Who won Mississippi in the 1876 presidential election?

Tilden (Democratic) carried Mississippi in 1876, winning its 8 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Mississippi have in 1876?

Mississippi cast 8 electoral votes in the 1876 presidential election.

Did Mississippi vote for the national winner in 1876?

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

Gilded AgeMS · 8 EV

1876

Mississippi: Tilden carries 8 EV.

Mississippi cast its 8 electoral votes for Tilden (Democratic). National winner: Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) — Mississippi voted against the national winner this cycle.

Mississippi in 1876

The 1876 contest saw Mississippi line up behind Tilden, delivering 8 electoral votes to the Democratic ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Mississippi among the states he did not carry.

The result flipped Mississippi away from the Republican it had supported in 1872. The region divided — Arkansas, Tennessee, and Alabama joined Mississippi for the Democratic ticket, while Louisiana did not. Across the 51 presidential elections Mississippi has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (30 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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