Who won Massachusetts in the 1908 presidential election?

Taft (Republican) carried Massachusetts in 1908, winning its 16 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Massachusetts have in 1908?

Massachusetts cast 16 electoral votes in the 1908 presidential election.

Did Massachusetts vote for the national winner in 1908?

Yes. Massachusetts backed William Howard Taft, who won the presidency that year.

Progressive EraMA · 16 EV

1908

Massachusetts: Taft carries 16 EV.

Massachusetts cast its 16 electoral votes for Taft (Republican). National winner: William Howard Taft (Republican) — Massachusetts voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1908 result in Massachusetts

Massachusetts backed Taft (Republican) in the 1908 presidential election, casting 16 electoral votes for the ticket. Massachusetts ended up on the winning side — William Howard Taft captured the White House that year.

It marked the 14th consecutive election in which Massachusetts backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1856. Massachusetts did not move alone — neighboring Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire broke the same way in 1908. Across the 60 presidential elections Massachusetts has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (23 times). The vote fell within the Progressive Era — Trust-busting, suffrage, and World War I.

In the national count, William Howard Taft took 321 of the 483 electoral votes, against William Jennings Bryan's 162. William Howard Taft led the national popular vote with 51.57% of the ballots cast.

The 1908 national map

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