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Events on Tuesday 3 November 1908 1
1908William Howard Taft elected President of the United StatesRepublican wins to succeed Theodore RooseveltWilliam Howard Taft defeated Democrat William Jennings Bryan in the U.S. presidential election, continuing Republican control of the White House. Taft had been handpicked by outgoing President Theodore Roosevelt as his successor. He took office in March 1909.