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1876 United States presidential election in California

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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
← 1872 November 7, 1876 1880 →
 
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 78,614[a] 75,845[b]
Percentage 50.87% 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

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General Election Results[1]
Party Pledged to Elector Votes
Republican Party Rutherford B. Hayes John B. Felton 78,614
Republican Party Rutherford B. Hayes John H. Jewett 78,610
Republican Party Rutherford B. Hayes Morris M. Estee 78,609
Republican Party Rutherford B. Hayes John F. Miller 78,607
Republican Party Rutherford B. Hayes H. J. Ostrander 78,605
Republican Party Rutherford B. Hayes D. A. McKinley 78,604
Democratic Party Samuel J. Tilden John S. Hager 75,845
Democratic Party Samuel J. Tilden J. Campbell Shorb 75,842
Democratic Party Samuel J. Tilden Stuart M. Taylor 75,842
Democratic Party Samuel J. Tilden Frank Ganahl 75,841
Democratic Party Samuel J. Tilden Barclay Henley 75,839
Democratic Party Samuel J. Tilden Joseph H. Budd 75,832
Greenback Party Peter Cooper Alfred Credge 47
Greenback Party Peter Cooper John Condra 47
Greenback Party Peter Cooper S. Harris Herring 47
Greenback Party Peter Cooper B. K. Lowe 47
Greenback Party Peter Cooper J. H. Redstone 47
Greenback Party Peter Cooper C. B. Smith 47
Write-in Scattering 19
Votes cast[c] 154,544

Results by county

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County Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican 		Samuel J. Tilden
Democratic 		Peter Cooper
Greenback 		Scattering
 Margin Total votes cast[d]
# % # % # % # % # %
Alameda 4,938 59.52% 3,347 40.34% 12 0.14% 0 0.00% 1,591 19.18% 8,297
Alpine 110 62.86% 65 37.14% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 45 25.71% 175
Amador 1,172 47.13% 1,315 52.87% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% −143 −5.75% 2,487
Butte 1,665 50.47% 1,634 49.53% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 31 0.94% 3,299
Calaveras 886 48.63% 936 51.37% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% −50 −2.74% 1,822
Colusa 766 34.29% 1,468 65.71% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% −702 −31.42% 2,234
Contra Costa 1,184 58.58% 837 41.42% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 347 17.17% 2,021
Del Norte 186 44.93% 228 55.07% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% −42 −10.14% 414
El Dorado 1,331 48.02% 1,441 51.98% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% −110 −3.97% 2,772
Fresno 338 25.88% 968 74.12% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% −630 −48.24% 1,306
Humboldt 1,637 59.20% 1127 40.76% 1 0.04% 0 0.00% 510 18.44% 2,765
Inyo 343 47.77% 375 52.23% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% −32 −4.46% 718
Kern 556 39.71% 844 60.29% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% −288 −20.57% 1,400
Lake 380 35.02% 702 64.70% 0 0.00% 3 0.28% −322 −29.68% 1,085
Lassen 256 53.00% 227 47.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 29 6.00% 483
Los Angeles 3,041 45.59% 3,615 54.20% 14 0.21% 0 0.00% −574 −8.61% 6,670
Marin[e][2] 651 51.26% 619 48.74% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 32 2.52% 1,270
Mariposa 364 39.65% 554 60.35% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% −190 −20.70% 918
Mendocino 929 42.00% 1,283 58.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% −354 −16.00% 2,212
Merced 558 40.97% 804 59.03% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% −246 −18.06% 1,362
Modoc 208 39.25% 322 60.75% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% −114 −21.51% 530
Mono 153 55.04% 125 44.96% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 28 10.07% 278
Monterey 1,182 53.80% 1,012 46.06% 0 0.00% 3 0.14% 170 7.74% 2,197
Napa 1,153 54.49% 963 45.51% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 190 8.98% 2,116
Nevada 2,300 54.70% 1,905 45.30% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 395 9.39% 4,205
Placer 1,610 55.75% 1,278 44.25% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 332 11.50% 2,888
Plumas 583 53.73% 502 46.27% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 81 7.47% 1,085
Sacramento 3,838 60.71% 2,484 39.29% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,354 21.42% 6,322
San Benito 434 39.45% 664 60.36% 0 0.00% 2 0.18% −230 −20.91% 1,100
San Bernardino 674 51.85% 607 46.69% 19 1.46% 0 0.00% 67 5.15% 1,300
San Diego 794 54.31% 668 45.69% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 126 8.62% 1,462
San Francisco 21,172 50.93% 20,399 49.07% 0 0.00% 1 0.00% 773 1.86% 41,572
San Joaquin 2,270 55.10% 1,850 44.90% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 420 10.19% 4,120
San Luis Obispo 772 44.99% 944 55.01% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% −172 −10.02% 1,716
San Mateo 871 55.58% 696 44.42% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 175 11.17% 1,567
Santa Barbara 1,174 61.15% 743 38.72% 0 0.00% 2 0.10% 431 22.46% 1,919
Santa Clara 3,335 52.09% 3,065 47.88% 1 0.02% 1 0.02% 270 4.22% 6,402
Santa Cruz 1,537 57.59% 1,132 42.41% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 405 15.17% 2,669
Shasta 625 49.37% 641 50.63% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% −16 −1.26% 1,226
Sierra 917 64.31% 509 35.69% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 408 28.61% 1,426
Siskiyou 718 45.47% 861 54.53% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% −143 −9.06% 1,579
Solano 1,951 52.67% 1,753 47.33% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 198 5.35% 3,704
Sonoma 2,432 45.50% 2,907 54.39% 0 0.00% 6 0.11% −475 −8.89% 5,345
Stanislaus 801 42.20% 1,097 57.80% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% −296 −15.60% 1,898
Sutter 550 49.82% 553 50.09% 0 0.00% 1 0.09% −3 −0.27% 1,104
Tehama 646 48.94% 674 51.06% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% −28 −2.12% 1,320
Trinity 388 48.74% 408 51.26% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% −20 −2.51% 796
Tulare 986 41.85% 1,370 58.15% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% −384 −16.30% 2,356
Tuolumne 809 46.90% 916 53.10% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% −107 −6.20% 1,725
Ventura 608 50.71% 591 49.29% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 17 1.42% 1,199
Yolo 1,233 47.55% 1,360 52.45% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% −127 −4.90% 2,593
Yuba 1,250 53.74% 1,076 46.26% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 174 7.48% 2,326
Total[f] 78,614 50.87% 75,845 49.08% 47 0.03% 19 0.01% 2,769 1.79% 154,544

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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Counties that flipped from Liberal Republican to Democratic

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Notes

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  1. ^ Many sources give Hayes' vote as 79,258, but this figure corresponds to the first elector listed on the canvass rather than the highest elector on the Republican ticket. It also includes the votes from Marin County which were not counted in the official canvass
  2. ^ Many sources give Tilden's vote as 76,480, but this figure corresponds to the first elector listed on the canvass rather than the highest elector on the Democratic ticket. It also includes the votes from Marin County which were not counted in the official canvass
  3. ^ Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
  4. ^ Based on highest elector on each ticket
  5. ^ The votes from Marin County were not counted in the official canvass because the county clerk forgot to submit the county's election returns to the Secretary of State
  6. ^ Does not include the votes from Marin County

References

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  1. ^ Statement of the vote polled in the several counties of the State of California, for Electors of President and Vice President of the United States, at the General Election held on Tuesday, November 7th AD 1876
  2. ^ "Disenfranchised". California Digital Newspaper Collection. Marin County Journal. November 30, 1876. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
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