William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft ran for president in 1908, 1912 and won once. Electoral votes, popular vote and the states won in each election.
1912 Lost
Republican- Electoral votes
- 8of 531
- Popular vote
- 3,486,34323.20%
- States carried
- 2
- Running mate
- Nicholas Butler
Opponents: Woodrow Wilson (435 EV), Theodore Roosevelt (88 EV), Eugene V. Debs (0 EV).
1908 Won
Republican- Electoral votes
- 321of 483
- Popular vote
- 7,676,59851.60%
- States carried
- 29
- Running mate
- James S. Sherman
Opponents: William Jennings Bryan (162 EV).
Carried: California, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.
Head-to-head
- vs Woodrow Wilson 1912
- vs Theodore Roosevelt 1912
- vs Eugene V. Debs 1912
- vs William Jennings Bryan 1908
Questions and answers
How many times did William Howard Taft run for president?
2 times (1908, 1912), winning in 1908.
How many electoral votes did William Howard Taft win?
1912: 8; 1908: 321.
What share of the popular vote did William Howard Taft get?
1912: 23.2% (3,486,343 votes); 1908: 51.6% (7,676,598 votes).
Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data