1876 United States presidential election in Wisconsin
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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.[a]
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
[edit]| 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[b] | 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[c] | 136 | |
| Communist[d] | 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[e] | 257,184 | |||
Results by county
[edit]| County[2][3] | Rutherford B. Hayes Republican |
Samuel J. Tilden Democratic |
Peter Cooper Greenback |
All Others[f] Various |
Margin | Total votes cast[g] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| 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[h] | 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[i] | 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[j] | 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[k] | 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[l] | 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[m] | 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[n] | 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[o] | 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
[edit]Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
[edit]See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ While both Grover Cleveland in 1892 and Woodrow Wilson in 1912 won Wisconsin, they did so with pluralities less than the share received by Tilden in 1876.
- ^ Appears to have replaced Daniel L. Downs on some Republican ballots
- ^ Appears to have been a misspelling of W. H. Hiner on some Republican ballots in Jefferson County
- ^ This is not the same as communist parties of the 20th century
- ^ Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
- ^ These votes are Scattering unless otherwise noted
- ^ Based on highest elector on each ticket
- ^ 3 for Walker, 1 for Smith
- ^ 1 for Communist
- ^ 1 for Smith
- ^ 15 for Communist
- ^ 16 for Communist, 4 for Walker
- ^ 25 for Smith
- ^ 21 for Walker
- ^ 1 for Walker
References
[edit]- ^ "1876 Presidential General Election Results – Wisconsin". Retrieved August 18, 2016.
- ^ a b 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
- ^ a b Wisconsin Secretary of State. "Appendix "M"". Annual Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Wisconsin for the Fiscal Year ending September 30, 1877. Madison, Wisconsin. pp. 196–203.
