1904 United States presidential election
Democratic Party nomination

1904 United States presidential election

Section Title: Democratic Party nomination
Table Section Text: None

Presidential ballot	1st (before shifts)	1st (after shifts)	Unanimous	Vice-presidential ballot	1st	Unanimous

Alton B. Parker	658	679	1,000	Henry G. Davis	654	1,000

William Randolph Hearst	200	181	James R. Williams	165

Francis Cockrell	42	42	George Turner	100

Richard Olney	38	38	William Alexander Harris	58

Edward C. Wall	27	27	Abstaining	23

George Gray	12	12

John Sharp Williams	8	8

Robert E. Pattison	4	4

George B. McClellan Jr.	3	3

Nelson A. Miles	3	3

Charles A. Towne	2	2

Arthur Pue Gorman	2

Bird Sim Coler	1	1

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Parker won the nomination on the first ballot with 679 votes, compared to 181 for Hearst and the rest scattered.

final_sentence: Parker won the nomination on the first ballot with 679 votes, compared to 181 for Hearst and the rest scattered.