1876 United States presidential election in South Carolina

none June 2025 September 2023 1876 United States presidential election 1876 United States presidential election in South Carolina South Carolina presidential no 1872 United States presidential election in South Carolina 1872 1880 United States presidential election in South Carolina 1880 November 7, 1876 101.3% x200px President Rutherford Hayes 1870 - 1880 Restored (cropped).jpg Rutherford B. Hayes Republican Party (United States) Ohio William A. Wheeler 7 91,870 50.26% SamuelJonesTilden.jpg Samuel J. Tilden Democratic Party (United States) New York Thomas A. Hendricks 0 90,906 49.74% 1876 United States presidential election in South Carolina results map by county.svg 325px County results Hayes #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% Tilden #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% President Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Rutherford B. Hayes Republican Party (United States) The 1876 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 7, 1876, as part of the 1876 United States presidential election. Voters chose 7 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. South Carolina voted for the Republican nominee, Rutherford B. Hayes, over the Democratic nominee, Samuel J. Tilden. Hayes won the state by a very narrow margin of 0.53%, only 964 votes. Events such as the Hamburg massacre served to dissuade many Republican voters.Ehren K. Foley, "Sites of Violence: Cainhoy Riot," Citations: "Plan of the Campaign of 1876" https://web.archive.org/web/20141105180816/http://www.screconstruction.org/Reconstruction/Citations_files/GaryCampaign.pdf 2014-11-05 , Papers of Martin Witherspoon Gary, South Caroliniana Library, Columbia, South Carolina, accessed 26 October 2014 This would be the last time a Republican presidential candidate would win South Carolina until Barry Goldwater carried the state in 1964. The results here, along with Florida and Louisiana, were strongly disputed due to the suppression of African-American voters in the state. The results in this state were possibly determined through the Compromise of 1877, which allegedly awarded Hayes South Carolina and the election. Had Tilden won South Carolina, he would have won the election. Due to Jim Crow laws disenfranchising many Black voters as well as some poor white voters, the total vote count of 182,776 votes cast in this election would not be surpassed until 1952, 76 years later, after the poll tax had been repealed. In fact, between 1884 and 1928, the total vote did not even pass 100,000. The election in South Carolina was the oddest of the ones in Louisiana, Florida, and the other disputed state Oregon because the results showed over 101% of all registered voters turned out to vote for President. Results + General Election ResultsJournal of the Senate and House of Representatives together with Reports and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, Regular Session 1876-77. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433010013906&seq=516 Reports and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina 210-212 HathiTrustParty Pledged to Elector Votes Republican Party Rutherford B. Hayes John Winsmith91,870 Republican Party Rutherford B. Hayes T. B. Johnston91,852 Republican Party Rutherford B. Hayes W. F. Myers91,830 Republican Party Rutherford B. Hayes W. B. Nash91,804 Republican Party Rutherford B. Hayes C. C. Bowen91,786 Republican Party Rutherford B. Hayes Wilson Cook91,432 Republican Party Rutherford B. Hayes Timothy Hurley91,136 Democratic Party Samuel J. Tilden John B. Erwin90,906 Democratic Party Samuel J. Tilden William Wallace90,905 Democratic Party Samuel J. Tilden T. G. Barker90,896 Democratic Party Samuel J. Tilden J. W. Harrington90,895 Democratic Party Samuel J. Tilden Robert Aldrich90,860 Democratic Party Samuel J. Tilden John I. Ingram90,768 Democratic Party Samuel J. Tilden Samuel McGowan90,737Votes castBased on totals for highest elector on each ticket 182,776 Results by county County Rutherford B. HayesRepublican Samuel J. TildenDemocratic Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % Abbeville 3,718 49.43% 3,803 50.57% -85 -1.13% 7,521 Aiken 2,218 43.31% 2,903 56.69% -685 -13.38% 5,121 Anderson 1,209 23.20% 4,003 76.80% -2,794 -53.61% 5,212 Barnwell 2,835 42.13% 3,894 57.87% -1,059 -15.74% 6,729 Beaufort 7,570 77.08% 2,251 22.92% 5,319 54.16% 9,821 Charleston 15,103 63.24% 8,780 36.76% 6,323 26.47% 23,883 Chester 2,440 55.29% 1,973 44.71% 467 10.58% 4,413 Chesterfield 988 37.80% 1,626 62.20% -638 -24.41% 2,614 Clarendon 1,896 57.11% 1,424 42.89% 472 14.22% 3,320 Colleton 4,233 59.16% 2,922 40.84% 1,311 18.32% 7,155 Darlington 3,521 56.26% 2,737 43.74% 784 12.53% 6,258 Edgefield 3,124 33.30% 6,257 66.70% -3,133 -33.40% 9,381 Fairfield 2,930 59.00% 2,036 41.00% 894 18.00% 4,966 Georgetown 2,791 72.53% 1,057 27.47% 1,734 45.06% 3,848 Greenville 1,775 30.05% 4,132 69.95% -2,357 -39.90% 5,907 Horry 597 23.59% 1,934 76.41% -1,337 -52.82% 2,531 Kershaw 2,070 54.16% 1,752 45.84% 318 8.32% 3,822 Lancaster 1,259 45.32% 1,519 54.68% -260 -9.36% 2,778 Laurens 1,814 38.42% 2,908 61.58% -1,094 -23.17% 4,722 Lexington 1,295 38.19% 2,096 61.81% -801 -23.62% 3,391 Marion 2,502 44.30% 3,146 55.70% -644 -11.40% 5,648 Marlboro 1,617 45.43% 1,942 54.57% -325 -9.13% 3,559 Newberry 2,844 57.29% 2,120 42.71% 724 14.59% 4,964 Oconee 537 20.38% 2,098 79.62% -1,561 -59.24% 2,635 Orangeburg 4,486 61.28% 2,835 38.72% 1,651 22.55% 7,321 Pickens 423 17.49% 1,995 82.51% -1,572 -65.01% 2,418 Richland 3,904 62.08% 2,385 37.92% 1,519 24.15% 6,289 Spartanburg 1,545 25.14% 4,601 74.86% -3,056 -49.72% 6,146 Sumter 3,896 62.38% 2,350 37.62% 1,546 24.75% 6,246 Union 1,809 42.37% 2,461 57.63% -652 -15.27% 4,270 Williamsburg 2,455 58.40% 1,749 41.60% 706 16.79% 4,204 York 2,466 43.39% 3,217 56.61% -751 -13.21% 5,683Totals91,87050.26%90,90649.74%9640.53%182,776 See also United States presidential elections in South Carolina Notes References South Carolina 1876 Category:1876 South Carolina elections