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Chronicling America is a searchable digital collection of historic newspaper pages through 1963 sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.
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Also, see the Directory of U.S. Newspapers in American Libraries, a searchable index to newspapers published in the United States since 1690, which helps researchers identify what titles exist for a specific place and time, and how to access them.
Although Teddy Roosevelt easily won the Republican nomination for the 1904 presidential election, an internal party debate prevented his chosen running mate from receiving the Vice Presidential nomination. President Roosevelt then went on to win in a landslide victory. Read more about it!
The information in this guide focuses on primary source materials found in the digitized historic newspapers from the digital collection Chronicling America.
The timeline below highlights important dates related to this topic and a section of this guide provides some suggested search strategies for further research in the collection.
| June 21, 1904 | The Republican National Convention begins in Chicago. |
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| June 23, 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt is nominated for the Presidency. Charles Fairbanks is named as his Vice Presidential running mate. |
| July 6, 1904 | The Democratic National Convention begins in St. Louis. |
| July 9, 1904 | Alton B. Parker is chosen as the Democratic nominee. |
| November 8, 1904 | Roosevelt wins the general election. |
