The 1876 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place on November 7, 1876, as part of the 1876 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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County Results
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New Jersey voted for the Democratic nominee, Samuel J. Tilden, over the Republican nominee, Rutherford B. Hayes. Tilden won the state by a narrow margin of 5.65%.
| 1876 United States presidential election in New Jersey[1] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Democratic | Samuel J. TildenofNew York | Thomas A. HendricksofIndiana | 115,962 | 52.66% | 9 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican | Rutherford B. HayesofOhio | William A. WheelerofNew York | 103,517 | 47.01% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Greenback | Peter CooperofNew York | Samuel Fenton CaryofOhio | 714 | 0.32% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 220,193 | 100.00% | 9 | 100.00% | ||||
| County | Samuel Jones Tilden Democratic |
Rutherford Birchard Hayes Republican |
Peter Cooper Greenback |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Atlantic | 1,440 | 46.09% | 1,667 | 53.36% | 17 | 0.54% | -227 | -7.27% | 3,124 |
| Bergen | 4,357 | 57.25% | 3,253 | 42.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,104 | 14.50% | 7,610 |
| Burlington | 6,468 | 50.13% | 6,402 | 49.62% | 33 | 0.26% | 66 | 0.51% | 12,903 |
| Camden | 5,200 | 44.11% | 6,563 | 55.67% | 26 | 0.22% | -1,363 | -11.56% | 11,789 |
| Cape May | 866 | 45.08% | 1,055 | 54.92% | 0 | 0.00% | -189 | -9.84% | 1,921 |
| Cumberland | 3,399 | 44.41% | 3,944 | 51.53% | 311 | 4.06% | -545 | -7.12% | 7,654 |
| Essex | 16,132 | 47.02% | 18,037 | 52.57% | 141 | 0.41% | -1,905 | -5.55% | 34,310 |
| Gloucester | 2,577 | 45.04% | 3,006 | 52.54% | 138 | 2.41% | -429 | -7.50% | 5,721 |
| Hudson | 17,764 | 61.83% | 10,958 | 38.14% | 9 | 0.03% | 6,806 | 23.69% | 28,731 |
| Hunterdon | 5,781 | 60.92% | 3,709 | 39.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,072 | 21.83% | 9,490 |
| Mercer | 6,035 | 49.76% | 6,088 | 50.20% | 4 | 0.03% | -53 | -0.44% | 12,127 |
| Middlesex | 5,846 | 52.68% | 5,243 | 47.25% | 8 | 0.07% | 603 | 5.53% | 11,097 |
| Monmouth | 6,942 | 59.54% | 4,709 | 40.39% | 8 | 0.07% | 2,233 | 19.15% | 11,659 |
| Morris | 5,118 | 49.68% | 5,183 | 50.31% | 0 | 0.00% | -65 | -0.63% | 10,301 |
| Ocean | 1,563 | 45.90% | 1,834 | 53.86% | 8 | 0.23% | -271 | -7.96% | 3,405 |
| Passaic | 5,304 | 48.15% | 5,708 | 51.82% | 3 | 0.03% | -404 | -3.67% | 11,015 |
| Salem | 2,843 | 48.96% | 2,952 | 50.84% | 12 | 0.21% | -109 | -1.88% | 5,807 |
| Somerset | 3,179 | 51.37% | 3,009 | 48.62% | 1 | 0.02% | 170 | 2.75% | 6,189 |
| Sussex | 3,706 | 64.53% | 2,037 | 35.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,669 | 29.06% | 5,743 |
| Union | 5,994 | 53.86% | 5,134 | 46.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 860 | 7.72% | 11,128 |
| Warren | 5,442 | 64.32% | 3,016 | 35.65% | 3 | 0.04% | 2,426 | 28.67% | 8,461 |
| Totals | 115,962 | 52.66% | 103,517 | 47.01% | 722 | 0.33% | 12,445 | 5.65% | 220,185 |
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