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1876 United States presidential election in New Jersey
← 1872 November 7, 1876 1880 →
 
Nominee Samuel J. Tilden Rutherford B. Hayes
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Ohio
Running mate Thomas A. Hendricks William A. Wheeler
Electoral vote 9 0
Popular vote 115,962 103,517
Percentage 52.66% 47.01%
County Results

Tilden

  50-60%   60-70%

Hayes

  50-60%

President before election

Ulysses S. Grant
Republican

Elected President

Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican

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The 1876 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place on November 7, 1876, as part of the 1876 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

New Jersey voted for the Democratic nominee, Samuel J. Tilden, over the Republican nominee, Rutherford B. Hayes. Tilden won the state by a narrow margin of 5.65%.

Results

1876 United States presidential election in New Jersey
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Democratic Samuel J. Tilden of New York Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana 115,962 52.66% 9 100.00%
Republican Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio William A. Wheeler of New York 103,517 47.01% 0 0.00%
Greenback Peter Cooper of New York Samuel Fenton Cary of Ohio 714 0.32% 0 0.00%
Total 220,193 100.00% 9 100.00%

Results by county

County Samuel Jones Tilden
Democratic 		Rutherford Birchard Hayes
Republican 		Peter Cooper
Greenback 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Atlantic 1,440 46.09% 1,667 53.36% 17 0.54% -227 -7.27% 3,124
Bergen 4,357 57.25% 3,253 42.75% 0 0.00% 1,104 14.50% 7,610
Burlington 6,468 50.13% 6,402 49.62% 33 0.26% 66 0.51% 12,903
Camden 5,200 44.11% 6,563 55.67% 26 0.22% -1,363 -11.56% 11,789
Cape May 866 45.08% 1,055 54.92% 0 0.00% -189 -9.84% 1,921
Cumberland 3,399 44.41% 3,944 51.53% 311 4.06% -545 -7.12% 7,654
Essex 16,132 47.02% 18,037 52.57% 141 0.41% -1,905 -5.55% 34,310
Gloucester 2,577 45.04% 3,006 52.54% 138 2.41% -429 -7.50% 5,721
Hudson 17,764 61.83% 10,958 38.14% 9 0.03% 6,806 23.69% 28,731
Hunterdon 5,781 60.92% 3,709 39.08% 0 0.00% 2,072 21.83% 9,490
Mercer 6,035 49.76% 6,088 50.20% 4 0.03% -53 -0.44% 12,127
Middlesex 5,846 52.68% 5,243 47.25% 8 0.07% 603 5.53% 11,097
Monmouth 6,942 59.54% 4,709 40.39% 8 0.07% 2,233 19.15% 11,659
Morris 5,118 49.68% 5,183 50.31% 0 0.00% -65 -0.63% 10,301
Ocean 1,563 45.90% 1,834 53.86% 8 0.23% -271 -7.96% 3,405
Passaic 5,304 48.15% 5,708 51.82% 3 0.03% -404 -3.67% 11,015
Salem 2,843 48.96% 2,952 50.84% 12 0.21% -109 -1.88% 5,807
Somerset 3,179 51.37% 3,009 48.62% 1 0.02% 170 2.75% 6,189
Sussex 3,706 64.53% 2,037 35.47% 0 0.00% 1,669 29.06% 5,743
Union 5,994 53.86% 5,134 46.14% 0 0.00% 860 7.72% 11,128
Warren 5,442 64.32% 3,016 35.65% 3 0.04% 2,426 28.67% 8,461
Totals 115,962 52.66% 103,517 47.01% 722 0.33% 12,445 5.65% 220,185

See also

References

  1. "1876 Presidential General Election Results - New Jersey".
State and district results of the 1876 United States presidential election
Electoral map, 1876 election


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