1876 United States presidential election in Indiana

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1876 United States presidential election in Indiana

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Nominee Samuel J. Tilden Rutherford B. Hayes Party Democratic Republican Home state New York Ohio Running mate Thomas A. Hendricks William A. Wheeler Electoral vote 15 0 Popular vote 213,526 208,011 Percentage 48.65% 47.39%

County Results Tilden   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80% Hayes   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%

President before election Ulysses S. Grant Republican Elected President Rutherford B. Hayes Republican

The 1876 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 7, 1876, as part of the 1876 United States presidential election. Indiana voters chose 15 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. ^[1]

Indiana was won by Samuel J. Tilden, the former governor of New York (D–New York), running with Thomas A. Hendricks, the governor of Indiana and future vice president, with 48.65% of the popular vote, against Rutherford B. Hayes, the governor of Ohio (R-Ohio), running with Representative William A. Wheeler, with 47.39% of the vote. ^[1]

The Greenback Party chose industrialist Peter Cooper and former representative Samuel Fenton Cary, received 3.93% of the vote. The Prohibition Party chose former representative Green Clay Smith and Gideon T. Stewart and received 0.03% of the vote.

This is the first time a Democratic presidential candidate would carry the state of Indiana since James Buchanan in 1856, and as of 2024, this is the only presidential election in which the Republican nominee won without carrying Indiana. This is the second of just two times (along with 1848) where the state voted for a losing Democrat.

Results

1876 United States presidential election in Indiana [1]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Democratic	Samuel J. Tilden of New York	Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana	213,526	48.65%	15	100.00%
	Republican	Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio	William A. Wheeler of New York	208,011	47.39%	0	0.00%
	Greenback	Peter Cooper of New York	Samuel Fenton Cary of Ohio	17,233	3.93%	0	0.00%
	Prohibition	Green Clay Smith of Kentucky	Gideon T. Stewart of Ohio	141	0.03%	0	0.00%
Total				438,911	100.00%	15	100.00%

See also

• United States presidential elections in Indiana

References

1. "1876 Presidential Election Results Indiana".