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1876 United States presidential election in Georgia
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1876 United States presidential election
1876 United States presidential election in Georgia Georgia (U.S. state) Pre-1879 Flag of the State of Georgia (non-official).svg presidential Popular no 1872 United States presidential election in Georgia 1872 1876 11 7 1880 United States presidential election in Georgia 1880 x200px SamuelJonesTilden.jpg Samuel J. Tilden Democratic Party (United States) New York Thomas Hendricks 11 130,157 72.03% President Rutherford Hayes 1870 - 1880 Restored (cropped).jpg Rutherford B. Hayes Republican Party (United States) Ohio William A. Wheeler 0 50,533 27.97% 1876 United States presidential election in Georgia results map by county.svg 250px County results
Tilden
#86b6f2 50–60%
#4389e3 60–70%
#1666cb 70–80%
#0645b4 80–90%
#002b84 90–100%
Hayes
#e27f90 50–60%
#cc2f4a 60–70% President Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Elected President Rutherford B. Hayes Republican Party (United States)
The 1876 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 7, 1876, as part of the wider United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors, to the electoral college, who voted for president and vice president.
Reconstruction in Georgia ended in 1871.https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/reconstruction-in-georgia/ Reconstruction in Georgia The Tilden/Hendricks ticket carried the state by a margin of 44.06% on election day.
Results
1876 United States presidential election in Georgia Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1876 Presidential General Election Results – GeorgiaPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Samuel J. Tilden 130,157 72.03% 11 Republican Rutherford B. Hayes 50,533 27.97% 0
See also
United States presidential elections in Georgia
Notes
References
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Further reading
Hogan, Richard, “Resisting Redemption The Republican Vote in Georgia in 1876,” Social Science History, 35 (Summer 2011), 133–66.
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