1876 United States presidential election in Maryland

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1876 United States presidential election in Maryland
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Turnout20.97% Increase 3.75 pp[1]
 
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 8 0
Popular vote 91,779 71,980
Percentage 56.05% 43.95%
County Results
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican

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The 1876 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 7, 1876, as part of the 1876 United States presidential election. Maryland voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.[2]

Maryland 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 56.05% of the popular vote, against Rutherford B. Hayes, the governor of Ohio (R-Ohio), running with Representative William A. Wheeler, with 43.95% of the vote.[2]

Notably, this is the closest any Democrat has come to winning the solidly Republican Garrett County since it was first formed in 1872.[3] This is also the first Presidential election that Garrett County was able to vote in, as it was formed on November 4, 1872.

In this election, Maryland voted 9.09% more Democratic than the nation at-large.[4]

Results

1876 United States presidential election in Maryland[2]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Democratic Samuel J. Tilden of New York Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana 91,779 56.05% 8 100.00%
Republican Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio William A. Wheeler of New York 71,980 43.95% 0 0.00%
Total 163,759 100.00% 8 100.00%

Results by county

County Samuel J. Tilden
Democratic 		Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican 		Peter Cooper
Greenback 		Margin Total
Votes
Cast [5]
# % # % # % # %
Allegany 3,303 50.66% 3,217 49.34% 0 0.00% 86 1.32% 6,520
Anne Arundel 3,130 58.23% 2,245 41.77% 0 0.00% 885 16.47% 5,375
Baltimore (City) 32,199 59.30% 22,058 40.62% 40 0.07% 10,141 18.68% 54,297
Baltimore (County) 7,304 59.36% 5,001 40.64% 0 0.00% 2,303 18.72% 12,305
Calvert 983 48.95% 1,025 51.05% 0 0.00% -42 -2.09% 2,008
Caroline 1,249 53.72% 1,076 46.28% 0 0.00% 173 7.44% 2,325
Carroll 3,305 53.25% 2,902 46.75% 0 0.00% 450 8.19% 6,207
Cecil 2,971 54.10% 2,521 45.90% 0 0.00% 450 8.19% 5,492
Charles 1,657 50.17% 1,646 49.83% 0 0.00% 11 0.33% 3,303
Dorchester 2,082 53.37% 1,819 46.63% 0 0.00% 263 6.74% 3,901
Frederick 4,970 48.58% 5,260 51.42% 0 0.00% -290 -2.83% 10,230
Garrett 978 49.57% 995 50.43% 0 0.00% -17 -0.86% 1,973
Harford 3,026 59.59% 2,052 40.41% 0 0.00% 974 19.18% 5,078
Howard 1,641 57.94% 1,189 41.98% 2 0.07% 452 15.96% 2,832
Kent 1,937 53.48% 1,685 46.52% 0 0.00% 252 6.96% 3,622
Montgomery 2,865 57.89% 2,084 42.11% 0 0.00% 781 15.78% 4,949
Prince George's 2,617 51.85% 2,430 48.15% 0 0.00% 187 3.71% 5,047
Queen Anne's 2,149 59.28% 1,476 40.72% 0 0.00% 673 18.57% 3,625
St. Mary's 1,502 49.38% 1,540 50.62% 0 0.00% -38 1.25% 3,042
Somerset 1,914 51.73% 1,786 48.27% 0 0.00% 128 3.46% 3,700
Talbot 1,812 50.06% 1,808 49.94% 0 0.00% 4 0.11% 3,620
Washington 4,019 50.78% 3,886 49.10% 9 0.11% 133 1.68% 7,915
Wicomico 2,073 65.75% 1,080 34.25% 0 0.00% 993 31.49% 3,153
Worcester 2,693 69.19% 1,199 30.81% 0 0.00% 1,494 38.39% 3,892
Total 91,779 56.05% 71,980 43.95% 19,799 12.10% 163,759

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Liberal Republican to Democratic

See also

References

  1. ^ "1876 Presidential Election Results Maryland turnout".
  2. ^ a b c "1876 Presidential Election Results Maryland".
  3. ^ "Maryland". Google Docs. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  4. ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
  5. ^ "County Project (WIP)". Google Docs. Retrieved November 1, 2022.