1904 Illinois gubernatorial election explained

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

Incumbent Republican Governor Richard Yates Jr. was denied renomination by his party.

Republican nominee Charles S. Deneen defeated Democratic nominee Lawrence B. Stringer with 59.09% of the vote.

Democratic nomination

Candidates

• Lawrence B. Stringer of Lincoln, State Senator

Results

The Democratic state convention was held on June 15, 1904, at the State Armory in Springfield.

Republican nomination

Candidates

• Charles S. Deneen of Chicago, Cook County State's attorney and former State Representative
• Howland J. Hamlin of Shelbyville, Illinois Attorney General (withdrew after 78th ballot)
• Frank O. Lowden of Chicago, former professor of law at Northwestern University
• John H. Pierce of Kewanee, president of the Western Tube Company^[1] (put into nomination before 3rd ballot) (withdrew after 78th ballot)
• Lawrence Y. Sherman of Macomb, State Representative (withdrew after 49th ballot, returned before 57th ballot)^[2] (withdrew after 78th ballot)
• Vespasian Warner of Clinton, U.S. Representative for the 19th district
• Richard Yates Jr. of Jacksonville, incumbent Governor (withdrew after 78th ballot)

Results

The Republican state convention was held from May 12 to 20 and, following a recess, from May 31 to June 3, 1904, at the State Armory in Springfield.

The results of the balloting were as follows^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]} (fractions ignored until 39th ballot):

(1-20)	Gubernatorial Ballot
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
	507	504	499	490	491	493	494	488	494	489	489	489	488	482	495	472	485	483	491	486
	354	390	396	405	408	404	407	403	405	407	401	404	401	420	405	428	407	412	405	397
	386	383	380	383	380	383	377	382	382	379	376	380	382	381	381	381	379	379	376	383
	121	117	111	112	111	112	110	112	111	114	118	117	111	110	111	110	109	118	119	109
	45	42	34	36	34	34	39	44	36	38	38	39	45	36	36	38	35	36	37	51
	87	63	57	51	56	54	52	50	51	52	52	51	53	50	51	51	51	50	50	51
John H. Pierce	0	0	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	34	22	21	21
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

(21-38)	Gubernatorial Ballot
	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th	31st	32nd	33rd	34th	35th	36th	37th	38th
	486	486	483	486	489	483	482	482	481	437	431	429	428	431	483	492	487	490
	409	401	393	398	407	402	407	400	404	452	473	473	467	466	408	390	395	393
	381	386	369	375	381	385	388	393	382	382	383	383	387	389	391	398	445	441
	108	110	148	135	111	111	110	110	115	111	107	109	111	111	109	111	109	113
	42	44	35	36	39	39	39	40	38	44	32	33	34	32	38	37	37	37
	51	51	50	49	50	51	51	51	56	51	50	49	49	50	49	51	6	2
John H. Pierce	21	21	21	21	21	26	21	22	22	21	22	22	22	22	23	22	22	25
	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

(39-58)	Gubernatorial Ballot
	39th	40th	41st	42nd	43rd	44th	45th	46th	47th	48th	49th	50th	51st	52nd	53rd	54th	55th	56th	57th	58th
	483	482	484	482	479	478	480	482	482	486	487	486	483	483	483	481	483	482	483	483
	396.5	396.5	399.5	400.5	396.5	402.5	403.5	404.5	403.5	397.5	399.5	399.5	393.5	393.5	393.5	392.5	393.5	393.5	393.5	392.5
	442.5	440.5	433.5	433.5	435.5	436.5	435.5	433.5	432.5	432.5	391.5	431.5	429.5	429.5	430.5	429.5	430.5	429.5	388.5	385.5
	112	111	111	111	116	113	111	112	111	112	111	113	112	111	110	111	110	110	109	113
	36	40	41	41	39	39	39	37	38	41	39	40	50	52	53	55	52	54	54	53
	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	46
John H. Pierce	30	30	31	32	32	31	31	31	33	31	32	32	33	33	32	33	33	33	31	29
	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clifford S. Raymond	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

(59-79)	Gubernatorial Ballot
	59th	60th	61st	62nd	63rd	64th	65th	66th	67th	68th	69th	70th	71st	72nd	73rd	74th	75th	76th	77th	78th	79th
	487	484	484	470	465	474	473	474	471	464	388	381	380	363	362	369	373	386	399	405	1
	396.5	398.5	398.5	404.5	401.5	407.5	414.5	411.5	408.5	400.5	573.5	601.5	604.5	614.5	631.5	620.5	599.5	581.5	537.5	532.5	522.5
	383.5	383.5	384.5	391.5	393.5	385.5	381.5	384.5	386.5	370.5	358.5	351.5	347.5	347.5	345.5	345.5	355.5	364.5	364.5	365.5	957.5
	116	113	116	116	121	116	117	119	118	107	87	74	76	83	70	74	81	78	104	102	0
	41	42	40	40	43	39	37	36	39	42	28	27	29	30	29	28	28	27	28	28	21
	50	53	51	52	51	52	52	51	53	80	44	43	41	40	40	41	42	43	45	45	0
John H. Pierce	28	28	28	28	27	28	27	26	26	38	23	24	24	24	24	24	23	22	24	24	0

Following the 79th ballot, Lowden moved that the nomination of Deneen be made unanimous, which was carried viva voce.

General election

Candidates

• Lawrence B. Stringer, Democratic
• Charles S. Deneen, Republican
• John Collins, Socialist, candidate for Mayor of Chicago in 1901
• James Hogan, Populist, candidate for the 1st district in 1898
• Robert H. Patton, Prohibition, candidate for the 13th district in 1890
• Andrew G. Specht, Continental^[8]
• Philip Veal, Socialist Labor, party organizer^[9]

Results

See also

• 1904 Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial election

Bibliography

• Book: McCan Davis, J. . 1904 . The breaking of the deadlock . Springfield, Illinois . The Henry O. Shepard Company . .
• Book: Compiled by James A. Rose, Secretary of State . James A. Rose . 1906 . Blue Book of the State of Illinois, 1905 . Springfield, Illinois . Illinois State Journal Co., State Printers . .
• Book: 1905 . Journal of the Senate of the 44th General Assembly of the State of Illinois . Springfield, Illinois . Illinois State Journal Co., State Printers . .

Notes and References

1. Book: . Henry County, Illinois: History and Families . Paducah, Kentucky . Turner Publishing Company . 22 . 2000 . 1-56311-665-0.
2. News: . Sherman drops out on fiftieth ballot . The Champaign Daily News . 9 . 258 . Champaign, Illinois . 20 May 1904 . 1 . 5 May 2020 .
3. News: . Illinois deadlock unbroken . Los Angeles Herald . XXXI . 231 . Los Angeles, California . 17 May 1904 . 1 . 5 May 2020 .
4. News: . Still deadlocked at Springfield . Los Angeles Herald . XXXI . 231 . Los Angeles, California . 17 May 1904 . 2 . 5 May 2020 .
5. News: . Seventh day of the Illinois Republican convention deadlock . Indianapolis Journal . 54 . 141 . Indianapolis, Indiana . 20 May 1904 . 1 . 5 May 2020 .
6. News: . May try to settle it by means of secret ballot . Rock Island Argus . 53 . 192 . Rock Island, Illinois . 1 June 1904 . 1 . 5 May 2020 .
7. News: . Done by a combine . Plymouth Tribune . 3 . 36 . Plymouth, Indiana . 9 June 1904 . 6 . 5 May 2020 .
8. Book: Richardson, Darcy G. . Darcy Richardson . 2007 . Others: Third Parties during the Populist period . iUniverse, Inc. . 378 . 978-0-595-68624-7.
9. Book: . IWW Yearbook, 1906 .