1904 Presidential Election

November 8, 1904 · Progressive Era to Normalcy · 476 electoral votes, 239 to win

Roosevelt, the first accidental president to win in his own right, took the largest popular margin yet recorded and promptly promised not to run again, a pledge he came to regret.

Elected

Theodore Roosevelt

Republican

Electoral vote

336 of 476

Popular vote

56.4%

7,630,457 votes

Turnout

65.5%

The result

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Theodore Roosevelt

Republican · 56.40% of votes

336

electoral votes

Alton B. Parker

Democratic · 37.60% of votes

140

electoral votes

Eugene V. Debs

Socialist · 2.98% of votes

—

electoral votes

Silas C. Swallow

Prohibition · 1.92% of votes

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electoral votes

Thomas E. Watson

Populist · 0.84% of votes

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electoral votes

Charles Hunter Corregan

Socialist Labor · 0.25% of votes

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electoral votes


Theodore Roosevelt	Republican	Charles W. Fairbanks	336	7,630,457	56.40%	32
Alton B. Parker	Democratic	Henry G. Davis	140	5,083,880	37.60%	13
Eugene V. Debs	Socialist	Benjamin Hanford	—	402,810	2.98%	—
Silas C. Swallow	Prohibition	George Washington Carroll	—	259,102	1.92%	—
Thomas E. Watson	Populist	Thomas Tibbles	—	114,070	0.84%	—
Charles Hunter Corregan	Socialist Labor	William Wesley Cox	—	33,454	0.25%	—

13,523,773 votes recorded for the candidates listed.

Results by state

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Alabama

Alton B. Parker · 73.4% · runner-up Theodore Roosevelt 20.7%

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Arkansas

Alton B. Parker · 55.4% · runner-up Theodore Roosevelt 40.2%

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California

Theodore Roosevelt · 61.9% · runner-up Alton B. Parker 26.9%

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Colorado

Theodore Roosevelt · 55.3% · runner-up Alton B. Parker 41.1%

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Connecticut

Theodore Roosevelt · 58.1% · runner-up Alton B. Parker 38.2%

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Delaware

Theodore Roosevelt · 54.1% · runner-up Alton B. Parker 44.1%

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Florida

Alton B. Parker · 68.3% · runner-up Theodore Roosevelt 21.5%

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Georgia

Alton B. Parker · 63.7% · runner-up Theodore Roosevelt 18.3%

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Idaho

Theodore Roosevelt · 65.8% · runner-up Alton B. Parker 25.5%

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Illinois

Theodore Roosevelt · 58.8% · runner-up Alton B. Parker 30.4%

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Indiana

Theodore Roosevelt · 54.0% · runner-up Alton B. Parker 40.2%

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Iowa

Theodore Roosevelt · 63.4% · runner-up Alton B. Parker 30.7%

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Alabama	Alton B. Parker	73.4%	11	Theodore Roosevelt · 20.7%
Arkansas	Alton B. Parker	55.4%	9	Theodore Roosevelt · 40.2%
California	Theodore Roosevelt	61.9%	10	Alton B. Parker · 26.9%
Colorado	Theodore Roosevelt	55.3%	5	Alton B. Parker · 41.1%
Connecticut	Theodore Roosevelt	58.1%	7	Alton B. Parker · 38.2%
Delaware	Theodore Roosevelt	54.1%	3	Alton B. Parker · 44.1%
Florida	Alton B. Parker	68.3%	5	Theodore Roosevelt · 21.5%
Georgia	Alton B. Parker	63.7%	13	Theodore Roosevelt · 18.3%
Idaho	Theodore Roosevelt	65.8%	3	Alton B. Parker · 25.5%
Illinois	Theodore Roosevelt	58.8%	27	Alton B. Parker · 30.4%
Indiana	Theodore Roosevelt	54.0%	15	Alton B. Parker · 40.2%
Iowa	Theodore Roosevelt	63.4%	13	Alton B. Parker · 30.7%
Kansas	Theodore Roosevelt	64.9%	10	Alton B. Parker · 26.2%
Kentucky	Alton B. Parker	49.8%	13	Theodore Roosevelt · 47.1%
Louisiana	Alton B. Parker	88.5%	9	Theodore Roosevelt · 9.7%
Maine	Theodore Roosevelt	57.4%	6	Alton B. Parker · 28.5%
Maryland	Alton B. Parker	48.8%	7 Parker · 1 Roosevelt	Theodore Roosevelt · 48.8%
Massachusetts	Theodore Roosevelt	57.9%	16	Alton B. Parker · 37.2%
Michigan	Theodore Roosevelt	69.5%	14	Alton B. Parker · 25.8%
Minnesota	Theodore Roosevelt	74.0%	11	Alton B. Parker · 18.8%
Mississippi	Alton B. Parker	91.1%	10	Theodore Roosevelt · 5.6%
Missouri	Theodore Roosevelt	49.9%	18	Alton B. Parker · 46.0%
Montana	Theodore Roosevelt	53.5%	3	Alton B. Parker · 34.3%
Nebraska	Theodore Roosevelt	61.4%	8	Alton B. Parker · 23.4%
Nevada	Theodore Roosevelt	56.7%	3	Alton B. Parker · 32.9%
New Hampshire	Theodore Roosevelt	60.1%	4	Alton B. Parker · 37.8%
New Jersey	Theodore Roosevelt	56.7%	12	Alton B. Parker · 38.1%
New York	Theodore Roosevelt	53.1%	39	Alton B. Parker · 42.3%
North Carolina	Alton B. Parker	59.7%	12	Theodore Roosevelt · 39.7%
North Dakota	Theodore Roosevelt	75.1%	4	Alton B. Parker · 20.4%
Ohio	Theodore Roosevelt	59.8%	23	Alton B. Parker · 34.3%
Oregon	Theodore Roosevelt	67.3%	4	Alton B. Parker · 19.3%
Pennsylvania	Theodore Roosevelt	68.0%	34	Alton B. Parker · 27.3%
Rhode Island	Theodore Roosevelt	60.6%	4	Alton B. Parker · 36.2%
South Carolina	Alton B. Parker	95.4%	9	Theodore Roosevelt · 4.6%
South Dakota	Theodore Roosevelt	71.1%	4	Alton B. Parker · 21.7%
Tennessee	Alton B. Parker	54.2%	12	Theodore Roosevelt · 43.4%
Texas	Alton B. Parker	71.5%	18	Theodore Roosevelt · 22.0%
Utah	Theodore Roosevelt	61.5%	3	Alton B. Parker · 32.9%
Vermont	Theodore Roosevelt	78.0%	4	Alton B. Parker · 18.8%
Virginia	Alton B. Parker	61.8%	12	Theodore Roosevelt · 37.0%
Washington	Theodore Roosevelt	70.0%	5	Alton B. Parker · 19.4%
West Virginia	Theodore Roosevelt	55.3%	7	Alton B. Parker · 42.0%
Wisconsin	Theodore Roosevelt	63.2%	13	Alton B. Parker · 28.0%
Wyoming	Theodore Roosevelt	58.6%	3	Alton B. Parker · 41.1%

The Congress it seated

59th Congress

1905–1907

Unified government

Senate

32–58

Republican control · Democratic–Republican

House

136–250

Republican control · Democratic–Republican