310 Republican Electors Win Broad Victory in Early Returns
Maryland shows possible split electoral votes with Taft leading in Missouri and a total of 310 Republican electors and 156 Democrats. New York reelects Governor Hughes as Taft leads nationwide toward a split ticket. Bryan and Taft exchange congratulations while Sherman notes his election cost.
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Electoral College
United States
Maryland
Baltimore
Missouri
Taft
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Alabama
Arkansas
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
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Louisiana
Mississippi
Nevada
Nebraska
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Roosevelt
Charles E. Hughes
Greater
Bryan and Mr. Taft
Sherman
Early returns hint Bryan win in Nevada by slim margin
Reno reports incomplete results show William Jennings Bryan carrying Nevada by less than 1000 votes. Senator Newlands appears to be reelected by a small margin and Bartleson seems set to defeat Maxson and Fitzgerald by a large plurality for Congress.
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Reno
Bryan
United States
Newlands
Bartleas
Congress
Maxson
Rep
Fitzgerald
Ind
Wyoming Returns Show Democratic Gains Incomplete in State
Wyoming observers report incomplete returns with large Democratic gains. Both state chairmen forecast a narrow state victory, arguing the outcome will hinge on late counting.
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Wyoming
Cheyenne
Wyo
Florida Election Yields 18 000 to 20 000 Democratic Margin
Jacksonville Florida November 8 The Florida election produced the typical Democratic majority of about eighteen thousand to twenty thousand votes in the statewide result.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Georgia Returns Tilt Toward Bryan as GOP Gains Show
Georgia voters gave Bryan a substantial penalty while Republicans show gains statewide. Taft wins a small majority in two counties and Watson the Populist takes three counties. Taft carries two wards in theft. All Democratic congressmen are reelected and Senator Clay's reelection is assured.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Bryan
Taft
Watson
Clay
Illinois Election Results Show Taft Victory Across State
The Republican ticket wins Illinois with Taft carrying the state by about 170000 votes and Charles S. Deneen elected governor by roughly 100000 over Adlai Stevenson. Chicago and Cook County give Taft large margins while outside Cook Taft trails decline to about 120000. Debs’s Socialist vote drops from 69225 in 1904 to around 40000. The state legislature leans strongly Republican.
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Illinois
Chicago
Taft
Charles 8. Deneen
Adlai E. Stevenson
Cook County
Roosevelt
Stevenson
Cook
Hopkins
Debs
Eugene
Lane County
Bryan
Chafin
Hisngen
Taft Leads Iowa With Large Plurality In 1908 Returns
Incomplete returns show Taft carrying Iowa by 40 000 to 50 000, a sharp drop from Roosevelt's 158 000 four years earlier but near the normal margin. The Republican state ticket is likely elected by a similar plurality.
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Des Moines
Taft
Iowa
Roosevelt
Kansas Election Returns Hint Republican Victory Margin
Topeka reports incomplete returns due to a long ballot and late closing hours. Early figures support the Republican state committee claim that the entire Republican ticket led by Governor Walter R. Stubbs is elected by about 25 000 votes, with Taft's statewide plurality slightly larger.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Republican State Committee
Walter R. Stubbs
Taft
Taft plurality and Republican gains in California vote
California gave Taft a 75 000 plurality and elected a solid Republican delegation to Congress. The state legislature will likely reelect Perkins to the Senate. The capital removal amendment carried by 9 714 and the direct primary amendment by 30 000.
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San Francisco
California
Taft
Congress
Perkins
United States Senate
Taft Wins Missouri Electors with Narrow Plurality
Returns compiled by the Republic show Taft with Missouri's electoral votes by 3,172 in a near complete count from 111 counties with estimates from the remaining. The Globe-Democrat exceeds 3,700 in Taft's margin. Hadley leads for governor by 17,661, and the legislature is Democratic on joint ballot by four votes.
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St. Louis
The
Republic
Democratic
Taft
Missouri
Globe-Democrat
Republican
Hadley
Bryan Leads Tennessee With About 22000 Vote Edge
Knoxville results show Bryan expected to win Tennessee by roughly 22,000 in the presidential race as returns come in from the state.
Mississippi Result Shows Big Taft Victory Margin
Jackson voters on November 8 gave Bryan a lead of over 60,000 in Mississippi. Taft’s vote rose slightly compared with the last presidential election, indicating a modest GOP gain.
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Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Bryan
Complete Democratic Ticket Likely Wins Big in North Carolina
Charlotte reports the Democratic ticket will win by at least 30,000 votes statewide gains seen for the Republican ticket throughout the state.
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Charlotte
N. C
Detroit Returns Show Taft Sherman Lead in Michigan Governor Race
Michigan results indicate Taft and Sherman leading by a large margin, about 100,000, but the governor candidate is not yet known at 1:20. Returns arrive slowly. congressional winners in all districts except the First where counts remain incomplete.
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Michigan
Detroit
Mich
Taft
Sherman
Congress
Indiana Returns Show Democrats Gain in Legislature
Indiana results from Indianapolis on November 4 indicate Democrats will hold a majority of eight on the joint ballot. Eleven of eighteen congressmen are Democratic, a gain of seven, with Taft carrying the state by about 10 000 and Marshall elected governor by about 5 000.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Taft
Marshall
Den
Montana Returns Show Taft Victory Narrow Majority
Butte Montana reports Taft carried the state by nearly 3000 votes. C N Pray of Fort Benton wins re election to Congress by about 4000. The governor race remains unsettled with Donlan Republican around 1600 behind Norris Democrat.
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Butte
Mont
Montana
Taft
C. N. Pray
Fort Benton
Congress
Donlan
Norris
Taft Victory Confirmed In West Virginia Vote
The total vote from many West Virginia counties confirms Taft's win by several thousand, with Republicans continuing to claim the state ticket as results arrive from Cincinnati on November 4.
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Cincinnati
West Virginia
Taft
Maryland set to split electoral votes in 1908 election
Baltimore reports show Maryland will split its electoral slate with Bryan earning six electors and Taft two after late returns. Taft wins the popular vote by 561 and his top elector tally reaches 116,471 to Bryan's 115,910.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Bryan
Taft
Bryan Wins Nebraska by Plurality in State Returns
Lincoln Nebraska November 6 William Jennings Bryan carried Nebraska by about 4500 votes according to unofficial county returns Shallenberger elected governor by about 7500 votes in the same data source.
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Lincoln
Neb
William Jennings Bryan
Nebraska
Shallenberger
Bryan gains lead as Oklahoma returns tilt toward Republicans
Complete returns from 40 counties show Bryan with a 13 000 plurality in central and northern Oklahoma. With uncounted border counties leaning Democratic the plurality may rise to about 18 000. Legislature expected 110 Democrats to 48 Republicans. Gore's defeat appears unlikely.
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Oklahoma City
Bryan
Arkansas
Texas
United States
Gore
Complete Massachusetts presidential vote taft bryan tallies
Boston November 4 complete vote of Massachusetts for the presidency Taft 250221 Bryan 165860 Taft polu
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Massachusetts
Taft
Bryan
Draper's Plurality Margin in Governor Race Report
Vote tally shows Dra per 233 874 and Vahey 173 355 in governor race with Draper's lead of 60 559. The figures total 407 229 among these candidates.
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Draper
Vahey
Taft Carries Connecticut by Large Plurality in 1912 Vote
Nov 3 New Haven CT Taft's plurality in Connecticut will exceed 25000 Lilley Republican for governor over Robinson Democratic by over 1500 Republicans carry state ticket and likely retain legislative majority All five Republican congressmen reelected.
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Taft
Connecticut
Lilley
Robertson Democratic
Wisconsin Republicans Sweep State and National Tickets
Wisconsin voters return Republican strong gains with an estimated 75 000 plurality for national and state tickets. Congressional delegation appears unchanged with nine Republicans and two Democrats, as results trickle in from Milwaukee and statewide.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Utah Returns Reinforce Taft Lead In Governor Race
Returns from Utah show no change to the night estimate of a 15,000 plurality for Taft and 10,000 to 12,000 for Spray in the governor race. Utah will send Joseph Howell to Congress and Reed Smoot to the Senate.
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Utah
Salt Lake City
Taft
Spray
Republican
Joseph Howell
Congress
Reed Smoot
United States Senate
Taft Wins Vermont with Large Plurality
Complete Vermont returns show Taft with 39 692 votes and Bryan with 11 br Hingen 719, Taft’s statewide plurality 27 4.
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White River Junction
State of
Vermont
Taft
Bryan
Br Hingen
Texas Returns Indicate Democratic Ticket Win
Texas returns from Dallas on November 4 show the entire Democratic ticket winning by usual majorities.
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Dallas
Tex
Taft Leads Rhode Island With Large Plurality
With about two thirds of the 161 precincts reporting, Taft appears to lead by about 16 000 votes in Rhode Island. The Republican slate headed by Governor candidate A J Pothier also seems victorious.
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Providence
R. C
Taft
A. J. Pothier
Minnesota Returns Point To Taft Victory In State
St Paul reports Johnson leads Romney in the city by 6 500 and the state ticket by at least 26 000. Taft is projected to win Minnesota by 80 000 votes with final totals possibly reaching 100 000.
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Johnson
Romney
Taft
Minnesota
Bryan Sweep in Louisiana as Democrats Win All Seven Seats
Louisiana returns indicate a landslide for Bryan with a majority around 40,000. All seven Democratic nominees for congress were elected in the state on election day in New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Bryan
Congress
Taft Leads Cincinnati By Narrow Plurality. Harmon Expected Wins
Early results in Cincinnati show Taft with a slight but near normal plurality around 50,100 while Harris faces defeat for governor. Indications at 1 am point to Harmon, Democrat, winning by more than 15,000.
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Taft
Harris
Harmon
Prineville
Crook County
Virginia Vote Sees Bryan Lead by Fifteen Thousand
Norfolk November 8 The Republican state committee concedes Virginia to Bryan by fifteen thousand but claims a gain of one Republican congressman.
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Norfolk
Republican State Committee
Bryan
Governor race tightens in North Dakota with Taft lead fading
North Dakota voters report Taft with a 15 000 edge in 300 southern precincts as Burke with 17 505 and Johnson 17 680 gain. John son’s city losses are offset by gains in rural districts, keeping the gubernatorial contest close.
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Fargo
N. D
Taft
Burke
Johnson
Republicans sweep state and national tickets in South Dakota
Returns at midnight show Republicans winning a near clean sweep in the state. They elected both congressmen at large and carried national and state tickets.
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Sioux Falls
South Carolina votes give Bryan about sixty thousand
Columbia reports South Carolina will deliver Bryan a roughly 60 000 majority while the statewide and congressional ballots tilt strongly Democratic.
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Columbia
D. C
South Carolina
Bryan
Taft Wins Pennsylvania By Large Margin
Philadelphia reports Republican gains with Taft leading Pennsylvania by over 200,000 ballots. Senator Penrose declares Taft ahead by about 250,000 in the state.
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Eadets
Pennsylvania
Taft
Senator Penrose
Taft supporters claim Delaware victory margins in 1908
Wilmington reports General T Colman Dupont Delaware state Republican chairman announces Taft carried the state by about 4500. He predicts Pennewell as governor by 2000 and the rest of the ticket by similar margins, except possibly Davis for attorney general who Dupont puts at 1500.
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Wilmington
Del
T. Colman Dupont
Rep
Delaware
Taft
Pennewell
Davis
New Hampshire Vote Shows Taft Lead With Multiple Races Pending
Concord report counts two-fifths of NH votes with Taft ahead by about 20000. Governor race likelyQuimby about 4000 plurality. still a majority needed and minority votes may affect result. Two Republican congressmen are re elected.
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N. H
New Hampshire
Taft
Henry B. Quimby
Local Returns Show Taft Leading Across Oregon Counties
Complete county results from Hood River Canyon City Baker City Dallas Condon Tillamook Wallowa Vale St Helens and Columbia indicate Taft leading Bryan with varying margins. Taft totals include Hood River 768 to 360 and other precincts showing strong Republican support across the state.
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Hood River County
Taf
Bryan
Dem
Chafin
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Debs
Soc
Hiagen
Ind
Maine Returns Taft Sherman Plurality of 32000
In Maine on November 4 Taft and Sherman combined for a 32000 plurality out of 103000 votes cast for the two leading parties.
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Portland
Taft
Sherman
Taft Leads In New Jersey With Large Plurality
Revised returns from New Jersey show Taft ahead by 65 000 to 70 000 votes. Republicans elect several congressmen while Democrats win two. The Sixth district Democrat William Hughes appears very close and in doubt.
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Trenton
N. J
Mr. Taft
New Jersey
William Hughes
McGregor sells 240 acres tideland on Big Island to Astoria firm
Astoria Abstract, Title & Trust company purchases 240 acres of tideland on Big Island at Blind Slough from W. F. McGregor for 6000 dollars. The buyers plan to dike the island to create four farming tracts.
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W. F. McGregor
Big Island
Blind Slough
Astoria Abstract, Title & Trust Company
Taft Vote Growth Reported Across Oregon Counties
Official returns from Oregon counties show Taft's plurality growing with an initial 26 000 lead. Bryan surpasses Parker's 1908 levels in each county, and Taft outpaces Roosevelt in many areas. November turnout appears heavy compared with June, minor parties fade, Lake county records only one vote for Chafin. Socialist vote under expectations.
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Taft
Bryan
Parker
Roosevelt
Lake County
Chafin
Hisgen
Astoria
Clatsop County
Debs
Taft Wins Oregon With Broad Lead in County Returns
Across Oregon on November 6 Taft leads in Multnomah Wasco and many counties with totals showing Taft around 17 819 in Multnomah and substantial margins in Wasco Linn Lane Marion Umatilla Clackamas Douglas Coos and many smaller counties. Bryan and Debs trail with varying counts as statewide tallies continue.
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Douglas County
Taft
Bryan
Debs
Prohibition
Washington Returns Reflect Republican Sweep in State
Early returns show Taft leading in most counties with a strong Republican ticket statewide. Congress likely stays with Werley J. Jones for the U.S. Senate as Democrats struggle to gain seats. Gubernatorial and legislative results indicate a Republican majority across several districts.
Idaho election results show Taft leads by large margins
Boise reports indicate Taft carries Idaho by about 15 000 with Brady winning governor by roughly 6 000. Republican state ticket strong while Socialist and Prohibition votes are light as canvassing continues. statewide results suggest Republicans dominate with near complete ticket success and few exceptions across counties.
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Idaho
Nev
Prohibition
Chafin
Hinge
Colorado Returns Hinted Favor Taft as Partial Vote Count Opens
In Denver on November 4 the Republican state central committee chairman acknowledged the vendes count favors a Democratic win but expects full returns to put Taft ahead. He predicts Democrats will win both state houses and the next U S Senate seat, shaping the general assembly’s choices.
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Denver
Republican State Central
Taft
Jona Shaffroth
Charles 4
United States
Henry
Walnut tree sale nets large Berks County prize
A historic walnut tree near Jefferson, two miles from Kick is sold by Min Rebs chenbach for $110. The monarch of the forest measured nearly five feet at the base and about three feet at height, with a long limb extending for a noted distance.
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Berks
Min Rebschenbach
Jeffereon
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