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Election 1904 Results

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1904 West Virginia governor election

William M.O. Dawson (Republican) beat John J. Cornwell (Democrat) in West Virginia in 1904, 50.8% to 47.0%, a margin of 3.8 points and 9,002 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1900, when Albert B. White won.

Republicans led in 31 of the 55 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 24. The largest, Kanawha, cast 15,073 votes and went to the Democrat by 3.9 points. The closest was Marion, where 36 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
William M.O. Dawson won Republican 121,540 50.8%
John J. Cornwell Democratic 112,538 47.0%
All other candidates 5,278 2.2%
Total239,356

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Kanawha 7,581 50.3% 6,996 46.4% 496 15,073 D+3.9
Ohio 5,922 44.2% 7,076 52.8% 393 13,391 R+8.6
Fayette 3,962 38.3% 5,907 57.1% 467 10,336 R+18.8
Wood 4,206 47.4% 4,505 50.8% 155 8,866 R+3.4
Marion 4,311 49.0% 4,275 48.6% 208 8,794 D+0.4
Harrison 3,462 41.0% 4,643 55.1% 329 8,434 R+14.0
Cabell 3,473 48.2% 3,530 49.0% 207 7,210 R+0.8
McDowell 2,607 38.0% 4,210 61.4% 36 6,853 R+23.4
Marshall 2,680 42.0% 3,369 52.8% 333 6,382 R+10.8
Mercer 2,856 47.2% 3,123 51.7% 67 6,046 R+4.4
Wetzel 3,032 55.2% 2,318 42.2% 147 5,497 D+13.0
Preston 1,435 27.2% 3,719 70.4% 127 5,281 R+43.2
Mason 2,344 45.5% 2,768 53.7% 45 5,157 R+8.2
Berkeley 2,558 49.8% 2,496 48.6% 81 5,135 D+1.2
Greenbrier 2,653 53.5% 2,267 45.7% 36 4,956 D+7.8
Monongalia 1,824 37.4% 2,954 60.5% 101 4,879 R+23.2
Wayne 2,514 51.9% 2,292 47.3% 35 4,841 D+4.6
Jackson 2,231 46.9% 2,499 52.5% 26 4,756 R+5.6
Braxton 2,450 53.6% 2,075 45.4% 49 4,574 D+8.2
Randolph 2,518 56.5% 1,859 41.7% 82 4,459 D+14.8
Roane 2,001 47.2% 2,190 51.7% 44 4,235 R+4.5
Ritchie 1,680 40.2% 2,336 55.8% 168 4,184 R+15.7
Lewis 1,738 43.9% 2,054 51.9% 163 3,955 R+8.0
Jefferson 2,579 65.8% 1,294 33.0% 45 3,918 D+32.8
Tyler 1,538 40.1% 2,107 54.9% 191 3,836 R+14.8
Taylor 1,674 44.1% 2,047 54.0% 71 3,792 R+9.8
Putnam 1,715 45.3% 2,025 53.4% 49 3,789 R+8.2
Lincoln 1,637 44.1% 2,026 54.6% 48 3,711 R+10.5
Summers 2,062 56.6% 1,558 42.8% 23 3,643 D+13.8
Barbour 1,566 46.2% 1,770 52.2% 57 3,393 R+6.0
Raleigh 1,617 48.2% 1,669 49.7% 70 3,356 R+1.5
Upshur 900 27.0% 2,350 70.5% 85 3,335 R+43.5
Mineral 1,496 45.6% 1,728 52.7% 58 3,282 R+7.1
Mingo 1,682 51.4% 1,578 48.2% 14 3,274 D+3.2
Tucker 1,269 41.9% 1,663 54.9% 97 3,029 R+13.0
Nicholas 1,439 48.0% 1,389 46.3% 173 3,001 D+1.7
Monroe 1,550 51.8% 1,437 48.0% 5 2,992 D+3.8
Doddridge 1,233 42.7% 1,610 55.8% 43 2,886 R+13.1
Hampshire 2,056 77.8% 575 21.7% 13 2,644 D+56.0
Gilmer 1,536 60.1% 977 38.2% 44 2,557 D+21.9
Calhoun 1,419 56.8% 1,053 42.2% 25 2,497 D+14.7
Pocahontas 1,213 51.7% 1,100 46.9% 32 2,345 D+4.8
Wirt 1,150 50.9% 1,084 47.9% 27 2,261 D+2.9
Clay 1,142 53.2% 947 44.1% 59 2,148 D+9.1
Webster 1,299 61.7% 805 38.3% 2,104 D+23.5
Pleasants 1,012 48.2% 1,070 50.9% 19 2,101 R+2.8
Pendleton 1,189 56.7% 895 42.7% 12 2,096 D+14.0
Brooke 798 41.4% 1,073 55.7% 56 1,927 R+14.3
Wyoming 814 42.8% 1,077 56.6% 13 1,904 R+13.8
Hardy 1,284 68.3% 593 31.5% 3 1,880 D+36.8
Boone 929 54.1% 770 44.9% 17 1,716 D+9.3
Logan 1,151 67.1% 547 31.9% 18 1,716 D+35.2
Morgan 647 38.0% 1,030 60.4% 27 1,704 R+22.5
Grant 347 21.3% 1,258 77.3% 22 1,627 R+56.0
Hancock 557 34.9% 974 61.0% 67 1,598 R+26.1

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.

West Virginia governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Patrick Morrisey (R) R+30.4
2020 Jim Justice (R) R+33.3
2016 Jim Justice (D) D+6.8
2012 Earl Ray Tomblin (D) D+4.8
2011 Earl Ray Tomblin (D) D+2.5
2008 Joe Manchin (D) D+44.1
2004 Joe Manchin (D) D+29.5
2000 Robert Ellsworth Wise (D) D+2.9
1996 Cecil H. Underwood (R) R+5.8
1992 Gaston Caperton (D) D+19.5
1988 Gaston Caperton (D) D+17.7
1984 Arch A. Moore Jr. (R) R+6.5
1980 Jay Rockefeller (D) D+8.7
1976 Jay Rockefeller (D) D+32.3
1972 Arch A. Moore Jr. (R) R+9.5
1968 Arch A. Moore Jr. (R) R+1.7
1964 Hulett Smith (D) D+9.8
1960 W. W. Barron (D) D+8.0
1956 Cecil H. Underwood (R) R+7.8
1952 William C. Marland (D) D+3.1
1948 Okey L. Patteson (D) D+14.2
1944 Clarence W. Meadows (D) D+8.9
1940 Matthew M. Neely (D) D+12.8
1936 Homer A. Holt (D) D+18.3
1932 Herman G. Kump (D) D+8.0
1928 William G. Conley (R) R+7.6
1924 Howard M. Gore (R) R+7.2
1920 Ephraim F. Morgan (R) R+11.1
1916 John J. Cornwell (D) D+1.0
1912 Henry D. Hatfield (R) R+3.3
1908 William E. Glasscock (R) R+4.6
1904 William M.O. Dawson (R) R+3.8
1900 Albert B. White (R) R+8.4
1896 George W. Atkinson (R) R+6.0
1892 William A. MacCorkle (D) D+2.3
1888 A. Brooks Fleming (D) R+0.1
1884 E. Willis Wilson (D) D+3.9
1880 Jacob B. Jackson (D) D+13.6
1876 Henry M. Mathews (D) D+12.7
1872 John J. Jacob (other)
1870 John J. Jacob (D) D+3.9
1868 William E. Stevenson (R) R+9.3
1866 Arthur I. Boreman (R) R+16.2