See main article: 1876 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1876 United States presidential election in West Virginia |
| Country: | West Virginia |
| Flag Year: | 1846 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1872 United States presidential election in West Virginia |
| Previous Year: | 1872 |
| Next Election: | 1880 United States presidential election in West Virginia |
| Next Year: | 1880 |
| 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: | 5 |
| Popular Vote1: | 56,546 |
| Percentage1: | 56.75% |
| Nominee2: | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Ohio |
| Running Mate2: | William A. Wheeler |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 41,997 |
| Percentage2: | 42.15% |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Map Size: | 300px |
The 1876 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 7, 1876, as part of the 1876 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose five representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.[1]
West Virginia 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 56.75% of the popular vote, against Rutherford B. Hayes, the governor of Ohio (R-Ohio), running with Representative William A. Wheeler, with 42.15% of the vote.[1]
With his win, Tilden became the first Democratic presidential candidate to win West Virginia. Doddridge County voted Democratic only once since, in 1964. The Greenback Party chose industrialist Peter Cooper and former representative Samuel Fenton Cary, received 1.11% of the vote.