1904 United States presidential election in Florida

none June 2025 September 2023 1904 United States presidential election in Florida Florida 1900 presidential no 1900 United States presidential election in Florida 1900 November 8, 1904 1908 United States presidential election in Florida 1908 x160px AltonBParker.png Alton B. Parker Democratic Party (United States) New York Henry G. Davis 5 27,046 68.80% President Roosevelt - Pach Bros (cropped 3x4).jpg Theodore Roosevelt Republican Party (United States) New York Charles W. Fairbanks 0 8,314 21.15% Debs-Eugene-circa1904.jpg Eugene V. Debs Socialist Party of America Indiana Ben Hanford 0 2,337 5.95% 1904 United States presidential election in Florida results map by county.svg 400px County results Parker #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645B4 80–90% President Theodore Roosevelt Republican Party (United States) Theodore Roosevelt Republican Party (United States) 1904 United States presidential election The 1904 United States presidential election in Florida was held on November 8, 1904. Voter chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice-president. With the disfranchisement of African-Americans by a poll tax in 1889,Silbey, Joel H. and Bogue, Allan G. The History of American Electoral Behavior, p. 210 140087114X Florida became a one-party Democratic state, which it was to remain until the 1950s—apart from the anti-Catholic vote against Al Smith in 1928. Unlike Texas with its German settlements in the Edwards Plateau, or those Southern states that extended into the Appalachian Mountains or Ozarks, Florida completely lacked upland or German refugee whites opposed to secession. Thus, Florida's Republican Party between 1872 and 1888 was entirely dependent upon black votes, a fact graphically seen when one considers that – although very few blacks in Florida had ever voted within the previous fifty-five years – at the time of the landmark court case of Smith v. Allwright (1944), half of Florida's registered Republicans were still black.Price, Hugh Douglas. "The Negro and Florida Politics, 1944–1954", The Journal of Politics, Vol. 17, No. 2 (May 1955), pp. 198–220 Thus, disfranchisement of blacks and poor whites left Florida as devoid of Republican adherents as Louisiana, Mississippi or South Carolina.Phillips, Kevin P. The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 208, 210 9780691163246 Nevertheless, Florida's one-party Democratic rule was to be marginally interrupted in the 1900s by considerable Socialist and Populist growth, centered in Tampa and Jacksonville, and southern Lee County with its "Koreshan Unity" sect.Griffin, R. Steven. Workers of the Sunshine State, Unite! The Florida Socialist Party during the Progressive Era, 1900–1920 (thesis) https://web.archive.org/web/20210511090105/http://etd.fcla.edu/UF/UFE0013396/griffin_r.pdf May 11, 2021 Immigrants and farmers fearing loss of tenure were able to give over ten percent of the vote in several counties of Central and South Florida to Eugene V. Debs―in the second of his five Presidential runs―and substantial votes in many pineywoods counties to Populist Thomas E. Watson. However, this did not threaten the Democrats' monopoly on statewide power except in Calhoun County, which Democratic nominee Alton B. Parker held by just two votes and which William Jennings Bryan was to lose in 1908. Florida was won by the Democratic nominees, former Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals Alton B. Parker and his running mate, former US Senator Henry G. Davis of West Virginia. They defeated the Republican nominees, incumbent President Theodore Roosevelt of New York and his running mate Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana. Parker won the state by a landslide margin of 47.65%. Results 1904 United States presidential election in Floridahttps://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1904&fips=12&f=1&off=0&elect=0 1904 Presidential General Election Results – Florida 2012-02-24 Dave Leip's U.S. Election AtlasPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democrat Alton B. Parker27,04668.80%5Republican Theodore Roosevelt (incumbent)8,31421.15%0Socialist Eugene V. Debs2,3375.95%0People's Thomas E. Watson1,6054.08%0Write-insThese write-in votes were not listed by county. —70.02%0 Totals 39,302 100.00% 5 Results by county County Alton Brooks Parker Democratic Theodore RooseveltRepublican Eugene Victor DebsGéoelections; Popular Vote for Eugene V. Debs (1904) (.xlsx file for €15)Socialist Thomas E. WatsonPeople's Margin Total votes castRobinson, Edgar Eugene. The Presidential Vote 1896–1932, pp. 156–161 9780804716963 # % # % # % # % # % Alachua 1,277 66.41% 543 28.24% 58 3.02% 45 2.34% 734 38.17% 1,923 Baker 207 61.06% 120 35.40% 12 3.54% 0 0.00% 87 25.66% 339 Bradford 633 79.32% 124 15.54% 26 3.26% 15 1.88% 509 63.78% 798 Brevard 553 77.78% 125 17.58% 30 4.22% 3 0.42% 428 60.20% 711 Calhoun 162 40.81% 160 40.30% 21 5.29% 54 13.60% 2 0.50% 397 Citrus 369 88.49% 21 5.04% 17 4.08% 10 2.40% 348 83.45% 417 Clay 247 76.00% 50 15.38% 26 8.00% 2 0.62% 197 60.62% 325 Columbia 595 60.22% 317 32.09% 33 3.34% 43 4.35% 278 28.14% 988 Dade 887 69.57% 307 24.08% 59 4.63% 22 1.73% 580 45.49% 1,275 De Soto 721 71.32% 188 18.60% 26 2.57% 76 7.52% 533 52.72% 1,011 Duval 2,011 65.65% 671 21.91% 235 7.67% 146 4.77% 1,340 43.75% 3,063 Escambia 1,573 72.86% 497 23.02% 66 3.06% 23 1.07% 1,076 49.84% 2,159 Franklin 336 69.28% 144 29.69% 2 0.41% 3 0.62% 192 39.59% 485 Gadsden 471 87.87% 54 10.07% 4 0.75% 7 1.31% 417 77.80% 536 Hamilton 455 71.99% 155 24.53% 6 0.95% 16 2.53% 300 47.47% 632 Hernando 172 85.57% 12 5.97% 6 2.99% 11 5.47% 160 79.60% 201 Hillsborough 1,976 62.71% 516 16.38% 441 14.00% 218 6.92% 1,460 46.33% 3,151 Holmes 284 60.04% 140 29.60% 16 3.38% 33 6.98% 144 30.44% 473 Jackson 1,186 68.59% 354 20.47% 96 5.55% 93 5.38% 832 48.12% 1,729 Jefferson 471 77.34% 123 20.20% 9 1.48% 6 0.99% 348 57.14% 609 Lafayette 275 63.36% 122 28.11% 20 4.61% 17 3.92% 153 35.25% 434 Lake 529 72.66% 148 20.33% 33 4.53% 18 2.47% 381 52.34% 728 Lee 266 53.96% 84 17.04% 122 24.75% 21 4.26% 144In this county, where Debs ran second ahead of Roosevelt, the margin given is Parker vote minus Debs vote, and the percentage margin is Parker percentage minus Debs percentage. 29.21% 493 Leon 649 87.82% 84 11.37% 4 0.54% 2 0.27% 565 76.45% 739 Levy 426 69.38% 151 24.59% 20 3.26% 17 2.77% 275 44.79% 614 Liberty 143 71.14% 50 24.88% 3 1.49% 5 2.49% 93 46.27% 201 Madison 595 87.76% 66 9.73% 12 1.77% 5 0.74% 529 78.02% 678 Manatee 592 69.24% 91 10.64% 124 14.50% 48 5.61% 501 58.60% 855 Marion 1,091 75.14% 230 15.84% 69 4.75% 62 4.27% 861 59.30% 1,452 Monroe 680 61.21% 287 25.83% 75 6.75% 69 6.21% 393 35.37% 1,111 Nassau 509 67.33% 161 21.30% 56 7.41% 30 3.97% 348 46.03% 756 Orange 874 70.09% 315 25.26% 42 3.37% 16 1.28% 559 44.83% 1,247 Osceola 271 76.77% 65 18.41% 12 3.40% 5 1.42% 206 58.36% 353 Pasco 453 79.47% 96 16.84% 10 1.75% 11 1.93% 357 62.63% 570 Polk 869 81.44% 125 11.72% 57 5.34% 16 1.50% 744 69.73% 1,067 Putnam 562 69.13% 210 25.83% 16 1.97% 25 3.08% 352 43.30% 813 St. Johns 550 56.76% 204 21.05% 148 15.27% 67 6.91% 346 35.71% 969 Santa Rosa 403 73.41% 73 13.30% 46 8.38% 27 4.92% 330 60.11% 549 Sumter 316 63.20% 61 12.20% 55 11.00% 68 13.60% 248In this county, where Watson ran second ahead of Roosevelt, the margin given is Parker vote minus Watson vote, and the percentage margin is Parker percentage minus Watson percentage. 49.60% 500 Suwannee 584 75.84% 125 16.23% 29 3.77% 32 4.16% 459 59.61% 770 Taylor 168 53.00% 119 37.54% 4 1.26% 26 8.20% 49 15.46% 317 Volusia 654 62.29% 263 25.05% 70 6.67% 63 6.00% 391 37.24% 1,050 Wakulla 233 82.33% 39 13.78% 10 3.53% 1 0.35% 194 68.55% 283 Walton 354 46.89% 322 42.65% 44 5.83% 35 4.64% 32 4.24% 755 Washington 414 53.35% 202 26.03% 67 8.63% 93 11.98% 212 27.32% 776Totals27,04668.82%8,31421.15%2,3375.95%1,6054.08%18,73247.66%39,302 See also United States presidential elections in Florida Notes References 2 1904 Florida Category:1904 Florida elections