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

November 8, 1904
476 members of the Electoral College 239 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout	65.5% 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%
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.

This would be the second of six elections in the history of the United States where both major candidates share the same home state, the first being the 1860 election

Republican Party

1904 Republican Party ticket
Theodore Roosevelt	Charles W. Fairbanks
for President	for Vice President
26th President of the United States (1901–1909)	U.S. Senator from Indiana (1897–1905)

Presidential

• Alton B. Parker, Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals (1898-1904) (Nominee)
• William Randolph Hearst, Congressman of New York (1903-1907)
• Francis Cockrell, U.S. senator from 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)
• John Sharp Williams, Congressman of Mississippi (1893-1909) (Declined to run)
• Robert E. Pattison, 17th and 19th Governor of Pennsylvania (1883-1887, 1891-1895)
• George B. McClellan Jr., 93rd Mayor of New York City from New York (1904-1909) (Son of 1864 nominee George B. McClellan)
• Nelson A. Miles, former Commanding General of the US Army and Military Governor of Puerto Rico (1895-1903; 1898)
• Charles A. Towne, former U.S. senator from Minnesota (1900-1901)
• Arthur P. Gorman, U.S. senator from Maryland (1881-1899, 1903-1906)
• Bird Sim Coler, 23rd New York City Comptroller (1898-1901) and unsuccessful nominee for Governor in 1902
• William Jennings Bryan, former Congressman of Nebraska (1891-1895) and Nominee in 1896 and 1900 (Declined on Jan. 10, 1904)
• Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President of the United States from New York (1885-1889; 1893-1897) (Declined to run)

Vice Presidential

• Henry G. Davis, former U.S. senator from West Virginia (1871-1883) (Vice presidential nominee)
• James R. Williams, Congressman from Illionis (1889-1895, 1899-1905)
• George Turner, former U.S. senator from Washington (1897-1903)
• William A. Harris, former U.S. senator from Kansas (1897-1903)

Democratic Party

1904 Democratic Party ticket
Alton B. Parker	Henry G. Davis
for President	for Vice President
Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals (1898–1904)	U.S. Senator from West Virginia (1871–1883)

1904 United States Presidential Election Media

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  Alton Brooks Parker Portrait (3x4 cropped; headshot)

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  Republican Party (United States)

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  Photograph of Theodore Roosevelt showing head and shoulders, facing slightly left. No information on size of the photo given.*Restoration notes*Lots of scratches, which I carefully removed. Mainly just a dust and scratch removal, but I did apply a very slight sharpening to the right half of his moustache.

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  Charles W Fairbanks

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  Democratic Party (United States)

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  Title: Alton Brooks Parker, 1852-1926*Abstract/medium: 1 photographic print.