Electoral history of Theodore Roosevelt

Electoral history of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, 25th Vice President of the United States and 33rd Governor of New York

Contents 1 New York gubernatorial race, 1898 2 Vice Presidential race, 1900 3 Presidential races, 1904-1916 4 References

New York gubernatorial race, 1898

New York gubernatorial election, 1898^[1]

• Theodore Roosevelt/Timothy L. Woodruff (R) - 661,715 (49.09%)
• Augustus Van Wyck/Elliott Danforth (D) - 643,921 (47.77%)
• Benjamin Hanford (Socialist) - 23,860 (1.77%)
• John Kline (Prohibition) - 18,383 (1.36%)

Vice Presidential race, 1900

1900 Republican National Convention (Vice Presidential tally)^[2]:

• Theodore Roosevelt - 925 (99.89%)
• Abstaining - 1 (0.11%)

United States presidential election, 1900:

• William McKinley/Theodore Roosevelt (R) - 7,228,864 (51.6%) and 292 electoral votes (65.32%, 28 states carried)
• William Jennings Bryan/Adlai E. Stevenson I (D) - 6,370,932 (45.5%) and 155 electoral votes (34.68%, 17 states carried)
• John Granville Woolley/Henry Brewer Metcalf (Prohibition) - 210,864 (1.5%)
• Eugene V. Debs/Job Harriman (Socialist) - 87,945 (0.6%)
• Wharton Barker/Ignatius L. Donnelly (Populist) - 50,989 (0.4%)
• Joseph Francis Maloney/Valentine Remmel (Socialist Labor) - 40,943 (0.3%)
• Others - 6,889 (0.0%)

Presidential races, 1904-1916

1904 Republican National Convention (Presidential tally)^[3]

• Theodore Roosevelt (inc.) - 994 (100.00%)

United States presidential election, 1904:

• Theodore Roosevelt/Charles W. Fairbanks (R) - 7,630,457 (56.4%) and 336 electoral votes (70.59%, 32 states carried)
• Alton B. Parker/Henry G. Davis (D) - 5,083,880 (37.6%) and 140 electoral votes (29.41%, 13 states carried)
• Eugene V. Debs/Benjamin Hanford (Socialist) - 402,810 (3.0%)
• Silas C. Swallow/George W. Carroll (Prohibition) - 259,102 (1.9%)
• Thomas E. Watson/Thomas Tibbles (Populist) - 114,070 (0.8%)
• Charles Hunter Corregan/William Wesley Cox (Socialist Labor) - 33,454 (0.2%)
• Others - 1,229 (0.0%)

1908 Republican National Convention (Presidential tally)^[4]:

• William Howard Taft - 702 (71.63%)
• Philander C. Knox - 68 (6.94%)
• Charles Evans Hughes - 67 (6.84%)
• Joseph Gurney Cannon - 58 (5.92%)
• Charles W. Fairbanks - 40 (4.08%)
• Robert M. La Follette, Sr. - 25 (2.55%)
• Joseph B. Foraker - 16 (1.63%)
• Theodore Roosevelt (inc.) - 3 (0.31%)
• Abstaining - 1 (0.10%)

1911 New York Republican Senate caucus^[5]:

• Chauncey M. DePew (inc.) - 58 (87.88%)
• E. H. Butler - 2 (3.03%)
• Theodore Roosevelt - 2 (3.03%)
• L. A. Grace - 1 (1.52%)
• Seth Low - 1 (1.52%)
• George L. Meade - 1 (1.52%)
• Andrew D. White - 1 (1.52%)

1912 Republican presidential primaries^[6]:

• Theodore Roosevelt - 1,183,238 (51.14%)
• William Howard Taft (inc.) - 800,441 (34.59%)
• Robert M. La Follette, Sr. - 327,357 (14.15%)
• Robert G. Ross - 605 (0.03%)
• Charles Evans Hughes - 13 (0.00%)
• Others - 2,193 (0.10%)

1912 Republican National Convention (Presidential tally)^[7]:

• William Howard Taft (inc.) - 556 (51.58%)
• Abstaining - 355 (32.93%)
• Theodore Roosevelt - 107 (9.93%)
• Robert M. La Follette, Sr. - 41 (3.80%)
• Albert B. Cummins - 17 (1.58%)
• Charles Evans Hughes - 2 (0.19%)

1912 Progressive National Convention^[8]:

• Theodore Roosevelt - unamiously

United States presidential election, 1912:

• Woodrow Wilson/Thomas R. Marshall (D) - 6,296,284 (41.8%) and 435 electoral votes (81.92%, 40 states carried)
• Theodore Roosevelt/Hiram W. Johnson (Progressive) - 4,122,721 (27.4%) and 88 electoral votes (16.57%, 6 states carried)
• William Howard Taft/Nicholas M. Butler (R) - 3,486,242 (23.2%) and 8 electoral votes (1.51%, 2 states carried)
• Eugene V. Debs/Emil Seidel (Socialist) - 901,551 (6.0%)
• Eugene Wilder Chafin/Aaron Sherman Watkins (Prohibition) - 208,156 (1.4%)
• Arthur Elmer Reimer/August Gilhaus (Socialist Labor) - 29,324 (0.2%)
• Others - 4,556 (0.0%)

1916 Progressive presidential primaries^[9]:

• Theodore Roosevelt - 5,152 (71.12%)
• Charles Evans Hughes - 10 (0.14%)
• Lawrence Sherman - 10 (0.14%)
• Others - 2,072 (28.60%)

1916 Republican presidential primaries^[10]:

• Unpledged delegates - 455,765 (23.60%)
• Martin G. Brumbaugh - 233,100 (12.07%)
• Albert B. Cummins - 191,951 (9.94%)
• Charles W. Fairbanks - 176,080 (9.12%)
• Lawrence Sherman - 155,945 (8.07%)
• Robert M. La Follette, Sr. - 133,476 (6.91%)
• Henry Ford - 131,965 (6.83%)
• Theodore Elijah Burton - 122,169 (6.33%)
• Theodore Roosevelt - 83,739 (4.34%)
• Charles Evans Hughes - 82,530 (4.27%)
• William Alden Smith - 77,872 (4.03%)
• Henry D. Estabrook - 30,676 (1.59%)
• William Grant Webster - 17,927 (0.93%)
• William O. Simpson - 14,365 (0.74%)

1916 Progressive National Convention^[11]:

• Theodore Roosevelt - unamiously

1916 Republican National Convention^[12]:

1st ballot:

• Charles Evans Hughes - 253.5
• John W. Weeks - 105
• Elihu Root - 103
• Albert B. Cummins - 85
• Charles W. Fairbanks - 74.5
• Theodore E. Burton - 77.5
• Theodore Roosevelt - 65
• Philander C. Knox - 36
• Henry Ford - 32
• Martin G. Brumbaugh - 29
• Robert M. LaFollette, Sr. - 25
• Others - 25

2nd ballot:

• Charles Evans Hughes - 328.5
• Elihu Root - 98.5
• Charles W. Fairbanks - 88.5
• Albert W. Cummins - 85
• Theodore Roosevelt - 81
• John W. Weeks - 79
• Theodore E. Burton - 76.5
• Philander C. Knox - 36
• Robert M. La Follette, Sr. - 25
• Others - 13

3rd ballot:

• Charles Evans Hughes - 949.5
• Theodore Roosevelt - 18.5
• Robert M. La Follette, Sr. - 3
• John W. Weeks - 3
• Others - 13

References

Electoral histories of the American Presidents Abraham Lincoln · Theodore Roosevelt · Herbert Hoover · Franklin D. Roosevelt · Harry S. Truman · John F. Kennedy · Lyndon B. Johnson · Richard Nixon · Gerald Ford · Jimmy Carter · Ronald Reagan · George H. W. Bush · Bill Clinton · George W. Bush · Barack Obama

Electoral history of the American Vice Presidents Theodore Roosevelt · Harry S. Truman · Richard Nixon · Lyndon B. Johnson · Hubert Humphrey · Gerald Ford · Nelson Rockefeller · Walter Mondale · George H. W. Bush · Al Gore · Dick Cheney · Joe Biden