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| Overview of the 1876 Election |
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Rutherford Birchard Hayes
William Almon Wheeler
Party:
REPUBLICAN
Home State: Hayes - OH
; Wheeler - NY
Electoral Votes:
185
Popular Votes:
4,034,311 (48.0%) |
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Samuel Jones Tilden
Thomas Andrews Hendricks
Party:
DEMOCRATIC
Home State: Tilden - NY
; Hendricks - IN
Electoral Votes:
184
Popular Votes:
4,288,546 (51.0%) |
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Peter Cooper
Samuel Fenton Cary
Party:
GREENBACK
Home State: Cooper - NY
; Cary - OH
Electoral Votes:
0
Popular Votes:
75,973 (0.9%) |
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Other Candidates
Party:
Prohibition, American National, et al.
Electoral Votes:
0
Popular Votes:
14,271 (0.2%) |
Total electoral votes - 369 (from 38 states)
Majority needed to win - 185
Total popular vote: 8,413,101 |
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| 1876 State-by-State Results |
| 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 |
COLORADO |
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%) |
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ELECTORAL
VOTES |
185 |
184 |
0 |
0 |
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| In 1876, 369 electoral votes were available; 185 votes were needed to secure the win. |
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