1904 United States presidential election in Illinois explained

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Election Name:	1904 United States presidential election in Illinois
Country:	Illinois
Flag Year:	1915
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1900 United States presidential election in Illinois
Previous Year:	1900
Next Election:	1908 United States presidential election in Illinois
Next Year:	1908
Election Date:	November 8, 1904
Image1:	Theodore Roosevelt by the Pach Bros (cropped 3x4).jpg
Nominee1:	Theodore Roosevelt
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:	New York
Running Mate1:	Charles W. Fairbanks
Electoral Vote1:	27
Popular Vote1:	632,645
Percentage1:	58.77%
Nominee2:	Alton B. Parker
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	New York
Running Mate2:	Henry G. Davis
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	327,606
Percentage2:	30.43%
Image3:	Debs-Eugene-circa1904.jpg
Nominee3:	Eugene V. Debs
Party3:	Socialist Party of America
Home State3:	Indiana
Running Mate3:	Ben Hanford
Electoral Vote3:	0
Popular Vote3:	69,225
Percentage3:	6.43%
Map Size:	350px
President
Before Election:	Theodore Roosevelt
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Theodore Roosevelt
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

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 V. 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 Hunter 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 V. Debs	41,537	11.86%
	Prohibition	Silas C. Swallow	4,392	1.25%
	Socialist Labor	Charles Hunter 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 Democratic		Eugene Victor Debs^[4] Social Democratic		Silas Comfort Swallow Prohibition		Various candidates 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		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

• United States presidential elections in Illinois

Notes and References

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