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- The ^V1 notations refers to notes in the red cell immediately below.
- The popular vote shown is for the Party Ticket. Popular Vote Results will vary among sources but will give a general idea of the percentage in relation to the other results. Popular vote figures exclude those states that did not use a popular vote to select their electors to the Electoral College.
- - - Amendment XII was enacted after the tie in 1800 - In 1804 the electors began voting for President and Vice President using separate ballots. This change ensured the Vice President would most likely be of the same party as the President.
- Beginning in 1848 all States hold the presidential election on the same day in November.

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Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

Popular Vote

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1876

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2
3
4
5
6

Rutherford B. Hayes
Samuel J. Tilden
Peter Cooper
Green Clay Smith
Other
James B. Walker

Republican ^V1
Democratic ^V3
Greenback
Prohibition
(nominal parties)
American National

185 ^V1
184
    0
    0
    0
    0

4,033,768
4,285,992
75,973
9,737
4,534
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Vice Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

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3
4
5
6

William A. Wheeler
Thomas A. Hendricks
Samuel F. Cary
Gideon Tabor Stewart
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Konald Kirkpatrick

Republican
Democratic
Greenback
Prohibition
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American National

185
184
    0
    0
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    0

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^V1	The Republicans countered Democrats with the slogan, "Not every Democrat was a Rebel, but every Rebel was a Democrat."
^V2	Disputed electoral votes numbering 20 were ultimately given to Hayes. Many historians believed a deal was made to withdraw federal troops from the South in what is now known as the Compromise of 1877.
^V3	With mud slinging by both parties, Democrats claimed corruption on the part of the Republicans.
*	Colorado became a state during the campaign and rather than fund an election in a short time had selected the state's electors within the legislature. The three electoral votes went to Hayes.
*	The electoral votes in Florida, 4; Louisiana, 8; and South Carolina, 7, caused a Constitutional crises where the Republicans broke with tradition to precisely follow the wording of the Constitution to maintain an electoral victory for Hayes. The democrats asserted the practice, followed since 1865, that no vote objected to should be counted except by the concurrence of both houses. The house was strongly Democratic and the disqualification of even one state would have elected Tilden. The U.S. Congress passed a law on January 29, 1877 to form a 15 member Electoral Commission to settle the result. 5 members from the house and 5 from the Senate with the other 5 being U.S. Supreme Court Justices.
*	Considered improper, the candidates for President left the active stumping to others.

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