1904 United States presidential election in Oregon explained

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Election Name:1904 United States presidential election in Oregon
Country:Oregon
Flag Image:File:Flag of Oregon (1900–1925).gif
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1900 United States presidential election in Oregon
Previous Year:1900
Next Election:1908 United States presidential election in Oregon
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 Vote1:4
Popular Vote1:60,455
Percentage1:67.06%
Nominee2:Alton B. Parker
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:New York
Running Mate2:Henry G. Davis
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:17,521
Percentage2:19.43%
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 Vote3:7,619
Percentage3:8.45%
Map Size:375px
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 Oregon took place on November 8, 1904. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1904 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

This election would solidify Oregon as a one-party Republican bastion, which it would remain at a presidential level apart from the 1910s GOP split until Franklin D. Roosevelt rose to power in 1932,[1] and apart from a very short New Deal interlude at state level until the “Revolution of 1954”. Democratic representation in the Oregon legislature would never exceed fifteen percent during this period,[2] and no Democrat other than Woodrow Wilson would henceforth carry even one county in the state before the Great Depression. Republican primaries would become the chief mode of competition: indeed Oregon became in this election year the first Western state to utilize the direct primary.[3]

President Roosevelt was extremely popular in Oregon because of his policies of reforming the railroads, creating a Department of Commerce and Labor and conserving the forest resources that were at the time heavily exploited by big business.[3] Parker's re-emphasis on the Gold Standard, which harked back to Grover Cleveland, aroused no enthusiasm in Oregon.[4] Nor did his opposition to Roosevelt's policy of imperialism in the Pacific,[5] with the result that Parker's showing was the worst-ever by any major-party nominee in Oregon except for his mentor Cleveland twelve years previously.[6] At the same time, Roosevelt's performance remains the best ever by any presidential candidate since Oregon's statehood in 1859. Parker did not win thirty percent in a single county, and overall took just a little over nineteen percent of Oregon's ballots.

Socialist nominee Eugene V. Debs, whose campaign focused on trust-busting and the evils of monopoly,[7] traveled all around the nation in a charismatic campaign that netted him over four hundred thousand votes nationwide. Although he did not outpoll Parker in any Oregon county, Debs nonetheless received over eight percent of the vote.

Results

1904 United States presidential election in Oregon[8]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
RepublicanTheodore Roosevelt (incumbent)60,45567.06%4
DemocraticAlton B. Parker17,52119.43%0
SocialistEugene V. Debs7,6198.45%0
ProhibitionSilas C. Swallow3,8064.22%0
PopulistThomas E. Watson7530.84%0
Totals90,154100.00%4
Voter turnout—

Results by county

CountyTheodore Roosevelt
Republican		Alton Brooks Parker
Democratic		Eugene Victor Debs[9]
Socialist		Silas Comfort Swallow
Prohibition		Thomas Edward Watson
Populist		MarginTotal votes cast[10]
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Baker1,99059.76%93828.17%33510.06%521.56%150.45%1,05231.59%3,330
Benton1,10762.51%44224.96%744.18%1367.68%120.68%66537.55%1,771
Clackamas2,78367.78%68416.66%42110.25%1413.43%771.88%2,09951.12%4,106
Clatsop1,40868.68%33616.39%25612.49%412.00%90.44%1,07252.29%2,050
Columbia1,30174.26%22112.61%1609.13%613.48%90.51%1,08061.64%1,752
Coos1,71264.26%49018.39%34212.84%923.45%281.05%1,22245.87%2,664
Crook76365.33%26622.77%1169.93%161.37%70.60%49742.55%1,168
Curry32270.77%8719.12%388.35%51.10%30.66%23551.65%455
Douglas2,44363.21%90823.49%38710.01%952.46%320.83%1,53539.72%3,865
Gilliam56867.46%19523.16%485.70%283.33%30.36%37344.30%842
Grant1,00767.81%31621.28%1238.28%322.15%70.47%69146.53%1,485
Harney39558.35%19028.06%8011.82%71.03%50.74%20530.28%677
Jackson1,99261.16%79824.50%3079.43%1334.08%270.83%1,19436.66%3,257
Josephine91460.89%32721.79%20813.86%473.13%50.33%58739.11%1,501
Klamath55268.74%20825.90%253.11%101.25%81.00%34442.84%803
Lake39474.20%11521.66%40.75%91.69%91.69%27952.54%531
Lane3,50165.88%1,16621.94%3656.87%2324.37%500.94%2,33543.94%5,314
Lincoln58164.84%17919.98%11813.17%141.56%40.45%40244.87%896
Linn2,34654.36%1,20627.94%4099.48%2866.63%691.60%1,14026.41%4,316
Malheur79963.82%28022.36%745.91%776.15%221.76%51941.45%1,252
Marion4,10670.03%1,08418.49%2975.07%3125.32%641.09%3,02251.54%5,863
Morrow87565.10%23017.11%15611.61%785.80%50.37%64547.99%1,344
Multnomah13,69273.88%2,32412.54%1,8499.98%5923.19%770.42%11,36861.34%18,534
Polk1,38063.65%52124.03%1225.63%1185.44%271.25%85939.62%2,168
Sherman70171.10%16316.53%323.25%868.72%40.41%53854.56%986
Tillamook72969.49%13612.96%11911.34%656.20%00.00%59356.53%1,049
Umatilla2,64266.27%84021.07%2596.50%2235.59%230.58%1,80245.20%3,987
Union1,88462.88%77525.87%2026.74%1163.87%190.63%1,10937.02%2,996
Wallowa71464.32%25522.97%998.92%343.06%80.72%45941.35%1,110
Wasco2,09267.33%53617.25%2287.34%2227.15%290.93%1,55650.08%3,107
Washington2,29673.19%49215.68%1394.43%1514.81%591.88%1,80457.51%3,137
Wheeler46269.58%16124.25%223.31%121.81%71.05%30145.33%664
Yamhill2,00463.14%65220.54%2146.74%2838.92%210.66%1,35242.60%3,174
Totals60,45567.06%17,52119.43%7,6288.46%3,8064.22%7440.83%42,93447.62%90,154

See also

Notes and References

  1. Burnham, Walter Dean; ‘The System of 1896’, in Kleppner, Paul (editor), The Evolution of American Electoral Systems, pp. 176-179
  2. [Elmer Eric Schattschneider|Schattschneider, Elmer Eric]
  3. Murray, Keith; ‘Issues and Personalities of Pacific Northwest Politics, 1889-1950’, The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 3 (July 1950), pp. 213-233
  4. Archer, Clark; Martis, Kenneth C. and Shelley, Fred M.; Historical Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 1788-2004, p. 99
  5. Warren, Kenneth F.; Encyclopedia of U.S. campaigns, elections, and electoral behavior: A-M, p. 609
  6. Web site: David Leip. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Oregon.
  7. Egbert, Donald Drew and Bassett, Thomas D.; Socialism and American Life; p. 278
  8. Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Oregon
  9. Géoelections; Popular Vote for Eugene V. Debs (1904) (.xlsx file for €15)
  10. Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 305-308

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