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1876 presidential election in Rhode Island

Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) beat Samuel J. Tilden (Democrat) in Rhode Island in 1876, 59.6% to 40.4%, a margin of 19.2 points and 5,075 votes.

Rhode Island voted 22.2 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 5 of the 5 counties as they stood then. The largest, Providence, cast 17,165 votes and went to the Republican by 16.1 points. The closest was Bristol, where 405 votes separated the two parties.

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Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Rutherford B. Hayes won Republican 15,787 59.6%
Samuel J. Tilden Democratic 10,712 40.4%
Total26,499

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Providence 7,204 42.0% 9,961 58.0% 17,165 R+16.1
Newport 1,045 36.3% 1,831 63.7% 2,876 R+27.3
Washington 882 36.4% 1,544 63.6% 2,426 R+27.3
Kent 964 40.3% 1,429 59.7% 2,393 R+19.4
Bristol 617 37.6% 1,022 62.4% 1,639 R+24.7

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.

Rhode Island in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Kamala Harris (D) D+13.8
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+20.8
2016 Hillary Clinton (D) D+15.5
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+27.5
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+27.8
2004 John Kerry (D) D+20.8
2000 Al Gore (D) D+29.1
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+32.9
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+18.0
1988 Michael Dukakis (D) D+11.7
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+3.6
1980 Jimmy Carter (D) D+10.5
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+11.3
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+6.2
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+32.2
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+61.7
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+27.3
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+16.5
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+1.8
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+16.2
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+17.3
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+13.6
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+12.9
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+11.8
1928 Al Smith (D) D+0.6
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+23.2
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+31.2
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+5.1
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+3.5
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+26.6
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+24.4
1900 William McKinley (R) R+24.7
1896 William McKinley (R) R+41.9
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+5.0
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+10.9
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+20.3
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+25.4
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+19.2
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+43.9
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+33.4