1904 Illinois gubernatorial election

Election for Governor of Illinois

1904 Illinois gubernatorial election
← 1900 November 8, 1904 (1904-11-08) 1908 →
 
Nominee Charles S. Deneen Lawrence B. Stringer John Collins
Party Republican Democratic Socialist
Popular vote 634,029 334,880 59,062
Percentage 59.09% 31.21% 5.51%
County results
Deneen:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%
Stringer:      40-50%      50-60%
Governor before election

Richard Yates Jr.
Republican

Elected Governor

Charles S. Deneen
Republican

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The 1904 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1904.

Incumbent Republican Governor Richard Yates Jr. was denied renomination by his party.

Republican nominee Charles S. Deneen defeated Democratic nominee Lawrence B. Stringer with 59.09% of the vote.

Democratic nomination

Candidates

Results

The Democratic state convention was held on June 15, 1904, at the State Armory in Springfield.[1]

Democratic gubernatorial nomination, 1st ballot[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lawrence B. Stringer acclaimed

Republican nomination

Candidates

Results

The Republican state convention was held from May 12 to 20 and, following a recess, from May 31 to June 3, 1904, at the State Armory in Springfield.[9]

The results of the balloting were as follows[10][11][12][13][14][15] (fractions ignored until 39th ballot):

(1-20) Gubernatorial Ballot
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Richard Yates Jr. 507 504 499 490 491 493 494 488 494 489 489 489 488 482 495 472 485 483 491 486
Frank O. Lowden 354 390 396 405 408 404 407 403 405 407 401 404 401 420 405 428 407 412 405 397
Charles S. Deneen 386 383 380 383 380 383 377 382 382 379 376 380 382 381 381 381 379 379 376 383
Howland J. Hamlin 121 117 111 112 111 112 110 112 111 114 118 117 111 110 111 110 109 118 119 109
Vespasian Warner 45 42 34 36 34 34 39 44 36 38 38 39 45 36 36 38 35 36 37 51
Lawrence Y. Sherman 87 63 57 51 56 54 52 50 51 52 52 51 53 50 51 51 51 50 50 51
John H. Pierce 0 0 21 21 21 21 21 21 22 22 21 21 21 21 21 21 34 22 21 21
William A. Rodenberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(21-38) Gubernatorial Ballot
21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th 37th 38th
Richard Yates Jr. 486 486 483 486 489 483 482 482 481 437 431 429 428 431 483 492 487 490
Frank O. Lowden 409 401 393 398 407 402 407 400 404 452 473 473 467 466 408 390 395 393
Charles S. Deneen 381 386 369 375 381 385 388 393 382 382 383 383 387 389 391 398 445 441
Howland J. Hamlin 108 110 148 135 111 111 110 110 115 111 107 109 111 111 109 111 109 113
Vespasian Warner 42 44 35 36 39 39 39 40 38 44 32 33 34 32 38 37 37 37
Lawrence Y. Sherman 51 51 50 49 50 51 51 51 56 51 50 49 49 50 49 51 6 2
John H. Pierce 21 21 21 21 21 26 21 22 22 21 22 22 22 22 23 22 22 25
Joseph G. Cannon 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(39-58) Gubernatorial Ballot
39th 40th 41st 42nd 43rd 44th 45th 46th 47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th
Richard Yates Jr. 483 482 484 482 479 478 480 482 482 486 487 486 483 483 483 481 483 482 483 483
Frank O. Lowden 396.5 396.5 399.5 400.5 396.5 402.5 403.5 404.5 403.5 397.5 399.5 399.5 393.5 393.5 393.5 392.5 393.5 393.5 393.5 392.5
Charles S. Deneen 442.5 440.5 433.5 433.5 435.5 436.5 435.5 433.5 432.5 432.5 391.5 431.5 429.5 429.5 430.5 429.5 430.5 429.5 388.5 385.5
Howland J. Hamlin 112 111 111 111 116 113 111 112 111 112 111 113 112 111 110 111 110 110 109 113
Vespasian Warner 36 40 41 41 39 39 39 37 38 41 39 40 50 52 53 55 52 54 54 53
Lawrence Y. Sherman 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 46
John H. Pierce 30 30 31 32 32 31 31 31 33 31 32 32 33 33 32 33 33 33 31 29
Walter Reeves 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clifford S. Raymond 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(59-79) Gubernatorial Ballot
59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th
Richard Yates Jr. 487 484 484 470 465 474 473 474 471 464 388 381 380 363 362 369 373 386 399 405 1
Frank O. Lowden 396.5 398.5 398.5 404.5 401.5 407.5 414.5 411.5 408.5 400.5 573.5 601.5 604.5 614.5 631.5 620.5 599.5 581.5 537.5 532.5 522.5
Charles S. Deneen 383.5 383.5 384.5 391.5 393.5 385.5 381.5 384.5 386.5 370.5 358.5 351.5 347.5 347.5 345.5 345.5 355.5 364.5 364.5 365.5 957.5
Howland J. Hamlin 116 113 116 116 121 116 117 119 118 107 87 74 76 83 70 74 81 78 104 102 0
Vespasian Warner 41 42 40 40 43 39 37 36 39 42 28 27 29 30 29 28 28 27 28 28 21
Lawrence Y. Sherman 50 53 51 52 51 52 52 51 53 80 44 43 41 40 40 41 42 43 45 45 0
John H. Pierce 28 28 28 28 27 28 27 26 26 38 23 24 24 24 24 24 23 22 24 24 0
Republican gubernatorial nomination, 79th ballot[16][17][18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Charles S. Deneen 957.5 63.75%
Republican Frank O. Lowden 522.5 34.79%
Republican Vespasian Warner 21 1.40%
Republican Richard Yates Jr. 1 0.07%
Total votes 1,502 100.00

Following the 79th ballot, Lowden moved that the nomination of Deneen be made unanimous, which was carried viva voce.[19]

General election

Candidates

Results

Illinois gubernatorial election, 1904[22][23][24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Charles S. Deneen 634,029 59.09%
Democratic Lawrence B. Stringer 334,880 31.21%
Socialist John Collins 59,062 5.51%
Prohibition Robert H. Patton 35,440 3.30%
Socialist Labor Philip Veal 4,379 0.41%
Populist James Hogan 4,364 0.41%
Continental Party Andrew G. Specht 780 0.07%
Majority 299,149 27.88%
Turnout 1,072,934 100.00%
Republican hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Illinois Blue Book 1905, p. 567.
  2. ^ McCan Davis 1904, p. 378.
  3. ^ Henry County, Illinois: History and Families. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company. 2000. p. 22. ISBN 1-56311-665-0.
  4. ^ McCan Davis 1904, p. 224.
  5. ^ McCan Davis 1904, p. 376.
  6. ^ "Sherman drops out on fiftieth ballot". The Champaign Daily News. Vol. 9, no. 258. Champaign, Illinois. May 20, 1904. p. 1. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  7. ^ McCan Davis 1904, p. 380.
  8. ^ McCan Davis 1904, p. 377.
  9. ^ Illinois Blue Book 1905, p. 564.
  10. ^ "Illinois deadlock unbroken". Los Angeles Herald. Vol. XXXI, no. 231. Los Angeles, California. May 17, 1904. p. 1. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  11. ^ "Still deadlocked at Springfield". Los Angeles Herald. Vol. XXXI, no. 231. Los Angeles, California. May 17, 1904. p. 2. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  12. ^ "Seventh day of the Illinois Republican convention deadlock". Indianapolis Journal. Vol. 54, no. 141. Indianapolis, Indiana. May 20, 1904. p. 1. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  13. ^ "May try to settle it by means of secret ballot". Rock Island Argus. Vol. 53, no. 192. Rock Island, Illinois. June 1, 1904. p. 1. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  14. ^ "Done by a combine". Plymouth Tribune. Vol. 3, no. 36. Plymouth, Indiana. June 9, 1904. p. 6. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  15. ^ McCan Davis 1904, pp. 395–425.
  16. ^ Illinois Blue Book 1905, p. 565.
  17. ^ Holstein, Jerome B. (1974). Lawrence Yates Sherman: United States Senator from Illinois, 1913-1921 (Masters). Eastern Illinois University. p. 9. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  18. ^ "IL Governor, 1904 – R Convention". Our Campaigns. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  19. ^ McCan Davis 1904, p. 382.
  20. ^ Richardson, Darcy G. (2007). Others: Third Parties during the Populist period. iUniverse, Inc. p. 378. ISBN 978-0-595-68624-7.
  21. ^ IWW Yearbook, 1906.
  22. ^ Illinois Blue Book 1905, pp. 590–591.
  23. ^ Illinois Senate Journal 1905, p. 41.
  24. ^ "IL Governor, 1904". Our Campaigns. Retrieved May 5, 2020.

Bibliography

  • McCan Davis, J. (1904). The breaking of the deadlock. Springfield, Illinois: The Henry O. Shepard Company.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)
  • Compiled by James A. Rose, Secretary of State (1906). Blue Book of the State of Illinois, 1905. Springfield, Illinois: Illinois State Journal Co., State Printers.
  • Journal of the Senate of the 44th General Assembly of the State of Illinois. Springfield, Illinois: Illinois State Journal Co., State Printers. 1905.
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