See main article: article and 1876 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1876 United States presidential election in Ohio |
| Country: | Ohio |
| Flag Year: | 1902 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1872 United States presidential election in Ohio |
| Previous Year: | 1872 |
| Next Election: | 1880 United States presidential election in Ohio |
| Next Year: | 1880 |
| Election Date: | November 7, 1876 |
| 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: | 22 |
| Popular Vote1: | 330,698 |
| Percentage1: | 50.21% |
| Nominee2: | Samuel J. Tilden |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | New York |
| Running Mate2: | Thomas A. Hendricks |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 323,182 |
| Percentage2: | 49.07% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| 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 Ohio was held on November 7, 1876, as part of the 1876 United States presidential election. State voters chose 22 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Ohio was narrowly won by the Republican Party candidate and native son, Rutherford B. Hayes, with 50.21% of the popular vote. The Democratic Party candidate, Samuel J. Tilden, garnered 49.07% of the popular vote.[1] This marks the weakest performance in Ohio for any victorious Republican candidate, seeing as no Republican has won the White House without carrying Ohio. Had Tilden won the state, he would have won the election.
| 1876 United States presidential election in Ohio | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Rutherford B. Hayes | 330,698 | 50.21% | 22 | |
| Democratic | Samuel J. Tilden | 323,182 | 49.07% | 0 | |
| Greenback | Peter Cooper | 3,057 | 0.46% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Green Smith | 1,636 | 0.25% | 0 | |
| American National Party | James Walker | 76 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Totals | 658,649 | 100.0% | 22 | ||
| County | Rutherford B. Hayes[2] Republican | Samuel J. Tilden Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Adams | 2,141 | 45.47% | 2,546 | 54.07% | 22 | 0.47% | -405 | -8.60% | 4,709 | ||||||||||
| Allen | 2,481 | 41.23% | 3,518 | 58.47% | 18 | 0.30% | -1,037 | -17.23% | 6,017 | ||||||||||
| Ashland | 2,387 | 44.09% | 3,021 | 55.80% | 6 | 0.11% | -634 | -11.71% | 5,414 | ||||||||||
| Ashtabula | 6,771 | 74.31% | 2,294 | 25.18% | 47 | 0.52% | 4,477 | 49.13% | 9,112 | ||||||||||
| Athens | 3,413 | 60.19% | 2,195 | 38.71% | 62 | 1.09% | 1,218 | 21.48% | 5,670 | ||||||||||
| Auglaize | 1,521 | 29.90% | 3,560 | 69.98% | 6 | 0.12% | -2,039 | -40.08% | 5,087 | ||||||||||
| Belmont | 4,976 | 49.56% | 5,024 | 50.03% | 41 | 0.41% | -48 | -0.48% | 10,041 | ||||||||||
| Brown | 2,956 | 41.96% | 4,068 | 57.74% | 21 | 0.30% | -1,112 | -15.78% | 7,045 | ||||||||||
| Butler | 3,351 | 35.68% | 6,029 | 64.20% | 11 | 0.12% | -2,678 | -28.52% | 9,391 | ||||||||||
| Carroll | 2,060 | 56.94% | 1,554 | 42.95% | 4 | 0.11% | 506 | 13.99% | 3,618 | ||||||||||
| Champaign | 3,528 | 54.99% | 2,872 | 44.76% | 16 | 0.25% | 656 | 10.22% | 6,416 | ||||||||||
| Clark | 5,136 | 58.86% | 3,542 | 40.59% | 48 | 0.55% | 1,594 | 18.27% | 8,726 | ||||||||||
| Clermont | 3,848 | 47.06% | 4,315 | 52.77% | 14 | 0.17% | -467 | -5.71% | 8,177 | ||||||||||
| Clinton | 3,500 | 62.30% | 2,048 | 36.45% | 70 | 1.25% | 1,452 | 25.85% | 5,618 | ||||||||||
| Columbiana | 5,417 | 55.87% | 4,000 | 41.25% | 279 | 2.88% | 1,417 | 14.61% | 9,696 | ||||||||||
| Coshocton | 2,518 | 43.16% | 3,312 | 56.77% | 4 | 0.07% | -794 | -13.61% | 5,834 | ||||||||||
| Crawford | 2,312 | 34.54% | 4,365 | 65.22% | 16 | 0.24% | -2,053 | -30.67% | 6,693 | ||||||||||
| Cuyahoga | 18,198 | 55.21% | 14,425 | 43.76% | 340 | 1.03% | 3,773 | 11.45% | 32,963 | ||||||||||
| Darke | 3,577 | 43.38% | 4,667 | 56.60% | 1 | 0.01% | -1,090 | -13.22% | 8,245 | ||||||||||
| Defiance | 1,520 | 34.43% | 2,888 | 65.41% | 7 | 0.16% | -1,368 | -30.99% | 4,415 | ||||||||||
| Delaware | 3,237 | 52.25% | 2,809 | 45.34% | 149 | 2.41% | 428 | 6.91% | 6,195 | ||||||||||
| Erie | 3,158 | 49.40% | 3,112 | 48.68% | 123 | 1.92% | 46 | 0.72% | 6,393 | ||||||||||
| Fairfield | 2,770 | 37.57% | 4,597 | 62.36% | 5 | 0.07% | -1,827 | -24.78% | 7,372 | ||||||||||
| Fayette | 2,436 | 55.59% | 1,874 | 42.77% | 72 | 1.64% | 562 | 12.83% | 4,382 | ||||||||||
| Franklin | 7,557 | 44.36% | 9,383 | 55.07% | 97 | 0.57% | -1,826 | -10.72% | 17,037 | ||||||||||
| Fulton | 2,697 | 61.99% | 1,597 | 36.70% | 57 | 1.31% | 1,100 | 25.28% | 4,351 | ||||||||||
| Gallia | 3,202 | 58.07% | 2,302 | 41.75% | 10 | 0.18% | 900 | 16.32% | 5,514 | ||||||||||
| Geauga | 3,004 | 78.62% | 808 | 21.15% | 9 | 0.24% | 2,196 | 57.47% | 3,821 | ||||||||||
| Greene | 4,488 | 63.67% | 2,494 | 35.38% | 67 | 0.95% | 1,994 | 28.29% | 7,049 | ||||||||||
| Guernsey | 3,106 | 55.60% | 2,460 | 44.04% | 20 | 0.36% | 646 | 11.56% | 5,586 | ||||||||||
| Hamilton | 28,869 | 49.46% | 29,451 | 50.46% | 43 | 0.07% | -582 | -1.00% | 58,363 | ||||||||||
| Hancock | 2,811 | 46.59% | 3,215 | 53.28% | 8 | 0.13% | -404 | -6.70% | 6,034 | ||||||||||
| Hardin | 2,830 | 50.98% | 2,702 | 48.68% | 19 | 0.34% | 128 | 2.31% | 5,551 | ||||||||||
| Harrison | 2,564 | 55.55% | 2,020 | 43.76% | 32 | 0.69% | 544 | 11.79% | 4,616 | ||||||||||
| Henry | 1,527 | 38.36% | 2,445 | 61.42% | 9 | 0.23% | -918 | -23.06% | 3,981 | ||||||||||
| Highland | 3,341 | 50.06% | 3,323 | 49.79% | 10 | 0.15% | 18 | 0.27% | 6,674 | ||||||||||
| Hocking | 1,475 | 39.47% | 2,259 | 60.45% | 3 | 0.08% | -784 | -20.98% | 3,737 | ||||||||||
| Holmes | 1,241 | 28.12% | 3,171 | 71.84% | 2 | 0.05% | -1,930 | -43.72% | 4,414 | ||||||||||
| Huron | 4,504 | 59.37% | 3,014 | 39.73% | 68 | 0.90% | 1,490 | 19.64% | 7,586 | ||||||||||
| Jackson | 2,522 | 56.24% | 1,954 | 43.58% | 8 | 0.18% | 568 | 12.67% | 4,484 | ||||||||||
| Jefferson | 4,067 | 57.87% | 2,922 | 41.58% | 39 | 0.55% | 1,145 | 16.29% | 7,028 | ||||||||||
| Knox | 3,151 | 48.15% | 3,301 | 50.44% | 92 | 1.41% | -150 | -2.29% | 6,544 | ||||||||||
| Lake | 2,941 | 71.28% | 1,141 | 27.65% | 44 | 1.07% | 1,800 | 43.63% | 4,126 | ||||||||||
| Lawrence | 3,975 | 57.15% | 2,949 | 42.40% | 31 | 0.45% | 1,026 | 14.75% | 6,955 | ||||||||||
| Licking | 3,962 | 41.84% | 5,473 | 57.79% | 35 | 0.37% | -1,511 | -15.96% | 9,470 | ||||||||||
| Logan | 3,259 | 57.98% | 2,286 | 40.67% | 76 | 1.35% | 973 | 17.31% | 5,621 | ||||||||||
| Lorain | 5,187 | 65.28% | 2,720 | 34.23% | 39 | 0.49% | 2,467 | 31.05% | 7,946 | ||||||||||
| Lucas | 6,524 | 54.55% | 5,155 | 43.10% | 281 | 2.35% | 1,369 | 11.45% | 11,960 | ||||||||||
| Madison | 2,191 | 50.24% | 2,145 | 49.19% | 25 | 0.57% | 46 | 1.05% | 4,361 | ||||||||||
| Mahoning | 3,921 | 48.47% | 3,691 | 45.62% | 478 | 5.91% | 230 | 2.84% | 8,090 | ||||||||||
| Marion | 1,918 | 42.23% | 2,603 | 57.31% | 21 | 0.46% | -685 | -15.08% | 4,542 | ||||||||||
| Medina | 3,119 | 58.39% | 2,192 | 41.03% | 31 | 0.58% | 927 | 17.35% | 5,342 | ||||||||||
| Meigs | 3,962 | 58.67% | 2,773 | 41.06% | 18 | 0.27% | 1,189 | 17.61% | 6,753 | ||||||||||
| Mercer | 1,128 | 28.39% | 2,840 | 71.48% | 5 | 0.13% | -1,712 | -43.09% | 3,973 | ||||||||||
| Miami | 4,388 | 55.40% | 3,509 | 44.31% | 23 | 0.29% | 879 | 11.10% | 7,920 | ||||||||||
| Monroe | 1,462 | 27.72% | 3,805 | 72.15% | 7 | 0.13% | -2,343 | -44.43% | 5,274 | ||||||||||
| Montgomery | 7,921 | 46.82% | 8,971 | 53.02% | 27 | 0.16% | -1,050 | -6.21% | 16,919 | ||||||||||
| Morgan | 2,376 | 51.75% | 2,108 | 45.92% | 107 | 2.33% | 268 | 5.84% | 4,591 | ||||||||||
| Morrow | 2,450 | 53.47% | 2,046 | 44.65% | 86 | 1.88% | 404 | 8.82% | 4,582 | ||||||||||
| Muskingum | 5,232 | 48.66% | 5,457 | 50.75% | 63 | 0.59% | -225 | -2.09% | 10,752 | ||||||||||
| Noble | 2,225 | 50.86% | 2,096 | 47.91% | 54 | 1.23% | 129 | 2.95% | 4,375 | ||||||||||
| Ottawa | 1,336 | 37.70% | 2,208 | 62.30% | 0 | 0.00% | -872 | -24.60% | 3,544 | ||||||||||
| Paulding | 1,313 | 52.67% | 1,180 | 47.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 133 | 5.33% | 2,493 | ||||||||||
| Perry | 2,084 | 40.22% | 2,810 | 54.24% | 287 | 5.54% | -726 | -14.01% | 5,181 | ||||||||||
| Pickaway | 2,565 | 43.03% | 3,389 | 56.85% | 7 | 0.12% | -824 | -13.82% | 5,961 | ||||||||||
| Pike | 1,465 | 41.14% | 2,096 | 58.86% | 0 | 0.00% | -631 | -17.72% | 3,561 | ||||||||||
| Portage | 3,712 | 54.92% | 3,006 | 44.47% | 41 | 0.61% | 706 | 10.45% | 6,759 | ||||||||||
| Preble | 3,004 | 53.46% | 2,551 | 45.40% | 64 | 1.14% | 453 | 8.06% | 5,619 | ||||||||||
| Putnam | 1,606 | 33.56% | 3,174 | 66.33% | 5 | 0.10% | -1,568 | -32.77% | 4,785 | ||||||||||
| Richland | 3,649 | 45.19% | 4,407 | 54.58% | 18 | 0.22% | -758 | -9.39% | 8,074 | ||||||||||
| Ross | 4,177 | 48.42% | 4,431 | 51.36% | 19 | 0.22% | -254 | -2.94% | 8,627 | ||||||||||
| Sandusky | 3,032 | 47.31% | 3,330 | 51.96% | 47 | 0.73% | -298 | -4.65% | 6,409 | ||||||||||
| Scioto | 3,359 | 52.55% | 3,025 | 47.32% | 8 | 0.13% | 334 | 5.23% | 6,392 | ||||||||||
| Seneca | 3,793 | 45.57% | 4,515 | 54.25% | 15 | 0.18% | -722 | -8.67% | 8,323 | ||||||||||
| Shelby | 1,985 | 38.72% | 3,141 | 61.28% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,156 | -22.55% | 5,126 | ||||||||||
| Stark | 6,410 | 48.16% | 6,772 | 50.88% | 127 | 0.95% | -362 | -2.72% | 13,309 | ||||||||||
| Summit | 5,055 | 56.59% | 3,804 | 42.59% | 73 | 0.82% | 1,251 | 14.01% | 8,932 | ||||||||||
| Trumbull | 6,133 | 63.77% | 3,030 | 31.51% | 454 | 4.72% | 3,103 | 32.27% | 9,617 | ||||||||||
| Tuscarawas | 3,574 | 43.95% | 4,545 | 55.89% | 13 | 0.16% | -971 | -11.94% | 8,132 | ||||||||||
| Union | 2,939 | 58.37% | 2,072 | 41.15% | 24 | 0.48% | 867 | 17.22% | 5,035 | ||||||||||
| Van Wert | 2,290 | 48.72% | 2,410 | 51.28% | 0 | 0.00% | -120 | -2.55% | 4,700 | ||||||||||
| Vinton | 1,533 | 45.58% | 1,817 | 54.03% | 13 | 0.39% | -284 | -8.44% | 3,363 | ||||||||||
| Warren | 4,146 | 61.79% | 2,559 | 38.14% | 5 | 0.07% | 1,587 | 23.65% | 6,710 | ||||||||||
| Washington | 4,361 | 49.09% | 4,492 | 50.56% | 31 | 0.35% | -131 | -1.47% | 8,884 | ||||||||||
| Wayne | 4,009 | 46.40% | 4,598 | 53.21% | 34 | 0.39% | -589 | -6.82% | 8,641 | ||||||||||
| Williams | 2,701 | 51.39% | 2,546 | 48.44% | 9 | 0.17% | 155 | 2.95% | 5,256 | ||||||||||
| Wood | 4,079 | 55.59% | 3,245 | 44.23% | 13 | 0.18% | 834 | 11.37% | 7,337 | ||||||||||
| Wyandot | 2,079 | 44.22% | 2,619 | 55.71% | 3 | 0.06% | -540 | -11.49% | 4,701 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 330,698 | 50.21% | 323,182 | 49.07% | 4,769 | 1.72% | 7,516 | 1.14% | 658,649 | ||||||||||