The 1908 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 3, 1908, as part of the
1908 United States presidential election
The 1908 United States presidential election was the 31st quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 1908. Secretary of War and Republican Party nominee William Howard Taft defeated three-time Democratic nominee William Jen ...
. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the
Electoral College, who voted for
president and
vice president.
Montana voted for the
Republican nominee,
Secretary of War William Howard Taft, over the
Democratic
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*A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
*A member of a Democratic Party:
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nominee, former
U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan. Taft won the state by a narrow margin of 4.37%.
Bryan had previously won Montana by large margins in both
1896
Events
January–March
* January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers.
* January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
* January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wil ...
and
1900
As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...
, defeating
William McKinley both times.
Results
Results by county
See also
*
United States presidential elections in Montana
References
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Montana
1908
Events
January
* January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica.
* January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 46 ...
1908 Montana elections