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The1876 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 7, 1876, as part of the1876 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Connecticut voted for theDemocratic nominee,Samuel J. Tilden, over theRepublican nominee,Rutherford B. Hayes. Tilden won the state by a narrow margin of 2.37%. It was the first time since1852 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 ofHartland.
| 1876 United States presidential election in Connecticut[1] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Democratic | Samuel J. Tilden ofNew York | Thomas A. Hendricks ofIndiana | 61,927 | 50.70% | 6 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican | Rutherford B. Hayes ofOhio | William A. Wheeler ofNew York | 59,033 | 48.33% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Greenback | Peter Cooper ofNew York | Samuel Fenton Cary ofOhio | 774 | 0.63% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Prohibition | Green Clay Smith ofKentucky | Gideon Tabor Stewart ofOhio | 374 | 0.31% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| N/A | Others | Others | 26 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 122,134 | 100.00% | 6 | 100.00% | ||||
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