1904 United States presidential election in Kentucky

The 1904 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 8, 1904. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1904 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose 13 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

1904 United States presidential election in Kentucky

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 13 0
Popular vote 217,170 205,457
Percentage 49.82% 47.13%

County Results

President before election

Theodore Roosevelt
Republican

Elected President

Theodore Roosevelt
Republican

Background and vote

Ever since the Civil War, Kentucky had been shaped politically by divisions created by that war between secessionist, Democratic counties and Unionist, Republican ones,[1] although the state as a whole leaned Democratic throughout this era and the GOP had carried the state only once[2] – by a very marrow margin in 1896[3] when northern parts of the state were affected by hostility towards William Jennings Bryan, and state native John M. Palmer drew votes from the Democrats.[4]

Kentucky was won by the Democratic nominees, Chief Judge Alton B. Parker of New York and his running mate Henry G. Davis of West Virginia. Despite Parker losing nationally in a landslide, he marginally improved on Bryan’s win from 1900, although doing less well than predicted a week beforehand, when polls suggested Parker would win by 22 thousand votes or twice his actual plurality.[5]

Results

1904 United States presidential election in Kentucky[6]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Alton B. Parker 217,170 49.82% 13
Republican Theodore Roosevelt 205,457 47.13% 0
Prohibition Silas C. Swallow 6,603 1.51% 0
Social Democratic Eugene Debs 3,599 0.83% 0
Populist Thomas E. Watson 2,521 0.58% 0
Socialist Labor Charles H. Corregan 596 0.14% 0
Totals 435,946 100.00% 13
Voter turnout

Results by county

County Alton B. Parker[7]
Democratic
Theodore Roosevelt[7]
Republican
Silas C. Swallow[7]
Prohibition
Eugene V. Debs[8]
Socialist
Thomas E. Watson[8]
Populist
Charles Corregan[8]
Socialist Labor
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # % # %
Adair 1,327 43.59% 1,652 54.27% 60 1.97% 2 0.07% 1 0.03% 2 0.07% -325 -10.68% 3,044
Allen 1,379 42.88% 1,768 54.98% 49 1.52% 4 0.12% 9 0.28% 7 0.22% -389 -12.10% 3,216
Anderson 1,429 58.73% 959 39.42% 32 1.32% 1 0.04% 10 0.41% 2 0.08% 470 19.32% 2,433
Ballard 1,598 70.99% 556 24.70% 28 1.24% 49 2.18% 18 0.80% 2 0.09% 1,042 46.29% 2,251
Barren 3,051 58.46% 2,073 39.72% 44 0.84% 3 0.06% 46 0.88% 2 0.04% 978 18.74% 5,219
Bath 1,503 51.90% 1,342 46.34% 35 1.21% 2 0.07% 14 0.48% 0 0.00% 161 5.56% 2,896
Bell 538 22.61% 1,764 74.12% 25 1.05% 44 1.85% 9 0.38% 0 0.00% -1,226 -51.51% 2,380
Boone 2,013 76.57% 578 21.99% 28 1.07% 4 0.15% 6 0.23% 0 0.00% 1,435 54.58% 2,629
Bourbon 2,586 53.66% 2,147 44.55% 80 1.66% 4 0.08% 2 0.04% 0 0.00% 439 9.11% 4,819
Boyd 1,716 39.31% 2,544 58.28% 67 1.53% 29 0.66% 5 0.11% 4 0.09% -828 -18.97% 4,365
Boyle 1,646 53.58% 1,366 44.47% 40 1.30% 7 0.23% 13 0.42% 0 0.00% 280 9.11% 3,072
Bracken 1,596 55.90% 1,165 40.81% 47 1.65% 39 1.37% 3 0.11% 5 0.18% 431 15.10% 2,855
Breathitt 1,537 64.26% 829 34.66% 16 0.67% 9 0.38% 0 0.00% 1 0.04% 708 29.60% 2,392
Breckinridge 2,066 45.47% 2,353 51.78% 66 1.45% 0 0.00% 59 1.30% 0 0.00% -287 -6.32% 4,544
Bullitt 1,284 66.94% 593 30.92% 26 1.36% 9 0.47% 4 0.21% 2 0.10% 691 36.03% 1,918
Butler 951 28.58% 2,298 69.05% 55 1.65% 0 0.00% 24 0.72% 0 0.00% -1,347 -40.47% 3,328
Caldwell 1,227 44.20% 1,413 50.90% 28 1.01% 48 1.73% 59 2.13% 1 0.04% -186 -6.70% 2,776
Calloway 2,466 69.62% 824 23.26% 106 2.99% 5 0.14% 133 3.75% 8 0.23% 1,642 46.36% 3,542
Campbell 4,562 39.49% 5,759 49.85% 105 0.91% 1,061 9.18% 14 0.12% 52 0.45% -1,197 -10.36% 11,553
Carlisle 1,428 70.31% 468 23.04% 63 3.10% 10 0.49% 60 2.95% 2 0.10% 960 47.27% 2,031
Carroll 1,548 72.00% 546 25.40% 50 2.33% 0 0.00% 5 0.23% 1 0.05% 1,002 46.60% 2,150
Carter 1,442 36.63% 2,419 61.44% 58 1.47% 9 0.23% 6 0.15% 3 0.08% -977 -24.82% 3,937
Casey 1,133 40.55% 1,595 57.09% 64 2.29% 1 0.04% 1 0.04% 0 0.00% -462 -16.54% 2,794
Christian 2,681 40.30% 3,870 58.17% 69 1.04% 6 0.09% 27 0.41% 0 0.00% -1,189 -17.87% 6,653
Clark 2,442 58.51% 1,683 40.32% 36 0.86% 5 0.12% 7 0.17% 1 0.02% 759 18.18% 4,174
Clay 532 23.72% 1,685 75.12% 18 0.80% 2 0.09% 2 0.09% 4 0.18% -1,153 -51.40% 2,243
Clinton 305 23.59% 948 73.32% 28 2.17% 1 0.08% 11 0.85% 0 0.00% -643 -49.73% 1,293
Crittenden 1,207 40.29% 1,690 56.41% 80 2.67% 0 0.00% 18 0.60% 1 0.03% -483 -16.12% 2,996
Cumberland 561 34.98% 1,001 62.41% 39 2.43% 0 0.00% 3 0.19% 0 0.00% -440 -27.43% 1,604
Daviess 4,754 56.71% 3,381 40.33% 125 1.49% 17 0.20% 103 1.23% 3 0.04% 1,373 16.38% 8,383
Edmonson 760 38.74% 1,172 59.73% 25 1.27% 1 0.05% 4 0.20% 0 0.00% -412 -21.00% 1,962
Elliott 1,143 65.46% 594 34.02% 9 0.52% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 549 31.44% 1,746
Estill 850 38.85% 1,280 58.50% 34 1.55% 0 0.00% 24 1.10% 0 0.00% -430 -19.65% 2,188
Fayette 5,119 55.60% 3,947 42.87% 101 1.10% 11 0.12% 17 0.18% 12 0.13% 1,172 12.73% 9,207
Fleming 1,712 48.93% 1,707 48.79% 73 2.09% 1 0.03% 5 0.14% 1 0.03% 5 0.14% 3,499
Floyd 1,580 56.41% 1,201 42.88% 16 0.57% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 4 0.14% 379 13.53% 2,801
Franklin 2,941 66.25% 1,449 32.64% 28 0.63% 10 0.23% 11 0.25% 0 0.00% 1,492 33.61% 4,439
Fulton 1,560 71.72% 561 25.79% 34 1.56% 10 0.46% 4 0.18% 6 0.28% 999 45.93% 2,175
Gallatin 941 72.89% 334 25.87% 13 1.01% 0 0.00% 3 0.23% 0 0.00% 607 47.02% 1,291
Garrard 1,176 45.32% 1,351 52.06% 61 2.35% 5 0.19% 2 0.08% 0 0.00% -175 -6.74% 2,595
Grant 1,651 58.32% 1,148 40.55% 31 1.10% 1 0.04% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 503 17.77% 2,831
Graves 4,935 73.02% 1,615 23.90% 85 1.26% 28 0.41% 88 1.30% 7 0.10% 3,320 49.13% 6,758
Grayson 1,683 41.32% 2,179 53.50% 54 1.33% 8 0.20% 144 3.54% 5 0.12% -496 -12.18% 4,073
Green 1,071 46.32% 1,201 51.95% 31 1.34% 3 0.13% 6 0.26% 0 0.00% -130 -5.62% 2,312
Greenup 1,112 34.40% 2,005 62.02% 53 1.64% 44 1.36% 12 0.37% 7 0.22% -893 -27.62% 3,233
Hancock 846 43.99% 997 51.85% 60 3.12% 3 0.16% 15 0.78% 2 0.10% -151 -7.85% 1,923
Hardin 2,714 59.82% 1,671 36.83% 82 1.81% 30 0.66% 38 0.84% 2 0.04% 1,043 22.99% 4,537
Harlan 286 16.46% 1,446 83.20% 5 0.29% 0 0.00% 1 0.06% 0 0.00% -1,160 -66.74% 1,738
Harrison 2,688 62.53% 1,538 35.78% 65 1.51% 4 0.09% 4 0.09% 0 0.00% 1,150 26.75% 4,299
Hart 1,658 46.39% 1,794 50.20% 49 1.37% 48 1.34% 24 0.67% 1 0.03% -136 -3.81% 3,574
Henderson 3,448 57.40% 2,300 38.29% 104 1.73% 116 1.93% 28 0.47% 11 0.18% 1,148 19.11% 6,007
Henry 2,137 58.31% 1,434 39.13% 72 1.96% 4 0.11% 17 0.46% 1 0.03% 703 19.18% 3,665
Hickman 1,680 68.63% 702 28.68% 46 1.88% 2 0.08% 15 0.61% 3 0.12% 978 39.95% 2,448
Hopkins 3,125 50.19% 2,826 45.39% 81 1.30% 58 0.93% 127 2.04% 9 0.14% 299 4.80% 6,226
Jackson 216 11.75% 1,606 87.38% 16 0.87% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -1,390 -75.63% 1,838
Jefferson 22,781 49.57% 21,664 47.14% 669 1.46% 422 0.92% 197 0.43% 226 0.49% 1,117 2.43% 45,959
Jessamine 1,466 52.12% 1,247 44.33% 99 3.52% 0 0.00% 1 0.04% 0 0.00% 219 7.79% 2,813
Johnson 886 31.23% 1,925 67.85% 21 0.74% 0 0.00% 5 0.18% 0 0.00% -1,039 -36.62% 2,837
Kenton 5,760 43.98% 6,306 48.14% 112 0.86% 866 6.61% 22 0.17% 32 0.24% -546 -4.17% 13,098
Knott 1,092 68.72% 483 30.40% 11 0.69% 0 0.00% 3 0.19% 0 0.00% 609 38.33% 1,589
Knox 711 23.74% 2,240 74.79% 36 1.20% 4 0.13% 2 0.07% 2 0.07% -1,529 -51.05% 2,995
Larue 1,301 59.11% 863 39.21% 30 1.36% 2 0.09% 4 0.18% 1 0.05% 438 19.90% 2,201
Laurel 1,050 32.13% 2,152 65.85% 38 1.16% 21 0.64% 7 0.21% 0 0.00% -1,102 -33.72% 3,268
Lawrence 1,752 45.86% 2,014 52.72% 40 1.05% 6 0.16% 7 0.18% 1 0.03% -262 -6.86% 3,820
Lee 527 36.98% 879 61.68% 16 1.12% 1 0.07% 1 0.07% 1 0.07% -352 -24.70% 1,425
Leslie 71 6.86% 953 92.08% 10 0.97% 1 0.10% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -882 -85.22% 1,035
Letcher 405 29.61% 960 70.18% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3 0.22% -555 -40.57% 1,368
Lewis 1,286 33.99% 2,374 62.74% 92 2.43% 11 0.29% 18 0.48% 3 0.08% -1,088 -28.75% 3,784
Lincoln 1,713 48.43% 1,648 46.59% 169 4.78% 2 0.06% 3 0.08% 2 0.06% 65 1.84% 3,537
Livingston 1,259 57.33% 838 38.16% 49 2.23% 13 0.59% 36 1.64% 1 0.05% 421 19.17% 2,196
Logan 2,696 52.83% 2,250 44.09% 76 1.49% 11 0.22% 69 1.35% 1 0.02% 446 8.74% 5,103
Lyon 938 53.39% 678 38.59% 56 3.19% 0 0.00% 84 4.78% 1 0.06% 260 14.80% 1,757
Madison 2,891 49.93% 2,774 47.91% 106 1.83% 7 0.12% 7 0.12% 5 0.09% 117 2.02% 5,790
Magoffin 1,000 41.34% 1,404 58.04% 12 0.50% 2 0.08% 0 0.00% 1 0.04% -404 -16.70% 2,419
Marion 1,857 60.10% 1,191 38.54% 26 0.84% 3 0.10% 12 0.39% 1 0.03% 666 21.55% 3,090
Marshall 1,587 57.54% 920 33.36% 105 3.81% 1 0.04% 145 5.26% 0 0.00% 667 24.18% 2,758
Martin 188 16.98% 900 81.30% 14 1.26% 0 0.00% 1 0.09% 4 0.36% -712 -64.32% 1,107
Mason 2,792 55.90% 2,029 40.62% 82 1.64% 20 0.40% 7 0.14% 65 1.30% 763 15.28% 4,995
McCracken 2,832 52.43% 2,413 44.67% 76 1.41% 39 0.72% 41 0.76% 1 0.02% 419 7.76% 5,402
McLean 1,336 50.26% 1,163 43.75% 90 3.39% 27 1.02% 40 1.50% 2 0.08% 173 6.51% 2,658
Meade 1,245 58.34% 834 39.08% 18 0.84% 20 0.94% 17 0.80% 0 0.00% 411 19.26% 2,134
Menifee 719 61.04% 450 38.20% 6 0.51% 0 0.00% 3 0.25% 0 0.00% 269 22.84% 1,178
Mercer 1,703 51.76% 1,494 45.41% 68 2.07% 7 0.21% 17 0.52% 1 0.03% 209 6.35% 3,290
Metcalfe 1,011 46.87% 1,115 51.69% 21 0.97% 5 0.23% 5 0.23% 0 0.00% -104 -4.82% 2,157
Monroe 779 31.80% 1,644 67.10% 14 0.57% 1 0.04% 12 0.49% 0 0.00% -865 -35.31% 2,450
Montgomery 1,488 53.01% 1,266 45.10% 45 1.60% 6 0.21% 0 0.00% 2 0.07% 222 7.91% 2,807
Morgan 1,807 61.07% 1,119 37.82% 28 0.95% 0 0.00% 5 0.17% 0 0.00% 688 23.25% 2,959
Muhlenberg 1,954 42.90% 2,476 54.36% 42 0.92% 28 0.61% 41 0.90% 14 0.31% -522 -11.46% 4,555
Nelson 2,160 61.98% 1,263 36.24% 47 1.35% 10 0.29% 4 0.11% 1 0.03% 897 25.74% 3,485
Nicholas 1,741 60.37% 1,067 37.00% 63 2.18% 3 0.10% 4 0.14% 6 0.21% 674 23.37% 2,884
Ohio 2,519 43.42% 3,063 52.79% 122 2.10% 14 0.24% 77 1.33% 7 0.12% -544 -9.38% 5,802
Oldham 882 63.45% 452 32.52% 43 3.09% 9 0.65% 4 0.29% 0 0.00% 430 30.94% 1,390
Owen 2,932 76.79% 827 21.66% 41 1.07% 0 0.00% 12 0.31% 6 0.16% 2,105 55.13% 3,818
Owsley 224 16.83% 1,100 82.64% 7 0.53% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -876 -65.82% 1,331
Pendleton 1,421 50.77% 1,246 44.52% 72 2.57% 42 1.50% 14 0.50% 4 0.14% 175 6.25% 2,799
Perry 431 30.35% 979 68.94% 6 0.42% 4 0.28% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -548 -38.59% 1,420
Pike 1,935 43.05% 2,486 55.31% 64 1.42% 4 0.09% 4 0.09% 2 0.04% -551 -12.26% 4,495
Powell 738 52.23% 647 45.79% 23 1.63% 2 0.14% 3 0.21% 0 0.00% 91 6.44% 1,413
Pulaski 1,870 32.62% 3,713 64.78% 103 1.80% 21 0.37% 22 0.38% 3 0.05% -1,843 -32.15% 5,732
Robertson 709 62.47% 409 36.04% 16 1.41% 1 0.09% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 300 26.43% 1,135
Rockcastle 848 33.68% 1,624 64.50% 30 1.19% 4 0.16% 10 0.40% 2 0.08% -776 -30.82% 2,518
Rowan 661 43.15% 844 55.09% 24 1.57% 1 0.07% 1 0.07% 1 0.07% -183 -11.95% 1,532
Russell 671 36.85% 1,079 59.25% 58 3.19% 10 0.55% 1 0.05% 2 0.11% -408 -22.41% 1,821
Scott 2,374 57.05% 1,713 41.17% 62 1.49% 10 0.24% 2 0.05% 0 0.00% 661 15.89% 4,161
Shelby 2,657 60.83% 1,638 37.50% 59 1.35% 4 0.09% 9 0.21% 1 0.02% 1,019 23.33% 4,368
Simpson 1,540 62.30% 863 34.91% 51 2.06% 1 0.04% 17 0.69% 0 0.00% 677 27.39% 2,472
Spencer 1,024 64.73% 529 33.44% 17 1.07% 0 0.00% 9 0.57% 3 0.19% 495 31.29% 1,582
Taylor 1,147 49.29% 1,092 46.93% 60 2.58% 3 0.13% 25 1.07% 0 0.00% 55 2.36% 2,327
Todd 1,671 50.18% 1,589 47.72% 39 1.17% 1 0.03% 29 0.87% 1 0.03% 82 2.46% 3,330
Trigg 1,170 45.05% 1,285 49.48% 37 1.42% 27 1.04% 76 2.93% 2 0.08% -115 -4.43% 2,597
Trimble 1,275 76.21% 360 21.52% 28 1.67% 8 0.48% 2 0.12% 0 0.00% 915 54.69% 1,673
Union 2,533 67.80% 1,071 28.67% 44 1.18% 51 1.37% 30 0.80% 7 0.19% 1,462 39.13% 3,736
Warren 3,484 54.42% 2,737 42.75% 129 2.01% 19 0.30% 27 0.42% 6 0.09% 747 11.67% 6,402
Washington 1,482 49.92% 1,448 48.77% 31 1.04% 1 0.03% 7 0.24% 0 0.00% 34 1.15% 2,969
Wayne 1,202 42.29% 1,577 55.49% 57 2.01% 2 0.07% 2 0.07% 2 0.07% -375 -13.19% 2,842
Webster 2,134 56.97% 1,453 38.79% 109 2.91% 5 0.13% 43 1.15% 2 0.05% 681 18.18% 3,746
Whitley 658 16.63% 3,174 80.23% 57 1.44% 52 1.31% 11 0.28% 4 0.10% -2,516 -63.60% 3,956
Wolfe 1,114 62.03% 676 37.64% 5 0.28% 0 0.00% 1 0.06% 0 0.00% 438 24.39% 1,796
Woodford 1,620 55.21% 1,280 43.63% 27 0.92% 4 0.14% 2 0.07% 1 0.03% 340 11.59% 2,934
Totals217,25049.84%205,27747.10%6,6031.51%3,5970.83%2,5210.58%6070.14%11,9732.75%435,855

Notes

    References

    1. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
    2. Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 350 ISBN 978-0-691-16324-6
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