1904 Argentine presidential election

1904 Argentine general election

10 April 1904
300 members of the Electoral College 151 votes needed to win
Nominee Manuel Quintana José Evaristo Uriburu Party National Autonomist Party Republican Party Running mate José Figueroa Alcorta Guillermo Udaondo Electoral vote 240 34 States carried 14 1 Percentage 81.4% 11.5%
President before election Julio Argentino Roca National Autonomist Party Elected President Manuel Quintana National Autonomist Party

The Argentine presidential election of 1904 was held on 10 April to choose the president of Argentina. Manuel Quintana was elected president.

Background

Riding high after another term of prosperity and important diplomatic accomplishments such as the May 1902 Pact with neighboring Chile over a border dispute and Foreign Minister Luis Drago's settlement of imminent war between the German Empire and Venezuela, President Roca enlisted Congressman Manuel Quintana as the PAN standard bearer. Within the PAN itself, some dissent was evident over Roca's dominance. These voices rallied behind former Presidents Carlos Pellegrini (as an Autonomist) and José Evaristo Uriburu (as a Republican). The UCR maintained its boycott, and the aging Quintana was selected by the electoral college on 12 June 1904.

The year's legislative elections were more historically significant than the headline presidential selection: the Buenos Aires district of La Boca elected Alfredo Palacios, the first Socialist Congressman in the western hemisphere.^[1]

Results

Argentine Republic
Population	5,716,000
Voters	143,000
Turnout	2.5%

Presidential Candidates	Party	Electoral Votes
Manuel Quintana	National Autonomist Party	240
José Evaristo Uriburu	Partido Republicano	34
Marco Aurelio Avellaneda	National Autonomist Party	14
Mauricio Pastor Daract	—	6
Carlos Pellegrini	National Autonomist Party	1
Total voters		295
Did not vote		5
Total		300

Vice Presidential Candidates	Party	Electoral Votes
José Figueroa Alcorta	National Autonomist Party	257
Guillermo Udaondo	National Civic Union	12
Luis María Drago	National Autonomist Party	11
Juan José Romero	Radical Civic Union	6
Francisco Uriburu	National Autonomist Party	5
Joaquín V. González	National Autonomist Party	1
Benjamín Victorica	National Autonomist Party	1
Carlos Pellegrini	National Autonomist Party	1
Benito Villanueva	National Autonomist Party	1
Total voters		295
Did not vote		5
Total		300

Results by Province

Province	President						Vice President
	Quintana	J. E. Uriburu	Avellaneda	Daract	Pellegrini		Alcorta	Udaondo	Drago	Romero	F. Uriburu	González	Victorica	Pellegrini	Villanueva
Buenos Aires City	18	12	13		1		21	12	11
Buenos Aires	60						60
Catamarca	9						9
Córdoba	23						22					1
Corrientes	18						18
Entre Ríos		22					21						1
Jujuy	8						3				5
La Rioja	8						8
Mendoza	12						11							1
Salta	12						12
San Juan	10						9								1
San Luis	10						10
Santa Fe	28						28
Santiago del Estero	12		1				13
Tucumán	12			6			12			6
Total	240	34	14	6	1		257	12	11	6	5	1	1	1	1

Notes

1. Todo Argentina: 1904 Archived 2017-11-24 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)

References

• "Diario de Sesiones de la Cámara de Senadores - Período de 1904". Diario de Sesiones del Honorable Senado de la Nacion. Buenos Aires: Establecimiento Tipográfico de El Diario: 185–207. 1905.
• Duhalde, Eduardo Luis (2007). Acción Parlamentaria de John William Cooke. Buenos Aires: Colihue. p. 232. ISBN 978-950-563-460-6.
• Rosa, José María (1981). Historia Argentina, Tomo IX: La agonía del régimen. Buenos Aires: Editorial Oriente S.A. p. 50.
• "Historia Electoral Argentina (1912-2007), p. 58" (PDF). www.mininterior.gov.ar. Ministry of the Interior. December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2017.