1876 United States presidential election in New York

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1876 United States presidential election in New York
Flag of New York (1778-1901).svg
  1872 November 7, 1876 (1876-11-07) 1880  
Turnout89.6% [1] Increase2.svg 9.1 pp
  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 vote350
Popular vote521,949489,207
Percentage51.40%48.17%

New York 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 New York took place on November 7, 1876. All contemporary 38 states were part of the 1876 United States presidential election. Voters chose 35 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

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New York was won by the Democratic nominees, Governor Samuel J. Tilden of New York and his running mate former Senator and Governor Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana. Tilden and Hendricks defeated the Republican nominees, Governor Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio and his running mate Congressman William A. Wheeler of New York.

Tilden carried New York State with 51.40% of the vote to Hayes's 48.17%, a victory margin of 3.23%. New York weighed in for this election as less than 1% more Democratic than the national average. While Tilden won his home state's 35 electoral votes, he ultimately narrowly lost his quest for the presidency in the electoral college by just one electoral vote, amidst heavily disputed election results, despite winning a majority of the nationwide popular vote by a 51–48 margin. This would be the only time New York would vote for a losing presidential candidate between 1856 and 1916. Orange County would not vote Democratic again until 1964.

Tilden performed most strongly downstate in the New York City area, where he received more than 60% of the vote in New York County and Richmond County, and also won Kings County and Queens County. Tilden also won nearby Suffolk County, Westchester County, and Rockland County. Hayes won much of upstate New York, including a victory in Erie County, home to the city of Buffalo, although Tilden did win a fair number of upstate counties including Albany County, home to the state capital of Albany.

Results

1876 United States presidential election in New York [2]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Samuel J. Tilden 521,94951.40%35
Republican Rutherford B. Hayes 489,20748.17%0
Prohibition Green Smith 2,3690.23%0
Greenback Peter Cooper 1,9780.19%0
Totals1,015,503100.0%35

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References

  1. Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.
  2. "1876 Presidential Election Results - New York". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved October 14, 2013.