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The 1904 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 8, 1904, as part of the 1904 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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 percentage points. Parker indeed won Hampton, Fairfield and Georgetown Counties unanimously due to the nearly complete disfranchisement of the black majority that was the Republican Party's sole support in the state.
With 95.36% of the popular vote, South Carolina would be Parker's strongest victory in terms of percentage of the popular vote.
Parker became the first presidential candidate to sweep every county in South Carolina.
Results
| 1904 United States presidential election in South Carolina | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 (incumbent) | Charles Warren Fairbanks of Indiana | 2,554 | 4.62% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Populist | 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
| County | Alton Brooks Parker Democratic |
Theodore Roosevelt Republican |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| 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 |
See also
References
- Phillips, Kevin P. (1969). The Emerging Republican Majority. Princeton University Press. pp. 208, 210. ISBN 9780691163246.
- "1904 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- "1904 Presidential General Election Results – South Carolina". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
- Robinson, Edgar Eugene (1947). The Presidential Vote 1896-1932. pp. 314–317. ISBN 9780804716963.
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