1904 Wyoming gubernatorial special election

The 1904 Wyoming gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1904. Shortly after he began his second term in 1903, Governor DeForest Richards died in office, elevating Secretary of State Fenimore Chatterton to the Governorship and triggering a special election in 1904 to fill the balance of Richards's term. Chatterton ran for re-election, but was defeated for renomination at the Republican convention by Bryant B. Brooks. Former Congressman John E. Osborne, the former Territorial Governor, was nominated by the Democratic Party. Aided by President Theodore Roosevelt's landslide victory over Democrat Alton B. Parker in the presidential election, Brooks overwhelmingly defeated Osborne.

1904 Wyoming gubernatorial special election

November 8, 1904
Turnout33.40% of total population 6.33
 
Nominee Bryant B. Brooks John E. Osborne
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 17,765 12,137
Percentage 57.48% 39.27%

County Result

Governor before election

Fenimore Chatterton
Republican

Elected Governor

Bryant B. Brooks
Republican

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