1876 United States presidential election in California

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1876 United States presidential election in California
First Bear Flag of California (1846).svg
  1872 November 7, 1876 1880  
  President Rutherford Hayes 1870 - 1880 Restored (cropped).jpg SamuelJonesTilden.jpg
Nominee Rutherford B. Hayes Samuel J. Tilden
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Ohio New York
Running mate William A. Wheeler Thomas A. Hendricks
Electoral vote60
Popular vote78,614 [lower-alpha 1] 75,845 [lower-alpha 2]
Percentage50.87%49.08%

California 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 California was held on November 7, 1876, as part of the 1876 United States presidential election. State voters chose six representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

California narrowly voted for the Republican nominee, Ohio Governor Rutherford B. Hayes, over the Democratic nominee, New York Governor Samuel J. Tilden.

The 1876 election was the closest two-candidate contest in the history of the Electoral College, with Hayes ultimately winning by a single electoral vote following the controversial resolution of disputed returns in other states. Hayes thus needed all six of California's electoral votes to win. While most sources give Hayes' plurality in California as 2,798, at the time Californian voters chose presidential electors individually. In four subsequent presidential elections (1880, 1888, 1896 and 1912), the overall results were sufficiently close that the state split its electoral ticket between two candidates. If this had occurred in 1876, Tilden would have been elected president.

Results

General Election Results [1]
PartyPledged toElectorVotes
Republican Party Rutherford B. HayesJohn B. Felton78,614
Republican Party Rutherford B. HayesJohn H. Jewett78,610
Republican Party Rutherford B. HayesMorris M. Estee78,609
Republican Party Rutherford B. HayesJohn F. Miller78,607
Republican Party Rutherford B. HayesH. J. Ostrander78,605
Republican Party Rutherford B. HayesD. A. McKinley78,604
Democratic Party Samuel J. TildenJohn S. Hager75,845
Democratic Party Samuel J. TildenJ. Campbell Shorb75,842
Democratic Party Samuel J. TildenStuart M. Taylor75,842
Democratic Party Samuel J. TildenFrank Ganahl75,841
Democratic Party Samuel J. TildenBarclay Henley75,839
Democratic Party Samuel J. TildenJoseph H. Budd75,832
Greenback Party Peter CooperAlfred Credge47
Greenback Party Peter CooperJohn Condra47
Greenback Party Peter CooperS. Harris Herring47
Greenback Party Peter CooperB. K. Lowe47
Greenback Party Peter CooperJ. H. Redstone47
Greenback Party Peter CooperC. B. Smith47
Write-in Scattering19
Votes cast [lower-alpha 3] 154,544

Results by county

CountyRutherford B. Hayes
Republican
Samuel J. Tilden
Democratic
Peter Cooper
Greenback
Scattering
MarginTotal votes cast [lower-alpha 4]
# %# %# %# %# %
Alameda 4,93859.52%3,34740.34%120.14%00.00%1,59119.18%8,297
Alpine 11062.86%6537.14%00.00%00.00%4525.71%175
Amador 1,17247.13%1,31552.87%00.00%00.00%−143−5.75%2,487
Butte 1,66550.47%1,63449.53%00.00%00.00%310.94%3,299
Calaveras 88648.63%93651.37%00.00%00.00%−50−2.74%1,822
Colusa 76634.29%1,46865.71%00.00%00.00%−702−31.42%2,234
Contra Costa 1,18458.58%83741.42%00.00%00.00%34717.17%2,021
Del Norte 18644.93%22855.07%00.00%00.00%−42−10.14%414
El Dorado 1,33148.02%1,44151.98%00.00%00.00%−110−3.97%2,772
Fresno 33825.88%96874.12%00.00%00.00%−630−48.24%1,306
Humboldt 1,63759.20%112740.76%10.04%00.00%51018.44%2,765
Inyo 34347.77%37552.23%00.00%00.00%−32−4.46%718
Kern 55639.71%84460.29%00.00%00.00%−288−20.57%1,400
Lake 38035.02%70264.70%00.00%30.28%−322−29.68%1,085
Lassen 25653.00%22747.00%00.00%00.00%296.00%483
Los Angeles 3,04145.59%3,61554.20%140.21%00.00%−574−8.61%6,670
Marin [lower-alpha 5] [2] 65151.26%61948.74%00.00%00.00%322.52%1,270
Mariposa 36439.65%55460.35%00.00%00.00%−190−20.70%918
Mendocino 92942.00%1,28358.00%00.00%00.00%−354−16.00%2,212
Merced 55840.97%80459.03%00.00%00.00%−246−18.06%1,362
Modoc 20839.25%32260.75%00.00%00.00%−114−21.51%530
Mono 15355.04%12544.96%00.00%00.00%2810.07%278
Monterey 1,18253.80%1,01246.06%00.00%30.14%1707.74%2,197
Napa 1,15354.49%96345.51%00.00%00.00%1908.98%2,116
Nevada 2,30054.70%1,90545.30%00.00%00.00%3959.39%4,205
Placer 1,61055.75%1,27844.25%00.00%00.00%33211.50%2,888
Plumas 58353.73%50246.27%00.00%00.00%817.47%1,085
Sacramento 3,83860.71%2,48439.29%00.00%00.00%1,35421.42%6,322
San Benito 43439.45%66460.36%00.00%20.18%−230−20.91%1,100
San Bernardino 67451.85%60746.69%191.46%00.00%675.15%1,300
San Diego 79454.31%66845.69%00.00%00.00%1268.62%1,462
San Francisco 21,17250.93%20,39949.07%00.00%10.00%7731.86%41,572
San Joaquin 2,27055.10%1,85044.90%00.00%00.00%42010.19%4,120
San Luis Obispo 77244.99%94455.01%00.00%00.00%−172−10.02%1,716
San Mateo 87155.58%69644.42%00.00%00.00%17511.17%1,567
Santa Barbara 1,17461.15%74338.72%00.00%20.10%43122.46%1,919
Santa Clara 3,33552.09%3,06547.88%10.02%10.02%2704.22%6,402
Santa Cruz 1,53757.59%1,13242.41%00.00%00.00%40515.17%2,669
Shasta 62549.37%64150.63%00.00%00.00%−16−1.26%1,226
Sierra 91764.31%50935.69%00.00%00.00%40828.61%1,426
Siskiyou 71845.47%86154.53%00.00%00.00%−143−9.06%1,579
Solano 1,95152.67%1,75347.33%00.00%00.00%1985.35%3,704
Sonoma 2,43245.50%2,90754.39%00.00%60.11%−475−8.89%5,345
Stanislaus 80142.20%1,09757.80%00.00%00.00%−296−15.60%1,898
Sutter 55049.82%55350.09%00.00%10.09%−3−0.27%1,104
Tehama 64648.94%67451.06%00.00%00.00%−28−2.12%1,320
Trinity 38848.74%40851.26%00.00%00.00%−20−2.51%796
Tulare 98641.85%1,37058.15%00.00%00.00%−384−16.30%2,356
Tuolumne 80946.90%91653.10%00.00%00.00%−107−6.20%1,725
Ventura 60850.71%59149.29%00.00%00.00%171.42%1,199
Yolo 1,23347.55%1,36052.45%00.00%00.00%−127−4.90%2,593
Yuba 1,25053.74%1,07646.26%00.00%00.00%1747.48%2,326
Total [lower-alpha 6] 78,61450.87%75,84549.08%470.03%190.01%2,7691.79%154,544

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Liberal Republican to Democratic

Notes

  1. Many sources give Hayes' vote as 79,258, but this figure corresponds to the first elector listed on the canvass rather than the highest elector on the Republican ticket. It also includes the votes from Marin County which were not counted in the official canvass
  2. Many sources give Tilden's vote as 76,480, but this figure corresponds to the first elector listed on the canvass rather than the highest elector on the Democratic ticket. It also includes the votes from Marin County which were not counted in the official canvass
  3. Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
  4. Based on highest elector on each ticket
  5. The votes from Marin County were not counted in the official canvass because the county clerk forgot to submit the county's election returns to the Secretary of State
  6. Does not include the votes from Marin County

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References

  1. Statement of the vote polled in the several counties of the State of California, for Electors of President and Vice President of the United States, at the General Election held on Tuesday, November 7th AD 1876
  2. "Disenfranchised". California Digital Newspaper Collection. Marin County Journal. November 30, 1876. Retrieved June 19, 2024.