See main article: 1904 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1904 United States presidential election in West Virginia |
| Country: | West Virginia |
| Flag Year: | 1905 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1900 United States presidential election in West Virginia |
| Previous Year: | 1900 |
| Next Election: | 1908 United States presidential election in West Virginia |
| 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: | 7 |
| Popular Vote1: | 132,620 |
| Percentage1: | 55.26% |
| Nominee2: | Alton B. Parker |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | New York |
| Running Mate2: | Henry G. Davis |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 100,855 |
| Percentage2: | 42.03% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| 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 West Virginia took place on November 8, 1904. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1904 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
West Virginia 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 which West Virginia was his home state. Roosevelt won the state by a margin of 13.23%.
Despite the over 13 point victory in the state, it was 5 points more Democratic than the national average, making the state close by comparison to the national standard of margin .
| 1904 United States presidential election in West Virginia[1] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Republican | Theodore Roosevelt (incumbent) | 132,620 | 55.26% | 7 | ||
| Democratic | Alton B. Parker | 100,855 | 42.03% | 0 | ||
| Prohibition | Silas C. Swallow | 4,599 | 1.92% | 0 | ||
| Social Democratic | Eugene V. Debs | 1,573 | 0.66% | 0 | ||
| Populist | Thomas E. Watson | 339 | 0.14% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 239,986 | 100.00% | 7 | |||
| Voter turnout | — | |||||
| County | Republican | Democratic | Prohibition | Socialist | People's | Margin | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Barbour | 1,863 | 53.11% | 1,585 | 45.18% | 56 | 1.60% | 4 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 278 | 7.92% | 3,508 | ||||||||||||||
| Berkeley | 2,548 | 49.68% | 2,488 | 48.51% | 93 | 1.81% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 60 | 1.17% | 5,129 | ||||||||||||||
| Boone | 784 | 45.77% | 912 | 53.24% | 16 | 0.93% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.06% | -128 | -7.47% | 1,713 | ||||||||||||||
| Braxton | 2,177 | 47.58% | 2,324 | 50.80% | 62 | 1.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 12 | 0.26% | -147 | -3.21% | 4,575 | ||||||||||||||
| Brooke | 1,130 | 58.46% | 742 | 38.39% | 54 | 2.79% | 7 | 0.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 388 | 20.07% | 1,933 | ||||||||||||||
| Cabell | 3,778 | 52.55% | 3,193 | 44.42% | 117 | 1.63% | 101 | 1.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 585 | 8.14% | 7,189 | ||||||||||||||
| Calhoun | 1,125 | 45.29% | 1,337 | 53.82% | 16 | 0.64% | 4 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.08% | -212 | -8.53% | 2,484 | ||||||||||||||
| Clay | 1,025 | 47.85% | 1,058 | 49.39% | 59 | 2.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -33 | -1.54% | 2,142 | ||||||||||||||
| Doddridge | 1,774 | 61.03% | 1,076 | 37.01% | 48 | 1.65% | 6 | 0.21% | 3 | 0.10% | 698 | 24.01% | 2,907 | ||||||||||||||
| Fayette | 6,509 | 63.20% | 3,295 | 31.99% | 336 | 3.26% | 155 | 1.51% | 4 | 0.04% | 3,214 | 31.21% | 10,299 | ||||||||||||||
| Gilmer | 1,080 | 41.97% | 1,435 | 55.77% | 56 | 2.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.08% | -355 | -13.80% | 2,573 | ||||||||||||||
| Grant | 1,298 | 79.53% | 312 | 19.12% | 22 | 1.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 986 | 60.42% | 1,632 | ||||||||||||||
| Greenbrier | 2,296 | 46.70% | 2,573 | 52.33% | 45 | 0.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.06% | -277 | -5.63% | 4,917 | ||||||||||||||
| Hampshire | 700 | 26.44% | 1,878 | 70.92% | 18 | 0.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 52 | 1.96% | -1,178 | -44.49% | 2,648 | ||||||||||||||
| Hancock | 1,010 | 63.32% | 508 | 31.85% | 69 | 4.33% | 4 | 0.25% | 4 | 0.25% | 502 | 31.47% | 1,595 | ||||||||||||||
| Hardy | 638 | 33.85% | 1,234 | 65.46% | 4 | 0.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 9 | 0.48% | -596 | -31.62% | 1,885 | ||||||||||||||
| Harrison | 5,075 | 60.04% | 2,921 | 34.56% | 369 | 4.37% | 21 | 0.25% | 66 | 0.78% | 2,154 | 25.49% | 8,452 | ||||||||||||||
| Jackson | 2,596 | 54.50% | 2,122 | 44.55% | 28 | 0.59% | 1 | 0.02% | 16 | 0.34% | 474 | 9.95% | 4,763 | ||||||||||||||
| Jefferson | 1,308 | 33.41% | 2,556 | 65.29% | 50 | 1.28% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,248 | -31.88% | 3,915 | ||||||||||||||
| Kanawha | 8,857 | 58.62% | 5,756 | 38.10% | 205 | 1.36% | 290 | 1.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,101 | 20.53% | 15,108 | ||||||||||||||
| Lewis | 2,131 | 53.69% | 1,621 | 40.84% | 191 | 4.81% | 13 | 0.33% | 13 | 0.33% | 510 | 12.85% | 3,969 | ||||||||||||||
| Lincoln | 2,080 | 55.93% | 1,586 | 42.65% | 51 | 1.37% | 2 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 494 | 13.28% | 3,719 | ||||||||||||||
| Logan | 570 | 33.06% | 1,123 | 65.14% | 22 | 1.28% | 9 | 0.52% | 0 | 0.00% | -553 | -32.08% | 1,724 | ||||||||||||||
| Marion | 4,776 | 54.18% | 3,762 | 42.68% | 207 | 2.35% | 58 | 0.66% | 12 | 0.14% | 1,014 | 11.50% | 8,815 | ||||||||||||||
| Marshall | 3,924 | 60.76% | 2,115 | 32.75% | 246 | 3.81% | 171 | 2.65% | 2 | 0.03% | 1,809 | 28.01% | 6,458 | ||||||||||||||
| Mason | 2,983 | 57.78% | 2,125 | 41.16% | 31 | 0.60% | 24 | 0.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 858 | 16.62% | 5,163 | ||||||||||||||
| McDowell | 5,225 | 75.32% | 1,676 | 24.16% | 36 | 0.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,549 | 51.16% | 6,937 | ||||||||||||||
| Mercer | 3,640 | 60.15% | 2,327 | 38.45% | 63 | 1.04% | 20 | 0.33% | 2 | 0.03% | 1,313 | 21.70% | 6,052 | ||||||||||||||
| Mineral | 1,802 | 54.96% | 1,397 | 42.60% | 57 | 1.74% | 22 | 0.67% | 1 | 0.03% | 405 | 12.35% | 3,279 | ||||||||||||||
| Mingo | 1,607 | 49.08% | 1,652 | 50.46% | 14 | 0.43% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -45 | -1.37% | 3,274 | ||||||||||||||
| Monongalia | 3,188 | 64.70% | 1,596 | 32.39% | 113 | 2.29% | 26 | 0.53% | 4 | 0.08% | 1,592 | 32.31% | 4,927 | ||||||||||||||
| Monroe | 1,485 | 49.29% | 1,503 | 49.88% | 10 | 0.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 15 | 0.50% | -18 | -0.60% | 3,013 | ||||||||||||||
| Morgan | 1,097 | 64.23% | 576 | 33.72% | 31 | 1.81% | 4 | 0.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 521 | 30.50% | 1,708 | ||||||||||||||
| Nicholas | 1,416 | 47.20% | 1,398 | 46.60% | 184 | 6.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.07% | 18 | 0.60% | 3,000 | ||||||||||||||
| Ohio | 7,771 | 57.95% | 5,128 | 38.24% | 127 | 0.95% | 381 | 2.84% | 3 | 0.02% | 2,643 | 19.71% | 13,410 | ||||||||||||||
| Pendleton | 926 | 43.84% | 1,169 | 55.35% | 17 | 0.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -243 | -11.51% | 2,112 | ||||||||||||||
| Pleasants | 1,130 | 53.66% | 945 | 44.87% | 29 | 1.38% | 2 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 185 | 8.78% | 2,106 | ||||||||||||||
| Pocahontas | 1,167 | 49.70% | 1,130 | 48.13% | 49 | 2.09% | 1 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.04% | 37 | 1.58% | 2,348 | ||||||||||||||
| Preston | 3,935 | 73.86% | 1,242 | 23.31% | 87 | 1.63% | 63 | 1.18% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,693 | 50.54% | 5,328 | ||||||||||||||
| Putnam | 2,161 | 57.05% | 1,566 | 41.34% | 54 | 1.43% | 5 | 0.13% | 2 | 0.05% | 595 | 15.71% | 3,788 | ||||||||||||||
| Raleigh | 1,849 | 55.10% | 1,394 | 41.54% | 100 | 2.98% | 5 | 0.15% | 8 | 0.24% | 455 | 13.56% | 3,356 | ||||||||||||||
| Randolph | 1,892 | 42.49% | 2,474 | 55.56% | 85 | 1.91% | 2 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | -582 | -13.07% | 4,453 | ||||||||||||||
| Ritchie | 2,622 | 61.94% | 1,393 | 32.91% | 199 | 4.70% | 12 | 0.28% | 7 | 0.17% | 1,229 | 29.03% | 4,233 | ||||||||||||||
| Roane | 2,294 | 53.86% | 1,863 | 43.74% | 53 | 1.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 49 | 1.15% | 431 | 10.12% | 4,259 | ||||||||||||||
| Summers | 1,702 | 46.35% | 1,937 | 52.75% | 29 | 0.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.11% | -235 | -6.40% | 3,672 | ||||||||||||||
| Taylor | 2,237 | 58.82% | 1,466 | 38.55% | 81 | 2.13% | 19 | 0.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 771 | 20.27% | 3,803 | ||||||||||||||
| Tucker | 1,800 | 59.29% | 1,134 | 37.35% | 100 | 3.29% | 1 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.03% | 666 | 21.94% | 3,036 | ||||||||||||||
| Tyler | 2,308 | 59.67% | 1,332 | 34.44% | 183 | 4.73% | 40 | 1.03% | 5 | 0.13% | 976 | 25.23% | 3,868 | ||||||||||||||
| Upshur | 2,405 | 72.05% | 826 | 24.75% | 103 | 3.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.12% | 1,579 | 47.30% | 3,338 | ||||||||||||||
| Wayne | 2,362 | 48.60% | 2,449 | 50.39% | 35 | 0.72% | 2 | 0.04% | 12 | 0.25% | -87 | -1.79% | 4,860 | ||||||||||||||
| Webster | 883 | 42.23% | 1,208 | 57.77% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -325 | -15.54% | 2,091 | ||||||||||||||
| Wetzel | 2,493 | 45.35% | 2,833 | 51.54% | 114 | 2.07% | 48 | 0.87% | 9 | 0.16% | -340 | -6.19% | 5,497 | ||||||||||||||
| Wirt | 1,134 | 50.09% | 1,098 | 48.50% | 30 | 1.33% | 1 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.04% | 36 | 1.59% | 2,264 | ||||||||||||||
| Wood | 4,969 | 55.81% | 3,741 | 42.01% | 133 | 1.49% | 46 | 0.52% | 15 | 0.17% | 1,228 | 13.79% | 8,904 | ||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 1,093 | 57.62% | 791 | 41.70% | 13 | 0.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 302 | 15.92% | 1,897 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 132,628 | 55.26% | 100,881 | 42.03% | 4,600 | 1.92% | 1,572 | 0.65% | 347 | 0.14% | 31,747 | 13.23% | 240,028 | ||||||||||||||