1904 United States presidential election in Tennessee
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1904 United States presidential election in Tennessee
County results
Parker
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90–100%
Roosevelt
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90–100%
The 1904 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 8, 1904. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1904 United States presidential election . Voters chose 12 electors to the Electoral College , which selected the president and vice president .
For over a century after the Civil War , Tennessee was divided according to political loyalties established in that war. Unionist regions covering almost all of East Tennessee , Kentucky Pennyroyal -allied Macon County , and the five West Tennessee Highland Rim counties of Carroll , Henderson , McNairy , Hardin and Wayne [1] voted Republican – generally by landslide margins – as they saw the Democratic Party as the “war party” who had forced them into a war they did not wish to fight.[2] Contrariwise, the rest of Middle and West Tennessee who had supported and driven the state’s secession was equally fiercely Democratic as it associated the Republicans with Reconstruction .[3] After the disfranchisement of the state’s African-American population by a poll tax was largely complete in the 1890s,[4] the Democratic Party was certain of winning statewide elections if united,[5] although unlike the Deep South Republicans would almost always gain thirty to forty percent of the statewide vote from mountain and Highland Rim support.
Tennessee would be won by the Democratic nominees, Chief Judge Alton B. Parker of New York and his running mate Henry G. Davis of West Virginia . They defeated the Republican nominees, incumbent President Theodore Roosevelt of New York and his running mate Senator Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana . Parker won the state by a margin of 10.83%.
Although the GOP had lost by only single figures in the previous two elections , the shift to the more conservative Democrat Parker who opposed Roosevelt’s hosting of Booker T. Washington [6] meant that the state swung slightly – though significantly given the extremely deep partisan loyalties – against the GOP to the Democrats.
Results
Results by county
1904 United States presidential election in Tennessee by county[8] [9]
County
Alton Brooks Parker Democratic
Theodore Roosevelt Republican
Thomas Edward Watson Populist
Silas Comfort Swallow Prohibition
Eugene Victor Debs Social Democratic
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Anderson
512
26.22%
1,407
72.04%
1
0.05%
9
0.46%
24
1.23%
-895
-45.83%
1,953
Bedford
2,063
61.13%
1,301
38.55%
4
0.12%
3
0.09%
4
0.12%
762
22.58%
3,375
Benton
1,352
55.98%
974
40.33%
85
3.52%
4
0.17%
0
0.00%
378
15.65%
2,415
Bledsoe
534
42.65%
718
57.35%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
-184
-14.70%
1,252
Blount
618
23.49%
1,987
75.52%
6
0.23%
17
0.65%
3
0.11%
-1,369
-52.03%
2,631
Bradley
701
35.48%
1,242
62.85%
6
0.30%
19
0.96%
8
0.40%
-541
-27.38%
1,976
Campbell
309
19.24%
1,198
74.60%
4
0.25%
72
4.48%
23
1.43%
-889
-55.35%
1,606
Cannon
1,014
62.21%
614
37.67%
2
0.12%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
400
24.54%
1,630
Carroll
1,633
38.07%
2,424
56.52%
203
4.73%
22
0.51%
7
0.16%
-791
-18.44%
4,289
Carter
379
12.70%
2,584
86.60%
0
0.00%
21
0.70%
0
0.00%
-2,205
-73.89%
2,984
Cheatham
1,015
70.05%
420
28.99%
8
0.55%
6
0.41%
0
0.00%
595
41.06%
1,449
Chester
824
54.07%
578
37.93%
103
6.76%
10
0.66%
9
0.59%
246
16.14%
1,524
Claiborne
959
48.70%
993
50.43%
9
0.46%
1
0.05%
7
0.36%
-34
-1.73%
1,969
Clay
544
49.59%
501
45.67%
24
2.19%
25
2.28%
3
0.27%
43
3.92%
1,097
Cocke
626
26.55%
1,726
73.20%
1
0.04%
5
0.21%
0
0.00%
-1,100
-46.65%
2,358
Coffee
1,441
71.20%
536
26.48%
1
0.05%
1
0.05%
45
2.22%
905
44.71%
2,024
Crockett
1,167
51.21%
1,102
48.35%
2
0.09%
8
0.35%
0
0.00%
65
2.85%
2,279
Cumberland
375
28.17%
898
67.47%
0
0.00%
27
2.03%
31
2.33%
-523
-39.29%
1,331
Davidson
7,735
77.69%
1,900
19.08%
85
0.85%
94
0.94%
142
1.43%
5,835
58.61%
9,956
DeKalb
1,095
45.30%
1,274
52.71%
0
0.00%
48
1.99%
0
0.00%
-179
-7.41%
2,417
Decatur
858
48.18%
921
51.71%
1
0.06%
0
0.00%
1
0.06%
-63
-3.54%
1,781
Dickson
1,490
61.34%
828
34.09%
21
0.86%
41
1.69%
49
2.02%
662
27.25%
2,429
Dyer
1,771
73.30%
625
25.87%
7
0.29%
9
0.37%
4
0.17%
1,146
47.43%
2,416
Fayette
2,010
96.22%
62
2.97%
13
0.62%
4
0.19%
0
0.00%
1,948
93.25%
2,089
Fentress
278
27.72%
724
72.18%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
0.10%
-446
-44.47%
1,003
Franklin
2,180
74.71%
704
24.13%
6
0.21%
20
0.69%
8
0.27%
1,476
50.58%
2,918
Gibson
3,014
66.01%
1,421
31.12%
67
1.47%
58
1.27%
6
0.13%
1,593
34.89%
4,566
Giles
2,736
62.64%
1,583
36.24%
45
1.03%
3
0.07%
1
0.02%
1,153
26.40%
4,368
Grainger
592
31.85%
1,253
67.40%
6
0.32%
6
0.32%
2
0.11%
-661
-35.56%
1,859
Greene
2,128
50.78%
2,036
48.58%
4
0.10%
14
0.33%
9
0.21%
92
2.20%
4,191
Grundy
554
57.89%
264
27.59%
39
4.08%
2
0.21%
98
10.24%
290
30.30%
957
Hamblen
531
38.96%
812
59.57%
1
0.07%
17
1.25%
2
0.15%
-281
-20.62%
1,363
Hamilton
3,287
43.87%
3,849
51.37%
24
0.32%
106
1.41%
227
3.03%
-562
-7.50%
7,493
Hancock
382
23.49%
1,244
76.51%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
-862
-53.01%
1,626
Hardeman
1,903
63.92%
986
33.12%
70
2.35%
14
0.47%
4
0.13%
917
30.80%
2,977
Hardin
837
35.57%
1,463
62.18%
45
1.91%
5
0.21%
3
0.13%
-626
-26.60%
2,353
Hawkins
935
38.01%
1,510
61.38%
0
0.00%
15
0.61%
0
0.00%
-575
-23.37%
2,460
Haywood
1,341
95.24%
64
4.55%
1
0.07%
1
0.07%
1
0.07%
1,277
90.70%
1,408
Henderson
864
38.20%
1,313
58.05%
37
1.64%
37
1.64%
11
0.49%
-449
-19.85%
2,262
Henry
2,365
69.70%
928
27.35%
57
1.68%
38
1.12%
5
0.15%
1,437
42.35%
3,393
Hickman
1,231
55.60%
922
41.64%
48
2.17%
7
0.32%
6
0.27%
309
13.96%
2,214
Houston
555
61.87%
287
32.00%
1
0.11%
27
3.01%
27
3.01%
268
29.88%
897
Humphreys
1,209
67.69%
539
30.18%
8
0.45%
25
1.40%
5
0.28%
670
37.51%
1,786
Jackson
1,222
60.77%
772
38.39%
17
0.85%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
450
22.38%
2,011
James
222
29.10%
533
69.86%
7
0.92%
1
0.13%
0
0.00%
-311
-40.76%
763
Jefferson
380
23.44%
1,217
75.08%
4
0.25%
18
1.11%
2
0.12%
-837
-51.63%
1,621
Johnson
219
10.96%
1,769
88.49%
0
0.00%
11
0.55%
0
0.00%
-1,550
-77.54%
1,999
Knox
3,196
41.25%
4,309
55.61%
20
0.26%
120
1.55%
103
1.33%
-1,113
-14.36%
7,748
Lake
469
72.83%
174
27.02%
0
0.00%
1
0.16%
0
0.00%
295
45.81%
644
Lauderdale
3,017
94.08%
168
5.24%
16
0.50%
0
0.00%
6
0.19%
2,849
88.84%
3,207
Lawrence
1,299
48.87%
1,359
51.13%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
-60
-2.26%
2,658
Lewis
415
63.26%
220
33.54%
0
0.00%
1
0.15%
20
3.05%
195
29.73%
656
Lincoln
2,227
70.72%
631
20.04%
195
6.19%
96
3.05%
0
0.00%
1,596
50.68%
3,149
Loudon
356
30.07%
810
68.41%
8
0.68%
7
0.59%
3
0.25%
-454
-38.34%
1,184
Macon
751
33.22%
1,482
65.55%
28
1.24%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
-731
-32.33%
2,261
Madison
2,618
65.48%
1,180
29.51%
174
4.35%
5
0.13%
21
0.53%
1,438
35.97%
3,998
Marion
731
36.92%
1,189
60.05%
3
0.15%
18
0.91%
39
1.97%
-458
-23.13%
1,980
Marshall
2,152
73.67%
620
21.23%
128
4.38%
21
0.72%
0
0.00%
1,532
52.45%
2,921
Maury
2,142
66.85%
973
30.37%
41
1.28%
37
1.15%
11
0.34%
1,169
36.49%
3,204
McMinn
1,001
37.42%
1,669
62.39%
5
0.19%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
-668
-24.97%
2,675
McNairy
1,218
42.50%
1,525
53.21%
121
4.22%
2
0.07%
0
0.00%
-307
-10.71%
2,866
Meigs
563
52.86%
481
45.16%
20
1.88%
1
0.09%
0
0.00%
82
7.70%
1,065
Monroe
1,385
44.19%
1,724
55.01%
1
0.03%
20
0.64%
4
0.13%
-339
-10.82%
3,134
Montgomery
1,697
63.23%
843
31.41%
19
0.71%
121
4.51%
4
0.15%
854
31.82%
2,684
Moore
857
88.26%
95
9.78%
18
1.85%
1
0.10%
0
0.00%
762
78.48%
971
Morgan
387
26.63%
1,049
72.20%
0
0.00%
16
1.10%
1
0.07%
-662
-45.56%
1,453
Obion
2,624
77.18%
756
22.24%
2
0.06%
18
0.53%
0
0.00%
1,868
54.94%
3,400
Overton
1,125
57.93%
817
42.07%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
308
15.86%
1,942
Perry
752
56.29%
584
43.71%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
168
12.57%
1,336
Pickett
346
40.47%
509
59.53%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
-163
-19.06%
855
Polk
688
40.61%
1,006
59.39%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
-318
-18.77%
1,694
Putnam
1,310
51.35%
1,213
47.55%
11
0.43%
17
0.67%
0
0.00%
97
3.80%
2,551
Rhea
799
46.24%
881
50.98%
10
0.58%
30
1.74%
8
0.46%
-82
-4.75%
1,728
Roane
493
24.17%
1,378
67.55%
17
0.83%
87
4.26%
65
3.19%
-885
-43.38%
2,040
Robertson
2,308
72.44%
811
25.46%
21
0.66%
43
1.35%
3
0.09%
1,497
46.99%
3,186
Rutherford
2,504
64.39%
1,348
34.66%
26
0.67%
7
0.18%
4
0.10%
1,156
29.72%
3,889
Scott
166
9.56%
1,567
90.26%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
0.17%
-1,401
-80.70%
1,736
Sequatchie
356
66.79%
175
32.83%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
0.38%
181
33.96%
533
Sevier
300
9.40%
2,886
90.44%
0
0.00%
5
0.16%
0
0.00%
-2,586
-81.04%
3,191
Shelby
8,686
75.64%
2,563
22.32%
13
0.11%
25
0.22%
196
1.71%
6,123
53.32%
11,483
Smith
1,562
55.35%
1,080
38.27%
93
3.30%
87
3.08%
0
0.00%
482
17.08%
2,822
Stewart
1,330
65.07%
681
33.32%
0
0.00%
1
0.05%
32
1.57%
649
31.75%
2,044
Sullivan
2,116
57.69%
1,506
41.06%
3
0.08%
41
1.12%
2
0.05%
610
16.63%
3,668
Sumner
2,178
76.64%
599
21.08%
57
2.01%
4
0.14%
4
0.14%
1,579
55.56%
2,842
Tipton
1,882
64.01%
980
33.33%
72
2.45%
4
0.14%
2
0.07%
902
30.68%
2,940
Trousdale
488
71.14%
177
25.80%
21
3.06%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
311
45.34%
686
Unicoi
74
8.64%
776
90.65%
0
0.00%
6
0.70%
0
0.00%
-702
-82.01%
856
Union
334
19.04%
1,410
80.39%
0
0.00%
10
0.57%
0
0.00%
-1,076
-61.35%
1,754
Van Buren
352
68.75%
160
31.25%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
192
37.50%
512
Warren
1,815
69.83%
707
27.20%
29
1.12%
11
0.42%
37
1.42%
1,108
42.63%
2,599
Washington
1,268
36.86%
2,120
61.63%
0
0.00%
48
1.40%
4
0.12%
-852
-24.77%
3,440
Wayne
434
23.21%
1,426
76.26%
1
0.05%
9
0.48%
0
0.00%
-992
-53.05%
1,870
Weakley
2,892
61.58%
1,629
34.69%
130
2.77%
44
0.94%
1
0.02%
1,263
26.90%
4,696
White
1,682
70.82%
679
28.59%
3
0.13%
11
0.46%
0
0.00%
1,003
42.23%
2,375
Williamson
1,932
76.42%
475
18.79%
100
3.96%
20
0.79%
1
0.04%
1,457
57.63%
2,528
Wilson
2,386
70.45%
966
28.52%
12
0.35%
23
0.68%
0
0.00%
1,420
41.93%
3,387
Totals
131,653
54.23%
105,372
43.41%
2,491
1.03%
1,889
0.78%
1,354
0.56%
26,281
10.83%
242,759
See also
Notes
References
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