U.S. presidential election, 1904
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The U.S. presidential election of 1904 was held on November 8, 1904.
The incumbent President, Theodore Roosevelt, faced an early primary challenge from Mark Hanna, but this did not last long; Hanna died on February 15, 1904. Roosevelt was easily nominated.
The Democrats nominated Alton B. Parker. Unlike the 1896 election, the Democrats decided to advocate the gold standard this time, but Parker, winning only the southern states, was still not able to win the general election. Roosevelt won in a relative landslide.
General election
Results
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| Presidential Candidate | Party | Home State | Popular Vote(a) | Electoral Vote | Running Mate | Running Mate's Home State | Running Mate's Electoral Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | Percentage | |||||||
| Theodore Roosevelt | Republican | New York | 7,623,486 | 56.4% | 336 | Charles Warren Fairbanks | Indiana | 336 |
| Alton Brooks Parker | Democratic | New York | 5,077,911 | 37.6% | 140 | Henry Gassaway Davis | West Virginia | 140 |
| Eugene Victor Debs | Socialist | Indiana | 402,283 | 3.0% | 0 | Benjamin Hanford | New York | 0 |
| Silas Comfort Swallow | Prohibition | Pennsylvania | 258,536 | 1.9% | 0 | George W. Carroll | Texas | 0 |
| Thomas Edward Watson | Populist | Georgia | 117,183 | 0.9% | 0 | Thomas Henry Tibbles | Nebraska | 0 |
| Charles Hunter Corregan | Socialist Labor | New York | 31,249 | 0.2% | 0 | William Wesley Cox | Illinois | 0 |
| Total | 13,510,648 | 100% | 476 | Total | 476 | |||
| Needed to win | 239 | Needed to win | 239 | |||||
(a) The popular vote total omits votes for candidates besides those listed, which skews the popular percentages up slightly.
See also
| U.S. presidential elections | |
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1789–1799: 1789 | 1792 | 1796 | |