See main article: 1876 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | United States presidential election in North Carolina, 1876 |
| Country: | North Carolina |
| Flag Year: | 1875 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1872 United States presidential election in North Carolina |
| Previous Year: | 1872 |
| Next Election: | 1880 United States presidential election in North Carolina |
| Next Year: | 1880 |
| Turnout: | 21.83% 6.41 pp[1] |
| Election Date: | November 7, 1876 |
| Image1: | SamuelJonesTilden.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Samuel J. Tilden |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | New York |
| Running Mate1: | Thomas A. Hendricks |
| Electoral Vote1: | 10 |
| Popular Vote1: | 125,427 |
| Percentage1: | 53.62% |
| Nominee2: | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Ohio |
| Running Mate2: | William A. Wheeler |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 108,484 |
| Percentage2: | 46.38% |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1876 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 7, 1876, as part of the 1876 United States presidential election. North Carolina voters chose 10 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for the president and vice president.[2]
North Carolina was won by Samuel J. Tilden, the former governor of New York (D–New York), running with Thomas A. Hendricks, the governor of Indiana and future vice president, with 53.62% of the popular vote, against Rutherford B. Hayes, the governor of Ohio (R-Ohio), running with Representative William A. Wheeler, with 46.38% of the vote.[2]
This is the only occasion when Unionist, high-altitude Mitchell County has ever voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate.[3]
| County | Samuel Jones Tilden Democratic | Rutherford Birchard Hayes Republican | Margin | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | |||||||||||
| align="center" | Swain | align="center" | 90.71% | align="center" | 410 | align="center" | 9.29% | align="center" | 42 | align="center" | 81.42% | align="center" | 368 |
| align="center" | Catawba | align="center" | 80.78% | align="center" | 1,874 | align="center" | 19.22% | align="center" | 446 | align="center" | 61.55% | align="center" | 1,428 |
| align="center" | Caldwell | align="center" | 80.66% | align="center" | 1,193 | align="center" | 19.34% | align="center" | 286 | align="center" | 61.33% | align="center" | 907 |
| align="center" | Cleveland | align="center" | 78.55% | align="center" | 1,769 | align="center" | 21.45% | align="center" | 483 | align="center" | 57.10% | align="center" | 1,286 |
| align="center" | Alleghany | align="center" | 77.84% | align="center" | 527 | align="center" | 22.16% | align="center" | 150 | align="center" | 55.69% | align="center" | 377 |
| align="center" | Macon | align="center" | 73.19% | align="center" | 770 | align="center" | 26.81% | align="center" | 282 | align="center" | 46.39% | align="center" | 488 |
| align="center" | Watauga | align="center" | 71.63% | align="center" | 712 | align="center" | 28.37% | align="center" | 282 | align="center" | 43.26% | align="center" | 430 |
| align="center" | Jackson | align="center" | 71.41% | align="center" | 652 | align="center" | 28.59% | align="center" | 261 | align="center" | 42.83% | align="center" | 391 |
| align="center" | Currituck | align="center" | 71.37% | align="center" | 992 | align="center" | 28.63% | align="center" | 398 | align="center" | 42.73% | align="center" | 594 |
| align="center" | Alexander | align="center" | 71.09% | align="center" | 846 | align="center" | 28.91% | align="center" | 344 | align="center" | 42.18% | align="center" | 502 |
| align="center" | Onslow | align="center" | 70.54% | align="center" | 1,317 | align="center" | 29.46% | align="center" | 550 | align="center" | 41.08% | align="center" | 767 |
| align="center" | Haywood | align="center" | 70.29% | align="center" | 1,010 | align="center" | 29.71% | align="center" | 427 | align="center" | 40.57% | align="center" | 583 |
| align="center" | Stanly | align="center" | 69.15% | align="center" | 957 | align="center" | 30.85% | align="center" | 427 | align="center" | 38.29% | align="center" | 530 |
| align="center" | Yancey | align="center" | 69.01% | align="center" | 746 | align="center" | 30.99% | align="center" | 335 | align="center" | 38.02% | align="center" | 411 |
| align="center" | Union | align="center" | 68.25% | align="center" | 1,556 | align="center" | 31.75% | align="center" | 724 | align="center" | 36.49% | align="center" | 832 |
| align="center" | Tyrrell | align="center" | 68.20% | align="center" | 549 | align="center" | 31.80% | align="center" | 256 | align="center" | 36.40% | align="center" | 293 |
| align="center" | Burke | align="center" | 67.76% | align="center" | 1,215 | align="center" | 32.24% | align="center" | 578 | align="center" | 35.53% | align="center" | 637 |
| align="center" | Transylvania | align="center" | 66.04% | align="center" | 459 | align="center" | 33.96% | align="center" | 236 | align="center" | 32.09% | align="center" | 223 |
| align="center" | Iredell | align="center" | 65.96% | align="center" | 2,407 | align="center" | 34.04% | align="center" | 1,242 | align="center" | 31.93% | align="center" | 1,165 |
| align="center" | Columbus | align="center" | 65.02% | align="center" | 1,431 | align="center" | 34.98% | align="center" | 770 | align="center" | 30.03% | align="center" | 661 |
| align="center" | Rowan | align="center" | 64.10% | align="center" | 2,189 | align="center" | 35.90% | align="center" | 1,226 | align="center" | 28.20% | align="center" | 963 |
| align="center" | Gates | align="center" | 64.01% | align="center" | 909 | align="center" | 35.99% | align="center" | 511 | align="center" | 28.03% | align="center" | 398 |
| align="center" | Lincoln | align="center" | 63.95% | align="center" | 1,130 | align="center" | 36.05% | align="center" | 637 | align="center" | 27.90% | align="center" | 493 |
| align="center" | McDowell | align="center" | 63.94% | align="center" | 963 | align="center" | 36.06% | align="center" | 543 | align="center" | 27.89% | align="center" | 420 |
| align="center" | Cabarrus | align="center" | 63.90% | align="center" | 1,641 | align="center" | 36.10% | align="center" | 927 | align="center" | 27.80% | align="center" | 714 |
| align="center" | Duplin | align="center" | 63.66% | align="center" | 2,195 | align="center" | 36.34% | align="center" | 1,253 | align="center" | 27.32% | align="center" | 942 |
| align="center" | Clay | align="center" | 63.13% | align="center" | 315 | align="center" | 36.87% | align="center" | 184 | align="center" | 26.25% | align="center" | 131 |
| align="center" | Buncombe | align="center" | 62.67% | align="center" | 1,991 | align="center" | 37.33% | align="center" | 1,186 | align="center" | 25.34% | align="center" | 805 |
| align="center" | Carteret | align="center" | 61.83% | align="center" | 1,150 | align="center" | 38.17% | align="center" | 710 | align="center" | 23.66% | align="center" | 440 |
| align="center" | Gaston | align="center" | 60.53% | align="center" | 1,250 | align="center" | 39.47% | align="center" | 815 | align="center" | 21.07% | align="center" | 435 |
| align="center" | Wilson | align="center" | 60.38% | align="center" | 1,771 | align="center" | 39.62% | align="center" | 1,162 | align="center" | 20.76% | align="center" | 609 |
| align="center" | Davidson | align="center" | 60.30% | align="center" | 1,782 | align="center" | 39.70% | align="center" | 1,173 | align="center" | 20.61% | align="center" | 609 |
| align="center" | Davie | align="center" | 59.61% | align="center" | 1,036 | align="center" | 40.39% | align="center" | 702 | align="center" | 19.22% | align="center" | 334 |
| align="center" | Orange | align="center" | 59.28% | align="center" | 2,428 | align="center" | 40.72% | align="center" | 1,668 | align="center" | 18.55% | align="center" | 760 |
| align="center" | Harnett | align="center" | 59.25% | align="center" | 1,070 | align="center" | 40.75% | align="center" | 736 | align="center" | 18.49% | align="center" | 334 |
| align="center" | Pamlico | align="center" | 59.22% | align="center" | 745 | align="center" | 40.78% | align="center" | 513 | align="center" | 18.44% | align="center" | 232 |
| align="center" | Rockingham | align="center" | 58.99% | align="center" | 2,155 | align="center" | 41.01% | align="center" | 1,498 | align="center" | 17.99% | align="center" | 657 |
| align="center" | Hyde | align="center" | 57.79% | align="center" | 898 | align="center" | 42.21% | align="center" | 656 | align="center" | 15.57% | align="center" | 242 |
| align="center" | Mitchell | align="center" | 57.24% | align="center" | 747 | align="center" | 42.76% | align="center" | 558 | align="center" | 14.48% | align="center" | 189 |
| align="center" | Surry | align="center" | 57.19% | align="center" | 1,352 | align="center" | 42.81% | align="center" | 1,012 | align="center" | 14.38% | align="center" | 340 |
| align="center" | Ashe | align="center" | 56.71% | align="center" | 1,077 | align="center" | 43.29% | align="center" | 822 | align="center" | 13.43% | align="center" | 255 |
| align="center" | Johnston | align="center" | 56.38% | align="center" | 2,174 | align="center" | 43.62% | align="center" | 1,682 | align="center" | 12.76% | align="center" | 492 |
| align="center" | Mecklenburg | align="center" | 56.33% | align="center" | 3,417 | align="center" | 43.67% | align="center" | 2,649 | align="center" | 12.66% | align="center" | 768 |
| align="center" | Dare | align="center" | 56.27% | align="center" | 305 | align="center" | 43.73% | align="center" | 237 | align="center" | 12.55% | align="center" | 68 |
| align="center" | Nash | align="center" | 56.12% | align="center" | 1,716 | align="center" | 43.88% | align="center" | 1,342 | align="center" | 12.23% | align="center" | 374 |
| align="center" | Cherokee | align="center" | 56.11% | align="center" | 680 | align="center" | 43.89% | align="center" | 532 | align="center" | 12.21% | align="center" | 148 |
| align="center" | Sampson | align="center" | 55.75% | align="center" | 2,100 | align="center" | 44.25% | align="center" | 1,667 | align="center" | 11.49% | align="center" | 433 |
| align="center" | Stokes | align="center" | 55.50% | align="center" | 1,222 | align="center" | 44.50% | align="center" | 980 | align="center" | 10.99% | align="center" | 242 |
| align="center" | Camden | align="center" | 55.13% | align="center" | 683 | align="center" | 44.87% | align="center" | 556 | align="center" | 10.25% | align="center" | 127 |
| align="center" | Person | align="center" | 55.05% | align="center" | 1,211 | align="center" | 44.95% | align="center" | 989 | align="center" | 10.09% | align="center" | 222 |
| align="center" | Robeson | align="center" | 54.90% | align="center" | 2,117 | align="center" | 45.10% | align="center" | 1,739 | align="center" | 9.80% | align="center" | 378 |
| align="center" | Anson | align="center" | 54.84% | align="center" | 1,599 | align="center" | 45.16% | align="center" | 1,317 | align="center" | 9.67% | align="center" | 282 |
| align="center" | Polk | align="center" | 54.40% | align="center" | 408 | align="center" | 45.60% | align="center" | 342 | align="center" | 8.80% | align="center" | 66 |
| align="center" | Guilford | align="center" | 54.25% | align="center" | 2,334 | align="center" | 45.75% | align="center" | 1,968 | align="center" | 8.51% | align="center" | 366 |
| align="center" | Martin | align="center" | 53.70% | align="center" | 1,334 | align="center" | 46.30% | align="center" | 1,150 | align="center" | 7.41% | align="center" | 184 |
| align="center" | Rutherford | align="center" | 53.52% | align="center" | 1,278 | align="center" | 46.48% | align="center" | 1,110 | align="center" | 7.04% | align="center" | 168 |
| align="center" | Chatham | align="center" | 53.38% | align="center" | 2,141 | align="center" | 46.62% | align="center" | 1,870 | align="center" | 6.76% | align="center" | 271 |
| align="center" | Moore | align="center" | 53.15% | align="center" | 1,365 | align="center" | 46.85% | align="center" | 1,203 | align="center" | 6.31% | align="center" | 162 |
| align="center" | Randolph | align="center" | 53.06% | align="center" | 1,775 | align="center" | 46.94% | align="center" | 1,570 | align="center" | 6.13% | align="center" | 205 |
| align="center" | Pitt | align="center" | 52.99% | align="center" | 2,136 | align="center" | 47.01% | align="center" | 1,895 | align="center" | 5.98% | align="center" | 241 |
| align="center" | Beaufort | align="center" | 52.76% | align="center" | 1,723 | align="center" | 47.24% | align="center" | 1,543 | align="center" | 5.51% | align="center" | 180 |
| align="center" | Madison | align="center" | 52.43% | align="center" | 895 | align="center" | 47.57% | align="center" | 812 | align="center" | 4.86% | align="center" | 83 |
| align="center" | Cumberland | align="center" | 51.23% | align="center" | 2,230 | align="center" | 48.77% | align="center" | 2,123 | align="center" | 2.46% | align="center" | 107 |
| align="center" | Wayne | align="center" | 51.07% | align="center" | 2,284 | align="center" | 48.93% | align="center" | 2,188 | align="center" | 2.15% | align="center" | 96 |
| align="center" | Henderson | align="center" | 50.94% | align="center" | 784 | align="center" | 49.06% | align="center" | 755 | align="center" | 1.88% | align="center" | 29 |
| align="center" | Bladen | align="center" | 50.13% | align="center" | 1,397 | align="center" | 49.87% | align="center" | 1,390 | align="center" | 0.25% | align="center" | 7 |
| align="center" | Forsyth | align="center" | 49.45% | align="center" | 1,496 | align="center" | 50.55% | align="center" | 1,529 | align="center" | -1.09% | align="center" | -33 |
| align="center" | Granville | align="center" | 49.43% | align="center" | 2,047 | align="center" | 50.57% | align="center" | 2,094 | align="center" | -1.13% | align="center" | -47 |
| align="center" | Franklin | align="center" | 49.38% | align="center" | 1,873 | align="center" | 50.62% | align="center" | 1,920 | align="center" | -1.24% | align="center" | -47 |
| align="center" | Wake | align="center" | 49.28% | align="center" | 4,315 | align="center" | 50.72% | align="center" | 4,441 | align="center" | -1.44% | align="center" | -126 |
| align="center" | Alamance | align="center" | 49.03% | align="center" | 1,391 | align="center" | 50.97% | align="center" | 1,446 | align="center" | -1.94% | align="center" | -55 |
| align="center" | Brunswick | align="center" | 48.97% | align="center" | 1,002 | align="center" | 51.03% | align="center" | 1,044 | align="center" | -2.05% | align="center" | -42 |
| align="center" | Hertford | align="center" | 48.55% | align="center" | 1,020 | align="center" | 51.45% | align="center" | 1,081 | align="center" | -2.90% | align="center" | -61 |
| align="center" | Pender | align="center" | 48.35% | align="center" | 1,172 | align="center" | 51.65% | align="center" | 1,252 | align="center" | -3.30% | align="center" | -80 |
| align="center" | Richmond | align="center" | 48.11% | align="center" | 1,350 | align="center" | 51.89% | align="center" | 1,456 | align="center" | -3.78% | align="center" | -106 |
| align="center" | Wilkes | align="center" | 47.91% | align="center" | 1,384 | align="center" | 52.09% | align="center" | 1,505 | align="center" | -4.19% | align="center" | -121 |
| align="center" | Caswell | align="center" | 47.78% | align="center" | 1,493 | align="center" | 52.22% | align="center" | 1,632 | align="center" | -4.45% | align="center" | -139 |
| align="center" | Montgomery | align="center" | 46.32% | align="center" | 648 | align="center" | 53.68% | align="center" | 751 | align="center" | -7.36% | align="center" | -103 |
| align="center" | Greene | align="center" | 45.64% | align="center" | 896 | align="center" | 54.36% | align="center" | 1,067 | align="center" | -8.71% | align="center" | -171 |
| align="center" | Yadkin | align="center" | 45.45% | align="center" | 905 | align="center" | 54.55% | align="center" | 1,086 | align="center" | -9.09% | align="center" | -181 |
| align="center" | Perquimans | align="center" | 44.92% | align="center" | 832 | align="center" | 55.08% | align="center" | 1,020 | align="center" | -10.15% | align="center" | -188 |
| align="center" | Lenoir | align="center" | 44.63% | align="center" | 1,214 | align="center" | 55.37% | align="center" | 1,506 | align="center" | -10.74% | align="center" | -292 |
| align="center" | Chowan | align="center" | 43.83% | align="center" | 629 | align="center" | 56.17% | align="center" | 806 | align="center" | -12.33% | align="center" | -177 |
| align="center" | Jones | align="center" | 42.70% | align="center" | 597 | align="center" | 57.30% | align="center" | 801 | align="center" | -14.59% | align="center" | -204 |
| align="center" | Pasquotank | align="center" | 40.96% | align="center" | 849 | align="center" | 59.04% | align="center" | 1,224 | align="center" | -18.09% | align="center" | -375 |
| align="center" | Washington | align="center" | 40.78% | align="center" | 692 | align="center" | 59.22% | align="center" | 1,005 | align="center" | -18.44% | align="center" | -313 |
| align="center" | Bertie | align="center" | 40.49% | align="center" | 1,126 | align="center" | 59.51% | align="center" | 1,655 | align="center" | -19.02% | align="center" | -529 |
| align="center" | Northampton | align="center" | 39.39% | align="center" | 1,424 | align="center" | 60.61% | align="center" | 2,191 | align="center" | -21.22% | align="center" | -767 |
| align="center" | New Hanover | align="center" | 35.31% | align="center" | 1,634 | align="center" | 64.69% | align="center" | 2,994 | align="center" | -29.39% | align="center" | -1,360 |
| align="center" | Warren | align="center" | 34.67% | align="center" | 1,326 | align="center" | 65.33% | align="center" | 2,499 | align="center" | -30.67% | align="center" | -1,173 |
| align="center" | Halifax | align="center" | 34.28% | align="center" | 1,683 | align="center" | 65.72% | align="center" | 3,226 | align="center" | -31.43% | align="center" | -1,543 |
| align="center" | Craven | align="center" | 32.10% | align="center" | 1,289 | align="center" | 67.90% | align="center" | 2,727 | align="center" | -35.81% | align="center" | -1,438 |
| align="center" | Edgecombe | align="center" | 30.07% | align="center" | 1,652 | align="center" | 69.93% | align="center" | 3,841 | align="center" | -39.85% | align="center" | -2,189 |
| Totals | 53.62% | 125,427 | 46.38% | 108,484 | 7.24% | 16,943 | |||||||