Who won Maine in the 1876 presidential election?

Hayes (Republican) carried Maine in 1876, winning its 7 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Maine have in 1876?

Maine cast 7 electoral votes in the 1876 presidential election.

Did Maine vote for the national winner in 1876?

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

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1876

Maine: Hayes carries 7 EV.

Maine cast its 7 electoral votes for Hayes (Republican). National winner: Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) — Maine voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Maine, 1876

In 1876, Maine awarded its 7 electoral votes to Hayes of the Republican party. Maine ended up on the winning side — Rutherford B. Hayes captured the White House that year.

It marked the 6th consecutive election in which Maine backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1856. Maine did not move alone — neighboring New Hampshire broke the same way in 1876. Across the 52 presidential elections Maine has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (29 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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