1904 United States presidential election in Tennessee explained

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Election Name:	1904 United States presidential election in Tennessee
Country:	Tennessee
Flag Year:	1897
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1900 United States presidential election in Tennessee
Previous Year:	1900
Next Election:	1908 United States presidential election in Tennessee
Next Year:	1908
Election Date:	November 8, 1904
Image1:	AltonBParker.png
Nominee1:	Alton B. Parker
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State1:	New York
Running Mate1:	Henry G. Davis
Electoral Vote1:	12
Popular Vote1:	131,653
Percentage1:	54.23%
Nominee2:	Theodore Roosevelt
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:	New York
Running Mate2:	Charles W. Fairbanks
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	105,363
Percentage2:	43.40%
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 Tennessee 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.

For over a century after the Civil War, Tennessee was divided according to political loyalties established in that war. Unionist regions covering almost all of East Tennessee, Kentucky Pennyroyal-allied Macon County, and the five West Tennessee Highland Rim counties of Carroll, Henderson, McNairy, Hardin and Wayne^[1] voted Republican – generally by landslide margins – as they saw the Democratic Party as the “war party” who had forced them into a war they did not wish to fight.^[2] Contrariwise, the rest of Middle and West Tennessee who had supported and driven the state’s secession was equally fiercely Democratic as it associated the Republicans with Reconstruction.^[3] After the disfranchisement of the state’s African-American population by a poll tax was largely complete in the 1890s,^[4] the Democratic Party was certain of winning statewide elections if united,^[5] although unlike the Deep South Republicans would almost always gain thirty to forty percent of the statewide vote from mountain and Highland Rim support.

Tennessee would be 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 10.83%.

Although the GOP had lost by only single figures in the previous two elections, the shift to the more conservative Democrat Parker who opposed Roosevelt’s hosting of Booker T. Washington^[6] meant that the state swung slightly – though significantly given the extremely deep partisan loyalties – against the GOP to the Democrats.

Results

1904 United States presidential election in Tennessee^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Alton B. Parker	131,653	54.23%	12
	Republican	Theodore Roosevelt (incumbent)	105,363	43.40%	0
	Populist	Thomas E. Watson	2,491	1.03%	0
	Prohibition	Silas C. Swallow	1,889	0.78%	0
	Social Democratic	Eugene V. Debs	1,354	0.56%	0
Totals			242,750	100.00%	12
Voter turnout					—

Results by county

1904 United States presidential election in Tennessee by county^[8] ^[9]
County	Alton Brooks Parker Democratic		Theodore Roosevelt Republican		Thomas Edward Watson Populist		Silas Comfort Swallow Prohibition		Eugene Victor Debs Social Democratic		Margin		Total votes cast
	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%		data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%
	Anderson		512		26.22%		1,407		72.04%		1		0.05%		9		0.46%		24		1.23%		-895		-45.83%		1,953
	Bedford		2,063		61.13%		1,301		38.55%		4		0.12%		3		0.09%		4		0.12%		762		22.58%		3,375
	Benton		1,352		55.98%		974		40.33%		85		3.52%		4		0.17%		0		0.00%		378		15.65%		2,415
	Bledsoe		534		42.65%		718		57.35%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		-184		-14.70%		1,252
	Blount		618		23.49%		1,987		75.52%		6		0.23%		17		0.65%		3		0.11%		-1,369		-52.03%		2,631
	Bradley		701		35.48%		1,242		62.85%		6		0.30%		19		0.96%		8		0.40%		-541		-27.38%		1,976
	Campbell		309		19.24%		1,198		74.60%		4		0.25%		72		4.48%		23		1.43%		-889		-55.35%		1,606
	Cannon		1,014		62.21%		614		37.67%		2		0.12%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		400		24.54%		1,630
	Carroll		1,633		38.07%		2,424		56.52%		203		4.73%		22		0.51%		7		0.16%		-791		-18.44%		4,289
	Carter		379		12.70%		2,584		86.60%		0		0.00%		21		0.70%		0		0.00%		-2,205		-73.89%		2,984
	Cheatham		1,015		70.05%		420		28.99%		8		0.55%		6		0.41%		0		0.00%		595		41.06%		1,449
	Chester		824		54.07%		578		37.93%		103		6.76%		10		0.66%		9		0.59%		246		16.14%		1,524
	Claiborne		959		48.70%		993		50.43%		9		0.46%		1		0.05%		7		0.36%		-34		-1.73%		1,969
	Clay		544		49.59%		501		45.67%		24		2.19%		25		2.28%		3		0.27%		43		3.92%		1,097
	Cocke		626		26.55%		1,726		73.20%		1		0.04%		5		0.21%		0		0.00%		-1,100		-46.65%		2,358
	Coffee		1,441		71.20%		536		26.48%		1		0.05%		1		0.05%		45		2.22%		905		44.71%		2,024
	Crockett		1,167		51.21%		1,102		48.35%		2		0.09%		8		0.35%		0		0.00%		65		2.85%		2,279
	Cumberland		375		28.17%		898		67.47%		0		0.00%		27		2.03%		31		2.33%		-523		-39.29%		1,331
	Davidson		7,735		77.69%		1,900		19.08%		85		0.85%		94		0.94%		142		1.43%		5,835		58.61%		9,956
	DeKalb		1,095		45.30%		1,274		52.71%		0		0.00%		48		1.99%		0		0.00%		-179		-7.41%		2,417
	Decatur		858		48.18%		921		51.71%		1		0.06%		0		0.00%		1		0.06%		-63		-3.54%		1,781
	Dickson		1,490		61.34%		828		34.09%		21		0.86%		41		1.69%		49		2.02%		662		27.25%		2,429
	Dyer		1,771		73.30%		625		25.87%		7		0.29%		9		0.37%		4		0.17%		1,146		47.43%		2,416
	Fayette		2,010		96.22%		62		2.97%		13		0.62%		4		0.19%		0		0.00%		1,948		93.25%		2,089
	Fentress		278		27.72%		724		72.18%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1		0.10%		-446		-44.47%		1,003
	Franklin		2,180		74.71%		704		24.13%		6		0.21%		20		0.69%		8		0.27%		1,476		50.58%		2,918
	Gibson		3,014		66.01%		1,421		31.12%		67		1.47%		58		1.27%		6		0.13%		1,593		34.89%		4,566
	Giles		2,736		62.64%		1,583		36.24%		45		1.03%		3		0.07%		1		0.02%		1,153		26.40%		4,368
	Grainger		592		31.85%		1,253		67.40%		6		0.32%		6		0.32%		2		0.11%		-661		-35.56%		1,859
	Greene		2,128		50.78%		2,036		48.58%		4		0.10%		14		0.33%		9		0.21%		92		2.20%		4,191
	Grundy		554		57.89%		264		27.59%		39		4.08%		2		0.21%		98		10.24%		290		30.30%		957
	Hamblen		531		38.96%		812		59.57%		1		0.07%		17		1.25%		2		0.15%		-281		-20.62%		1,363
	Hamilton		3,287		43.87%		3,849		51.37%		24		0.32%		106		1.41%		227		3.03%		-562		-7.50%		7,493
	Hancock		382		23.49%		1,244		76.51%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		-862		-53.01%		1,626
	Hardeman		1,903		63.92%		986		33.12%		70		2.35%		14		0.47%		4		0.13%		917		30.80%		2,977
	Hardin		837		35.57%		1,463		62.18%		45		1.91%		5		0.21%		3		0.13%		-626		-26.60%		2,353
	Hawkins		935		38.01%		1,510		61.38%		0		0.00%		15		0.61%		0		0.00%		-575		-23.37%		2,460
	Haywood		1,341		95.24%		64		4.55%		1		0.07%		1		0.07%		1		0.07%		1,277		90.70%		1,408
	Henderson		864		38.20%		1,313		58.05%		37		1.64%		37		1.64%		11		0.49%		-449		-19.85%		2,262
	Henry		2,365		69.70%		928		27.35%		57		1.68%		38		1.12%		5		0.15%		1,437		42.35%		3,393
	Hickman		1,231		55.60%		922		41.64%		48		2.17%		7		0.32%		6		0.27%		309		13.96%		2,214
	Houston		555		61.87%		287		32.00%		1		0.11%		27		3.01%		27		3.01%		268		29.88%		897
	Humphreys		1,209		67.69%		539		30.18%		8		0.45%		25		1.40%		5		0.28%		670		37.51%		1,786
	Jackson		1,222		60.77%		772		38.39%		17		0.85%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		450		22.38%		2,011
	James		222		29.10%		533		69.86%		7		0.92%		1		0.13%		0		0.00%		-311		-40.76%		763
	Jefferson		380		23.44%		1,217		75.08%		4		0.25%		18		1.11%		2		0.12%		-837		-51.63%		1,621
	Johnson		219		10.96%		1,769		88.49%		0		0.00%		11		0.55%		0		0.00%		-1,550		-77.54%		1,999
	Knox		3,196		41.25%		4,309		55.61%		20		0.26%		120		1.55%		103		1.33%		-1,113		-14.36%		7,748
	Lake		469		72.83%		174		27.02%		0		0.00%		1		0.16%		0		0.00%		295		45.81%		644
	Lauderdale		3,017		94.08%		168		5.24%		16		0.50%		0		0.00%		6		0.19%		2,849		88.84%		3,207
	Lawrence		1,299		48.87%		1,359		51.13%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		-60		-2.26%		2,658
	Lewis		415		63.26%		220		33.54%		0		0.00%		1		0.15%		20		3.05%		195		29.73%		656
	Lincoln		2,227		70.72%		631		20.04%		195		6.19%		96		3.05%		0		0.00%		1,596		50.68%		3,149
	Loudon		356		30.07%		810		68.41%		8		0.68%		7		0.59%		3		0.25%		-454		-38.34%		1,184
	Macon		751		33.22%		1,482		65.55%		28		1.24%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		-731		-32.33%		2,261
	Madison		2,618		65.48%		1,180		29.51%		174		4.35%		5		0.13%		21		0.53%		1,438		35.97%		3,998
	Marion		731		36.92%		1,189		60.05%		3		0.15%		18		0.91%		39		1.97%		-458		-23.13%		1,980
	Marshall		2,152		73.67%		620		21.23%		128		4.38%		21		0.72%		0		0.00%		1,532		52.45%		2,921
	Maury		2,142		66.85%		973		30.37%		41		1.28%		37		1.15%		11		0.34%		1,169		36.49%		3,204
	McMinn		1,001		37.42%		1,669		62.39%		5		0.19%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		-668		-24.97%		2,675
	McNairy		1,218		42.50%		1,525		53.21%		121		4.22%		2		0.07%		0		0.00%		-307		-10.71%		2,866
	Meigs		563		52.86%		481		45.16%		20		1.88%		1		0.09%		0		0.00%		82		7.70%		1,065
	Monroe		1,385		44.19%		1,724		55.01%		1		0.03%		20		0.64%		4		0.13%		-339		-10.82%		3,134
	Montgomery		1,697		63.23%		843		31.41%		19		0.71%		121		4.51%		4		0.15%		854		31.82%		2,684
	Moore		857		88.26%		95		9.78%		18		1.85%		1		0.10%		0		0.00%		762		78.48%		971
	Morgan		387		26.63%		1,049		72.20%		0		0.00%		16		1.10%		1		0.07%		-662		-45.56%		1,453
	Obion		2,624		77.18%		756		22.24%		2		0.06%		18		0.53%		0		0.00%		1,868		54.94%		3,400
	Overton		1,125		57.93%		817		42.07%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		308		15.86%		1,942
	Perry		752		56.29%		584		43.71%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		168		12.57%		1,336
	Pickett		346		40.47%		509		59.53%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		-163		-19.06%		855
	Polk		688		40.61%		1,006		59.39%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		-318		-18.77%		1,694
	Putnam		1,310		51.35%		1,213		47.55%		11		0.43%		17		0.67%		0		0.00%		97		3.80%		2,551
	Rhea		799		46.24%		881		50.98%		10		0.58%		30		1.74%		8		0.46%		-82		-4.75%		1,728
	Roane		493		24.17%		1,378		67.55%		17		0.83%		87		4.26%		65		3.19%		-885		-43.38%		2,040
	Robertson		2,308		72.44%		811		25.46%		21		0.66%		43		1.35%		3		0.09%		1,497		46.99%		3,186
	Rutherford		2,504		64.39%		1,348		34.66%		26		0.67%		7		0.18%		4		0.10%		1,156		29.72%		3,889
	Scott		166		9.56%		1,567		90.26%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		3		0.17%		-1,401		-80.70%		1,736
	Sequatchie		356		66.79%		175		32.83%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		2		0.38%		181		33.96%		533
	Sevier		300		9.40%		2,886		90.44%		0		0.00%		5		0.16%		0		0.00%		-2,586		-81.04%		3,191
	Shelby		8,686		75.64%		2,563		22.32%		13		0.11%		25		0.22%		196		1.71%		6,123		53.32%		11,483
	Smith		1,562		55.35%		1,080		38.27%		93		3.30%		87		3.08%		0		0.00%		482		17.08%		2,822
	Stewart		1,330		65.07%		681		33.32%		0		0.00%		1		0.05%		32		1.57%		649		31.75%		2,044
	Sullivan		2,116		57.69%		1,506		41.06%		3		0.08%		41		1.12%		2		0.05%		610		16.63%		3,668
	Sumner		2,178		76.64%		599		21.08%		57		2.01%		4		0.14%		4		0.14%		1,579		55.56%		2,842
	Tipton		1,882		64.01%		980		33.33%		72		2.45%		4		0.14%		2		0.07%		902		30.68%		2,940
	Trousdale		488		71.14%		177		25.80%		21		3.06%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		311		45.34%		686
	Unicoi		74		8.64%		776		90.65%		0		0.00%		6		0.70%		0		0.00%		-702		-82.01%		856
	Union		334		19.04%		1,410		80.39%		0		0.00%		10		0.57%		0		0.00%		-1,076		-61.35%		1,754
	Van Buren		352		68.75%		160		31.25%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		192		37.50%		512
	Warren		1,815		69.83%		707		27.20%		29		1.12%		11		0.42%		37		1.42%		1,108		42.63%		2,599
	Washington		1,268		36.86%		2,120		61.63%		0		0.00%		48		1.40%		4		0.12%		-852		-24.77%		3,440
	Wayne		434		23.21%		1,426		76.26%		1		0.05%		9		0.48%		0		0.00%		-992		-53.05%		1,870
	Weakley		2,892		61.58%		1,629		34.69%		130		2.77%		44		0.94%		1		0.02%		1,263		26.90%		4,696
	White		1,682		70.82%		679		28.59%		3		0.13%		11		0.46%		0		0.00%		1,003		42.23%		2,375
	Williamson		1,932		76.42%		475		18.79%		100		3.96%		20		0.79%		1		0.04%		1,457		57.63%		2,528
	Wilson		2,386		70.45%		966		28.52%		12		0.35%		23		0.68%		0		0.00%		1,420		41.93%		3,387
Totals	131,653	54.23%	105,372	43.41%	2,491	1.03%	1,889	0.78%	1,354	0.56%	26,281	10.83%	242,759

See also

• 1904 Tennessee gubernatorial election
• United States presidential elections in Tennessee

Notes and References

1. Wright, John K.; ‘Voting Habits in the United States: A Note on Two Maps’; Geographical Review, vol. 22, no. 4 (October 1932), pp. 666-672
2. [Valdimer Orlando Key|Key (Jr.), Valdimer Orlando]
3. Lyons, William; Scheb (II), John M. and Stair Billy; Government and Politics in Tennessee, pp. 183-184
4. [Kevin Phillips (political commentator)|Phillips, Kevin P.]
5. Grantham, Dewey W.; ‘Tennessee and Twentieth-Century American Politics’; Tennessee Historical Quarterly, Vol. 54, No. 3 (Fall 1995), pp. 210-229
6. Tindall, George B.; ‘Southern Strategy: A Historical Perspective’; North Carolina Historical Review; vol. 48, no. 2 (April 1971), pp. 126-141
7. Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Tennessee
8. Web site: Géoelections. Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1904. (.xlsx file for €15)
9. Web site: Géoelections. Popular Vote for Eugene V. Debs at the Presidential Election for 1904. (.xlsx file for €30 including other minor party figures)