1904 Wyoming gubernatorial special election

The Wyoming gubernatorial special election of 1904 took place on November 8, 1904. The Republican incumbent Fenimore Chatterton was not nominated by his party for the election after ascending to the governorship after DeForest Richards died in 1903. The Republican nominee, businessman and rancher Bryant Butler Brooks defeated the Democratic former Governor John Eugene Osborne with 57.48% of the vote.

Wyoming gubernatorial election, 1904
November 8, 1904
Turnout33.40% of total population 6.33
 
Nominee Bryant Butler Brooks John Eugene Osborne
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 17,765 12,137
Percentage 57.48% 39.27%
County Result
Governor before election

Fenimore Chatterton
Republican

 Elected Governor

Bryant Butler Brooks
Republican

Elections in Wyoming

Results
Wyoming gubernatorial special election, 1904[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bryant Butler Brooks 14,483 57.48%
Democratic John Eugene Osborne 12,137 39.27%
Socialist James W. Gates 816 2.64%
Prohibition George W. Blain 191 0.62%
Total votes 30,909 100%

Results by county
County Brooks Votes Osborne Votes Gates Votes Blain Votes
Uinta 58.39% 2,553 38.04% 1,663 3.29% 144 0.27% 12
Big Horn 66.79% 1,868 31.82% 890 1.04% 29 0.36% 10
Fremont 47.06% 775 52.46% 864 0.43% 7 0.06% 1
Sweetwater 52.15% 1,078 42.86% 886 4.55% 94 0.44% 9
Sheridan 56.24% 1,798 38.25% 1,223 4.94% 158 0.56% 18
Johnson 50.48% 680 39.27% 529 6.24% 84 4.01% 54
Natrona 50.78% 553 48.58% 529 0.09% 1 0.55% 6
Carbon 55.24% 1,823 43.12% 1,423 1.61% 53 0.03% 1
Crook 61.23% 938 35.51% 544 2.68% 41 0.59% 9
Weston 73.18% 756 25.56% 264 1.16% 12 0.10% 1
Converse 67.50% 1,024 30.98% 470 0.13% 2 1.38% 21
Albany 56.82% 1,492 34.39% 903 6.97% 183 1.83% 48
Laramie 55.37% 2,427 44.47% 1,949 0.02% 1 0.14% 6

References
  1. "Wyoming gubernatorial election, 1904".
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