1904 United States presidential election in Kentucky

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1904 United States presidential election in Kentucky
  1900 November 8, 1904 1908  
  AltonBParker.png Theodore Roosevelt by the Pach Bros (cropped 3x4).jpg
Nominee Alton B. Parker Theodore Roosevelt
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York New York
Running mate Henry G. Davis Charles W. Fairbanks
Electoral vote130
Popular vote217,170205,457
Percentage49.82%47.13%

Kentucky Presidential Election Results 1904.svg
County Results

President before election

Theodore Roosevelt
Republican

Elected President

Theodore Roosevelt
Republican

The 1904 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 8, 1904. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1904 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

Contents

Ever since the Civil War, Kentucky had been shaped politically by divisions created by that war between secessionist, Democratic counties and Unionist, Republican ones, [1] although the state as a whole leaned Democratic throughout this era and the GOP had carried the state only once [2] – by a very narrow margin in 1896 [3] when northern parts of the state were affected by hostility towards William Jennings Bryan, and state native John M. Palmer drew votes from the Democrats. [4]

Kentucky was 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 Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana. Parker won the state by a narrow margin of 2.69%.

Despite Parker losing nationally in a landslide, he marginally improved on Bryan's win from 1900, although doing less well than predicted a week beforehand, when polls suggested Parker would win by 22 thousand votes or twice his actual plurality. [5]

Results

1904 United States presidential election in Kentucky [6]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Alton B. Parker 217,17049.82%13
Republican Theodore Roosevelt (incumbent)205,45747.13%0
Prohibition Silas C. Swallow 6,6031.51%0
Social Democratic Eugene V. Debs 3,5990.83%0
Populist Thomas E. Watson 2,5210.58%0
Socialist Labor Charles Hunter Corregan 5960.14%0
Totals435,946100.00%13
Voter turnout

Results by county

CountyAlton B. Parker [7]
Democratic
Theodore Roosevelt [7]
Republican
Silas C. Swallow [7]
Prohibition
Eugene V. Debs [8]
Socialist
Thomas E. Watson [8]
Populist
Charles Corregan [8]
Socialist Labor
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%#%#%#%
Adair 1,32743.59%1,65254.27%601.97%20.07%10.03%20.07%-325-10.68%3,044
Allen 1,37942.88%1,76854.98%491.52%40.12%90.28%70.22%-389-12.10%3,216
Anderson 1,42958.73%95939.42%321.32%10.04%100.41%20.08%47019.32%2,433
Ballard 1,59870.99%55624.70%281.24%492.18%180.80%20.09%1,04246.29%2,251
Barren 3,05158.46%2,07339.72%440.84%30.06%460.88%20.04%97818.74%5,219
Bath 1,50351.90%1,34246.34%351.21%20.07%140.48%00.00%1615.56%2,896
Bell 53822.61%1,76474.12%251.05%441.85%90.38%00.00%-1,226-51.51%2,380
Boone 2,01376.57%57821.99%281.07%40.15%60.23%00.00%1,43554.58%2,629
Bourbon 2,58653.66%2,14744.55%801.66%40.08%20.04%00.00%4399.11%4,819
Boyd 1,71639.31%2,54458.28%671.53%290.66%50.11%40.09%-828-18.97%4,365
Boyle 1,64653.58%1,36644.47%401.30%70.23%130.42%00.00%2809.11%3,072
Bracken 1,59655.90%1,16540.81%471.65%391.37%30.11%50.18%43115.10%2,855
Breathitt 1,53764.26%82934.66%160.67%90.38%00.00%10.04%70829.60%2,392
Breckinridge 2,06645.47%2,35351.78%661.45%00.00%591.30%00.00%-287-6.32%4,544
Bullitt 1,28466.94%59330.92%261.36%90.47%40.21%20.10%69136.03%1,918
Butler 95128.58%2,29869.05%551.65%00.00%240.72%00.00%-1,347-40.47%3,328
Caldwell 1,22744.20%1,41350.90%281.01%481.73%592.13%10.04%-186-6.70%2,776
Calloway 2,46669.62%82423.26%1062.99%50.14%1333.75%80.23%1,64246.36%3,542
Campbell 4,56239.49%5,75949.85%1050.91%1,0619.18%140.12%520.45%-1,197-10.36%11,553
Carlisle 1,42870.31%46823.04%633.10%100.49%602.95%20.10%96047.27%2,031
Carroll 1,54872.00%54625.40%502.33%00.00%50.23%10.05%1,00246.60%2,150
Carter 1,44236.63%2,41961.44%581.47%90.23%60.15%30.08%-977-24.82%3,937
Casey 1,13340.55%1,59557.09%642.29%10.04%10.04%00.00%-462-16.54%2,794
Christian 2,68140.30%3,87058.17%691.04%60.09%270.41%00.00%-1,189-17.87%6,653
Clark 2,44258.51%1,68340.32%360.86%50.12%70.17%10.02%75918.18%4,174
Clay 53223.72%1,68575.12%180.80%20.09%20.09%40.18%-1,153-51.40%2,243
Clinton 30523.59%94873.32%282.17%10.08%110.85%00.00%-643-49.73%1,293
Crittenden 1,20740.29%1,69056.41%802.67%00.00%180.60%10.03%-483-16.12%2,996
Cumberland 56134.98%1,00162.41%392.43%00.00%30.19%00.00%-440-27.43%1,604
Daviess 4,75456.71%3,38140.33%1251.49%170.20%1031.23%30.04%1,37316.38%8,383
Edmonson 76038.74%1,17259.73%251.27%10.05%40.20%00.00%-412-21.00%1,962
Elliott 1,14365.46%59434.02%90.52%00.00%00.00%00.00%54931.44%1,746
Estill 85038.85%1,28058.50%341.55%00.00%241.10%00.00%-430-19.65%2,188
Fayette 5,11955.60%3,94742.87%1011.10%110.12%170.18%120.13%1,17212.73%9,207
Fleming 1,71248.93%1,70748.79%732.09%10.03%50.14%10.03%50.14%3,499
Floyd 1,58056.41%1,20142.88%160.57%00.00%00.00%40.14%37913.53%2,801
Franklin 2,94166.25%1,44932.64%280.63%100.23%110.25%00.00%1,49233.61%4,439
Fulton 1,56071.72%56125.79%341.56%100.46%40.18%60.28%99945.93%2,175
Gallatin 94172.89%33425.87%131.01%00.00%30.23%00.00%60747.02%1,291
Garrard 1,17645.32%1,35152.06%612.35%50.19%20.08%00.00%-175-6.74%2,595
Grant 1,65158.32%1,14840.55%311.10%10.04%00.00%00.00%50317.77%2,831
Graves 4,93573.02%1,61523.90%851.26%280.41%881.30%70.10%3,32049.13%6,758
Grayson 1,68341.32%2,17953.50%541.33%80.20%1443.54%50.12%-496-12.18%4,073
Green 1,07146.32%1,20151.95%311.34%30.13%60.26%00.00%-130-5.62%2,312
Greenup 1,11234.40%2,00562.02%531.64%441.36%120.37%70.22%-893-27.62%3,233
Hancock 84643.99%99751.85%603.12%30.16%150.78%20.10%-151-7.85%1,923
Hardin 2,71459.82%1,67136.83%821.81%300.66%380.84%20.04%1,04322.99%4,537
Harlan 28616.46%1,44683.20%50.29%00.00%10.06%00.00%-1,160-66.74%1,738
Harrison 2,68862.53%1,53835.78%651.51%40.09%40.09%00.00%1,15026.75%4,299
Hart 1,65846.39%1,79450.20%491.37%481.34%240.67%10.03%-136-3.81%3,574
Henderson 3,44857.40%2,30038.29%1041.73%1161.93%280.47%110.18%1,14819.11%6,007
Henry 2,13758.31%1,43439.13%721.96%40.11%170.46%10.03%70319.18%3,665
Hickman 1,68068.63%70228.68%461.88%20.08%150.61%30.12%97839.95%2,448
Hopkins 3,12550.19%2,82645.39%811.30%580.93%1272.04%90.14%2994.80%6,226
Jackson 21611.75%1,60687.38%160.87%00.00%00.00%00.00%-1,390-75.63%1,838
Jefferson 22,78149.57%21,66447.14%6691.46%4220.92%1970.43%2260.49%1,1172.43%45,959
Jessamine 1,46652.12%1,24744.33%993.52%00.00%10.04%00.00%2197.79%2,813
Johnson 88631.23%1,92567.85%210.74%00.00%50.18%00.00%-1,039-36.62%2,837
Kenton 5,76043.98%6,30648.14%1120.86%8666.61%220.17%320.24%-546-4.17%13,098
Knott 1,09268.72%48330.40%110.69%00.00%30.19%00.00%60938.33%1,589
Knox 71123.74%2,24074.79%361.20%40.13%20.07%20.07%-1,529-51.05%2,995
Larue 1,30159.11%86339.21%301.36%20.09%40.18%10.05%43819.90%2,201
Laurel 1,05032.13%2,15265.85%381.16%210.64%70.21%00.00%-1,102-33.72%3,268
Lawrence 1,75245.86%2,01452.72%401.05%60.16%70.18%10.03%-262-6.86%3,820
Lee 52736.98%87961.68%161.12%10.07%10.07%10.07%-352-24.70%1,425
Leslie 716.86%95392.08%100.97%10.10%00.00%00.00%-882-85.22%1,035
Letcher 40529.61%96070.18%00.00%00.00%00.00%30.22%-555-40.57%1,368
Lewis 1,28633.99%2,37462.74%922.43%110.29%180.48%30.08%-1,088-28.75%3,784
Lincoln 1,71348.43%1,64846.59%1694.78%20.06%30.08%20.06%651.84%3,537
Livingston 1,25957.33%83838.16%492.23%130.59%361.64%10.05%42119.17%2,196
Logan 2,69652.83%2,25044.09%761.49%110.22%691.35%10.02%4468.74%5,103
Lyon 93853.39%67838.59%563.19%00.00%844.78%10.06%26014.80%1,757
Madison 2,89149.93%2,77447.91%1061.83%70.12%70.12%50.09%1172.02%5,790
Magoffin 1,00041.34%1,40458.04%120.50%20.08%00.00%10.04%-404-16.70%2,419
Marion 1,85760.10%1,19138.54%260.84%30.10%120.39%10.03%66621.55%3,090
Marshall 1,58757.54%92033.36%1053.81%10.04%1455.26%00.00%66724.18%2,758
Martin 18816.98%90081.30%141.26%00.00%10.09%40.36%-712-64.32%1,107
Mason 2,79255.90%2,02940.62%821.64%200.40%70.14%651.30%76315.28%4,995
McCracken 2,83252.43%2,41344.67%761.41%390.72%410.76%10.02%4197.76%5,402
McLean 1,33650.26%1,16343.75%903.39%271.02%401.50%20.08%1736.51%2,658
Meade 1,24558.34%83439.08%180.84%200.94%170.80%00.00%41119.26%2,134
Menifee 71961.04%45038.20%60.51%00.00%30.25%00.00%26922.84%1,178
Mercer 1,70351.76%1,49445.41%682.07%70.21%170.52%10.03%2096.35%3,290
Metcalfe 1,01146.87%1,11551.69%210.97%50.23%50.23%00.00%-104-4.82%2,157
Monroe 77931.80%1,64467.10%140.57%10.04%120.49%00.00%-865-35.31%2,450
Montgomery 1,48853.01%1,26645.10%451.60%60.21%00.00%20.07%2227.91%2,807
Morgan 1,80761.07%1,11937.82%280.95%00.00%50.17%00.00%68823.25%2,959
Muhlenberg 1,95442.90%2,47654.36%420.92%280.61%410.90%140.31%-522-11.46%4,555
Nelson 2,16061.98%1,26336.24%471.35%100.29%40.11%10.03%89725.74%3,485
Nicholas 1,74160.37%1,06737.00%632.18%30.10%40.14%60.21%67423.37%2,884
Ohio 2,51943.42%3,06352.79%1222.10%140.24%771.33%70.12%-544-9.38%5,802
Oldham 88263.45%45232.52%433.09%90.65%40.29%00.00%43030.94%1,390
Owen 2,93276.79%82721.66%411.07%00.00%120.31%60.16%2,10555.13%3,818
Owsley 22416.83%1,10082.64%70.53%00.00%00.00%00.00%-876-65.82%1,331
Pendleton 1,42150.77%1,24644.52%722.57%421.50%140.50%40.14%1756.25%2,799
Perry 43130.35%97968.94%60.42%40.28%00.00%00.00%-548-38.59%1,420
Pike 1,93543.05%2,48655.31%641.42%40.09%40.09%20.04%-551-12.26%4,495
Powell 73852.23%64745.79%231.63%20.14%30.21%00.00%916.44%1,413
Pulaski 1,87032.62%3,71364.78%1031.80%210.37%220.38%30.05%-1,843-32.15%5,732
Robertson 70962.47%40936.04%161.41%10.09%00.00%00.00%30026.43%1,135
Rockcastle 84833.68%1,62464.50%301.19%40.16%100.40%20.08%-776-30.82%2,518
Rowan 66143.15%84455.09%241.57%10.07%10.07%10.07%-183-11.95%1,532
Russell 67136.85%1,07959.25%583.19%100.55%10.05%20.11%-408-22.41%1,821
Scott 2,37457.05%1,71341.17%621.49%100.24%20.05%00.00%66115.89%4,161
Shelby 2,65760.83%1,63837.50%591.35%40.09%90.21%10.02%1,01923.33%4,368
Simpson 1,54062.30%86334.91%512.06%10.04%170.69%00.00%67727.39%2,472
Spencer 1,02464.73%52933.44%171.07%00.00%90.57%30.19%49531.29%1,582
Taylor 1,14749.29%1,09246.93%602.58%30.13%251.07%00.00%552.36%2,327
Todd 1,67150.18%1,58947.72%391.17%10.03%290.87%10.03%822.46%3,330
Trigg 1,17045.05%1,28549.48%371.42%271.04%762.93%20.08%-115-4.43%2,597
Trimble 1,27576.21%36021.52%281.67%80.48%20.12%00.00%91554.69%1,673
Union 2,53367.80%1,07128.67%441.18%511.37%300.80%70.19%1,46239.13%3,736
Warren 3,48454.42%2,73742.75%1292.01%190.30%270.42%60.09%74711.67%6,402
Washington 1,48249.92%1,44848.77%311.04%10.03%70.24%00.00%341.15%2,969
Wayne 1,20242.29%1,57755.49%572.01%20.07%20.07%20.07%-375-13.19%2,842
Webster 2,13456.97%1,45338.79%1092.91%50.13%431.15%20.05%68118.18%3,746
Whitley 65816.63%3,17480.23%571.44%521.31%110.28%40.10%-2,516-63.60%3,956
Wolfe 1,11462.03%67637.64%50.28%00.00%10.06%00.00%43824.39%1,796
Woodford 1,62055.21%1,28043.63%270.92%40.14%20.07%10.03%34011.59%2,934
Totals217,25049.84%205,27747.10%6,6031.51%3,5970.83%2,5210.58%6070.14%11,9732.75%435,855

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