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1908 Republican National Convention
1908 presidential election
Nominees
Taft and Sherman
Convention
Date(s)June 16–19, 1908
CityChicago, Illinois
VenueChicago Coliseum
ChairHenry C. Lodge
Candidates
Presidential nomineeWilliam H. Taft of Ohio
Vice presidential nomineeJames S. Sherman of New York
Voting
Total delegates980
Votes needed for nomination491
Results (president)Taft (OH): 702 (71.63%)
Knox (PA): 68 (6.94%)
Hughes (NY): 67 (6.84%)
Cannon (IL): 58 (5.92%)
Fairbanks (IN): 40 (4.08%)
La Follette (WI): 25 (2.55%)
Foraker (OH): 16 (1.63%)
Roosevelt (NY): 3 (0.31%)
Abstaining: 1 (0.10%)
Ballots1
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The 1908 Republican National Convention was held in Chicago Coliseum, Chicago, Illinois on June 16 to June 19, 1908. It convened to nominate successors to President Theodore Roosevelt and Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks.

U.S. Secretary of War William H. Taft of Ohio won Roosevelt's endorsement and received the presidential nomination. The convention nominated New York Representative James S. Sherman to be his vice presidential running mate.

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