1904 South Dakota gubernatorial election

1904 South Dakota gubernatorial election

← 1902 November 8, 1904 1906 →
 
Nominee Samuel H. Elrod Louis N. Crill
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 68,561 24,772
Percentage 68.29% 24.68%

County results
Elrod:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
No Vote:      

Governor of South Dakota before election

Charles N. Herreid
Republican

Elected Governor of South Dakota

Samuel H. Elrod
Republican

The 1904 South Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1904. Incumbent Republican Governor Charles N. Herreid declined to run for re-election to a third term. Clark County State's Attorney Samuel H. Elrod won the Republican nomination to run as Herreid's successor, and he faced Democratic nominee Louis N. Crill, the former president of the state Senate, and former U.S. Congressman Freeman Knowles, the Socialist nominee. For the first time since 1894, the Democratic and Populist Parties nominated separate candidates. Ultimately, the split in the two parties did not prove dispositive; Elrod defeated Crill and the other candidates in a landslide.