Candidate

Rutherford B. Hayes

Republican

Elections

Won

Electoral votes, all elections

185

Years

1876

Record

Rutherford B. Hayes: result of each presidential election
Year	Electoral votes	Popular vote	Result
1876	185 of 369	4,033,391 48.0%	Won

Popular vote is the sum of the sourced state counts, shown only where every state that held a popular vote has one; sums from county returns (1868–1972) can run a few tenths of a point below national totals published elsewhere.

Electoral votesNational Archives, Electoral College results: 1876 (public domain, read 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

SourcesThe Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1878 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); Algara & Amlani, U.S. county presidential returns 1868-2020 (CC0 1.0, retrieved 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

Election by election

1876Republican · Won

States carried · 21 of 38

Closest states won

South Carolinaby 889 · 0.5 pts
Ohioby 7,516 · 1.1 pts
Californiaby 2,769 · 1.8 pts

Closest states lost

IndianaTilden by 5,515 · 1.3 pts
ConnecticutTilden by 2,900 · 2.4 pts
New YorkTilden by 32,742 · 3.2 pts

Margins computed for 37 of 38 states: those with a sourced popular vote that names Hayes.

From the National Archives

The electoral votes of four states were disputed. Congress referred the matter to the Electoral Commission, which it established for the sole purpose of determining the winner of the election. The Electoral Commission gave the decision to Rutherford B. Hayes.

National Archives, Electoral College results for 1876, archives.gov, read October 3, 2026. Quoted as published.