1876 United States presidential election in Maryland

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1876 United States presidential election in Maryland

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Turnout	20.97% 3.75 pp [1]
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 8 0 Popular vote 91,779 71,980 Percentage 56.05% 43.95%
County Results Tilden   50–60%   60–70% Hayes   50–60%
President before election Ulysses S. Grant Republican Elected President Rutherford B. Hayes Republican

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

Maryland 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 56.05% of the popular vote, against Rutherford B. Hayes, the governor of Ohio (R-Ohio), running with Representative William A. Wheeler, with 43.95% of the vote. ^[2]

Notably, this is the closest any Democrat has come to winning the solidly Republican Garrett County since it was first formed in 1872. ^[3] This is also the first Presidential election that Garrett County was able to vote in, as it was formed on November 4, 1872.

In this election, Maryland voted 9.09% more Democratic than the nation at-large. ^[4]

Results

1876 United States presidential election in Maryland [2]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Democratic	Samuel J. Tilden of New York	Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana	91,779	56.05%	8	100.00%
	Republican	Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio	William A. Wheeler of New York	71,980	43.95%	0	0.00%
Total				163,759	100.00%	8	100.00%

Results by county

County	Samuel J. Tilden Democratic		Rutherford B. Hayes Republican		Peter Cooper Greenback		Margin		Total votes Cast [5]
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Allegany	3,303	50.66%	3,217	49.34%	0	0.00%	86	1.32%	6,520
Anne Arundel	3,130	58.23%	2,245	41.77%	0	0.00%	885	16.47%	5,375
Baltimore (City)	32,199	59.30%	22,058	40.62%	40	0.07%	10,141	18.68%	54,297
Baltimore (County)	7,304	59.36%	5,001	40.64%	0	0.00%	2,303	18.72%	12,305
Calvert	983	48.95%	1,025	51.05%	0	0.00%	-42	-2.09%	2,008
Caroline	1,249	53.72%	1,076	46.28%	0	0.00%	173	7.44%	2,325
Carroll	3,305	53.25%	2,902	46.75%	0	0.00%	450	8.19%	6,207
Cecil	2,971	54.10%	2,521	45.90%	0	0.00%	450	8.19%	5,492
Charles	1,657	50.17%	1,646	49.83%	0	0.00%	11	0.33%	3,303
Dorchester	2,082	53.37%	1,819	46.63%	0	0.00%	263	6.74%	3,901
Frederick	4,970	48.58%	5,260	51.42%	0	0.00%	-290	-2.83%	10,230
Garrett	978	49.57%	995	50.43%	0	0.00%	-17	-0.86%	1,973
Harford	3,026	59.59%	2,052	40.41%	0	0.00%	974	19.18%	5,078
Howard	1,641	57.94%	1,189	41.98%	2	0.07%	452	15.96%	2,832
Kent	1,937	53.48%	1,685	46.52%	0	0.00%	252	6.96%	3,622
Montgomery	2,865	57.89%	2,084	42.11%	0	0.00%	781	15.78%	4,949
Prince George's	2,617	51.85%	2,430	48.15%	0	0.00%	187	3.71%	5,047
Queen Anne's	2,149	59.28%	1,476	40.72%	0	0.00%	673	18.57%	3,625
St. Mary's	1,502	49.38%	1,540	50.62%	0	0.00%	-38	1.25%	3,042
Somerset	1,914	51.73%	1,786	48.27%	0	0.00%	128	3.46%	3,700
Talbot	1,812	50.06%	1,808	49.94%	0	0.00%	4	0.11%	3,620
Washington	4,019	50.78%	3,886	49.10%	9	0.11%	133	1.68%	7,915
Wicomico	2,073	65.75%	1,080	34.25%	0	0.00%	993	31.49%	3,153
Worcester	2,693	69.19%	1,199	30.81%	0	0.00%	1,494	38.39%	3,892
Total	91,779	56.05%	71,980	43.95%			19,799	12.10%	163,759

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Alleghany
• Anne Arundel
• Caroline
• Carroll
• Cecil
• Charles
• Dorchester
• Harford
• Howard
• Kent
• Prince George's
• Somerset
• Talbot
• Washington

Counties that flipped from Liberal Republican to Democratic

• Baltimore (city)
• Baltimore
• Montgomery
• Queen Anne's
• Wicomico
• Worcester

See also

• United States presidential elections in Maryland
• 1876 United States presidential election
• 1876 United States elections

References

1. "1876 Presidential Election Results Maryland turnout".
2. "1876 Presidential Election Results Maryland".
3. "Maryland". Google Docs. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
4. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
5. "County Project (WIP)". Google Docs. Retrieved November 1, 2022.