1876 Presidential Election Interactive Map

185 electoral votes to win
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Split Votes

States shown here did not allocate all their available electoral votes to one candidate. The split can be edited in this table. The states are not interactive on the map unless the split is .

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1876 Actual Election Results

Candidate Party Electoral Votes Popular Votes
Rutherford B. Hayes Republican 185 4,036,298
Samuel J. Tilden Democratic 184 4,300,590

1876 Election Facts

  • Welcome: Colorado becomes a state during this election cycle
  • One of most controversial elections ever; Electoral Commission awarded it to Hayes
  • One of only 5 elections (1824, 1876, 1888, 2000, 2016) where the popular vote winner was defeated
  • Issues of the Day: Corruption, Financial Panic of 1873