The 1904 United States presidential election in California took place on November 8, 1904, as part of the 1904 United States presidential election. State voters chose 10 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
California voted for the Republican incumbent, Theodore Roosevelt and his running mate Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana. They defeated the Democratic nominees, former Chief Judge of New York Court of Appeals Alton B. Parker and his running mate, former US Senator Henry G. Davis of West Virginia. Roosevelt won the state by a wide margin of 34.9%. This was the first election in which a Republican carried Fresno County, Glenn County, Kern County, Lake County, Merced County, Modoc County, San Benito County, Stanislaus County, and Tulare County. Additionally, this was first time since 1872 that a Republican carried El Dorado County and Yolo County.
Results + General Election ResultsCalifornia State Archives, Abstract State of the Vote Polled in California, so far as the same relates to the vote given for persons for Electors of President and Vice-President of the United States, Election held November 8, A.D. 1904.Party Pledged to Elector Votes Republican Party Theodore Roosevelt William S. Wood205,226 Republican Party Theodore Roosevelt Ulysses S. Grant Jr.204,856 Republican Party Theodore Roosevelt Edward Sweeney204,578 Republican Party Theodore Roosevelt Charles M. Hammond204,552 Republican Party Theodore Roosevelt Francis M. Smith204,425 Republican Party Theodore Roosevelt Morris B. Harris204,250 Republican Party Theodore Roosevelt Charles J. Walker204,210 Republican Party Theodore Roosevelt William J. Dingee204,158 Republican Party Theodore Roosevelt George H. Pippy204,157 Republican Party Theodore Roosevelt Richard Melrose203,779 Democratic Party Alton B. Parker James G. Maguire89,404 Democratic Party Alton B. Parker John Garber89,294 Democratic Party Alton B. Parker Edward White89,284 Democratic Party Alton B. Parker Frank J. Sullivan89,235 Democratic Party Alton B. Parker J. Ross Clark89,223 Democratic Party Alton B. Parker Thomas Blair89,138 Democratic Party Alton B. Parker A. F. Jones89,118 Democratic Party Alton B. Parker Eugene Germain88,980 Democratic Party Alton B. Parker J. W. Barneberg88,870 Democratic Party Alton B. Parker W. M. S. Beebe88,818 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs Joseph Lawrence29,535 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs J. G. Hurst29,424 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs H. C. Tuck29,414 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs L. E. Leonard29,389 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs Thomas Booth29,383 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs Oswald Seifert29,370 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs Carl Bracher29,366 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs G. S. Brower29,323 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs W. A. Corey29,312 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs G. W. Woodbey29,174 Prohibition Party Silas C. Swallow Charles T. Clark7,380 Prohibition Party Silas C. Swallow Adams C. Bane7,369 Prohibition Party Silas C. Swallow Adams C. Bane7,353 Prohibition Party Silas C. Swallow Joseph E. McComas7,347 Prohibition Party Silas C. Swallow John A. B. Wilson7,347 Prohibition Party Silas C. Swallow William O. Clark7,343 Prohibition Party Silas C. Swallow Joel G. Wright7,335 Prohibition Party Silas C. Swallow Albert H. Southwick7,334 Prohibition Party Silas C. Swallow William T. Eddy7,333 Prohibition Party Silas C. Swallow Joel H. Smith7,329 Write-in Scattering333Votes cast 331,878
Results by county County Theodore RooseveltRepublican Alton B. ParkerDemocratic Eugene V. DebsSocialist Silas C. SwallowProhibition ScatteringWrite-in Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # %Alameda19,06570.32%4,39916.23%3,29312.15%3531.30%00.00%14,66654.10%27,110Alpine7489.16%910.84%00.00%00.00%00.00%6578.31%83Amador1,27954.45%91538.95%1285.45%271.15%00.00%36415.50%2,349Butte2,79958.84%1,57433.09%2735.74%1112.33%00.00%1,22525.75%4,757Calaveras1,57158.75%84431.56%2449.12%150.56%00.00%72727.19%2,674Colusa88546.78%90047.57%924.86%150.79%00.00%-15-0.79%1,892Contra Costa2,83362.54%1,25727.75%3918.63%481.06%10.02%1,57634.79%4,530Del Norte42960.17%18726.23%8311.64%141.96%00.00%24233.94%713El Dorado1,24854.10%86537.49%1747.54%200.87%00.00%38316.60%2,307Fresno4,92955.78%2,81531.86%7628.62%3303.73%00.00%2,11423.92%8,836Glenn76550.03%72547.42%241.57%150.98%00.00%402.62%1,529Humboldt4,93072.46%1,24918.36%4576.72%971.43%711.04%3,68154.10%6,804Inyo45255.73%23128.48%8410.36%445.43%00.00%22127.25%811Kern2,35951.61%1,72437.72%4369.54%521.14%00.00%63513.89%4,571Kings1,11058.67%59531.45%1216.40%663.49%00.00%51527.22%1,892Lake64145.40%59442.07%1248.78%533.75%00.00%473.33%1,412Lassen57362.69%30132.93%353.83%50.55%00.00%27229.76%914Los Angeles32,50766.25%10,03020.44%4,0478.25%2,2994.69%1840.37%22,47745.81%49,067Madera78451.85%61040.34%926.08%261.72%00.00%17411.51%1,512Marin2,19970.71%77224.82%1274.08%120.39%00.00%1,42745.88%3,110Mariposa46142.88%48645.21%12111.26%70.65%00.00%-25-2.33%1,075Mendocino2,90461.55%1,48931.56%2354.98%901.91%00.00%1,41529.99%4,718Merced97249.07%86343.56%1085.45%381.92%00.00%1095.50%1,981Modoc55953.91%44442.82%181.74%161.54%00.00%11511.09%1,037Mono24564.64%8221.64%4712.40%51.32%00.00%16343.01%379Monterey2,45359.17%1,41534.13%1674.03%1112.68%00.00%1,03825.04%4,146Napa2,42563.30%1,13529.63%1774.62%942.45%00.00%1,29033.67%3,831Nevada2,24958.72%1,16730.47%3408.88%741.93%00.00%1,08228.25%3,830Orange2,66559.54%1,03423.10%50111.19%2766.17%00.00%1,63136.44%4,476Placer2,05062.60%1,02331.24%1534.67%481.47%10.03%1,02731.36%3,275Plumas70765.28%34732.04%232.12%60.55%00.00%36033.24%1,083Riverside2,63865.23%67816.77%53413.20%1944.80%00.00%1,96048.47%4,044Sacramento6,66665.16%2,38423.30%1,06010.36%1101.08%100.10%4,28241.86%10,230San Benito88854.51%64539.59%342.09%623.81%00.00%24314.92%1,629San Bernardino3,88458.23%1,57323.58%79611.93%4176.25%00.00%2,31134.65%6,670San Diego4,30359.51%1,39819.33%1,37719.04%1522.10%10.01%2,90540.17%7,231San Francisco39,81660.86%18,02727.55%7,25011.08%3340.51%00.00%21,78933.30%65,427San Joaquin4,49861.65%2,29331.43%3875.30%1181.62%00.00%2,20530.22%7,296San Luis Obispo2,01554.79%1,16731.73%3539.60%1323.59%110.30%84823.06%3,678San Mateo2,14668.45%85127.15%1243.96%140.45%00.00%1,29541.31%3,135Santa Barbara2,67662.85%1,15227.05%3538.29%771.81%00.00%1,52435.79%4,258Santa Clara8,27466.10%3,10024.77%7435.94%4003.20%00.00%5,17441.34%12,517Santa Cruz2,62660.66%1,10525.53%4079.40%1914.41%00.00%1,52135.14%4,329Shasta1,89155.10%93527.24%54315.82%631.84%00.00%95627.86%3,432Sierra79165.05%37630.92%453.70%40.33%00.00%41534.13%1,216Siskiyou2,10459.67%1,21934.57%1845.22%190.54%00.00%88525.10%3,526Solano3,17661.37%1,55530.05%3266.30%1182.28%00.00%1,62131.32%5,175Sonoma5,26961.63%2,81632.94%3454.04%1181.38%20.02%2,45328.69%8,550Stanislaus1,43752.39%1,11040.47%1013.68%953.46%00.00%32711.92%2,743Sutter87260.81%48834.03%533.70%211.46%00.00%38426.78%1,434Tehama1,23456.32%72032.86%1918.72%462.10%00.00%51423.46%2,191Trinity46754.11%30835.69%849.73%40.46%00.00%15918.42%863Tulare2,22148.54%1,64335.90%57412.54%1312.86%70.15%57812.63%4,576Tuolumne1,28048.30%1,00637.96%29611.17%431.62%250.94%27410.34%2,650Ventura1,99563.86%84026.89%2277.27%621.98%00.00%1,15536.97%3,124Yolo1,70251.87%1,30139.65%1905.79%882.68%00.00%40112.22%3,281Yuba1,23562.72%63332.15%814.11%00.00%201.02%60230.57%1,969Total 205,22661.84%89,40426.94%29,5358.90%7,3802.22%3330.10%115,82234.90%331,878
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
El Dorado Fresno Glenn Inyo Kern Lake Merced Modoc San Benito San Luis Obispo Shasta Stanislaus Tulare Tuolumne Yolo
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