1876 United States presidential election in Georgia

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1876 United States presidential election in Georgia
Flag of the State of Georgia (non-official).svg
  1872 November 7, 1876 (1876-11-07) 1880  
  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 Hendricks William A. Wheeler
Electoral vote110
Popular vote130,15750,533
Percentage72.03%27.97%

Georgia 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 Georgia took place on November 7, 1876, as part of the wider United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors, to the electoral college, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Reconstruction in Georgia ended in 1871. [1] The Tilden/Hendricks ticket carried the state by a margin of 44.06% on election day.

Results

United States presidential election in Georgia, 1876 [2]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Samuel J. Tilden 130,15772.03%11
Republican Rutherford B. Hayes 50,53327.97%0

References

  1. "Reconstruction in Georgia".
  2. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1876 Presidential General Election Results – Georgia

Further reading

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