Connecticut voted for the Democratic nominee, Samuel J. Tilden, over the Republican nominee, Rutherford B. Hayes. Tilden won the state by a narrow margin of 2.37%. It was the first time since 1852 that a Democratic presidential candidate won Connecticut. Likewise, this was the first election in which a Republican presidential candidate won without Connecticut.
To date, this is the most recent presidential election in which the Democratic nominee carried the town of Hartland.
Results
1876 United States presidential election in Connecticut[1]
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