1904 United States presidential election in Florida
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The 1904 United States presidential election in Florida was held on November 8, 1904. Voter chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice-President.
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Nevertheless, Florida's one-party Democratic rule was to be marginally interrupted in the 1900s by considerable Socialist and Populist growth, centered in Tampa and Jacksonville, and southern Lee County with its "Koreshan Unity" sect[4] Immigrants and farmers fearing loss of tenure were able to give Eugene V. Debs, in the second of his five Presidential runs, over ten percent of the vote in several counties of South Florida, and Populist Thomas E. Watson substantial votes in many pineywoods counties. However, this did not threaten the Democrats' monopoly on statewide power except in Calhoun County which Democratic nominee Alton B. Parker held by just two votes and William Jennings Bryan was to lose in 1908.
Florida was won by 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. They defeated the Republican nominees, incumbent President Theodore Roosevelt of New York and his running mate Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana. Parker won the state by a landslide margin of 47.65%.
Results
1904 United States presidential election in Florida[5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Democrat | Alton B. Parker | 27,046 | 68.80% | 5 | |
Republican | Theodore Roosevelt (incumbent) | 8,314 | 21.15% | 0 | |
Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 2,337 | 5.95% | 0 | |
People's | Thomas E. Watson | 1,605 | 4.08% | 0 | |
Write-ins[a] | — | 7 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Totals | 39,302 | 100.00% | 5 |
Results by county
County | Alton Brooks Parker Democratic |
Theodore Roosevelt Republican |
Eugene Victor Debs[6] Socialist |
Thomas E. Watson[6] People's |
Margin | Total votes cast[7] | |||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Alachua | 1,277 | 66.41% | 543 | 28.24% | 58 | 3.02% | 45 | 2.34% | 734 | 38.17% | 1,923 |
Baker | 207 | 61.06% | 120 | 35.40% | 12 | 3.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 87 | 25.66% | 339 |
Bradford | 633 | 79.32% | 124 | 15.54% | 26 | 3.26% | 15 | 1.88% | 509 | 63.78% | 798 |
Brevard | 553 | 77.78% | 125 | 17.58% | 30 | 4.22% | 3 | 0.42% | 428 | 60.20% | 711 |
Calhoun | 162 | 40.81% | 160 | 40.30% | 21 | 5.29% | 54 | 13.60% | 2 | 0.50% | 397 |
Citrus | 369 | 88.49% | 21 | 5.04% | 17 | 4.08% | 10 | 2.40% | 348 | 83.45% | 417 |
Clay | 247 | 76.00% | 50 | 15.38% | 26 | 8.00% | 2 | 0.62% | 197 | 60.62% | 325 |
Columbia | 595 | 60.22% | 317 | 32.09% | 33 | 3.34% | 43 | 4.35% | 278 | 28.14% | 988 |
Dade
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887 | 69.57% | 307 | 24.08% | 59 | 4.63% | 22 | 1.73% | 580 | 45.49% | 1,275 |
De Soto
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721 | 71.32% | 188 | 18.60% | 26 | 2.57% | 76 | 7.52% | 533 | 52.72% | 1,011 |
Duval | 2,011 | 65.65% | 671 | 21.91% | 235 | 7.67% | 146 | 4.77% | 1,340 | 43.75% | 3,063 |
Escambia | 1,573 | 72.86% | 497 | 23.02% | 66 | 3.06% | 23 | 1.07% | 1,076 | 49.84% | 2,159 |
Franklin | 336 | 69.28% | 144 | 29.69% | 2 | 0.41% | 3 | 0.62% | 192 | 39.59% | 485 |
Gadsden | 471 | 87.87% | 54 | 10.07% | 4 | 0.75% | 7 | 1.31% | 417 | 77.80% | 536 |
Hamilton | 455 | 71.99% | 155 | 24.53% | 6 | 0.95% | 16 | 2.53% | 300 | 47.47% | 632 |
Hernando | 172 | 85.57% | 12 | 5.97% | 6 | 2.99% | 11 | 5.47% | 160 | 79.60% | 201 |
Hillsborough | 1,976 | 62.71% | 516 | 16.38% | 441 | 14.00% | 218 | 6.92% | 1,460 | 46.33% | 3,151 |
Holmes | 284 | 60.04% | 140 | 29.60% | 16 | 3.38% | 33 | 6.98% | 144 | 30.44% | 473 |
Jackson | 1,186 | 68.59% | 354 | 20.47% | 96 | 5.55% | 93 | 5.38% | 832 | 48.12% | 1,729 |
Jefferson | 471 | 77.34% | 123 | 20.20% | 9 | 1.48% | 6 | 0.99% | 348 | 57.14% | 609 |
Lafayette | 275 | 63.36% | 122 | 28.11% | 20 | 4.61% | 17 | 3.92% | 153 | 35.25% | 434 |
Lake | 529 | 72.66% | 148 | 20.33% | 33 | 4.53% | 18 | 2.47% | 381 | 52.34% | 728 |
Lee | 266 | 53.96% | 84 | 17.04% | 122 | 24.75% | 21 | 4.26% | 144[b] | 29.21% | 493 |
Leon | 649 | 87.82% | 84 | 11.37% | 4 | 0.54% | 2 | 0.27% | 565 | 76.45% | 739 |
Levy | 426 | 69.38% | 151 | 24.59% | 20 | 3.26% | 17 | 2.77% | 275 | 44.79% | 614 |
Liberty | 143 | 71.14% | 50 | 24.88% | 3 | 1.49% | 5 | 2.49% | 93 | 46.27% | 201 |
Madison | 595 | 87.76% | 66 | 9.73% | 12 | 1.77% | 5 | 0.74% | 529 | 78.02% | 678 |
Manatee | 592 | 69.24% | 91 | 10.64% | 124 | 14.50% | 48 | 5.61% | 501 | 58.60% | 855 |
Marion | 1,091 | 75.14% | 230 | 15.84% | 69 | 4.75% | 62 | 4.27% | 861 | 59.30% | 1,452 |
Monroe | 680 | 61.21% | 287 | 25.83% | 75 | 6.75% | 69 | 6.21% | 393 | 35.37% | 1,111 |
Nassau | 509 | 67.33% | 161 | 21.30% | 56 | 7.41% | 30 | 3.97% | 348 | 46.03% | 756 |
Orange | 874 | 70.09% | 315 | 25.26% | 42 | 3.37% | 16 | 1.28% | 559 | 44.83% | 1,247 |
Osceola | 271 | 76.77% | 65 | 18.41% | 12 | 3.40% | 5 | 1.42% | 206 | 58.36% | 353 |
Pasco | 453 | 79.47% | 96 | 16.84% | 10 | 1.75% | 11 | 1.93% | 357 | 62.63% | 570 |
Polk | 869 | 81.44% | 125 | 11.72% | 57 | 5.34% | 16 | 1.50% | 744 | 69.73% | 1,067 |
Putnam | 562 | 69.13% | 210 | 25.83% | 16 | 1.97% | 25 | 3.08% | 352 | 43.30% | 813 |
St. Johns | 550 | 56.76% | 204 | 21.05% | 148 | 15.27% | 67 | 6.91% | 346 | 35.71% | 969 |
Santa Rosa | 403 | 73.41% | 73 | 13.30% | 46 | 8.38% | 27 | 4.92% | 330 | 60.11% | 549 |
Sumter | 316 | 63.20% | 61 | 12.20% | 55 | 11.00% | 68 | 13.60% | 248[c] | 49.60% | 500 |
Suwannee | 584 | 75.84% | 125 | 16.23% | 29 | 3.77% | 32 | 4.16% | 459 | 59.61% | 770 |
Taylor | 168 | 53.00% | 119 | 37.54% | 4 | 1.26% | 26 | 8.20% | 49 | 15.46% | 317 |
Volusia | 654 | 62.29% | 263 | 25.05% | 70 | 6.67% | 63 | 6.00% | 391 | 37.24% | 1,050 |
Wakulla | 233 | 82.33% | 39 | 13.78% | 10 | 3.53% | 1 | 0.35% | 194 | 68.55% | 283 |
Walton | 354 | 46.89% | 322 | 42.65% | 44 | 5.83% | 35 | 4.64% | 32 | 4.24% | 755 |
Washington | 414 | 53.35% | 202 | 26.03% | 67 | 8.63% | 93 | 11.98% | 212 | 27.32% | 776 |
Totals | 27,046 | 68.82% | 8,314 | 21.15% | 2,337 | 5.95% | 1,605 | 4.08% | 18,732 | 47.66% | 39,302 |
See also
Notes
- ^ These write-in votes were not listed by county.
- ^ In this county where Debs ran second ahead of Roosevelt, margin given is Parker vote minus Debs vote and percentage margin Parker percentage minus Watson percentage.
- ^ In this county where Watson ran second ahead of Roosevelt, margin given is Parker vote minus Watson vote and percentage margin Parker percentage minus Watson percentage.
References
- ISBN 140087114X
- ^ See Price, Hugh Douglas; 'The Negro and Florida Politics, 1944-1954'; The Journal of Politics, Vol. 17, No. 2 (May, 1955), pp. 198-220
- ISBN 9780691163246
- ^ Griffin, R. Steven; ‘Workers of the Sunshine State, Unite! The Florida Socialist Party during the Progressive Era, 1900-1920’ (thesis)
- ^ "1904 Presidential General Election Results – Florida". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved February 24, 2012.
- ^ a b Géoelections; Popular Vote for Eugene V. Debs (1904) (.xlsx file for €15)
- ISBN 9780804716963