1876 United States presidential election in New Jersey

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1876 United States presidential election in New Jersey
Flag of New Jersey.svg
  1872 November 7, 1876 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 A. Hendricks William A. Wheeler
Electoral vote90
Popular vote115,962103,517
Percentage52.66%47.01%

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County Results

President before election

Ulysses S. Grant
Republican

Elected President

Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican

The 1876 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place on November 7, 1876, as part of the 1876 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

New Jersey voted for the Democratic nominee, Samuel J. Tilden, over the Republican nominee, Rutherford B. Hayes. Tilden won the state by a narrow margin of 5.65%.

Results

1876 United States presidential election in New Jersey [1]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Democratic Samuel J. Tilden of New York Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana 115,96252.66%9100.00%
Republican Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio William A. Wheeler of New York 103,51747.01%00.00%
Greenback Peter Cooper of New York Samuel Fenton Cary of Ohio 7140.32%00.00%
Total220,193100.00%9100.00%

Results by county

CountySamuel Jones Tilden
Democratic
Rutherford Birchard Hayes
Republican
Peter Cooper
Greenback
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Atlantic 1,44046.09%1,66753.36%170.54%-227-7.27%3,124
Bergen 4,35757.25%3,25342.75%00.00%1,10414.50%7,610
Burlington 6,46850.13%6,40249.62%330.26%660.51%12,903
Camden 5,20044.11%6,56355.67%260.22%-1,363-11.56%11,789
Cape May 86645.08%1,05554.92%00.00%-189-9.84%1,921
Cumberland 3,39944.41%3,94451.53%3114.06%-545-7.12%7,654
Essex 16,13247.02%18,03752.57%1410.41%-1,905-5.55%34,310
Gloucester 2,57745.04%3,00652.54%1382.41%-429-7.50%5,721
Hudson 17,76461.83%10,95838.14%90.03%6,80623.69%28,731
Hunterdon 5,78160.92%3,70939.08%00.00%2,07221.83%9,490
Mercer 6,03549.76%6,08850.20%40.03%-53-0.44%12,127
Middlesex 5,84652.68%5,24347.25%80.07%6035.53%11,097
Monmouth 6,94259.54%4,70940.39%80.07%2,23319.15%11,659
Morris 5,11849.68%5,18350.31%00.00%-65-0.63%10,301
Ocean 1,56345.90%1,83453.86%80.23%-271-7.96%3,405
Passaic 5,30448.15%5,70851.82%30.03%-404-3.67%11,015
Salem 2,84348.96%2,95250.84%120.21%-109-1.88%5,807
Somerset 3,17951.37%3,00948.62%10.02%1702.75%6,189
Sussex 3,70664.53%2,03735.47%00.00%1,66929.06%5,743
Union 5,99453.86%5,13446.14%00.00%8607.72%11,128
Warren 5,44264.32%3,01635.65%30.04%2,42628.67%8,461
Totals115,96252.66%103,51747.01%7220.33%12,4455.65%220,185

See also

References

  1. "1876 Presidential General Election Results - New Jersey".