Election 1876 Results
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1876 presidential election in Minnesota
Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) beat Samuel J. Tilden (Democrat) in Minnesota in 1876, 58.8% to 39.3%, a margin of 19.4 points and 24,137 votes.
Minnesota voted 22.4 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 59 of the 71 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 12. The largest, Hennepin, cast 10,600 votes and went to the Republican by 7.3 points. The closest was Cass, where 12 votes separated the two parties.
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
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rutherford B. Hayes won | Republican | 72,936 | 58.8% |
| Samuel J. Tilden | Democratic | 48,799 | 39.3% |
| All other candidates | 2,399 | 1.9% | |
| Total | 124,134 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hennepin | 4,869 45.9% | 5,638 53.2% | 93 | 10,600 | R+7.3 |
| Ramsey | 3,827 58.9% | 2,669 41.1% | 6,496 | D+17.8 | |
| Goodhue | 1,377 24.2% | 4,227 74.2% | 93 | 5,697 | R+50.0 |
| Fillmore | 1,752 31.3% | 3,825 68.2% | 28 | 5,605 | R+37.0 |
| Winona | 2,927 52.5% | 2,636 47.2% | 16 | 5,579 | D+5.2 |
| Olmsted | 1,581 35.3% | 2,520 56.3% | 373 | 4,474 | R+21.0 |
| Blue Earth | 2,039 45.8% | 2,409 54.2% | 4,448 | R+8.3 | |
| Rice | 1,541 36.3% | 2,374 56.0% | 326 | 4,241 | R+19.6 |
| Wabasha | 1,752 44.4% | 2,087 52.8% | 110 | 3,949 | R+8.5 |
| Dakota | 2,171 55.9% | 1,598 41.2% | 114 | 3,883 | D+14.8 |
| Stearns | 2,411 68.2% | 1,116 31.6% | 9 | 3,536 | D+36.6 |
| Houston | 1,446 42.1% | 1,988 57.9% | 3,434 | R+15.8 | |
| Washington | 1,335 43.4% | 1,689 54.9% | 51 | 3,075 | R+11.5 |
| Mower | 955 31.8% | 1,969 65.7% | 75 | 2,999 | R+33.8 |
| Wright | 1,280 46.0% | 1,482 53.2% | 23 | 2,785 | R+7.3 |
| Freeborn | 535 19.5% | 2,195 80.0% | 15 | 2,745 | R+60.5 |
| Le Sueur | 1,635 61.0% | 1,037 38.7% | 8 | 2,680 | D+22.3 |
| Steele | 948 37.3% | 1,588 62.5% | 4 | 2,540 | R+25.2 |
| Scott | 1,732 72.3% | 656 27.4% | 8 | 2,396 | D+44.9 |
| Dodge | 675 28.7% | 1,673 71.2% | 2 | 2,350 | R+42.5 |
| Carver | 1,374 59.5% | 933 40.4% | 2 | 2,309 | D+19.1 |
| Faribault | 605 26.8% | 1,591 70.4% | 63 | 2,259 | R+43.6 |
| Otter Tail | 462 22.1% | 1,629 77.9% | 2,091 | R+55.8 | |
| Meeker | 487 23.9% | 1,209 59.4% | 338 | 2,034 | R+35.5 |
| Waseca | 743 38.6% | 1,128 58.6% | 55 | 1,926 | R+20.0 |
| Nicollet | 677 37.0% | 1,116 61.1% | 35 | 1,828 | R+24.0 |
| Kandiyohi | 157 9.2% | 1,457 85.1% | 98 | 1,712 | R+75.9 |
| Sibley | 971 56.9% | 729 42.7% | 7 | 1,707 | D+14.2 |
| McLeod | 825 48.5% | 808 47.5% | 67 | 1,700 | D+1.0 |
| Brown | 681 41.6% | 831 50.8% | 125 | 1,637 | R+9.2 |
| Douglas | 305 21.7% | 1,101 78.3% | 1,406 | R+56.6 | |
| Renville | 284 22.4% | 930 73.2% | 56 | 1,270 | R+50.9 |
| Chisago | 244 19.3% | 1,019 80.7% | 1,263 | R+61.4 | |
| Anoka | 487 39.9% | 725 59.3% | 10 | 1,222 | R+19.5 |
| Pope | 78 9.1% | 776 90.9% | 854 | R+81.7 | |
| Isanti | 94 11.3% | 741 88.7% | 835 | R+77.5 | |
| Martin | 160 20.2% | 634 79.8% | 794 | R+59.7 | |
| Swift | 154 20.3% | 595 78.6% | 8 | 757 | R+58.3 |
| Watonwan | 195 26.0% | 548 73.0% | 8 | 751 | R+47.0 |
| St. Louis | 259 34.9% | 484 65.1% | 743 | R+30.3 | |
| Todd | 297 40.0% | 446 60.0% | 743 | R+20.1 | |
| Chippewa | 48 6.8% | 599 85.4% | 54 | 701 | R+78.6 |
| Sherburne | 208 31.7% | 432 65.8% | 17 | 657 | R+34.1 |
| Lyon | 73 12.0% | 520 85.8% | 13 | 606 | R+73.8 |
| Morrison | 382 63.9% | 216 36.1% | 598 | D+27.8 | |
| Jackson | 69 11.7% | 522 88.2% | 1 | 592 | R+76.5 |
| Becker | 99 16.8% | 490 83.2% | 589 | R+66.4 | |
| Rock | 69 11.8% | 518 88.2% | 587 | R+76.5 | |
| Yellow Medicine | 36 6.3% | 529 92.3% | 8 | 573 | R+86.0 |
| Redwood | 112 19.6% | 434 75.9% | 26 | 572 | R+56.3 |
| Nobles | 63 11.6% | 479 88.4% | 542 | R+76.8 | |
| Clay | 114 22.6% | 390 77.4% | 504 | R+54.8 | |
| Cottonwood | 76 16.3% | 386 82.7% | 5 | 467 | R+66.4 |
| Benton | 272 62.4% | 164 37.6% | 436 | D+24.8 | |
| Lac Qui Parle | 20 5.4% | 351 94.4% | 1 | 372 | R+89.0 |
| Polk | 82 23.1% | 273 76.9% | 355 | R+53.8 | |
| Grant | 28 9.2% | 269 88.5% | 7 | 304 | R+79.3 |
| Stevens | 101 33.6% | 199 66.1% | 1 | 301 | R+32.6 |
| Pine | 152 52.2% | 139 47.8% | 291 | D+4.5 | |
| Mille Lacs | 68 23.9% | 171 60.0% | 46 | 285 | R+36.1 |
| Murray | 42 15.3% | 233 84.7% | 275 | R+69.5 | |
| Crow Wing | 109 41.8% | 152 58.2% | 261 | R+16.5 | |
| Carlton | 110 44.4% | 138 55.6% | 248 | R+11.3 | |
| Kanabec | 29 21.0% | 109 79.0% | 138 | R+58.0 | |
| Wilkin | 42 31.8% | 90 68.2% | 132 | R+36.4 | |
| Big Stone | 2 1.9% | 104 98.1% | 106 | R+96.2 | |
| Lincoln | 18 17.0% | 88 83.0% | 106 | R+66.0 | |
| Wadena | 18 24.3% | 56 75.7% | 74 | R+51.4 | |
| Aitkin | 17 31.5% | 37 68.5% | 54 | R+37.0 | |
| Cass | 13 34.2% | 25 65.8% | 38 | R+31.6 | |
| Lake | 0 0.0% | 17 100.0% | 17 | R+100.0 |
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.
Minnesota in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kamala Harris (D) | D+4.2 |
| 2020 | Joe Biden (D) | D+7.1 |
| 2016 | Hillary Clinton (D) | D+1.5 |
| 2012 | Barack Obama (D) | D+7.7 |
| 2008 | Barack Obama (D) | D+10.2 |
| 2004 | John Kerry (D) | D+3.5 |
| 2000 | Al Gore (D) | D+2.4 |
| 1996 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+16.1 |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+11.6 |
| 1988 | Michael Dukakis (D) | D+7.0 |
| 1984 | Walter Mondale (D) | D+0.2 |
| 1980 | Jimmy Carter (D) | D+3.9 |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter (D) | D+12.9 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+5.5 |
| 1968 | Hubert Humphrey (D) | D+12.5 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+27.8 |
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy (D) | D+1.4 |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+7.6 |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+11.2 |
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman (D) | D+17.3 |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+5.5 |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+3.8 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+30.8 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+23.6 |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+16.9 |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge (R) | R+44.4 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding (R) | R+51.2 |
| 1916 | Charles Evans Hughes (R) | R+0.1 |
| 1912 | Theodore Roosevelt (other) | |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft (R) | R+26.2 |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | R+55.1 |
| 1900 | William McKinley (R) | R+24.5 |
| 1896 | William McKinley (R) | R+15.4 |
| 1892 | Benjamin Harrison (R) | R+8.2 |
| 1888 | Benjamin Harrison (R) | R+14.5 |
| 1884 | James G. Blaine (R) | R+21.9 |
| 1880 | James A. Garfield (R) | R+26.9 |
| 1876 | Rutherford B. Hayes (R) | R+19.4 |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+22.7 |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+21.8 |