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PE President Elect
1876
Overview 1876 : OVERVIEW | ELECTORAL MAP | BACKGROUND
STATE RESULTS | OTHER CANDIDATES | TOP OF PAGE
BLU Rutherford Birchard
HAYES
William Almon Wheeler
Party: REPUBLICAN
Home State:
.PR: OH; VP: NY
Electoral Votes: 185
Pop. Vote: 4,034,311 (48.0%)
RED Samuel Jones
TILDEN
Thomas Andrews Hendricks
Party: DEMOCRATIC
Home State:
.PR: NY; VP: IN
Electoral Votes: 184
Pop. Vote: 4,288,546 (51.0%)
YEL Peter
COOPER
Samuel Fenton Cary
Party: GREENBACK
Home State:
.PR: NY; VP: OH
Electoral Votes: 0
Pop. Vote: 75,973 (0.9%)
GRN Other Candidates
Prohibition, American National
Party: SEVERAL
Electoral Votes: 0
Pop. Vote: 14,271 (0.2%)
Total electoral votes - 369 (from 38 states)
Majority needed to win - 185
Total popular vote - 8,413,101
Electoral Map 1876 : OVERVIEW | ELECTORAL MAP | BACKGROUND
STATE RESULTS | OTHER CANDIDATES | TOP OF PAGE
1876 Electoral Map
Background 1876 : OVERVIEW | ELECTORAL MAP | BACKGROUND
STATE RESULTS | OTHER CANDIDATES | TOP OF PAGE
. THE 1876 CAMPAIGN AND ELECTION
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ARTICLES AVAILABLE AT PRESIDENT ELECT
- The Electoral College vs the popular vote in 1824, 1876, and 1888link in new window

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- Hayes vs. Tilden: The Electoral College Controversy of 1876-1877link in new window

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State Results 1876 : OVERVIEW | ELECTORAL MAP | BACKGROUND
STATE RESULTS | OTHER CANDIDATES | TOP OF PAGE
In 1876, 369 electoral votes were available; 185 votes were needed to secure the win.
STATE HAYES TILDEN COOPER OTHERS EVs
ALABAMA 68,708
(40.0%)		 102,989
(60.0%)		 - 2
(>0.1%)		 10
ARKANSAS 38,649
(39.9%)		 58,086
(59.9%)		 211
(0.2%)		 - 6
CALIFORNIA 79,258
(50.9%)		 76,460
(49.1%)		 47
(>0.1%)		 19
(>0.1%)		 6
COLORADOmore info Hayes 3
CONNECTICUT 59,033
(48.3%)		 61,927
(50.7%)		 774
(0.6%)		 400
(0.3%)		 6
DELEWARE 10,752
(44.6%)		 13,381
(55.5%)		 - - 3
FLORIDA 23,849
(51.0%)		 22,927
(49.0%)		 - - 4
GEORGIA 50,533
(28.0%)		 130,157
(72.0%)		 - - 11
ILLINOIS 278,232
(50.2%)		 258,611
(46.7%)		 17,207
(3.1%)		 318
(0.1%)		 21
INDIANA 208,011
(48.3%)		 213,529
(49.5%)		 9,533
(2.2%)		 - 15
IOWA 171,326
(58.4%)		 112,121
(38.2%)		 9,431
(3.2%)		 520
(0.2%)		 11
KANSAS 78,324
(63.1%)		 37,902
(30.5%)		 7,770
(6.3%)		 138
(0.1%)		 5
KENTUCKY 97,568
(37.4%)		 160,060
(61.4%)		 - 2,998
(1.2%)		 12
LOUISIANA 75,315
(51.7%)		 70,508
(48.4%)		 - - 8
MAINE 66,300
(56.6%)		 49,917
(42.7%)		 - 828
(0.7%)		 7
MARYLAND 71,980
(44.0%)		 91,779
(56.1%)		 - - 8
MASSACHUSETTS 150,063
(57.8%)		 108,777
(41.9%)		 - 779
(0.3%)		 13
MICHIGAN 166,901
(52.4%)		 141,665
(44.5%)		 9,023
(2.8%)		 837
(0.3%)		 11
MINNESOTA 72,962
(58.8%)		 48,799
(39.3%)		 2,399
(1.9%)		 - 5
MISSISSIPPI 52,603
(31.9%)		 112,173
(68.1%)		 - - 8
MISSOURI 145,027
(41.4%)		 202,086
(57.6%)		 3,497
(1.0%)		 - 15
NEBRASKA 31,915
(64.8%)		 17,343
(35.2%)		 - - 3
NEVADA 10,383
(52.7%)		 9,308
(47.3%)		 - - 3
NEW HAMPSHIRE 41,540
(51.8%)		 38,510
(48.1%)		 - 93
(0.1%)		 5
NEW JERSEY 103,517
(47.0%)		 115,962
(52.7%)		 714
(0.3%)		 - 9
NEW YORK 489,207
(48.2%)		 521,949
(51.4%)		 1,978
(0.2%)		 2,369
(0.2%)		 35
NORTH CAROLINA 108,484
(46.4%)		 125,427
(53.6%)		 - - 10
OHIO 330,698
(50.2%)		 323,182
(49.1%)		 3,058
(0.5%)		 1,712
(0.3%)		 22
OREGON 15,207
(50.9%)		 14,157
(47.4%)		 509
(1.7%)		 - 3
PENNSYLVANIA 384,157
(50.6%)		 366,204
(48.3%)		 7,209
(1.0%)		 1,403
(0.2%)		 29
RHODE ISLAND 15,787
(59.6%)		 10,712
(40.4%)		 - - 4
SOUTH CAROLINA 91,786
(50.2%)		 90,897
(49.8%)		 - - 7
TENNESSEE 89,566
(40.2%)		 133,177
(59.8%)		 - - 12
TEXAS 45,013
(29.7%)		 106,372
(70.2%)		 - 46
(>0.1%)		 8
VERMONT 44,092
(68.4%)		 20,254
(31.4%)		 - 114
(0.2%)		 5
VIRGINIA 95,518
(40.4%)		 140,770
(59.6%)		 - - 11
WEST VIRGINIA 41,997
(42.2%)		 56,546
(56.8%)		 1,104
(1.1%)		 - 5
WISCONSIN 130,050
(50.6%)		 123,922
(48.2%)		 1,509
(0.6%)		 1,695
(0.7%)		 10
TOTALS 4,034,311
(48.0%)		 4,288,546
(51.0%)		 75,973
(0.9%)		 14,271
(0.2%)		 .
ELECTORAL
VOTES		 185 184 0 0 .
In 1876, 369 electoral votes were available; 185 votes were needed to secure the win.
Other Candidates 1876 : OVERVIEW | ELECTORAL MAP | BACKGROUND
STATE RESULTS | OTHER CANDIDATES | TOP OF PAGE
Candidate Party Votes
Green Clay Smith (KY) /
Gideon Tabor Stewart (OH)		 Prohibition 6,743
James B. Walker (IL) /
Donald Kirkpartrick (NY)		 American National 459
Louis Brookwater - 97
- Communist 32
Others - 6,940
1876 : OVERVIEW | ELECTORAL MAP | BACKGROUND |
STATE RESULTS | OTHER CANDIDATES | TOP OF PAGE
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