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Maryland · 1908 presidential election

Maryland presidential election results 1908

William Jennings Bryan carried Maryland by -0.25 points (-605 votes), winning 8 electoral votes.

Electoral votes
8
Votes counted
238,531
MD result
R+0.3
Compared with the nation
8.3 pts more Democratic
Swing since 1904
0.2 pts to R

Statewide result

CandidatePartyVotesShareBarElectoral votes
William Howard TaftRepublican116,51348.80%2
William Jennings BryanDemocratic115,90848.60%6
Total votes238,531

Sources: 1908

Questions and answers

Who won Maryland in 1908?

William Jennings Bryan won Maryland by -0.25 percentage points (-605 votes).

How many electoral votes did Maryland have in 1908?

Maryland cast 8 electoral votes in 1908, split between candidates by congressional district.

How many people voted for president in Maryland in 1908?

238,531 votes were counted for president.

How did Maryland change from 1904 to 1908?

The margin moved 0.2 points toward the Republican ticket, from an exact tie between the two main tickets to Republican by 0.3 points.

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data