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1904 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election
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1904 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election Illinois 1896 presidential No 1900 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election 1900 1908 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election 1908 1904 11 8 File:Lawrence Yates Sherman (1).jpg Lawrence Y. Sherman Republican Party (United States) 628,774 58.88% Thomas F. Ferns, 1904 Illinois Democratic Party nominee for lieutenant governor (3x4a).jpg Thomas F. Ferns Democratic Party (United States) 332,134 31.10% File:3x4.svg James H. Brower Socialist Party of America 62,333 5.84% Lieutenant Governor William Northcott Republican Party (United States) Lawrence Y. Sherman Republican Party (United States)
The 1904 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1904. It saw the election of Republican nominee Lawrence Y. Sherman, who defeated Democratic nominee Thomas F. Ferns and five other candidates.
The Democratic and Republican nominees were chosen by their respective parties' state conventions.
Democratic nomination
Candidates
Thomas F. Ferns of Jerseyville, former State Representative Candidate for Governor and his running mates on the Democratic State Ticket https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27813204/possible-lead/ Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois 15 June 1904 2 5 May 2020
Results
Democratic lieutenant gubernatorial nomination, 1st ballotIllinois Blue Book 1905 567
Democratic Party (United States)
Thomas F. Ferns
acclaimed
Republican nomination
Candidates
W. J. Conzelman, of Pekin, President of the Peoria Railway Terminal Company Moody's Manual of Railroads and Corporation Securities, 1907 https://books.google.com/books?id=yjhDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1333 New York, NY The Moody Corporation 1333 1907 (withdrew during ballot)McCan Davis 1904 388
Lawrence Y. Sherman of Macomb, State Representative
Frank L. Smith of DwightS000534 Frank L. Smith 1
Results
Republican lieutenant gubernatorial nomination, 1st ballotMcCan Davis 1904 426Illinois Blue Book 1905 565
Republican Party (United States)
Lawrence Y. Sherman
1,076.5
71.67%
Republican Party (United States)
Frank L. Smith
424.5
28.26%
Republican Party (United States)
W. J. Conzelman
1
0.07%
1,502 100.00
Following the ballot, Smith withdrew his name and moved that the nomination of Sherman be made unanimous, which was carried.McCan Davis 1904 389
General election
Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1904Illinois Blue Book 1905 592-593Illinois Senate Journal 1905 42https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=390716 IL Lt. Governor, 1904 Our Campaigns 5 May 2020
Republican Party (United States)
Lawrence Y. Sherman
628,774
58.88%
Democratic Party (United States)
Thomas F. Ferns
332,134
31.10%
Socialist Party of America
James H. Brower
62,333
5.84%
Prohibition Party
Marion Gallup
34,768
3.26%
People's Party (United States)
William Hess
4,671
0.44%
Socialist Labor Party of America
Carl Koechlin
4,511
0.42%
Continental Party
William B. Kerney
771
0.07%
296,640 27.78%
1,067,962 100.00%
Republican Party (United States)
See also
1904 Illinois gubernatorial election
References
Bibliography
McCan Davis J. 1904 The breaking of the deadlock https://archive.org/details/breakingofdead00davi/mode/1up Springfield, Illinois The Henry O. Shepard Company McCan Davis 1904
Compiled by James A. Rose, Secretary of State James A. Rose 1906 Blue Book of the State of Illinois, 1905 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112055959503&view=1up&seq=9 Springfield, Illinois Illinois State Journal Co., State Printers Illinois Blue Book 1905
1905 Journal of the Senate of the 44th General Assembly of the State of Illinois https://archive.org/details/journalsenatege14senagoog/mode/1up Springfield, Illinois Illinois State Journal Co., State Printers Illinois Senate Journal 1905
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