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.

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

|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#E81B23; width:200px;"|Theodore Roosevelt|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#E81B23; width:200px;"|Charles W. Fairbanks|
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|colspan="30" style="background:#f1f1f1;"|<big>**1904 Republican Party ticket**</big>|||
|style="width:3em; width:200px;"|***for President***|style="width:3em; width:200px;"|***for Vice President***|
|26th President of the United States <small>(1901–1909)</small>|U.S. Senator from Indiana <small>(1897–1905)</small>|||
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#### Presidential

- Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States from New York <small>(1901-1909) _(Nominee)_</small>
- Mark Hanna, U.S. senator and chairman of the Republican National Committee from Ohio <small>(1897-1904, 1896-1904) _(Died on February 15, 1904)_</small>

#### Vice Presidential

- Charles W. Fairbanks, U.S. senator from Indiana <small>(1897-1905) _(Vice presidential nominee)_</small>

### Democratic Party

|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#3333FF; width:200px;"|Alton B. Parker|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#3333FF; width:200px;"|Henry G. Davis|
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|colspan="30" style="background:#f1f1f1;"|<big>**1904 Democratic Party ticket**</big>|||
|style="width:3em; font-size:100%; color:#000; background:#C8EBFF; width:200px;"|***for President***|style="width:3em; font-size:100%; color:#000; background:#C8EBFF; width:200px;"|***for Vice President***|
|Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals <small>(1898–1904)</small>|U.S. Senator from West Virginia <small>(1871–1883)</small>|||
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#### Presidential

- Alton B. Parker, Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals <small>(1898-1904) _(Nominee)_</small>
- William Randolph Hearst, Congressman of New York <small>(1903-1907)</small>
- Francis Cockrell, U.S. senator from Missouri <small>(1875-1905)</small>
- Richard Olney, former U.S Secretary of State from Massachusetts <small>(1895-1897)</small>
- Edward C. Wall, former Chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin <small>(1890-1896)</small>
- George Gray, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit <small>(1899-1914)</small>
- John Sharp Williams, Congressman of Mississippi <small>(1893-1909) _(Declined to run)_</small>
- Robert E. Pattison, 17th and 19th Governor of Pennsylvania <small>(1883-1887, 1891-1895)</small>
- George B. McClellan Jr., 93rd Mayor of New York City from New York <small>(1</small><small>904-1909) _(Son of 1864 nominee George B. McClellan)_</small>
- Nelson A. Miles, former Commanding General of the US Army and Military Governor of Puerto Rico <small>(1895-1903; 1898)</small>
- Charles A. Towne, former U.S. senator from Minnesota <small>(1</small><small>900-1901)</small>
- Arthur P. Gorman, U.S. senator from Maryland <small>(188</small><small>1-1899, 1903-1906)</small>
- Bird Sim Coler, 23rd New York City Comptroller <small>(1</small><small>898-1901)</small> and unsuccessful nominee for Governor in 1902
- William Jennings Bryan, former Congressman of Nebraska <small>(1891-1895)</small> and Nominee in 1896 and 1900 <small>_(Declined on Jan. 10, 1904)_</small>
- Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President of the United States from New York <small>(1885-1889; 1893-1897) _(Declined to run)_</small>

#### Vice Presidential

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

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 1904 United States presidential election
- **country**: United States
- **flag year**: 1912
- **type**: presidential
- **ongoing**: no
- **previous election**: 1900 United States presidential election
- **previous year**: 1900
- **election date**: November 8, 1904
- **next election**: 1908 United States presidential election
- **next year**: 1908
- **votes for election**: 476 members of the Electoral College
- **needed votes**: 239 electoral
- **turnout**: 65.5%  8.2 percentage point, pp
- **image1**:
- **nominee1**: **Theodore Roosevelt**
- **party1**: Republican Party (United States)
- **home state1**: New York (state), New York
- **running mate1**: **Charles W. Fairbanks**
- **electoral vote1**: **336**
- **states carried1**: **32**
- **popular vote1**: **7,630,457**
- **percentage1**: **56.4%**
- **image2**:
- **nominee2**: Alton B. Parker
- **party2**: Democratic Party (United States)
- **home state2**: New York (state), New York
- **running mate2**: Henry G. Davis
- **electoral vote2**: 140
- **states carried2**: 13
- **popular vote2**: 5,083,880
- **percentage2**: 37.6%
- **map size**: 350px
- **map caption**: Presidential election results map. <span style="color:red;">Red</span> denotes states won by Roosevelt/Fairbanks, <span style="color:blue;">blue</span> denotes those won by Parker/Davis. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.
- **title**: President
- **before election**: Theodore Roosevelt
- **before party**: Republican Party (United States)
- **after election**: Theodore Roosevelt
- **after party**: Republican Party (United States)
- **map image**: ElectoralCollege1904.svg