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.

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

|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#CE2029; width:200px;"|Rutherford B. Hayes|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#CE2029; width:200px;"|William A. Wheeler|
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|colspan="30" style="background:#f1f1f1;"|<big>**1876 Republican Party Ticket**</big>|||
|style="width:3em; font-size:100%; color:#000; background:#FFD0D7; width:200px;"|***for President***|style="width:3em; font-size:100%; color:#000; background:#FFD0D7; width:200px;"|***for Vice President***|
|29th & 32nd Governor of Ohio <small>(1861-1863; 1869-1877)</small>|Congressman from New York <small>(1861-1863; 1869-1877)</small>|||

#### Presidential

- Rutherford B. Hayes, 29th & 32nd Governor of Ohio <small>(1861-1863, 1869-1877)</small>
- James G. Blaine, former Speaker of the House <small>(1869-1875)</small> and Congressman from Maine <small>(1863-1876)</small>
- Benjamin Bristow, Secretary of the Treasury <small>(1874-1876)</small> and former Solicitor General of the United States from Kentucky <small>(1870-1872)</small>
- Oliver P. Morton, Senator from Indiana <small>(1867-1877)</small>
- Roscoe Conkling, Senator from New York <small>(1867-1881)</small>
- John F. Hartranft, Governor of Pennsylvania <small>(1873-1879)</small>
- Marshall Jewell, Postmaster General of the United States <small>(1874-1876)</small>

#### Vice-presidential

- William A. Wheeler, Congressman from New York <small>(1861-1863; 1869-1877) _(Vice-Presidential Nominee)_</small>
- Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Senator of New Jersey <small>(1866-1869; 1871-1877) _(Nephew of Theodore Frelinghuysen; 1844 Whig VP Nominee)_</small>
- Marshall Jewell, Postmaster General of the United States <small>(1874-1876)</small>
- Stewart L. Woodford, former Congressman of New York's 3rd Congressional District <small>(1873-1874) (Declined)</small>
- Joseph R. Hawley, Senator from Connecticut <small>(1881-1905)</small>

### Nominee

|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#34AAE0; width:200px;"|Samuel J. Tilden|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#34AAE0; width:200px;"|Thomas A. Hendricks|
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|colspan="30" style="background:#f1f1f1;"|<big>**1876 Democratic Party Ticket**</big>|||
|style="width:3em; font-size:100%; color:#000; background:#C8EBFF; width:200px;"|***for President***|style="width:3em; font-size:100%; color:#000; background:#C8EBFF; width:200px;"|***for Vice President***|
|25th Governor of New York <small>(1875–1876)</small>|25th Governor of Indiana <small>(1873–1877)</small>|||

#### Presidential

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

#### Vice-presidential

- Thomas A. Hendricks, former Governor of Indiana <small>(1873-1877) _(Vice-Presidential Nominee)_</small>

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 1876 United States presidential election
- **country**: United States
- **flag year**: 1867
- **type**: presidential
- **ongoing**: no
- **previous election**: 1872 United States presidential election
- **previous year**: 1872
- **election date**: November 7, 1876
- **next election**: 1880 United States presidential election
- **next year**: 1880
- **votes for election**: 369 members of the Electoral College (United States), Electoral College
- **needed votes**: 185 electoral
- **turnout**: 82.6%  10.5 percentage point, pp
- **image size**: x200px
- **image1**: President Rutherford Hayes 1870 - 1880 Restored (cropped).jpg
- **nominee1**: **Rutherford B. Hayes**
- **party1**: Republican Party (United States)
- **home state1**: Ohio
- **running mate1**: **William A. Wheeler**
- **electoral vote1**: **185**
- **states carried1**: **21**
- **popular vote1**: 4,034,142
- **percentage1**: 47.9%
- **image2**: 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
- **nominee2**: Samuel J. Tilden
- **party2**: Democratic Party (United States)
- **home state2**: New York (state), New York
- **running mate2**: Thomas A. Hendricks
- **electoral vote2**: 184
- **states carried2**: 17
- **popular vote2**: **4,286,808**
- **percentage2**: **50.9%**
- **map size**: 350px
- **map caption**: Presidential election results map. <span style="color:red;">Red</span> denotes those won by Hayes/Wheeler, <span style="color:blue;">blue</span> denotes states won by Tilden/Hendricks. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.
- **title**: President
- **before election**: **Ulysses S. Grant**
- **before party**: Republican Party (United States)
- **after election**: **Rutherford B. Hayes**
- **after party**: Republican Party (United States)
- **map image**: File:ElectoralCollege1876.svg