1904 United States presidential election in California

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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

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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 Roosevelt   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% Parker   40–50%

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%.

Results

1904 United States presidential election in California^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Theodore Roosevelt (incumbent)	205,226	61.84%	10
	Democratic	Alton B. Parker	89,404	26.94%	0
	Socialist	Eugene V. Debs	29,535	8.90%	0
	Prohibition	Silas C. Swallow	7,380	2.22%	0
	No party^[a]	Write-ins	331	0.10%	0
	No party^[a]	Thomas E. Watson (write-in)	2	0.00%	0
Invalid or blank votes					—
Totals			331,878	100.00%	10
Voter turnout					—

Results by county

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

Notes

1. These write-in votes were not separated by county but given as a state-wide total only.

References

1. "1904 Presidential General Election Results - California". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved August 25, 2008.