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American presidential election, 1908
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Category: History & Society
Date:
November 3, 1908
Participants:
William Jennings Bryan
Eugene V. Debs
James Sherman
William Howard Taft
Thomas E. Watson
John Worth Kern
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United States presidential election of 1908, American presidential election held on November 3, 1908, in which Republican William Howard Taft defeated Democrat William Jennings Bryan. The biggest announcement in the run-up to the 1908 presidential election came in 1904 when, on the evening of his election, Pres. Theodore Roosevelt announced that he would not seek a subsequent term in office. Roosevelt was extremely popular as president, and many thought he might reconsider and run as 1908 neared. However, after careful consideration of potential successors, Roosevelt threw his support behind William Howard Taft in early 1907. Taft was Roosevelt’s secretary of ...(100 of 407 words)

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