The 1908 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 3, 1908. All contemporary 46 states were part of the 1908 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Kentucky was won by the Democratic nominees, former Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate John W. Kern of Indiana. They defeated the Republican nominees, Secretary of War William Howard Taft of Ohio and his running mate James S. Sherman of New York. Bryan won the state by a narrow margin of 1.71%.
Although the overall result was very similar to the previous two elections, Taft was notably the only Republican to carry Breathitt County until John McCain did so 100 years later.
Bryan had previously lost Kentucky to William McKinley in 1896 but would win the state against McKinley in the state in 1900.
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