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held at Chicago Coliseum
Chicago, Cook
County, Illinois
June 16 to 19, 1908
resulting in the nomination of:
WILLIAM
H. TAFT
of District of Columbia, for President
and
JAMES
S. SHERMAN
of New York, for Vice-President
Other candidates for the presidential nomination, before or during
this convention:
Joseph
G. Cannon, of Illinois; Charles
W. Fairbanks, of Indiana; Joseph
B. Foraker, of Ohio; Charles
Evans Hughes, of New York; Philander
C. Knox, of Pennsylvania; Robert
M. LaFollette, of Wisconsin; Leslie
M. Shaw, of Iowa
Other candidates for the vice-presidential nomination, before or
during this convention:
Curtis
Guild, Jr., of Massachusetts; Franklin
Murphy, of New Jersey; George
L. Sheldon, of Nebraska
State Delegations (incomplete!)
Alabama
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New
Hampshire
- New
Jersey
- New
York
- North
Carolina
- North
Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode
Island
- South
Carolina
- South
Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West
Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Other Delegations (incomplete!)
Alaska
Territory
- Arizona
Territory
- District
of Columbia
- Hawaii
Territory
- New
Mexico Territory
- Philippine
Islands
- Puerto
Rico
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