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The1904 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 8, 1904. All contemporary 45 states were part of the1904 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight electors to theElectoral College, which selected thepresident andvice president.
The winner inMaryland depended on the votes, supposedly due to the "Wilson Law" designed to make it easier for Democrats to cast ballots for both Presidential electors and Congress by a simple turning down of a single fold in the ballot paper.[2] Seven electoral votes were won by theDemocratic nominees,Chief JudgeAlton B. Parker ofNew York and his running mateHenry G. Davis ofWest Virginia, while theRepublican nominees, PresidentTheodore Roosevelt of New York and his running mateCharles W. Fairbanks of Indiana, won the popular vote and one electoral vote. Roosevelt's popular vote margin isthe second-closest presidential election margin by number of votes on record, behindHenry Clay's four-vote1832 win,[3] also in Maryland. In this election, Maryland voted 18.81% more Democratic than the nation at-large.[4]
| 1904 United States presidential election in Maryland[5] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Alton B. Parker | 109,446 | 48.81% | 7[a] | |
| Republican | Theodore Roosevelt (incumbent) | 109,497 | 48.83% | 1[a] | |
| Prohibition | Silas C. Swallow | 3,034 | 1.35% | 0 | |
| Social Democratic | Eugene V. Debs | 2,247 | 1.00% | 0 | |
| Write-ins | Scattered | 4 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Populist | Thomas E. Watson | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Totals | 224,229 | 100.00% | 8 | ||
| Voter turnout | — | ||||
| County | Theodore Roosevelt[6] Republican | Alton Brooks Parker[6] Democratic | Silas Comfort Swallow[7] Prohibition | Eugene Victor Debs[7] Social Democratic | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Allegany | 5,232 | 56.32% | 3,326 | 35.81% | 318 | 3.42% | 413 | 4.45% | 1,906 | 20.52% | 9,289 |
| Anne Arundel | 2,849 | 47.64% | 3,001 | 50.18% | 108 | 1.81% | 22 | 0.37% | -152 | -2.54% | 5,980 |
| Baltimore | 7,570 | 43.89% | 9,394 | 54.47% | 194 | 1.12% | 88 | 0.51% | -1,824 | -10.58% | 17,246 |
| Baltimore City | 47,444 | 48.64% | 47,901 | 49.11% | 731 | 0.75% | 1,461 | 1.50% | -457 | -0.47% | 97,537 |
| Calvert | 1,030 | 57.48% | 740 | 41.29% | 17 | 0.95% | 5 | 0.28% | 290 | 16.18% | 1,792 |
| Caroline | 1,452 | 43.09% | 1,809 | 53.68% | 86 | 2.55% | 23 | 0.68% | -357 | -10.59% | 3,370 |
| Carroll | 3,357 | 47.77% | 3,527 | 50.19% | 130 | 1.85% | 13 | 0.19% | -170 | -2.42% | 7,027 |
| Cecil | 2,425 | 48.14% | 2,554 | 50.70% | 53 | 1.05% | 5 | 0.10% | -129 | -2.56% | 5,037 |
| Charles | 1,659 | 57.80% | 1,180 | 41.11% | 24 | 0.84% | 7 | 0.24% | 479 | 16.69% | 2,870 |
| Dorchester | 2,680 | 55.04% | 2,087 | 42.86% | 86 | 1.77% | 16 | 0.33% | 593 | 12.18% | 4,869 |
| Frederick | 5,788 | 52.83% | 5,004 | 45.67% | 149 | 1.36% | 15 | 0.14% | 784 | 7.16% | 10,956 |
| Garrett | 2,051 | 66.96% | 947 | 30.92% | 47 | 1.53% | 18 | 0.59% | 1,104 | 36.04% | 3,063 |
| Harford | 2,561 | 43.91% | 3,151 | 54.02% | 117 | 2.01% | 4 | 0.07% | -590 | -10.11% | 5,833 |
| Howard | 1,258 | 39.00% | 1,914 | 59.33% | 40 | 1.24% | 14 | 0.43% | -656 | -20.33% | 3,226 |
| Kent | 1,841 | 47.91% | 1,956 | 50.90% | 44 | 1.14% | 2 | 0.05% | -115 | -2.99% | 3,843 |
| Montgomery | 2,711 | 46.09% | 3,082 | 52.40% | 79 | 1.34% | 10 | 0.17% | -371 | -6.31% | 5,882 |
| Prince George's | 2,845 | 55.36% | 2,270 | 44.17% | 18 | 0.35% | 6 | 0.12% | 575 | 11.19% | 5,139 |
| Queen Anne's | 1,487 | 38.28% | 2,258 | 58.12% | 130 | 3.35% | 10 | 0.26% | -771 | -19.85% | 3,885 |
| Somerset | 1,874 | 51.53% | 1,580 | 43.44% | 177 | 4.87% | 6 | 0.16% | 294 | 8.08% | 3,637 |
| St. Mary's | 1,174 | 48.00% | 1,247 | 50.98% | 21 | 0.86% | 4 | 0.16% | -73 | -2.98% | 2,446 |
| Talbot | 1,999 | 50.53% | 1,861 | 47.04% | 89 | 2.25% | 7 | 0.18% | 138 | -3.49% | 3,956 |
| Washington | 4,581 | 51.86% | 4,064 | 46.01% | 103 | 1.17% | 85 | 0.96% | 517 | 5.85% | 8,833 |
| Wicomico | 2,179 | 44.47% | 2,593 | 52.92% | 127 | 2.59% | 1 | 0.02% | -414 | -8.45% | 4,900 |
| Worcester | 1,450 | 40.19% | 2,000 | 55.43% | 146 | 4.05% | 12 | 0.33% | -550 | -15.24% | 3,608 |
| Totals | 109,497 | 48.83% | 109,446 | 48.81% | 3,034 | 1.35% | 2,247 | 1.00% | 51 | 0.02% | 224,229[b] |
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