1876
North Carolina in 1876
The 1876 contest saw North Carolina line up behind Tilden, delivering 10 electoral votes to the Democratic ticket. The presidency went elsewhere: Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) won nationally, while North Carolina had backed a different ticket.
The result flipped North Carolina away from the Republican ticket it had backed in each of the previous 2 cycles. The region divided — Virginia, Tennessee, and Georgia joined North Carolina for the Democratic ticket, while South Carolina did not. Over its 58 recorded presidential cycles, North Carolina has backed the Democratic party more than any other — 32 times in all. The vote fell within the Gilded Age — Industrialization, narrow margins, and patronage politics.
Nationally, Rutherford B. Hayes finished with 185 of the 369 electoral votes to 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%.
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