See main article: 1876 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1876 United States presidential election in South Carolina |
| Country: | South Carolina |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1872 United States presidential election in South Carolina |
| Previous Year: | 1872 |
| Next Election: | 1880 United States presidential election in South Carolina |
| 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: | 7 |
| Popular Vote1: | 91,786 |
| Percentage1: | 50.24% |
| Nominee2: | Samuel J. Tilden |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | New York |
| Running Mate2: | Thomas A. Hendricks |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 90,897 |
| Percentage2: | 49.76% |
| Map Size: | 325px |
| 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 South Carolina took place on November 7, 1876, as part of the 1876 United States presidential election. Voters chose 7 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
South Carolina voted for the Republican nominee, Rutherford B. Hayes, over the Democratic nominee, Samuel J. Tilden. Hayes won the state by a very narrow margin of 0.48%, only 889 votes. Events such as the Hamburg massacre served to dissuade many Republican voters.[1] This would be the last time a Republican presidential candidate would win South Carolina until Barry Goldwater carried the state in 1964. Had Tilden won South Carolina, he would have won the election.
Due to Jim Crow laws disenfranchising many Black voters as well as some poor white voters, the total vote count of 182,683 votes cast in this election would not be surpassed until 1952, 76 years later. In fact, between 1884 and 1928, the total vote did not even pass 100,000.