Scope and Content Note
This series is comprised of oversized, folded tabulations on columnar paper showing numbers of votes for candidates for various local and statewide offices and for electors for president and vice-president of the United States in the general election of November 8, 1904. They were submitted by county boards of canvassers to provide the governor with detailed information on election results. At the end of each tabulation is a statement signed by county election officials certifying that the information was accurately copied from original election records. Only Allegany, Kings, Onondaga, Richmond, Suffolk, and Washington counties are represented in this series.
Tabulations of votes for electors for president and vice-president are present for Allegany, Onondaga, Richmond, Suffolk, and Washington counties. These tables list cities and towns and/or election districts down the left side. Columns with the electors' names at the top provide the number of votes for each elector in each city, town, or district.
Tabulations of votes for local and statewide offices are present for Allegany, Richmond, Suffolk, and Washington counties. Cities and towns and/or election districts are listed down the left side. Columns for each office, subdivided into narrower columns for each candidate, provide the number of votes for each candidate in each city, town, or district. In each county tabulation, vote counts for some or all of the following offices might appear: governor; lieutenant governor; secretary of stte; comptroller; treasurer; attorney general; state engineer and surveyor; chief judge of court of appeals; associate judge of court of appeals; justice of supreme court; senator; district attorney; member of assembly; and member of Congress.
Kings County has tabulations for senatorial elections only. Election districts are listed down the left side. For each district, the following information appears in columns: number of ballots cast on which votes were counted for any candidate for office; number of ballots cast and counted on which no vote appeared for office of senate; number of ballots on which votes were counted for office of senate; number of ballots protested as marked for identification; and total votes for office of senate.
Washington County has a separate tabulation for member of Congress. Cities and towns and election districts are listed down the left side. For each, the following information appears in columns: total number of ballots cast; number of votes for each named candidate; and number of blanks.
Washington County also has a tabulation showing results of a proposition to move the county clerk's office. Cities and towns and election districts are listed down the left side. For each, the following information appears in columns: total number of ballots cast; number of "yes" votes; number of "no" votes; and number of blanks.
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