1876 United States presidential election in Alabama

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1876 United States presidential election in Alabama
Flag of Alabama.svg
  1872 November 7, 1876 1880  
Turnout17.22% Increase2.svg 0.22 pp [1]
  SamuelJonesTilden.jpg President Rutherford Hayes 1870 - 1880 Restored (cropped).jpg
Nominee Samuel J. Tilden Rutherford B. Hayes
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Ohio
Running mate Thomas A. Hendricks William A. Wheeler
Electoral vote100
Popular vote102,98968,708
Percentage59.98%40.02%

Alabama Presidential Election Results 1876.svg
County results

President before election

Ulysses S. Grant
Republican

Elected President

Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican

The 1876 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 7, 1876, as part of the 1876 presidential election. Alabama voters chose ten representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. [2]

Contents

Alabama was won by Samuel J. Tilden, the former governor of New York (DNew York), running with Thomas A. Hendricks, the governor of Indiana, with 59.98% of the popular vote, against Rutherford B. Hayes, the governor of Ohio (R-Ohio), running with Representative William A. Wheeler, with 40.02% of the vote. [2] This was the first time since 1852 that Alabama backed the losing candidate in a presidential election with the primary opponent listed on the ballot. [lower-alpha 1]

Results

1876 United States presidential election in Alabama [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Samuel J. Tilden 102,989 59.98%
Republican Rutherford B. Hayes 68,70840.02%
Write-in Others20.00%
Total votes171,699 100%

Results By County

1876 United States Presidential Election in Alabama (By County) [3]
CountySamuel J. Tilden

Democratic

Rutherford B. Hayes

Republican

Write-ins

Other Parties

Total
#%#%#%
Autauga 80433.78%1,57666.22%00.00%2,380
Baldwin 78954.38%66245.62%00.00%1,451
Barbour 3,59495.69%1624.31%00.00%3,756
Bibb 89072.77%33327.23%00.00%1,223
Blount 1,40280.16%34719.84%00.00%1,749
Bullock 1,56762.03%95937.97%00.00%2,526
Butler 1,95666.06%1,00533.94%00.00%2,961
Calhoun 2,04082.89%42117.11%00.00%2,461
Chambers 2,28268.38%1,05331.56%20.06%3,337
Cherokee 1,66685.04%29314.96%00.00%1,959
Chilton 72882.82%15117.18%00.00%879
Choctaw 1,20963.56%69336.44%00.00%1,902
Clarke 1,40655.66%1,12044.34%00.00%2,526
Clay 1,18886.46%16613.54%00.00%1,354
Cleburne 1,05282.77%21917.23%00.00%1,271
Coffee 83597.09%252.91%00.00%860
Colbert 1,38263.98%77836.02%00.00%2,160
Conecuh 1,16960.07%77739.93%00.00%1,946
Coosa 1,34764.76%73335.24%00.00%2,080
Covington 82096.36%313.64%00.00%851
Crenshaw 1,42789.13%17410.87%00.00%1,601
Dale 1,14380.95%26919.05%00.00%1,412
Dallas 1,60929.05%3,93070.95%00.00%5,539
DeKalb 98767.42%44732.58%00.00%1,434
Elmore 1,39952.83%1,24947.17%00.00%2,648
Escambia 78479.84%19820.16%00.00%982
Etowah 1,19881.44%27318.56%00.00%1,471
Fayette 93577.79%26722.21%00.00%1,202
Franklin 78185.17%13614.83%00.00%917
Geneva 40899.51%20.49%00.00%410
Greene 1,05528.20%2,68671.80%00.00%3,741
Hale 2,17747.69%2,38852.31%00.00%4,565
Henry 1,58778.53%43421.47%00.00%2,021
Jackson 2,68979.49%69420.51%00.00%3,383
Jefferson 2,10275.31%68924.69%00.00%2,791
Lamar 1,20185.85%19814.15%00.00%1,399
Lauderdale 1,72062.23%1,04437.77%00.00%2,764
Lawrence 1,65952.78%1,48447.22%00.00%3,143
Lee 2,88572.31%1,10527.69%00.00%3,990
Limestone 1,68455.63%1,34344.37%00.00%3,027
Lowndes 1,30923.97%4,15276.03%00.00%5,461
Macon 1,49362.89%88137.11%00.00%2,374
Madison 3,42355.21%2,77744.79%00.00%6,200
Marengo 2,75558.16%1,98241.84%00.00%4,737
Marion 73386.85%11113.15%00.00%844
Marshall 1,06786.47%16713.53%00.00%1,234
Mobile 5,33055.51%4,27244.49%00.00%9,602
Monroe 1,53271.66%60628.34%00.00%2,138
Montgomery 2,38127.56%6,25972.44%00.00%8,640
Morgan 1,43264.94%77335.06%00.00%2,205
Perry 1,46729.37%3,52870.63%00.00%4,995
Pickens 2,15897.82%482.18%00.00%2,206
Pike 2,11181.98%46418.02%00.00%2,575
Randolph 1,17957.68%86542.32%00.00%2,044
Russell 2,05166.74%1,02233.26%00.00%3,073
Shelby 1,47565.70%77034.30%00.00%2,245
St. Clair 1,13472.28%43527.72%00.00%1,569
Sumter 2,23461.99%1,37038.01%00.00%3,604
Talladega 2,01460.61%1,30939.39%00.00%3,323
Tallapoosa 2,89280.27%71119.73%00.00%3,603
Tuscaloosa 2,18468.85%98831.15%00.00%3,172
Walker 79961.27%50538.73%00.00%1,304
Washington 55385.21%9614.79%00.00%649
Wilcox 1,49029.28%3,59970.72%00.00%5,089
Winston 23734.30%45465.70%00.00%691
Totals102,98959.98%68,70840.02%20.00%171,699

See also

Notes

  1. In 1856, John C. Frémont was not listed on the state ballot and only Buchanan and Fillmore were listed as candidates. Retroactively in 1860, Lincoln was not listed on the ballot and only Bell, Breckinridge, and Douglas were listed as candidates. Both Frémont and Lincoln were the Republican nominees

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