1904 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
The 1904 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 8, 1904 as part of the 1904 United States presidential election. Voters chose 34 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Pennsylvania overwhelmingly voted for the Republican nominee, President Theodore Roosevelt, over the Democratic nominee, former Chief Judge of New York Court of Appeals Alton B. Parker. Roosevelt won Pennsylvania by a landslide margin of 40.67%. His record is the best presidential performance in Pennsylvania election history,[1] and Parker carried just 6 rural counties largely populated either by Pennsylvania German voters historically opposed to the Civil War and to the pietism of the Republican Party,[2] or by Appalachian mountaineers sympathetic to the South in that war. Roosevelt was the first ever Republican victor in the historically Democratic counties of Northampton and Sullivan in the anti-Yankee northeast and German Lutheran York in the Appalachian south.[3]
Results
1904 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | Theodore Roosevelt | 840,949 | 68.00% | 34 | |
Democratic/Independence Party[lower-alpha 1] | Alton B. Parker | 337,998 | 27.33% | 0 | |
Prohibition | Silas C. Swallow | 33,717 | 2.73% | 0 | |
Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 21,863 | 1.77% | 0 | |
Socialist Labor | Charles Hunter Corregan | 2,211 | 0.18% | 0 | |
Totals | 1,236,738 | 100.00% | 34 |
Results by county
County | Theodore Roosevelt Republican |
Alton Brooks Parker Democratic |
Silas Comfort Swallow[5] Prohibition |
Eugene Victor Debs[5] Socialist |
Charles Hunter Corregan[5] Socialist Labor |
Margin | Total votes cast[6] | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 4,017 | 50.65% | 3,812 | 48.06% | 79 | 1.00% | 16 | 0.20% | 7 | 0.09% | 205 | 2.58% | 7,931 |
Allegheny | 90,594 | 76.51% | 21,541 | 18.19% | 2,216 | 1.87% | 3,438 | 2.90% | 616 | 0.52% | 69,053 | 58.32% | 118,405 |
Armstrong | 5,798 | 67.94% | 2,270 | 26.60% | 346 | 4.05% | 112 | 1.31% | 8 | 0.09% | 3,528 | 41.34% | 8,534 |
Beaver | 7,122 | 68.88% | 2,342 | 22.65% | 407 | 3.94% | 438 | 4.24% | 31 | 0.30% | 4,780 | 46.23% | 10,340 |
Bedford | 5,364 | 61.16% | 3,042 | 34.68% | 191 | 2.18% | 173 | 1.97% | 1 | 0.01% | 2,322 | 26.47% | 8,771 |
Berks | 15,539 | 46.28% | 16,357 | 48.71% | 336 | 1.00% | 1,313 | 3.91% | 34 | 0.10% | -818 | -2.44% | 33,579 |
Blair | 12,482 | 73.46% | 3,675 | 21.63% | 681 | 4.01% | 130 | 0.77% | 24 | 0.14% | 8,807 | 51.83% | 16,992 |
Bradford | 8,303 | 69.23% | 2,862 | 23.86% | 741 | 6.18% | 79 | 0.66% | 8 | 0.07% | 5,441 | 45.37% | 11,993 |
Bucks | 9,572 | 57.73% | 6,719 | 40.52% | 175 | 1.06% | 89 | 0.54% | 26 | 0.16% | 2,853 | 17.21% | 16,581 |
Butler | 6,596 | 63.43% | 3,187 | 30.65% | 511 | 4.91% | 87 | 0.84% | 18 | 0.17% | 3,409 | 32.78% | 10,399 |
Cambria | 13,109 | 61.78% | 7,232 | 34.08% | 646 | 3.04% | 180 | 0.85% | 53 | 0.25% | 5,877 | 27.70% | 21,220 |
Cameron | 1,228 | 73.75% | 404 | 24.26% | 27 | 1.62% | 3 | 0.18% | 3 | 0.18% | 824 | 49.49% | 1,665 |
Carbon | 4,505 | 53.93% | 2,998 | 35.89% | 148 | 1.77% | 691 | 8.27% | 11 | 0.13% | 1,507 | 18.04% | 8,353 |
Centre | 5,291 | 55.18% | 4,015 | 41.87% | 272 | 2.84% | 6 | 0.06% | 5 | 0.05% | 1,276 | 13.31% | 9,589 |
Chester | 14,200 | 73.90% | 4,342 | 22.60% | 528 | 2.75% | 138 | 0.72% | 7 | 0.04% | 9,858 | 51.30% | 19,215 |
Clarion | 2,978 | 50.95% | 2,466 | 42.19% | 374 | 6.40% | 22 | 0.38% | 5 | 0.09% | 512 | 8.76% | 5,845 |
Clearfield | 9,541 | 64.12% | 4,291 | 28.84% | 821 | 5.52% | 188 | 1.26% | 38 | 0.26% | 5,250 | 35.28% | 14,879 |
Clinton | 3,535 | 61.36% | 1,941 | 33.69% | 177 | 3.07% | 102 | 1.77% | 6 | 0.10% | 1,594 | 27.67% | 5,761 |
Columbia | 3,635 | 44.08% | 4,196 | 50.89% | 348 | 4.22% | 56 | 0.68% | 11 | 0.13% | -561 | -6.80% | 8,246 |
Crawford | 7,450 | 59.03% | 3,645 | 28.88% | 995 | 7.88% | 504 | 3.99% | 26 | 0.21% | 3,805 | 30.15% | 12,620 |
Cumberland | 7,138 | 56.74% | 5,038 | 40.05% | 367 | 2.92% | 31 | 0.25% | 6 | 0.05% | 2,100 | 16.69% | 12,580 |
Dauphin | 16,508 | 72.61% | 5,040 | 22.17% | 910 | 4.00% | 266 | 1.17% | 10 | 0.04% | 11,468 | 50.44% | 22,734 |
Delaware | 15,032 | 78.15% | 3,586 | 18.64% | 391 | 2.03% | 207 | 1.08% | 20 | 0.10% | 11,446 | 59.50% | 19,236 |
Elk | 3,820 | 55.25% | 2,857 | 41.32% | 183 | 2.65% | 50 | 0.72% | 4 | 0.06% | 963 | 13.93% | 6,914 |
Erie | 11,951 | 62.84% | 5,119 | 26.92% | 1,152 | 6.06% | 729 | 3.83% | 67 | 0.35% | 6,832 | 35.92% | 19,018 |
Fayette | 11,486 | 57.23% | 6,792 | 33.84% | 1,556 | 7.75% | 214 | 1.07% | 23 | 0.11% | 4,694 | 23.39% | 20,071 |
Forest | 1,328 | 68.14% | 411 | 21.09% | 195 | 10.01% | 14 | 0.72% | 1 | 0.05% | 917 | 47.05% | 1,949 |
Franklin | 7,062 | 61.76% | 4,114 | 35.98% | 233 | 2.04% | 22 | 0.19% | 4 | 0.03% | 2,948 | 25.78% | 11,435 |
Fulton | 1,100 | 48.48% | 1,137 | 50.11% | 30 | 1.32% | 1 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.04% | -37 | -1.63% | 2,269 |
Greene | 2,442 | 41.32% | 3,198 | 54.11% | 232 | 3.93% | 34 | 0.58% | 4 | 0.07% | -756 | -12.79% | 5,910 |
Huntingdon | 4,587 | 73.11% | 1,324 | 21.10% | 335 | 5.34% | 24 | 0.38% | 4 | 0.06% | 3,263 | 52.01% | 6,274 |
Indiana | 6,878 | 77.25% | 1,558 | 17.50% | 354 | 3.98% | 109 | 1.22% | 5 | 0.06% | 5,320 | 59.75% | 8,904 |
Jefferson | 5,860 | 69.09% | 2,095 | 24.70% | 463 | 5.46% | 51 | 0.60% | 13 | 0.15% | 3,765 | 44.39% | 8,482 |
Juniata | 1,985 | 60.28% | 1,202 | 36.50% | 99 | 3.01% | 5 | 0.15% | 2 | 0.06% | 783 | 23.78% | 3,293 |
Lackawanna | 19,923 | 64.54% | 10,068 | 32.62% | 529 | 1.71% | 272 | 0.88% | 75 | 0.24% | 9,855 | 31.93% | 30,867 |
Lancaster | 26,083 | 76.54% | 7,092 | 20.81% | 570 | 1.67% | 313 | 0.92% | 19 | 0.06% | 18,991 | 55.73% | 34,077 |
Lawrence | 7,634 | 66.35% | 1,894 | 16.46% | 862 | 7.49% | 1,090 | 9.47% | 26 | 0.23% | 5,740 | 49.89% | 11,506 |
Lebanon | 6,938 | 70.19% | 2,449 | 24.78% | 439 | 4.44% | 54 | 0.55% | 4 | 0.04% | 4,489 | 45.42% | 9,884 |
Lehigh | 11,826 | 52.89% | 10,138 | 45.34% | 188 | 0.84% | 177 | 0.79% | 29 | 0.13% | 1,688 | 7.55% | 22,358 |
Luzerne | 27,809 | 64.83% | 13,518 | 31.51% | 485 | 1.13% | 983 | 2.29% | 100 | 0.23% | 14,291 | 33.32% | 42,895 |
Lycoming | 8,928 | 52.89% | 6,424 | 38.06% | 865 | 5.12% | 647 | 3.83% | 15 | 0.09% | 2,504 | 14.84% | 16,879 |
McKean | 5,719 | 67.48% | 1,636 | 19.30% | 763 | 9.00% | 329 | 3.88% | 28 | 0.33% | 4,083 | 48.18% | 8,475 |
Mercer | 8,574 | 60.67% | 3,845 | 27.21% | 958 | 6.78% | 736 | 5.21% | 20 | 0.14% | 4,729 | 33.46% | 14,133 |
Mifflin | 3,054 | 66.10% | 1,378 | 29.83% | 170 | 3.68% | 11 | 0.24% | 7 | 0.15% | 1,676 | 36.28% | 4,620 |
Monroe | 1,446 | 34.46% | 2,587 | 61.65% | 150 | 3.57% | 10 | 0.24% | 3 | 0.07% | -1,141 | -27.19% | 4,196 |
Montgomery | 18,833 | 62.58% | 10,420 | 34.62% | 346 | 1.15% | 455 | 1.51% | 42 | 0.14% | 8,413 | 27.95% | 30,096 |
Montour | 1,518 | 51.37% | 1,358 | 45.96% | 74 | 2.50% | 4 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.03% | 160 | 5.41% | 2,955 |
Northampton | 11,039 | 51.21% | 9,914 | 45.99% | 412 | 1.91% | 173 | 0.80% | 19 | 0.09% | 1,125 | 5.22% | 21,557 |
Northumberland | 11,219 | 62.41% | 5,936 | 33.02% | 388 | 2.16% | 404 | 2.25% | 30 | 0.17% | 5,283 | 29.39% | 17,977 |
Perry | 3,433 | 60.72% | 2,094 | 37.04% | 118 | 2.09% | 6 | 0.11% | 3 | 0.05% | 1,339 | 23.68% | 5,654 |
Philadelphia | 227,709 | 80.85% | 48,784 | 17.32% | 1,521 | 0.54% | 3,254 | 1.16% | 386 | 0.14% | 178,925 | 63.53% | 281,654 |
Pike | 592 | 37.59% | 942 | 59.81% | 24 | 1.52% | 11 | 0.70% | 6 | 0.38% | -350 | -22.22% | 1,575 |
Potter | 3,976 | 70.15% | 1,074 | 18.95% | 384 | 6.77% | 226 | 3.99% | 8 | 0.14% | 2,902 | 51.20% | 5,668 |
Schuylkill | 21,046 | 65.10% | 10,115 | 31.29% | 310 | 0.96% | 805 | 2.49% | 52 | 0.16% | 10,931 | 33.81% | 32,328 |
Snyder | 2,538 | 71.55% | 972 | 27.40% | 34 | 0.96% | 3 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,566 | 44.15% | 3,547 |
Somerset | 6,772 | 72.37% | 1,686 | 18.02% | 448 | 4.79% | 420 | 4.49% | 32 | 0.34% | 5,086 | 54.35% | 9,358 |
Sullivan | 1,429 | 52.04% | 1,188 | 43.26% | 117 | 4.26% | 12 | 0.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 241 | 8.78% | 2,746 |
Susquehanna | 4,988 | 61.20% | 2,573 | 31.57% | 481 | 5.90% | 91 | 1.12% | 17 | 0.21% | 2,415 | 29.63% | 8,150 |
Tioga | 7,410 | 79.32% | 1,541 | 16.50% | 329 | 3.52% | 57 | 0.61% | 5 | 0.05% | 5,869 | 62.82% | 9,342 |
Union | 2,548 | 69.26% | 1,034 | 28.11% | 92 | 2.50% | 3 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.05% | 1,514 | 41.15% | 3,679 |
Venango | 5,892 | 57.33% | 1,747 | 17.00% | 2,105 | 20.48% | 509 | 4.95% | 25 | 0.24% | 3,787[lower-alpha 2] | 36.85% | 10,278 |
Warren | 4,737 | 68.57% | 1,222 | 17.69% | 830 | 12.02% | 97 | 1.40% | 22 | 0.32% | 3,515 | 50.88% | 6,908 |
Washington | 11,530 | 66.01% | 4,886 | 27.97% | 728 | 4.17% | 289 | 1.65% | 34 | 0.19% | 6,644 | 38.04% | 17,467 |
Wayne | 3,386 | 56.85% | 2,097 | 35.21% | 426 | 7.15% | 40 | 0.67% | 7 | 0.12% | 1,289 | 21.64% | 5,956 |
Westmoreland | 17,239 | 63.16% | 8,007 | 29.33% | 1,408 | 5.16% | 557 | 2.04% | 85 | 0.31% | 9,232 | 33.82% | 27,296 |
Wyoming | 2,308 | 56.90% | 1,575 | 38.83% | 169 | 4.17% | 3 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.02% | 733 | 18.07% | 4,056 |
York | 14,837 | 51.85% | 12,996 | 45.42% | 475 | 1.66% | 300 | 1.05% | 6 | 0.02% | 1,841 | 6.43% | 28,614 |
Totals | 840,949 | 68.00% | 337,998 | 27.33% | 33,717 | 2.73% | 21,863 | 1.77% | 2,211 | 0.18% | 502,951 | 40.67% | 1,236,738 |
Notes
- The Parker vote in Pennsylvania was the fusion of Democratic and Independence votes.
- In this county where Swallow ran second ahead of Parker, margin given is Roosevelt vote minus Swallow vote and percentage margin Roosevelt percentage minus Swallow percentage.
References
- David Leip. "Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Pennsylvania". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
- Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 38 ISBN 0786422173
- Menendez; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, pp. 37, 286-288
- David Leip. "1904 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
- Géoelections; Popular Vote for Eugene V. Debs (1904) (.xlsx file for €15)
- Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 309-313 ISBN 9780804716963