1904 United States presidential election in Missouri

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1904 United States presidential election in Missouri
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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 18 0
Popular vote 321,449 296,312
Percentage 49.93% 46.02%
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Theodore Roosevelt
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The 1904 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 8, 1904. Voters chose 18 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Missouri voted for the Republican nominee, President Theodore Roosevelt, over the Democratic nominee, former Chief Judge of New York Court of Appeals Alton B. Parker. Roosevelt won the state by a narrow margin of 3.91%.

With his victory, Roosevelt became the third Republican presidential candidate to win Missouri, but the first one since Ulysses S. Grant in 1868. In voting for the GOP, Missouri repositioned itself from being associated with the Solid South to being seen as a bellwether swing state throughout the twentieth century. From this election until 2008, Missouri only backed a losing presidential candidate once, in 1956.

"The Mysterious Stranger" – A political cartoon showing Missouri having left the Democratic Solid South by voting Republican.

Results

1904 United States presidential election in Missouri[1]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican Theodore Roosevelt of New York (incumbent) Charles Warren Fairbanks of Indiana 321,449 49.93% 18 100.00%
Democratic Alton Brooks Parker of New York Henry Gassaway Davis of West Virginia 296,312 46.02% 0 0.00%
Socialist Eugene Victor Debs of Indiana Benjamin Hanford of New York 13,009 2.02% 0 0.00%
Prohibition Silas Comfort Swallow of Pennsylvania George Washington Carroll of Texas 7,191 1.12% 0 0.00%
Populist Thomas E. Watson of Georgia Thomas Tibbles of Nebraska 4,226 0.66% 0 0.00%
Socialist Labor Charles Hunter Corregan of New York William Wesley Cox of Illinois 1,674 0.26% 0 0.00%
Total 643,861 100.00% 18 100.00%

Results by county

1904 United States presidential election in Missouri by county[2][3]
County Theodore Roosevelt
Republican 		Alton Brooks Parker
Democratic 		Eugene Victor Debs
Socialist 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Adair 2,791 57.76% 1,687 34.91% 183 3.79% 171 3.54% 1,104 22.85% 4,832
Andrew 2,306 56.45% 1,691 41.40% 11 0.27% 77 1.88% 615 15.06% 4,085
Atchison 1,839 52.75% 1,506 43.20% 23 0.66% 118 3.38% 333 9.55% 3,486
Audrain 1,454 31.81% 3,006 65.76% 18 0.39% 93 2.03% -1,552 -33.95% 4,571
Barry 2,568 51.21% 2,237 44.61% 98 1.95% 112 2.23% 331 6.60% 5,015
Barton 1,843 46.13% 1,811 45.33% 212 5.31% 129 3.23% 32 0.80% 3,995
Bates 2,956 47.11% 2,967 47.28% 91 1.45% 261 4.16% -11 -0.18% 6,275
Benton 1,963 57.00% 1,372 39.84% 13 0.38% 96 2.79% 591 17.16% 3,444
Bollinger 1,587 53.26% 1,355 45.47% 0 0.00% 38 1.28% 232 7.79% 2,980
Boone 1,857 29.35% 4,375 69.15% 8 0.13% 87 1.38% -2,518 -39.80% 6,327
Buchanan 8,703 51.62% 7,736 45.89% 208 1.23% 212 1.26% 967 5.74% 16,859
Butler 1,960 54.93% 1,369 38.37% 191 5.35% 48 1.35% 591 16.56% 3,568
Caldwell 2,276 60.92% 1,350 36.13% 2 0.05% 108 2.89% 926 24.79% 3,736
Callaway 1,765 32.29% 3,596 65.79% 3 0.05% 102 1.87% -1,831 -33.50% 5,466
Camden 1,466 60.23% 883 36.28% 5 0.21% 80 3.29% 583 23.95% 2,434
Cape Girardeau 3,090 56.31% 2,187 39.86% 26 0.47% 184 3.35% 903 16.46% 5,487
Carroll 3,032 51.67% 2,673 45.55% 26 0.44% 137 2.33% 359 6.12% 5,868
Carter 510 46.11% 556 50.27% 20 1.81% 20 1.81% -46 -4.16% 1,106
Cass 2,375 44.36% 2,750 51.36% 99 1.85% 130 2.43% -375 -7.00% 5,354
Cedar 1,885 52.90% 1,533 43.03% 30 0.84% 115 3.23% 352 9.88% 3,563
Chariton 2,064 39.39% 3,058 58.36% 12 0.23% 106 2.02% -994 -18.97% 5,240
Christian 1,947 66.13% 871 29.59% 68 2.31% 58 1.97% 1,076 36.55% 2,944
Clark 1,836 50.50% 1,724 47.41% 1 0.03% 75 2.06% 112 3.08% 3,636
Clay 1,077 26.70% 2,832 70.22% 25 0.62% 99 2.45% -1,755 -43.52% 4,033
Clinton 1,759 47.20% 1,886 50.60% 4 0.11% 78 2.09% -127 -3.41% 3,727
Cole 2,081 47.48% 2,244 51.20% 18 0.41% 40 0.91% -163 -3.72% 4,383
Cooper 2,767 51.98% 2,485 46.68% 8 0.15% 63 1.18% 282 5.30% 5,323
Crawford 1,535 53.97% 1,175 41.32% 108 3.80% 26 0.91% 360 12.66% 2,844
Dade 1,994 56.09% 1,376 38.71% 46 1.29% 139 3.91% 618 17.38% 3,555
Dallas 1,711 64.81% 797 30.19% 13 0.49% 119 4.51% 914 34.62% 2,640
Daviess 2,568 50.31% 2,344 45.92% 2 0.04% 190 3.72% 224 4.39% 5,104
DeKalb 1,768 51.23% 1,607 46.57% 0 0.00% 76 2.20% 161 4.67% 3,451
Dent 1,154 48.59% 1,186 49.94% 5 0.21% 30 1.26% -32 -1.35% 2,375
Douglas 1,830 71.91% 437 17.17% 156 6.13% 122 4.79% 1,393 54.73% 2,545
Dunklin 1,461 38.47% 2,229 58.69% 16 0.42% 92 2.42% -768 -20.22% 3,798
Franklin 3,738 60.90% 2,278 37.11% 68 1.11% 54 0.88% 1,460 23.79% 6,138
Gasconade 2,045 80.20% 469 18.39% 4 0.16% 32 1.25% 1,576 61.80% 2,550
Gentry 2,060 46.91% 2,157 49.12% 47 1.07% 127 2.89% -97 -2.21% 4,391
Greene 6,570 54.98% 4,540 37.99% 452 3.78% 387 3.24% 2,030 16.99% 11,949
Grundy 2,596 67.15% 1,195 30.91% 0 0.00% 75 1.94% 1,401 36.24% 3,866
Harrison 3,014 62.96% 1,596 33.34% 8 0.17% 169 3.53% 1,418 29.62% 4,787
Henry 2,799 44.49% 3,222 51.22% 36 0.57% 234 3.72% -423 -6.72% 6,291
Hickory 1,245 66.65% 531 28.43% 9 0.48% 83 4.44% 714 38.22% 1,868
Holt 2,208 61.47% 1,277 35.55% 2 0.06% 105 2.92% 931 25.92% 3,592
Howard 1,199 30.52% 2,674 68.06% 19 0.48% 37 0.94% -1,475 -37.54% 3,929
Howell 2,089 53.39% 1,605 41.02% 130 3.32% 89 2.27% 484 12.37% 3,913
Iron 670 42.92% 861 55.16% 8 0.51% 22 1.41% -191 -12.24% 1,561
Jackson 25,794 53.16% 20,582 42.42% 1,356 2.79% 789 1.63% 5,212 10.74% 48,521
Jasper 7,851 50.53% 6,006 38.66% 1,185 7.63% 495 3.19% 1,845 11.87% 15,537
Jefferson 2,909 52.09% 2,560 45.84% 45 0.81% 71 1.27% 349 6.25% 5,585
Johnson 2,989 46.56% 3,277 51.05% 50 0.78% 103 1.60% -288 -4.49% 6,419
Knox 1,321 45.15% 1,527 52.19% 18 0.62% 60 2.05% -206 -7.04% 2,926
Laclede 1,874 53.94% 1,450 41.74% 49 1.41% 101 2.91% 424 12.20% 3,474
Lafayette 3,531 48.82% 3,583 49.54% 26 0.36% 93 1.29% -52 -0.72% 7,233
Lawrence 3,077 52.55% 2,372 40.51% 275 4.70% 131 2.24% 705 12.04% 5,855
Lewis 1,467 39.08% 2,202 58.66% 22 0.59% 63 1.68% -735 -19.58% 3,754
Lincoln 1,462 38.12% 2,295 59.84% 12 0.31% 66 1.72% -833 -21.72% 3,835
Linn 3,182 52.58% 2,748 45.41% 26 0.43% 96 1.59% 434 7.17% 6,052
Livingston 2,480 48.10% 2,356 45.69% 54 1.05% 266 5.16% 124 2.40% 5,156
Macon 3,674 48.55% 3,604 47.63% 95 1.26% 194 2.56% 70 0.93% 7,567
Madison 1,106 49.33% 1,076 47.99% 17 0.76% 43 1.92% 30 1.34% 2,242
Maries 599 33.08% 1,184 65.38% 1 0.06% 27 1.49% -585 -32.30% 1,811
Marion 2,433 42.22% 3,127 54.27% 67 1.16% 135 2.34% -694 -12.04% 5,762
McDonald 1,266 47.15% 1,269 47.26% 77 2.87% 73 2.72% -3 -0.11% 2,685
Mercer 1,896 68.18% 819 29.45% 8 0.29% 58 2.09% 1,077 38.73% 2,781
Miller 1,959 57.75% 1,351 39.83% 8 0.24% 74 2.18% 608 17.92% 3,392
Mississippi 1,161 47.41% 1,229 50.18% 6 0.24% 53 2.16% -68 -2.78% 2,449
Moniteau 1,756 47.78% 1,763 47.97% 23 0.63% 133 3.62% -7 -0.19% 3,675
Monroe 790 18.17% 3,487 80.18% 3 0.07% 69 1.59% -2,697 -62.01% 4,349
Montgomery 1,979 48.40% 1,986 48.57% 9 0.22% 115 2.81% -7 -0.17% 4,089
Morgan 1,624 55.60% 1,262 43.20% 6 0.21% 29 0.99% 362 12.39% 2,921
New Madrid 922 41.99% 1,257 57.24% 3 0.14% 14 0.64% -335 -15.26% 2,196
Newton 2,647 48.60% 2,296 42.15% 200 3.67% 304 5.58% 351 6.44% 5,447
Nodaway 3,875 52.34% 3,356 45.33% 43 0.58% 130 1.76% 519 7.01% 7,404
Oregon 693 33.72% 1,215 59.12% 120 5.84% 27 1.31% -522 -25.40% 2,055
Osage 1,699 52.70% 1,451 45.01% 5 0.16% 69 2.14% 248 7.69% 3,224
Ozark 1,305 68.00% 556 28.97% 11 0.57% 47 2.45% 749 39.03% 1,919
Pemiscot 923 39.39% 1,375 58.69% 6 0.26% 39 1.66% -452 -19.29% 2,343
Perry 1,733 52.45% 1,522 46.07% 0 0.00% 49 1.48% 211 6.39% 3,304
Pettis 3,820 51.38% 3,346 45.00% 155 2.08% 114 1.53% 474 6.38% 7,435
Phelps 1,371 47.46% 1,384 47.91% 11 0.38% 123 4.26% -13 -0.45% 2,889
Pike 2,445 43.60% 3,113 55.51% 12 0.21% 38 0.68% -668 -11.91% 5,608
Platte 953 27.06% 2,537 72.03% 3 0.09% 29 0.82% -1,584 -44.97% 3,522
Polk 2,659 56.88% 1,807 38.65% 13 0.28% 196 4.19% 852 18.22% 4,675
Pulaski 837 40.95% 1,190 58.22% 2 0.10% 15 0.73% -353 -17.27% 2,044
Putnam 2,226 68.45% 822 25.28% 57 1.75% 147 4.52% 1,404 43.17% 3,252
Ralls 792 30.32% 1,794 68.68% 7 0.27% 19 0.73% -1,002 -38.36% 2,612
Randolph 2,139 37.59% 3,351 58.88% 52 0.91% 149 2.62% -1,212 -21.30% 5,691
Ray 1,792 38.86% 2,744 59.51% 19 0.41% 56 1.21% -952 -20.65% 4,611
Reynolds 505 36.23% 877 62.91% 1 0.07% 11 0.79% -372 -26.69% 1,394
Ripley 781 39.15% 1,089 54.59% 11 0.55% 114 5.71% -308 -15.44% 1,995
Saint Charles 3,203 62.91% 1,788 35.12% 53 1.04% 47 0.92% 1,415 27.79% 5,091
Saint Clair 1,895 49.65% 1,761 46.14% 56 1.47% 105 2.75% 134 3.51% 3,817
Saint Francois 2,894 51.25% 2,615 46.31% 55 0.97% 83 1.47% 279 4.94% 5,647
Saint Louis County 7,375 69.45% 2,870 27.03% 250 2.35% 124 1.17% 4,505 42.42% 10,619
Saint Louis City 57,547 49.70% 51,858 44.79% 5,120 4.42% 1,267 1.09% 5,689 4.91% 115,792
Sainte Genevieve 986 45.50% 1,163 53.67% 4 0.18% 14 0.65% -177 -8.17% 2,167
Saline 2,805 42.08% 3,710 55.66% 26 0.39% 125 1.88% -905 -13.58% 6,666
Schuyler 1,054 45.63% 1,139 49.31% 13 0.56% 104 4.50% -85 -3.68% 2,310
Scotland 1,354 45.54% 1,530 51.46% 37 1.24% 52 1.75% -176 -5.92% 2,973
Scott 1,124 41.96% 1,470 54.87% 33 1.23% 52 1.94% -346 -12.92% 2,679
Shannon 697 39.67% 1,006 57.26% 10 0.57% 44 2.50% -309 -17.59% 1,757
Shelby 1,257 36.30% 2,124 61.33% 6 0.17% 76 2.19% -867 -25.04% 3,463
Stoddard 2,088 45.63% 2,265 49.50% 143 3.13% 80 1.75% -177 -3.87% 4,576
Stone 1,219 73.52% 337 20.33% 53 3.20% 49 2.96% 882 53.20% 1,658
Sullivan 2,474 51.43% 2,224 46.24% 28 0.58% 84 1.75% 250 5.20% 4,810
Taney 1,162 64.34% 568 31.45% 47 2.60% 29 1.61% 594 32.89% 1,806
Texas 1,801 44.77% 2,118 52.65% 45 1.12% 59 1.47% -317 -7.88% 4,023
Vernon 2,450 40.51% 3,225 53.32% 193 3.19% 180 2.98% -775 -12.81% 6,048
Warren 1,537 75.31% 435 21.31% 42 2.06% 27 1.32% 1,102 53.99% 2,041
Washington 1,673 54.64% 1,339 43.73% 5 0.16% 45 1.47% 334 10.91% 3,062
Wayne 1,678 50.38% 1,567 47.04% 28 0.84% 58 1.74% 111 3.33% 3,331
Webster 1,854 52.91% 1,474 42.07% 12 0.34% 164 4.68% 380 10.84% 3,504
Worth 1,042 49.78% 967 46.20% 1 0.05% 83 3.97% 75 3.58% 2,093
Wright 1,972 58.97% 1,266 37.86% 48 1.44% 58 1.73% 706 21.11% 3,344
Totals 321,449 49.93% 296,312 46.02% 13,009 2.02% 13,081 2.03% 25,137 3.90% 643,851

See also

References

  1. ^ "1904 Presidential General Election Results — Missouri". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  2. ^ Robinson, Edgar Eugene. The Presidential Vote 1896-1932. pp. 247–256. ISBN 9780804716963.
  3. ^ Géoelections; Popular Vote for Eugene V. Debs (1904) (.xlsx file for €15)