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).