Newspaper endorsements in the 1904 United States presidential election

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Newspapers made endorsements of candidates in the 1904 United States presidential election. Incumbent President Theodore Roosevelt who took office after William McKinley was assassinated in 1901 was the Republican candidate, and Alton B. Parker the Democratic candidate. Harper's Weekly ran a cartoon in September 1904 called "Tom's Dream", a reference to DNC Chairman Thomas Taggart, and his hope that the major newspapers of the country would endorse Parker. His dream largely did not come true, as most newspapers endorsed Roosevelt in this election. [1]

Newspaper1904 EndorsementLargest Reported Circ.Endorsement
date		State1900 EndorsementNotes
The Appeal (newspaper) [2] Theodore Roosevelt1904Minnesota
The Daily Bee [3] Theodore Roosevelt1904California
Los Angeles Times [4] Theodore Roosevelt1904CaliforniaWilliam McKinley
New York Herald [5] Alton B. Parker75,000+ [6] 1904New YorkWilliam McKinley
New York World [5] Alton B. Parker75,000+ [6] 1904New YorkWilliam McKinley
New York Evening Post [5] Alton B. Parker23,487 [6] 1904New YorkWilliam McKinley
New York Times [7] Alton B. Parker75,000+ [6] 1904New YorkWilliam McKinley
The Sun (New York) [1] Theodore Roosevelt1904New York
Brooklyn Eagle [5] Alton B. Parker20,000+ [6] 1904New YorkWilliam McKinley
Chicago Tribune [8] Theodore Roosevelt75,000+ [6] 1904IllinoisWilliam McKinley [8]
Baltimore Sun [9] Alton B. Parker20,000+ [6] 1904MarylandWilliam Jennings Bryan
Baltimore Afro-American Ledger [10] Theodore Roosevelt2,458 [6] 1904MarylandProminent weekly black newspaper
Canton Repository [11] Theodore Roosevelt8,230 [6] 1904OhioWilliam McKinley [11]
The Arizona Republican [12] Theodore Roosevelt5,820 [6] 1904 Arizona Territory William McKinleyDid not officially endorse Roosevelt, but wrote "glowingly" about him frequently. [12]
Puck (magazine) [1] Alton B. Parker1904New YorkHumor magazine.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Alton B. Parker: Pro and Con, Harper's, Retrieved 14 October 2016
  2. ↑ Humanities, National Endowment for the (1904-10-15). "The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, October 15, 1904, Image 2". ISSN   2163-7075 . Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  3. ↑ Humanities, National Endowment for the (1904-07-29). "Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, July 29, 1904, Image 1" . Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  4. ↑ "Los Angeles Times used to endorse only Republicans for president. What changed?". Los Angeles Times. 2020-09-10. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Sheppard, Si. The Partisan Press: A History of Media Bias in the United States, p. 213 (2008)("the Times, Herald, World, Evening Post, and Brooklyn Eagle, all backers of McKinley four years prior, switched to Parker")
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rowell's 1903 directory, pp. 1101 (papers over 1,000 daily circulation) (would be better if 1904 directory is located)
  7. ↑ (11 July 1904). Approval of Parker's Stand: The Antithesis of Roosevelt, but Quite His Equal in Moral Courage, The New York Times
  8. 1 2 Chicago Tribune Endorses Obama, The Moderate Voice (2008)
  9. ↑ 1904:Alton B. Parker, Baltimore Sun
  10. ↑ Farrar, Hayward. The Baltimore Afro-American, 1892-1950, p. 68 (1998)
  11. 1 2 (11 Oct. 2016). A Paper Picks: Past Repository presidential endorsements followed an historical pattern, Canton Repository
  12. 1 2 (7 Sept 2016). Arizona Republic presidential endorsements: 120 years, no Democrats, Arizona Republic
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