1876 United States presidential election in California

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.

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

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

References

  1. "1876 Presidential General Election Results - California". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved August 25, 2008.


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