1904 United States presidential election in Montana

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The 1904 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 8, 1904, as part of the 1904 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1904 United States presidential election in Montana

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Nominee Theodore Roosevelt Alton B. Parker Eugene V. Debs Party Republican Democratic Socialist Home state New York New York Indiana Running mate Charles W. Fairbanks Henry G. Davis Ben Hanford Electoral vote 3 0 0 Popular vote 34,932 21,773 5,676 Percentage 54.21% 33.79% 8.81%

County Results Roosevelt   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80% Parker   30-40%   40-50%

President before election Theodore Roosevelt Republican Elected President Theodore Roosevelt Republican

Montana overwhelmingly voted for the Republican nominee, President Theodore Roosevelt, over the Democratic nominee, former Chief Judge of New York Court of Appeals Alton B. Parker. Roosevelt won Montana by a landslide margin of 20.42%. It was the first time Montana was won by a Republican candidate since it was won by Benjamin Harrison in 1892, and the first time ever that the state backed the winning candidate.

Results

1904 United States presidential election in Montana[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Theodore Roosevelt (incumbent)	34,932	54.21%	3
	Democratic	Alton B. Parker	21,773	33.79%	0
	Socialist	Eugene V. Debs	5,676	8.81%	0
	People's Party	Thomas E. Watson	1,520	2.36%	0
	Prohibition	Silas C. Swallow	335	0.52%	0
	Socialist Labor	Charles Hunter Corregan	208	0.32%	0
Totals			64,236	100.00%	3

Results by county

County	Theodore Roosevelt Republican		Alton Brooks Parker Democratic		Eugene Victor Debs[2] Socialist		Thomas Edward Watson[2] Populist		Silas Comfort Swallow[2] Prohibition		Charles Hunter Corregan[2] Socialist Labor		Margin		Total votes cast[3]
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Beaverhead	1,021	59.81%	650	38.08%	24	1.41%	10	0.59%	1	0.06%	1	0.06%	371	21.73%	1,707
Broadwater	392	44.90%	403	46.16%	64	7.33%	10	1.15%	2	0.23%	2	0.23%	-11	-1.26%	873
Carbon	1,130	59.07%	464	24.26%	308	16.10%	5	0.26%	6	0.31%	0	0.00%	666	34.81%	1,913
Cascade	2,405	55.34%	1,385	31.87%	470	10.81%	69	1.59%	14	0.32%	3	0.07%	1,020	23.47%	4,346
Chouteau	1,517	70.62%	568	26.44%	52	2.42%	3	0.14%	7	0.33%	1	0.05%	949	44.18%	2,148
Custer	824	72.22%	285	24.98%	21	1.84%	8	0.70%	2	0.18%	1	0.09%	539	47.24%	1,141
Dawson	769	77.44%	189	19.03%	28	2.82%	2	0.20%	5	0.50%	0	0.00%	580	58.41%	993
Deer Lodge	1,666	48.64%	1,504	43.91%	228	6.66%	12	0.35%	5	0.15%	10	0.29%	162	4.73%	3,425
Fergus	1,599	63.23%	780	30.84%	131	5.18%	9	0.36%	9	0.36%	1	0.04%	819	32.38%	2,529
Flathead	1,969	64.54%	861	28.22%	184	6.03%	17	0.56%	13	0.43%	7	0.23%	1,108	36.32%	3,051
Gallatin	1,700	55.77%	1,130	37.07%	151	4.95%	9	0.30%	55	1.80%	3	0.10%	570	18.70%	3,048
Granite	576	49.40%	521	44.68%	40	3.43%	24	2.06%	1	0.09%	4	0.34%	55	4.72%	1,166
Jefferson	663	45.54%	580	39.84%	192	13.19%	5	0.34%	15	1.03%	1	0.07%	83	5.70%	1,456
Lewis and Clark	2,505	54.60%	1,543	33.63%	472	10.29%	27	0.59%	20	0.44%	21	0.46%	962	20.97%	4,588
Madison	1,314	55.16%	971	40.76%	61	2.56%	24	1.01%	9	0.38%	3	0.13%	343	14.40%	2,382
Meagher	485	66.90%	230	31.72%	9	1.24%	0	0.00%	1	0.14%	0	0.00%	255	35.17%	725
Missoula	2,239	59.90%	996	26.65%	463	12.39%	9	0.24%	20	0.54%	11	0.29%	1,243	33.25%	3,738
Park	1,408	59.51%	583	24.64%	365	15.43%	1	0.04%	9	0.38%	0	0.00%	825	34.87%	2,366
Powell	721	60.54%	422	35.43%	31	2.60%	8	0.67%	9	0.76%	0	0.00%	299	25.10%	1,191
Ravalli	1,083	57.45%	523	27.75%	250	13.26%	4	0.21%	22	1.17%	3	0.16%	560	29.71%	1,885
Rosebud	460	75.66%	134	22.04%	12	1.97%	0	0.00%	1	0.16%	1	0.16%	326	53.62%	608
Silver Bow	5,149	36.07%	5,686	39.83%	1,978	13.86%	1,235	8.65%	100	0.70%	126	0.88%	-537	-3.76%	14,274
Sweet Grass	538	70.51%	174	22.80%	48	6.29%	1	0.13%	2	0.26%	0	0.00%	364	47.71%	763
Teton	808	64.23%	420	33.39%	17	1.35%	8	0.64%	0	0.00%	5	0.40%	388	30.84%	1,258
Valley	742	67.70%	335	30.57%	11	1.00%	6	0.55%	1	0.09%	1	0.09%	407	37.14%	1,096
Yellowstone	1,249	70.41%	436	24.58%	66	3.72%	14	0.79%	6	0.34%	3	0.17%	813	45.83%	1,774
Totals	34,932	54.21%	21,773	33.79%	5,676	8.81%	1,520	2.36%	335	0.52%	208	0.32%	13,159	20.42%	64,444

See also

• United States presidential elections in Montana