1904 United States presidential election in Maryland

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1904 United States presidential election in Maryland
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Nominee Alton B. Parker Theodore Roosevelt
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York New York
Running mate Henry G. Davis Charles W. Fairbanks
Electoral vote7 [a] 1
Popular vote109,446109,497
Percentage48.81%48.83% [a]
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County Results
President before election

Theodore Roosevelt
Republican

Elected President

Theodore Roosevelt
Republican

The 1904 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 8, 1904. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1904 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

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The winner in Maryland depended on the votes, supposedly due to the "Wilson Law" designed to make it easier for Democrats to cast ballots for both Presidential electors and Congress by a simple turning down of a single fold in the ballot paper. [2] Seven electoral votes were won by the Democratic nominees, Chief Judge Alton B. Parker of New York and his running mate Henry G. Davis of West Virginia, while the Republican nominees, President Theodore Roosevelt of New York and his running mate Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana, won the popular vote and one electoral vote. Roosevelt's popular vote margin is the second-closest presidential election margin by number of votes on record, behind Henry Clay's four-vote 1832 win, [3] also in Maryland. In this election, Maryland voted 18.81% more Democratic than the nation at-large. [4]

Results

1904 United States presidential election in Maryland [5]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Alton B. Parker 109,44648.81%7 [a]
Republican Theodore Roosevelt (incumbent)109,49748.83%1 [a]
Prohibition Silas C. Swallow 3,0341.35%0
Social Democratic Eugene V. Debs 2,2471.00%0
Write-ins Scattered40.00%0
Populist Thomas E. Watson 10.00%0
Totals224,229100.00%8
Voter turnout—

Results by county

CountyTheodore Roosevelt [6]
Republican		Alton Brooks Parker [6]
Democratic		Silas Comfort Swallow [7]
Prohibition		Eugene Victor Debs [7]
Social Democratic		MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%#%
Allegany 5,23256.32%3,32635.81%3183.42%4134.45%1,90620.52%9,289
Anne Arundel 2,84947.64%3,00150.18%1081.81%220.37%-152-2.54%5,980
Baltimore 7,57043.89%9,39454.47%1941.12%880.51%-1,824-10.58%17,246
Baltimore City 47,44448.64%47,90149.11%7310.75%1,4611.50%-457-0.47%97,537
Calvert 1,03057.48%74041.29%170.95%50.28%29016.18%1,792
Caroline 1,45243.09%1,80953.68%862.55%230.68%-357-10.59%3,370
Carroll 3,35747.77%3,52750.19%1301.85%130.19%-170-2.42%7,027
Cecil 2,42548.14%2,55450.70%531.05%50.10%-129-2.56%5,037
Charles 1,65957.80%1,18041.11%240.84%70.24%47916.69%2,870
Dorchester 2,68055.04%2,08742.86%861.77%160.33%59312.18%4,869
Frederick 5,78852.83%5,00445.67%1491.36%150.14%7847.16%10,956
Garrett 2,05166.96%94730.92%471.53%180.59%1,10436.04%3,063
Harford 2,56143.91%3,15154.02%1172.01%40.07%-590-10.11%5,833
Howard 1,25839.00%1,91459.33%401.24%140.43%-656-20.33%3,226
Kent 1,84147.91%1,95650.90%441.14%20.05%-115-2.99%3,843
Montgomery 2,71146.09%3,08252.40%791.34%100.17%-371-6.31%5,882
Prince George's 2,84555.36%2,27044.17%180.35%60.12%57511.19%5,139
Queen Anne's 1,48738.28%2,25858.12%1303.35%100.26%-771-19.85%3,885
Somerset 1,87451.53%1,58043.44%1774.87%60.16%2948.08%3,637
St. Mary's 1,17448.00%1,24750.98%210.86%40.16%-73-2.98%2,446
Talbot 1,99950.53%1,86147.04%892.25%70.18%138-3.49%3,956
Washington 4,58151.86%4,06446.01%1031.17%850.96%5175.85%8,833
Wicomico 2,17944.47%2,59352.92%1272.59%10.02%-414-8.45%4,900
Worcester 1,45040.19%2,00055.43%1464.05%120.33%-550-15.24%3,608
Totals109,49748.83%109,44648.81%3,0341.35%2,2471.00%510.02%224,229 [b]

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Seven of the eight highest electors were for Parker, but the highest Roosevelt elector, Charles J. Bonaparte, had 51 more votes than the highest Parker elector, Frank Brown. [1]
  2. ↑ This total include five write-in votes not grouped by county, one of which was for Populist nominee Thomas E. Watson, who was on the ballot in 34 of the contemporary 45 states.

References

  1. ↑ Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; 1904 Presidential Electors – Maryland
  2. ↑ ‘Taft Gets Part of Maryland Vote – Trick Ballot Prevented Republicans from Getting a Big Plurality’; The New York Times, November 6, 1908, p. 2
  3. ↑ Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; 1832 Presidential General Election Results – Maryland
  4. ↑ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  5. ↑ Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; 1904 Presidential General Election Results – Maryland
  6. 1 2 "Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1904". Géoelections.
  7. 1 2 "Popular Vote for Eugene Debs at the Presidential Election for 1904". Géoelections.
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