1904 United States presidential election in North Carolina

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1904 United States presidential election in North Carolina
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  1900 November 8, 1904 1908  
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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 vote120
Popular vote124,09182,442
Percentage59.71%39.67%

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County Results

President before election

Theodore Roosevelt
Republican

Elected President

Theodore Roosevelt
Republican

The 1904 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 8, 1904. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1904 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

Contents

Following the overthrow of its Populist/Republican fusion government by white Democrats in the 1898 Wilmington coup d'état, North Carolina would see a radical restructuring of its politics due to the disenfranchisement of its large African-American population. These African-American voters had provided a substantial proportion of Republican Party support ever since that party first appeared in the state following Reconstruction. However, unlike the Deep South, even without black voting the Republican Party retained substantial support from whites in the mountain and northwestern Piedmont areas that had resisted secession and viewed the Democratic Party as a “war party”. [1] This would allow the GOP, without threatening statewide Democratic hegemony, to gain one-third of the statewide vote in general elections. [2]

This radically altered Republican Party would turn almost overnight towards a “lily-white” strategy based on attempting to appeal to businessmen who found the Democratic Party too anti-business and too favorable to using low-cost black labor instead of whites. [3] The GOP had to some extent followed this strategy in the years before black disenfranchisement because it wanted to appeal to the state's budding industrialists, who were critical of Democratic policies favoring free trade over high tariffs. [4] Although this strategy had allowed William McKinley to retain almost the same share of North Carolina's reduced electorate in 1900 that he had won with large-scale black voting in 1896, Republican nominee Theodore Roosevelt would decline substantially in 1904, due to a shift to a more pro-business Democratic candidate and opposition to Roosevelt's hosting of Booker T. Washington. [5] The Republicans were reduced to their traditionally Unionist mountain strongholds, with the exception of former Populist Senator Marion Butler's home county of Sampson, which persisted in its newfound Republican orientation.

North Carolina was won by the Democratic nominees, Chief Judge Alton B. Parker of New York and his running mate Henry G. Davis of West Virginia. They defeated the Republican nominees, incumbent President Theodore Roosevelt of New York and his running mate Senator Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana. Parker won the state by a margin of 20.04%.

Results

1904 United States presidential election in North Carolina [6]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Alton B. Parker 124,09159.71%12
Republican Theodore Roosevelt (incumbent)82,44239.67%0
Populist Thomas E. Watson 8190.39%0
Prohibition Silas C. Swallow 3420.16%0
Socialist Eugene V. Debs 1240.06%0
Totals207,818100.00%12
Voter turnout

Results by county

1904 United States presidential election in North Carolina by county
County Alton Brooks Parker [7]
Democratic
Theodore Roosevelt [7]
Republican
Thomas Edward Watson [8]
Populist
Silas Comfort Swallow [8]
Prohibition
Eugene Victor Debs [8]
Socialist
Margin
%#%#%#%#%#%#
Currituck 94.27%5435.73%330.00%00.00%00.00%088.54%510
New Hanover 93.23%1,2546.77%910.00%00.00%00.00%086.47%1,163
Halifax 93.06%2,4276.94%1810.00%00.00%00.00%086.12%2,246
Northampton 92.86%1,5097.14%1160.00%00.00%00.00%085.72%1,393
Edgecombe 90.07%1,5887.15%1262.72%480.06%10.00%082.93%1,462
Scotland 90.86%6469.14%650.00%00.00%00.00%081.72%581
Franklin 88.16%2,09911.84%2820.00%00.00%00.00%076.31%1,817
Martin 86.79%1,41913.21%2160.00%00.00%00.00%073.58%1,203
Warren 85.35%1,06013.29%1651.37%170.00%00.00%072.06%895
Craven 85.30%1,55514.70%2680.00%00.00%00.00%070.60%1,287
Anson 84.90%1,22614.34%2070.76%110.00%00.00%070.57%1,019
Pender 84.31%90315.69%1680.00%00.00%00.00%068.63%735
Pitt 83.93%2,32915.46%4290.54%150.07%20.00%068.47%1,900
Bertie 83.16%1,26416.58%2520.26%40.00%00.00%066.58%1,012
Caswell 81.30%87418.70%2010.00%00.00%00.00%062.60%673
Hertford 80.29%77819.20%1860.52%50.00%00.00%061.09%592
Mecklenburg 79.87%3,14219.01%7480.84%330.25%100.03%160.85%2,394
Camden 79.71%38920.29%990.00%00.00%00.00%059.43%290
Chowan 79.47%57320.53%1480.00%00.00%00.00%058.95%425
Pasquotank 77.37%94722.47%2750.08%10.08%10.00%054.90%672
Greene 77.03%94922.97%2830.00%00.00%00.00%054.06%666
Granville 75.27%1,59524.45%5180.28%60.00%00.00%050.83%1,077
Union 74.75%1,18123.99%3791.27%200.00%00.00%050.76%802
Richmond 75.18%92724.82%3060.00%00.00%00.00%050.36%621
Wake 72.55%3,41026.96%1,2670.34%160.15%70.00%045.60%2,143
Jones 71.77%63828.12%2500.11%10.00%00.00%043.64%388
Gates 71.26%67728.74%2730.00%00.00%00.00%042.53%404
Robeson 69.71%2,27430.10%9820.18%60.00%00.00%039.61%1,292
Vance 69.41%1,01930.18%4430.41%60.00%00.00%039.24%576
Nash 68.69%1,42831.02%6450.29%60.00%00.00%037.66%783
Wilson 68.63%1,36331.37%6230.00%00.00%00.00%037.26%740
Gaston 68.01%1,95831.12%8960.42%120.45%130.00%036.89%1,062
Cleveland 67.52%2,16232.35%1,0360.12%40.00%00.00%035.17%1,126
Beaufort 67.53%1,80332.47%8670.00%00.00%00.00%035.06%936
Lenoir 67.25%1,38632.70%6740.00%00.05%10.00%034.55%712
Person 66.57%94233.43%4730.00%00.00%00.00%033.14%469
Rowan 66.25%2,42433.21%1,2150.11%40.44%160.00%033.04%1,209
Hyde 65.88%61434.12%3180.00%00.00%00.00%031.76%296
Onslow 62.02%82833.78%4514.19%560.00%00.00%028.24%377
Wayne 63.27%2,06035.69%1,1620.06%20.98%320.00%027.58%898
Duplin 61.68%1,38636.27%8152.05%460.00%00.00%025.41%571
Johnston 62.35%2,57237.65%1,5530.00%00.00%00.00%024.70%1,019
Columbus 62.29%1,44737.71%8760.00%00.00%00.00%024.58%571
Bladen 61.39%92736.95%5581.66%250.00%00.00%024.44%369
Perquimans 61.68%61038.22%3780.00%00.10%10.00%023.46%232
Guilford 61.40%2,76338.13%1,7160.00%00.47%210.00%023.27%1,047
Harnett 60.79%1,16937.60%7231.30%250.31%60.00%023.19%446
Orange 60.69%90037.63%5581.69%250.00%00.00%023.06%342
Carteret 60.67%1,01239.33%6560.00%00.00%00.00%021.34%356
Rockingham 59.88%1,93439.50%1,2760.59%190.00%00.03%120.37%658
Durham 59.52%1,60340.10%1,0800.00%00.37%100.00%019.42%523
Haywood 59.18%1,63140.82%1,1250.00%00.00%00.00%018.36%506
Cumberland 58.41%1,59441.37%1,1290.22%60.00%00.00%017.04%465
Rutherford 58.45%1,86041.55%1,3220.00%00.00%00.00%016.91%538
Iredell 57.83%2,12641.08%1,5101.09%400.00%00.00%016.76%616
Lincoln 56.65%1,00942.73%7610.62%110.00%00.00%013.92%248
Pamlico 56.72%57443.28%4380.00%00.00%00.00%013.44%136
Randolph 56.07%2,33443.43%1,8080.00%00.50%210.00%012.64%526
Alleghany 56.28%69943.72%5430.00%00.00%00.00%012.56%156
Buncombe 54.88%3,18144.70%2,5910.00%00.00%00.41%2410.18%590
Moore 54.25%1,42444.88%1,1780.69%180.19%50.00%09.37%246
Cabarrus 53.80%1,50944.71%1,2541.43%400.07%20.00%09.09%255
Dare 54.25%41545.75%3500.00%00.00%00.00%08.50%65
Yancey 53.97%1,01346.03%8640.00%00.00%00.00%07.94%149
Brunswick 53.66%56446.34%4870.00%00.00%00.00%07.33%77
Catawba 48.57%1,49742.47%1,3097.62%2351.33%410.00%06.10%188
Montgomery 52.20%93747.80%8580.00%00.00%00.00%04.40%79
Burke 51.90%1,08048.10%1,0010.00%00.00%00.00%03.80%79
Alamance 51.83%1,90748.11%1,7700.00%00.05%20.00%03.72%137
Jackson 51.47%1,01548.02%9470.51%100.00%00.00%03.45%68
Transylvania 51.39%55648.61%5260.00%00.00%00.00%02.77%30
Washington 51.25%45048.75%4280.00%00.00%00.00%02.51%22
Chatham 51.05%1,55148.62%1,4770.30%90.03%10.00%02.44%74
Forsyth 49.93%2,30147.94%2,2090.00%00.00%02.13%982.00%92
Clay 50.37%33648.73%3250.00%00.90%60.00%01.65%11
Davidson 49.21%2,01750.11%2,0540.00%00.68%280.00%0-0.90%-37
Stanly 48.67%1,02451.33%1,0800.00%00.00%00.00%0-2.66%-56
Tyrrell 48.31%34351.69%3670.00%00.00%00.00%0-3.38%-24
Macon 47.70%90452.08%9870.11%20.11%20.00%0-4.38%-83
Graham 47.44%36252.56%4010.00%00.00%00.00%0-5.11%-39
McDowell 46.65%83651.95%9310.45%80.95%170.00%0-5.30%-95
Polk 47.06%49752.94%5590.00%00.00%00.00%0-5.87%-62
Caldwell 44.47%1,16953.97%1,4190.46%121.10%290.00%0-9.51%-250
Alexander 45.08%77054.86%9370.06%10.00%00.00%0-9.78%-167
Ashe 42.99%1,25456.60%1,6510.00%00.41%120.00%0-13.61%-397
Stokes 42.76%1,10457.24%1,4780.00%00.00%00.00%0-14.48%-374
Surry 41.30%1,74158.70%2,4750.00%00.00%00.00%0-17.41%-734
Davie 40.23%73958.36%1,0720.33%61.09%200.00%0-18.13%-333
Watauga 39.70%77358.71%1,1430.10%21.49%290.00%0-19.00%-370
Cherokee 40.35%66359.65%9800.00%00.00%00.00%0-19.29%-317
Henderson 39.81%88760.19%1,3410.00%00.00%00.00%0-20.38%-454
Sampson 37.78%1,07962.22%1,7770.00%00.00%00.00%0-24.44%-698
Swain 37.60%49962.40%8280.00%00.00%00.00%0-24.79%-329
Wilkes 34.79%1,31865.21%2,4700.00%00.00%00.00%0-30.41%-1,152
Madison 33.66%99466.34%1,9590.00%00.00%00.00%0-32.68%-965
Yadkin 32.41%69167.21%1,4330.09%20.28%60.00%0-34.80%-742
Mitchell 22.77%40877.23%1,3840.00%00.00%00.00%0-54.46%-976

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