Who won Massachusetts in the 1876 presidential election?

Hayes (Republican) carried Massachusetts in 1876, winning its 13 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Massachusetts have in 1876?

Massachusetts cast 13 electoral votes in the 1876 presidential election.

Did Massachusetts vote for the national winner in 1876?

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

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1876

Massachusetts: Hayes carries 13 EV.

Massachusetts cast its 13 electoral votes for Hayes (Republican). National winner: Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) — Massachusetts voted with the national winner this cycle.

Massachusetts in 1876

The 1876 contest saw Massachusetts line up behind Hayes, delivering 13 electoral votes to the Republican ticket. Massachusetts ended up on the winning side — Rutherford B. Hayes captured the White House that year.

It marked the 6th consecutive election in which Massachusetts backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1856. The region divided — Rhode Island, Vermont, and New Hampshire joined Massachusetts for the Republican ticket, while Connecticut and New York did not. Across the 60 presidential elections Massachusetts has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (23 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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