President / Vice President, 1904 Election

General

Date: November 8, 1904
Cycle: 1904
Office: President / Vice President
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Running mate Party Votes Percent Margin
Theodore Roosevelt Incumbent Man Charles Fairbanks (Man) Republican 216,651 73.98 +55.13
Alton Parker Man Henry Davis (Man) Democrat 55,187 18.84
Eugene Debs Man Benjamin Hanford (Man) Public Ownership 11,692 3.99
Silas Swallow Man George Carroll (Man) Prohibition 6,253 2.14
Thomas Watson Man Thomas Tibbles (Man) People's 2,103 0.72
Charles Corregan Man William Cox (Man) Socialist Labor 974 0.33

Roosevelt and Fairbanks each received Minnesota's 11 Electoral College votes. Roosevelt recorded the most dominating victory in Minnesota presidential election history with 73.98 percent of the vote and a victory margin of 55.13 points. That marked Roosevelt’s largest victory in the Midwest and his second biggest victory nationwide behind only Vermont (59.1 points).

Sources

  • The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1955 (p. 340).