1904 United States presidential election in Nevada

The 1904 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 8, 1904, as part of the 1904 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1904 United States presidential election in Nevada

November 8, 1904

Nominee Theodore Roosevelt Alton B. Parker Eugene V. Debs Party Republican Democratic Socialist Home state New York New York Indiana Running mate Charles W. Fairbanks Henry G. Davis Benjamin Hanford Electoral vote 3 0 0 Popular vote 6,864 3,982 925 Percentage 56.66% 32.87% 7.64%

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

President before election Theodore Roosevelt Republican Elected President Theodore Roosevelt Republican

Nevada was won by the Republican ticket of incumbent President Theodore Roosevelt (NY) and Senator Charles W. Fairbanks (IN) by a margin of 23.79%,[1] roughly mirroring the results of the national popular vote. After the state had voted overwhelmingly for James B. Weaver and William Jennings Bryan during the three previous elections, Roosevelt claimed the state for the Republican Party for the only time between 1888 and 1920.

Roosevelt won every county in the state, becoming the first Republican presidential candidate to do so; this has since only been equalled by Richard Nixon in 1972.

Following this election, Nevada would eventually become a bellwether that has reflected the result in 26 of the 29 presidential elections since (the exceptions were in 1908, 1976 and 2016).

1904 United States presidential election in Nevada
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Republican	Theodore Roosevelt of New York	Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana	6,864	56.66%	3	100.00%
	Democratic	Alton B. Parker of New York	Henry G. Davis of West Virginia	3,982	32.87%	0	0.00%
	Socialist	Eugene V. Debs of Indiana	Ben Hanford of New York	925	7.64%	0	0.00%
	People's	Thomas E. Watson of Georgia	Thomas Tibbles of Nebraska	344	2.84%	0	0.00%
Total				12,115	100.00%	3	100.00%

Results by county

County	Theodore Roosevelt Republican		Alton Brooks Parker Democratic		Eugene Victor Debs[2] Socialist		Thomas Edward Watson[2] Populist		Margin		Total votes cast[3]
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Churchill	185	49.47%	165	44.12%	14	3.74%	10	2.67%	20	5.35%	374
Douglas	262	68.59%	112	29.32%	2	0.52%	6	1.57%	150	39.27%	382
Elko	718	54.07%	508	38.25%	69	5.20%	33	2.48%	210	15.81%	1,328
Esmeralda	490	42.20%	380	32.73%	273	23.51%	18	1.55%	110	9.47%	1,161
Eureka	235	62.50%	107	28.46%	5	1.33%	29	7.71%	128	34.04%	376
Humboldt	610	57.44%	356	33.52%	64	6.03%	32	3.01%	254	23.92%	1,062
Lander	227	61.85%	93	25.34%	14	3.81%	33	8.99%	134	36.51%	367
Lincoln	405	53.08%	295	38.66%	52	6.82%	11	1.44%	110	14.42%	763
Lyon	392	67.82%	164	28.37%	19	3.29%	3	0.52%	228	39.45%	578
Nye	511	50.74%	389	38.63%	84	8.34%	23	2.28%	122	12.12%	1,007
Ormsby	409	60.15%	218	32.06%	39	5.74%	14	2.06%	191	28.09%	680
Storey	627	61.47%	322	31.57%	28	2.75%	43	4.22%	305	29.90%	1,020
Washoe	1,517	59.44%	721	28.25%	245	9.60%	69	2.70%	796	31.19%	2,552
White Pine	276	59.35%	152	32.69%	17	3.66%	20	4.30%	124	26.67%	465
Totals	6,864	56.66%	3,982	32.87%	925	7.64%	344	2.84%	2,882	23.79%	12,115

References

1. Dave Leip’s U.S Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Nevada
2. Géoelections; Popular Vote for Eugene V. Debs (1904) (.xlsx file for €15)
3. Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 268-270 ISBN 9780804716963