Tuesday, November 7, 1876
1876 presidential election results
Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) and running mate William Wheeler won with 185 electoral votes and 48.0% of the popular vote. The winner did not lead the popular vote.
| Candidate | Running mate | Party | Electoral votes | Popular vote | Share | States won |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rutherford B. Hayes Won | William Wheeler | Republican | 185 | 4,033,497 | 48.00% | 20 |
| Samuel Tilden | Thomas Hendricks | Democratic | 184 | 4,288,191 | 51.00% | 17 |
| Total popular votes counted | 8,411,618 | |||||
Electoral College map
Full-screen mapMargin:<55–1010–2020+points. Grey: no popular vote / no data.
Results by state
Download CSV| State | Rutherford B. Hayes | Samuel Tilden | Margin | EV | Total votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 40.0% | 60.0% 10 | 20.0 | 10 | 171,699 |
| Arkansas | 39.9% | 59.9% 6 | 20.1 | 6 | 96,946 |
| California | 50.9% 6 | 49.1% | 1.8 | 6 | 155,784 |
| Colorado | 3 electors chosen by state legislature and awarded to Rutherford B. Hayes | — | — | — | |
| Connecticut | 48.3% | 50.7% 6 | 2.4 | 6 | 122,134 |
| Delaware | 44.6% | 55.4% 3 | 10.9 | 3 | 24,133 |
| Florida | 51.0% 4 | 49.0% | 2.0 | 4 | 46,776 |
| Georgia | 28.0% | 72.0% 11 | 44.1 | 11 | 180,690 |
| Illinois | 50.2% 21 | 46.6% | 3.5 | 21 | 554,368 |
| Indiana | 48.1% | 49.7% 15 | 1.5 | 15 | 430,020 |
| Iowa | 58.4% 11 | 38.2% | 20.2 | 11 | 293,398 |
| Kansas | 63.1% 5 | 30.5% | 32.6 | 5 | 124,134 |
| Kentucky | 37.4% | 61.5% 12 | 24.1 | 12 | 259,614 |
| Louisiana | 51.6% 8 | 48.4% | 3.3 | 8 | 145,823 |
| Maine | 56.6% 7 | 42.6% | 14.0 | 7 | 117,045 |
| Maryland | 44.0% | 56.0% 8 | 12.1 | 8 | 163,759 |
| Massachusetts | 57.8% 13 | 41.9% | 15.9 | 13 | 259,619 |
| Michigan | 52.4% 11 | 44.5% | 7.9 | 11 | 318,426 |
| Minnesota | 58.8% 5 | 39.3% | 19.5 | 5 | 124,119 |
| Mississippi | 31.9% | 68.1% 8 | 36.2 | 8 | 164,776 |
| Missouri | 41.4% | 57.6% 15 | 16.3 | 15 | 350,610 |
| Nebraska | 64.8% 3 | 35.2% | 29.6 | 3 | 49,258 |
| Nevada | 52.7% 3 | 47.3% | 5.5 | 3 | 19,691 |
| New Hampshire | 51.8% 5 | 48.1% | 3.8 | 5 | 80,143 |
| New Jersey | 47.0% | 52.7% 9 | 5.7 | 9 | 220,193 |
| New York | 48.2% | 51.4% 35 | 3.2 | 35 | 1,015,503 |
| North Carolina | 46.4% | 53.6% 10 | 7.2 | 10 | 233,911 |
| Ohio | 50.2% 22 | 49.1% | 1.1 | 22 | 658,650 |
| Oregon | 50.9% 3 | 47.4% | 3.5 | 3 | 29,873 |
| Pennsylvania | 50.6% 29 | 48.2% | 2.4 | 29 | 758,973 |
| Rhode Island | 59.6% 4 | 40.4% | 19.2 | 4 | 26,499 |
| South Carolina | 50.2% 7 | 49.8% | 0.5 | 7 | 182,683 |
| Tennessee | 40.2% | 59.8% 12 | 19.6 | 12 | 222,743 |
| Texas | 29.7% | 70.2% 8 | 40.5 | 8 | 151,431 |
| Vermont | 68.4% 5 | 31.4% | 37.0 | 5 | 64,460 |
| Virginia | 40.4% | 59.6% 11 | 19.2 | 11 | 236,288 |
| West Virginia | 42.1% | 56.7% 5 | 14.6 | 5 | 99,647 |
| Wisconsin | 50.7% 10 | 48.1% | 2.6 | 10 | 257,799 |
Shares are of the votes counted for president; bold numbers are electoral votes won. Margin is the winner’s lead over the runner-up in points.
Closest states in 1876
- South Carolina Rutherford B. Hayes by 889 votes (0.49 pts)
- Ohio Rutherford B. Hayes by 7,516 votes (1.14 pts)
- Indiana Samuel Tilden by 6,545 votes (1.52 pts)
- California Rutherford B. Hayes by 2,798 votes (1.80 pts)
- Florida Rutherford B. Hayes by 922 votes (1.97 pts)
- Connecticut Samuel Tilden by 2,894 votes (2.37 pts)
- Pennsylvania Rutherford B. Hayes by 17,953 votes (2.37 pts)
- Wisconsin Rutherford B. Hayes by 6,741 votes (2.61 pts)
Flipped since 1872
- Alabama: Republican → Democratic (10 EV)
- Arkansas: Republican → Democratic (6 EV)
- Connecticut: Republican → Democratic (6 EV)
- Delaware: Republican → Democratic (3 EV)
- Indiana: Republican → Democratic (15 EV)
- Mississippi: Republican → Democratic (8 EV)
- New Jersey: Republican → Democratic (9 EV)
- New York: Republican → Democratic (35 EV)
- North Carolina: Republican → Democratic (10 EV)
- Virginia: Republican → Democratic (11 EV)
- West Virginia: Republican → Democratic (5 EV)
Why the state electoral votes do not add up to the national total
In 1876 some states had no popular vote; their electors were chosen another way, so their electoral votes appear only in these notes:
- Colorado: 3 electors chosen by state legislature and awarded to Rutherford B. Hayes
Source: 1876
Questions and answers
Who won the 1876 presidential election?
Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) won the 1876 election with 185 electoral votes, with William Wheeler as vice president.
How many electoral votes did each candidate win in 1876?
Rutherford B. Hayes 185; Samuel Tilden 184 (out of 369).
Who won the popular vote in 1876?
Samuel Tilden received the most popular votes: 4,288,191 (51.0%) of 8,411,618 counted. Rutherford B. Hayes still won the presidency through the Electoral College.
What was the closest state in 1876?
South Carolina, which Rutherford B. Hayes won by 889 votes (0.49 points).
Which states flipped in 1876?
Compared with 1872, 11 states changed party: Alabama (to Democratic), Arkansas (to Democratic), Connecticut (to Democratic), Delaware (to Democratic), Indiana (to Democratic), Mississippi (to Democratic), New Jersey (to Democratic), New York (to Democratic), North Carolina (to Democratic), Virginia (to Democratic) and West Virginia (to Democratic).
Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data