1876 United States presidential election in California

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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 Hayes   50–60%   60–70% Tilden   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%

President before election Ulysses S. Grant Republican Elected President Rutherford B. Hayes Republican

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.

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
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					—

Results by county

County	Rutherford B. Hayes Republican		Samuel J. Tilden Democratic		Peter Cooper Greenback		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Sierra	917	64.22%	511	35.78%	0	0.00%			406	28.43%	1,428
Alpine	110	62.86%	65	37.14%	0	0.00%			45	25.71%	175
Santa Barbara	1,174	61.15%	744	38.75%	0	0.00%	2	0.10%	430	22.40%	1,920
Sacramento	3,841	60.72%	2,485	39.28%	0	0.00%			1356	21.44%	6,326
Alameda	4,941	59.52%	3,348	40.33%	12	0.14%			1593	19.19%	8,301
Humboldt	1,637	59.20%	1127	40.76%	1	0.04%			510	18.44%	2,765
Contra Costa	1,184	58.56%	838	41.44%	0	0.00%			346	17.11%	2,022
Santa Cruz	1,537	57.59%	1,132	42.41%	0	0.00%			405	15.17%	2,669
Placer	1,610	55.75%	1,278	44.25%	0	0.00%			332	11.50%	2,888
San Mateo	871	55.58%	696	44.42%	0	0.00%			175	11.17%	1,567
San Joaquin	2,272	55.12%	1,850	44.88%	0	0.00%			422	10.24%	4,122
Mono	153	55.04%	125	44.96%	0	0.00%			28	10.07%	278
Nevada	2,300	54.70%	1,905	45.30%	0	0.00%			395	9.39%	4,205
Napa	1,153	54.44%	965	45.56%	0	0.00%			188	8.88%	2,118
San Diego	794	54.31%	668	45.69%	0	0.00%			126	8.62%	1,462
Monterey	1,183	53.82%	1,012	46.04%	0	0.00%	3	0.14%	171	7.78%	2,198
Plumas	584	53.78%	502	46.22%	0	0.00%			82	7.55%	1,086
Yuba	1,251	53.74%	1,077	46.26%	0	0.00%			174	7.47%	2,328
Lassen	256	53.00%	227	47.00%	0	0.00%			29	6.00%	483
Solano	1,952	52.69%	1,753	47.31%	0	0.00%			199	5.37%	3,705
San Bernardino	674	51.85%	607	46.69%	19	1.46%			67	5.15%	1,300
Santa Clara	3,336	52.10%	3,065	47.87%	1	0.02%	1	0.02%	271	4.23%	6,403
Marin	651	51.26%	619	48.74%	0	0.00%			32	2.52%	1,270
San Francisco	21,172	50.93%	20,399	49.07%	0	0.00%	1	0.00%	773	1.86%	41,572
Ventura	609	50.75%	591	49.25%	0	0.00%			18	1.50%	1,200
Butte	1,665	50.45%	1,635	49.55%	0	0.00%			30	0.91%	3,300
Sutter	550	49.82%	553	50.09%	0	0.00%	1	0.09%	−3	−0.27%	1,104
Shasta	625	49.37%	641	50.63%	0	0.00%			−16	−1.26%	1,226
Tehama	647	48.94%	675	51.06%	0	0.00%			−28	−2.12%	1,322
Trinity	388	48.74%	408	51.26%	0	0.00%			−20	−2.51%	796
Calaveras	886	48.63%	936	51.37%	0	0.00%			−50	−2.74%	1,822
El Dorado	1,331	48.02%	1,441	51.98%	0	0.00%			−110	−3.97%	2,772
Inyo	343	47.77%	375	52.23%	0	0.00%			−32	−4.46%	718
Yolo	1,233	47.55%	1,360	52.45%	0	0.00%			−127	−4.90%	2,593
Amador	1,172	47.13%	1,315	52.87%	0	0.00%			−143	−5.75%	2,487
Tuolumne	809	46.87%	917	53.13%	0	0.00%			−108	−6.26%	1,726
Los Angeles	3,042	45.60%	3,615	54.19%	14	0.21%			−573	−8.59%	6,671
Sonoma	2,433	45.51%	2,907	54.38%	0	0.00%	6	0.11%	−474	−8.87%	5,346
Siskiyou	718	45.47%	861	54.53%	0	0.00%			−143	−9.06%	1,579
San Luis Obispo	772	44.99%	944	55.01%	0	0.00%			−172	−10.02%	1,716
Del Norte	186	44.82%	229	55.18%	0	0.00%			−43	−10.36%	415
Stanislaus	802	42.23%	1,097	57.77%	0	0.00%			−295	−15.53%	1,899
Mendocino	929	42.00%	1,283	58.00%	0	0.00%			−354	−16.00%	2,212
Tulare	986	41.85%	1,370	58.15%	0	0.00%			−384	−16.30%	2,356
Merced	558	40.97%	804	59.03%	0	0.00%			−246	−18.06%	1,362
Kern	556	39.71%	844	60.29%	0	0.00%			−288	−20.57%	1,400
Mariposa	365	39.72%	554	60.28%	0	0.00%			−189	−20.57%	919
San Benito	435	39.51%	664	60.31%	0	0.00%	2	0.18%	−229	−20.80%	1,101
Modoc	208	39.25%	322	60.75%	0	0.00%			−114	−21.51%	530
Lake	380	34.99%	703	64.73%	0	0.00%	3	0.28%	−323	−29.74%	1,086
Colusa	766	34.27%	1,469	65.73%	0	0.00%			−703	−31.45%	2,235
Fresno	338	25.88%	968	74.12%	0	0.00%			−630	−48.24%	1,306
Total	79,258	50.88%	76,460	49.08%	47	0.03%	19	0.01%	2,798	1.80%	155,784