1904 United States elections
1904 United States Presidential election
William R. Hearst of New York/Thomas L. Johnson of Ohio (Democratic) - 55.6% Popular Vote, 355 EVs
New York - 56
Illinois - 36
Ohio - 32
Missouri - 24
Indiana - 20
Michigan - 20
Iowa - 18
California - 18
Wisconsin - 17
New Jersey - 17
Minnesota - 15
Kansas -13
Maryland - 11
Nebraska -10
West Virginia - 9
Dakota - 7
Colorado - 6
Washington - 6
Oregon - 5
Montana - 4
New Mexico - 4
Delaware - 4
Nevada - 3
Charles Fairbanks of Indiana/Benjamin Odell of New York (Liberal) - 38.1% Popular Vote, 101 EVs
Pennsylvania - 47
Massachusetts - 22
Connecticut - 9
Maine - 8
Rhode Island - 5
New Hampshire - 5
Vermont - 5
Eugene Debs of Indiana/Benjamin Hanford of New York (Socialist) - 3.8% Popular Vote, 0 EVs
1904 United States Senate elections
Though Democrats build off of the landslide of 1902 and the commensurate pasting of Charles Fairbanks in 1904, the successes of previous cycles have in many ways already manifested and their gains in the Senate are somewhat limited, merely maxing out their near-term potential and even losing Delaware over yet another case of bribery and chicanery in that state's legislature that sees George Gray, once thought of as a future President, ousted for corrupt industrialist J. Edward Addicks. The story of the autumn, though, is the generational and ideological shift in the caucus that sees it become even younger and more progressive, as old-school conservatives like Cockrell and Sprigg are defeated or step aside for rising stars and sticks in the mud like Bliss are bounced for Hearst's favorite fixer, Edward Murphy, with the promise of a lucrative Cabinet job
[1]. The most important thing? The Democratic Senate in the 59th Congress will have 41 out of 60 seats, giving them a true, veto-proof supermajority. Among the Liberal turnover, Danzell's progressivism is punished with the elevation of outgoing AG Knox to the Senate as one of the few major events of note.
CA: Stephen Mallory White (Democrat) Died in Office 1903; Theodore Arlington Bell (Democrat) ELECTED
CT: Joseph Roswell Hawley (Liberal) Retired; Morgan Bulkeley (Liberal) ELECTED
DE: Georgy Gray (Democrat) Retired; J. Edward Addicks (Liberal) ELECTED
(L+1)
IN: Charles Fairbanks (Liberal) Retired; Benjamin Shively (Democrat) ELECTED
(D+1)
ME: Eugene Hale (Liberal) Re-Elected
MD: William Pinkney Whyte (Democrat) Re-Elected
MA: Henry Cabot Lodge (Liberal) Re-Elected
[2]
MI: Woodbridge Nathan Ferris (Democrat) Re-Elected
[3]
MN: Charles A. Towne (Democrat) Re-Elected
MO: Francis Cockrell (Democrat) DEFEATED for Renomination; James A. Reed (Democrat) ELECTED
NE: William V. Allen (Democrat) Retired; Richard Lee Metcalfe (Democrat) ELECTED
NV: William Morris Stewart (Democrat) Re-Elected
NJ: William McAdoo (Democratic) Re-Elected
NM: Antonio Joseph (Democrat) Re-Elected
NY: Archibald Bliss (Democrat) Retired; Edward Murphy (Democrat) ELECTED
OH: Asa Bushnell (Liberal) Died in Office; John Lentz (Democrat) Appointed and Elected to Full Term
(D+2)
PA: John Danzell (Liberal) DEFEATED for Re-Nomination; Philander Knox (Liberal) ELECTED
RI: William Sprague (Liberal) Re-Elected
VT: Redfield Proctor (Liberal) Re-Elected
WV: Joseph Sprigg (Democrat) Retired; Thomas S. Riley (Democrat) ELECTED
WI: Joseph W. Babcock (Liberal) DEFEATED; James William Murphy (Democrat) ELECTED
(D+3)
1904 United States House elections
Democrats build on their landslide from two years earlier and despite the economic depression find that they are getting close to maxing out their gains; nonetheless, House Democrats under the Sulzer speakership also earn a supermajority by defeating 25 Liberals (including Minority Whip James Tawney of southeastern Minnesota) and nearly ousting another dozen where they lost by narrow margins (including just barely losing to Minority Leader Sereno Payne in upstate New York, in what could have been two consecutive cycles of defeating the Liberal House leader). Socialists manage to defeat a single New York Democrat to double their House representation from 1 to 2 but remain largely irrelevant both nationally and in the House. Ending up with 284 Representatives, the Democrats have the largest House caucus in the history of the Republic and the first House supermajority in decades.
59th United States Congress
Senate: 41D-19L
President of the Senate: Tom Johnson (D-OH)
Senate President pro tempore:
Chairman of Senate Liberal Conference: William Frye (L-ME)
Chairman of Senate Democratic Conference: William McAdoo (D-NJ)
California
1. Theodore Arlington Bell (D) (1903)
3. James D. Phelan (D) (1903)
Colorado
2. Thomas M. Patterson (D) (1901)
3. James Bradley Orman (D) (1903)
Connecticut
1. Morgan Bulkeley (L) (1905)
3. Orville Platt (L) (1879)
Dakota
2. Fountain Thompson (D) (1901)
3. Richard Pettigrew (D) (1903)
Delaware
1. J. Edward Addicks (L) (1905)
2. Richard R. Kenny (D) (1901)
Illinois
2. Shelby Moore Cullom (L) (1881)
3. Andrew J. Hunter (D) (1903)
Indiana
1. Benjamin Shively (D) (1905)
3. John W. Kern (D) (1903)
Iowa
2. Horace Boies (D) (1895)
3. James B. Weaver (D) (1891)
Kansas
2. William A. Peffer (D) (1895)
3. William Harris (D) (1897)
Maine
1. Eugene Hale (L) (1881)
2. William P. Frye (L) (1881)
Maryland
1. William Pinkney Whyte (D) (1869)
3. Isidor Rayner (D) (1903)
Massachusetts
1. Henry Cabot Lodge (L) (1893)
2. William Moody (L) (1901)
Michigan
1. Woodbridge Nathan Ferris (D) (1902)
2. Julius Caesar Burrows (L) (1895)
Minnesota
1. Charles A. Towne (D) (1893)
2. Knute Nelson (D) (1901)
Missouri
1. James A. Reed (D) (1905)
3. James T. Lloyd (D) (1903-)
Montana
2. Paris Gibson (D) (1901)
3. Joseph Toole (D) (1892)
Nebraska
1. Richard Lee Metcalfe (D) (1905)
2. William J. Bryan (D) (1895)
Nevada
1. William Morris Stewart (D) (1895)
3. Francis Newlands (D) (1903)
New Hampshire
2. William Chandler (L) (1889)
3. Henry Blair (L) (1873)
New Jersey
1. William McAdoo (D) (1887)
2. James Smith Jr. (D) (1895)
New Mexico
1. Antonio Joseph (D) (1887)
2. Octaviano Larrazola (D) (1901)
New York
1. Edward Murphy Jr. (D) (1905)
3. George McClellan Jr. (D) (1903)
Ohio
1. John Lentz (D) (1904)
3. James R. Garfield (L) (1903)
Oregon
2. John M. Gearin (D) (1901)
3. George Earle Chamberlain (D) (1903)
Pennsylvania
1. Philander Knox (L) (1905)
3. Boies Penrose (L) (1897)
Rhode Island
1. William Sprague (L) (1863)
2. George Wetmore (L) (1895)
Vermont
1. Redfield Procter (L) (1881)
3. William P. Dillingham (L) (1897)
Washington
2. George Turner (D) (1889)
3. Eugene Semple (D) (1888)
West Virginia
1. Thomas S. Riley (D) (1905)
2. John J. Davis (D) (1893)
Wisconsin
1. James William Murphy (D) (1905)
3. Robert La Follette (L) (1903)
House: 284D-109L-2S 395 seats
House Liberal Caucus Chair: Sereno Payne (L-NY)
House Minority Leader: Frederick Gillett (L-MA)
House Minority Whip: James Mann (L-IL)
Speaker of the House: William Sulzer (D-NY)
House Democratic Caucus Chair: Dennis Donovan (D-OH)
House Majority Leader: Champ Clark (D-MO)
House Majority Whip: Marion De Vries (D-CA)
[1] Again - inspired by Mark Hanna
[2] Unfortunately, because fuck this guy
[3] As always, "coolest name" wins the day when I'm picking future Senators. Theodore Arlington Bell thus narrowly beat out California Governor Franklin Lane Knight