1876 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

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1876 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
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  1872 November 7, 1876 1880  
  President Rutherford Hayes 1870 - 1880 Restored (cropped).jpg SamuelJonesTilden.jpg
Nominee Rutherford B. Hayes Samuel J. Tilden
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Ohio New York
Running mate William A. Wheeler Thomas A. Hendricks
Electoral vote290
Popular vote384,184366,204
Percentage50.62%48.25%

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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 Pennsylvania took place on November 7, 1876, as part of the 1876 United States presidential election. Voters chose 29 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Pennsylvania voted for the Republican nominee, Rutherford B. Hayes, over the Democratic nominee, Samuel J. Tilden. Hayes won Pennsylvania by a narrow margin of 2.37%. Jefferson County has voted Democratic only once since, in 1964.

Results

1876 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Rutherford B. Hayes 384,18450.62%29
Democratic Samuel J. Tilden 366,20448.25%0
Greenback Peter Cooper 7,2040.95%0
Temperance Green Clay Smith 1,3180.17%0
Anti-Masonic James Walker830.01%0
Totals758,993100.0%29

See also

References

  1. "1876 Presidential General Election Results - Pennsylvania". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
  2. Humanities, National Endowment for the (November 24, 1876). "The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, November 24, 1876, Image 2". ISSN   2166-1839 . Retrieved November 10, 2021.