1904 United States presidential election in California

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.

1904 United States presidential election in California

← 1900 November 8, 1904 1908 →
 
Nominee Theodore Roosevelt Alton B. Parker Eugene V. Debs
Party Republican Democratic Socialist
Home state New York New York Indiana
Running mate Charles W. Fairbanks Henry G. Davis Ben Hanford
Electoral vote 10 0 0
Popular vote 205,226 89,404 29,535
Percentage 61.84% 26.94% 8.90%

County Results

President before election

Theodore Roosevelt
Republican

Elected President

Theodore Roosevelt
Republican

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

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General Election Results[1]
Party Pledged to Elector Votes
Republican Party Theodore Roosevelt William S. Wood 205,226
Republican Party Theodore Roosevelt Ulysses S. Grant, Jr. 204,856
Republican Party Theodore Roosevelt Edward Sweeney 204,578
Republican Party Theodore Roosevelt Charles M. Hammond 204,552
Republican Party Theodore Roosevelt Francis M. Smith 204,425
Republican Party Theodore Roosevelt Morris B. Harris 204,250
Republican Party Theodore Roosevelt Charles J. Walker 204,210
Republican Party Theodore Roosevelt William J. Dingee 204,158
Republican Party Theodore Roosevelt George H. Pippy 204,157
Republican Party Theodore Roosevelt Richard Melrose 203,779
Democratic Party Alton B. Parker James G. Maguire 89,404
Democratic Party Alton B. Parker John Garber 89,294
Democratic Party Alton B. Parker Edward White 89,284
Democratic Party Alton B. Parker Frank J. Sullivan 89,235
Democratic Party Alton B. Parker J. Ross Clark 89,223
Democratic Party Alton B. Parker Thomas Blair 89,138
Democratic Party Alton B. Parker A. F. Jones 89,118
Democratic Party Alton B. Parker Eugene Germain 88,980
Democratic Party Alton B. Parker J. W. Barneberg 88,870
Democratic Party Alton B. Parker W. M. S. Beebe 88,818
Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs Joseph Lawrence 29,535
Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs J. G. Hurst 29,424
Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs H. C. Tuck 29,414
Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs L. E. Leonard 29,389
Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs Thomas Booth 29,383
Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs Oswald Seifert 29,370
Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs Carl Bracher 29,366
Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs G. S. Brower 29,323
Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs W. A. Corey 29,312
Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs G. W. Woodbey 29,174
Prohibition Party Silas C. Swallow Charles T. Clark 7,380
Prohibition Party Silas C. Swallow Adams C. Bane 7,369
Prohibition Party Silas C. Swallow Adams C. Bane 7,353
Prohibition Party Silas C. Swallow Joseph E. McComas 7,347
Prohibition Party Silas C. Swallow John A. B. Wilson 7,347
Prohibition Party Silas C. Swallow William O. Clark 7,343
Prohibition Party Silas C. Swallow Joel G. Wright 7,335
Prohibition Party Silas C. Swallow Albert H. Southwick 7,334
Prohibition Party Silas C. Swallow William T. Eddy 7,333
Prohibition Party Silas C. Swallow Joel H. Smith 7,329
Write-in Scattering 333[a][b]
Votes cast[c] 331,878

Results by county

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County Theodore Roosevelt
Republican
Alton B. Parker
Democratic
Eugene V. Debs
Socialist
Silas C. Swallow
Prohibition
Margin Total votes cast[d][e]
# % # % # % # % # %
Alameda 19,065 70.32% 4,399 16.23% 3,293 12.15% 353 1.30% 14,666 54.10% 27,110
Alpine 74 89.16% 9 10.84% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 65 78.31% 83
Amador 1,279 54.45% 915 38.95% 128 5.45% 27 1.15% 364 15.50% 2,349
Butte 2,799 58.84% 1,574 33.09% 273 5.74% 111 2.33% 1,225 25.75% 4,757
Calaveras 1,571 58.75% 844 31.56% 244 9.12% 15 0.56% 727 27.19% 2,674
Colusa 885 46.78% 900 47.57% 92 4.86% 15 0.79% -15 -0.79% 1,892
Contra Costa 2,833 62.55% 1,257 27.75% 391 8.63% 48 1.06% 1,576 34.80% 4,529
Del Norte 429 60.17% 187 26.23% 83 11.64% 14 1.96% 242 33.94% 713
El Dorado 1,248 54.10% 865 37.49% 174 7.54% 20 0.87% 383 16.60% 2,307
Fresno 4,929 55.78% 2,815 31.86% 762 8.62% 330 3.73% 2,114 23.92% 8,836
Glenn 765 50.03% 725 47.42% 24 1.57% 15 0.98% 40 2.62% 1,529
Humboldt 4,930 73.22% 1,249 18.55% 457 6.79% 97 1.44% 3,681 54.67% 6,733
Inyo 452 55.73% 231 28.48% 84 10.36% 44 5.43% 221 27.25% 811
Kern 2,359 51.61% 1,724 37.72% 436 9.54% 52 1.14% 635 13.89% 4,571
Kings 1,110 58.67% 595 31.45% 121 6.40% 66 3.49% 515 27.22% 1,892
Lake 641 45.40% 594 42.07% 124 8.78% 53 3.75% 47 3.33% 1,412
Lassen 573 62.69% 301 32.93% 35 3.83% 5 0.55% 272 29.76% 914
Los Angeles 32,507 66.50% 10,030 20.52% 4,047 8.28% 2,299 4.70% 22,477 45.98% 48,883
Madera 784 51.85% 610 40.34% 92 6.08% 26 1.72% 174 11.51% 1,512
Marin 2,199 70.71% 772 24.82% 127 4.08% 12 0.39% 1,427 45.88% 3,110
Mariposa 461 42.88% 486 45.21% 121 11.26% 7 0.65% -25 -2.33% 1,075
Mendocino 2,904 61.55% 1,489 31.56% 235 4.98% 90 1.91% 1,415 29.99% 4,718
Merced 972 49.07% 863 43.56% 108 5.45% 38 1.92% 109 5.50% 1,981
Modoc 559 53.91% 444 42.82% 18 1.74% 16 1.54% 115 11.09% 1,037
Mono 245 64.64% 82 21.64% 47 12.40% 5 1.32% 163 43.01% 379
Monterey 2,453 59.17% 1,415 34.13% 167 4.03% 111 2.68% 1,038 25.04% 4,146
Napa 2,425 63.30% 1,135 29.63% 177 4.62% 94 2.45% 1,290 33.67% 3,831
Nevada 2,249 58.72% 1,167 30.47% 340 8.88% 74 1.93% 1,082 28.25% 3,830
Orange 2,665 59.54% 1,034 23.10% 501 11.19% 276 6.17% 1,631 36.44% 4,476
Placer 2,050 62.61% 1,023 31.25% 153 4.67% 48 1.47% 1,027 31.37% 3,274
Plumas 707 65.28% 347 32.04% 23 2.12% 6 0.55% 360 33.24% 1,083
Riverside 2,638 65.23% 678 16.77% 534 13.20% 194 4.80% 1,960 48.47% 4,044
Sacramento 6,666 65.23% 2,384 23.33% 1,060 10.37% 110 1.08% 4,282 41.90% 10,220
San Benito 888 54.51% 645 39.59% 34 2.09% 62 3.81% 243 14.92% 1,629
San Bernardino 3,884 58.23% 1,573 23.58% 796 11.93% 417 6.25% 2,311 34.65% 6,670
San Diego 4,303 59.52% 1,398 19.34% 1,377 19.05% 152 2.10% 2,905 40.18% 7,230
San Francisco 39,816 60.86% 18,027 27.55% 7,250 11.08% 334 0.51% 21,789 33.30% 65,427
San Joaquin 4,498 61.65% 2,293 31.43% 387 5.30% 118 1.62% 2,205 30.22% 7,296
San Luis Obispo 2,015 54.95% 1,167 31.82% 353 9.63% 132 3.60% 848 23.13% 3,667
San Mateo 2.146 68.45% 851 27.15% 124 3.96% 14 0.45% 1,295 41.31% 3,135
Santa Barbara 2,676 62.85% 1,152 27.05% 353 8.29% 77 1.81% 1,524 35.79% 4,258
Santa Clara 8,274 66.10% 3,100 24.77% 743 5.94% 400 3.20% 5,174 41.34% 12,517
Santa Cruz 2,626 60.66% 1,105 25.53% 407 9.40% 191 4.41% 1,521 35.14% 4,329
Shasta 1,891 55.10% 935 27.24% 543 15.82% 63 1.84% 956 27.86% 3,432
Sierra 791 65.05% 376 30.92% 45 3.70% 4 0.33% 415 34.13% 1,216
Siskiyou 2,104 59.67% 1,219 34.57% 184 5.22% 19 0.54% 885 25.10% 3,526
Solano 3,176 61.37% 1,555 30.05% 326 6.30% 118 2.28% 1,621 31.32% 5,175
Sonoma 5,269 61.64% 2,816 32.94% 345 4.04% 118 1.38% 2,453 28.70% 8,548
Stanislaus 1,437 52.39% 1,110 40.47% 101 3.68% 95 3.46% 327 11.92% 2,743
Sutter 872 60.81% 488 34.03% 53 3.70% 21 1.46% 384 26.78% 1,434
Tehama 1,234 56.32% 720 32.86% 191 8.72% 46 2.10% 514 23.46% 2,191
Trinity 467 54.11% 308 35.69% 84 9.73% 4 0.46% 159 18.42% 863
Tulare 2,221 48.61% 1,643 35.96% 574 12.56% 131 2.87% 578 12.65% 4,569
Tuolumne 1,280 48.76% 1,006 38.32% 296 11.28% 43 1.64% 274 10.44% 2,625
Ventura 1,995 63.86% 840 26.89% 227 7.27% 62 1.98% 1,155 36.97% 3,124
Yolo 1,702 51.87% 1,301 39.65% 190 5.79% 88 2.68% 401 12.22% 3,281
Yuba 1,235 63.37% 633 32.48% 81 4.16% 0 0.00% 602 30.89% 1,949
Total 205,226 61.84% 89,404 26.94% 29,535 8.90% 7,380 2.22% 115,822 34.93% 331,878

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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Notes

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  1. ^ Includes 2 for Thomas E. Watson, who was the Populist nominee for President
  2. ^ The source does not list these votes by county
  3. ^ Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
  4. ^ Based on the highest elector on each ticket
  5. ^ Individual county totals do not include the Scattering votes

References

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  1. ^ California Blue Book or State Roster 1907. Sacramento, California. pp. 419–422. Retrieved July 14, 2024.