1904 Florida gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:	1904 Florida gubernatorial election
Country:	Florida
Flag Year:	1900
Type:	Presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1900 Florida gubernatorial election
Previous Year:	1900
Next Election:	1908 Florida gubernatorial election
Next Year:	1908
Election Date:	November 8, 1904
Image1:	Napoleon_Bonaparte_Broward.jpg
Nominee1:	Napoleon B. Broward
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	28,971
Percentage1:	79.16%
Nominee2:	Matthew B. MacFarlane
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	6,357
Percentage2:	17.37%
Governor
Before Election:	William Sherman Jennings
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	Napoleon B. Broward
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)

The 1904 Florida gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1904. Democratic nominee Napoleon B. Broward defeated Republican nominee Matthew B. MacFarlane with 79.16% of the vote.

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates

Napoleon B. Broward, Democratic, former Sheriff of Duval County, member of the Jacksonville City Council and the Florida Board of Health^[1] ^[2]
Matthew B. MacFarlane, Republican, unsuccessful 1900 candidate for Governor,^[3] US Customs Service collector in Tampa,^[4] former Tampa City Council member^[5]

Other candidates

W.R. Healey, Socialist, attorney, Socialist Party of Florida Secretary^[6] and vice president of the Florida Federation of Labor^[7]

Results

Results by County

County^[8]	Napoleon B. Broward Democratic		Matthew B. MacFarlane Republican		W. R. Healey Socialist		Total Votes
County^[8]		%		%		%	Total Votes
	Alachua	1,235	71.76%	455	26.44%	31	1.80%	1,721
	Baker	356	84.56%	45	10.69%	20	4.75%	421
	Bradford	560	82.47%	110	16.20%	9	1.33%	679
	Brevard	653	86.03%	94	12.38%	12	1.58%	759
	Calhoun	300	79.58%	65	17.24%	12	3.18%	377
	Citrus	388	93.95%	18	4.36%	7	1.69%	413
	Clay	250	83.89%	48	16.11%	0	0.00%	298
	Columbia	687	72.24%	251	26.39%	13	1.37%	951
	Dade	919	75.20%	249	20.38%	54	4.42%	1,222
	DeSoto	711	80.98%	153	17.43%	14	1.59%	878
	Duval	2,246	78.04%	553	19.21%	79	2.74%	2,878
	Escambia	1,558	76.45%	442	21.69%	38	1.86%	2,038
	Franklin	336	69.57%	141	29.19%	6	1.24%	483
	Gadsden	488	95.50%	22	4.31%	1	0.20%	511
	Hamilton	472	83.25%	85	14.99%	10	1.76%	567
	Hernando	185	94.39%	5	2.55%	6	3.06%	196
	Hillsborough	2,168	73.24%	592	20.00%	200	6.76%	2,960
	Holmes	403	88.96%	39	8.61%	11	2.43%	453
	Jackson	1,298	86.19%	172	11.42%	36	2.39%	1,506
	Jefferson	473	84.16%	79	14.06%	10	1.78%	562
	Lafayette	411	88.77%	52	11.23%	0	0.00%	463
	Lake	534	79.70%	116	17.31%	20	2.99%	670
	Lee	321	68.15%	31	6.58%	119	25.27%	471
	Leon	661	87.90%	84	11.17%	7	0.93%	752
	Levy	458	82.97%	81	14.67%	13	2.36%	552
	Liberty	164	87.70%	23	12.30%	0	0.00%	187
	Madison	605	93.94%	34	5.28%	5	0.78%	644
	Manatee	623	79.67%	86	11.00%	73	9.34%	782
	Marion	1,095	84.75%	143	11.07%	54	4.18%	1,292
	Monroe	807	74.38%	229	21.11%	49	4.52%	1,085
	Nassau	521	77.07%	145	21.45%	10	1.48%	676
	Orange	848	72.48%	274	23.42%	48	4.10%	1,170
	Osceola	250	83.06%	45	14.95%	6	1.99%	301
	Pasco	463	90.08%	40	7.78%	11	2.14%	514
	Polk	885	88.50%	83	8.30%	32	3.20%	1,000
	Putnam	512	61.69%	291	35.06%	27	3.25%	830
	Santa Rosa	459	92.73%	15	3.03%	21	4.24%	495
	St. Johns	558	68.13%	182	22.22%	79	9.65%	819
	Sumter	338	86.89%	45	11.57%	6	1.54%	389
	Suwannee	608	87.36%	77	11.06%	11	1.58%	696
	Taylor	251	80.19%	59	18.85%	3	0.96%	313
	Volusia	690	70.48%	245	25.03%	44	4.49%	979
	Wakulla	198	81.48%	33	13.58%	12	4.94%	243
	Walton	440	69.40%	181	28.55%	13	2.05%	634
	Washington	585	77.08%	145	19.10%	29	3.82%	759
Actual Totals	28,971	79.18%	6,357	17.37%	1,261	3.45%	36,589
Official Totals	28,971	79.16%	6,357	17.37%	1,270	3.47%	36,598

Notes and References

Web site: Napoleon Bonaparte Broward. live. December 26, 2021. Secretary of State of Florida. https://web.archive.org/web/20141110073728/http://dos.myflorida.com/florida-facts/florida-history/florida-governors/napoleon-bonaparte-broward . 2014-11-10 .
Web site: Napoleon Bonaparte Broward. live. December 26, 2021. National Governors Association. 6 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190210103101/https://www.nga.org/governor/napoleon-bonaparte-broward/ . 2019-02-10 .
Book: Cutler, Harry. History of Florida: Past and Present, Historical and Biographical. Lewis Publishing Company. 1823. 3. 68. June 2, 2021.
Book: The World Almanac and Book of Facts. Press Publishing Company. 1902. 1902. 399. June 2, 2021.
Web site: May 6, 2021. Tampa City Council Members: 1849-2021. live. June 2, 2021. City of Tampa. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214440/https://www.tampa.gov/document/tampa-city-council-members-1849-2021-69571 . 2021-06-02 .
Griffin, R. Steven; ‘Workers of the Sunshine State, Unite! The Florida Socialist Party during the Progressive Era, 1900-1920’ (thesis)
Paul. Brad. 1999. Rebels of the New South: the Socialist Party in Dixie, 1892-1920.. ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. 81. University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Book: Crawford, H. Clay . Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Florida . Capital Publishing Co. . 1904 . Tallahassee, Florida . 22.