1904 United States presidential election in Colorado
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The 1904 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 8, 1904. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1904 United States presidential election. State voters chose five electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
November 8, 1904
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County Results
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Colorado was won by the Republican nominees, incumbent President Theodore Roosevelt of New York and his running mate Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana. They defeated the Democratic nominees, former Chief Judge of New York Court of Appeals Alton B. Parker and his running mate, former US Senator Henry G. Davis of West Virginia. Roosevelt won the state by a margin of 14.18%.
Roosevelt's victory in Colorado was part of a national landslide. He was the only Republican candidate to win the state between 1888 and 1920.
Results
| Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican Party | Theodore Roosevelt | John C. Osgood | 134,687 | |
| Republican Party | Theodore Roosevelt | David H. Moffat | 134,681 | |
| Republican Party | Theodore Roosevelt | Simon Guggenheim | 134,661 | |
| Republican Party | Theodore Roosevelt | Percy S. Rider | 134,486 | |
| Republican Party | Theodore Roosevelt | Phillip B. Stewart | 134,311 | |
| Democratic Party | Alton B. Parker | James F. Burns | 100,105 | |
| Democratic Party | Alton B. Parker | Charles J. Hughes Jr. | 100,049 | |
| Democratic Party | Alton B. Parker | Adair Wilson | 99,998 | |
| Democratic Party | Alton B. Parker | A. W. Rucker | 99,974 | |
| Democratic Party | Alton B. Parker | Thomas J. Zollars | 99,899 | |
| Socialist Party | Eugene V. Debs | Mordecai Larkin | 4,304 | |
| Socialist Party | Eugene V. Debs | Amos Slater | 4,290 | |
| Socialist Party | Eugene V. Debs | William Schlessinger | 4,280 | |
| Socialist Party | Eugene V. Debs | J. P. Speirs | 4,270 | |
| Socialist Party | Eugene V. Debs | William J. Vialon | 4,252 | |
| Prohibition Party | Silas C. Swallow | Antoinette A. Hawley | 3,438 | |
| Prohibition Party | Silas C. Swallow | Edwin C. Long | 3,432 | |
| Prohibition Party | Silas C. Swallow | Thomas E. Taylor | 3,431 | |
| Prohibition Party | Silas C. Swallow | John N. Scouller | 3,425 | |
| Prohibition Party | Silas C. Swallow | Ernest S. Turner | 3,420 | |
| People's Party | Thomas E. Watson | John Barnd | 824 | |
| People's Party | Thomas E. Watson | James Flannigan | 726 | |
| People's Party | Thomas E. Watson | C. S. Conant | 722 | |
| People's Party | Thomas E. Watson | E. E. T. Hazen | 722 | |
| People's Party | Thomas E. Watson | Thomas Surber | 712 | |
| Socialist Labor Party | Charles H. Corregan | Dr. H. S. Aley | 335 | |
| Socialist Labor Party | Charles H. Corregan | Mrs. Minnie Mace | 328 | |
| Socialist Labor Party | Charles H. Corregan | James D. Ryan | 322 | |
| Socialist Labor Party | Charles H. Corregan | Adolph Zappe | 312 | |
| Socialist Labor Party | Charles H. Corregan | Nixon Elliott | 306 | |
| Votes cast[a] | 243,693 | |||
Results by county
| County[1] | Theodore Roosevelt Republican |
Alton Brooks Parker Democratic |
Eugene Victor Debs Socialist |
Silas Comfort Swallow Prohibition |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | |
| Huerfano | 73.69% | 2,733 | 25.83% | 958 | 0.38% | 14 | 0.05% | 2 | 0.05% | 2 | 47.86% | 1,775 |
| Phillips | 68.20% | 444 | 21.51% | 140 | 0.15% | 1 | 6.14% | 40 | 3.99% | 26 | 46.70% | 304 |
| Sedgwick | 69.82% | 347 | 26.36% | 131 | 0.00% | 0 | 1.41% | 7 | 2.41% | 12 | 43.46% | 216 |
| Morgan | 66.90% | 1,136 | 23.91% | 406 | 0.06% | 1 | 6.01% | 102 | 3.12% | 53 | 42.99% | 730 |
| Lincoln | 69.91% | 323 | 28.57% | 132 | 0.22% | 1 | 1.08% | 5 | 0.22% | 1 | 41.34% | 191 |
| Washington | 66.47% | 460 | 27.60% | 191 | 0.14% | 1 | 3.03% | 21 | 2.75% | 19 | 38.87% | 269 |
| Kit Carson | 66.67% | 514 | 28.40% | 219 | 2.59% | 20 | 1.82% | 14 | 0.52% | 4 | 38.26% | 295 |
| Conejos | 68.55% | 2,018 | 30.60% | 901 | 0.37% | 11 | 0.24% | 7 | 0.24% | 7 | 37.94% | 1,117 |
| Prowers | 64.20% | 1,155 | 27.46% | 494 | 5.06% | 91 | 2.89% | 52 | 0.39% | 7 | 36.74% | 661 |
| Cheyenne | 65.91% | 145 | 31.36% | 69 | 2.73% | 6 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 34.55% | 76 |
| Yuma | 63.50% | 1,110 | 30.03% | 525 | 2.57% | 45 | 1.03% | 18 | 2.86% | 50 | 33.47% | 585 |
| Rio Grande | 64.97% | 1,417 | 31.64% | 690 | 1.79% | 39 | 0.69% | 15 | 0.92% | 20 | 33.33% | 727 |
| Larimer | 62.64% | 4,138 | 31.34% | 2,070 | 1.20% | 79 | 4.50% | 297 | 0.33% | 22 | 31.30% | 2,068 |
| Bent | 63.94% | 812 | 32.76% | 416 | 1.02% | 13 | 1.65% | 21 | 0.63% | 8 | 31.18% | 396 |
| Archuleta | 63.71% | 674 | 33.74% | 357 | 0.66% | 7 | 0.95% | 10 | 0.95% | 10 | 29.96% | 317 |
| Arapahoe | 62.93% | 1,351 | 33.40% | 717 | 1.96% | 42 | 1.58% | 34 | 0.14% | 3 | 29.53% | 634 |
| Weld | 62.12% | 4,833 | 32.84% | 2,555 | 0.77% | 60 | 3.91% | 304 | 0.36% | 28 | 29.28% | 2,278 |
| Costilla | 63.46% | 917 | 35.02% | 506 | 0.90% | 13 | 0.42% | 6 | 0.21% | 3 | 28.44% | 411 |
| El Paso | 62.07% | 9,589 | 34.18% | 5,281 | 1.55% | 240 | 1.91% | 295 | 0.28% | 44 | 27.89% | 4,308 |
| Grand | 63.16% | 475 | 35.37% | 266 | 1.06% | 8 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.40% | 3 | 27.79% | 209 |
| Mesa | 58.45% | 2,783 | 32.66% | 1,555 | 4.18% | 199 | 2.27% | 108 | 2.44% | 116 | 25.79% | 1,228 |
| San Miguel | 61.16% | 1,370 | 35.58% | 797 | 2.63% | 59 | 0.36% | 8 | 0.27% | 6 | 25.58% | 573 |
| Jefferson | 60.76% | 2,903 | 36.40% | 1,739 | 1.55% | 74 | 1.19% | 57 | 0.10% | 5 | 24.36% | 1,164 |
| Logan | 57.13% | 821 | 33.82% | 486 | 1.18% | 17 | 5.92% | 85 | 1.95% | 28 | 23.31% | 335 |
| Routt | 60.54% | 1,384 | 37.45% | 856 | 0.83% | 19 | 0.74% | 17 | 0.44% | 10 | 23.10% | 528 |
| Elbert | 59.40% | 768 | 37.28% | 482 | 2.17% | 28 | 0.93% | 12 | 0.23% | 3 | 22.12% | 286 |
| Baca | 60.60% | 203 | 38.81% | 130 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.30% | 1 | 0.30% | 1 | 21.79% | 73 |
| Douglas | 59.28% | 792 | 39.22% | 524 | 0.60% | 8 | 0.52% | 7 | 0.37% | 5 | 20.06% | 268 |
| Kiowa | 56.60% | 180 | 38.99% | 124 | 2.20% | 7 | 1.26% | 4 | 0.94% | 3 | 17.61% | 56 |
| Rio Blanco | 58.11% | 552 | 41.16% | 391 | 0.21% | 2 | 0.32% | 3 | 0.21% | 2 | 16.95% | 161 |
| Delta | 50.65% | 1,567 | 33.81% | 1,046 | 11.93% | 369 | 2.84% | 88 | 0.78% | 24 | 16.84% | 521 |
| Montrose | 51.56% | 1,306 | 36.40% | 922 | 8.69% | 220 | 2.45% | 62 | 0.91% | 23 | 15.16% | 384 |
| Clear Creek | 56.22% | 1,691 | 41.62% | 1,252 | 0.43% | 13 | 0.80% | 24 | 0.93% | 28 | 14.59% | 439 |
| Boulder | 53.90% | 5,483 | 39.62% | 4,030 | 1.33% | 135 | 4.81% | 489 | 0.34% | 35 | 14.28% | 1,453 |
| Saguache | 56.19% | 922 | 42.47% | 697 | 0.91% | 15 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.37% | 6 | 13.71% | 225 |
| Otero | 53.98% | 2,975 | 40.37% | 2,225 | 3.05% | 168 | 2.10% | 116 | 0.49% | 27 | 13.61% | 750 |
| Pueblo | 55.72% | 9,173 | 42.31% | 6,966 | 0.69% | 114 | 0.93% | 153 | 0.35% | 57 | 13.41% | 2,207 |
| Eagle | 54.30% | 802 | 42.32% | 625 | 2.23% | 33 | 0.27% | 4 | 0.88% | 13 | 11.98% | 177 |
| Teller | 55.51% | 5,595 | 43.63% | 4,398 | 0.62% | 62 | 0.19% | 19 | 0.06% | 6 | 11.88% | 1,197 |
| Garfield | 53.09% | 1,639 | 41.66% | 1,286 | 3.92% | 121 | 0.97% | 30 | 0.36% | 11 | 11.44% | 353 |
| La Plata | 51.13% | 1,745 | 42.72% | 1,458 | 5.16% | 176 | 0.56% | 19 | 0.44% | 15 | 8.41% | 287 |
| Las Animas | 52.97% | 5,218 | 45.54% | 4,486 | 0.95% | 94 | 0.44% | 43 | 0.09% | 9 | 7.43% | 732 |
| Fremont | 51.69% | 3,533 | 44.73% | 3,057 | 0.78% | 53 | 2.19% | 150 | 0.61% | 42 | 6.96% | 476 |
| Denver | 51.73% | 32,667 | 45.85% | 28,958 | 1.33% | 838 | 0.75% | 476 | 0.34% | 214 | 5.87% | 3,709 |
| Adams | 50.89% | 1,115 | 47.51% | 1,041 | 0.64% | 14 | 0.96% | 21 | 0.00% | 0 | 3.38% | 74 |
| Gunnison | 49.67% | 1,348 | 46.43% | 1,260 | 2.84% | 77 | 0.77% | 21 | 0.29% | 8 | 3.24% | 88 |
| Gilpin | 49.01% | 1,311 | 47.10% | 1,260 | 1.35% | 36 | 2.13% | 57 | 0.41% | 11 | 1.91% | 51 |
| Lake | 50.07% | 3,026 | 48.59% | 2,936 | 0.79% | 48 | 0.28% | 17 | 0.26% | 16 | 1.49% | 90 |
| Park | 49.25% | 685 | 48.09% | 669 | 2.44% | 34 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.22% | 3 | 1.15% | 16 |
| Hinsdale | 47.55% | 243 | 46.77% | 239 | 4.50% | 23 | 0.78% | 4 | 0.39% | 2 | 0.78% | 4 |
| Chaffee | 46.90% | 1,611 | 46.61% | 1,601 | 4.86% | 167 | 1.31% | 45 | 0.32% | 11 | 0.29% | 10 |
| Summit | 48.15% | 561 | 48.84% | 569 | 2.49% | 29 | 0.34% | 4 | 0.17% | 2 | -0.69% | -8 |
| Custer | 48.63% | 587 | 50.70% | 612 | 0.50% | 6 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.17% | 2 | -2.07% | -25 |
| Montezuma | 45.66% | 526 | 48.87% | 563 | 3.56% | 41 | 0.52% | 6 | 1.39% | 16 | -3.21% | -37 |
| Dolores | 44.78% | 150 | 49.85% | 167 | 4.18% | 14 | 0.00% | 0 | 1.19% | 4 | -5.07% | -17 |
| Ouray | 44.04% | 916 | 51.92% | 1,080 | 3.41% | 71 | 0.34% | 7 | 0.29% | 6 | -7.88% | -164 |
| Pitkin | 40.21% | 922 | 48.84% | 1,120 | 7.37% | 169 | 1.05% | 24 | 2.53% | 58 | -8.63% | -198 |
| San Juan | 42.88% | 708 | 54.45% | 899 | 2.24% | 37 | 0.24% | 4 | 0.18% | 3 | -11.57% | -191 |
| Mineral | 33.59% | 306 | 63.12% | 575 | 2.41% | 22 | 0.22% | 2 | 0.66% | 6 | -29.53% | -269 |
Notes
- Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket