1904
The 1904 U.S. presidential election was won by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) with 336 of 476 electoral votes, defeating Alton B. Parker (Democratic). Electoral-vote margin: 196 (336 to 140). Popular-vote margin: 18.8 percentage points. Turnout was 65.5%. The cycle falls in the Progressive Era of American electoral history.
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Theodore Roosevelt and the 1904 map
Theodore Roosevelt won a full term in his own right in a landslide over conservative Democrat Alton B. Parker. Roosevelt had become enormously popular as a trust-busting progressive reformer, and the country was prosperous. Democrats nominated the conservative Parker as a contrast to Roosevelt, but this strategy failed badly. Roosevelt declared after his victory that he would not seek a third term — a pledge he would later regret. His landslide gave him a mandate for continued progressive reform.
Trust-busting; progressive reform; Roosevelt's Square Deal
Roosevelt declared he would not seek a third term — a promise he later tried to break in 1912
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States · 45 reporting
State results · 1904
New JerseyRoosevelt won it by 18.6 points; its electoral votes took the total to 248, past the 239 needed.
Line up the states the winner carried from widest margin to narrowest and add up their electoral votes: the tipping point is the state that takes the total past a majority.
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| State | Electoral votes | Theodore Roosevelt Rep | Alton B. Parker Dem | Eugene V. Debs Soc | Silas C. Swallow Proh | Also named | Margin | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 11 EV | 22,472 20.5% | 79,857 72.8% | Not named | Not named | Thomas E. Watson 5,051 · 4.6% | 57,385 52.3 pts | Parker Dem |
| Arkansas | 9 EV | 46,860 40.3% | 64,434 55.4% | 1,816 1.6% | Not named | Thomas E. Watson 2,318 · 2.0% | 17,574 15.1 pts | Parker Dem |
| California | 10 EV | 205,226 61.9% | 89,404 27.0% | 29,535 8.9% | 7,380 2.2% | None | 115,822 34.9 pts | Roosevelt Rep |
| Colorado | 5 EV | 134,687 55.3% | 100,105 41.1% | 4,304 1.8% | 3,438 1.4% | None | 34,582 14.2 pts | Roosevelt Rep |
| Connecticut | 7 EV | 111,089 58.1% | 72,909 38.1% | 4,543 2.4% | Not named | None | 38,180 20.0 pts | Roosevelt Rep |
| Delaware1 | 3 EV | 23,7141 54.1% | 19,3601 44.1% | Not named | 6071 1.4% | None | 4,354 9.9 pts | Roosevelt Rep |
| Florida | 5 EV | 8,314 21.2% | 27,046 68.8% | 2,337 5.9% | Not named | Thomas E. Watson 1,605 · 4.1% | 18,732 47.7 pts | Parker Dem |
| Georgia | 13 EV | 25,335 18.3% | 88,331 63.9% | Not named | Not named | Thomas E. Watson 23,490 · 17.0% | 62,996 45.6 pts | Parker Dem |
| Idaho | 3 EV | 47,783 65.8% | 18,480 25.5% | 4,949 6.8% | 1,013 1.4% | None | 29,303 40.4 pts | Roosevelt Rep |
| Illinois2 | 27 EV | 632,6452 58.8% | 327,6062 30.5% | 69,2252 6.4% | 34,7702 3.2% | None | 305,039 28.4 pts | Roosevelt Rep |
| Indiana | 15 EV | 368,289 54.0% | 274,345 40.2% | 12,013 1.8% | 23,496 3.4% | None | 93,944 13.8 pts | Roosevelt Rep |
| Iowa | 13 EV | 307,907 63.4% | 149,141 30.7% | 14,847 3.1% | 11,601 2.4% | None | 158,766 32.7 pts | Roosevelt Rep |
| Kansas | 10 EV | 210,893 65.0% | 84,800 26.1% | 15,494 4.8% | 7,245 2.2% | Thomas E. Watson 6,156 · 1.9% | 126,093 38.8 pts | Roosevelt Rep |
| Kentucky | 13 EV | 205,277 47.1% | 217,170 49.8% | Not named | 6,609 1.5% | None | 11,893 2.7 pts | Parker Dem |
| Louisiana | 9 EV | 5,205 9.7% | 47,708 88.5% | 995 1.8% | Not named | None | 42,503 78.8 pts | Parker Dem |
| Maine | 6 EV | 64,438 67.1% | 27,638 28.8% | 2,103 2.2% | 1,510 1.6% | None | 36,800 38.3 pts | Roosevelt Rep |
| Maryland | 8 EV Parker 7, Roosevelt 1 | 109,497 48.8% | 109,446 48.8% | 2,247 1.0% | 3,034 1.4% | None | 51 0.02 pts | Roosevelt Rep |
| Massachusetts | 16 EV | 257,822 57.9% | 165,746 37.2% | 13,604 3.1% | Not named | None | 92,076 20.7 pts | Roosevelt Rep |
| Michigan | 14 EV | 361,866 69.5% | 134,151 25.8% | 8,941 1.7% | 13,308 2.6% | None | 227,715 43.8 pts | Roosevelt Rep |
| Minnesota | 11 EV | 214,978 72.2% | 68,631 23.1% | 6,376 2.1% | 5,603 1.9% | None | 146,347 49.2 pts | Roosevelt Rep |
| Mississippi | 10 EV | 3,189 5.5% | 53,376 91.4% | Not named | Not named | Thomas E. Watson 1,425 · 2.4% | 50,187 86.0 pts | Parker Dem |
| Missouri | 18 EV | 321,449 49.9% | 296,312 46.0% | 13,009 2.0% | 7,191 1.1% | None | 25,137 3.9 pts | Roosevelt Rep |
| Montana | 3 EV | 34,932 54.2% | 21,773 33.8% | 5,676 8.8% | Not named | Thomas E. Watson 1,520 · 2.4% | 13,159 20.4 pts | Roosevelt Rep |
| Nebraska | 8 EV | 138,558 61.7% | 51,876 23.1% | 7,412 3.3% | 6,338 2.8% | Thomas E. Watson 20,518 · 9.1% | 86,682 38.6 pts | Roosevelt Rep |
| Nevada3 | 3 EV | 6,8673 56.7% | 3,9823 32.9% | 9253 7.6% | Not named | Thomas E. Watson 344 · 2.8%3 | 2,885 23.8 pts | Roosevelt Rep |
| New Hampshire | 4 EV | 54,177 60.1% | 33,992 37.7% | 1,090 1.2% | Not named | None | 20,185 22.4 pts | Roosevelt Rep |
| New Jersey | 12 EV | 245,164 56.7% | 164,566 38.0% | 9,587 2.2% | 6,845 1.6% | None | 80,598 18.6 pts | Roosevelt Rep |
| New York | 39 EV | 859,533 53.1% | 683,981 42.3% | 36,883 2.3% | 20,787 1.3% | None | 175,552 10.9 pts | Roosevelt Rep |
| North Carolina | 12 EV | 82,442 39.7% | 124,121 59.7% | Not named | Not named | None | 41,679 20.1 pts | Parker Dem |
| North Dakota | 4 EV | 52,595 74.9% | 14,273 20.3% | 2,005 2.9% | 1,137 1.6% | None | 38,322 54.6 pts | Roosevelt Rep |
| Ohio | 23 EV | 600,095 59.7% | 344,674 34.3% | 36,260 3.6% | 19,339 1.9% | None | 255,421 25.4 pts | Roosevelt Rep |
| Oregon | 4 EV | 60,455 67.0% | 17,551 19.5% | 7,619 8.4% | 3,806 4.2% | None | 42,904 47.6 pts | Roosevelt Rep |
| Pennsylvania | 34 EV | 840,949 68.1% | 335,430 27.2% | 21,863 1.8% | 33,717 2.7% | None | 505,519 41.0 pts | Roosevelt Rep |
| Rhode Island | 4 EV | 41,605 60.6% | 24,839 36.2% | 956 1.4% | 768 1.1% | None | 16,766 24.4 pts | Roosevelt Rep |
| South Carolina | 9 EV | 2,254 4.0% | 54,635 96.0% | Not named | Not named | None | 52,381 92.0 pts | Parker Dem |
| South Dakota | 4 EV | 72,083 70.7% | 21,969 21.5% | 3,138 3.1% | 2,965 2.9% | Thomas E. Watson 1,840 · 1.8% | 50,114 49.1 pts | Roosevelt Rep |
| Tennessee | 12 EV | 105,369 43.4% | 131,653 54.2% | Not named | Not named | Thomas E. Watson 2,491 · 1.0% | 26,284 10.8 pts | Parker Dem |
| Texas | 18 EV | 51,242 21.9% | 167,200 71.5% | 2,791 1.2% | 4,292 1.8% | Thomas E. Watson 8,062 · 3.4% | 115,958 49.6 pts | Parker Dem |
| Utah | 3 EV | 62,444 61.4% | 33,413 32.9% | 5,767 5.7% | Not named | None | 29,031 28.6 pts | Roosevelt Rep |
| Vermont | 4 EV | 40,459 78.0% | 9,777 18.8% | 859 1.7% | 792 1.5% | None | 30,682 59.1 pts | Roosevelt Rep |
| Virginia | 12 EV | 47,880 36.7% | 80,648 61.8% | Not named | 1,383 1.1% | None | 32,768 25.1 pts | Parker Dem |
| Washington4 | 5 EV | 100,6984 78.2% | 28,0154 21.8% | Not named | Not named | None | 72,683 56.5 pts | Roosevelt Rep |
| West Virginia | 7 EV | 132,608 55.3% | 100,850 42.1% | Not named | 4,413 1.8% | None | 31,758 13.2 pts | Roosevelt Rep |
| Wisconsin | 13 EV | 280,164 63.2% | 124,107 28.0% | 28,220 6.4% | 9,770 2.2% | None | 156,057 35.2 pts | Roosevelt Rep |
| Wyoming | 3 EV | 20,467 66.8% | 8,904 29.0% | 1,077 3.5% | Not named | None | 11,563 37.7 pts | Roosevelt Rep |
Shares are of each state’s total vote for president. “Not named”: the figures do not give that candidate a line of their own in that state — for example under 1% of the vote, not on the ballot there, or counted on an unnamed line (see the state’s note). Margin is the leader’s lead over the second-placed candidate.
Notes on the figures
- Delaware The official table prints a state total of 42,873, which does not agree with its own figures (they add up to 43,873); their sum is used.
- Illinois The official table prints a state total of 1,068,944, which does not agree with its own figures (they add up to 1,075,669); their sum is used.
- Nevada The official table prints a state total of 36,154, which does not agree with its own figures (they add up to 12,118); their sum is used.
- Washington The official table notes: The table prints no Debs, Swallow, Corrigan or Watson figure for Washington ('...'), and the state total (128,713) equals Parker plus Roosevelt, so Washington's minor-party votes are missing from this page.
SourceThe World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1905 . How these figures were compiled
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