Election 1876 Results
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1876 presidential election in New York
Samuel J. Tilden (Democrat) beat Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) in New York in 1876, 51.4% to 48.2%, a margin of 3.2 points and 32,742 votes.
New York voted 0.2 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+3.0.
New York changed party: in 1872 it went Republican, for Ulysses S. Grant.
Republicans led in 37 of the 60 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 23. The largest, New York, cast 171,371 votes and went to the Democrat by 31.5 points. The closest was Lewis, where 98 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel J. Tilden won | Democratic | 521,949 | 51.4% |
| Rutherford B. Hayes | Republican | 489,207 | 48.2% |
| All other candidates | 4,347 | 0.4% | |
| Total | 1,015,503 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 112,530 65.7% | 58,561 34.2% | 280 | 171,371 | D+31.5 |
| Kings | 57,556 59.5% | 39,066 40.4% | 62 | 96,684 | D+19.1 |
| Erie | 19,533 48.9% | 20,298 50.8% | 90 | 39,921 | R+1.9 |
| Albany | 17,642 51.6% | 16,462 48.1% | 90 | 34,194 | D+3.5 |
| Monroe | 13,127 47.0% | 14,738 52.7% | 93 | 27,958 | R+5.8 |
| Oneida | 12,844 47.6% | 14,019 51.9% | 147 | 27,010 | R+4.4 |
| Onondaga | 11,161 42.7% | 14,867 56.8% | 130 | 26,158 | R+14.2 |
| Rensselaer | 12,926 51.2% | 12,254 48.5% | 65 | 25,245 | D+2.7 |
| Westchester | 12,050 55.7% | 9,574 44.2% | 26 | 21,650 | D+11.4 |
| Ulster | 10,636 54.2% | 8,914 45.4% | 75 | 19,625 | D+8.8 |
| St. Lawrence | 5,784 30.0% | 13,461 69.8% | 36 | 19,281 | R+39.8 |
| Orange | 9,776 50.8% | 9,430 49.0% | 56 | 19,262 | D+1.8 |
| Dutchess | 9,102 48.4% | 9,501 50.5% | 217 | 18,820 | R+2.1 |
| Steuben | 8,803 47.2% | 9,762 52.4% | 81 | 18,646 | R+5.1 |
| Oswego | 7,417 41.4% | 10,228 57.1% | 276 | 17,921 | R+15.7 |
| Queens | 9,994 58.8% | 6,970 41.0% | 41 | 17,005 | D+17.8 |
| Jefferson | 7,094 43.4% | 9,227 56.4% | 39 | 16,360 | R+13.0 |
| Chautauqua | 5,685 35.8% | 10,065 63.4% | 130 | 15,880 | R+27.6 |
| Cayuga | 6,120 40.2% | 8,957 58.9% | 134 | 15,211 | R+18.7 |
| Saratoga | 6,497 46.3% | 7,488 53.4% | 41 | 14,026 | R+7.1 |
| Otsego | 7,027 50.2% | 6,859 49.0% | 101 | 13,987 | D+1.2 |
| Wayne | 5,199 42.1% | 7,081 57.3% | 80 | 12,360 | R+15.2 |
| Broome | 5,424 44.4% | 6,766 55.4% | 29 | 12,219 | R+11.0 |
| Washington | 4,815 39.4% | 7,303 59.8% | 100 | 12,218 | R+20.4 |
| Columbia | 6,309 52.0% | 5,799 47.8% | 22 | 12,130 | D+4.2 |
| Ontario | 5,527 46.4% | 6,334 53.2% | 56 | 11,917 | R+6.8 |
| Cattaraugus | 5,054 42.5% | 6,718 56.5% | 109 | 11,881 | R+14.0 |
| Niagara | 5,891 51.0% | 5,575 48.3% | 88 | 11,554 | D+2.7 |
| Suffolk | 5,804 50.3% | 5,589 48.5% | 136 | 11,529 | D+1.9 |
| Madison | 4,761 41.4% | 6,683 58.1% | 64 | 11,508 | R+16.7 |
| Herkimer | 5,212 45.8% | 5,966 52.4% | 203 | 11,381 | R+6.6 |
| Delaware | 5,272 47.2% | 5,867 52.5% | 35 | 11,174 | R+5.3 |
| Chenango | 4,825 43.2% | 6,173 55.3% | 168 | 11,166 | R+12.1 |
| Allegany | 3,741 34.9% | 6,739 62.9% | 227 | 10,707 | R+28.0 |
| Clinton | 4,796 46.6% | 5,502 53.4% | 1 | 10,299 | R+6.9 |
| Chemung | 5,228 52.3% | 4,730 47.3% | 34 | 9,992 | D+5.0 |
| Livingston | 4,244 44.5% | 5,267 55.2% | 29 | 9,540 | R+10.7 |
| Montgomery | 4,766 51.5% | 4,457 48.2% | 26 | 9,249 | D+3.3 |
| Tompkins | 4,028 43.8% | 5,032 54.7% | 131 | 9,191 | R+10.9 |
| Schoharie | 5,324 59.9% | 3,549 39.9% | 16 | 8,889 | D+20.0 |
| Tioga | 3,906 45.2% | 4,675 54.1% | 60 | 8,641 | R+8.9 |
| Greene | 4,771 56.1% | 3,678 43.3% | 54 | 8,503 | D+12.9 |
| Wyoming | 3,266 42.3% | 4,428 57.4% | 18 | 7,712 | R+15.1 |
| Genesee | 3,321 43.2% | 4,322 56.2% | 50 | 7,693 | R+13.0 |
| Sullivan | 4,402 57.4% | 3,262 42.5% | 6 | 7,670 | D+14.9 |
| Fulton | 3,662 48.0% | 3,940 51.7% | 25 | 7,627 | R+3.6 |
| Essex | 2,955 39.7% | 4,477 60.2% | 8 | 7,440 | R+20.5 |
| Orleans | 3,117 42.1% | 4,252 57.5% | 27 | 7,396 | R+15.3 |
| Lewis | 3,708 50.6% | 3,610 49.3% | 7 | 7,325 | D+1.3 |
| Richmond | 4,338 60.1% | 2,883 39.9% | 1 | 7,222 | D+20.1 |
| Franklin | 2,946 41.8% | 4,104 58.2% | 4 | 7,054 | R+16.4 |
| Seneca | 3,613 53.7% | 3,076 45.8% | 34 | 6,723 | D+8.0 |
| Cortland | 2,642 39.4% | 4,038 60.2% | 30 | 6,710 | R+20.8 |
| Rockland | 3,494 59.6% | 2,349 40.1% | 20 | 5,863 | D+19.5 |
| Warren | 2,663 45.5% | 3,135 53.5% | 57 | 5,855 | R+8.1 |
| Schenectady | 2,946 52.2% | 2,689 47.6% | 14 | 5,649 | D+4.5 |
| Yates | 2,046 37.9% | 3,327 61.7% | 20 | 5,393 | R+23.8 |
| Schuyler | 2,255 42.8% | 2,860 54.3% | 148 | 5,263 | R+11.5 |
| Putnam | 1,805 48.1% | 1,949 51.9% | 3,754 | R+3.8 | |
| Hamilton | 569 63.9% | 322 36.1% | 891 | D+27.7 |
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.
New York in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kamala Harris (D) | D+12.6 |
| 2020 | Joe Biden (D) | D+23.1 |
| 2016 | Hillary Clinton (D) | D+22.5 |
| 2012 | Barack Obama (D) | D+28.2 |
| 2008 | Barack Obama (D) | D+26.9 |
| 2004 | John Kerry (D) | D+18.3 |
| 2000 | Al Gore (D) | D+25.0 |
| 1996 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+28.9 |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+15.8 |
| 1988 | Michael Dukakis (D) | D+4.1 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+8.0 |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+2.7 |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter (D) | D+4.4 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+17.3 |
| 1968 | Hubert Humphrey (D) | D+5.5 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+37.3 |
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy (D) | D+5.3 |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+22.5 |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+11.9 |
| 1948 | Thomas E. Dewey (R) | R+1.0 |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+5.0 |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+3.6 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+19.9 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+12.7 |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+2.3 |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge (R) | R+26.6 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding (R) | R+37.6 |
| 1916 | Charles Evans Hughes (R) | R+7.0 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+12.6 |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft (R) | R+12.4 |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | R+10.9 |
| 1900 | William McKinley (R) | R+9.3 |
| 1896 | William McKinley (R) | R+18.9 |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+3.4 |
| 1888 | Benjamin Harrison (R) | R+1.1 |
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+0.1 |
| 1880 | James A. Garfield (R) | R+1.9 |
| 1876 | Samuel J. Tilden (D) | D+3.2 |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+6.5 |
| 1868 | Horatio Seymour (D) | D+1.2 |