1908 United States presidential election in South Dakota

1908 United States presidential election in South Dakota

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Nominee William Howard Taft William Jennings Bryan
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Ohio Nebraska
Running mate James S. Sherman John W. Kern
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 67,536 40,266
Percentage 58.84% 35.08%

County Results

President before election

Theodore Roosevelt
Republican

Elected President

William Howard Taft
Republican

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

South Dakota voted for the Republican nominee, 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 of Nebraska William Jennings Bryan and his running mate John W. Kern of Indiana. Taft won the state by a margin of 23.76 percentage points.

William Bryan had previously won South Dakota during his run against William McKinley in 1896 but would later lose the state to McKinley four years later in 1900 and again in this election.