By the end of June, however, Bryan had amassed more than the requisite two-thirds of the delegates needed for nomination. While Bryan won more counties than McKinley in 1896, Bryan failed to carry more counties than the Republican candidate in 1900 or 1904. Below is a list of source from each state from which the 1908 Presidential Election popular vote data was collected. Popular incumbent President Theodore Roosevelt honored his promise not to seek a third term, and persuaded his close friend, Taft, to become his successor. Helen Taft Manning Hunter (granddaughter), Caroline Manning Cunningham (granddaughter), Rhoda Rawson Taft (patrental great-grandmother), This page was last edited on 27 November 2020, at 16:06. Each party shared in the increase, but whereas Taft had nearly fifty thousand more than Theodore Roosevelt, Bryan had nearly 1,500,000 more votes than Alton Parker had garnered, and more than in either of his previous campaigns. [19] He had an altercation with an African-American porter on a train; when the porter said that he was unable to increase the train's speed, Watson hit the man in the face with the cap of his cane. As of 2017, this is the last of only two elections when Kansas[38] and Nebraska[39] have not voted for the same candidate. Amazon.com: Presidential TAFT 1909 Campaign Political Vintage President Politics AME United States Presidential Election, Phone Case for iPhone 11, iPhone 11 … The Socialist candidate, Eugene Debs, embarked on an ambitious whistle-stop tour aboard a train nicknamed the Red Special, giving speeches regarding the Socialist cause across the country. Foster of the Democratic Party. In March, the Minnesota Democratic State Convention endorsed Johnson for president. Having lost the 1904 election badly, the Democratic Party re-nominated Bryan, who had been defeated in 1896 and 1900 by Republican William McKinley. He lost almost all the northern states to Taft and the popular vote by 8 percentage points. After … While increasingly dwarfed by the growing membership of the Socialist Party led by Eugene Debs and Bill Haywood, Daniel De Leon and his compatriots remained committed to maintaining their separate course, considering Debs and his platform as "reactionary". It was noticeable that the "other" vote was only about seven thousand less than four years earlier. In response to nomination of Bryan and Kern, The New York Times disparagingly pointed out that the Democratic national ticket was consistent because "a man twice defeated for the Presidency was at the head of it, and a man twice defeated for governor of his state was at the tail of it."[12]. The previous three years had been unusual for Watson. Source (Popular Vote): Leip, David. [15], By late 1907, many Populists were hoping that Thomas Watson would agree to run for President again. The result was a victory for Ramón González Valencia. Everywhere the Democratic Party was the minority party, and it was not hopeless, nor was it helpless. In the nomination contest, four states held primaries to select national convention delegates. The 1908 United States presidential election was the 31st quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 1908. It was a rematch of the 1896 race between Republican President William McKinley and his Democratic challenger, William Jennings Bryan. Popular Vote Data Sources by State : Note: There is no federal government agency that is in charge of compiling official Presidential Election popular vote statistics. Bryan increased the area carried by Democrats in every part of the country except New England and the South. Candidates pledged to Taft were printed on the ballot in a Taft column, and candidates pledged to Foraker were printed in a column under his name. Preston's nomination was ratified unanimously, with Donald Munro of Virginia winning in a contest against Arthur S. Dower of Texas for the Vice Presidential nomination.