1904 Washington gubernatorial election

For related races, see 1904 United States gubernatorial elections.

The 1904 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1904.

1904 Washington gubernatorial election

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Nominee Albert E. Mead George Turner David Burgess Party Republican Democratic Socialist Popular vote 74,278 59,119 7,420 Percentage 51.34% 40.86% 5.13%

County results Mead:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70% Turner:      50–60%      60–70%

Governor before election Henry McBride Republican Elected Governor Albert E. Mead Republican

Republican nominee Albert E. Mead defeated Democratic nominee George Turner and Socialist nominee David Burgess, with 51.34% of the vote.^[1][2]

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates

• Albert E. Mead, Republican, former member of the Washington House of Representatives
• George Turner, Democratic, former U.S. Senator

Other candidates

• Ambrose H. Sherwood, Prohibition, Prohibition nominee for Washington's at-large congressional district in 1902
• David Burgess, Socialist, Socialist nominee for Washington's at-large congressional district in 1902
• William McCormick, Socialist Labor, Socialist Labor nominee for Governor in 1900 and for Washington's at-large congressional district in 1902

Results

1904 Washington gubernatorial election^[3][4][5][1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Albert E. Mead	74,278	51.34%	+4.54%
	Democratic	George Turner	59,119	40.87%	−8.00%
	Socialist	David Burgess	7,420	5.13%	+3.56%
	Prohibition	Ambrose H. Sherwood	2,782	1.92%	−0.05%
	Socialist Labor	William McCormick	1,070	0.74%	−0.05%
Majority			15,159	10.48%
Total votes			144,669	100.00%
	Republican hold		Swing	+12.53%

Results by county

County[3]	Albert E. Mead Republican		George Turner Democratic		David Burgess Socialist		Ambrose H. Sherwood Prohibition		William McCormick Socialist Labor		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Adams	660	37.29%	1,049	59.27%	34	1.92%	21	1.19%	6	0.34%	-389	-21.98%	1,770
Asotin	528	50.87%	469	45.18%	24	2.31%	14	1.35%	3	0.29%	59	5.68%	1,038
Chehalis	2,188	57.78%	1,120	29.57%	392	10.35%	57	1.51%	30	0.79%	1,068	28.20%	3,787
Chelan	922	50.16%	864	47.01%	27	1.47%	18	0.98%	7	0.38%	58	3.16%	1,838
Clallam	754	57.47%	451	34.38%	97	7.39%	1	0.08%	9	0.69%	303	23.09%	1,312
Clark	1,891	56.48%	1,147	34.26%	174	5.20%	123	3.67%	13	0.39%	744	22.22%	3,348
Columbia	718	43.49%	886	53.66%	18	1.09%	25	1.51%	4	0.24%	-168	-10.18%	1,651
Cowlitz	1,313	63.74%	637	30.92%	72	3.50%	32	1.55%	6	0.29%	676	32.82%	2,060
Douglas	986	41.13%	1.357	56.61%	33	1.38%	17	0.71%	4	0.17%	-371	-15.48%	2,397
Ferry	312	33.44%	560	60.02%	53	5.68%	4	0.43%	4	0.43%	-248	-26.58%	933
Franklin	314	37.83%	488	58.80%	15	1.81%	7	0.84%	6	0.72%	-174	-20.96%	830
Garfield	457	41.17%	623	56.13%	18	1.62%	10	0.90%	2	0.18%	-166	-14.95%	1,110
Island	384	65.53%	134	22.87%	53	9.04%	13	2.22%	2	0.34%	250	42.66%	586
Jefferson	870	66.51%	387	29.59%	32	2.45%	7	0.54%	12	0.92%	483	36.93%	1,308
King	16,719	58.08%	9,523	33.08%	1,629	5.66%	560	1.95%	355	1.23%	7,196	25.00%	28,786
Kitsap	1,475	59.24%	671	26.95%	258	10.36%	62	2.49%	24	0.96%	804	32.29%	2,490
Kittitas	1,277	46.44%	1,173	42.65%	213	7.75%	66	2.40%	21	0.76%	104	3.78%	2,750
Klickitat	1,154	59.61%	622	32.13%	110	5.68%	45	2.32%	5	0.26%	532	27.48%	1,936
Lewis	2,504	56.84%	1,588	36.05%	194	4.40%	105	2.38%	14	0.32%	916	20.79%	4,405
Lincoln	1,408	38.47%	2,135	58.33%	78	2.13%	36	0.98%	3	0.08%	-727	-19.86%	3,660
Mason	550	52.78%	452	43.38%	16	1.54%	14	1.34%	10	0.96%	98	9.40%	1,042
Okanogan	769	42.98%	930	51.98%	72	4.02%	4	0.22%	14	0.78%	-161	-9.00%	1,789
Pacific	1,025	58.37%	632	35.99%	81	4.61%	14	0.80%	4	0.23%	393	22.38%	1,756
Pierce	7,162	52.12%	5,443	39.61%	696	5.06%	269	1.96%	172	1.25%	1,719	12.51%	13,742
San Juan	521	68.10%	157	20.52%	59	7.71%	21	2.75%	7	0.92%	364	47.58%	765
Skagit	2,647	61.08%	1,377	31.77%	225	5.19%	62	1.43%	23	0.53%	1,270	29.30%	4,334
Skamania	233	54.57%	120	28.10%	68	15.93%	4	0.94%	2	0.47%	113	26.46%	427
Snohomish	4,622	55.56%	2,930	35.22%	435	5.23%	269	3.23%	63	0.76%	1,692	20.34%	8,319
Spokane	5,158	35.96%	8,135	56.72%	660	4.60%	312	2.18%	78	0.54%	-2,977	-20.76%	14,343
Stevens	1,288	34.56%	2,103	56.43%	279	7.49%	29	0.78%	28	0.75%	-815	-21.87%	3,727
Thurston	1,493	48.51%	1,365	44.35%	166	5.39%	43	1.40%	11	0.36%	128	4.16%	3,078
Wahkiakum	442	69.06%	133	20.78%	57	8.91%	6	0.94%	2	0.31%	309	48.28%	640
Walla Walla	1,883	47.97%	1,976	50.34%	27	0.69%	25	0.64%	14	0.36%	-93	-2.37%	3,925
Whatcom	4,947	64.22%	1,916	24.87%	540	7.01%	221	2.87%	79	1.03%	3,031	39.35%	7,703
Whitman	2,115	34.55%	3,614	59.04%	229	3.74%	151	2.47%	12	0.20%	-1,499	-24.49%	6,121
Yakima	2,589	52.16%	1,952	39.32%	287	5.78%	115	2.32%	21	0.42%	637	12.83%	4,964
Totals	74,278	51.34%	59,119	40.86%	7,420[a]	5.13%	2,782	1.92%	1,070	0.74%	15,159	10.48%	144,669

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Asotin
• Chelan
• King
• Kittitas
• Pierce
• Skamania
• Snohomish

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Columbia
• Walla Walla

Notes

1. The county figures add up to 7,421