| Election Name: | 1904 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Country: | United States |
| Flag Year: | 1896 |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1903 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Previous Year: | 1903 |
| Next Election: | 1905 United States gubernatorial elections |
| Next Year: | 1905 |
| 1Blank: | Seats up |
| 2Blank: | Seats won |
| Seats For Election: | 33 governorships |
| Election Date: | November 8, 1904 |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Seats Before1: | 27 |
| Seats After1: | 25 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| 1Data1: | 23 |
| 2Data1: | 21 |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Seats Before2: | 17 |
| Seats After2: | 19 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| 1Data2: | 10 |
| 2Data2: | 12 |
| Party4: | Silver Party |
| Seats Before4: | 1 |
| Seats After4: | 1 |
| 1Data4: | 0 |
| 2Data4: | 0 |
| Map Size: | 324px |
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1904, in 33 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 8, 1904 (except in Arkansas, Georgia, Maine and Vermont, which held early elections).
In Wyoming, a special election was held following the death of Governor DeForest Richards in April 1903.
| State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas (held, 5 September 1904) | Jefferson Davis | Democratic | Re-elected, 60.97% | Harry H. Myers (Republican) 36.41% John G. Adams (Prohibition) 2.22% Scattering 0.40% [1] | |
| Colorado | Republican | Defeated, 46.80% | Alva Adams (Democratic) 50.64% Robert A. N. Wilson (Prohibition) 1.24% Andrew H. Floaten (Socialist) 1.07% James Merwin (People's) 0.13% J. A. Knight (Socialist Labor) 0.12% [2] | ||
| Connecticut | Republican | Henry Roberts (Republican) 54.88% A. Heaton Richardson (Democratic) 41.48% George A. Sweetland (Socialist) 2.30% Oliver G. Beard (Prohibition) 0.79% Timothy Sullivan (Socialist Labor) 0.30% Joseph Sheldon (Populist) 0.25% [3] | |||
| Delaware | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Preston Lea (Republican) 51.40% Caleb S. Pennewill (Democratic) 45.13% Joseph H. Chandler (Independent Republican) 1.83% John R. Price (Prohibition) 1.34% Gustave E. Reinicke (Socialist) 0.30% [4] | ||
| Florida | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Napoleon Bonaparte Broward (Democratic) 79.16% Matthew B. MacFarlane (Republican) 17.37% W. R. Healey (Socialist) 3.47% [5] | ||
| Georgia (held, 5 October 1904) | Joseph M. Terrell | Democratic | Re-elected, 100.00%[6] | (Democratic primary results) Joseph M. Terrell unopposed [7] [8] | |
| Idaho | Republican | Lost re-nomination, Republican victory | Frank R. Gooding (Republican) 58.74% Henry Heitfeld (Democratic) 34.02% Theodore B. Shaw (Socialist) 5.61% Edwin R. Headley (Prohibition) 1.39% T. W. Bartley (People's) 0.25% [9] | ||
| Illinois | Republican | Lost re-nomination, Republican victory | Charles Samuel Deneen (Republican) 59.09% Lawrence B. Stringer (Democratic) 31.21% John Collins (Socialist) 5.51% Robert H. Patton (Prohibition) 3.30% Philip Veal (Socialist Labor) 0.41% James Hogan (People's) 0.41% Andrew G. Specht (Continental) 0.07% [10] | ||
| Indiana | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | James Frank Hanly (Republican) 53.51% John Worth Kern (Democratic) 40.95% Felix T. McWhirter (Prohibition) 3.38% Matthew Hallenberger (Socialist) 1.64% Leroy Templeton (People's) 0.31% E. J. Dillon (Socialist Labor) 0.21% [11] | ||
| Kansas | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Edward W. Hoch (Republican) 57.92% David M. Dale (Democratic) 36.29% Granville Lowther (Socialist) 3.75% James Kerr (Prohibition) 2.04% [12] | ||
| Maine (held, 12 September 1904) | Republican | William T. Cobb (Republican) 58.52% Cyrus W. Davis (Democratic) 38.13% Nathan F. Woodbury (Prohibition) 2.12% Wilbur G. Hapgood (Socialist) 1.21% Scattering 0.02% [13] | |||
| Massachusetts | Republican | Defeated, 44.14% | William L. Douglas (Democratic) 52.14% John Quincy Adams (Socialist) 2.58% Oliver W. Cobb (Prohibition) 0.70% Michael T. Berry (Socialist Labor) 0.45% [14] | ||
| Michigan | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Fred M. Warner (Republican) 54.09% Woodbridge N. Ferris (Democratic) 42.61% James M. Shackleton (Prohibition) 1.98% Clayton J. Lamb (Socialist) 1.18% Meiko Meyer (Socialist Labor) 0.15% [15] | ||
| Minnesota | Republican | Retired, Democratic victory | John Albert Johnson (Democratic) 48.71% Robert C. Dunn (Republican) 46.13% Charles W. Dorsett (Prohibition) 2.49% Jay E. Nash (Public Ownership) 1.91% A. W. M. Anderson (Socialist Labor) 0.76% [16] | ||
| Missouri | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Joseph W. Folk (Democratic) 50.73% Cyrus P. Walbridge (Republican) 46.05% Ernest T. Behrens (Socialist) 1.71% Orange J. Hill (Prohibition) 0.87% William C. Alldredge (People's) 0.42% J. E. White (Socialist Labor) 0.22% [17] | ||
| Montana | Joseph K. Toole | Democratic | Re-elected, 53.79% | William Lindsay (Republican) 40.99% Malcolm A. O'Malley (Socialist) 5.22% [18] | |
| Nebraska | John H. Mickey | Republican | Re-elected, 49.67% | George W. Berge (Democratic/Populist fusion) 45.61% Clarence F. Swander (Prohibition) 2.44% Benjamin H. Vail (Socialist) 2.28% [19] | |
| New Hampshire | Republican | John McLane (Republican) 57.83% Henry F. Hollis (Democratic) 40.05% Sumner F. Claflin (Socialist) 1.07% David Heald (Prohibition) 0.97% George Howie (People's) 0.07% Scattering 0.02% [20] | |||
| New Jersey | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | Edward C. Stokes (Republican) 53.50% Charles C. Black (Democratic) 41.56% Henry R. Kearns (Socialist) 2.05% James Parker (Prohibition) 1.55% George A. Honnecker (Populist) 0.76% George P. Herrschaft (Socialist Labor) 0.58% [21] | ||
| New York | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Frank W. Higgins (Republican) 50.27% D. Cady Herrick (Democratic) 45.29% Thomas Pendergast (Social Democrat) 2.24% John McKee (Prohibition) 1.27% Daniel De Leon (Socialist Labor) 0.56% Alfred J. Boulton (People's) 0.37% [22] | ||
| North Carolina | Democratic | Term-limited, Democratic victory | Robert B. Glenn (Democratic) 61.72% Charles J. Harris (Republican) 38.11% James M. Templeton (Prohibition) 0.11% William Pegram (Socialist) 0.05% [23] | ||
| North Dakota | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Elmore Y. Sarles (Republican) 70.71% Marthinus F. Hegge (Democratic) 24.65% Arthur Basset (Socialist) 2.59% Hans H. Aaker (Prohibition) 2.04% [24] | ||
| Rhode Island | Democratic | Defeated, 47.70% | George H. Utter (Republican) 48.94% William E. Brightman (Prohibition) 1.58% John Edward Carney (Socialist) 1.08% Peter McDermott (Socialist Labor) 0.71% [25] | ||
| South Carolina | Democratic | Re-elected | Duncan Clinch Heyward (Democratic) 100.00%[26] (Democratic primary results) Duncan Clinch Heyward unopposed | ||
| South Dakota | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Samuel H. Elrod (Republican) 68.29% Louis N. Crill (Democratic) 24.68% Freeman Knowles (Socialist) 3.02% W. J. Edgar (Prohibition) 2.91% R. C. Warne (Populist) 1.11% [27] | ||
| Tennessee | James B. Frazier | Democratic | Re-elected, 55.72% | Jessie M. Littleton (Republican) 43.81% John M. Ray (Socialist) 0.47% [28] | |
| Texas | Samuel W. T. Lanham | Democratic | Re-elected, 73.57% | J. G. Lowden (Republican) 20.29% Pat B. Clark (Populist) 3.32% W. D. Jackson (Prohibition) 1.61% Word H. Mills (Socialist) 1.02% Frank Leitner (Socialist Labor) 0.20% [29] | |
| Utah | Republican | Lost re-nomination, Republican victory | John C. Cutler (Republican) 49.97% James Henry Moyle (Democratic) 37.40% William Montague Ferry (American) 7.82% Joseph A. Kauffman (Socialist) 4.81% [30] | ||
| Vermont (held, 6 September 1904) | Republican | Retired, Republican victory | Charles J. Bell (Republican) 72.22% Eli H. Porter (Democratic) 24.85% Homer Fletcher Comings (Prohibition) 1.76% Clarence E. Morse (Socialist) 1.15% Scattering 0.01% [31] | ||
| Washington | Republican | Lost re-nomination, Republican victory | Albert Edward Mead (Republican) 51.34% George Turner (Democratic) 40.87% David Burgess (Socialist) 5.13% Ambrose H. Sherwood (Prohibition) 1.92% William McCormick (Socialist Labor) 0.74% [32] | ||
| West Virginia | Republican | Term-limited, Republican victory | William M. O. Dawson (Republican) 50.78% John Jacob Cornwell (Democratic) 47.02% Joseph W. Bedford (Prohibition) 1.67% J. M. Eskey (Socialist) 0.53% [33] | ||
| Wisconsin | Robert M. LaFollette | Republican | Re-elected, 50.55% | George Wilbur Peck (Democratic) 39.22% William A. Arnold (Social Democrat) 5.53% Edward Schofield (National Republican) 2.70% William H. Clark (Prohibition) 1.95% Charles M. Minkley (Socialist Labor) 0.06% [34] | |
| Wyoming (special election) | Republican | Lost re-nomination, Republican victory | Bryant B. Brooks (Republican) 57.48% John E. Osborne (Democratic) 39.27% James W. Gates (Socialist) 2.64% George W. Blain (Prohibition) 0.62% [35] |