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The1908 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 3, 1908. All 46 contemporary states were part of the1908 United States presidential election. Voters chose 39 electors to theElectoral College, which selected thepresident andvice president.
New York was won by theRepublican nominees,United States Secretary of WarWilliam Howard Taft ofOhio and his running mateCongressmanJames S. Sherman of New York. Taft and Sherman defeated theDemocratic nominees, formerCongressman andtwo-time prior presidential candidateWilliam Jennings Bryan ofNebraska and his running mateSenatorJohn W. Kern ofIndiana. Also in the running was theSocialist Party candidate,Eugene V. Debs, who ran withBen Hanford.
Taft carried New York State with 53.11% of the vote to Bryan's 40.74%, a victory margin of 12.37%. Debs finished a distant third, receiving 2.35% of the vote in the state.
New York weighed in for this election as about 4% more Republican than the national average. New York would prove to be a Republican stronghold during theFourth Party System, voting for Republican candidates in the presidential elections of that era barringWoodrow Wilson's winfour years later. This was the first time since its incorporation in 1898 that a Republican won New York City, something that has happened twice since, in1920 and1924.
Bryan had previously lost New York twice toWilliam McKinley in both1896 and1900.
| 1908 United States presidential election in New York[2] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | William Howard Taft | 870,070 | 53.11% | 39 | |
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 667,468 | 40.74% | 0 | |
| Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 38,451 | 2.35% | 0 | |
| Independence League | Thomas L. Hisgen | 35,817 | 2.19% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Eugene W. Chafin | 22,667 | 1.38% | 0 | |
| Socialist Labor | August Gillhaus | 3,877 | 0.24% | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,638,350 | 100.0% | 39 | ||
| 1908 Presidential Election in New York City | Manhattan | The Bronx | Brooklyn | Queens | Staten Island | Total | |||
| Republican | William Howard Taft | 154,958 | 119,789 | 19,420 | 6,831 | 300,998 | 46.86% | ||
| 44.71% | 50.64% | 44.13% | 45.29% | ||||||
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 160,261 | 96,756 | 20,342 | 7,401 | 284,760 | 44.34% | ||
| 46.24% | 40.90% | 46.22% | 49.07% | ||||||
| Independence League | Thomas L. Hisgen | 14,125 | 10,448 | 2,284 | 523 | 27,380 | 4.26% | ||
| 4.08% | 4.42% | 5.19% | 3.47% | ||||||
| Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 15,599 | 8,422 | 1,751 | 193 | 25,965 | 4.04% | ||
| 4.50% | 3.56% | 3.98% | 1.28% | ||||||
| Socialist Labor | August Gillhaus | 1,162 | 625 | 93 | 32 | 1,912 | 0.30% | ||
| 0.34% | 0.26% | 0.21% | 0.21% | ||||||
| Prohibition | Eugene W. Chafin | 507 | 530 | 118 | 104 | 1,259 | 0.20% | ||
| 0.15% | 0.22% | 0.27% | 0.69% | ||||||
| TOTAL | 346,612 | 236,570 | 44,008 | 15,084 | 642,274 | 100.00% | |||
| County | William Howard Taft Republican | William Jennings Bryan Democratic | Eugene Victor Debs[3] Socialist | Various candidates[3] Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast[4] | |||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Albany | 24,763 | 55.93% | 18,732 | 42.31% | 206 | 0.47% | 576 | 1.30% | 6,031 | 13.62% | 44,277 |
| Allegany | 7,504 | 64.64% | 3,390 | 29.20% | 46 | 0.40% | 669 | 5.76% | 4,114 | 35.44% | 11,609 |
| Broome | 10,705 | 58.15% | 6,671 | 36.24% | 99 | 0.54% | 933 | 5.07% | 4,034 | 21.91% | 18,408 |
| Cattaraugus | 9,320 | 56.93% | 6,096 | 37.24% | 281 | 1.72% | 674 | 4.12% | 3,224 | 19.69% | 16,371 |
| Cayuga | 9,699 | 58.34% | 5,789 | 34.82% | 595 | 3.58% | 541 | 3.25% | 3,910 | 23.52% | 16,624 |
| Chautauqua | 15,739 | 65.62% | 6,158 | 25.67% | 988 | 4.12% | 1,100 | 4.59% | 9,581 | 39.95% | 23,985 |
| Chemung | 7,410 | 53.11% | 5,966 | 42.76% | 80 | 0.57% | 496 | 3.56% | 1,444 | 10.35% | 13,952 |
| Chenango | 5,949 | 57.52% | 3,772 | 36.47% | 67 | 0.65% | 554 | 5.36% | 2,177 | 21.05% | 10,342 |
| Clinton | 5,474 | 55.54% | 3,866 | 39.22% | 54 | 0.55% | 462 | 4.69% | 1,608 | 16.31% | 9,856 |
| Columbia | 5,726 | 51.54% | 5,097 | 45.88% | 16 | 0.14% | 270 | 2.43% | 629 | 5.66% | 11,109 |
| Cortland | 5,090 | 62.26% | 2,616 | 32.00% | 12 | 0.15% | 458 | 5.60% | 2,474 | 30.26% | 8,176 |
| Delaware | 7,142 | 58.28% | 4,641 | 37.87% | 21 | 0.17% | 451 | 3.68% | 2,501 | 20.41% | 12,255 |
| Dutchess | 11,132 | 53.58% | 8,961 | 43.13% | 73 | 0.35% | 609 | 2.93% | 2,171 | 10.45% | 20,775 |
| Erie | 52,182 | 52.36% | 45,185 | 45.34% | 1,234 | 1.24% | 1,059 | 1.06% | 6,997 | 7.02% | 99,660 |
| Essex | 5,167 | 69.09% | 2,033 | 27.18% | 60 | 0.80% | 219 | 2.93% | 3,134 | 41.90% | 7,479 |
| Franklin | 5,999 | 64.13% | 2,935 | 31.37% | 21 | 0.22% | 400 | 4.28% | 3,064 | 32.75% | 9,355 |
| Fulton | 6,574 | 57.96% | 3,508 | 30.93% | 565 | 4.98% | 695 | 6.13% | 3,066 | 27.03% | 11,342 |
| Genesee | 5,794 | 62.26% | 3,171 | 34.07% | 14 | 0.15% | 327 | 3.51% | 2,623 | 28.19% | 9,306 |
| Greene | 4,191 | 50.42% | 3,711 | 44.64% | 63 | 0.76% | 348 | 4.19% | 480 | 5.77% | 8,313 |
| Hamilton | 632 | 50.00% | 586 | 46.36% | 1 | 0.08% | 45 | 3.56% | 46 | 3.64% | 1,264 |
| Herkimer | 8,202 | 55.88% | 5,918 | 40.32% | 156 | 1.06% | 403 | 2.75% | 2,284 | 15.56% | 14,679 |
| Jefferson | 11,477 | 57.93% | 6,694 | 33.79% | 436 | 2.20% | 1,206 | 6.09% | 4,783 | 24.14% | 19,813 |
| Kings | 119,789 | 50.64% | 96,756 | 40.90% | 8,422 | 3.56% | 11,603 | 4.90% | 23,033 | 9.74% | 236,570 |
| Lewis | 4,159 | 58.13% | 2,810 | 39.27% | 13 | 0.18% | 173 | 2.42% | 1,349 | 18.85% | 7,155 |
| Livingston | 5,700 | 59.74% | 3,567 | 37.38% | 14 | 0.15% | 261 | 2.74% | 2,133 | 22.35% | 9,542 |
| Madison | 6,727 | 61.28% | 3,637 | 33.13% | 141 | 1.28% | 473 | 4.31% | 3,090 | 28.15% | 10,978 |
| Monroe | 33,250 | 56.69% | 22,704 | 38.71% | 1,521 | 2.59% | 1,174 | 2.00% | 10,546 | 17.98% | 58,649 |
| Montgomery | 7,571 | 57.02% | 5,254 | 39.57% | 58 | 0.44% | 395 | 2.97% | 2,317 | 17.45% | 13,278 |
| Nassau | 9,787 | 63.04% | 4,883 | 31.45% | 86 | 0.55% | 769 | 4.95% | 4,904 | 31.59% | 15,525 |
| New York | 154,958 | 44.71% | 160,261 | 46.24% | 15,599 | 4.50% | 15,794 | 4.56% | -5,303 | -1.53% | 346,612 |
| Niagara | 11,145 | 54.75% | 8,574 | 42.12% | 95 | 0.47% | 542 | 2.66% | 2,571 | 12.63% | 20,356 |
| Oneida | 19,346 | 54.59% | 14,968 | 42.24% | 250 | 0.71% | 873 | 2.46% | 4,378 | 12.35% | 35,437 |
| Onondaga | 27,209 | 58.70% | 16,643 | 35.90% | 1,116 | 2.41% | 1,387 | 2.99% | 10,566 | 22.79% | 46,355 |
| Ontario | 8,245 | 58.73% | 5,484 | 39.06% | 82 | 0.58% | 229 | 1.63% | 2,761 | 19.67% | 14,040 |
| Orange | 14,414 | 57.03% | 9,938 | 39.32% | 194 | 0.77% | 730 | 2.89% | 4,476 | 17.71% | 25,276 |
| Orleans | 4,885 | 62.31% | 2,590 | 33.04% | 27 | 0.34% | 338 | 4.31% | 2,295 | 29.27% | 7,840 |
| Oswego | 10,447 | 58.22% | 6,172 | 34.39% | 76 | 0.42% | 1,250 | 6.97% | 4,275 | 23.82% | 17,945 |
| Otsego | 7,459 | 53.37% | 5,975 | 42.75% | 24 | 0.17% | 519 | 3.71% | 1,484 | 10.62% | 13,977 |
| Putnam | 2,275 | 60.70% | 1,369 | 36.53% | 4 | 0.11% | 100 | 2.67% | 906 | 24.17% | 3,748 |
| Queens | 19,420 | 44.13% | 20,342 | 46.22% | 1,751 | 3.98% | 2,495 | 5.67% | -922 | -2.10% | 44,008 |
| Rensselaer | 17,196 | 54.92% | 13,162 | 42.04% | 224 | 0.72% | 729 | 2.33% | 4,034 | 12.88% | 31,311 |
| Richmond | 6,831 | 45.29% | 7,401 | 49.07% | 193 | 1.28% | 659 | 4.37% | -570 | -3.78% | 15,084 |
| Rockland | 4,857 | 52.64% | 3,937 | 42.67% | 88 | 0.95% | 345 | 3.74% | 920 | 9.97% | 9,227 |
| Saratoga | 8,706 | 54.49% | 6,518 | 40.80% | 155 | 0.97% | 597 | 3.74% | 2,188 | 13.70% | 15,976 |
| Schenectady | 9,944 | 52.72% | 7,129 | 37.80% | 1,110 | 5.88% | 679 | 3.60% | 2,815 | 14.92% | 18,862 |
| Schoharie | 3,393 | 45.22% | 3,841 | 51.19% | 5 | 0.07% | 265 | 3.53% | -448 | -5.97% | 7,504 |
| Schuyler | 2,417 | 56.60% | 1,695 | 39.70% | 16 | 0.37% | 142 | 3.33% | 722 | 16.91% | 4,270 |
| Seneca | 3,749 | 52.80% | 3,136 | 44.16% | 54 | 0.76% | 162 | 2.28% | 613 | 8.63% | 7,101 |
| St. Lawrence | 14,151 | 67.87% | 5,898 | 28.29% | 61 | 0.29% | 739 | 3.54% | 8,253 | 39.58% | 20,849 |
| Steuben | 12,313 | 56.33% | 8,366 | 38.27% | 237 | 1.08% | 943 | 4.31% | 3,947 | 18.06% | 21,859 |
| Suffolk | 10,689 | 60.29% | 5,877 | 33.15% | 283 | 1.60% | 881 | 4.97% | 4,812 | 27.14% | 17,730 |
| Sullivan | 4,593 | 52.52% | 3,911 | 44.72% | 55 | 0.63% | 187 | 2.14% | 682 | 7.80% | 8,746 |
| Tioga | 4,247 | 58.55% | 2,706 | 37.30% | 45 | 0.62% | 256 | 3.53% | 1,541 | 21.24% | 7,254 |
| Tompkins | 5,090 | 55.13% | 3,734 | 40.45% | 50 | 0.54% | 358 | 3.88% | 1,356 | 14.69% | 9,232 |
| Ulster | 10,475 | 53.06% | 8,560 | 43.36% | 107 | 0.54% | 598 | 3.03% | 1,915 | 9.70% | 19,740 |
| Warren | 4,800 | 58.61% | 3,019 | 36.86% | 60 | 0.73% | 311 | 3.80% | 1,781 | 21.75% | 8,190 |
| Washington | 7,933 | 65.63% | 3,593 | 29.73% | 110 | 0.91% | 451 | 3.73% | 4,340 | 35.91% | 12,087 |
| Wayne | 8,008 | 62.68% | 4,404 | 34.47% | 56 | 0.44% | 309 | 2.42% | 3,604 | 28.21% | 12,777 |
| Westchester | 29,438 | 58.38% | 18,346 | 36.38% | 923 | 1.83% | 1,715 | 3.40% | 11,092 | 22.00% | 50,422 |
| Wyoming | 5,308 | 62.32% | 2,885 | 33.87% | 28 | 0.33% | 296 | 3.48% | 2,423 | 28.45% | 8,517 |
| Yates | 3,275 | 60.98% | 1,927 | 35.88% | 30 | 0.56% | 139 | 2.59% | 1,348 | 25.10% | 5,371 |
| Totals | 870,070 | 53.11% | 667,468 | 40.74% | 38,451 | 2.35% | 62,361 | 3.81% | 202,602 | 12.37% | 1,638,350 |
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