Who won Florida in the 1876 presidential election?

Hayes (Republican) carried Florida in 1876, winning its 4 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Florida have in 1876?

Florida cast 4 electoral votes in the 1876 presidential election.

Did Florida vote for the national winner in 1876?

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

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1876

Florida: Hayes carries 4 EV.

Florida cast its 4 electoral votes for Hayes (Republican). National winner: Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) — Florida voted with the national winner this cycle.

Florida in 1876

The 1876 contest saw Florida line up behind Hayes, delivering 4 electoral votes to the Republican ticket. Florida ended up on the winning side — Rutherford B. Hayes captured the White House that year.

It marked the 3rd consecutive election in which Florida backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1868. It stood apart from its neighbors: Alabama and Georgia went the other way that year. Across the 45 presidential elections Florida has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (28 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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