Electoral history of Theodore Roosevelt

List of political elections featuring Theodore Roosevelt as a candidate

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a series aboutTheodore Roosevelt

Rough Riders
- Battle of San Juan Hill

1886 New York City mayoral election

33rd Governor of New York

25th Vice President of the United States

26th President of the United States

Presidency
- Timeline

First term

Booker T. Washington dinner

Venezuela crisis
- Roosevelt Corollary

Second term

1904 campaign
- Election

Pure Food and Drug Act

Meat Inspection Act

1912 election

Republican Convention

Post Presidency

Theodore Roosevelt served as the 26th president of the United States (1901–1909), the 25th vice president (1901), and the 33rd governor of New York (1899–1900).

1886 New York City mayoral election

Further information: 1886 New York City mayoral election

1886 New York City mayoral election
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Abram Hewitt	90,552	41.23
Labor	Henry George	68,110	31.01
Republican	Theodore Roosevelt	60,435	27.52
Prohibition	William T. Wardwell	532	0.24 %
Democratic gain from Nonpartisan

1898 New York gubernatorial election

Further information: 1898 New York gubernatorial election

Theodore Roosevelt/Timothy L. Woodruff (R) - 661,715 (49.09%)
Augustus Van Wyck/Elliott Danforth (D) - 643,921 (47.77%)
Benjamin Hanford (Socialist) - 23,860 (1.77%)
John Kline (Prohibition) - 18,383 (1.36%)

United States presidential election

1900

1900 Republican National Convention (vice presidential tally):

Theodore Roosevelt - 925 (99.89%)
Abstaining - 1 (0.11%)

1900 United States presidential election:

William McKinley/Theodore Roosevelt (R) - 7,228,864 (51.6%) and 292 electoral votes (65.32%, 28 states carried)
William Jennings Bryan/Adlai E. Stevenson I (D) - 6,370,932 (45.5%) and 155 electoral votes (34.68%, 17 states carried)
John Granville Woolley/Henry Brewer Metcalf (Prohibition) - 210,864 (1.5%)
Eugene V. Debs/Job Harriman (Socialist) - 87,945 (0.6%)
Wharton Barker/Ignatius L. Donnelly (Populist) - 50,989 (0.4%)
Joseph Francis Maloney/Valentine Remmel (Socialist Labor) - 40,943 (0.3%)
Others - 6,889 (0.0%)

1904–1916

1904 Republican National Convention (presidential tally)

Theodore Roosevelt (inc.) - 994 (100.00%)

1904 United States presidential election:

Theodore Roosevelt/Charles W. Fairbanks (R) - 7,630,457 (56.4%) and 336 electoral votes (70.59%, 32 states carried)
Alton B. Parker/Henry G. Davis (D) - 5,083,880 (37.6%) and 140 electoral votes (29.41%, 13 states carried)
Eugene V. Debs/Benjamin Hanford (Socialist) - 402,810 (3.0%)
Silas C. Swallow/George W. Carroll (Prohibition) - 259,102 (1.9%)
Thomas E. Watson/Thomas Tibbles (Populist) - 114,070 (0.8%)
Charles Hunter Corregan/William Wesley Cox (Socialist Labor) - 33,454 (0.2%)
Others - 1,229 (0.0%)

1908 Republican National Convention (Presidential tally):

William Howard Taft - 702 (71.63%)
Philander C. Knox - 68 (6.94%)
Charles Evans Hughes - 67 (6.84%)
Joseph Gurney Cannon - 58 (5.92%)
Charles W. Fairbanks - 40 (4.08%)
Robert M. La Follette, Sr. - 25 (2.55%)
Joseph B. Foraker - 16 (1.63%)
Theodore Roosevelt (inc.) - 3 (0.31%)
Abstaining - 1 (0.10%)

1911 New York Republican Senate caucus:

Chauncey M. DePew (inc.) - 58 (87.88%)
E. H. Butler - 2 (3.03%)
Theodore Roosevelt - 2 (3.03%)
L. A. Grace - 1 (1.52%)
Seth Low - 1 (1.52%)
George L. Meade - 1 (1.52%)
Andrew D. White - 1 (1.52%)

1912 Republican presidential primaries:

Theodore Roosevelt - 1,183,238 (51.14%)
William Howard Taft (inc.) - 800,441 (34.59%)
Robert M. La Follette, Sr. - 327,357 (14.15%)
Robert G. Ross - 605 (0.03%)
Charles Evans Hughes - 13 (0.00%)
Others - 2,193 (0.10%)

1912 Republican National Convention (Presidential tally):

William Howard Taft (inc.) - 556 (51.58%)
Abstaining - 355 (32.93%)
Theodore Roosevelt - 107 (9.93%)
Robert M. La Follette, Sr. - 41 (3.80%)
Albert B. Cummins - 17 (1.58%)
Charles Evans Hughes - 2 (0.19%)

1912 Progressive National Convention:

Theodore Roosevelt - unanimously

1912 United States presidential election:

Woodrow Wilson/Thomas R. Marshall (D) - 6,296,284 (41.8%) and 435 electoral votes (81.92%, 40 states carried)
Theodore Roosevelt/Hiram W. Johnson (Progressive) - 4,122,721 (27.4%) and 88 electoral votes (16.57%, 6 states carried)
William Howard Taft/Nicholas M. Butler (R) - 3,486,242 (23.2%) and 8 electoral votes (1.51%, 2 states carried)
Eugene V. Debs/Emil Seidel (Socialist) - 901,551 (6.0%)
Eugene Wilder Chafin/Aaron Sherman Watkins (Prohibition) - 208,156 (1.4%)
Arthur Elmer Reimer/August Gilhaus (Socialist Labor) - 29,324 (0.2%)
Others - 4,556 (0.0%)

1916 Progressive presidential primaries:

Theodore Roosevelt - 5,152 (71.12%)
Charles Evans Hughes - 10 (0.14%)
Lawrence Sherman - 10 (0.14%)
Others - 2,072 (28.60%)

1916 Republican presidential primaries:

Unpledged delegates - 455,765 (23.60%)
Martin G. Brumbaugh - 233,100 (12.07%)
Albert B. Cummins - 191,951 (9.94%)
Charles W. Fairbanks - 176,080 (9.12%)
Lawrence Sherman - 155,945 (8.07%)
Robert M. La Follette, Sr. - 133,476 (6.91%)
Henry Ford - 131,965 (6.83%)
Theodore Elijah Burton - 122,169 (6.33%)
Theodore Roosevelt - 83,739 (4.34%)
Charles Evans Hughes - 82,530 (4.27%)
William Alden Smith - 77,872 (4.03%)
Henry D. Estabrook - 30,676 (1.59%)
William Grant Webster - 17,927 (0.93%)
William O. Simpson - 14,365 (0.74%)

1916 Progressive National Convention:

Theodore Roosevelt - unanimously

1916 Republican National Convention:

1st ballot:

Charles Evans Hughes - 253.5
John W. Weeks - 105
Elihu Root - 103
Albert B. Cummins - 85
Charles W. Fairbanks - 74.5
Theodore E. Burton - 77.5
Theodore Roosevelt - 65
Philander C. Knox - 36
Henry Ford - 32
Martin G. Brumbaugh - 29
Robert M. La Follette - 25
Others - 25

2nd ballot:

Charles Evans Hughes - 328.5
Elihu Root - 98.5
Charles W. Fairbanks - 88.5
Albert W. Cummins - 85
Theodore Roosevelt - 81
John W. Weeks - 79
Theodore E. Burton - 76.5
Philander C. Knox - 36
Robert M. La Follette, Sr. - 25
Others - 13

3rd ballot:

Charles Evans Hughes - 949.5
Theodore Roosevelt - 18.5
Robert M. La Follette, Sr. - 3
John W. Weeks - 3
Others - 13

References

Brookhiser, Richard (1993). "1886: The Men Who Would Be Mayor". City Journal. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
Sharp, Arthur G. (2011). The Everything Theodore Roosevelt Book: The Extraordinary Life of an American Icon. Adams Media. pp. 78–79. ISBN 9781440527296.
Taylor, Dorceta E. (23 November 2009). The Environment and the People in American Cities, 1600s-1900s: Disorder, Inequality, and Social Change. Duke University press. p. 572.
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v t e Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States (1901–1909) 25th Vice President of the United States (1901) 33rd Governor of New York (1899–1900) Assistant Secretary of the Navy (1897–1898) New York City Police Commissioner (1895–1897)
Presidency (timeline)	First inauguration historic site Second inauguration Foreign policy "Square Deal" Booker T. Washington dinner Conservation Newlands Reclamation Act Transfer Act of 1905 Antiquities Act Pelican Island Devils Tower National Monument Muir Woods National Monument United States Forest Service, United States Reclamation Service National Wildlife Refuge System Roosevelt Arch Conference of Governors Northern Securities Company breakup court case Coal strike of 1902 Pure Food and Drug Act Food and Drug Administration Meat Inspection Act Expediting Act Elkins Act Hepburn Act Aldrich–Vreeland Act Tillman Act of 1907 Federal Employers Liability Act Kinkaid Act Big stick ideology Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty Panama Canal Zone Panama Canal Venezuelan crisis Roosevelt Corollary Occupation of Cuba Russo-Japanese War Treaty of Portsmouth 1906 Nobel Peace Prize Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907 Army War College Roosevelt Hall College football meetings Bureau of Investigation Department of Commerce and Labor Bureau of Corporations Keep Commission Inland Waterways Commission Bureau of the Census Great White Fleet Perdicaris affair Cabinet White House West Wing State of the Union Address, 1901 1906 1908 White House desk Federal judiciary appointments
Other events	Spanish–American War Rough Riders Battle of Las Guasimas Battle of San Juan Hill "Bull Moose" Progressive Party New Nationalism Assassination attempt Boone and Crockett Club Smithsonian–Roosevelt African expedition "River of Doubt" Amazonian expedition
Life and homes	Birthplace, boyhood home replica Sagamore Hill Home and Museum Maltese Cross Cabin Elkhorn Ranch Pine Knot cabin Gravesite
Writings and speeches	Theodore Roosevelt bibliography The Naval War of 1812 (1882 book) "The Strenuous Life" (1899 speech) League to Enforce Peace "Citizenship in a Republic" (1910 speech) "Progressive Cause Greater Than Any Individual" (1912 post-assassination-attempt speech) Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography (1913 book) The Forum magazine articles Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia Archival collections
Elections	1898 New York state election Republican National Convention: 1900 1904 1912 1916 United States presidential elections: 1900 1904 1912
Legacy	Bibliography Mount Rushmore Theodore Roosevelt Center and Digital Library White House Roosevelt Room Theodore Roosevelt National Park Theodore Roosevelt Wilderness Theodore Roosevelt Island Roosevelt National Forest Roosevelt Park (San Antonio) Roosevelt Study Center Theodore Roosevelt Association Mount Rushmore Anniversary coins Statues New York City Portland, Oregon Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park Monument Assemblage Theodore Roosevelt Monument Roosevelt Memorial, Portland, Oregon Proposed presidential library Theodore Roosevelt United States Courthouse Roosevelt River Theodore Roosevelt Bridge Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Bridge Theodore Roosevelt Award USS Theodore Roosevelt (1906, 1961, 1984) Roosevelt Road U.S. postage stamps
Popular culture	Teddy bear "Speak softly, and carry a big stick" Books Films Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King, 1901 film The 'Teddy' Bears, 1907 film Roosevelt in Africa, 1910 documentary The Rough Riders, 1927 film Teddy, the Rough Rider, 1940 film Rough Riders, 1997 miniseries The Roosevelts, 2014 documentary Theodore Roosevelt, 2022 miniseries Elkhorn, 2024 series
Related	Political positions "Bully pulpit" Ananias Club "Nature fakers" League to Enforce Peace A Guest of Honor "Muckraker" "Roosevelt Republican" Barnes vs. Roosevelt libel trial
Family	Alice Hathaway Lee (first wife) Edith Kermit Carow (second wife) Alice Lee Roosevelt (daughter) Theodore Roosevelt III (son) Kermit Roosevelt (son) Ethel Carow Roosevelt (daughter) Archibald Roosevelt (son) Quentin Roosevelt (son) Theodore Roosevelt IV (grandson) Cornelius V. S. Roosevelt III (grandson) Quentin Roosevelt II (grandson) Kermit Roosevelt Jr. (grandson) Joseph Willard Roosevelt (grandson) Edith Roosevelt Derby (granddaughter) Theodora Roosevelt (granddaughter) Theodore Roosevelt Sr. (father) Martha Bulloch Roosevelt (mother) Anna "Bamie" Roosevelt (sister) Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt (brother) Corinne Roosevelt (sister) Cornelius Roosevelt (grandfather) James Stephens Bulloch (grandfather) James Alfred Roosevelt (uncle) Robert Barnhill Roosevelt Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (niece) Gracie Hall Roosevelt (nephew) Pete (dog)
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