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The 1908 United States presidential election in California took place on November 3, 1908, as part of the 1908 United States presidential election. State voters chose 10 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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County Results
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California voted for the Republican nominee, former War Secretary William Howard Taft and his running mate James S. Sherman of New York. They defeated the Democratic nominees, former representative and the 1896 and 1900 nominee, William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running with John W. Kern, a former Indiana state senator. Taft won the state by a margin of 22.48%. This was the first presidential election in which more votes were cast in Los Angeles County than in San Francisco, although this had also previously occurred in the 1906 gubernatorial election.[a]
Bryan had previously lost California to William McKinley in both 1896 and 1900.
Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
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Republican Party | William Howard Taft | Ulysses S. Grant, Jr. | 214,398 | |
Republican Party | William Howard Taft | Samuel M. Shortridge | 213,598 | |
Republican Party | William Howard Taft | Francis M. Smith | 213,552 | |
Republican Party | William Howard Taft | Alden Anderson | 213,533 | |
Republican Party | William Howard Taft | G. W. Dwinnell | 213,532 | |
Republican Party | William Howard Taft | Thomas J. Field | 213,292 | |
Republican Party | William Howard Taft | H. G. W. Dinkelspiel | 213,225 | |
Republican Party | William Howard Taft | Delos O. Druffel | 213,071 | |
Republican Party | William Howard Taft | Byron Erkenbrecher | 212,931 | |
Republican Party | William Howard Taft | Lyman M. King | 212,314 | |
Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | James D. Phelan | 127,492 | |
Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | Harry P. Flannery | 126,796 | |
Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | Eugene German | 126,696 | |
Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | W. B. Shearer | 126,617 | |
Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | D. W. Carmichael | 126,527 | |
Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | Charles Edelman | 126,483 | |
Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | A. W. Maltby | 126,465 | |
Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | E. E. Bush | 126,393 | |
Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | Thomas E. Gibbon | 126,312 | |
Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | John W. Martin | 126,190 | |
Socialist Party | Eugene V. Debs | Mary E. Garbutt | 28,659 | |
Socialist Party | Eugene V. Debs | G. W. Woodbey | 28,572 | |
Socialist Party | Eugene V. Debs | Benjamin Chambers | 28,547 | |
Socialist Party | Eugene V. Debs | Oliver Everett | 28,534 | |
Socialist Party | Eugene V. Debs | J. H. Wilder | 28,533 | |
Socialist Party | Eugene V. Debs | J. C. Weybright | 28,532 | |
Socialist Party | Eugene V. Debs | Mary F. Merrill | 28,518 | |
Socialist Party | Eugene V. Debs | Henry Meyer | 28,507 | |
Socialist Party | Eugene V. Debs | F. C. Wheeler | 28,500 | |
Socialist Party | Eugene V. Debs | Bertha W. Starkweather | 28,351 | |
Prohibition Party | Eugene W. Chafin | Frederick Heard | 11,770 | |
Prohibition Party | Eugene W. Chafin | Ray T. Kimball | 11,735 | |
Prohibition Party | Eugene W. Chafin | Albert K. Nash | 11,674 | |
Prohibition Party | Eugene W. Chafin | William H. Dorman | 11,663 | |
Prohibition Party | Eugene W. Chafin | Adolph R. Buckman | 11,654 | |
Prohibition Party | Eugene W. Chafin | Horace A. Johnson | 11,653 | |
Prohibition Party | Eugene W. Chafin | Henry C. Weisenburger | 11,648 | |
Prohibition Party | Eugene W. Chafin | Granville P. Hurst | 11,644 | |
Prohibition Party | Eugene W. Chafin | Christopher C. Crowell | 11,616 | |
Prohibition Party | Eugene W. Chafin | John H. Allin | 11,597 | |
Independence League | Thomas L. Hisgen | Al Murphy | 4,278 | |
Independence League | Thomas L. Hisgen | Frank R. Wehe | 4,122 | |
Independence League | Thomas L. Hisgen | Richard Kinsella | 4,075 | |
Independence League | Thomas L. Hisgen | J. D. McGaughey | 4,065 | |
Independence League | Thomas L. Hisgen | R. H. Norton | 4,060 | |
Independence League | Thomas L. Hisgen | Raymond E. Fair | 4,058 | |
Independence League | Thomas L. Hisgen | C. K. Lambie | 4,055 | |
Independence League | Thomas L. Hisgen | Z. W. Craig | 4,047 | |
Independence League | Thomas L. Hisgen | T. E. Amlin | 4,043 | |
Independence League | Thomas L. Hisgen | Henry E. Mills | 4,042 | |
Write-in | Scattering | 28[b] | ||
Votes cast[c] | 386,625 |
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[d][e] | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Alameda | 21,380 | 64.24% | 7,110 | 21.36% | 3,462 | 10.40% | 608 | 1.83% | 723 | 2.17% | 14,270 | 42.87% | 33,283 |
Alpine | 75 | 87.21% | 11 | 12.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 64 | 74.42% | 86 |
Amador | 1,035 | 51.88% | 874 | 43.81% | 38 | 1.90% | 25 | 1.25% | 23 | 1.15% | 161 | 8.07% | 1,995 |
Butte | 3,094 | 52.74% | 2,146 | 36.58% | 384 | 6.55% | 199 | 3.39% | 43 | 0.73% | 948 | 16.16% | 5,866 |
Calaveras | 1,323 | 55.54% | 833 | 34.97% | 167 | 7.01% | 17 | 0.71% | 42 | 1.76% | 490 | 20.57% | 2,382 |
Colusa | 730 | 38.58% | 1,064 | 56.24% | 52 | 2.75% | 33 | 1.74% | 13 | 0.69% | -334 | -17.65% | 1,892 |
Contra Costa | 3,336 | 60.61% | 1,599 | 29.05% | 438 | 7.96% | 71 | 1.29% | 60 | 1.09% | 1,737 | 31.56% | 5,504 |
Del Norte | 450 | 59.29% | 202 | 26.61% | 71 | 9.35% | 28 | 3.69% | 8 | 1.05% | 248 | 32.67% | 759 |
El Dorado | 986 | 44.74% | 1,019 | 46.23% | 148 | 6.72% | 22 | 1.00% | 29 | 1.32% | -33 | -1.50% | 2,204 |
Fresno | 6,384 | 50.89% | 4,743 | 37.81% | 868 | 6.92% | 508 | 4.05% | 42 | 0.33% | 1,641 | 13.08% | 12,545 |
Glenn | 618 | 44.72% | 711 | 51.45% | 19 | 1.37% | 28 | 2.03% | 6 | 0.43% | -93 | -6.73% | 1,382 |
Humboldt | 4,221 | 65.02% | 1,206 | 18.58% | 865 | 13.32% | 138 | 2.13% | 62 | 0.96% | 3,015 | 46.44% | 6,492 |
Imperial | 909 | 47.64% | 675 | 35.38% | 204 | 10.69% | 102 | 5.35% | 18 | 0.94% | 234 | 12.26% | 1,908 |
Inyo | 583 | 40.94% | 618 | 43.40% | 158 | 11.10% | 37 | 2.60% | 28 | 1.97% | -35 | -2.46% | 1,424 |
Kern | 2,270 | 45.60% | 2,215 | 44.50% | 380 | 7.63% | 57 | 1.15% | 56 | 1.12% | 55 | 1.10% | 4,978 |
Kings | 1,198 | 53.22% | 859 | 38.16% | 112 | 4.98% | 70 | 3.11% | 12 | 0.53% | 339 | 15.06% | 2,251 |
Lake | 625 | 42.84% | 628 | 43.04% | 110 | 7.54% | 64 | 4.39% | 32 | 2.19% | -3 | -0.21% | 1,459 |
Lassen | 551 | 54.61% | 361 | 35.78% | 81 | 8.03% | 9 | 0.89% | 7 | 0.69% | 190 | 18.83% | 1,009 |
Los Angeles | 41,483 | 56.77% | 22,076 | 30.21% | 4,702 | 6.43% | 4,033 | 5.52% | 783 | 1.07% | 19,407 | 26.56% | 73,077 |
Madera | 596 | 44.85% | 574 | 43.19% | 121 | 9.10% | 21 | 1.58% | 17 | 1.28% | 22 | 1.66% | 1,329 |
Marin | 2,732 | 68.25% | 983 | 24.56% | 219 | 5.47% | 28 | 0.70% | 41 | 1.02% | 1,749 | 43.69% | 4,003 |
Mariposa | 352 | 36.86% | 480 | 50.26% | 86 | 9.01% | 14 | 1.47% | 23 | 2.41% | -128 | -13.40% | 955 |
Mendocino | 2,746 | 55.56% | 1,752 | 35.45% | 293 | 5.93% | 88 | 1.78% | 63 | 1.27% | 994 | 20.11% | 4,942 |
Merced | 1,107 | 44.58% | 1,100 | 44.30% | 152 | 6.12% | 104 | 4.19% | 20 | 0.81% | 7 | 0.28% | 2,483 |
Modoc | 620 | 49.92% | 574 | 46.22% | 24 | 1.93% | 12 | 0.97% | 12 | 0.97% | 46 | 3.70% | 1,242 |
Mono | 224 | 59.89% | 121 | 32.35% | 25 | 6.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 1.07% | 103 | 27.54% | 374 |
Monterey | 2,486 | 53.64% | 1,616 | 34.87% | 211 | 4.55% | 265 | 5.72% | 57 | 1.23% | 870 | 18.77% | 4,635 |
Napa | 2,405 | 59.08% | 1,336 | 32.82% | 206 | 5.06% | 100 | 2.46% | 24 | 0.59% | 1,069 | 26.26% | 4,071 |
Nevada | 1,825 | 50.86% | 1,368 | 38.13% | 296 | 8.25% | 76 | 2.12% | 23 | 0.64% | 457 | 12.74% | 3,588 |
Orange | 3,244 | 53.74% | 1,911 | 31.65% | 375 | 6.21% | 451 | 7.47% | 56 | 0.93% | 1,333 | 22.08% | 6,037 |
Placer | 1,865 | 51.45% | 1,491 | 41.13% | 171 | 4.72% | 69 | 1.90% | 29 | 0.80% | 374 | 10.32% | 3,625 |
Plumas | 659 | 57.91% | 395 | 34.71% | 59 | 5.18% | 12 | 1.05% | 13 | 1.14% | 264 | 23.20% | 1,138 |
Riverside | 3,229 | 57.24% | 1,374 | 24.36% | 565 | 10.02% | 427 | 7.57% | 46 | 0.82% | 1,855 | 32.88% | 5,641 |
Sacramento | 6,515 | 55.15% | 4,533 | 38.37% | 608 | 5.15% | 106 | 0.90% | 52 | 0.44% | 1,982 | 16.78% | 11,814 |
San Benito | 937 | 53.57% | 684 | 39.11% | 63 | 3.60% | 52 | 2.97% | 13 | 0.74% | 253 | 14.47% | 1,749 |
San Bernardino | 4,729 | 52.90% | 2,685 | 30.03% | 777 | 8.69% | 618 | 6.91% | 131 | 1.47% | 2,044 | 22.86% | 8,940 |
San Diego | 5,412 | 57.56% | 2,393 | 25.45% | 1,342 | 14.27% | 212 | 2.25% | 44 | 0.47% | 3,019 | 32.11% | 9,403 |
San Francisco | 33,184 | 55.19% | 21,260 | 35.36% | 4,523 | 7.52% | 406 | 0.68% | 751 | 1.25% | 11,924 | 19.83% | 60,124 |
San Joaquin | 4,470 | 52.20% | 3,331 | 38.90% | 547 | 6.39% | 167 | 1.95% | 49 | 0.57% | 1,139 | 13.30% | 8,564 |
San Luis Obispo | 2,008 | 50.76% | 1,381 | 34.91% | 370 | 9.35% | 154 | 3.89% | 43 | 1.09% | 627 | 15.85% | 3,956 |
San Mateo | 2,865 | 62.91% | 1,314 | 28.85% | 301 | 6.61% | 29 | 0.64% | 45 | 0.99% | 1,551 | 34.06% | 4,554 |
Santa Barbara | 2,713 | 55.19% | 1,640 | 33.36% | 376 | 7.65% | 104 | 2.12% | 83 | 1.69% | 1,073 | 21.83% | 4,916 |
Santa Clara | 7,950 | 58.88% | 3,836 | 28.41% | 883 | 6.54% | 696 | 5.15% | 137 | 1.01% | 4,114 | 30.47% | 13,502 |
Santa Cruz | 2,886 | 54.71% | 1,643 | 31.15% | 450 | 8.53% | 237 | 4.49% | 59 | 1.12% | 1,243 | 23.56% | 5,275 |
Shasta | 1,891 | 47.61% | 1,389 | 34.97% | 577 | 14.53% | 69 | 1.74% | 46 | 1.16% | 502 | 12.64% | 3,972 |
Sierra | 600 | 55.40% | 510 | 37.86% | 54 | 4.99% | 11 | 1.02% | 8 | 0.74% | 190 | 17.54% | 1,083 |
Siskiyou | 1,813 | 47.40% | 1,657 | 43.32% | 264 | 6.90% | 39 | 1.02% | 52 | 1.36% | 156 | 4.08% | 3,825 |
Solano | 3,115 | 54.72% | 2,033 | 35.71% | 402 | 7.06% | 102 | 1.79% | 41 | 0.72% | 1,082 | 19.01% | 5,693 |
Sonoma | 5,427 | 57.50% | 3,168 | 33.56% | 483 | 5.12% | 285 | 3.02% | 76 | 0.81% | 2,259 | 23.93% | 9,439 |
Stanislaus | 1,663 | 46.45% | 1,390 | 38.83% | 182 | 5.08% | 315 | 8.80% | 30 | 0.84% | 273 | 7.63% | 3,580 |
Sutter | 896 | 54.94% | 652 | 39.98% | 45 | 2.76% | 28 | 1.72% | 10 | 0.61% | 244 | 14.96% | 1,631 |
Tehama | 1,064 | 47.46% | 894 | 39.88% | 204 | 9.10% | 62 | 2.77% | 18 | 0.80% | 170 | 7.58% | 2,242 |
Trinity | 393 | 44.41% | 331 | 37.40% | 130 | 14.69% | 14 | 1.58% | 17 | 1.92% | 62 | 7.01% | 885 |
Tulare | 2,742 | 47.95% | 2,329 | 40.73% | 466 | 8.15% | 143 | 2.50% | 38 | 0.66% | 413 | 7.22% | 5,718 |
Tuolumne | 943 | 44.40% | 878 | 41.34% | 187 | 8.80% | 72 | 3.39% | 44 | 2.07% | 65 | 3.06% | 2,124 |
Ventura | 1,864 | 56.57% | 1,181 | 35.84% | 158 | 4.80% | 48 | 1.46% | 44 | 1.34% | 683 | 20.73% | 3,295 |
Yolo | 1,707 | 49.01% | 1,553 | 44.59% | 127 | 3.65% | 74 | 2.12% | 22 | 0.63% | 154 | 4.42% | 3,483 |
Yuba | 1,270 | 55.92% | 902 | 39.72% | 78 | 3.43% | 11 | 0.48% | 10 | 0.44% | 368 | 16.20% | 2,271 |
Total | 214,398 | 55.45% | 127,492 | 32.98% | 28,659 | 7.41% | 11,770 | 3.04% | 4,278 | 1.11% | 86,906 | 22.48% | 386,597 |
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