Who won Massachusetts in the 1904 presidential election?

Roosevelt (Republican) carried Massachusetts in 1904, winning its 16 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Massachusetts have in 1904?

Massachusetts cast 16 electoral votes in the 1904 presidential election.

Did Massachusetts vote for the national winner in 1904?

Yes. Massachusetts backed Theodore Roosevelt, who won the presidency that year.

Progressive EraMA · 16 EV

1904

Massachusetts: Roosevelt carries 16 EV.

Massachusetts cast its 16 electoral votes for Roosevelt (Republican). National winner: Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) — Massachusetts voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Massachusetts, 1904

In 1904, Massachusetts awarded its 16 electoral votes to Roosevelt of the Republican party. Massachusetts ended up on the winning side — Theodore Roosevelt captured the White House that year.

It marked the 13th consecutive election in which Massachusetts backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1856. Massachusetts did not move alone — neighboring Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire broke the same way in 1904. Across the 60 presidential elections Massachusetts has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (23 times). The vote fell within the Progressive Era — Trust-busting, suffrage, and World War I.

In the national count, Theodore Roosevelt took 336 of the 476 electoral votes, against Alton B. Parker's 140. Theodore Roosevelt led the national popular vote with 56.42% of the ballots cast.

The 1904 national map

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