1904 United States presidential election

The 1904 United States presidential election occurred on November 8, 1904. It was the 30th election in the history of the United States. The election was won by incumbent President Theodore Roosevelt, who had been president since the death of William McKinley in 1901.

1904 United States presidential election

← 1900 November 8, 1904 1908 →
476 members of the Electoral College 239 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout	65.5%[1] 8.2 pp
Nominee Theodore Roosevelt Alton B. Parker Party Republican Democratic Home state New York New York Running mate Charles W. Fairbanks Henry G. Davis Electoral vote 336 140 States carried 32 13 Popular vote 7,630,457 5,083,880 Percentage 56.4% 37.6%
ElectoralCollege1904.svg Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Roosevelt/Fairbanks, blue denotes those won by Parker/Davis. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.
President before election Theodore Roosevelt Republican Elected President Theodore Roosevelt Republican

This election was between incumbent President Theodore Roosevelt of New York and Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals Alton B. Parker. Roosevelt won the election with 336 electoral votes. Parker got only 140 electoral votes.

Nominations

Republican Party

• Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States from New York (1901-1909) (Nominee) (ran unopposed)

Democratic Party

Nominee

• Alton B. Parker, Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals (1898-1904) (Nominee)

Unsuccessfully ran for Nomination

• William Randolph Hearst, Congressman of New York (1903-1907)
• Francis Cockrell, Senator of Missouri (1875-1905)
• Richard Olney, former U.S Secretary of State from Massachusetts (1895-1897)
• Edward C. Wall, former Chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin (1890-1896)
• George Gray, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (1899-1914)
• Nelson A. Miles, former Commanding General of the US Army and Military Governor of Puerto Rico (1895-1903; 1898)

Declined to run

• Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President of the United States from New York (1885-1889; 1893-1897)
• William Jennings Bryan, former Congressman of Nebraska (1891-1895) and Nominee in 1896 and 1900
• John Sharp Williams, Congressman of Mississippi (1893-1909)

References

1. "National General Election VEP Turnout Rates, 1789-Present". United States Election Project. CQ Press.