1876 United States presidential election in Wisconsin explained

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Election Name:	1876 United States presidential election in Wisconsin
Country:	Wisconsin
Flag Year:	1866
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1872 United States presidential election in Wisconsin
Previous Year:	1872
Next Election:	1880 United States presidential election in Wisconsin
Next Year:	1880
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:	10
Popular Vote1:	130,070
Percentage1:	50.57%
Nominee2:	Samuel J. Tilden
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	New York
Running Mate2:	Thomas A. Hendricks
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	123,930
Percentage2:	48.19%
Map Size:	315px
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 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.

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

+ 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	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	136
	Communist		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				257,184

Results by county

County	Rutherford B. Hayes Republican		Samuel J. Tilden Democratic		Peter Cooper Greenback		All Others Various		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%
	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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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

• Buffalo

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Ashland
• Brown
• Chippewa
• Crawford
• Dane
• Wood

See also

• United States presidential elections in Wisconsin

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1876 Presidential General Election Results – Wisconsin. August 18, 2016.
2. 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. Book: Annual Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Wisconsin for the Fiscal Year ending September 30, 1877. Appendix "M". Wisconsin Secretary of State. 196-203. Madison, Wisconsin.