The Election of 1904 was the first election in which the Socialist Party participated.

The Socialist Party of America was a highly factionalized coalition of local parties based in industrial cities and usually was rooted in ethnic communities, especially German and Finnish.
It also had some support in old Populist rural and mining areas in the West.

Prominent socialist Eugene V. Debs was nominated for president and Benjamin Hanford was nominated for vice-president.
The Election of 1904 was the first election in which the Socialist Party participated.
The Socialist Party of America was a highly factionalized coalition of local parties based in industrial cities and usually was rooted in ethnic communities, especially German and Finnish. It also had some support in old Populist rural and mining areas in the West.
Prominent socialist Eugene V. Debs was nominated for president and Benjamin Hanford was nominated for vice-president.
1904 United States presidential election