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]
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| Turnout | 21.83%  6.41 pp[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 County Results
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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]
Results
edit| United States presidential election in North Carolina, 1876[2] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Democratic | Samuel J. Tilden of New York | Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana | 125,427 | 53.62% | 10 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican | Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio | William A. Wheeler of New York | 108,484 | 46.38% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 233,911 | 100.00% | 10 | 100.00% | ||||
Results by county
edit| County | Samuel Jones Tilden Democratic |
Rutherford Birchard Hayes Republican |
Margin | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | # | % | # | % | # | |
| Swain | 90.71% | 410 | 9.29% | 42 | 81.42% | 368 |
| Catawba | 80.78% | 1,874 | 19.22% | 446 | 61.55% | 1,428 |
| Caldwell | 80.66% | 1,193 | 19.34% | 286 | 61.33% | 907 |
| Cleveland | 78.55% | 1,769 | 21.45% | 483 | 57.10% | 1,286 |
| Alleghany | 77.84% | 527 | 22.16% | 150 | 55.69% | 377 |
| Macon | 73.19% | 770 | 26.81% | 282 | 46.39% | 488 |
| Watauga | 71.63% | 712 | 28.37% | 282 | 43.26% | 430 |
| Jackson | 71.41% | 652 | 28.59% | 261 | 42.83% | 391 |
| Currituck | 71.37% | 992 | 28.63% | 398 | 42.73% | 594 |
| Alexander | 71.09% | 846 | 28.91% | 344 | 42.18% | 502 |
| Onslow | 70.54% | 1,317 | 29.46% | 550 | 41.08% | 767 |
| Haywood | 70.29% | 1,010 | 29.71% | 427 | 40.57% | 583 |
| Stanly | 69.15% | 957 | 30.85% | 427 | 38.29% | 530 |
| Yancey | 69.01% | 746 | 30.99% | 335 | 38.02% | 411 |
| Union | 68.25% | 1,556 | 31.75% | 724 | 36.49% | 832 |
| Tyrrell | 68.20% | 549 | 31.80% | 256 | 36.40% | 293 |
| Burke | 67.76% | 1,215 | 32.24% | 578 | 35.53% | 637 |
| Transylvania | 66.04% | 459 | 33.96% | 236 | 32.09% | 223 |
| Iredell | 65.96% | 2,407 | 34.04% | 1,242 | 31.93% | 1,165 |
| Columbus | 65.02% | 1,431 | 34.98% | 770 | 30.03% | 661 |
| Rowan | 64.10% | 2,189 | 35.90% | 1,226 | 28.20% | 963 |
| Gates | 64.01% | 909 | 35.99% | 511 | 28.03% | 398 |
| Lincoln | 63.95% | 1,130 | 36.05% | 637 | 27.90% | 493 |
| McDowell | 63.94% | 963 | 36.06% | 543 | 27.89% | 420 |
| Cabarrus | 63.90% | 1,641 | 36.10% | 927 | 27.80% | 714 |
| Duplin | 63.66% | 2,195 | 36.34% | 1,253 | 27.32% | 942 |
| Clay | 63.13% | 315 | 36.87% | 184 | 26.25% | 131 |
| Buncombe | 62.67% | 1,991 | 37.33% | 1,186 | 25.34% | 805 |
| Carteret | 61.83% | 1,150 | 38.17% | 710 | 23.66% | 440 |
| Gaston | 60.53% | 1,250 | 39.47% | 815 | 21.07% | 435 |
| Wilson | 60.38% | 1,771 | 39.62% | 1,162 | 20.76% | 609 |
| Davidson | 60.30% | 1,782 | 39.70% | 1,173 | 20.61% | 609 |
| Davie | 59.61% | 1,036 | 40.39% | 702 | 19.22% | 334 |
| Orange | 59.28% | 2,428 | 40.72% | 1,668 | 18.55% | 760 |
| Harnett | 59.25% | 1,070 | 40.75% | 736 | 18.49% | 334 |
| Pamlico | 59.22% | 745 | 40.78% | 513 | 18.44% | 232 |
| Rockingham | 58.99% | 2,155 | 41.01% | 1,498 | 17.99% | 657 |
| Hyde | 57.79% | 898 | 42.21% | 656 | 15.57% | 242 |
| Mitchell | 57.24% | 747 | 42.76% | 558 | 14.48% | 189 |
| Surry | 57.19% | 1,352 | 42.81% | 1,012 | 14.38% | 340 |
| Ashe | 56.71% | 1,077 | 43.29% | 822 | 13.43% | 255 |
| Johnston | 56.38% | 2,174 | 43.62% | 1,682 | 12.76% | 492 |
| Mecklenburg | 56.33% | 3,417 | 43.67% | 2,649 | 12.66% | 768 |
| Dare | 56.27% | 305 | 43.73% | 237 | 12.55% | 68 |
| Nash | 56.12% | 1,716 | 43.88% | 1,342 | 12.23% | 374 |
| Cherokee | 56.11% | 680 | 43.89% | 532 | 12.21% | 148 |
| Sampson | 55.75% | 2,100 | 44.25% | 1,667 | 11.49% | 433 |
| Stokes | 55.50% | 1,222 | 44.50% | 980 | 10.99% | 242 |
| Camden | 55.13% | 683 | 44.87% | 556 | 10.25% | 127 |
| Person | 55.05% | 1,211 | 44.95% | 989 | 10.09% | 222 |
| Robeson | 54.90% | 2,117 | 45.10% | 1,739 | 9.80% | 378 |
| Anson | 54.84% | 1,599 | 45.16% | 1,317 | 9.67% | 282 |
| Polk | 54.40% | 408 | 45.60% | 342 | 8.80% | 66 |
| Guilford | 54.25% | 2,334 | 45.75% | 1,968 | 8.51% | 366 |
| Martin | 53.70% | 1,334 | 46.30% | 1,150 | 7.41% | 184 |
| Rutherford | 53.52% | 1,278 | 46.48% | 1,110 | 7.04% | 168 |
| Chatham | 53.38% | 2,141 | 46.62% | 1,870 | 6.76% | 271 |
| Moore | 53.15% | 1,365 | 46.85% | 1,203 | 6.31% | 162 |
| Randolph | 53.06% | 1,775 | 46.94% | 1,570 | 6.13% | 205 |
| Pitt | 52.99% | 2,136 | 47.01% | 1,895 | 5.98% | 241 |
| Beaufort | 52.76% | 1,723 | 47.24% | 1,543 | 5.51% | 180 |
| Madison | 52.43% | 895 | 47.57% | 812 | 4.86% | 83 |
| Cumberland | 51.23% | 2,230 | 48.77% | 2,123 | 2.46% | 107 |
| Wayne | 51.07% | 2,284 | 48.93% | 2,188 | 2.15% | 96 |
| Henderson | 50.94% | 784 | 49.06% | 755 | 1.88% | 29 |
| Bladen | 50.13% | 1,397 | 49.87% | 1,390 | 0.25% | 7 |
| Forsyth | 49.45% | 1,496 | 50.55% | 1,529 | -1.09% | -33 |
| Granville | 49.43% | 2,047 | 50.57% | 2,094 | -1.13% | -47 |
| Franklin | 49.38% | 1,873 | 50.62% | 1,920 | -1.24% | -47 |
| Wake | 49.28% | 4,315 | 50.72% | 4,441 | -1.44% | -126 |
| Alamance | 49.03% | 1,391 | 50.97% | 1,446 | -1.94% | -55 |
| Brunswick | 48.97% | 1,002 | 51.03% | 1,044 | -2.05% | -42 |
| Hertford | 48.55% | 1,020 | 51.45% | 1,081 | -2.90% | -61 |
| Pender | 48.35% | 1,172 | 51.65% | 1,252 | -3.30% | -80 |
| Richmond | 48.11% | 1,350 | 51.89% | 1,456 | -3.78% | -106 |
| Wilkes | 47.91% | 1,384 | 52.09% | 1,505 | -4.19% | -121 |
| Caswell | 47.78% | 1,493 | 52.22% | 1,632 | -4.45% | -139 |
| Montgomery | 46.32% | 648 | 53.68% | 751 | -7.36% | -103 |
| Greene | 45.64% | 896 | 54.36% | 1,067 | -8.71% | -171 |
| Yadkin | 45.45% | 905 | 54.55% | 1,086 | -9.09% | -181 |
| Perquimans | 44.92% | 832 | 55.08% | 1,020 | -10.15% | -188 |
| Lenoir | 44.63% | 1,214 | 55.37% | 1,506 | -10.74% | -292 |
| Chowan | 43.83% | 629 | 56.17% | 806 | -12.33% | -177 |
| Jones | 42.70% | 597 | 57.30% | 801 | -14.59% | -204 |
| Pasquotank | 40.96% | 849 | 59.04% | 1,224 | -18.09% | -375 |
| Washington | 40.78% | 692 | 59.22% | 1,005 | -18.44% | -313 |
| Bertie | 40.49% | 1,126 | 59.51% | 1,655 | -19.02% | -529 |
| Northampton | 39.39% | 1,424 | 60.61% | 2,191 | -21.22% | -767 |
| New Hanover | 35.31% | 1,634 | 64.69% | 2,994 | -29.39% | -1,360 |
| Warren | 34.67% | 1,326 | 65.33% | 2,499 | -30.67% | -1,173 |
| Halifax | 34.28% | 1,683 | 65.72% | 3,226 | -31.43% | -1,543 |
| Craven | 32.10% | 1,289 | 67.90% | 2,727 | -35.81% | -1,438 |
| Edgecombe | 30.07% | 1,652 | 69.93% | 3,841 | -39.85% | -2,189 |
| Totals[a] | 53.62% | 125,427 | 46.38% | 108,484 | 7.24% | 16,943 |
Notes
edit- ^ No returns were canvassed for Graham County and voters in this county were presumably listed in neighbouring counties.
References
edit- ^ "1876 Presidential Election Results North Carolina turnout".
- ^ a b c "1876 Presidential Election Results North Carolina".
- ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 265-271 ISBN 0786422173