1876 United States presidential election in Indiana
November 7, 1876
 
Nominee Samuel J. Tilden Rutherford B. Hayes
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Ohio
Running mate Thomas A. Hendricks William A. Wheeler
Electoral vote 15 0
Popular vote 213,526 208,011
Percentage 48.65% 47.39%
County Results
President before election

Ulysses S. Grant
Republican

 Elected President

Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican

The 1876 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 7, 1876, as part of the 1876 United States presidential election. Indiana voters chose 15 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.[1]

Indiana was won by Samuel J. Tilden, the former governor of New York (D–New York), running with Thomas A. Hendricks, the governor of Indiana and future vice president, with 48.65% of the popular vote, against Rutherford B. Hayes, the governor of Ohio (R-Ohio), running with Representative William A. Wheeler, with 47.39% of the vote.[1]

The Greenback Party chose industrialist Peter Cooper and former representative Samuel Fenton Cary, received 3.93% of the vote. The Prohibition Party chose former representative Green Clay Smith and Gideon T. Stewart and received 0.03% of the vote.

This is the first time a Democratic presidential candidate would carry the state of Indiana since James Buchanan in 1856, and as of 2020, this is the only presidential election in which the Republican nominee won without carrying Indiana. This is the second of just two times (along with 1848) where the state voted for a losing Democrat.

Results

1876 United States presidential election in Indiana[1]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Democratic Samuel J. Tilden of New York Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana 213,526 48.65% 15 100.00%
Republican Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio William A. Wheeler of New York 208,011 47.39% 0 0.00%
Greenback Peter Cooper of New York Samuel Fenton Cary of Ohio 17,233 3.93% 0 0.00%
Prohibition Green Clay Smith of Kentucky Gideon T. Stewart of Ohio 141 0.03% 0 0.00%
Total 438,911 100.00% 15 100.00%

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "1876 Presidential Election Results Indiana".


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