1876 United States presidential election in Wisconsin

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1876 United States presidential election in Wisconsin
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  1872 November 7, 1876 (1876-11-07) 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 vote100
Popular vote130,067123,926
Percentage50.57%48.19%

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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 Wisconsin was held on November 7, 1876 as part of the 1876 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Republican Party candidate Rutherford B. Hayes won Wisconsin with 50.57 percent of the popular vote, winning the state's ten electoral votes. [1]

Results

Presidential Candidate Running Mate PartyElectoral Vote (EV)Popular Vote (PV)
Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio William A. Wheeler Republican 10130,06750.57%
Samuel J. Tilden Thomas A. Hendricks Democratic 0123,92648.19%
Write-ins 01,5870.62%
Peter Cooper Samuel Fenton Cary Greenback 01,5090.59%
Communist 0320.01%
James WalkerDonald Kirkpatrick Anti-Secret Society 0290.01%
Green Clay Smith Gideon T. Stewart Prohibition 0270.01%

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References

  1. "1876 Presidential General Election Results – Wisconsin" . Retrieved August 18, 2016.