1876 United States presidential election in California
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 6 0
Popular vote 79,258 76,460
Percentage 50.88% 49.08%
County Results
President before election

Ulysses S. Grant
Republican

 Elected President

Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican

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

1876 United States presidential election in California[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Rutherford B. Hayes 79,258 50.88% 6
Democratic Samuel J. Tilden 76,460 49.08% 0
Greenback Peter Cooper 47 0.03% 0
No party Write-ins 19 0.01% 0
Invalid or blank votes —
Totals 155,784 100.00% 6
Voter turnout —

Results by county

County Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican		 Samuel J. Tilden
Democratic		 Peter Cooper
Greenback		 Various candidates
Other parties		 Margin Total votes cast[2]
#  % #  % #  % #  % #  %
Sierra 917 64.22% 511 35.78% 0 0.00% 406 28.43% 1,428
Alpine 110 62.86% 65 37.14% 0 0.00% 45 25.71% 175
Santa Barbara 1,174 61.15% 744 38.75% 0 0.00% 2 0.10% 430 22.40% 1,920
Sacramento 3,841 60.72% 2,485 39.28% 0 0.00% 1356 21.44% 6,326
Alameda 4,941 59.52% 3,348 40.33% 12 0.14% 1593 19.19% 8,301
Humboldt 1,637 59.20% 1127 40.76% 1 0.04% 510 18.44% 2,765
Contra Costa 1,184 58.56% 838 41.44% 0 0.00% 346 17.11% 2,022
Santa Cruz 1,537 57.59% 1,132 42.41% 0 0.00% 405 15.17% 2,669
Placer 1,610 55.75% 1,278 44.25% 0 0.00% 332 11.50% 2,888
San Mateo 871 55.58% 696 44.42% 0 0.00% 175 11.17% 1,567
San Joaquin 2,272 55.12% 1,850 44.88% 0 0.00% 422 10.24% 4,122
Mono 153 55.04% 125 44.96% 0 0.00% 28 10.07% 278
Nevada 2,300 54.70% 1,905 45.30% 0 0.00% 395 9.39% 4,205
Napa 1,153 54.44% 965 45.56% 0 0.00% 188 8.88% 2,118
San Diego 794 54.31% 668 45.69% 0 0.00% 126 8.62% 1,462
Monterey 1,183 53.82% 1,012 46.04% 0 0.00% 3 0.14% 171 7.78% 2,198
Plumas 584 53.78% 502 46.22% 0 0.00% 82 7.55% 1,086
Yuba 1,251 53.74% 1,077 46.26% 0 0.00% 174 7.47% 2,328
Lassen 256 53.00% 227 47.00% 0 0.00% 29 6.00% 483
Solano 1,952 52.69% 1,753 47.31% 0 0.00% 199 5.37% 3,705
San Bernardino 674 51.85% 607 46.69% 19 1.46% 67 5.15% 1,300
Santa Clara 3,336 52.10% 3,065 47.87% 1 0.02% 1 0.02% 271 4.23% 6,403
Marin 651 51.26% 619 48.74% 0 0.00% 32 2.52% 1,270
San Francisco 21,172 50.93% 20,399 49.07% 0 0.00% 1 0.00% 773 1.86% 41,572
Ventura 609 50.75% 591 49.25% 0 0.00% 18 1.50% 1,200
Butte 1,665 50.45% 1,635 49.55% 0 0.00% 30 0.91% 3,300
Sutter 550 49.82% 553 50.09% 0 0.00% 1 0.09% −3 −0.27% 1,104
Shasta 625 49.37% 641 50.63% 0 0.00% −16 −1.26% 1,226
Tehama 647 48.94% 675 51.06% 0 0.00% −28 −2.12% 1,322
Trinity 388 48.74% 408 51.26% 0 0.00% −20 −2.51% 796
Calaveras 886 48.63% 936 51.37% 0 0.00% −50 −2.74% 1,822
El Dorado 1,331 48.02% 1,441 51.98% 0 0.00% −110 −3.97% 2,772
Inyo 343 47.77% 375 52.23% 0 0.00% −32 −4.46% 718
Yolo 1,233 47.55% 1,360 52.45% 0 0.00% −127 −4.90% 2,593
Amador 1,172 47.13% 1,315 52.87% 0 0.00% −143 −5.75% 2,487
Tuolumne 809 46.87% 917 53.13% 0 0.00% −108 −6.26% 1,726
Los Angeles 3,042 45.60% 3,615 54.19% 14 0.21% −573 −8.59% 6,671
Sonoma 2,433 45.51% 2,907 54.38% 0 0.00% 6 0.11% −474 −8.87% 5,346
Siskiyou 718 45.47% 861 54.53% 0 0.00% −143 −9.06% 1,579
San Luis Obispo 772 44.99% 944 55.01% 0 0.00% −172 −10.02% 1,716
Del Norte 186 44.82% 229 55.18% 0 0.00% −43 −10.36% 415
Stanislaus 802 42.23% 1,097 57.77% 0 0.00% −295 −15.53% 1,899
Mendocino 929 42.00% 1,283 58.00% 0 0.00% −354 −16.00% 2,212
Tulare 986 41.85% 1,370 58.15% 0 0.00% −384 −16.30% 2,356
Merced 558 40.97% 804 59.03% 0 0.00% −246 −18.06% 1,362
Kern 556 39.71% 844 60.29% 0 0.00% −288 −20.57% 1,400
Mariposa 365 39.72% 554 60.28% 0 0.00% −189 −20.57% 919
San Benito 435 39.51% 664 60.31% 0 0.00% 2 0.18% −229 −20.80% 1,101
Modoc 208 39.25% 322 60.75% 0 0.00% −114 −21.51% 530
Lake 380 34.99% 703 64.73% 0 0.00% 3 0.28% −323 −29.74% 1,086
Colusa 766 34.27% 1,469 65.73% 0 0.00% −703 −31.45% 2,235
Fresno 338 25.88% 968 74.12% 0 0.00% −630 −48.24% 1,306
Total79,25850.88%76,46049.08%470.03%190.01%2,7981.80%155,784

References

  1. ↑ "1876 Presidential General Election Results - California". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved August 25, 2008.
  2. ↑ "County Project (WIP)". Google Docs. Retrieved January 11, 2024.


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