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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.
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
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank W. Higgins won | Republican | 813,267 | 50.3% |
| D. Cady Herrick | Democratic | 732,704 | 45.3% |
| All other candidates | 71,809 | 4.4% | |
| Total | 1,617,780 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |