1876 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
November 7, 1876
 
Nominee Rutherford B. Hayes Samuel J. Tilden
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Ohio New York
Running mate William A. Wheeler Thomas A. Hendricks
Electoral vote 29 0
Popular vote 384,184 366,204
Percentage 50.62% 48.25%
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.

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 once since, in 1964.Had Tilden won the state,he would have the election.

Results

1876 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Rutherford B. Hayes 384,184 50.62% 29
Democratic Samuel J. Tilden 366,204 48.25% 0
Greenback Peter Cooper 7,204 0.95% 0
Temperance Green Clay Smith 1,318 0.17% 0
Anti-Masonic James Walker 83 0.01% 0
Totals 758,993 100.0% 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.


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