1904 United States presidential election in Tennessee

none June 2025 September 2023 1904 United States presidential election 1904 United States presidential election in Tennessee Tennessee 1897 presidential no 1900 United States presidential election in Tennessee 1900 1908 United States presidential election in Tennessee 1908 November 8, 1904 x200px AltonBParker.png Alton B. Parker Democratic Party (United States) New York Henry G. Davis 12 131,653 54.23% Theodore Roosevelt by the Pach Bros (cropped 3x4).jpg Theodore Roosevelt Republican Party (United States) New York Charles W. Fairbanks 0 105,363 43.40% 350px County results Parker #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% #002b84 90–100% Roosevelt #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% #800000 90–100% President Theodore Roosevelt Republican Party (United States) Theodore Roosevelt Republican Party (United States) The 1904 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 8, 1904. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1904 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. For over a century after the Civil War, Tennessee was divided according to political loyalties established in that war. Unionist regions covering almost all of East Tennessee, Kentucky Pennyroyal-allied Macon County, and the five West Tennessee Highland Rim counties of Carroll, Henderson, McNairy, Hardin and WayneWright, John K.; ‘Voting Habits in the United States: A Note on Two Maps’; Geographical Review, vol. 22, no. 4 (October 1932), pp. 666-672 voted Republican – generally by landslide margins – as they saw the Democratic Party as the “war party” who had forced them into a war they did not wish to fight.Key (Jr.), Valdimer Orlando; Southern Politics in State and Nation (New York, 1949), pp. 282-283 Contrariwise, the rest of Middle and West Tennessee who had supported and driven the state's secession was equally fiercely Democratic as it associated the Republicans with Reconstruction.Lyons, William; Scheb (II), John M. and Stair Billy; Government and Politics in Tennessee, pp. 183-184 1572331410 After the disfranchisement of the state's African-American population by a poll tax was largely complete in the 1890s,Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 208, 210 9780691163246 the Democratic Party was certain of winning statewide elections if united,Grantham, Dewey W.; ‘Tennessee and Twentieth-Century American Politics’; Tennessee Historical Quarterly, Vol. 54, No. 3 (Fall 1995), pp. 210-229 although unlike the Deep South Republicans would almost always gain thirty to forty percent of the statewide vote from mountain and Highland Rim support. Tennessee would be won by the Democratic nominees, Chief Judge Alton B. Parker of New York and his running mate Henry G. Davis of West Virginia. They defeated the Republican nominees, incumbent President Theodore Roosevelt of New York and his running mate Senator Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana. Parker won the state by a margin of 10.83%. Although the GOP had lost by only single figures in the previous two elections, the shift to the more conservative Democrat Parker who opposed Roosevelt's hosting of Booker T. WashingtonTindall, George B.; ‘Southern Strategy: A Historical Perspective’; North Carolina Historical Review; vol. 48, no. 2 (April 1971), pp. 126-141 meant that the state swung slightly against the GOP. Results 1904 United States presidential election in TennesseeDave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – TennesseePartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Alton B. Parker 131,653 54.23% 12 Republican Theodore Roosevelt (incumbent) 105,363 43.40% 0 Populist Thomas E. Watson 2,491 1.03% 0 Prohibition Silas C. Swallow 1,889 0.78% 0 Social Democratic Eugene V. Debs 1,354 0.56% 0 Totals 242,750 100.00% 12 Voter turnout — Results by county 1904 United States presidential election in Tennessee by countyGéoelections http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1904.htm Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1904 (.xlsx file for €15)Géoelections http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1904debs.htm Popular Vote for Eugene V. Debs at the Presidential Election for 1904 (.xlsx file for €30 including other minor party figures)CountyAlton B. ParkerDemocraticTheodore RooseveltRepublicanThomas E. WatsonPopulistSilas C. SwallowProhibitionEugene V. DebsSocial DemocraticMarginTotal votescast # % # % # % # % # % # % Anderson 512 26.22% 1,407 72.04% 1 0.05% 9 0.46% 24 1.23% -895 -45.83% 1,953 Bedford 2,063 61.13% 1,301 38.55% 4 0.12% 3 0.09% 4 0.12% 762 22.58% 3,375 Benton 1,352 55.98% 974 40.33% 85 3.52% 4 0.17% 0 0.00% 378 15.65% 2,415 Bledsoe 534 42.65% 718 57.35% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -184 -14.70% 1,252 Blount 618 23.49% 1,987 75.52% 6 0.23% 17 0.65% 3 0.11% -1,369 -52.03% 2,631 Bradley 701 35.48% 1,242 62.85% 6 0.30% 19 0.96% 8 0.40% -541 -27.38% 1,976 Campbell 309 19.24% 1,198 74.60% 4 0.25% 72 4.48% 23 1.43% -889 -55.35% 1,606 Cannon 1,014 62.21% 614 37.67% 2 0.12% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 400 24.54% 1,630 Carroll 1,633 38.07% 2,424 56.52% 203 4.73% 22 0.51% 7 0.16% -791 -18.44% 4,289 Carter 379 12.70% 2,584 86.60% 0 0.00% 21 0.70% 0 0.00% -2,205 -73.89% 2,984 Cheatham 1,015 70.05% 420 28.99% 8 0.55% 6 0.41% 0 0.00% 595 41.06% 1,449 Chester 824 54.07% 578 37.93% 103 6.76% 10 0.66% 9 0.59% 246 16.14% 1,524 Claiborne 959 48.70% 993 50.43% 9 0.46% 1 0.05% 7 0.36% -34 -1.73% 1,969 Clay 544 49.59% 501 45.67% 24 2.19% 25 2.28% 3 0.27% 43 3.92% 1,097 Cocke 626 26.55% 1,726 73.20% 1 0.04% 5 0.21% 0 0.00% -1,100 -46.65% 2,358 Coffee 1,441 71.20% 536 26.48% 1 0.05% 1 0.05% 45 2.22% 905 44.71% 2,024 Crockett 1,167 51.21% 1,102 48.35% 2 0.09% 8 0.35% 0 0.00% 65 2.85% 2,279 Cumberland 375 28.17% 898 67.47% 0 0.00% 27 2.03% 31 2.33% -523 -39.29% 1,331 Davidson 7,735 77.69% 1,900 19.08% 85 0.85% 94 0.94% 142 1.43% 5,835 58.61% 9,956 DeKalb 1,095 45.30% 1,274 52.71% 0 0.00% 48 1.99% 0 0.00% -179 -7.41% 2,417 Decatur 858 48.18% 921 51.71% 1 0.06% 0 0.00% 1 0.06% -63 -3.54% 1,781 Dickson 1,490 61.34% 828 34.09% 21 0.86% 41 1.69% 49 2.02% 662 27.25% 2,429 Dyer 1,771 73.30% 625 25.87% 7 0.29% 9 0.37% 4 0.17% 1,146 47.43% 2,416 Fayette 2,010 96.22% 62 2.97% 13 0.62% 4 0.19% 0 0.00% 1,948 93.25% 2,089 Fentress 278 27.72% 724 72.18% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1 0.10% -446 -44.47% 1,003 Franklin 2,180 74.71% 704 24.13% 6 0.21% 20 0.69% 8 0.27% 1,476 50.58% 2,918 Gibson 3,014 66.01% 1,421 31.12% 67 1.47% 58 1.27% 6 0.13% 1,593 34.89% 4,566 Giles 2,736 62.64% 1,583 36.24% 45 1.03% 3 0.07% 1 0.02% 1,153 26.40% 4,368 Grainger 592 31.85% 1,253 67.40% 6 0.32% 6 0.32% 2 0.11% -661 -35.56% 1,859 Greene 2,128 50.78% 2,036 48.58% 4 0.10% 14 0.33% 9 0.21% 92 2.20% 4,191 Grundy 554 57.89% 264 27.59% 39 4.08% 2 0.21% 98 10.24% 290 30.30% 957 Hamblen 531 38.96% 812 59.57% 1 0.07% 17 1.25% 2 0.15% -281 -20.62% 1,363 Hamilton 3,287 43.87% 3,849 51.37% 24 0.32% 106 1.41% 227 3.03% -562 -7.50% 7,493 Hancock 382 23.49% 1,244 76.51% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -862 -53.01% 1,626 Hardeman 1,903 63.92% 986 33.12% 70 2.35% 14 0.47% 4 0.13% 917 30.80% 2,977 Hardin 837 35.57% 1,463 62.18% 45 1.91% 5 0.21% 3 0.13% -626 -26.60% 2,353 Hawkins 935 38.01% 1,510 61.38% 0 0.00% 15 0.61% 0 0.00% -575 -23.37% 2,460 Haywood 1,341 95.24% 64 4.55% 1 0.07% 1 0.07% 1 0.07% 1,277 90.70% 1,408 Henderson 864 38.20% 1,313 58.05% 37 1.64% 37 1.64% 11 0.49% -449 -19.85% 2,262 Henry 2,365 69.70% 928 27.35% 57 1.68% 38 1.12% 5 0.15% 1,437 42.35% 3,393 Hickman 1,231 55.60% 922 41.64% 48 2.17% 7 0.32% 6 0.27% 309 13.96% 2,214 Houston 555 61.87% 287 32.00% 1 0.11% 27 3.01% 27 3.01% 268 29.88% 897 Humphreys 1,209 67.69% 539 30.18% 8 0.45% 25 1.40% 5 0.28% 670 37.51% 1,786 Jackson 1,222 60.77% 772 38.39% 17 0.85% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 450 22.38% 2,011 James 222 29.10% 533 69.86% 7 0.92% 1 0.13% 0 0.00% -311 -40.76% 763 Jefferson 380 23.44% 1,217 75.08% 4 0.25% 18 1.11% 2 0.12% -837 -51.63% 1,621 Johnson 219 10.96% 1,769 88.49% 0 0.00% 11 0.55% 0 0.00% -1,550 -77.54% 1,999 Knox 3,196 41.25% 4,309 55.61% 20 0.26% 120 1.55% 103 1.33% -1,113 -14.36% 7,748 Lake 469 72.83% 174 27.02% 0 0.00% 1 0.16% 0 0.00% 295 45.81% 644 Lauderdale 3,017 94.08% 168 5.24% 16 0.50% 0 0.00% 6 0.19% 2,849 88.84% 3,207 Lawrence 1,299 48.87% 1,359 51.13% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -60 -2.26% 2,658 Lewis 415 63.26% 220 33.54% 0 0.00% 1 0.15% 20 3.05% 195 29.73% 656 Lincoln 2,227 70.72% 631 20.04% 195 6.19% 96 3.05% 0 0.00% 1,596 50.68% 3,149 Loudon 356 30.07% 810 68.41% 8 0.68% 7 0.59% 3 0.25% -454 -38.34% 1,184 Macon 751 33.22% 1,482 65.55% 28 1.24% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -731 -32.33% 2,261 Madison 2,618 65.48% 1,180 29.51% 174 4.35% 5 0.13% 21 0.53% 1,438 35.97% 3,998 Marion 731 36.92% 1,189 60.05% 3 0.15% 18 0.91% 39 1.97% -458 -23.13% 1,980 Marshall 2,152 73.67% 620 21.23% 128 4.38% 21 0.72% 0 0.00% 1,532 52.45% 2,921 Maury 2,142 66.85% 973 30.37% 41 1.28% 37 1.15% 11 0.34% 1,169 36.49% 3,204 McMinn 1,001 37.42% 1,669 62.39% 5 0.19% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -668 -24.97% 2,675 McNairy 1,218 42.50% 1,525 53.21% 121 4.22% 2 0.07% 0 0.00% -307 -10.71% 2,866 Meigs 563 52.86% 481 45.16% 20 1.88% 1 0.09% 0 0.00% 82 7.70% 1,065 Monroe 1,385 44.19% 1,724 55.01% 1 0.03% 20 0.64% 4 0.13% -339 -10.82% 3,134 Montgomery 1,697 63.23% 843 31.41% 19 0.71% 121 4.51% 4 0.15% 854 31.82% 2,684 Moore 857 88.26% 95 9.78% 18 1.85% 1 0.10% 0 0.00% 762 78.48% 971 Morgan 387 26.63% 1,049 72.20% 0 0.00% 16 1.10% 1 0.07% -662 -45.56% 1,453 Obion 2,624 77.18% 756 22.24% 2 0.06% 18 0.53% 0 0.00% 1,868 54.94% 3,400 Overton 1,125 57.93% 817 42.07% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 308 15.86% 1,942 Perry 752 56.29% 584 43.71% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 168 12.57% 1,336 Pickett 346 40.47% 509 59.53% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -163 -19.06% 855 Polk 688 40.61% 1,006 59.39% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -318 -18.77% 1,694 Putnam 1,310 51.35% 1,213 47.55% 11 0.43% 17 0.67% 0 0.00% 97 3.80% 2,551 Rhea 799 46.24% 881 50.98% 10 0.58% 30 1.74% 8 0.46% -82 -4.75% 1,728 Roane 493 24.17% 1,378 67.55% 17 0.83% 87 4.26% 65 3.19% -885 -43.38% 2,040 Robertson 2,308 72.44% 811 25.46% 21 0.66% 43 1.35% 3 0.09% 1,497 46.99% 3,186 Rutherford 2,504 64.39% 1,348 34.66% 26 0.67% 7 0.18% 4 0.10% 1,156 29.72% 3,889 Scott 166 9.56% 1,567 90.26% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3 0.17% -1,401 -80.70% 1,736 Sequatchie 356 66.79% 175 32.83% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2 0.38% 181 33.96% 533 Sevier 300 9.40% 2,886 90.44% 0 0.00% 5 0.16% 0 0.00% -2,586 -81.04% 3,191 Shelby 8,686 75.64% 2,563 22.32% 13 0.11% 25 0.22% 196 1.71% 6,123 53.32% 11,483 Smith 1,562 55.35% 1,080 38.27% 93 3.30% 87 3.08% 0 0.00% 482 17.08% 2,822 Stewart 1,330 65.07% 681 33.32% 0 0.00% 1 0.05% 32 1.57% 649 31.75% 2,044 Sullivan 2,116 57.69% 1,506 41.06% 3 0.08% 41 1.12% 2 0.05% 610 16.63% 3,668 Sumner 2,178 76.64% 599 21.08% 57 2.01% 4 0.14% 4 0.14% 1,579 55.56% 2,842 Tipton 1,882 64.01% 980 33.33% 72 2.45% 4 0.14% 2 0.07% 902 30.68% 2,940 Trousdale 488 71.14% 177 25.80% 21 3.06% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 311 45.34% 686 Unicoi 74 8.64% 776 90.65% 0 0.00% 6 0.70% 0 0.00% -702 -82.01% 856 Union 334 19.04% 1,410 80.39% 0 0.00% 10 0.57% 0 0.00% -1,076 -61.35% 1,754 Van Buren 352 68.75% 160 31.25% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 192 37.50% 512 Warren 1,815 69.83% 707 27.20% 29 1.12% 11 0.42% 37 1.42% 1,108 42.63% 2,599 Washington 1,268 36.86% 2,120 61.63% 0 0.00% 48 1.40% 4 0.12% -852 -24.77% 3,440 Wayne 434 23.21% 1,426 76.26% 1 0.05% 9 0.48% 0 0.00% -992 -53.05% 1,870 Weakley 2,892 61.58% 1,629 34.69% 130 2.77% 44 0.94% 1 0.02% 1,263 26.90% 4,696 White 1,682 70.82% 679 28.59% 3 0.13% 11 0.46% 0 0.00% 1,003 42.23% 2,375 Williamson 1,932 76.42% 475 18.79% 100 3.96% 20 0.79% 1 0.04% 1,457 57.63% 2,528 Wilson 2,386 70.45% 966 28.52% 12 0.35% 23 0.68% 0 0.00% 1,420 41.93% 3,387Totals131,65354.23%105,37243.41%2,4911.03%1,8890.78%1,3540.56%26,28110.83%242,759 See also 1904 Tennessee gubernatorial election United States presidential elections in Tennessee Notes References 2 Tennessee 1904 Category:1904 Tennessee elections