1904 Illinois gubernatorial election

The 1904 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1904.

1904 Illinois gubernatorial election

November 8, 1904 (1904-11-08)

Nominee Charles S. Deneen Lawrence B. Stringer John Collins Party Republican Democratic Socialist Running mate Lawrence Yates Sherman Thomas F. Ferns James H. Brower Popular vote 634,029 334,880 59,062 Percentage 59.09% 31.21% 5.51%

Governor before election Richard Yates Jr. Republican Elected Governor Charles S. Deneen Republican

Incumbent Republican Governor Richard Yates Jr. was denied renomination by his party.

Republican nominee Charles S. Deneen defeated Democratic nominee Lawrence B. Stringer with 59.09% of the vote.

Democratic nomination

Governor

Candidates

• Lawrence B. Stringer of Lincoln, State Senator

Results

The Democratic state convention was held on June 15, 1904 at the State Armory in Springfield.[1]

Democratic gubernatorial nomination, 1st ballot[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lawrence B. Stringer	acclaimed

Lieutenant Governor

Candidates

• Thomas F. Ferns of Jerseyville, former State Representative[2]

Results

Democratic lieutenant gubernatorial nomination, 1st ballot[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas F. Ferns	acclaimed

Republican nomination

Governor

Candidates

• Charles S. Deneen of Chicago, Cook County State's attorney and former State Representative
• Howland J. Hamlin of Shelbyville, Illinois Attorney General (withdrew after 78th ballot)[3]
• Frank O. Lowden of Chicago, former professor of law at Northwestern University
• John H. Pierce of Kewanee, president of the Western Tube Company[4] (put into nomination before 3rd ballot)[5] (withdrew after 78th ballot)[6]
• Lawrence Y. Sherman of Macomb, State Representative (withdrew after 49th ballot, returned before 57th ballot)[7] (withdrew after 78th ballot)[8]
• Vespasian Warner of Clinton, U.S. Representative for the 19th district
• Richard Yates Jr. of Jacksonville, incumbent Governor (withdrew after 78th ballot)[9]

Results

The Republican state convention was held from May 12 to 20 and, following a recess, from May 31 to June 3, 1904 at the State Armory in Springfield.[10]

The results of the balloting were as follows[11][12][13][14][15][16] (fractions ignored until 39th ballot):

(1-20)	Gubernatorial Ballot
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
Richard Yates Jr.	507	504	499	490	491	493	494	488	494	489	489	489	488	482	495	472	485	483	491	486
Frank O. Lowden	354	390	396	405	408	404	407	403	405	407	401	404	401	420	405	428	407	412	405	397
Charles S. Deneen	386	383	380	383	380	383	377	382	382	379	376	380	382	381	381	381	379	379	376	383
Howland J. Hamlin	121	117	111	112	111	112	110	112	111	114	118	117	111	110	111	110	109	118	119	109
Vespasian Warner	45	42	34	36	34	34	39	44	36	38	38	39	45	36	36	38	35	36	37	51
Lawrence Y. Sherman	87	63	57	51	56	54	52	50	51	52	52	51	53	50	51	51	51	50	50	51
John H. Pierce	0	0	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	34	22	21	21
William A. Rodenberg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

(21-38)	Gubernatorial Ballot
	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th	31st	32nd	33rd	34th	35th	36th	37th	38th
Richard Yates Jr.	486	486	483	486	489	483	482	482	481	437	431	429	428	431	483	492	487	490
Frank O. Lowden	409	401	393	398	407	402	407	400	404	452	473	473	467	466	408	390	395	393
Charles S. Deneen	381	386	369	375	381	385	388	393	382	382	383	383	387	389	391	398	445	441
Howland J. Hamlin	108	110	148	135	111	111	110	110	115	111	107	109	111	111	109	111	109	113
Vespasian Warner	42	44	35	36	39	39	39	40	38	44	32	33	34	32	38	37	37	37
Lawrence Y. Sherman	51	51	50	49	50	51	51	51	56	51	50	49	49	50	49	51	6	2
John H. Pierce	21	21	21	21	21	26	21	22	22	21	22	22	22	22	23	22	22	25
Joseph G. Cannon	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

(39-58)	Gubernatorial Ballot
	39th	40th	41st	42nd	43rd	44th	45th	46th	47th	48th	49th	50th	51st	52nd	53rd	54th	55th	56th	57th	58th
Richard Yates Jr.	483	482	484	482	479	478	480	482	482	486	487	486	483	483	483	481	483	482	483	483
Frank O. Lowden	396.5	396.5	399.5	400.5	396.5	402.5	403.5	404.5	403.5	397.5	399.5	399.5	393.5	393.5	393.5	392.5	393.5	393.5	393.5	392.5
Charles S. Deneen	442.5	440.5	433.5	433.5	435.5	436.5	435.5	433.5	432.5	432.5	391.5	431.5	429.5	429.5	430.5	429.5	430.5	429.5	388.5	385.5
Howland J. Hamlin	112	111	111	111	116	113	111	112	111	112	111	113	112	111	110	111	110	110	109	113
Vespasian Warner	36	40	41	41	39	39	39	37	38	41	39	40	50	52	53	55	52	54	54	53
Lawrence Y. Sherman	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	46
John H. Pierce	30	30	31	32	32	31	31	31	33	31	32	32	33	33	32	33	33	33	31	29
Walter Reeves	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clifford S. Raymond	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

(59-79)	Gubernatorial Ballot
	59th	60th	61st	62nd	63rd	64th	65th	66th	67th	68th	69th	70th	71st	72nd	73rd	74th	75th	76th	77th	78th	79th
Richard Yates Jr.	487	484	484	470	465	474	473	474	471	464	388	381	380	363	362	369	373	386	399	405	1
Frank O. Lowden	396.5	398.5	398.5	404.5	401.5	407.5	414.5	411.5	408.5	400.5	573.5	601.5	604.5	614.5	631.5	620.5	599.5	581.5	537.5	532.5	522.5
Charles S. Deneen	383.5	383.5	384.5	391.5	393.5	385.5	381.5	384.5	386.5	370.5	358.5	351.5	347.5	347.5	345.5	345.5	355.5	364.5	364.5	365.5	957.5
Howland J. Hamlin	116	113	116	116	121	116	117	119	118	107	87	74	76	83	70	74	81	78	104	102	0
Vespasian Warner	41	42	40	40	43	39	37	36	39	42	28	27	29	30	29	28	28	27	28	28	21
Lawrence Y. Sherman	50	53	51	52	51	52	52	51	53	80	44	43	41	40	40	41	42	43	45	45	0
John H. Pierce	28	28	28	28	27	28	27	26	26	38	23	24	24	24	24	24	23	22	24	24	0

Republican gubernatorial nomination, 79th ballot[17][18][19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles S. Deneen	957.5	63.75%
	Republican	Frank O. Lowden	522.5	34.79%
	Republican	Vespasian Warner	21	1.40%
	Republican	Richard Yates Jr.	1	0.07%
Total votes			1,502	100.00

Following the 79th ballot, Lowden moved that the nomination of Deneen be made unanimous, which was carried viva voce.[20]

Lieutenant Governor

Candidates

• W. J. Conzelman, of Pekin, President of the Peoria Railway Terminal Company[21] (withdrew during ballot)[22]
• Lawrence Y. Sherman of Macomb, State Representative
• Frank L. Smith of Dwight[23]

Results

Republican lieutenant gubernatorial nomination, 1st ballot[24][17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lawrence Y. Sherman	1,076.5	71.67%
	Republican	Frank L. Smith	424.5	28.26%
	Republican	W. J. Conzelman	1	0.07%
Total votes			1,502	100.00

Following the ballot, Smith withdrew his name and moved that the nomination of Sherman be made unanimous, which was carried.[25]

General election

Governor

Candidates

• Lawrence B. Stringer, Democratic
• Charles S. Deneen, Republican
• John Collins, Socialist, candidate for Mayor of Chicago in 1901
• James Hogan, Populist, candidate for the 1st district in 1898
• Robert H. Patton, Prohibition, candidate for the 13th district in 1890
• Andrew G. Specht, Continental[26]
• Philip Veal, Socialist Labor, party organizer[27]

Results

Illinois gubernatorial election, 1904[28][29][30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Charles S. Deneen	634,029	59.09%
	Democratic	Lawrence B. Stringer	334,880	31.21%
	Socialist	John Collins	59,062	5.51%
	Prohibition	Robert H. Patton	35,440	3.30%
	Socialist Labor	Philip Veal	4,379	0.41%
	People's	James Hogan	4,364	0.41%
	Continental Party	Andrew G. Specht	780	0.07%
Majority			299,149	27.88%
Turnout			1,072,934	100.00%
	Republican hold		Swing

Lieutenant Governor

Results

Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1904[31][32][33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Lawrence Y. Sherman	628,774	58.88%
	Democratic	Thomas F. Ferns	332,134	31.10%
	Socialist	James H. Brower	62,333	5.84%
	Prohibition	Marion Gallup	34,768	3.26%
	People's	William Hess	4,671	0.44%
	Socialist Labor	Carl Koechlin	4,511	0.42%
	Continental Party	William B. Kerney	771	0.07%
Majority			296,640	27.78%
Turnout			1,067,962	100.00%
	Republican hold		Swing

References

1. Illinois Blue Book 1905, p. 567.
2. "Candidate for Governor and his running mates on the Democratic State Ticket". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. 15 June 1904. p. 2. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
3. McCan Davis 1904, p. 378.
4. Henry County, Illinois: History and Families. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company. 2000. p. 22. ISBN 1-56311-665-0.
5. McCan Davis 1904, p. 224.
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7. "Sherman drops out on fiftieth ballot". The Champaign Daily News. 9 (258). Champaign, Illinois. 20 May 1904. p. 1. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
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14. "May try to settle it by means of secret ballot". Rock Island Argus. 53 (192). Rock Island, Illinois. 1 June 1904. p. 1. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
15. "Done by a combine". Plymouth Tribune. 3 (36). Plymouth, Indiana. 9 June 1904. p. 6. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
16. McCan Davis 1904, pp. 395-425.
17. Illinois Blue Book 1905, p. 565.
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21. Moody's Manual of Railroads and Corporation Securities, 1907. New York, NY: The Moody Corporation. 1907. p. 1333.
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23. United States Congress. "Frank L. Smith (id: S000534)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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Bibliography

• McCan Davis, J. (1904). The breaking of the deadlock. Springfield, Illinois: The Henry O. Shepard Company.
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