U.S. presidential election, 1904

   

Summary

The Incumbent president, Theodore Roosevelt, faced an early primary challenge from Mark Hanna, but this did not last long; Hanna died in 1904. Roosevelt was easily nominated.

The Democrats nominated Alton B. Parker. Unlike the 1896 election, the Democrats decided to advocate the gold standard this time, but Parker, winning only the southern states, was still not able to win the general election. Roosevelt won in a relative landslide.

Election results

Presidential CandidatePartyStatePopular Vote:Electoral Vote:
Theodore RooseveltRepublicanNew York7,623,486336
Alton Brooks ParkerDemocraticNew York5,077,911140
Eugene Victor DebsSocialistIndiana402,2830
Silas Comfort SwallowProhibitionPennsylvania258,5360
Thomas Edward WatsonPopulistGeorgia117,1830
Charles Hunter CorreganSocialist LaborNew York31,2490
Vice Presidential CandidatePartyStatePopular Vote:Electoral Vote:
Charles Warren FairbanksRepublicanIndiana- - -336
Henry Gassaway DavisDemocraticWest Virginia- - -140
Benjamin HanfordSocialistNew York- - -0
George W. CarrollProhibitionTexas- - -0
Thomas Henry TibblesPopulistNebraska- - -0
William Wesley CoxSocialist LaborIllinois- - -0


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The election was held on November 8, 1904.

The New York Times front page from the day after the election: November 9, 1904.
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The New York Times front page from the day after the election: November 9, 1904.

See also: President of the United States, U.S. presidential election, 1904, History of the United States (1865-1918)



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