# Electoral history of Theodore Roosevelt

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Theodore Roosevelt served as the 26th president of the United States (1901–1909), the 25th vice president (1901), and the 33rd governor of New York (1899–1900).

## 1886 New York City mayoral election

1886 New York City mayoral election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Abram Hewitt | 90,552 | 41.23 |
| Labor | Henry George | 68,110 | 31.01 |
| Republican | Theodore Roosevelt | 60,435 | 27.52 |
| Prohibition | William T. Wardwell | 532 | 0.24 % |
| Democratic gain from Nonpartisan | Democratic gain from Nonpartisan | Democratic gain from Nonpartisan | Democratic gain from Nonpartisan |

## 1898 New York gubernatorial election

* Theodore Roosevelt/Timothy L. Woodruff (R) - 661,715 (49.09%)
* Augustus Van Wyck/Elliott Danforth (D) - 643,921 (47.77%)
* Benjamin Hanford (Socialist) - 23,860 (1.77%)
* John Kline (Prohibition) - 18,383 (1.36%)

## United States presidential election
### 1900

1900 Republican National Convention (vice presidential tally):
* Theodore Roosevelt - 925 (99.89%)
* Abstaining - 1 (0.11%)
1900 United States presidential election:
* William McKinley/Theodore Roosevelt (R) - 7,228,864 (51.6%) and 292 electoral votes (65.32%, 28 states carried)
* William Jennings Bryan/Adlai E. Stevenson I (D) - 6,370,932 (45.5%) and 155 electoral votes (34.68%, 17 states carried)
* John Granville Woolley/Henry Brewer Metcalf (Prohibition) - 210,864 (1.5%)
* Eugene V. Debs/Job Harriman (Socialist) - 87,945 (0.6%)
* Wharton Barker/Ignatius L. Donnelly (Populist) - 50,989 (0.4%)
* Joseph Francis Maloney/Valentine Remmel (Socialist Labor) - 40,943 (0.3%)
* Others - 6,889 (0.0%)

### 1904–1916

1904 Republican National Convention (presidential tally)
* Theodore Roosevelt (inc.) - 994 (100.00%)
1904 United States presidential election:
* Theodore Roosevelt/Charles W. Fairbanks (R) - 7,630,457 (56.4%) and 336 electoral votes (70.59%, 32 states carried)
* Alton B. Parker/Henry G. Davis (D) - 5,083,880 (37.6%) and 140 electoral votes (29.41%, 13 states carried)
* Eugene V. Debs/Benjamin Hanford (Socialist) - 402,810 (3.0%)
* Silas C. Swallow/George W. Carroll (Prohibition) - 259,102 (1.9%)
* Thomas E. Watson/Thomas Tibbles (Populist) - 114,070 (0.8%)
* Charles Hunter Corregan/William Wesley Cox (Socialist Labor) - 33,454 (0.2%)
* Others - 1,229 (0.0%)
1908 Republican National Convention (Presidential tally):
* William Howard Taft - 702 (71.63%)
* Philander C. Knox - 68 (6.94%)
* Charles Evans Hughes - 67 (6.84%)
* Joseph Gurney Cannon - 58 (5.92%)
* Charles W. Fairbanks - 40 (4.08%)
* Robert M. La Follette, Sr. - 25 (2.55%)
* Joseph B. Foraker - 16 (1.63%)
* Theodore Roosevelt (inc.) - 3 (0.31%)
* Abstaining - 1 (0.10%)
1911 New York Republican Senate caucus:
* Chauncey M. DePew (inc.) - 58 (87.88%)
* E. H. Butler - 2 (3.03%)
* Theodore Roosevelt - 2 (3.03%)
* L. A. Grace - 1 (1.52%)
* Seth Low - 1 (1.52%)
* George L. Meade - 1 (1.52%)
* Andrew D. White - 1 (1.52%)
1912 Republican presidential primaries:
* Theodore Roosevelt - 1,183,238 (51.14%)
* William Howard Taft (inc.) - 800,441 (34.59%)
* Robert M. La Follette, Sr. - 327,357 (14.15%)
* Robert G. Ross - 605 (0.03%)
* Charles Evans Hughes - 13 (0.00%)
* Others - 2,193 (0.10%)
1912 Republican National Convention (Presidential tally):
* William Howard Taft (inc.) - 556 (51.58%)
* Abstaining - 355 (32.93%)
* Theodore Roosevelt - 107 (9.93%)
* Robert M. La Follette, Sr. - 41 (3.80%)
* Albert B. Cummins - 17 (1.58%)
* Charles Evans Hughes - 2 (0.19%)
1912 Progressive National Convention:
* Theodore Roosevelt - unanimously
1912 United States presidential election:
* Woodrow Wilson/Thomas R. Marshall (D) - 6,296,284 (41.8%) and 435 electoral votes (81.92%, 40 states carried)
* Theodore Roosevelt/Hiram W. Johnson (Progressive) - 4,122,721 (27.4%) and 88 electoral votes (16.57%, 6 states carried)
* William Howard Taft/Nicholas M. Butler (R) - 3,486,242 (23.2%) and 8 electoral votes (1.51%, 2 states carried)
* Eugene V. Debs/Emil Seidel (Socialist) - 901,551 (6.0%)
* Eugene Wilder Chafin/Aaron Sherman Watkins (Prohibition) - 208,156 (1.4%)
* Arthur Elmer Reimer/August Gilhaus (Socialist Labor) - 29,324 (0.2%)
* Others - 4,556 (0.0%)
1916 Progressive presidential primaries:
* Theodore Roosevelt - 5,152 (71.12%)
* Charles Evans Hughes - 10 (0.14%)
* Lawrence Sherman - 10 (0.14%)
* Others - 2,072 (28.60%)
1916 Republican presidential primaries:
* Unpledged delegates - 455,765 (23.60%)
* Martin G. Brumbaugh - 233,100 (12.07%)
* Albert B. Cummins - 191,951 (9.94%)
* Charles W. Fairbanks - 176,080 (9.12%)
* Lawrence Sherman - 155,945 (8.07%)
* Robert M. La Follette, Sr. - 133,476 (6.91%)
* Henry Ford - 131,965 (6.83%)
* Theodore Elijah Burton - 122,169 (6.33%)
* Theodore Roosevelt - 83,739 (4.34%)
* Charles Evans Hughes - 82,530 (4.27%)
* William Alden Smith - 77,872 (4.03%)
* Henry D. Estabrook - 30,676 (1.59%)
* William Grant Webster - 17,927 (0.93%)
* William O. Simpson - 14,365 (0.74%)
1916 Progressive National Convention:
* Theodore Roosevelt - unanimously
1916 Republican National Convention:
1st ballot:
* Charles Evans Hughes - 253.5
* John W. Weeks - 105
* Elihu Root - 103
* Albert B. Cummins - 85
* Charles W. Fairbanks - 74.5
* Theodore E. Burton - 77.5
* Theodore Roosevelt - 65
* Philander C. Knox - 36
* Henry Ford - 32
* Martin G. Brumbaugh - 29
* Robert M. La Follette - 25
* Others - 25
2nd ballot:
* Charles Evans Hughes - 328.5
* Elihu Root - 98.5
* Charles W. Fairbanks - 88.5
* Albert W. Cummins - 85
* Theodore Roosevelt - 81
* John W. Weeks - 79
* Theodore E. Burton - 76.5
* Philander C. Knox - 36
* Robert M. La Follette, Sr. - 25
* Others - 13
3rd ballot:
* Charles Evans Hughes - 949.5
* Theodore Roosevelt - 18.5
* Robert M. La Follette, Sr. - 3
* John W. Weeks - 3
* Others - 13