1876 United States presidential election

The 1876 United States presidential election was the 23rd election in the history of the United States. It occurred on November 7, 1876. This election was between Governor Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio and Governor Samuel J. Tilden of New York.

1876 United States presidential election

November 7, 1876
369 members of the Electoral College 185 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout	82.6% 10.5 pp
File:Samuel Tilden. Portrait of the American politician, who served as the 25th Governor of New York, Samuel Jones Tilden (1814-1886), by José María Mora, c. 1870 (cropped).jpg 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 185 184 States carried 21 17 Popular vote 4,034,142 4,286,808 Percentage 47.9% 50.9%
Presidential election results map. Red denotes those won by Hayes/Wheeler, blue denotes states won by Tilden/Hendricks. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.
President before election Ulysses S. Grant Republican Elected President Rutherford B. Hayes Republican

Garfield won the election in the closest margin in U.S History, securing 185 electoral votes, while Hancock got 184 electoral votes, 1 less than needed to win. Its resolution involved negotiations between the two major parties (Republicans and Democrats) resulting in the Compromise of 1877, and on March 2, 1877, the House and Senate counted the electoral votes and confirmed Hayes as President-Elect. It was the second of five U.S. presidential elections in which the winner did not win a plurality of the national popular vote (the first since 1824).

Nominee

1876 Democratic Party Ticket
Samuel J. Tilden	1876 United States Presidential Election Media Hayes/Wheeler campaign poster , the incumbent president in 1876, whose second term expired on March 4, 1877 Tilden/Hendricks campaign poster Photograph of Samuel J. Tilden (circa 1860-1886). Interior of the of St. Louis, Missouri, during the announcement of Samuel J. Tilden as the Democratic presidential nominee Farce of 1876 poster.jpg The election was hotly contested, as can be seen by this poster, which was published in 1877. Thomas A. Hendricks
for President	for Vice President
25th Governor of New York (1875–1876)	25th Governor of Indiana (1873–1877)

Presidential

• Samuel J. Tilden, 25th Governor of New York (1875–1876)
• Thomas A. Hendricks, former Governor of Indiana (1873-1877) (Vice-Presidential Nominee)
• Winfield Scott Hancock, Major General of the United States Army (1866-1886)
• William Allen, former Governor of Ohio (1874-1876)
• Thomas F. Bayard, Senator of Delaware (1869-1885)
• Joel Parker, former Governor of New Jersey (1869-1885)

Vice-presidential

• Thomas A. Hendricks, former Governor of Indiana (1873-1877) (Vice-Presidential Nominee)