1908 United States presidential election in Mississippi explained

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The 1908 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 3, 1908. Voters chose 10 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Mississippi overwhelmingly voted for the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative of Nebraska William Jennings Bryan and his running mate John W. Kern of Indiana. They defeated the Republican nominees, Secretary of War William Howard Taft of Ohio and his running mate James S. Sherman of New York. Bryan won the state by a landslide margin of 83.59%.

With 90.11% of the popular vote, Mississippi would prove to be Bryan's second strongest state in the 1908 presidential election only after South Carolina.^[1]

Bryan had previously won Mississippi against William McKinley in both 1896 and 1900.

Results

1908 United States presidential election in Mississippi[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	William Jennings Bryan	60,287	90.11%	10
	Republican	William Howard Taft	4,363	6.52%	0
	Populist	Thomas E. Watson	1,276	1.91%	0
	Socialist	Eugene V. Debs	978	1.46%	0
Totals			66,904	100.00%	10

See also

• United States presidential elections in Mississippi

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1908 Presidential Election Statistics. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2018-03-05.
2. Web site: 1908 Presidential General Election Results – Mississippi. U.S. Election Atlas. 1 April 2020.