Who won Nevada in the 1876 presidential election?

Hayes (Republican) carried Nevada in 1876, winning its 3 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Nevada have in 1876?

Nevada cast 3 electoral votes in the 1876 presidential election.

Did Nevada vote for the national winner in 1876?

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

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1876

Nevada: Hayes carries 3 EV.

Nevada cast its 3 electoral votes for Hayes (Republican). National winner: Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) — Nevada voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Nevada, 1876

In 1876, Nevada awarded its 3 electoral votes to Hayes of the Republican party. Nevada ended up on the winning side — Rutherford B. Hayes captured the White House that year.

It marked the 4th consecutive election in which Nevada backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1864. Nevada did not move alone — neighboring California and Oregon broke the same way in 1876. Across the 41 presidential elections Nevada has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (21 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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