Theodore Roosevelt carried South Dakota R+49.4.

Alton B. Parker (D) vs Theodore Roosevelt (R) in South Dakota, 1904. The state ran 29.8 points more Republican than the nation (R+19.7 nationally).

Nominees: Alton B. Parker (D) · Theodore Roosevelt (R)

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South Dakota result

101,395 votes counted

Parker (D)

21,969

21.7%

Roosevelt (R)

72,083

71.1%

All others

7,343

7.2%

Margin

R+49.4

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1904 presidential election

South Dakota, 1904

RooseveltR+49.4

How it voted

Share of the 1904 vote

Theodore Roosevelt ✓Republican	71.1%	72,083
Alton B. ParkerDemocratic	21.7%	21,969
OtherAll other candidates	7.2%	7,343

D+60

R+60

53 counties, each filled by 1904 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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South Dakota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1904 contest in context

South Dakota's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−36.5%
1896	+0.2%
1900	−15.6%
1904	−49.4%
1908	−23.8%
1912	+42.1%
1916	−3.9%
1920	−41.0%
1924	−36.3%
1928	−21.0%
1932	+29.2%
1936	+11.5%
1940	−14.8%
1944	−16.7%
1948	−4.8%
1952	−38.5%
1956	−16.8%
1960	−16.4%
1964	+11.2%
1968	−11.3%
1972	−8.6%
1976	−1.5%
1980	−28.8%
1984	−26.5%
1988	−6.3%
1992	−3.5%
1996	−3.5%
2000	−22.7%
2004	−21.3%
2008	−8.4%
2012	−18.0%
2016	−29.8%
2020	−26.2%
2024	−29.2%

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County results — 1904

53 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aurora County	R	−22.1%	407	652	1,109
Beadle County	R	−53.8%	493	1,818	2,464
Bon Homme County	R	−26.6%	886	1,547	2,483
Brookings County	R	−64.1%	353	2,220	2,914
Brown County	R	−42.4%	988	2,737	4,127
Brule County	R	−6.3%	608	693	1,343
Buffalo County	R	−38.5%	43	118	195
Butte County	R	−39.3%	330	793	1,178
Campbell County	R	−68.5%	120	685	825
Charles Mix County	R	−34.6%	823	1,765	2,722
Clark County	R	−59.4%	276	1,409	1,908
Clay County	R	−61.2%	361	1,723	2,226
Codington County	R	−48.1%	582	1,741	2,412
Custer County	R	−37.7%	228	536	818
Davison County	R	−47.4%	506	1,626	2,362
Day County	R	−59.9%	383	2,077	2,826
Deuel County	R	−63.7%	279	1,348	1,678
Douglas County	R	−25.9%	499	859	1,388
Edmunds County	R	−36.3%	353	786	1,193
Fall River County	R	−48.5%	248	777	1,091
Faulk County	R	−58.3%	165	727	964
Grant County	R	−60.7%	309	1,454	1,887
Gregory County	R	−39.1%	282	675	1,006
Hamlin County	R	−56.3%	307	1,197	1,580
Hand County	R	−55.3%	170	943	1,397
Hanson County	R	−16.6%	523	745	1,336
Hughes County	R	−46.2%	335	929	1,287
Hutchinson County	R	−63.6%	365	1,752	2,181
Hyde County	R	−61.1%	91	443	576
Jerauld County	R	−52.5%	139	586	851
Kingsbury County	R	−63.6%	344	1,896	2,441
Lake County	R	−67.0%	260	1,728	2,190
Lawrence County	R	−44.7%	1,347	4,247	6,481
Lincoln County	R	−68.2%	378	2,471	3,070
Lyman County	R	−50.7%	306	986	1,341
Marshall County	R	−48.0%	292	996	1,466
McCook County	R	−29.0%	693	1,284	2,038
McPherson County	R	−62.4%	144	727	934
Meade County	R	−42.4%	268	754	1,146
Miner County	R	−28.7%	475	893	1,457
Minnehaha County	R	−56.7%	1,046	4,455	6,017
Moody County	R	−60.1%	295	1,471	1,958
Pennington County	R	−45.0%	392	1,126	1,632
Potter County	R	−29.9%	275	525	836
Roberts County	R	−55.8%	584	2,282	3,042
Sanborn County	R	−54.7%	265	1,013	1,368
Spink County	R	−57.3%	492	2,127	2,854
Stanley County	R	−15.7%	396	547	964
Sully County	R	−71.5%	50	364	439
Turner County	R	−61.9%	521	2,395	3,029
Union County	R	−40.8%	730	1,813	2,654
Walworth County	R	−55.6%	176	654	860
Yankton County	R	−41.4%	788	1,968	2,851