Ageneral election was held in the U.S. state ofWyoming on Tuesday, November 8, 1904. Two special elections were held: one for Governor and one for State Treasurer. In the gubernatorial election, acting GovernorFenimore Chatterton ran for re-election but was defeated for renomination at the Republican convention byBryant B. Brooks, who won the subsequent special election over DemocratJohn E. Osborne. In the special election for State Treasurer, RepublicanWilliam C. Irvine, who was appointed to the office by Governor Chatterton, won re-election.
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On April 28, 1903, Republican GovernorDeForest Richards died in office, elevating Secretary of StateFenimore Chatterton to the governorship. Chatterton sought re-election in the special election that followed, but lost renomination toBryant B. Brooks. In the subsequent general election, Brooks defeated Democratic nomineeJohn E. Osborne by a wide margin.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | Bryant B. Brooks | 17,765 | 57.48% | −0.34% | |
| Democratic | John E. Osborne | 10,017 | 39.98% | −0.72% | |
| Socialist | James W. Gates | 816 | 2.64% | +0.44% | |
| Prohibition | George W. Blain | 191 | 0.62% | — | |
| Majority | 5,628 | 18.21% | +0.38% | ||
| Turnout | 30,909 | 100.00% | |||
| Republicanhold | |||||
Less than a year into his four-year term as State Treasurer, Henry G. Hay resigned from office in September 1903[2] to accept a position with theUnited States Steel Corporation.[3] A special Republican convention was convened to name Hay's replacement, and the convention settled onWilliam C. Irvine, whose name it recommended to GovernorFenimore Chatterton to appoint as Hay's successor.[2] Chatterton, though not obligated to follow the convention's recommendation, did so, and Irvine served until the 1904 special election.[4]
In 1904, Irvine ran for re-election. He was renominated at the Republican convention, and faced former State Representative Horace C. Alger, the1898 Democratic nominee for Governor.[5] He overwhelmingly defeated Alger, winning the right to finish the final two years of Hay's term as Treasurer.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | William C. Irvine (inc.) | 18,114 | 59.74% | +0.39% | |
| Democratic | Horace C. Alger | 11,173 | 36.85% | −1.76% | |
| Socialist | Frank Ketchum | 831 | 2.74% | +0.69% | |
| Prohibition | David Gordon | 205 | 0.68% | — | |
| Majority | 6,941 | 22.89% | +2.14% | ||
| Turnout | 30,323 | 100.00% | |||
| Republicanhold | |||||