1876 United States presidential election in Tennessee

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1876 United States presidential election in Tennessee
  1872 November 7, 1876 1880  
Turnout17.70% Increase2.svg 3.47 [1]
  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 vote120
Popular vote133,17789,566
Percentage59.79%40.21%

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

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Tennessee was won by Samuel J. Tilden, the former governor of New York (DNew York), running with Thomas A. Hendricks, the governor of Indiana and future vice president, with 59.79% of the popular vote, against Rutherford B. Hayes, the governor of Ohio (R-Ohio), running with Representative William A. Wheeler, with 40.21% of the vote. [2]

This election was the last when the Unionist Highland Rim counties of Henderson and Wayne voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. [3]

Results

1876 United States presidential election in Tennessee [2]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Democratic Samuel J. Tilden of New York Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana 133,17759.79%12100.00%
Republican Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio William A. Wheeler of New York 89,56640.21%00.00%
Total222,743100.00%12100.00%

See also

References

  1. "1876 Presidential Election Results Tennessee turnout".
  2. 1 2 3 "1876 Presidential Election Results Tennessee".
  3. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 298-304 ISBN   0786422173