Rutherford B. Hayes defeated Samuel J. Tilden. Samuel J. Tilden (D) vs Rutherford B. Hayes (R). Disputed; resolved by the Electoral Commission. Tilden won the popular vote. Every state below links to its full contest page with county-level results.
Elections › 1876 › President Nominees: Samuel J. Tilden (D) · Rutherford B. Hayes (R)
akashic 1876 presidential election
Hayes D+7.7
1876 presidential margin by state A map of the United States with each state filled by its 1876 result — deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), and gold where an independent or third-party candidate carried the state. Alabama · D+20.0 · 10 electoral votes Alaska · — Arizona · — Colorado · — · 3 electoral votes Florida · — · 4 electoral votes Georgia · — · 11 electoral votes Indiana · — · 15 electoral votes Kansas · — · 5 electoral votes Maine · — · 7 electoral votes Massachusetts · — · 13 electoral votes Minnesota · — · 5 electoral votes New Jersey · — · 9 electoral votes North Carolina · — · 10 electoral votes North Dakota · — Oklahoma · — Pennsylvania · — · 29 electoral votes South Dakota · — Texas · — · 8 electoral votes Wyoming · — Connecticut · D+2.4 · 6 electoral votes Missouri · — · 15 electoral votes West Virginia · — · 5 electoral votes Illinois · — · 21 electoral votes New Mexico · — Arkansas · — · 6 electoral votes California · R+1.8 · 6 electoral votes Delaware · D+11.6 · 3 electoral votes District of Columbia · — Hawaii · — Iowa · — · 11 electoral votes Kentucky · — · 12 electoral votes Maryland · — · 8 electoral votes Michigan · — · 11 electoral votes Mississippi · — · 8 electoral votes Montana · — New Hampshire · — · 5 electoral votes New York · — · 35 electoral votes Ohio · — · 22 electoral votes Oregon · — · 3 electoral votes Tennessee · — · 12 electoral votes Utah · — Virginia · — · 11 electoral votes Washington · — Wisconsin · — · 10 electoral votes Nebraska · — · 3 electoral votes South Carolina · — · 7 electoral votes Idaho · — Nevada · — · 3 electoral votes Vermont · — · 5 electoral votes Louisiana · — · 8 electoral votes Rhode Island · — · 4 electoral votes AL CA Fifty states and DC, each filled by its 1876 result. Hover any state for the detail and its electoral votes.
Blue and red show the Democratic-vs-Republican margin; gold marks a state an independent or third-party candidate carried.
akashic Electoral college
369 electors · 185 for a majority
Hayes won 185 of 369 electoral votes.
Hayes won the electoral college by one vote after the disputed returns; Tilden led the popular vote.
akashic National popular vote
454,628 votes counted
akashic The county map
127 county-level results on record for 1876
Democrats carried 89 counties, Republicans 38.
akashic Results by state
Every row links to the state's contest page with its county map.
akashic State Won Margin Democratic Republican Total Alabama D 102,989 68,658 171,649 California R 76,464 79,265 155,755 Connecticut D 61,948 59,022 120,971 Delaware D 3,490 2,763 6,253
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