Who won Wisconsin in the 1876 presidential election?

Hayes (Republican) carried Wisconsin in 1876, winning its 10 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Wisconsin have in 1876?

Wisconsin cast 10 electoral votes in the 1876 presidential election.

Did Wisconsin vote for the national winner in 1876?

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

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1876

Wisconsin: Hayes carries 10 EV.

Wisconsin cast its 10 electoral votes for Hayes (Republican). National winner: Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) — Wisconsin voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Wisconsin, 1876

In 1876, Wisconsin awarded its 10 electoral votes to Hayes of the Republican party. Wisconsin ended up on the winning side — Rutherford B. Hayes captured the White House that year.

It marked the 6th consecutive election in which Wisconsin backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1856. Wisconsin did not move alone — neighboring Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, and Michigan broke the same way in 1876. Across the 45 presidential elections Wisconsin has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (24 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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