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Election 1876 Results

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1876 presidential election in Michigan

Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) beat Samuel J. Tilden (Democrat) in Michigan in 1876, 52.4% to 44.5%, a margin of 8.0 points and 25,322 votes.

Michigan voted 11.0 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+3.0.

The Republican hold continued from 1872, when Ulysses S. Grant won.

Republicans led in 54 of the 75 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 21. The largest, Wayne, cast 28,739 votes and went to the Democrat by 8.7 points. The closest was Alpena, where 6 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Rutherford B. Hayes won Republican 166,849 52.4%
Samuel J. Tilden Democratic 141,527 44.5%
All other candidates 9,789 3.1%
Total318,165

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wayne 15,076 52.5% 12,580 43.8% 1,083 28,739 D+8.7
Kent 5,678 37.6% 7,403 49.1% 2,008 15,089 R+11.4
Lenawee 5,564 45.2% 6,540 53.1% 204 12,308 R+7.9
Oakland 5,313 50.8% 5,053 48.3% 91 10,457 D+2.5
Jackson 5,254 51.1% 4,913 47.8% 122 10,289 D+3.3
Washtenaw 5,117 52.7% 4,565 47.0% 31 9,713 D+5.7
Calhoun 3,885 42.4% 5,167 56.4% 117 9,169 R+14.0
Saginaw 4,850 53.7% 4,182 46.3% 5 9,037 D+7.4
Genesee 3,736 42.4% 5,044 57.3% 23 8,803 R+14.9
Kalamazoo 3,583 43.8% 4,496 55.0% 98 8,177 R+11.2
Berrien 3,679 45.0% 4,188 51.3% 304 8,171 R+6.2
Ingham 3,994 49.3% 4,058 50.1% 43 8,095 R+0.8
Hillsdale 2,329 28.9% 5,109 63.3% 629 8,067 R+34.5
St. Clair 3,710 47.0% 4,067 51.5% 121 7,898 R+4.5
Allegan 3,169 41.0% 4,281 55.4% 274 7,724 R+14.4
Ionia 3,230 42.2% 4,308 56.3% 108 7,646 R+14.1
Van Buren 2,599 36.3% 4,046 56.5% 511 7,156 R+20.2
Eaton 2,903 41.0% 4,010 56.7% 165 7,078 R+15.6
Monroe 3,893 56.0% 3,032 43.6% 24 6,949 D+12.4
Branch 2,370 34.6% 3,998 58.5% 472 6,840 R+23.8
Macomb 3,453 53.2% 3,012 46.4% 24 6,489 D+6.8
St. Joseph 2,490 38.9% 3,165 49.4% 748 6,403 R+10.5
Clinton 3,074 48.4% 3,247 51.1% 29 6,350 R+2.7
Ottawa 2,620 43.0% 3,401 55.8% 70 6,091 R+12.8
Lapeer 2,498 43.6% 3,229 56.3% 6 5,733 R+12.8
Livingston 2,929 51.6% 2,735 48.2% 12 5,676 D+3.4
Shiawassee 2,449 43.2% 3,191 56.3% 27 5,667 R+13.1
Montcalm 2,445 43.4% 3,106 55.1% 81 5,632 R+11.7
Barry 1,902 34.7% 2,966 54.1% 612 5,480 R+19.4
Bay 2,840 53.1% 2,407 45.0% 104 5,351 D+8.1
Cass 2,336 44.4% 2,750 52.3% 173 5,259 R+7.9
Marquette 1,750 43.1% 2,308 56.9% 4,058 R+13.8
Muskegon 1,511 38.4% 2,255 57.4% 165 3,931 R+18.9
Tuscola 1,284 33.0% 2,463 63.3% 145 3,892 R+30.3
Houghton 1,439 38.8% 2,266 61.2% 3,705 R+22.3
Gratiot 1,312 36.4% 2,150 59.6% 144 3,606 R+23.2
Sanilac 1,029 34.4% 1,896 63.3% 69 2,994 R+29.0
Mecosta 926 39.1% 1,342 56.6% 101 2,369 R+17.6
Newaygo 801 34.1% 1,315 55.9% 235 2,351 R+21.9
Huron 1,036 44.8% 1,269 54.8% 10 2,315 R+10.1
Oceana 599 30.1% 1,365 68.5% 29 1,993 R+38.4
Isabella 720 39.7% 1,022 56.3% 73 1,815 R+16.6
Manistee 811 45.5% 896 50.3% 76 1,783 R+4.8
Osceola 620 35.6% 804 46.1% 319 1,743 R+10.6
Mason 680 40.8% 933 56.0% 54 1,667 R+15.2
Grand Traverse 330 24.7% 1,000 75.0% 4 1,334 R+50.2
Alpena 635 50.2% 629 49.8% 1,264 D+0.5
Keweenaw 414 36.0% 735 64.0% 1,149 R+27.9
Midland 484 42.5% 655 57.5% 1,139 R+15.0
Leelanau 412 39.4% 634 60.6% 1,046 R+21.2
Delta 452 47.2% 505 52.8% 957 R+5.5
Wexford 318 33.9% 618 65.9% 2 938 R+32.0
Iosco 369 44.0% 467 55.7% 2 838 R+11.7
Antrim 280 37.0% 475 62.8% 1 756 R+25.8
Emmet 426 57.1% 312 41.8% 8 746 D+15.3
Menominee 351 47.2% 393 52.8% 744 R+5.6
Cheboygan 445 62.9% 262 37.1% 707 D+25.9
Benzie 186 27.9% 474 71.1% 7 667 R+43.2
Lake 209 33.1% 414 65.6% 8 631 R+32.5
Charlevoix 205 33.3% 411 66.7% 616 R+33.4
Ontonagon 321 61.1% 201 38.3% 3 525 D+22.9
Kalkaska 130 24.8% 384 73.3% 10 524 R+48.5
Clare 236 46.5% 272 53.5% 508 R+7.1
Chippewa 283 62.2% 172 37.8% 455 D+24.4
Baraga 232 51.6% 218 48.4% 450 D+3.1
Otsego 145 44.1% 184 55.9% 329 R+11.9
Presque Isle 168 52.3% 153 47.7% 321 D+4.7
Alcona 162 51.1% 155 48.9% 317 D+2.2
Mackinac 204 73.4% 74 26.6% 278 D+46.8
Missaukee 108 40.4% 159 59.6% 267 R+19.1
Gladwin 162 65.9% 84 34.1% 246 D+31.7
Roscommon 184 77.3% 54 22.7% 238 D+54.6
Schoolcraft 103 45.0% 121 52.8% 5 229 R+7.9
Isle Royale (Ext) 138 72.6% 52 27.4% 190 D+45.3
Ogemaw 87 46.3% 101 53.7% 188 R+7.4

Counties as they stood in 1876; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Michigan in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+1.4
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+2.8
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+0.2
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+9.5
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+16.5
2004 John Kerry (D) D+3.4
2000 Al Gore (D) D+5.1
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+13.2
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+7.4
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+7.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+19.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+6.5
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+5.4
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+14.4
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+6.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+33.6
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+2.0
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.5
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.5
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+1.7
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+1.0
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+0.3
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+17.6
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+7.9
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+41.4
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+62.2
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+50.5
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+8.0
1912 Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+29.5
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+43.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+19.2
1896 William McKinley (R) R+10.3
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+4.4
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+4.9
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+0.8
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+15.2
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+8.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+27.2
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+14.0