1876 United States presidential election in California

none June 2025 September 2023 1876 United States presidential election 1876 United States presidential election in California California 1846 presidential no 1872 United States presidential election in California 1872 1880 United States presidential election in California 1880 November 7, 1876 x200px President Rutherford Hayes 1870 - 1880 Restored (cropped).jpg Rutherford B. Hayes Republican Party (United States) Ohio William A. Wheeler 6 78,614Many sources give Hayes' vote as 79,258, but this figure corresponds to the first elector listed on the canvass rather than the highest elector on the Republican ticket. It also includes the votes from Marin County which were not counted in the official canvass 50.87% SamuelJonesTilden.jpg Samuel J. Tilden Democratic Party (United States) New York Thomas A. Hendricks 0 75,845Many sources give Tilden's vote as 76,480, but this figure corresponds to the first elector listed on the canvass rather than the highest elector on the Democratic ticket. It also includes the votes from Marin County which were not counted in the official canvass 49.08% 1876 United States presidential election in California results map by county.svg 300px County results Hayes #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% Tilden #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666CB 70–80% President Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Rutherford B. Hayes Republican Party (United States) The 1876 United States presidential election in California was held on November 7, 1876, as part of the 1876 United States presidential election. State voters chose six representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. California narrowly voted for the Republican nominee, Ohio Governor Rutherford B. Hayes, over the Democratic nominee, New York Governor Samuel J. Tilden. The 1876 election was the closest two-candidate contest in the history of the Electoral College, with Hayes ultimately winning by a single electoral vote following the controversial resolution of disputed returns in other states. Hayes thus needed all six of California's electoral votes to win. While most sources give Hayes' plurality in California as 2,798, at the time Californian voters chose presidential electors individually. In four subsequent presidential elections (1880, 1888, 1896 and 1912), the overall results were sufficiently close that the state split its electoral ticket between two candidates. If this had occurred in 1876, Tilden would have been elected president. Results + General Election ResultsStatement of the vote polled in the several counties of the State of California, for Electors of President and Vice President of the United States, at the General Election held on Tuesday, November 7th AD 1876Party Pledged to Elector Votes Republican Party Rutherford B. Hayes John B. Felton78,614 Republican Party Rutherford B. Hayes John H. Jewett78,610 Republican Party Rutherford B. Hayes Morris M. Estee78,609 Republican Party Rutherford B. Hayes John F. Miller78,607 Republican Party Rutherford B. Hayes H. J. Ostrander78,605 Republican Party Rutherford B. Hayes D. A. McKinley78,604 Democratic Party Samuel J. Tilden John S. Hager75,845 Democratic Party Samuel J. Tilden J. Campbell Shorb75,842 Democratic Party Samuel J. Tilden Stuart M. Taylor75,842 Democratic Party Samuel J. Tilden Frank Ganahl75,841 Democratic Party Samuel J. Tilden Barclay Henley75,839 Democratic Party Samuel J. Tilden Joseph H. Budd75,832 Greenback Party Peter Cooper Alfred Credge47 Greenback Party Peter Cooper John Condra47 Greenback Party Peter Cooper S. Harris Herring47 Greenback Party Peter Cooper B. K. Lowe47 Greenback Party Peter Cooper J. H. Redstone47Greenback PartyPeter CooperC. B. Smith47 Write-in Scattering19Votes castBased on totals for highest elector on each ticket 154,544 Results by county County Rutherford B. HayesRepublican Samuel J. TildenDemocratic Peter CooperGreenback Scattering Margin Total votes castBased on highest elector on each ticket # % # % # % # % # %Alameda4,93859.52%3,34740.34%120.14%00.00%1,59119.18%8,297Alpine11062.86%6537.14%00.00%00.00%4525.71%175Amador1,17247.13%1,31552.87%00.00%00.00%−143−5.75%2,487Butte1,66550.47%1,63449.53%00.00%00.00%310.94%3,299Calaveras88648.63%93651.37%00.00%00.00%−50−2.74%1,822Colusa76634.29%1,46865.71%00.00%00.00%−702−31.42%2,234Contra Costa1,18458.58%83741.42%00.00%00.00%34717.17%2,021Del Norte18644.93%22855.07%00.00%00.00%−42−10.14%414El Dorado1,33148.02%1,44151.98%00.00%00.00%−110−3.97%2,772Fresno33825.88%96874.12%00.00%00.00%−630−48.24%1,306Humboldt1,63759.20%112740.76%10.04%00.00%51018.44%2,765Inyo34347.77%37552.23%00.00%00.00%−32−4.46%718Kern55639.71%84460.29%00.00%00.00%−288−20.57%1,400Lake38035.02%70264.70%00.00%30.28%−322−29.68%1,085Lassen25653.00%22747.00%00.00%00.00%296.00%483Los Angeles3,04145.59%3,61554.20%140.21%00.00%−574−8.61%6,670MarinThe votes from Marin County were not counted in the official canvass because the county clerk forgot to submit the county's election returns to the Secretary of StateDisenfranchised https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=MJ18761130.2.17&srpos=3&e=01-11-1876-15-12-1876--en--20--1--txt-txIN-marin+vote------- California Digital Newspaper Collection Marin County Journal 19 June 2024 en 30 Nov 187665151.26%61948.74%00.00%00.00%322.52%1,270Mariposa36439.65%55460.35%00.00%00.00%−190−20.70%918Mendocino92942.00%1,28358.00%00.00%00.00%−354−16.00%2,212Merced55840.97%80459.03%00.00%00.00%−246−18.06%1,362Modoc20839.25%32260.75%00.00%00.00%−114−21.51%530Mono15355.04%12544.96%00.00%00.00%2810.07%278Monterey1,18253.80%1,01246.06%00.00%30.14%1707.74%2,197Napa1,15354.49%96345.51%00.00%00.00%1908.98%2,116Nevada2,30054.70%1,90545.30%00.00%00.00%3959.39%4,205Placer1,61055.75%1,27844.25%00.00%00.00%33211.50%2,888Plumas58353.73%50246.27%00.00%00.00%817.47%1,085Sacramento3,83860.71%2,48439.29%00.00%00.00%1,35421.42%6,322San Benito43439.45%66460.36%00.00%20.18%−230−20.91%1,100San Bernardino67451.85%60746.69%191.46%00.00%675.15%1,300San Diego79454.31%66845.69%00.00%00.00%1268.62%1,462San Francisco21,17250.93%20,39949.07%00.00%10.00%7731.86%41,572San Joaquin2,27055.10%1,85044.90%00.00%00.00%42010.19%4,120San Luis Obispo77244.99%94455.01%00.00%00.00%−172−10.02%1,716San Mateo87155.58%69644.42%00.00%00.00%17511.17%1,567Santa Barbara1,17461.15%74338.72%00.00%20.10%43122.46%1,919Santa Clara3,33552.09%3,06547.88%10.02%10.02%2704.22%6,402Santa Cruz1,53757.59%1,13242.41%00.00%00.00%40515.17%2,669Shasta62549.37%64150.63%00.00%00.00%−16−1.26%1,226Sierra91764.31%50935.69%00.00%00.00%40828.61%1,426Siskiyou71845.47%86154.53%00.00%00.00%−143−9.06%1,579Solano1,95152.67%1,75347.33%00.00%00.00%1985.35%3,704Sonoma2,43245.50%2,90754.39%00.00%60.11%−475−8.89%5,345Stanislaus80142.20%1,09757.80%00.00%00.00%−296−15.60%1,898Sutter55049.82%55350.09%00.00%10.09%−3−0.27%1,104Tehama64648.94%67451.06%00.00%00.00%−28−2.12%1,320Trinity38848.74%40851.26%00.00%00.00%−20−2.51%796Tulare98641.85%1,37058.15%00.00%00.00%−384−16.30%2,356Tuolumne80946.90%91653.10%00.00%00.00%−107−6.20%1,725Ventura60850.71%59149.29%00.00%00.00%171.42%1,199Yolo1,23347.55%1,36052.45%00.00%00.00%−127−4.90%2,593Yuba1,25053.74%1,07646.26%00.00%00.00%1747.48%2,326TotalDoes not include the votes from Marin County 78,61450.87%75,84549.08%470.03%190.01%2,7691.79%154,544 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 20em Amador Calaveras Del Norte El Dorado Inyo Los Angeles Mariposa San Benito San Luis Obispo Siskiyou Sonoma Sutter Tehama Trinity Tuolumne Yolo Counties that flipped from Liberal Republican to Democratic 20em Colusa Fresno Kern Lake Mendocino Merced Shasta Stanislaus Tulare See also United States presidential elections in California Notes References California 1876 Category:1876 California elections