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The1904 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 8, 1904, as part of the1904 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
South Carolina voted for theDemocratic nominee, formerChief Judge of New York Court of AppealsAlton B. Parker, over theRepublican nominee,PresidentTheodore Roosevelt. Parker won South Carolina by a landslide margin of 90.74 percentage points. Parker indeed wonHampton,Fairfield andGeorgetown Counties unanimously due to the nearly complete disfranchisement of the black majority that was the Republican Party's sole support in the state.[1]
With 95.36% of the popular vote, South Carolina would be Parker's strongest victory in terms of percentage of the popular vote.[2]
Parker became the first presidential candidate to sweep every county in South Carolina.
| 1904 United States presidential election in South Carolina[3] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Democratic | Alton Brooks Parker ofNew York | Henry Gassaway Davis ofWest Virginia | 52,563 | 95.36% | 9 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican | Theodore Roosevelt ofNew York (incumbent) | Charles Warren Fairbanks ofIndiana | 2,554 | 4.62% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Populist | Thomas Edward Watson ofGeorgia | Thomas Tibbles ofNebraska | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 55,118 | 100.00% | 9 | 100.00% | ||||
| County | Alton Brooks Parker Democratic | Theodore Roosevelt Republican | Margin | Total votes cast[4] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| 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 |
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