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1904 New York governor election

Frank W. Higgins (Republican) beat D. Cady Herrick (Democrat) in New York in 1904, 50.3% to 45.3%, a margin of 5.0 points and 80,563 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1902, when Benjamin B. Odell Jr. won.

Republicans led in 54 of the 61 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 7. The largest, New York, cast 368,316 votes and went to the Democrat by 16.3 points. The closest was Hamilton, where 108 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Frank W. Higgins won Republican 813,267 50.3%
D. Cady Herrick Democratic 732,704 45.3%
All other candidates 71,809 4.4%
Total1,617,780

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
New York 202,775 55.1% 142,640 38.7% 22,901 368,316 D+16.3
Kings 119,347 50.7% 105,887 45.0% 10,100 235,334 D+5.7
Erie 40,742 45.8% 45,531 51.2% 2,709 88,982 R+5.4
Monroe 19,843 38.9% 27,844 54.5% 3,366 51,053 R+15.7
Westchester 19,340 43.2% 23,846 53.2% 1,621 44,807 R+10.1
Albany 19,880 44.7% 23,940 53.8% 686 44,506 R+9.1
Onondaga 16,166 37.3% 25,619 59.2% 1,520 43,305 R+21.8
Oneida 15,669 45.4% 17,666 51.1% 1,214 34,549 R+5.8
Queens 18,958 55.7% 13,350 39.2% 1,724 34,032 D+16.5
Rensselaer 13,065 42.0% 17,137 55.1% 882 31,084 R+13.1
Orange 10,447 41.8% 13,715 54.9% 822 24,984 R+13.1
Chautauqua 6,177 27.2% 15,108 66.5% 1,418 22,703 R+39.3
St. Lawrence 6,017 27.7% 15,084 69.5% 596 21,697 R+41.8
Ulster 9,793 45.7% 11,168 52.1% 474 21,435 R+6.4
Steuben 7,829 36.8% 12,264 57.7% 1,166 21,259 R+20.9
Dutchess 8,694 42.4% 11,308 55.1% 510 20,512 R+12.7
Jefferson 6,979 35.1% 11,752 59.1% 1,143 19,874 R+24.0
Niagara 8,384 43.7% 10,038 52.3% 784 19,206 R+8.6
Oswego 6,361 34.5% 10,971 59.5% 1,095 18,427 R+25.0
Broome 7,301 40.0% 10,076 55.3% 854 18,231 R+15.2
Suffolk 7,134 41.1% 9,619 55.4% 615 17,368 R+14.3
Cayuga 6,229 36.6% 10,249 60.2% 551 17,029 R+23.6
Schenectady 6,479 39.2% 9,094 55.0% 948 16,521 R+15.8
Saratoga 6,675 40.6% 9,144 55.6% 633 16,452 R+15.0
Cattaraugus 5,005 31.4% 10,209 64.1% 719 15,933 R+32.7
Herkimer 6,242 42.7% 7,925 54.2% 466 14,633 R+11.5
Richmond 7,413 51.6% 6,485 45.1% 466 14,364 D+6.5
Otsego 5,927 42.3% 7,584 54.1% 502 14,013 R+11.8
Ontario 5,582 40.5% 7,902 57.3% 306 13,790 R+16.8
Nassau 5,627 41.0% 7,907 57.7% 180 13,714 R+16.6
Chemung 5,909 43.3% 7,024 51.4% 729 13,662 R+8.2
Montgomery 5,658 43.5% 7,018 54.0% 330 13,006 R+10.5
Wayne 4,359 34.4% 7,874 62.2% 427 12,660 R+27.8
Delaware 4,688 37.8% 7,325 59.1% 384 12,397 R+21.3
Washington 3,741 30.3% 8,119 65.7% 505 12,365 R+35.4
Fulton 4,220 36.8% 6,218 54.2% 1,040 11,478 R+17.4
Columbia 5,384 47.0% 5,865 51.2% 205 11,454 R+4.2
Allegany 2,815 24.8% 7,810 68.7% 748 11,373 R+43.9
Madison 3,645 33.3% 6,697 61.3% 588 10,930 R+27.9
Clinton 4,090 38.2% 6,223 58.1% 406 10,719 R+19.9
Chenango 4,011 37.5% 6,207 58.0% 479 10,697 R+20.5
Franklin 2,980 30.0% 6,594 66.5% 343 9,917 R+36.4
Tompkins 3,943 41.0% 5,266 54.8% 409 9,618 R+13.8
Livingston 3,510 36.7% 5,675 59.3% 379 9,564 R+22.6
Genesee 3,010 33.1% 5,675 62.4% 410 9,095 R+29.3
Rockland 4,411 50.4% 4,126 47.2% 207 8,744 D+3.3
Greene 3,952 45.6% 4,433 51.2% 274 8,659 R+5.6
Wyoming 2,583 31.1% 5,369 64.7% 350 8,302 R+33.6
Cortland 2,880 34.9% 5,008 60.7% 362 8,250 R+25.8
Sullivan 3,720 45.3% 4,350 53.0% 144 8,214 R+7.7
Warren 2,898 36.2% 4,778 59.7% 334 8,010 R+23.5
Schoharie 4,058 51.1% 3,656 46.0% 233 7,947 D+5.1
Orleans 2,752 34.7% 4,788 60.3% 394 7,934 R+25.7
Tioga 3,042 39.4% 4,428 57.4% 245 7,715 R+18.0
Essex 2,133 28.0% 5,289 69.5% 183 7,605 R+41.5
Seneca 3,471 47.6% 3,660 50.2% 156 7,287 R+2.6
Lewis 3,035 41.9% 4,056 56.0% 155 7,246 R+14.1
Yates 1,837 34.6% 3,300 62.1% 175 5,312 R+27.5
Schuyler 1,713 39.1% 2,492 56.9% 174 4,379 R+17.8
Putnam 1,450 38.5% 2,264 60.1% 54 3,768 R+21.6
Hamilton 726 53.4% 618 45.4% 16 1,360 D+7.9

Counties as they stood in 1904; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

New York governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Kathy Hochul (D) D+6.4
2018 Andrew Cuomo (D) D+23.4
2014 Andrew Cuomo (D) D+13.9
2010 Andrew Cuomo (D) D+29.3
2006 Eliot Spitzer (D) D+40.8
2002 George Pataki (R) R+15.9
1998 George Pataki (R) R+21.2
1994 George E. Pataki (R) R+3.3
1990 Mario Cuomo (D) D+31.8
1986 Mario M. Cuomo (D) D+32.9
1982 Mario M. Cuomo (D) D+3.4
1978 Hugh L. Carey (D) D+5.7
1974 Hugh L. Carey (D) D+15.3
1970 Nelson Rockefeller (R) R+12.1
1966 Nelson Rockefeller (R) R+6.5
1962 Nelson A. Rockefeller (R) R+9.1
1958 Nelson A. Rockefeller (R) R+10.2
1954 W. Averell Harriman (D) D+0.2
1950 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+10.8
1946 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+13.8
1942 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+15.7
1938 Herbert H. Lehman (D) D+1.4
1936 Herbert H. Lehman (D) D+9.4
1934 Herbert H. Lehman (D) D+21.2
1932 Herbert H. Lehman (D) D+18.1
1930 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+23.1
1928 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+0.6
1926 Alfred Emanuel Smith (D) D+8.5
1924 Alfred E. Smith (D) D+3.3
1922 Alfred Emanuel Smith (D) D+15.2
1920 Nathan L. Miller (R) R+2.6
1918 Al Smith (D) D+0.7
1916 Charles S. Whitman (R) R+10.0
1914 Charles S. Whitman (R) R+10.4
1912 William Sulzer (D) D+13.1
1910 John Alden Dix (D) D+4.7
1908 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+4.2
1906 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+3.9
1904 Frank W. Higgins (R) R+5.0
1902 Benjamin B. Odell Jr. (R) R+0.6
1900 Benjamin B. Odell Jr. (R) R+7.2
1898 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+1.3
1896 Frank S. Black (R) R+15.0
1894 Levi P. Morton (R) R+12.3
1891 Roswell Pettibone Flower (D) D+4.1
1888 David B. Hill (D) D+1.5
1885 David B. Hill (D) D+1.1
1882 Grover Cleveland (D) D+21.1
1879 Alonzo B. Cornell (R) R+4.8
1876 Lucius Robinson (D) D+3.0
1874 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+6.3
1872 John Adams Dix (R) R+6.4
1870 John T. Hoffman (D) D+4.3
1868 John T. Hoffman (D) D+3.3
1866 Reuben Fenton (R) R+51.0