1876 United States presidential election in Oregon

none June 2025 September 2023 1876 United States presidential election 1876 United States presidential election in Oregon presidential no 1872 United States presidential election in Oregon 1872 1880 United States presidential election in Oregon 1880 November 7, 1876 x200px President Rutherford Hayes 1870 - 1880 Restored (cropped).jpg Rutherford B. Hayes Republican Party (United States) Ohio William A. Wheeler 3 15,214 50.92% SamuelJonesTilden.jpg Samuel J. Tilden Democratic Party (United States) New York Thomas A. Hendricks 0 14,157 47.38% 1876 United States presidential election in Oregon results map by county.svg 375px County results Hayes #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% Tilden #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% President Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Rutherford B. Hayes Republican Party (United States) The 1876 United States presidential election in Oregon took place on November 7, 1876, as part of the 1876 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Oregon voted for the Republican nominee, Rutherford B. Hayes, over the Democratic nominee, Samuel J. Tilden. Hayes won the state by a narrow margin of 3.54%. After the election, Republican elector John W. Watts' candidacy was disputed by Democrats, arguing that under Article Two of the United States Constitution he was ineligible on the grounds that, as deputy postmaster of Lafayette, he held "an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States," even though he resigned from the position between the election on November 7 and the meeting of electors on December 6. If removed from contention, the fourth-placed elector, Democratic E. A. Cronin, would have become elector, giving Tilden the 185 votes he needed to secure the presidency. On December 4, Secretary of State Stephen F. Chadwick declared that Watts and the other two Republican electors (John C. Cartwright and W. H. Odell) had been elected, but Governor La Fayette Grover issued a certificate to Cronin instead of Watts. On December 6, the three Republicans met and cast their votes for Hayes and his running mate William A. Wheeler, while Cronin appointed two others in Cartwright and Odell's steads – Cronin voted for Tilden and his running mate Thomas A. Hendricks while the others voted for Hayes and Wheeler. Both sets of returns were sent to Washington, D.C., with Cronin's bearing a certificate from the Governor and Watts' bearing the return of votes from the Secretary of State. Ultimately, the vote of the Watts slate was chosen by the Electoral Commission, confirming Hayes and Wheeler's victory in the election.Oregon and the Disputed Election of 1876 The Pacific Northwest Quarterly 1969 Kennedy Philip W. 60 3 135–144 40488623 https://www.jstor.org/stable/40488623 2023-12-04 Results 1876 United States presidential election in Oregon1876 Presidential General Election Results – Oregon https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1876&fips=41&f=1&off=0&elect=0 Republican Party (United States) Rutherford B. Hayes Ohio William A. Wheeler New York 15,214 50.92% 3 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) Samuel J. Tilden New York Thomas A. Hendricks Indiana 14,157 47.38% 0 0.00% Greenback Party Peter Cooper New York Samuel Fenton Cary Ohio 510 1.71% 0 0.00% 29,881 100.00% 3 100.00% See also United States presidential elections in Oregon References Oregon 1876 Category:1876 Oregon elections