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).

 Candidates 

 Republican Party 

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

 Vice-presidential 

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

 Democratic Party 

 Nominee 
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 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)

References

Category:1876 in North America
Category:United States presidential elections
Category:1870s elections