United States Presidential Election of 1904

Theodore Roosevelt defeated Alton Parker 336 to 140 with 56.4 percent of the vote.

Overview

Roosevelt, the first president to win a full term in his own right after ascending from the vice presidency, dominated the election as no one since 1872. Judge Alton Parker, a conservative Democrat from New York, secured 140 electoral votes, and Socialist Eugene Debs drew nearly 3 percent. Roosevelt's 56.4 percent and 336 to 140 landslide validated his square deal activism, trust busting, and the Panama Canal achievement, and ratified the new activist presidency in the voters' eyes.