Who won Georgia in the 1876 presidential election?

Tilden (Democratic) carried Georgia in 1876, winning its 11 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Georgia have in 1876?

Georgia cast 11 electoral votes in the 1876 presidential election.

Did Georgia vote for the national winner in 1876?

No. Georgia backed Tilden, while Rutherford B. Hayes won the presidency nationally.

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1876

Georgia: Tilden carries 11 EV.

Georgia cast its 11 electoral votes for Tilden (Democratic). National winner: Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) — Georgia voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Georgia, 1876

In 1876, Georgia awarded its 11 electoral votes to Tilden of the Democratic party. Nationally the result broke the other way — Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Georgia among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 3rd consecutive election in which Georgia backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1868. The region divided — Alabama, Tennessee, and North Carolina joined Georgia for the Democratic ticket, while Florida and South Carolina did not. Across the 59 presidential elections Georgia has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (34 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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