1904 United States presidential election in Wisconsin

none June 2025 September 2023 1904 United States presidential election in Wisconsin Wisconsin 1866 presidential no 1900 United States presidential election in Wisconsin 1900 1908 United States presidential election in Wisconsin 1908 November 8, 1904 x160px Theodore Roosevelt by the Pach Bros (cropped 3x4).jpg Theodore Roosevelt Republican Party (United States) New York Charles W. Fairbanks 13 280,164 63.24% AltonBParker.png Alton B. Parker Democratic Party (United States) New York Henry G. Davis 0 124,107 28.01% Debs-Eugene-circa1904.jpg Eugene V. Debs Social Democratic Party of America Indiana Ben Hanford 0 28,220 6.37% 1904 United States presidential election in Wisconsin results map by county.svg 300px County results Roosevelt #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% Parker #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% President Theodore Roosevelt Republican Party (United States) Theodore Roosevelt Republican Party (United States) The 1904 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 8, 1904, as part of the 1904 United States presidential election. State voters chose 13 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Wisconsin during the Third Party System was a Republican-leaning but competitive state whereby historically anti-Civil War German Catholic counties stood opposed to highly pro-war and firmly Republican Yankee areas.Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 381-382, 414 978-0-691-16324-6 However, following the Populist movement, whose inflationary monetary policies were opposed by almost all urban classes and viewed as dangerously radical by rural German Catholics,Phillips; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 384 Wisconsin's upper classes, along with the majority of workers who followed them, completely fled from William Jennings Bryan’s agrarian and free silver sympathies.Sundquist, James; Politics and Policy: The Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson Years, p. 526 0815719094 Wisconsin would henceforth become almost a one-party polity dominated by the Republican Party.Burnham, Walter Dean; 'The System of 1896: An Analysis'; in The Evolution of American Electoral Systems, pp. 178-179 0313213798 The Democratic Party became entirely uncompetitive outside the previously anti-Yankee areas adjoining Lake Michigan in the eastern part of the state. As Democratic strength weakened severely after 1894 – although the state did develop a strong Socialist Party to provide opposition to the GOP – Wisconsin developed the direct Republican primary in 1903 and this ultimately created competition between the “League” under Robert M. La Follette, and the conservative “Regular” faction.Hansen, John Mark; Shigeo Hirano, and Snyder, James M. Jr.; ‘Parties within Parties: Parties, Factions, and Coordinated Politics, 1900-1980’; in Gerber, Alan S. and Schickler, Eric; Governing in a Polarized Age: Elections, Parties, and Political Representation in America, pp. 165-168 978-1-107-09509-0 Neither Republican incumbent Theodore Roosevelt nor Democratic nominee Alton B. Parker would campaign in Wisconsin, as the state had been amongst the most Republican in the nation in the presidential elections in both 1896 and 1900. No official polls were taken in the state, but Frederick W. Cotzhausen, a lifelong Milwaukee Democrat, said during October that the state would vote strongly for Roosevelt.‘Will Vote for Roosevelt’; Appleton Post, October 20, 1904, p. 4 Wisconsin would vote powerfully for Roosevelt, who defeated Parker more than two-to-one, and beat William McKinley’s 1896 performance by almost four percent. Roosevelt was the first Republican since Abraham Lincoln in 1860 to win Calumet County. Results + General Election ResultsWisconsin Historical Society, Tabular Statement of votes given for President and Vice President of the United States at the general election held in the several towns, wards, villages, and election districts in the several counties of the State of Wisconsin, on the Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday, being the eighth day of November A.D. 1904The 1905 Blue Book gives the totals as Roosevelt 285,315; Parker 124,205; Debs 28,240; Swallow 9,872; Watson 560; Corregan 249. Based on the Board of Canvassers report, these totals are simply incorrect; no elector on any ticket received those numbers of votes. Indeed, the Blue Book is an unreliable source for Wisconsin election data from about 1890 to 1920 and its figures frequently differ from the figures listed in the Board of Canvassers reports.Party Pledged to Elector Votes Republican Party Theodore Roosevelt Charles F. Ilsley280,164The county figures add up to 280,169 Republican Party Theodore Roosevelt Albert R. Hall279,870 Republican Party Theodore Roosevelt George Beyer279,858 Republican Party Theodore Roosevelt John I. Sherron279,846 Republican Party Theodore Roosevelt James M. Bushnell279,820 Republican Party Theodore Roosevelt Fred C. Lorenz279,758 Republican Party Theodore Roosevelt Fred W. Cords279,722 Republican Party Theodore Roosevelt Jame H. Cabanis279,712 Republican Party Theodore Roosevelt Carl S. Porter279,671 Republican Party Theodore Roosevelt Hulbert A. Bright279,630 Republican Party Theodore Roosevelt Edward McGlachlin279,586 Republican Party Theodore Roosevelt Melvin D. Keith279,527 Republican Party Theodore Roosevelt Ed L. Peet278,690 Democratic Party Alton B. Parker Harold L. North124,107The county figures add up to 124,081 Democratic Party Alton B. Parker Charles Abresch124,036 Democratic Party Alton B. Parker Patrick H. Martin123,820 Democratic Party Alton B. Parker Thomas McCarthy123,791 Democratic Party Alton B. Parker John M. Baer123,774 Democratic Party Alton B. Parker Franz Markus123,766 Democratic Party Alton B. Parker Carl F. Justman123,744 Democratic Party Alton B. Parker Thomas H. Patterson123,725 Democratic Party Alton B. Parker Stephen Richmond123,707 Democratic Party Alton B. Parker Henry J. Millmann123,706 Democratic Party Alton B. Parker Henry Volkmann123,703 Democratic Party Alton B. Parker Gilbert T. Hodges123,694 Democratic Party Alton B. Parker Thomas J. McCloskey123,678 Social Democratic PartyIn Wisconsin, the Socialist Party was still referred to as the Social Democratic Party in 1904 Eugene V. Debs A. A. Blunt28,220 Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs William Kaufmann28,178 Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs Eugene H. Rooney28,175 Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs William C. Young28,170 Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs Ernst Schultz28,167 Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs Edward Ziegler28,166 Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs Fred Wilson28,165 Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs Herman Hein28,154 Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs Frank Weber28,149 Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs Edward Scaife28,140 Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs John J. Handley28,135 Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs William Quinn28,124 Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs George Gollwitzer28,076 Prohibition Party Silas C. Swallow Jasper Dexter9,770 Prohibition Party Silas C. Swallow Charles W. Rose9,760 Prohibition Party Silas C. Swallow Frank R. Derrick9,748 Prohibition Party Silas C. Swallow Lafayette Brockway9,741 Prohibition Party Silas C. Swallow Hermann H. Rottman9,741 Prohibition Party Silas C. Swallow Benjamin F. Thomas9,741 Prohibition Party Silas C. Swallow James H. McManus9,740 Prohibition Party Silas C. Swallow William Ager9,739 Prohibition Party Silas C. Swallow John Sherman9,735 Prohibition Party Silas C. Swallow William E. Monroe9,733 Prohibition Party Silas C. Swallow Edson Schatto9,731 Prohibition Party Silas C. Swallow George C. Alborn9,727 Prohibition Party Silas C. Swallow Elsworth McKenney9,721 People's Party Silas C. Swallow Cyrus M. Butt530 People's Party Silas C. Swallow William A. Ramsey511 People's Party Silas C. Swallow Samuel Isaac510 People's Party Silas C. Swallow William Munro509 People's Party Silas C. Swallow Frederick W. Stearns508 People's Party Silas C. Swallow Edward W. Luedtke507 People's Party Silas C. Swallow Louis Elholm506 People's Party Silas C. Swallow Ole Swennes505 People's Party Silas C. Swallow John Gruhl504 People's Party Silas C. Swallow Peter Haan502 People's Party Silas C. Swallow Charles Hatch500 People's Party Silas C. Swallow Michael Seidel499 People's Party Silas C. Swallow Charles M. Boyles497 Socialist Labor PartyThe Socialist Labor Party ran only 12 electors on its Wisconsin ticket Charles H. Corregan Theodore Horn223 Socialist Labor Party Charles H. Corregan Carl Doescher218 Socialist Labor Party Charles H. Corregan Carl Bartsch217 Socialist Labor Party Charles H. Corregan Herman Beyer217 Socialist Labor Party Charles H. Corregan William Pietsch215 Socialist Labor Party Charles H. Corregan Carl Schulz215 Socialist Labor Party Charles H. Corregan Carl Slabey215 Socialist Labor Party Charles H. Corregan Joseph Pietsch214 Socialist Labor Party Charles H. Corregan Paul Unruh214 Socialist Labor Party Charles H. Corregan Ernest Wegner214 Socialist Labor Party Charles H. Corregan Rudolph Kler212 Socialist Labor Party Charles H. Corregan Nicholas Semmelback212Votes castBased on totals for highest elector on each ticket 443,014 Results by county County Theodore RooseveltRepublican Alton B. ParkerDemocratic Eugene V. DebsSocialist Silas C. SwallowProhibition Thomas E. WatsonPopulist Joseph F. MalloneySocialist Labor Margin Total votescastBased on highest elector on each ticket # % # % # % # % # % # % # %Adams1,39980.08%27115.51%291.66%472.69%10.06%00.00%1,12864.57%1,747Ashland3,40671.30%1,01621.27%2354.92%1162.43%20.04%20.04%2,39050.03%4,777Barron3,57578.33%62513.69%1032.26%2425.30%90.20%100.22%2,95064.64%4,564Bayfield2,66585.31%34511.04%321.02%772.46%00.00%50.16%2,32074.26%3,124Brown6,02766.09%2,63628.91%3293.61%1081.18%70.08%120.13%3,39137.19%9,119Buffalo2,14768.35%91129.00%100.32%642.04%90.29%00.00%1,23639.35%3,141Burnett1,26288.13%825.73%312.16%543.77%10.07%20.14%1,18082.40%1,432Calumet1,73655.04%1,25739.85%1163.68%361.14%90.29%00.00%47915.19%3,154Chippewa3,74466.51%1,66929.65%591.05%1412.50%110.20%50.09%2,07536.86%5,629Clark4,09175.69%1,05019.43%791.46%1833.39%10.02%10.02%3,04156.26%5,405Columbia4,73767.59%1,90727.21%1582.25%2042.91%20.03%00.00%2,83040.38%7,008Crawford2,28161.12%1,36336.52%310.83%571.53%00.00%00.00%91824.60%3,732Dane11,04163.77%5,61032.40%2421.40%4172.41%30.02%00.00%5,43131.37%17,313Dodge4,24844.51%5,09253.35%670.70%1331.39%40.04%00.00%-844-8.84%9,544Door2,68981.21%51515.55%331.00%722.17%20.06%00.00%2,17465.66%3,311Douglas4,56473.05%96815.49%5498.79%1302.08%80.13%290.46%3,59657.55%6,248Dunn3,30381.27%54613.44%832.04%1233.03%70.17%20.05%2,75767.84%4,064Eau Claire4,34373.20%1,22420.63%1963.30%1552.61%100.17%50.08%3,11952.57%5,933Florence56285.54%8212.48%50.76%81.22%00.00%00.00%48073.06%657Fond du Lac7,02159.57%4,41637.47%1491.26%1781.51%210.18%10.01%2,60522.10%11,786Forest98882.68%15913.31%231.92%231.92%20.17%00.00%82969.37%1,195Gates1,41581.70%24514.15%231.33%472.71%10.06%10.06%1,17067.55%1,732Grant5,80264.50%2,88832.11%770.86%2192.43%80.09%10.01%2,91432.40%8,995Green2,99062.11%1,46030.33%1392.89%2194.55%50.10%10.02%1,53031.78%4,814Green Lake2,18160.90%1,26935.44%431.20%842.35%30.08%10.03%91225.47%3,581Iowa3,32864.58%1,64031.83%210.41%1623.14%20.04%00.00%1,68832.76%5,153Iron1,25081.17%24615.97%161.04%251.62%20.13%10.06%1,00465.19%1,540Jackson2,74682.22%47914.34%260.78%892.66%00.00%00.00%2,26767.87%3,340Jefferson3,66947.78%3,76449.02%961.25%1471.91%20.03%10.01%-95-1.24%7,679Juneau3,23470.15%1,24326.96%420.91%781.69%110.24%20.04%1,99143.19%4,610Kenosha3,30760.96%1,59229.35%4408.11%771.42%50.09%40.07%1,71531.61%5,425Kewaunee1,57849.76%1,45545.88%993.12%361.14%30.09%00.00%1233.88%3,171La Crosse5,50661.82%3,08634.65%1151.29%1892.12%70.08%30.03%2,42027.17%8,906Lafayette2,87558.28%1,92138.94%280.57%1062.15%10.02%20.04%95419.34%4,933Langlade2,10365.72%1,01831.81%300.94%461.44%20.06%10.03%1,08533.91%3,200Lincoln2,85070.49%1,00424.83%1062.62%691.71%130.32%10.02%1,84645.66%4,043Manitowoc4,62653.31%3,27137.69%6877.92%931.07%10.01%00.00%1,35515.61%8,678Marathon6,14463.11%3,24533.33%1781.83%1581.62%30.03%70.07%2,89929.78%9,735Marinette3,97777.30%81615.86%1953.79%1442.80%110.21%20.04%3,16161.44%5,145Marquette1,60465.68%74730.59%90.37%813.32%10.04%00.00%85735.09%2,442Milwaukee32,58746.22%18,54726.31%18,33926.01%9351.33%300.04%610.09%14,04019.92%70,499Monroe3,89266.78%1,74930.01%350.60%1452.49%70.12%00.00%2,14336.77%5,828Oconto3,27973.95%1,01722.94%621.40%681.53%50.11%30.07%2,26251.01%4,434Oneida1,71075.66%37316.50%1305.75%441.95%10.04%20.09%1,33759.16%2,260Outagamie5,95163.72%3,13833.60%1131.21%1331.42%20.02%20.02%2,81330.12%9,339Ozaukee1,49247.67%1,49447.73%1113.55%260.83%60.19%10.03%-2-0.06%3,130Pepin1,03374.16%32723.47%30.22%292.08%00.00%10.07%70650.68%1,393Pierce3,49282.32%59414.00%240.57%1293.04%30.07%00.00%2,89868.32%4,242Polk2,98585.55%2968.48%982.81%1012.89%20.06%70.20%2,68977.07%3,489Portage3,63461.10%2,16836.45%440.74%1011.70%10.02%00.00%1,46624.65%5,948Price2,20280.25%39914.54%712.59%702.55%20.07%00.00%1,80365.71%2,744Racine5,57355.62%2,58425.79%1,45314.50%2572.57%1471.47%50.05%2,98929.83%10,019Richland2,69661.52%1,34030.58%481.10%2956.73%30.07%00.00%1,35630.94%4,382Rock7,97271.69%2,35021.13%4584.12%3162.84%220.20%20.02%5,62250.56%11,120Sauk4,80567.55%1,91426.91%520.73%3424.81%00.00%00.00%2,89140.64%7,113Sawyer78275.05%20419.58%131.25%292.78%131.25%10.10%57855.47%1,042Shawano3,68472.61%1,23724.38%240.47%1182.33%100.20%10.02%2,44748.23%5,074Sheboygan6,12157.19%3,43032.05%9018.42%1981.85%330.31%190.18%2,69125.14%10,702St. Croix3,89868.35%1,56927.51%1081.89%1162.03%100.18%20.04%2,32940.84%5,703Taylor1,72568.10%71928.39%441.74%421.66%20.08%10.04%1,00639.72%2,533Trempealeau3,56075.63%97620.74%100.21%1563.31%50.11%00.00%2,58454.90%4,707Vernon4,74482.42%75813.17%280.49%2203.82%60.10%00.00%3,98669.25%5,756Vilas1,46779.17%32117.32%392.10%251.35%00.00%10.05%1,14661.85%1,853Walworth4,89273.33%1,37820.66%1352.02%2633.94%30.04%00.00%3,51452.68%6,671Washburn98977.51%20716.22%483.76%312.43%00.00%10.08%78261.29%1,276Washington2,56552.10%2,23345.36%681.38%551.12%20.04%00.00%3326.74%4,923Waukesha5,24762.68%2,68632.09%2312.76%2052.45%10.01%10.01%2,56130.59%8,371Waupaca5,47181.45%94114.01%701.04%2333.47%20.03%00.00%4,53067.44%6,717Waushara3,14087.59%3198.90%250.70%962.68%30.08%20.06%2,82178.69%3,585Winnebago7,56562.19%4,00632.93%3112.56%2592.13%150.12%80.07%3,55929.26%12,164Wood4,00267.02%1,67428.04%1953.27%961.61%40.07%00.00%2,32838.99%5,971Total280,164The county figures add up to 280,16963.24%124,107The county figures add up to 124,08128.01%28,2206.37%9,7702.21%5300.12%2230.05%156,05735.23%443,014 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Calumet See also United States presidential elections in Wisconsin Notes References 60em Wisconsin Category:1904 Wisconsin elections 1904