Alton Brooks Parker was an American judge. He was the Democratic nominee in the 1904 United States presidential election, losing in a landslide to incumbent Republican Theodore Roosevelt.
Parker/Davis campaign poster
A Parker 1904 button attacking Republicans as tied to big business ("trusts").
Alton B. Parker's headstone in Wiltwyck Cemetery
1904 United States presidential election
The 1904 United States presidential election was the 30th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 1904. Incumbent Republican President Theodore Roosevelt defeated the conservative Democratic nominee, Alton B. Parker. Roosevelt's victory made him the first president who ascended to the presidency upon the death of his predecessor to win a full term in his own right. This was also the second presidential election in which both major party candidates were registered in the same home state; the others have been in 1860, 1920, 1940, 1944, and 2016.
Image: Theodore Roosevelt by the Pach Bros (cropped 3x 4)
Image: Alton B Parker
President Theodore Roosevelt
Senator Mark Hanna from Ohio (died February 15, 1904)