<sod>* [[November 3]] &ndash; [[United States presidential election, 1908]]: Incumbent [[Theodore Roosevelt]] declined to run for a third term, paving the way for the [[Republican Party]] to nominate Secretary of War (and eventual winner with 321 [[electoral college]] votes) [[William Howard Taft]]. The [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] Party nominated [[William Jennings Bryan]], previously defeated in [[1896] and [[1900]], received 162 EC votes.<eod>
<sod>* [[November 3]] &ndash; [[United States presidential election, 1908]]: Incumbent [[Theodore Roosevelt]] declined to run for a third term, paving the way for the [[Republican Party]] to nominate Secretary of War (and eventual winner with 321 [[electoral college]] votes) [[William Howard Taft]]. The [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] Party nominated [[William Jennings Bryan]], previously defeated in [[1896]] and [[1900]], received 162 EC votes.<eod>