Who won Colorado in the 1876 presidential election?

Hayes (Republican) carried Colorado in 1876, winning its 3 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Colorado have in 1876?

Colorado cast 3 electoral votes in the 1876 presidential election.

Did Colorado vote for the national winner in 1876?

Yes. Colorado backed Rutherford B. Hayes, who won the presidency that year.

Gilded AgeCO · 3 EV

1876

Colorado: Hayes carries 3 EV.

Colorado cast its 3 electoral votes for Hayes (Republican). National winner: Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) — Colorado voted with the national winner this cycle.

Colorado in 1876

The 1876 contest saw Colorado line up behind Hayes, delivering 3 electoral votes to the Republican ticket. Colorado ended up on the winning side — Rutherford B. Hayes captured the White House that year.

1876 was the first presidential election in which Colorado cast electoral votes. Colorado did not move alone — neighboring Nebraska and Kansas broke the same way in 1876. Across the 37 presidential elections Colorado has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (19 times). The vote fell within the Gilded Age — Industrialization, narrow margins, and patronage politics.

In the national count, Rutherford B. Hayes took 185 of the 369 electoral votes, against Samuel J. Tilden's 184. Though Rutherford B. Hayes won the Electoral College, Samuel J. Tilden drew more of the national popular vote — 50.92% to 47.92%.

The 1876 national map

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