | 32.32% | 63 | 0.97% | 66 | 1.02% | 75 | 1.16% | 2,086 | 32.21% | 6,476 |
| Penobscot | 7,336 | 66.03% | 3,525 | 31.73% | 102 | 0.92% | 117 | 1.05% | 30 | 0.27% | 3,811 | 34.30% | 11,110 |
| Piscataquis | 2,157 | 70.49% | 828 | 27.06% | 7 | 0.23% | 63 | 2.06% | 5 | 0.16% | 1,329 | 43.43% | 3,060 |
| Sagadahoc | 1,776 | 64.00% | 838 | 30.20% | 65 | 2.34% | 65 | 2.34% | 31 | 1.12% | 938 | 33.80% | 2,775 |
| Somerset | 3,688 | 65.30% | 1,676 | 29.67% | 198 | 3.51% | 62 | 1.10% | 24 | 0.42% | 2,012 | 35.62% | 5,648 |
| Waldo | 2,491 | 63.22% | 1,335 | 33.88% | 68 | 1.73% | 32 | 0.81% | 14 | 0.36% | 1,156 | 29.34% | 3,940 |
| Washington | 3,507 | 59.49% | 2,256 | 38.27% | 60 | 1.02% | 47 | 0.80% | 25 | 0.42% | 1,251 | 21.22% | 5,895 |
| York | 6,700 | 59.64% | 4,090 | 36.40% | 115 | 1.02% | 215 | 1.91% | 115 | 1.02% | 2,610 | 23.23% | 11,235 |
| Totals | 66,987 | 63.00% | 35,403 | 33.29% | 1,758 | 1.65% | 1,487 | 1.40% | 700 | 0.66% | 31,584 | 29.70% | 106,332 |
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