1876 United States presidential election in New York

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1876 United States presidential election in New York

November 7, 1876 (1876-11-07)
Turnout	89.6%[1] 9.1 pp
Nominee Samuel J. Tilden Rutherford B. Hayes Party Democratic Republican Home state New York Ohio Running mate Thomas A. Hendricks William A. Wheeler Electoral vote 35 0 Popular vote 521,949 489,207 Percentage 51.40% 48.17%
County Results Tilden   50–60%   60–70% Hayes   50–60%   60–70%
President before election Ulysses S. Grant Republican Elected President Rutherford B. Hayes Republican

The 1876 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 7, 1876. All contemporary 38 states were part of the 1876 United States presidential election. Voters chose 35 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

New York was won by the Democratic nominees, Governor Samuel J. Tilden of New York and his running mate former Senator and Governor Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana. Tilden and Hendricks defeated the Republican nominees, Governor Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio and his running mate Congressman William A. Wheeler of New York.

Tilden carried New York State with 51.40% of the vote to Hayes's 48.17%, a victory margin of 3.23%. New York weighed in for this election as less than 1% more Democratic than the national average. While Tilden won his home state's 35 electoral votes, he ultimately narrowly lost his quest for the presidency in the electoral college by just one electoral vote, amidst heavily disputed election results, despite winning a majority of the nationwide popular vote by a 51–48 margin. This would be the only time New York would vote for a losing presidential candidate between 1856 and 1916. Orange County would not vote Democratic again until 1964.

Tilden performed most strongly downstate in the New York City area, where he received more than 60% of the vote in New York County and Richmond County, and also won Kings County and Queens County. Tilden also won nearby Suffolk County, Westchester County, and Rockland County. Hayes won much of upstate New York, including a victory in Erie County, home to the city of Buffalo, although Tilden did win a fair number of upstate counties including Albany County, home to the state capital of Albany.

Results

1876 United States presidential election in New York[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Samuel J. Tilden	521,949	51.40%	35
	Republican	Rutherford B. Hayes	489,207	48.17%	0
	Prohibition	Green Smith	2,369	0.23%	0
	Greenback	Peter Cooper	1,978	0.19%	0
Totals			1,015,503	100.0%	35

See also

• United States presidential elections in New York
• Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes

References

1. Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.
2. "1876 Presidential Election Results - New York". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved October 14, 2013.