United States presidential election, 1904

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The United States presidential election of 1904 was the contest in which incumbent Republican President Theodore Roosevelt won a full term in office by decisively defeating Democratic nominee Alton B. Parker.

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instanceOf United States presidential election
presidential election
campaignIssue imperialism and foreign policy after the Spanish–American War
labor and social reform
tariff policy
trust-busting and regulation of corporations
country United States
date November 8, 1904
DemocraticNationalConventionLocation St. Louis, Missouri
DemocraticNomineeForPresident Alton B. Parker
DemocraticNomineeForVicePresident Henry G. Davis
electoralCollegeSize 476 electors
electoralVotesNeededToWin 239
electoralVotesWonBy Alton B. Parker: 140
Theodore Roosevelt: 336
heldEvery 4 years
historicalSignificance first full-term election victory for Theodore Roosevelt
one of the largest Republican landslides of the early 20th century
incumbentParty Republican Party (United States)
linked to: Republican Party
incumbentPresident Theodore Roosevelt
loser Alton B. Parker
losingParty Democratic Party (United States)
linked to: Democratic Party
mainDemocraticCandidate Alton B. Parker
mainRepublicanCandidate Theodore Roosevelt
nextElection United States presidential election, 1908
notableThirdParty Socialist Party of America
partyOfPresidentAfterElection Republican Party (United States)
linked to: Republican Party
partyOfPresidentBeforeElection Republican Party (United States)
linked to: Republican Party
popularVoteFor Alton B. Parker: 5,084,223
Theodore Roosevelt: 7,628,461
popularVotePercentageFor Alton B. Parker: 37.6%
Theodore Roosevelt: 56.4%
presidentAfterElection Theodore Roosevelt
presidentBeforeElection Theodore Roosevelt
previousElection United States presidential election, 1900
RepublicanNationalConventionLocation Chicago, Illinois
linked to: Chicago
RepublicanNomineeForPresident Theodore Roosevelt
RepublicanNomineeForVicePresident Charles W. Fairbanks
RooseveltCampaignSlogan “A Square Deal”
runningMateOfLoser Henry G. Davis
runningMateOfWinner Charles W. Fairbanks
SocialistCandidate Eugene V. Debs
SocialistPopularVote 402,810
SocialistPopularVotePercentage 2.98%
SocialistRunningMate Benjamin Hanford
typeOfElection presidential
voterTurnout 65.2%
voterTurnoutChange +0.3 percentage points from 1900
winner Theodore Roosevelt
winningParty Republican Party (United States)
linked to: Republican Party

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United States presidential election, 1900 nextElection United States presidential election, 1904
United States presidential election, 1908 follows United States presidential election, 1904
United States presidential election, 1908 previousElection United States presidential election, 1904
Theodore Roosevelt candidateIn 1904 United States presidential election
linked to: United States presidential election, 1904
Thomas E. Watson candidateInElection 1904 United States presidential election
linked to: United States presidential election, 1904
Henry Gassaway Davis election 1904 United States presidential election
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