1876 United States presidential election in Ohio

Summary

The 1876 United States presidential election in Ohio was held on November 7, 1876 as part of the 1876 United States presidential election. State voters chose 22 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1876 United States presidential election in Ohio

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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 22 0
Popular vote 330,698 323,182
Percentage 50.21% 49.07%

County Results

President before election

Ulysses S. Grant
Republican

Elected President

Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican

Ohio was narrowly won by the Republican Party candidate and native son, Rutherford B. Hayes, with 50.21% of the popular vote. The Democratic Party candidate, Samuel J. Tilden, garnered 49.07% of the popular vote.[1] This marks the weakest performance in Ohio for any victorious Republican candidate, seeing as no Republican has won the White House without carrying Ohio. Had Tilden won the state, he would have won the election.

Results edit

1876 United States presidential election in Ohio
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Rutherford B. Hayes 330,698 50.21% 22
Democratic Samuel J. Tilden 323,182 49.07% 0
Greenback Peter Cooper 3,057 0.46% 0
Prohibition Green Smith 1,636 0.25% 0
American National Party James Walker 76 0.01% 0
Totals 658,649 100.0% 22

Results by county edit

County Rutherford B. Hayes[2]
Republican
Samuel J. Tilden[2]
Democratic
Various candidates[2]
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % #
Adams 2,141 45.47% 2,546 54.07% 22 0.47% -405 -8.60% 4,709
Allen 2,481 41.23% 3,518 58.47% 18 0.30% -1,037 -17.23% 6,017
Ashland 2,387 44.09% 3,021 55.80% 6 0.11% -634 -11.71% 5,414
Ashtabula 6,771 74.31% 2,294 25.18% 47 0.52% 4,477 49.13% 9,112
Athens 3,413 60.19% 2,195 38.71% 62 1.09% 1,218 21.48% 5,670
Auglaize 1,521 29.90% 3,560 69.98% 6 0.12% -2,039 -40.08% 5,087
Belmont 4,976 49.56% 5,024 50.03% 41 0.41% -48 -0.48% 10,041
Brown 2,956 41.96% 4,068 57.74% 21 0.30% -1,112 -15.78% 7,045
Butler 3,351 35.68% 6,029 64.20% 11 0.12% -2,678 -28.52% 9,391
Carroll 2,060 56.94% 1,554 42.95% 4 0.11% 506 13.99% 3,618
Champaign 3,528 54.99% 2,872 44.76% 16 0.25% 656 10.22% 6,416
Clark 5,136 58.86% 3,542 40.59% 48 0.55% 1,594 18.27% 8,726
Clermont 3,848 47.06% 4,315 52.77% 14 0.17% -467 -5.71% 8,177
Clinton 3,500 62.30% 2,048 36.45% 70 1.25% 1,452 25.85% 5,618
Columbiana 5,417 55.87% 4,000 41.25% 279 2.88% 1,417 14.61% 9,696
Coshocton 2,518 43.16% 3,312 56.77% 4 0.07% -794 -13.61% 5,834
Crawford 2,312 34.54% 4,365 65.22% 16 0.24% -2,053 -30.67% 6,693
Cuyahoga 18,198 55.21% 14,425 43.76% 340 1.03% 3,773 11.45% 32,963
Darke 3,577 43.38% 4,667 56.60% 1 0.01% -1,090 -13.22% 8,245
Defiance 1,520 34.43% 2,888 65.41% 7 0.16% -1,368 -30.99% 4,415
Delaware 3,237 52.25% 2,809 45.34% 149 2.41% 428 6.91% 6,195
Erie 3,158 49.40% 3,112 48.68% 123 1.92% 46 0.72% 6,393
Fairfield 2,770 37.57% 4,597 62.36% 5 0.07% -1,827 -24.78% 7,372
Fayette 2,436 55.59% 1,874 42.77% 72 1.64% 562 12.83% 4,382
Franklin 7,557 44.36% 9,383 55.07% 97 0.57% -1,826 -10.72% 17,037
Fulton 2,697 61.99% 1,597 36.70% 57 1.31% 1,100 25.28% 4,351
Gallia 3,202 58.07% 2,302 41.75% 10 0.18% 900 16.32% 5,514
Geauga 3,004 78.62% 808 21.15% 9 0.24% 2,196 57.47% 3,821
Greene 4,488 63.67% 2,494 35.38% 67 0.95% 1,994 28.29% 7,049
Guernsey 3,106 55.60% 2,460 44.04% 20 0.36% 646 11.56% 5,586
Hamilton 28,869 49.46% 29,451 50.46% 43 0.07% -582 -1.00% 58,363
Hancock 2,811 46.59% 3,215 53.28% 8 0.13% -404 -6.70% 6,034
Hardin 2,830 50.98% 2,702 48.68% 19 0.34% 128 2.31% 5,551
Harrison 2,564 55.55% 2,020 43.76% 32 0.69% 544 11.79% 4,616
Henry 1,527 38.36% 2,445 61.42% 9 0.23% -918 -23.06% 3,981
Highland 3,341 50.06% 3,323 49.79% 10 0.15% 18 0.27% 6,674
Hocking 1,475 39.47% 2,259 60.45% 3 0.08% -784 -20.98% 3,737
Holmes 1,241 28.12% 3,171 71.84% 2 0.05% -1,930 -43.72% 4,414
Huron 4,504 59.37% 3,014 39.73% 68 0.90% 1,490 19.64% 7,586
Jackson 2,522 56.24% 1,954 43.58% 8 0.18% 568 12.67% 4,484
Jefferson 4,067 57.87% 2,922 41.58% 39 0.55% 1,145 16.29% 7,028
Knox 3,151 48.15% 3,301 50.44% 92 1.41% -150 -2.29% 6,544
Lake 2,941 71.28% 1,141 27.65% 44 1.07% 1,800 43.63% 4,126
Lawrence 3,975 57.15% 2,949 42.40% 31 0.45% 1,026 14.75% 6,955
Licking 3,962 41.84% 5,473 57.79% 35 0.37% -1,511 -15.96% 9,470
Logan 3,259 57.98% 2,286 40.67% 76 1.35% 973 17.31% 5,621
Lorain 5,187 65.28% 2,720 34.23% 39 0.49% 2,467 31.05% 7,946
Lucas 6,524 54.55% 5,155 43.10% 281 2.35% 1,369 11.45% 11,960
Madison 2,191 50.24% 2,145 49.19% 25 0.57% 46 1.05% 4,361
Mahoning 3,921 48.47% 3,691 45.62% 478 5.91% 230 2.84% 8,090
Marion 1,918 42.23% 2,603 57.31% 21 0.46% -685 -15.08% 4,542
Medina 3,119 58.39% 2,192 41.03% 31 0.58% 927 17.35% 5,342
Meigs 3,962 58.67% 2,773 41.06% 18 0.27% 1,189 17.61% 6,753
Mercer 1,128 28.39% 2,840 71.48% 5 0.13% -1,712 -43.09% 3,973
Miami 4,388 55.40% 3,509 44.31% 23 0.29% 879 11.10% 7,920
Monroe 1,462 27.72% 3,805 72.15% 7 0.13% -2,343 -44.43% 5,274
Montgomery 7,921 46.82% 8,971 53.02% 27 0.16% -1,050 -6.21% 16,919
Morgan 2,376 51.75% 2,108 45.92% 107 2.33% 268 5.84% 4,591
Morrow 2,450 53.47% 2,046 44.65% 86 1.88% 404 8.82% 4,582
Muskingum 5,232 48.66% 5,457 50.75% 63 0.59% -225 -2.09% 10,752
Noble 2,225 50.86% 2,096 47.91% 54 1.23% 129 2.95% 4,375
Ottawa 1,336 37.70% 2,208 62.30% 0 0.00% -872 -24.60% 3,544
Paulding 1,313 52.67% 1,180 47.33% 0 0.00% 133 5.33% 2,493
Perry 2,084 40.22% 2,810 54.24% 287 5.54% -726 -14.01% 5,181
Pickaway 2,565 43.03% 3,389 56.85% 7 0.12% -824 -13.82% 5,961
Pike 1,465 41.14% 2,096 58.86% 0 0.00% -631 -17.72% 3,561
Portage 3,712 54.92% 3,006 44.47% 41 0.61% 706 10.45% 6,759
Preble 3,004 53.46% 2,551 45.40% 64 1.14% 453 8.06% 5,619
Putnam 1,606 33.56% 3,174 66.33% 5 0.10% -1,568 -32.77% 4,785
Richland 3,649 45.19% 4,407 54.58% 18 0.22% -758 -9.39% 8,074
Ross 4,177 48.42% 4,431 51.36% 19 0.22% -254 -2.94% 8,627
Sandusky 3,032 47.31% 3,330 51.96% 47 0.73% -298 -4.65% 6,409
Scioto 3,359 52.55% 3,025 47.32% 8 0.13% 334 5.23% 6,392
Seneca 3,793 45.57% 4,515 54.25% 15 0.18% -722 -8.67% 8,323
Shelby 1,985 38.72% 3,141 61.28% 0 0.00% -1,156 -22.55% 5,126
Stark 6,410 48.16% 6,772 50.88% 127 0.95% -362 -2.72% 13,309
Summit 5,055 56.59% 3,804 42.59% 73 0.82% 1,251 14.01% 8,932
Trumbull 6,133 63.77% 3,030 31.51% 454 4.72% 3,103 32.27% 9,617
Tuscarawas 3,574 43.95% 4,545 55.89% 13 0.16% -971 -11.94% 8,132
Union 2,939 58.37% 2,072 41.15% 24 0.48% 867 17.22% 5,035
Van Wert 2,290 48.72% 2,410 51.28% 0 0.00% -120 -2.55% 4,700
Vinton 1,533 45.58% 1,817 54.03% 13 0.39% -284 -8.44% 3,363
Warren 4,146 61.79% 2,559 38.14% 5 0.07% 1,587 23.65% 6,710
Washington 4,361 49.09% 4,492 50.56% 31 0.35% -131 -1.47% 8,884
Wayne 4,009 46.40% 4,598 53.21% 34 0.39% -589 -6.82% 8,641
Williams 2,701 51.39% 2,546 48.44% 9 0.17% 155 2.95% 5,256
Wood 4,079 55.59% 3,245 44.23% 13 0.18% 834 11.37% 7,337
Wyandot 2,079 44.22% 2,619 55.71% 3 0.06% -540 -11.49% 4,701
Totals 330,698 50.21% 323,182 49.07% 4,769 1.72% 7,516 1.14% 658,649

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Leip, Dave. "1876 Presidential General Election Results - Ohio". Atlas of US Presidential elections. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Géoelections; Presidential election of 1876 Popular Vote Archived 2017-12-01 at the Wayback Machine (.xlsx file for €15)