(Saturday, July 9, 1904, 5:45 a.m. local time) — Chief Judge of New York Court of Appeals Alton B. Parker of New York was unanimously nominated for president today at the 1904 Democratic National Convention meeting at the St. Louis Exposition and Music Hall.

Parker finished ahead of Rep. William Randolph Hearst of New York 658-200 on the first ballot, only nine votes shy of winning the nomination. The vote then shifted to 679-181 Parker before the vote was declared unanimous.

The convention also unanimously nominated former Sen. Henry G. Davis of West Virginia for vice president after Davis defeated Rep. James R. Williams of Illinois 644-165 on the first ballot (Davis was nominated Sunday, July 10 shortly after 1 a.m. local time).

The Parker-Davis ticket would oppose the Democratic ticket of President Theodore Roosevelt-Charles Fairbanks (nominated in June 1904) in the 1904 general election.