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1904 Florida gubernatorial election

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{{Infobox election

| 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%

| image2 = No_image.svg

| nominee2 = Matthew B. MacFarlane

| party2 = Republican Party (United States)

| popular_vote2 = 6,357

| percentage2 = 17.37%

| map_image = {{Switcher | 301px | County Results | 301px | Congressional District Result }}

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Broward

{{legend|#6baed6|60–70%}}

{{legend|#4292c6|70–80%}}

{{legend|#2171b5|80–90%}}

{{legend|#084594|>90%}}

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| title = Governor

| before_election = William Sherman Jennings

| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)

| after_election = Napoleon B. Broward

| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)

| image_size = x140px

}}

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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{{Cite web|title=Napoleon Bonaparte Broward|url=https://dos.myflorida.com/florida-facts/florida-history/florida-governors/napoleon-bonaparte-broward/|url-status=live|access-date=December 26, 2021|website=Secretary of State of Florida|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141110073728/http://dos.myflorida.com/florida-facts/florida-history/florida-governors/napoleon-bonaparte-broward |archive-date = 2014-11-10 }}{{Cite web|title=Napoleon Bonaparte Broward|url=https://www.nga.org/governor/napoleon-bonaparte-broward/|url-status=live|access-date=December 26, 2021|website=National Governors Association|date=6 January 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190210103101/https://www.nga.org/governor/napoleon-bonaparte-broward/ |archive-date = 2019-02-10 }}
  • Matthew B. MacFarlane, Republican, unsuccessful 1900 candidate for Governor,{{Cite book|last=Cutler|first=Harry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eNsBAAAAMAAJ&q=Matthew%20MacFarlane|title=History of Florida: Past and Present, Historical and Biographical|publisher=Lewis Publishing Company|year=1823|volume=3|pages=68|access-date=June 2, 2021}} US Customs Service collector in Tampa,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aR4fAQAAMAAJ&dq=Matthew+MacFarlane+tampa+city+council&pg=PA399|title=The World Almanac and Book of Facts|publisher=Press Publishing Company|year=1902|volume=1902|pages=399|access-date=June 2, 2021}} former Tampa City Council member{{Cite web|date=May 6, 2021|title=Tampa City Council Members: 1849-2021|url=https://www.tampa.gov/document/tampa-city-council-members-1849-2021-69571|url-status=live|access-date=June 2, 2021|website=City of Tampa|language=en|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214440/https://www.tampa.gov/document/tampa-city-council-members-1849-2021-69571 |archive-date = 2021-06-02 }}

Other candidates

  • W.R. Healey, Socialist, attorney, Socialist Party of Florida SecretaryGriffin, R. Steven; [http://etd.fcla.edu/UF/UFE0013396/griffin_r.pdf ‘Workers of the Sunshine State, Unite! The Florida Socialist Party during the Progressive Era, 1900-1920’ (thesis)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511090105/http://etd.fcla.edu/UF/UFE0013396/griffin_r.pdf |date=May 11, 2021 }} and vice president of the Florida Federation of Labor{{Cite journal|last=Paul|first=Brad|date=1999|title=Rebels of the New South: the Socialist Party in Dixie, 1892-1920.|url=https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2270&context=dissertations_1|journal=ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst|pages=81|via=University of Massachusetts Amherst}}

=Results=

{{Election box begin | title=1904 Florida gubernatorial election{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NclDpB3Fn5AC&pg=PA479 |title=Florida Almanac 2007-2008 |isbn=9781455604418 |access-date=2020-08-12|last1=McGovern |first1=Bernie |year=2007 }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Napoleon B. Broward

| votes = 28,971

| percentage = 79.16%

| change =-1.82%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Matthew B. MacFarlane|votes=6,357|percentage=17.37%|change=+0.10%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Socialist Party USA|candidate=W.R. Healey|votes=1,270|percentage=3.47%|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=22,614|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

| winner = Democratic Party (United States)

| loser =

| swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

== Results by County ==

class="wikitable sortable"

!rowspan="2"|County{{Cite book |last=Crawford |first=H. Clay |url=https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00053732/00009/images/22 |title=Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Florida |publisher=Capital Publishing Co. |year=1904 |location=Tallahassee, Florida |pages=22}}

!colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Napoleon B. Broward
Democratic

!colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" {{party shading/Republican}} | Matthew B. MacFarlane
Republican

!colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" {{party shading/Socialist}} | W. R. Healey
Socialist

!rowspan="2"| Total Votes

colspan="1" style="text-align: center;" {{party shading/Democratic}} | #

!colspan="1" style="text-align: center;" {{party shading/Democratic}} | %

!colspan="1" style="text-align: center;" {{party shading/Republican}} | #

!colspan="1" style="text-align: center;" {{party shading/Republican}} | %

!colspan="1" style="text-align: center;" {{party shading/Socialist}} | #

!colspan="1" style="text-align: center;" {{party shading/Socialist}} | %

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Alachua

|1,235

|71.76%

|455

|26.44%

|31

|1.80%

|1,721

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Baker

|356

|84.56%

|45

|10.69%

|20

|4.75%

|421

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Bradford

|560

|82.47%

|110

|16.20%

|9

|1.33%

|679

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Brevard

|653

|86.03%

|94

|12.38%

|12

|1.58%

|759

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Calhoun

|300

|79.58%

|65

|17.24%

|12

|3.18%

|377

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Citrus

|388

|93.95%

|18

|4.36%

|7

|1.69%

|413

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Clay

|250

|83.89%

|48

|16.11%

|0

|0.00%

|298

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Columbia

|687

|72.24%

|251

|26.39%

|13

|1.37%

|951

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Dade

|919

|75.20%

|249

|20.38%

|54

|4.42%

|1,222

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |DeSoto

|711

|80.98%

|153

|17.43%

|14

|1.59%

|878

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Duval

|2,246

|78.04%

|553

|19.21%

|79

|2.74%

|2,878

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Escambia

|1,558

|76.45%

|442

|21.69%

|38

|1.86%

|2,038

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Franklin

|336

|69.57%

|141

|29.19%

|6

|1.24%

|483

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Gadsden

|488

|95.50%

|22

|4.31%

|1

|0.20%

|511

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Hamilton

|472

|83.25%

|85

|14.99%

|10

|1.76%

|567

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Hernando

|185

|94.39%

|5

|2.55%

|6

|3.06%

|196

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Hillsborough

|2,168

|73.24%

|592

|20.00%

|200

|6.76%

|2,960

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Holmes

|403

|88.96%

|39

|8.61%

|11

|2.43%

|453

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Jackson

|1,298

|86.19%

|172

|11.42%

|36

|2.39%

|1,506

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Jefferson

|473

|84.16%

|79

|14.06%

|10

|1.78%

|562

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Lafayette

|411

|88.77%

|52

|11.23%

|0

|0.00%

|463

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Lake

|534

|79.70%

|116

|17.31%

|20

|2.99%

|670

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Lee

|321

|68.15%

|31

|6.58%

|119

|25.27%

|471

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Leon

|661

|87.90%

|84

|11.17%

|7

|0.93%

|752

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Levy

|458

|82.97%

|81

|14.67%

|13

|2.36%

|552

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Liberty

|164

|87.70%

|23

|12.30%

|0

|0.00%

|187

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Madison

|605

|93.94%

|34

|5.28%

|5

|0.78%

|644

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Manatee

|623

|79.67%

|86

|11.00%

|73

|9.34%

|782

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Marion

|1,095

|84.75%

|143

|11.07%

|54

|4.18%

|1,292

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Monroe

|807

|74.38%

|229

|21.11%

|49

|4.52%

|1,085

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Nassau

|521

|77.07%

|145

|21.45%

|10

|1.48%

|676

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Orange

|848

|72.48%

|274

|23.42%

|48

|4.10%

|1,170

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Osceola

|250

|83.06%

|45

|14.95%

|6

|1.99%

|301

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Pasco

|463

|90.08%

|40

|7.78%

|11

|2.14%

|514

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Polk

|885

|88.50%

|83

|8.30%

|32

|3.20%

|1,000

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Putnam

|512

|61.69%

|291

|35.06%

|27

|3.25%

|830

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Santa Rosa

|459

|92.73%

|15

|3.03%

|21

|4.24%

|495

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |St. Johns

|558

|68.13%

|182

|22.22%

|79

|9.65%

|819

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Sumter

|338

|86.89%

|45

|11.57%

|6

|1.54%

|389

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Suwannee

|608

|87.36%

|77

|11.06%

|11

|1.58%

|696

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Taylor

|251

|80.19%

|59

|18.85%

|3

|0.96%

|313

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Volusia

|690

|70.48%

|245

|25.03%

|44

|4.49%

|979

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Wakulla

|198

|81.48%

|33

|13.58%

|12

|4.94%

|243

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Walton

|440

|69.40%

|181

|28.55%

|13

|2.05%

|634

style="text-align:center;"

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Washington

|585

|77.08%

|145

|19.10%

|29

|3.82%

|759

style="text-align:center;"

!Actual Totals

!28,971

!79.18%

!6,357

!17.37%

!1,261

!3.45%

!36,589

style="text-align:center;"

!Official Totals

!28,971

!79.16%

!6,357

!17.37%

!1,270

!3.47%

!36,598

References

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1904

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