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Election in West Virginia
The 1876 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 7, 1876, as part of the
1876 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose five representatives, or electors, to the
Electoral College, who voted for
president and
vice president.
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West Virginia was won by
Samuel J. Tilden, the former
governor of New York (
D–
New York), running with
Thomas A. Hendricks, the
governor of Indiana and future vice president, with 56.75% of the popular vote, against
Rutherford B. Hayes, the
governor of Ohio (
R-
Ohio), running with
Representative
William A. Wheeler, with 42.15% of the vote.
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With his win, Tilden became the first Democratic presidential candidate to win West Virginia.
Doddridge County voted Democratic only once since, in 1964. The
Greenback Party chose
industrialist
Peter Cooper and former
representative
Samuel Fenton Cary, received 1.11% of the vote.
Results
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