See main article: 1876 United States presidential election.
Election Name: | 1876 United States presidential election in Colorado |
Country: | Colorado |
Flag Year: | 1907 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Next Election: | 1880 United States presidential election in Colorado |
Next Year: | 1880 |
Election Date: | November 7, 1876 |
Image1: | President Rutherford Hayes 1870 - 1880 Restored (cropped).jpg |
Nominee1: | Rutherford B. Hayes |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Home State1: | Ohio |
Running Mate1: | William A. Wheeler |
Electoral Vote1: | 3 |
President | |
Before Election: | Ulysses S. Grant |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Rutherford B. Hayes |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
1Data1: | 50 |
1Data2: | 24 |
2Blank: | Percentage |
2Data1: | 67.57% |
2Data2: | 32.43% |
Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
Nominee2: | Samuel J. Tilden |
Home State2: | New York |
Running Mate2: | Thomas A. Hendricks |
Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
The 1876 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 7, 1876, as part of the 1876 United States presidential election. The state legislature chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president, which would be the first and only time the state would do so.
Colorado voted in its first ever presidential election, having become the 38th state on August 1 of that year. The state cast three electoral votes for the Republican candidate Rutherford B. Hayes. These electors were chosen in a 50 to 24 vote[1] by the Colorado General Assembly, the state legislature, rather than by popular vote,[2] the last time in American history that a state's electors were chosen without a popular vote and one of only two (along with Florida in 1868) times after the American Civil War.[3] This proved to be decisive as Hayes would win the electoral vote by a margin of one vote. Had Colorado not been a state in time for the 1876 election, Hayes would have lost the 1876 election to Democratic candidate Samuel J. Tilden.
1876 United States presidential election in Colorado | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Legislative Vote | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
Republican | Rutherford B. Hayes | 50 | 67.57% | 3 | ||
Democratic | Samuel J. Tilden | 24 | 32.43% | 0 | ||
Total | 74 | 100.00% | 3 |