Kentucky — 1904 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1904 presidential electionKentucky · PresidentParkerD+2.7
How it voted
Share of the 1904 vote
| Alton B. Parker ✓Democratic | 49.8% | 217,250 |
|---|---|---|
| Theodore RooseveltRepublican | 47.1% | 205,277 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 3.1% | 13,328 |
1904presidential margin
D+60R+60
119 counties, each filled by 1904 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Kentucky cast 13 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (119 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adair County, KY | Republican | R+10.7 |
| Allen County, KY | Republican | R+12.1 |
| Anderson County, KY | Democratic | D+19.3 |
| Ballard County, KY | Democratic | D+46.3 |
| Barren County, KY | Democratic | D+18.7 |
| Bath County, KY | Democratic | D+5.6 |
| Bell County, KY | Republican | R+51.5 |
| Boone County, KY | Democratic | D+54.6 |
| Bourbon County, KY | Democratic | D+9.1 |
| Boyd County, KY | Republican | R+19.0 |
| Boyle County, KY | Democratic | D+9.1 |
| Bracken County, KY | Democratic | D+15.1 |
| Breathitt County, KY | Democratic | D+29.6 |
| Breckinridge County, KY | Republican | R+6.3 |
| Bullitt County, KY | Democratic | D+36.0 |
| Butler County, KY | Republican | R+40.5 |
| Caldwell County, KY | Republican | R+6.7 |
| Calloway County, KY | Democratic | D+46.4 |
| Campbell County, KY | Republican | R+10.4 |
| Carlisle County, KY | Democratic | D+47.3 |
| Carroll County, KY | Democratic | D+46.6 |
| Carter County, KY | Republican | R+24.8 |
| Casey County, KY | Republican | R+16.5 |
| Christian County, KY | Republican | R+17.9 |
| Clark County, KY | Democratic | D+18.2 |
| Clay County, KY | Republican | R+51.4 |
| Clinton County, KY | Republican | R+49.7 |
| Crittenden County, KY | Republican | R+16.1 |
| Cumberland County, KY | Republican | R+27.4 |
| Daviess County, KY | Democratic | D+16.4 |
| Edmonson County, KY | Republican | R+21.0 |
| Elliott County, KY | Democratic | D+31.4 |
| Estill County, KY | Republican | R+19.7 |
| Fayette County, KY | Democratic | D+12.7 |
| Fleming County, KY | Democratic | D+0.1 |
| Floyd County, KY | Democratic | D+13.5 |
| Franklin County, KY | Democratic | D+33.6 |
| Fulton County, KY | Democratic | D+45.9 |
| Gallatin County, KY | Democratic | D+47.0 |
| Garrard County, KY | Republican | R+6.7 |
| Grant County, KY | Democratic | D+17.8 |
| Graves County, KY | Democratic | D+49.1 |
| Grayson County, KY | Republican | R+12.2 |
| Green County, KY | Republican | R+5.6 |
| Greenup County, KY | Republican | R+27.6 |
| Hancock County, KY | Republican | R+7.9 |
| Hardin County, KY | Democratic | D+23.0 |
| Harlan County, KY | Republican | R+66.7 |
| Harrison County, KY | Democratic | D+26.8 |
| Hart County, KY | Republican | R+3.8 |
| Henderson County, KY | Democratic | D+19.1 |
| Henry County, KY | Democratic | D+19.2 |
| Hickman County, KY | Democratic | D+40.0 |
| Hopkins County, KY | Democratic | D+4.8 |
| Jackson County, KY | Republican | R+75.6 |
| Jefferson County, KY | Democratic | D+2.4 |
| Jessamine County, KY | Democratic | D+7.8 |
| Johnson County, KY | Republican | R+36.6 |
| Kenton County, KY | Republican | R+4.2 |
| Knott County, KY | Democratic | D+38.3 |
| Knox County, KY | Republican | R+51.1 |
| Larue County, KY | Democratic | D+19.9 |
| Laurel County, KY | Republican | R+33.7 |
| Lawrence County, KY | Republican | R+6.9 |
| Lee County, KY | Republican | R+24.7 |
| Leslie County, KY | Republican | R+85.2 |
| Letcher County, KY | Republican | R+40.6 |
| Lewis County, KY | Republican | R+28.8 |
| Lincoln County, KY | Democratic | D+1.8 |
| Livingston County, KY | Democratic | D+19.2 |
| Logan County, KY | Democratic | D+8.7 |
| Lyon County, KY | Democratic | D+14.8 |
| Madison County, KY | Democratic | D+2.0 |
| Magoffin County, KY | Republican | R+16.7 |
| Marion County, KY | Democratic | D+21.6 |
| Marshall County, KY | Democratic | D+24.2 |
| Martin County, KY | Republican | R+64.3 |
| Mason County, KY | Democratic | D+15.3 |
| McCracken County, KY | Democratic | D+7.8 |
| McLean County, KY | Democratic | D+6.5 |
| Meade County, KY | Democratic | D+19.3 |
| Menifee County, KY | Democratic | D+22.8 |
| Mercer County, KY | Democratic | D+6.4 |
| Metcalfe County, KY | Republican | R+4.8 |
| Monroe County, KY | Republican | R+35.3 |
| Montgomery County, KY | Democratic | D+7.9 |
| Morgan County, KY | Democratic | D+23.3 |
| Muhlenberg County, KY | Republican | R+11.5 |
| Nelson County, KY | Democratic | D+25.7 |
| Nicholas County, KY | Democratic | D+23.4 |
| Ohio County, KY | Republican | R+9.4 |
| Oldham County, KY | Democratic | D+30.9 |
| Owen County, KY | Democratic | D+55.1 |
| Owsley County, KY | Republican | R+65.8 |
| Pendleton County, KY | Democratic | D+6.3 |
| Perry County, KY | Republican | R+38.6 |
| Pike County, KY | Republican | R+12.3 |
| Powell County, KY | Democratic | D+6.4 |
| Pulaski County, KY | Republican | R+32.2 |
| Robertson County, KY | Democratic | D+26.4 |
| Rockcastle County, KY | Republican | R+30.8 |
| Rowan County, KY | Republican | R+11.9 |
| Russell County, KY | Republican | R+22.4 |
| Scott County, KY | Democratic | D+15.9 |
| Shelby County, KY | Democratic | D+23.3 |
| Simpson County, KY | Democratic | D+27.4 |
| Spencer County, KY | Democratic | D+31.3 |
| Taylor County, KY | Democratic | D+2.4 |
| Todd County, KY | Democratic | D+2.5 |
| Trigg County, KY | Republican | R+4.4 |
| Trimble County, KY | Democratic | D+54.7 |
| Union County, KY | Democratic | D+39.1 |
| Warren County, KY | Democratic | D+11.7 |
| Washington County, KY | Democratic | D+1.1 |
| Wayne County, KY | Republican | R+13.2 |
| Webster County, KY | Democratic | D+18.2 |
| Whitley County, KY | Republican | R+63.6 |
| Wolfe County, KY | Democratic | D+24.4 |
| Woodford County, KY | Democratic | D+11.6 |
Kentucky results by county
119 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adair County | Theodore Roosevelt+325 | 1,32743.6% | 1,65254.3% | 652.1% | 3,044 |
| Allen County | Theodore Roosevelt+389 | 1,37942.9% | 1,76855.0% | 692.1% | 3,216 |
| Anderson County | Alton B. Parker+470 | 1,42958.7% | 95939.4% | 451.8% | 2,433 |
| Ballard County | Alton B. Parker+1,042 | 1,59871.0% | 55624.7% | 974.3% | 2,251 |
| Barren County | Alton B. Parker+978 | 3,05158.5% | 2,07339.7% | 951.8% | 5,219 |
| Bath County | Alton B. Parker+161 | 1,50351.9% | 1,34246.3% | 511.8% | 2,896 |
| Bell County | Theodore Roosevelt+1,226 | 53822.6% | 1,76474.1% | 783.3% | 2,380 |
| Boone County | Alton B. Parker+1,435 | 2,01376.6% | 57822.0% | 381.4% | 2,629 |
| Bourbon County | Alton B. Parker+439 | 2,58653.7% | 2,14744.6% | 861.8% | 4,819 |
| Boyd County | Theodore Roosevelt+828 | 1,71639.3% | 2,54458.3% | 1052.4% | 4,365 |
| Boyle County | Alton B. Parker+280 | 1,64653.6% | 1,36644.5% | 602.0% | 3,072 |
| Bracken County | Alton B. Parker+431 | 1,59655.9% | 1,16540.8% | 943.3% | 2,855 |
| Breathitt County | Alton B. Parker+708 | 1,53764.3% | 82934.7% | 261.1% | 2,392 |
| Breckinridge County | Theodore Roosevelt+287 | 2,06645.5% | 2,35351.8% | 1252.8% | 4,544 |
| Bullitt County | Alton B. Parker+691 | 1,28466.9% | 59330.9% | 412.1% | 1,918 |
| Butler County | Theodore Roosevelt+1,347 | 95128.6% | 2,29869.1% | 792.4% | 3,328 |
| Caldwell County | Theodore Roosevelt+186 | 1,22744.2% | 1,41350.9% | 1364.9% | 2,776 |
| Calloway County | Alton B. Parker+1,642 | 2,46669.6% | 82423.3% | 2527.1% | 3,542 |
| Campbell County | Theodore Roosevelt+1,197 | 4,56239.5% | 5,75949.8% | 1,23210.7% | 11,553 |
| Carlisle County | Alton B. Parker+960 | 1,42870.3% | 46823.0% | 1356.6% | 2,031 |
| Carroll County | Alton B. Parker+1,002 | 1,54872.0% | 54625.4% | 562.6% | 2,150 |
| Carter County | Theodore Roosevelt+977 | 1,44236.6% | 2,41961.4% | 761.9% | 3,937 |
| Casey County | Theodore Roosevelt+462 | 1,13340.6% | 1,59557.1% | 662.4% | 2,794 |
| Christian County | Theodore Roosevelt+1,189 | 2,68140.3% | 3,87058.2% | 1021.5% | 6,653 |
| Clark County | Alton B. Parker+759 | 2,44258.5% | 1,68340.3% | 491.2% | 4,174 |
| Clay County | Theodore Roosevelt+1,153 | 53223.7% | 1,68575.1% | 261.2% | 2,243 |
| Clinton County | Theodore Roosevelt+643 | 30523.6% | 94873.3% | 403.1% | 1,293 |
| Crittenden County | Theodore Roosevelt+483 | 1,20740.3% | 1,69056.4% | 993.3% | 2,996 |
| Cumberland County | Theodore Roosevelt+440 | 56135.0% | 1,00162.4% | 422.6% | 1,604 |
| Daviess County | Alton B. Parker+1,373 | 4,75456.7% | 3,38140.3% | 2483.0% | 8,383 |
| Edmonson County | Theodore Roosevelt+412 | 76038.7% | 1,17259.7% | 301.5% | 1,962 |
| Elliott County | Alton B. Parker+549 | 1,14365.5% | 59434.0% | 90.5% | 1,746 |
| Estill County | Theodore Roosevelt+430 | 85038.8% | 1,28058.5% | 582.7% | 2,188 |
| Fayette County | Alton B. Parker+1,172 | 5,11955.6% | 3,94742.9% | 1411.5% | 9,207 |
| Fleming County | Alton B. Parker+5 | 1,71248.9% | 1,70748.8% | 802.3% | 3,499 |
| Floyd County | Alton B. Parker+379 | 1,58056.4% | 1,20142.9% | 200.7% | 2,801 |
| Franklin County | Alton B. Parker+1,492 | 2,94166.3% | 1,44932.6% | 491.1% | 4,439 |
| Fulton County | Alton B. Parker+999 | 1,56071.7% | 56125.8% | 542.5% | 2,175 |
| Gallatin County | Alton B. Parker+607 | 94172.9% | 33425.9% | 161.2% | 1,291 |
| Garrard County | Theodore Roosevelt+175 | 1,17645.3% | 1,35152.1% | 682.6% | 2,595 |
| Grant County | Alton B. Parker+503 | 1,65158.3% | 1,14840.6% | 321.1% | 2,831 |
| Graves County | Alton B. Parker+3,320 | 4,93573.0% | 1,61523.9% | 2083.1% | 6,758 |
| Grayson County | Theodore Roosevelt+496 | 1,68341.3% | 2,17953.5% | 2115.2% | 4,073 |
| Green County | Theodore Roosevelt+130 | 1,07146.3% | 1,20151.9% | 401.7% | 2,312 |
| Greenup County | Theodore Roosevelt+893 | 1,11234.4% | 2,00562.0% | 1163.6% | 3,233 |
| Hancock County | Theodore Roosevelt+151 | 84644.0% | 99751.8% | 804.2% | 1,923 |
| Hardin County | Alton B. Parker+1,043 | 2,71459.8% | 1,67136.8% | 1523.4% | 4,537 |
| Harlan County | Theodore Roosevelt+1,160 | 28616.5% | 1,44683.2% | 60.3% | 1,738 |
| Harrison County | Alton B. Parker+1,150 | 2,68862.5% | 1,53835.8% | 731.7% | 4,299 |
| Hart County | Theodore Roosevelt+136 | 1,65846.4% | 1,79450.2% | 1223.4% | 3,574 |
| Henderson County | Alton B. Parker+1,148 | 3,44857.4% | 2,30038.3% | 2594.3% | 6,007 |
| Henry County | Alton B. Parker+703 | 2,13758.3% | 1,43439.1% | 942.6% | 3,665 |
| Hickman County | Alton B. Parker+978 | 1,68068.6% | 70228.7% | 662.7% | 2,448 |
| Hopkins County | Alton B. Parker+299 | 3,12550.2% | 2,82645.4% | 2754.4% | 6,226 |
| Jackson County | Theodore Roosevelt+1,390 | 21611.8% | 1,60687.4% | 160.9% | 1,838 |
| Jefferson County | Alton B. Parker+1,117 | 22,78149.6% | 21,66447.1% | 1,5143.3% | 45,959 |
| Jessamine County | Alton B. Parker+219 | 1,46652.1% | 1,24744.3% | 1003.6% | 2,813 |
| Johnson County | Theodore Roosevelt+1,039 | 88631.2% | 1,92567.9% | 260.9% | 2,837 |
| Kenton County | Theodore Roosevelt+546 | 5,76044.0% | 6,30648.1% | 1,0327.9% | 13,098 |
| Knott County | Alton B. Parker+609 | 1,09268.7% | 48330.4% | 140.9% | 1,589 |
| Knox County | Theodore Roosevelt+1,529 | 71123.7% | 2,24074.8% | 441.5% | 2,995 |
| Larue County | Alton B. Parker+438 | 1,30159.1% | 86339.2% | 371.7% | 2,201 |
| Laurel County | Theodore Roosevelt+1,102 | 1,05032.1% | 2,15265.9% | 662.0% | 3,268 |
| Lawrence County | Theodore Roosevelt+262 | 1,75245.9% | 2,01452.7% | 541.4% | 3,820 |
| Lee County | Theodore Roosevelt+352 | 52737.0% | 87961.7% | 191.3% | 1,425 |
| Leslie County | Theodore Roosevelt+882 | 716.9% | 95392.1% | 111.1% | 1,035 |
| Letcher County | Theodore Roosevelt+555 | 40529.6% | 96070.2% | 30.2% | 1,368 |
| Lewis County | Theodore Roosevelt+1,088 | 1,28634.0% | 2,37462.7% | 1243.3% | 3,784 |
| Lincoln County | Alton B. Parker+65 | 1,71348.4% | 1,64846.6% | 1765.0% | 3,537 |
| Livingston County | Alton B. Parker+421 | 1,25957.3% | 83838.2% | 994.5% | 2,196 |
| Logan County | Alton B. Parker+446 | 2,69652.8% | 2,25044.1% | 1573.1% | 5,103 |
| Lyon County | Alton B. Parker+260 | 93853.4% | 67838.6% | 1418.0% | 1,757 |
| Madison County | Alton B. Parker+117 | 2,89149.9% | 2,77447.9% | 1252.2% | 5,790 |
| Magoffin County | Theodore Roosevelt+404 | 1,00041.3% | 1,40458.0% | 150.6% | 2,419 |
| Marion County | Alton B. Parker+666 | 1,85760.1% | 1,19138.5% | 421.4% | 3,090 |
| Marshall County | Alton B. Parker+667 | 1,58757.5% | 92033.4% | 2519.1% | 2,758 |
| Martin County | Theodore Roosevelt+712 | 18817.0% | 90081.3% | 191.7% | 1,107 |
| Mason County | Alton B. Parker+763 | 2,79255.9% | 2,02940.6% | 1743.5% | 4,995 |
| McCracken County | Alton B. Parker+419 | 2,83252.4% | 2,41344.7% | 1572.9% | 5,402 |
| McLean County | Alton B. Parker+173 | 1,33650.3% | 1,16343.8% | 1596.0% | 2,658 |
| Meade County | Alton B. Parker+411 | 1,24558.3% | 83439.1% | 552.6% | 2,134 |
| Menifee County | Alton B. Parker+269 | 71961.0% | 45038.2% | 90.8% | 1,178 |
| Mercer County | Alton B. Parker+209 | 1,70351.8% | 1,49445.4% | 932.8% | 3,290 |
| Metcalfe County | Theodore Roosevelt+104 | 1,01146.9% | 1,11551.7% | 311.4% | 2,157 |
| Monroe County | Theodore Roosevelt+865 | 77931.8% | 1,64467.1% | 271.1% | 2,450 |
| Montgomery County | Alton B. Parker+222 | 1,48853.0% | 1,26645.1% | 531.9% | 2,807 |
| Morgan County | Alton B. Parker+688 | 1,80761.1% | 1,11937.8% | 331.1% | 2,959 |
| Muhlenberg County | Theodore Roosevelt+522 | 1,95442.9% | 2,47654.4% | 1252.7% | 4,555 |
| Nelson County | Alton B. Parker+897 | 2,16062.0% | 1,26336.2% | 621.8% | 3,485 |
| Nicholas County | Alton B. Parker+674 | 1,74160.4% | 1,06737.0% | 762.6% | 2,884 |
| Ohio County | Theodore Roosevelt+544 | 2,51943.4% | 3,06352.8% | 2203.8% | 5,802 |
| Oldham County | Alton B. Parker+430 | 88263.5% | 45232.5% | 564.0% | 1,390 |
| Owen County | Alton B. Parker+2,105 | 2,93276.8% | 82721.7% | 591.5% | 3,818 |
| Owsley County | Theodore Roosevelt+876 | 22416.8% | 1,10082.6% | 70.5% | 1,331 |
| Pendleton County | Alton B. Parker+175 | 1,42150.8% | 1,24644.5% | 1324.7% | 2,799 |
| Perry County | Theodore Roosevelt+548 | 43130.4% | 97968.9% | 100.7% | 1,420 |
| Pike County | Theodore Roosevelt+551 | 1,93543.0% | 2,48655.3% | 741.6% | 4,495 |
| Powell County | Alton B. Parker+91 | 73852.2% | 64745.8% | 282.0% | 1,413 |
| Pulaski County | Theodore Roosevelt+1,843 | 1,87032.6% | 3,71364.8% | 1492.6% | 5,732 |
| Robertson County | Alton B. Parker+300 | 70962.5% | 40936.0% | 171.5% | 1,135 |
| Rockcastle County | Theodore Roosevelt+776 | 84833.7% | 1,62464.5% | 461.8% | 2,518 |
| Rowan County | Theodore Roosevelt+183 | 66143.1% | 84455.1% | 271.8% | 1,532 |
| Russell County | Theodore Roosevelt+408 | 67136.8% | 1,07959.3% | 713.9% | 1,821 |
| Scott County | Alton B. Parker+661 | 2,37457.1% | 1,71341.2% | 741.8% | 4,161 |
| Shelby County | Alton B. Parker+1,019 | 2,65760.8% | 1,63837.5% | 731.7% | 4,368 |
| Simpson County | Alton B. Parker+677 | 1,54062.3% | 86334.9% | 692.8% | 2,472 |
| Spencer County | Alton B. Parker+495 | 1,02464.7% | 52933.4% | 291.8% | 1,582 |
| Taylor County | Alton B. Parker+55 | 1,14749.3% | 1,09246.9% | 883.8% | 2,327 |
| Todd County | Alton B. Parker+82 | 1,67150.2% | 1,58947.7% | 702.1% | 3,330 |
| Trigg County | Theodore Roosevelt+115 | 1,17045.1% | 1,28549.5% | 1425.5% | 2,597 |
| Trimble County | Alton B. Parker+915 | 1,27576.2% | 36021.5% | 382.3% | 1,673 |
| Union County | Alton B. Parker+1,462 | 2,53367.8% | 1,07128.7% | 1323.5% | 3,736 |
| Warren County | Alton B. Parker+747 | 3,48454.4% | 2,73742.8% | 1812.8% | 6,402 |
| Washington County | Alton B. Parker+34 | 1,48249.9% | 1,44848.8% | 391.3% | 2,969 |
| Wayne County | Theodore Roosevelt+375 | 1,20242.3% | 1,57755.5% | 632.2% | 2,842 |
| Webster County | Alton B. Parker+681 | 2,13457.0% | 1,45338.8% | 1594.2% | 3,746 |
| Whitley County | Theodore Roosevelt+2,516 | 65816.6% | 3,17480.2% | 1243.1% | 3,956 |
| Wolfe County | Alton B. Parker+438 | 1,11462.0% | 67637.6% | 60.3% | 1,796 |
| Woodford County | Alton B. Parker+340 | 1,62055.2% | 1,28043.6% | 341.2% | 2,934 |
Nominees: Alton B. Parker (D) · Theodore Roosevelt (R)
Kentucky's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1904 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +11.7% |
| 1896 | −0.1% |
| 1900 | +1.7% |
| 1904 | +2.7% |
| 1908 | +1.7% |
| 1912 | +23.2% |
| 1916 | +5.4% |
| 1920 | +0.4% |
| 1924 | −2.9% |
| 1928 | −18.9% |
| 1932 | +18.9% |
| 1936 | +18.6% |
| 1940 | +15.1% |
| 1944 | +9.2% |
| 1948 | +15.3% |
| 1952 | +0.1% |
| 1956 | −9.1% |
| 1960 | −7.2% |
| 1964 | +28.4% |
| 1968 | −6.1% |
| 1972 | −28.6% |
| 1976 | +7.2% |
| 1980 | −1.5% |
| 1984 | −20.7% |
| 1988 | −11.6% |
| 1992 | +3.2% |
| 1996 | +1.0% |
| 2000 | −15.1% |
| 2004 | −19.9% |
| 2008 | −16.2% |
| 2012 | −22.7% |
| 2016 | −29.8% |
| 2020 | −25.9% |
| 2024 | −30.5% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1904 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.