1904 United States presidential election in Illinois
← 1900 November 8, 1904 1908 →
 
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 Benjamin Hanford
Electoral vote 27 0 0
Popular vote 632,645 327,606 69,225
Percentage 58.77% 30.43% 6.43%
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Theodore Roosevelt
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The 1904 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 8, 1904. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1904 United States presidential election. State voters chose 27 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

Illinois was won by the Republican nominees, incumbent President Theodore Roosevelt of New York 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 28.34%.

Results

1904 United States presidential election in Illinois[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Theodore Roosevelt (incumbent) 632,645 58.77% 27
Democratic Alton B. Parker 327,606 30.43% 0
Social Democratic Eugene Debs 69,225 6.43% 0
Prohibition Silas C. Swallow 34,770 3.23% 0
Populist Thomas E. Watson 6,725 0.62% 0
Socialist Labor Charles H. Corregan 4,698 0.44% 0
Continental Austin Holcomb 830 0.08% 0
Totals 1,076,499 100.00% 27
Voter turnout —

Chicago results

1904 United States presidential election in Chicago[2]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Republican Theodore Roosevelt 201,308 57.47%
Democratic Alton B. Parker 97,722 27.90%
Social Democratic Eugene Debs 41,537 11.86%
Prohibition Silas C. Swallow 4,392 1.25%
Socialist Labor Charles H. Corregan 2,789 0.80%
Populist Thomas E. Watson 2,530 0.72%
Continental Austin Holcomb 298 0.09%
Totals 350,306 100.00%

Results by county

County Theodore Roosevelt[3]
Republican 		Alton Brooks Parker[3]
Democratic 		Eugene Victor Debs[4]
Social Democratic 		Silas Comfort Swallow[4]
Prohibition 		Various candidates[4]
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adams 7,277 49.06% 6,149 41.45% 923 6.22% 402 2.71% 83 0.56% 1,128 7.60% 14,834
Alexander 3,203 63.11% 1,686 33.22% 103 2.03% 67 1.32% 16 0.32% 1,517 29.89% 5,075
Bond 2,055 55.86% 1,210 32.89% 70 1.90% 333 9.05% 11 0.30% 845 22.97% 3,679
Boone 3,036 84.69% 302 8.42% 109 3.04% 129 3.60% 9 0.25% 2,734 76.26% 3,585
Brown 934 38.09% 1,341 54.69% 21 0.86% 120 4.89% 36 1.47% -407 -16.60% 2,452
Bureau 5,624 64.31% 1,917 21.92% 632 7.23% 482 5.51% 90 1.03% 3,707 42.39% 8,745
Calhoun 730 42.77% 815 47.74% 1 0.06% 154 9.02% 7 0.41% -85 -4.98% 1,707
Carroll 3,128 76.44% 691 16.89% 97 2.37% 170 4.15% 6 0.15% 2,437 59.56% 4,092
Cass 1,827 46.80% 1,906 48.82% 12 0.31% 120 3.07% 39 1.00% -79 -2.02% 3,904
Champaign 6,954 61.10% 3,754 32.98% 71 0.62% 545 4.79% 58 0.51% 3,200 28.11% 11,382
Christian 3,856 49.15% 3,297 42.02% 238 3.03% 406 5.17% 49 0.62% 559 7.12% 7,846
Clark 2,886 52.70% 2,271 41.47% 22 0.40% 258 4.71% 39 0.71% 615 11.23% 5,476
Clay 2,408 53.19% 1,935 42.74% 19 0.42% 119 2.63% 46 1.02% 473 10.45% 4,527
Clinton 1,848 43.02% 2,153 50.12% 165 3.84% 86 2.00% 44 1.02% -305 -7.10% 4,296
Coles 4,901 55.52% 3,435 38.91% 169 1.91% 270 3.06% 53 0.60% 1,466 16.61% 8,828
Cook 229,848 58.49% 103,762 26.41% 47,743 12.15% 5,290 1.35% 6,302 1.60% 126,086 32.09% 392,945
Crawford 2,296 51.85% 1,850 41.78% 14 0.32% 245 5.53% 23 0.52% 446 10.07% 4,428
Cumberland 1,857 50.39% 1,644 44.61% 6 0.16% 157 4.26% 21 0.57% 213 5.78% 3,685
DeKalb 5,957 77.43% 1,137 14.78% 191 2.48% 355 4.61% 53 0.69% 4,820 62.65% 7,693
DeWitt 2,771 55.96% 1,872 37.80% 49 0.99% 228 4.60% 32 0.65% 899 18.15% 4,952
Douglas 2,518 54.80% 1,685 36.67% 19 0.41% 357 7.77% 16 0.35% 833 18.13% 4,595
DuPage 4,078 68.07% 1,407 23.49% 126 2.10% 352 5.88% 28 0.47% 2,671 44.58% 5,991
Edgar 3,753 50.33% 3,443 46.17% 42 0.56% 196 2.63% 23 0.31% 310 4.16% 7,457
Edwards 1,610 67.28% 595 24.86% 15 0.63% 170 7.10% 3 0.13% 1,015 42.42% 2,393
Effingham 1,863 42.68% 2,303 52.76% 30 0.69% 141 3.23% 28 0.64% -440 -10.08% 4,365
Fayette 3,253 51.62% 2,650 42.05% 27 0.43% 313 4.97% 59 0.94% 603 9.57% 6,302
Ford 2,836 71.22% 926 23.25% 41 1.03% 164 4.12% 15 0.38% 1,910 47.97% 3,982
Franklin 2,077 50.04% 1,801 43.39% 38 0.92% 218 5.25% 17 0.41% 276 6.65% 4,151
Fulton 6,373 56.67% 3,791 33.71% 469 4.17% 496 4.41% 117 1.04% 2,582 22.96% 11,246
Gallatin 1,401 44.70% 1,540 49.14% 3 0.10% 170 5.42% 20 0.64% -139 -4.44% 3,134
Greene 1,959 40.14% 2,649 54.28% 15 0.31% 229 4.69% 28 0.57% -690 -14.14% 4,880
Grundy 3,448 69.73% 841 17.01% 384 7.77% 167 3.38% 105 2.12% 2,607 52.72% 4,945
Hamilton 1,894 45.65% 2,049 49.39% 28 0.67% 160 3.86% 18 0.43% -155 -3.74% 4,149
Hancock 3,887 49.47% 3,456 43.98% 85 1.08% 393 5.00% 37 0.47% 431 5.48% 7,858
Hardin 756 49.09% 642 41.69% 7 0.45% 129 8.38% 6 0.39% 114 7.40% 1,540
Henderson 1,668 65.67% 708 27.87% 16 0.63% 139 5.47% 9 0.35% 960 37.80% 2,540
Henry 7,331 74.52% 1,390 14.13% 574 5.83% 429 4.36% 114 1.16% 5,941 60.39% 9,838
Iroquois 5,067 62.44% 2,376 29.28% 164 2.02% 457 5.63% 51 0.63% 2,691 33.16% 8,115
Jackson 3,984 56.30% 2,350 33.21% 246 3.48% 458 6.47% 38 0.54% 1,634 23.09% 7,076
Jasper 1,889 45.20% 2,024 48.43% 6 0.14% 230 5.50% 30 0.72% -135 -3.23% 4,179
Jefferson 3,063 51.33% 2,462 41.26% 41 0.69% 286 4.79% 115 1.93% 601 10.07% 5,967
Jersey 1,531 45.30% 1,713 50.68% 5 0.15% 116 3.43% 15 0.44% -182 -5.38% 3,380
Jo Daviess 3,388 63.11% 1,598 29.77% 171 3.19% 191 3.56% 20 0.37% 1,790 33.35% 5,368
Johnson 2,164 65.16% 980 29.51% 28 0.84% 112 3.37% 37 1.11% 1,184 35.65% 3,321
Kane 12,638 75.64% 2,799 16.75% 657 3.93% 511 3.06% 103 0.62% 9,839 58.89% 16,708
Kankakee 6,162 74.93% 1,652 20.09% 168 2.04% 216 2.63% 26 0.32% 4,510 54.84% 8,224
Kendall 2,120 78.84% 423 15.73% 12 0.45% 129 4.80% 5 0.19% 1,697 63.11% 2,689
Knox 7,566 73.84% 1,849 18.04% 411 4.01% 337 3.29% 84 0.82% 5,717 55.79% 10,247
Lake 11,967 62.67% 5,628 29.47% 940 4.92% 389 2.04% 171 0.90% 6,339 33.20% 19,095
LaSalle 6,635 77.11% 1,592 18.50% 132 1.53% 172 2.00% 74 0.86% 5,043 58.61% 8,605
Lawrence 1,969 50.64% 1,712 44.03% 4 0.10% 193 4.96% 10 0.26% 257 6.61% 3,888
Lee 4,634 69.77% 1,604 24.15% 76 1.14% 293 4.41% 35 0.53% 3,030 45.62% 6,642
Livingston 6,018 63.58% 2,785 29.42% 123 1.30% 497 5.25% 42 0.44% 3,233 34.16% 9,465
Logan 3,626 51.24% 3,005 42.47% 156 2.20% 243 3.43% 46 0.65% 621 8.78% 7,076
Macon 6,284 62.79% 2,952 29.50% 346 3.46% 371 3.71% 55 0.55% 3,332 33.29% 10,008
Macoupin 4,796 46.69% 4,336 42.21% 427 4.16% 468 4.56% 245 2.39% 460 4.48% 10,272
Madison 9,009 57.12% 5,429 34.42% 903 5.73% 306 1.94% 124 0.79% 3,580 22.70% 15,771
Marion 3,190 47.25% 2,490 36.88% 261 3.87% 522 7.73% 288 4.27% 700 10.37% 6,751
Marshall 2,190 55.97% 1,545 39.48% 82 2.10% 86 2.20% 10 0.26% 645 16.48% 3,913
Mason 1,798 45.04% 1,806 45.24% 60 1.50% 294 7.36% 34 0.85% -8 -0.20% 3,992
Massac 2,078 74.72% 589 21.18% 1 0.04% 103 3.70% 10 0.36% 1,489 53.54% 2,781
McDonough 4,041 55.36% 2,730 37.40% 64 0.88% 426 5.84% 38 0.52% 1,311 17.96% 7,299
McHenry 5,409 77.21% 1,309 18.68% 41 0.59% 223 3.18% 24 0.34% 4,100 58.52% 7,006
McLean 8,772 58.66% 4,149 27.74% 846 5.66% 1,114 7.45% 74 0.49% 4,623 30.91% 14,955
Menard 1,705 49.46% 1,506 43.69% 16 0.46% 166 4.82% 54 1.57% 199 5.77% 3,447
Mercer 3,230 63.65% 1,386 27.31% 144 2.84% 249 4.91% 66 1.30% 1,844 36.33% 5,075
Monroe 1,622 52.32% 1,440 46.45% 2 0.06% 23 0.74% 13 0.42% 182 5.87% 3,100
Montgomery 3,489 47.98% 3,181 43.74% 194 2.67% 369 5.07% 39 0.54% 308 4.24% 7,272
Morgan 4,248 51.65% 3,343 40.64% 156 1.90% 385 4.68% 93 1.13% 905 11.00% 8,225
Moultrie 1,719 50.60% 1,470 43.27% 7 0.21% 176 5.18% 25 0.74% 249 7.33% 3,397
Ogle 5,109 75.14% 1,209 17.78% 45 0.66% 418 6.15% 18 0.26% 3,900 57.36% 6,799
Peoria 11,868 62.02% 5,697 29.77% 1,075 5.62% 303 1.58% 192 1.00% 6,171 32.25% 19,135
Perry 2,451 52.65% 1,466 31.49% 221 4.75% 416 8.94% 101 2.17% 985 21.16% 4,655
Piatt 2,515 63.24% 1,334 33.54% 10 0.25% 97 2.44% 21 0.53% 1,181 29.70% 3,977
Pike 3,007 44.42% 3,112 45.97% 185 2.73% 351 5.19% 114 1.68% -105 -1.55% 6,769
Pope 1,744 68.58% 676 26.58% 2 0.08% 99 3.89% 22 0.87% 1,068 42.00% 2,543
Pulaski 2,180 70.71% 792 25.69% 10 0.32% 94 3.05% 7 0.23% 1,388 45.02% 3,083
Putnam 753 65.03% 355 30.66% 8 0.69% 37 3.20% 5 0.43% 398 34.37% 1,158
Randolph 3,238 52.17% 2,518 40.57% 122 1.97% 296 4.77% 33 0.53% 720 11.60% 6,207
Richland 1,778 48.20% 1,604 43.48% 67 1.82% 222 6.02% 18 0.49% 174 4.72% 3,689
Rock Island 8,152 61.74% 2,156 16.33% 2,422 18.34% 265 2.01% 208 1.58% 5,730[a] 43.40% 13,203
Saline 2,735 56.93% 1,758 36.59% 29 0.60% 231 4.81% 51 1.06% 977 20.34% 4,804
Sangamon 10,638 53.44% 7,571 38.03% 637 3.20% 818 4.11% 242 1.22% 3,067 15.41% 19,906
Schuyler 1,636 45.28% 1,682 46.55% 12 0.33% 262 7.25% 21 0.58% -46 -1.27% 3,613
Scott 1,163 45.47% 1,236 48.32% 8 0.31% 110 4.30% 41 1.60% -73 -2.85% 2,558
Shelby 3,220 46.53% 2,962 42.80% 39 0.56% 598 8.64% 101 1.46% 258 3.73% 6,920
St. Clair 11,926 55.31% 8,200 38.03% 788 3.65% 288 1.34% 359 1.67% 3,726 17.28% 21,561
Stark 1,764 71.27% 574 23.19% 27 1.09% 96 3.88% 14 0.57% 1,190 48.08% 2,475
Stephenson 4,876 56.63% 3,275 38.03% 193 2.24% 237 2.75% 30 0.35% 1,601 18.59% 8,611
Tazewell 4,051 52.41% 3,255 42.11% 108 1.40% 278 3.60% 37 0.48% 796 10.30% 7,729
Union 1,537 39.54% 1,967 50.60% 21 0.54% 345 8.88% 17 0.44% -430 -11.06% 3,887
Vermilion 11,179 66.65% 3,620 21.58% 761 4.54% 1,122 6.69% 90 0.54% 7,559 45.07% 16,772
Wabash 1,298 44.57% 1,300 44.64% 16 0.55% 288 9.89% 10 0.34% -2 -0.07% 2,912
Warren 3,563 61.35% 1,559 26.84% 316 5.44% 334 5.75% 36 0.62% 2,004 34.50% 5,808
Washington 2,374 57.30% 1,504 36.30% 116 2.80% 130 3.14% 19 0.46% 870 21.00% 4,143
Wayne 3,078 52.67% 2,416 41.34% 18 0.31% 288 4.93% 44 0.75% 662 11.33% 5,844
White 2,515 45.19% 2,774 49.84% 49 0.88% 215 3.86% 13 0.23% -259 -4.65% 5,566
Whiteside 5,636 71.17% 1,546 19.52% 149 1.88% 532 6.72% 56 0.71% 4,090 51.65% 7,919
Will 10,001 66.39% 3,191 21.18% 1,199 7.96% 272 1.81% 402 2.67% 6,810 45.20% 15,065
Williamson 4,044 58.96% 1,996 29.10% 363 5.29% 396 5.77% 60 0.87% 2,048 29.86% 6,859
Winnebago 8,143 74.80% 1,177 10.81% 666 6.12% 825 7.58% 76 0.70% 6,966 63.98% 10,887
Woodford 2,371 51.19% 1,908 41.19% 79 1.71% 237 5.12% 37 0.80% 463 10.00% 4,632
Totals 632,645 58.87% 327,606 30.48% 69,225 6.44% 34,770 3.24% 10,437 0.97% 305,039 28.38% 1,074,683

See also

Notes

  1. ^ In this county where Parker ran third behind Debs, margin given is Roosevelt vote minus Debs vote and percentage margin Roosevelt percentage minus Debs percentage.

References

  1. ^ Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Illinois
  2. ^ "CITY REPUBLICAN BY RECORD VOTE". The Chicago Tribune. November 9, 1900. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  3. ^ a b Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1904 (.xlsx file for €15)
  4. ^ a b c Géoelections; Popular Vote for Eugene V. Debs (1904) (.xlsx file for €15)
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