1904 United States presidential election in Maryland

The 1904 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 8, 1904. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1904 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

1904 United States presidential election in Maryland

November 8, 1904

Nominee Alton B. Parker Theodore Roosevelt Party Democratic Republican Home state New York New York Running mate Henry G. Davis Charles W. Fairbanks Electoral vote 7[lower-alpha 1] 1 Popular vote 109,446 109,497 Percentage 48.81% 48.83%[lower-alpha 1]

County Results Parker   40-50%   50-60% Roosevelt   50-60%   60-70%

President before election Theodore Roosevelt Republican Elected President Theodore Roosevelt Republican

The winner in Maryland depends on the votes, supposedly due to the “Wilson Law” designed to make it easier for Democrats to cast ballots for both Presidential electors and Congress by a simple turning down of a single fold in the ballot paper.[2] Seven electoral votes were won by the Democratic nominees, Chief Judge Alton B. Parker of New York and his running mate Henry G. Davis of West Virginia, while the Republican nominees, President Theodore Roosevelt of New York and his running mate Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana, won the popular vote and one electoral vote. Roosevelt’s popular vote margin is the second-closest presidential election margin by number of votes on record, behind Henry Clay’s four-vote 1832 win[3] also in Maryland.

Results

1904 United States presidential election in Maryland[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Alton B. Parker	109,446	48.81%	7[lower-alpha 1]
	Republican	Theodore Roosevelt	109,497	48.83%	1[lower-alpha 1]
	Prohibition	Silas C. Swallow	3,034	1.35%	0
	Social Democratic	Eugene Debs	2,247	1.00%	0
	Write-ins	Scattered	4	0.00%	0
	Populist	Thomas E. Watson	1	0.00%	0
Totals			224,229	100.00%	8
Voter turnout					—

Results by county

County	Theodore Roosevelt[5] Republican		Alton Brooks Parker[5] Democratic		Silas Comfort Swallow[6] Prohibition		Eugene Victor Debs[6] Social Democratic		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Allegany	5,232	56.32%	3,326	35.81%	318	3.42%	413	4.45%	1,906	20.52%	9,289
Anne Arundel	2,849	47.64%	3,001	50.18%	108	1.81%	22	0.37%	-152	-2.54%	5,980
Baltimore County	7,570	43.89%	9,394	54.47%	194	1.12%	88	0.51%	-1,824	-10.58%	17,246
Baltimore City	47,444	48.64%	47,901	49.11%	731	0.75%	1,461	1.50%	-457	-0.47%	97,537
Calvert	1,030	57.48%	740	41.29%	17	0.95%	5	0.28%	290	16.18%	1,792
Caroline	1,452	43.09%	1,809	53.68%	86	2.55%	23	0.68%	-357	-10.59%	3,370
Carroll	3,357	47.77%	3,527	50.19%	130	1.85%	13	0.19%	-170	-2.42%	7,027
Cecil	2,425	48.14%	2,554	50.70%	53	1.05%	5	0.10%	-129	-2.56%	5,037
Charles	1,659	57.80%	1,180	41.11%	24	0.84%	7	0.24%	479	16.69%	2,870
Dorchester	2,680	55.04%	2,087	42.86%	86	1.77%	16	0.33%	593	12.18%	4,869
Frederick	5,788	52.83%	5,004	45.67%	149	1.36%	15	0.14%	784	7.16%	10,956
Garrett	2,051	66.96%	947	30.92%	47	1.53%	18	0.59%	1,104	36.04%	3,063
Harford	2,561	43.91%	3,151	54.02%	117	2.01%	4	0.07%	-590	-10.11%	5,833
Howard	1,258	39.00%	1,914	59.33%	40	1.24%	14	0.43%	-656	-20.33%	3,226
Kent	1,841	47.91%	1,956	50.90%	44	1.14%	2	0.05%	-115	-2.99%	3,843
Montgomery	2,711	46.09%	3,082	52.40%	79	1.34%	10	0.17%	-371	-6.31%	5,882
Prince George's	2,845	55.36%	2,270	44.17%	18	0.35%	6	0.12%	575	11.19%	5,139
Queen Anne's	1,487	38.28%	2,258	58.12%	130	3.35%	10	0.26%	-771	-19.85%	3,885
Somerset	1,874	51.53%	1,580	43.44%	177	4.87%	6	0.16%	294	8.08%	3,637
St. Mary's	1,174	48.00%	1,247	50.98%	21	0.86%	4	0.16%	-73	-2.98%	2,446
Talbot	1,999	50.53%	1,861	47.04%	89	2.25%	7	0.18%	138	3.49%	3,956
Washington	4,581	51.86%	4,064	46.01%	103	1.17%	85	0.96%	517	5.85%	8,833
Wicomico	2,179	44.47%	2,593	52.92%	127	2.59%	1	0.02%	-414	-8.45%	4,900
Worcester	1,450	40.19%	2,000	55.43%	146	4.05%	12	0.33%	-550	-15.24%	3,608
Totals	109,497	48.83%	109,446	48.81%	3,034	1.35%	2,247	1.00%	51	0.02%	224,229[lower-alpha 2]

See also

• United States presidential elections in Maryland

Notes

1. Seven of the eight highest electors were for Partker, but the highest Roosevelt elector, Charles J. Bonaparte, had 51 more votes than the highest Parker elector, Frank Brown.[1]
2. This total include five write-in votes not grouped by county, one of which was for Populist nominee Thomas E. Watson, who was on the ballot in 34 of the contemporary 45 states.

References

1. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1904 Presidential Electors – Maryland
2. ‘Taft Gets Part of Maryland Vote – Trick Ballot Prevented Republicans from Getting a Big Plurality’; Special to the New York Times, November 6, 1908, p. 2
3. Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; 1832 Presidential General Election Results – Maryland
4. Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; 1904 Presidential General Election Results – Maryland
5. Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1904 (.xlsx file for €15)
6. Géoelections; Popular Vote for Eugene Debs at the Presidential Election for 1904 (.xlsx file for €15)