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1876 United States presidential election in Wisconsin

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1876 United States presidential election in Wisconsin

← 1872 November 7, 1876 (1876-11-07) 1880 →
 
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 10 0
Popular vote 130,070 123,930
Percentage 50.57% 48.19%

County Results

President before election

Ulysses S. Grant
Republican

Elected President

Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican

The 1876 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 7, 1876, as part of the 1876 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Republican Party candidate Rutherford B. Hayes won Wisconsin with 50.57% of the popular vote, winning the state's ten electoral votes.[1] Samuel J. Tilden's share of 48.19% was the largest for a Democrat in Wisconsin since Franklin Pierce won the state in 1852 and would remain so until Franklin D. Roosevelt's landslide victory in 1932.[a]

Participating in its first election after its establishment in 1875, Taylor County voted for Tilden; this would be the only time until 1944 that Taylor County would not vote for the statewide winner.

Results

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General Election Results[2][3]
Party Pledged to Elector Votes
Republican Party Rutherford B. Hayes C. B. Solberg 130,070
Republican Party Rutherford B. Hayes J. H. Foster 130,068
Republican Party Rutherford B. Hayes John H. Knapp 130,066
Republican Party Rutherford B. Hayes C. M. Sanger 130,066
Republican Party Rutherford B. Hayes T. D. Lang 130,065
Republican Party Rutherford B. Hayes T. D. Weeks 130,065
Republican Party Rutherford B. Hayes Charles Luling 130,057
Republican Party Rutherford B. Hayes Francis Campbell 130,013
Republican Party Rutherford B. Hayes W. H. Hiner 129,815
Republican Party Rutherford B. Hayes Daniel L. Downs 125,168
Democratic Party Samuel J. Tilden S. A. White 123,930
Democratic Party Samuel J. Tilden W. W. Corning 123,929
Democratic Party Samuel J. Tilden John Black 123,926
Democratic Party Samuel J. Tilden John Lawler 123,926
Democratic Party Samuel J. Tilden W. E. Rowe 123,923
Democratic Party Samuel J. Tilden W. C. Silverthorn 123,922
Democratic Party Samuel J. Tilden Mons Anderson 123,920
Democratic Party Samuel J. Tilden Conrad Krez 123,913
Democratic Party Samuel J. Tilden Herman Naber 123,910
Democratic Party Samuel J. Tilden Samuel Ryan Jr. 123,883
Republican Party Rutherford B. Hayes J. H. Miner[b] 4,886
Greenback Party Peter Cooper William Orledge 1,509
Greenback Party Peter Cooper George W. Lee 1,498
Greenback Party Peter Cooper Peter Houston 1,197
Greenback Party Peter Cooper E. H. Benton 1,196
Greenback Party Peter Cooper G. P. Martin 1,196
Greenback Party Peter Cooper T. P. Matthews 1,196
Greenback Party Peter Cooper James Montgomery 1,196
Greenback Party Peter Cooper S. S. Hills 1,195
Greenback Party Peter Cooper J. P. Kepler 1,195
Greenback Party Peter Cooper H. Greve 1,194
Greenback Party Peter Cooper George Esterly 153
Greenback Party Peter Cooper H. W. Remington 153
Greenback Party Peter Cooper E. P. Allis 151
Greenback Party Peter Cooper W. W. Field 151
Greenback Party Peter Cooper U. D. Mibill 151
Greenback Party Peter Cooper C. D. Parker 151
Greenback Party Peter Cooper E. C. Stilson 151
Greenback Party Peter Cooper E. S. Miner 142
Republican Party Rutherford B. Hayes W. H. Miner[c] 136
Communist[d] William Frankforth 32
Communist C. Koegel 32
Communist A. Owen 31
Communist Edwin Peterslider 32
Communist Carl Reinsweber 32
Communist Herman Sanders 32
Communist E. Schroeter 32
Communist H. Smith 31
Communist A. Voight 32
Communist Frederick Voightlauder 32
Anti-Secret Society James B. Walker George Cowley 29
Anti-Secret Society James B. Walker S. A. Gilley 29
Anti-Secret Society James B. Walker William Hawlyn 29
Anti-Secret Society James B. Walker W. D. Lathrop 29
Anti-Secret Society James B. Walker C. R. Morrison 29
Anti-Secret Society James B. Walker J. Parish 29
Anti-Secret Society James B. Walker A. Shambaugh 29
Anti-Secret Society James B. Walker D. Varney 29
Anti-Secret Society James B. Walker J. Shaw 29
Anti-Secret Society James B. Walker W. W. Arnes 28
Prohibition Party Green Clay Smith H. H. G. Brandt 27
Prohibition Party Green Clay Smith A. B. Dodge 27
Prohibition Party Green Clay Smith D. N. Gilfillan 27
Prohibition Party Green Clay Smith William Goodell 27
Prohibition Party Green Clay Smith E. Prouty 27
Prohibition Party Green Clay Smith J. Smith 27
Prohibition Party Green Clay Smith E. W. Stevens 27
Prohibition Party Green Clay Smith William Swick 27
Prohibition Party Green Clay Smith Ephraim Wilcox 27
Prohibition Party Green Clay Smith J. N. Woodruff 27
Write-in Scattering 1,587
Votes cast[e] 257,184

Results by county

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County[2][3] Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican
Samuel J. Tilden
Democratic
Peter Cooper
Greenback
All Others[f]
Various
Margin Total votes cast[g]
# % # % # % # % # %
Adams 981 68.46% 442 30.84% 7 0.49% 3 0.21% 539 37.61% 1,433
Ashland 109 36.58% 189 63.42% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -80 -26.85% 298
Barron 644 71.48% 257 28.52% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 387 42.95% 901
Bayfield 86 53.75% 74 46.25% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 12 7.50% 160
Brown 2,705 42.59% 3,647 57.41% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -942 -14.83% 6,352
Buffalo 1,186 48.61% 1,162 47.62% 5 0.20% 87 3.57% 24 0.98% 2,440
Burnett 285 91.05% 28 8.95% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 257 82.11% 313
Calumet 1,012 32.06% 2,145 67.94% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -1,133 -35.89% 3,157
Chippewa 1,595 47.34% 1,774 52.66% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -179 -5.31% 3,369
Clark 1,255 63.10% 660 33.18% 74 3.72% 0 0.00% 595 29.91% 1,989
Columbia 3,532 58.49% 2,493 41.28% 10 0.17% 4[h] 0.07% 1,039 17.20% 6,039
Crawford 1,355 45.79% 1,604 54.21% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -249 -8.42% 2,959
Dane 5,435 48.60% 5,726 51.21% 19 0.17% 2[i] 0.02% -291 -2.60% 11,182
Dodge 3,282 33.57% 6,361 65.06% 4 0.04% 130 1.33% -3,079 -31.49% 9,777
Door 1,095 64.60% 596 35.16% 3 0.18% 1 0.06% 499 29.44% 1,695
Douglas 46 40.71% 67 59.29% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -21 -18.58% 113
Dunn 2,033 68.24% 894 30.01% 39 1.31% 13 0.44% 1,139 38.23% 2,979
Eau Claire 2,266 55.63% 1,785 43.83% 22 0.54% 0 0.00% 481 11.81% 4,073
Fond du Lac 4,845 45.83% 5,660 53.54% 0 0.00% 67 0.63% -815 -7.71% 10,572
Grant 4,723 59.33% 3,198 40.17% 30 0.38% 10 0.13% 1,525 19.16% 7,961
Green 2,601 48.81% 1,735 32.56% 123 2.31% 870 16.33% 866 16.25% 5,329
Green Lake 1,739 53.46% 1,514 46.54% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 225 6.92% 3,253
Iowa 2,651 52.86% 2,348 46.82% 16 0.32% 0 0.00% 303 6.04% 5,015
Jackson 1,507 66.15% 718 31.52% 53 2.33% 0 0.00% 789 34.64% 2,278
Jefferson 2,874 40.99% 4,134 58.96% 0 0.00% 3 0.04% -1,260 -17.97% 7,011
Juneau 1,714 53.68% 1,458 45.66% 20 0.63% 1[j] 0.03% 256 8.02% 3,193
Kenosha 1,612 52.94% 1,431 47.00% 1 0.03% 1 0.03% 181 5.94% 3,045
Kewaunee 561 25.33% 1,654 74.67% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -1,093 -49.35% 2,215
La Crosse 2,644 51.09% 2,481 47.94% 34 0.66% 16[k] 0.31% 163 3.15% 5,175
Lafayette 2,424 50.89% 2,299 48.27% 10 0.21% 30 0.63% 125 2.62% 4,763
Lincoln 71 22.47% 174 55.06% 71 22.47% 0 0.00% -103 -32.59% 316
Manitowoc 2,700 40.80% 3,908 59.05% 0 0.00% 10 0.15% -1,208 -18.25% 6,618
Marathon 668 26.83% 1,796 72.13% 22 0.88% 4 0.16% -1,128 -45.30% 2,490
Marquette 695 38.46% 1,112 61.54% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -417 -23.08% 1,807
Milwaukee 10,002 45.25% 12,025 54.40% 6 0.03% 72 0.33% -2,023 -9.15% 22,105
Monroe 2,258 49.33% 2,030 44.35% 289 6.31% 0 0.00% 228 4.98% 4,577
Oconto 1,813 60.49% 1,174 39.17% 0 0.00% 10 0.33% 639 21.32% 2,997
Outagamie 1,859 33.77% 3,608 65.54% 38 0.69% 0 0.00% -1,749 -31.77% 5,505
Ozaukee 583 18.95% 2,480 80.60% 13 0.42% 1 0.03% -1,897 -61.65% 3,077
Pepin 836 67.64% 394 31.88% 6 0.49% 0 0.00% 442 35.76% 1,236
Pierce 2,135 67.33% 985 31.06% 19 0.60% 32 1.01% 1,150 36.27% 3,171
Polk 1,019 72.94% 362 25.91% 16 1.15% 0 0.00% 657 47.03% 1,397
Portage 1,855 50.78% 1,794 49.11% 3 0.08% 1 0.03% 61 1.67% 3,653
Racine 3,560 55.28% 2,880 44.72% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 680 10.56% 6,440
Richland 2,037 52.99% 1,591 41.39% 46 1.20% 170 4.42% 446 11.60% 3,844
Rock 5,707 66.46% 2,814 32.77% 63 0.73% 3 0.03% 2,893 33.69% 8,587
Sauk 3,395 60.45% 2,201 39.19% 0 0.00% 20[l] 0.36% 1,194 21.26% 5,616
Shawano 582 40.00% 873 60.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -291 -20.00% 1,455
Sheboygan 3,224 46.77% 3,643 52.84% 19 0.28% 8 0.12% -419 -6.08% 6,894
St. Croix 1,775 49.79% 1,736 48.70% 54 1.51% 0 0.00% 39 1.09% 3,565
Taylor 240 49.38% 246 50.62% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -6 -1.23% 486
Trempealeau 2,360 73.00% 790 24.44% 58 1.79% 25[m] 0.77% 1,570 48.56% 3,233
Vernon 2,765 69.26% 1,117 27.98% 110 2.76% 0 0.00% 1,648 41.28% 3,992
Walworth 4,212 67.88% 1,970 31.75% 2 0.03% 21[n] 0.34% 2,242 36.13% 6,205
Washington 1,321 29.72% 3,047 68.55% 41 0.92% 36 0.81% -1,726 -38.83% 4,445
Waukesha 3,129 48.27% 3,335 51.45% 17 0.26% 1[o] 0.02% -206 -3.18% 6,482
Waupaca 2,642 62.27% 1,592 37.52% 9 0.21% 0 0.00% 1,050 24.75% 4,243
Waushara 2,080 78.55% 548 20.69% 10 0.38% 10 0.38% 1,532 57.85% 2,648
Winnebago 5,091 53.21% 4,426 46.26% 38 0.40% 13 0.14% 665 6.95% 9,568
Wood 659 44.14% 745 49.90% 89 5.96% 0 0.00% -86 -5.76% 1,493
Total 130,070 50.57% 123,930 48.19% 1,509 0.59% 1,675 0.65% 6,140 2.39% 257,184

Counties that flipped from Liberal Republican to Republican

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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ While both Grover Cleveland in 1892 and Woodrow Wilson in 1912 won Wisconsin, they did so with pluralities less than the share received by Tilden in 1876.
  2. ^ Appears to have replaced Daniel L. Downs on some Republican ballots
  3. ^ Appears to have been a misspelling of W. H. Hiner on some Republican ballots in Jefferson County
  4. ^ This is not the same as communist parties of the 20th century
  5. ^ Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
  6. ^ These votes are Scattering unless otherwise noted
  7. ^ Based on highest elector on each ticket
  8. ^ 3 for Walker, 1 for Smith
  9. ^ 1 for Communist
  10. ^ 1 for Smith
  11. ^ 15 for Communist
  12. ^ 16 for Communist, 4 for Walker
  13. ^ 25 for Smith
  14. ^ 21 for Walker
  15. ^ 1 for Walker

References

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  1. ^ "1876 Presidential General Election Results – Wisconsin". Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Wisconsin Historical Society, Tabular Statement of the Votes polled for Electors of President and Vice President of the United States at a General Election held in the several Towns, Wards and Election Precincts in the State of Wisconsin, on the Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday, being the 7th day of November, 1876
  3. ^ a b Wisconsin Secretary of State. "Appendix "M"". Annual Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Wisconsin for the Fiscal Year ending September 30, 1877. Madison, Wisconsin. pp. 196–203.