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Chronicling America is a searchable digital collection of historic newspaper pages through 1963 sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.
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Also, see the Directory of U.S. Newspapers in American Libraries, a searchable index to newspapers published in the United States since 1690, which helps researchers identify what titles exist for a specific place and time, and how to access them.
Despite widespread popular support for Theodore Roosevelt, Roosevelt decided not to seek a third term and instead encouraged the Republican Party to nominate his Secretary of War and friend, William H. Taft. Taft went on to face off against the familiar Democrat William Jennings Bryan in Bryan’s third and final attempt to win the presidency. Read more about it!
The information in this guide focuses on primary source materials found in the digitized historic newspapers from the digital collection Chronicling America.
The timeline below highlights important dates related to this topic and a section of this guide provides some suggested search strategies for further research in the collection.
| June 16-19, 1908 | The Republican National Convention, held in Chicago, nominates William Howard Taft. |
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| July 7-10, 1908 | The Democratic National Convention held in Denver, nominates William Jennings Bryan. |
| July 28, 1908 | Taft performs an address accepting the Republican presidential nomination. |
| November 3, 1908 | Taft defeats Bryan in the general election. |
