Who won Missouri in the 1904 presidential election?

Parker (Democratic) carried Missouri in 1904, winning its 18 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Missouri have in 1904?

Missouri cast 18 electoral votes in the 1904 presidential election.

Did Missouri vote for the national winner in 1904?

No. Missouri backed Parker, while Theodore Roosevelt won the presidency nationally.

Progressive EraMO · 18 EV

1904

Missouri: Parker carries 18 EV.

Missouri cast its 18 electoral votes for Parker (Democratic). National winner: Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) — Missouri voted against the national winner this cycle.

Missouri in 1904

The 1904 contest saw Missouri line up behind Parker, delivering 18 electoral votes to the Democratic ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Missouri among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 9th consecutive election in which Missouri backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1872. The region divided — Kentucky, Tennessee, and Arkansas joined Missouri for the Democratic ticket, while Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, and Nebraska did not. Across the 52 presidential elections Missouri has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (33 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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