1904 United States presidential election in South Carolina

The 1904 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 8, 1904. Voters chose 9 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

United States presidential election in South Carolina, 1904

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 9 0 Popular vote 52,563 2,554 Percentage 95.36% 4.62%

County Results Parker   50-60%   80-90%   90-100%

President before election Theodore Roosevelt Republican Elected President Theodore Roosevelt Republican

South Carolina voted for the Democratic nominee, former Chief Judge of New York Court of Appeals Alton B. Parker, over the Republican nominee, President Theodore Roosevelt. Parker won South Carolina by a landslide margin of 90.74%, due to the nearly complete disfranchisement of the black majority that was the Republican Party's sole support in the state.[1]

Results

United States presidential election in South Carolina, 1904[2]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Democratic	Alton Brooks Parker of New York	Henry Gassaway Davis of West Virginia	52,563	95.36%	9	100.00%
	Republican	Theodore Roosevelt of New York	Charles Warren Fairbanks of Indiana	2,554	4.62%	0	0.00%
	People's	Thomas Edward Watson of Georgia	Thomas Tibbles of Nebraska	1	0.00%	0	0.00%
Total				55,118	100.00%	9	100.00%

Results by county

	Alton Brooks Parker Democratic		Theodore Roosevelt Republican		Margin		Total votes cast[3]
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#
Abbeville	665	96.94%	21	3.06%	644	93.88%	686
Aiken	1,672	97.95%	35	2.05%	1,637	95.90%	1,707
Anderson	1,952	96.73%	66	3.27%	1,886	93.46%	2,018
Bamberg	868	97.42%	23	2.58%	845	94.84%	891
Barnwell	1,401	97.56%	35	2.44%	1,366	95.13%	1,436
Beaufort	415	56.54%	319	43.46%	96	13.08%	734
Berkeley	665	85.26%	115	14.74%	550	70.51%	780
Charleston	1,754	89.99%	195	10.01%	1,559	79.99%	1,949
Cherokee	1,507	97.98%	31	2.02%	1,476	95.97%	1,538
Chester	954	99.17%	8	0.83%	946	98.34%	962
Chesterfield	1,158	98.97%	12	1.03%	1,146	97.95%	1,170
Clarendon	1,170	93.15%	86	6.85%	1,084	86.31%	1,256
Colleton	1,421	91.56%	131	8.44%	1,290	83.12%	1,552
Darlington	1,464	97.21%	42	2.79%	1,422	94.42%	1,506
Dorchester	706	91.10%	69	8.90%	637	82.19%	775
Edgefield	967	99.49%	5	0.51%	962	98.97%	972
Fairfield	723	100.00%	0	0.00%	723	100.00%	723
Florence	1,406	97.84%	31	2.16%	1,375	95.69%	1,437
Georgetown	728	100.00%	0	0.00%	728	100.00%	728
Greenville	2,489	97.42%	66	2.58%	2,423	94.83%	2,555
Greenwood	1,332	99.92%	1	0.08%	1,331	99.85%	1,333
Hampton	1,079	100.00%	0	0.00%	1,079	100.00%	1,079
Horry	980	96.08%	40	3.92%	940	92.16%	1,020
Kershaw	850	97.14%	25	2.86%	825	94.29%	875
Lancaster	1,504	95.61%	69	4.39%	1,435	91.23%	1,573
Laurens	1,777	97.26%	50	2.74%	1,727	94.53%	1,827
Lee	1,128	98.86%	13	1.14%	1,115	97.72%	1,141
Lexington	2,403	97.56%	60	2.44%	2,343	95.13%	2,463
Marion	1,507	96.85%	49	3.15%	1,458	93.70%	1,556
Marlboro	755	98.18%	14	1.82%	741	96.36%	769
Newberry	1,364	97.64%	33	2.36%	1,331	95.28%	1,397
Oconee	720	92.07%	62	7.93%	658	84.14%	782
Orangeburg	2,941	92.51%	238	7.49%	2,703	85.03%	3,179
Pickens	914	99.35%	6	0.65%	908	98.70%	920
Richland	1,220	90.91%	122	9.09%	1,098	81.82%	1,342
Saluda	938	99.26%	7	0.74%	931	98.52%	945
Spartanburg	2,621	96.89%	84	3.11%	2,537	93.79%	2,705
Sumter	919	87.03%	137	12.97%	782	74.05%	1,056
Union	1,593	96.49%	58	3.51%	1,535	92.97%	1,651
Williamsburg	1,476	88.76%	187	11.24%	1,289	77.51%	1,663
York	1,198	97.96%	25	2.04%	1,173	95.91%	1,223
Totals	53,304	95.40%	2,570	4.60%	50,734	90.80%	55,874

References

1. Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 208, 210 ISBN 9780691163246
2. "1904 Presidential General Election Results – South Carolina". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
3. Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 314-317 ISBN 9780804716963