The 1904 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 8, 1904. Voters chose 18 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
With his victory, Roosevelt became the third Republican presidential candidate to win Missouri, but the first one since Ulysses S. Grant in 1868. In voting for the GOP, Missouri repositioned itself from being associated with the Solid South to being seen as a bellwetherswing state throughout the twentieth century. From this election until 2008, Missouri only backed a losing presidential candidate once, in 1956.
"The Mysterious Stranger" – A political cartoon showing Missouri having left the Democratic Solid South by voting Republican.
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