| ← 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 → Presidential election year | |
| Election day | November 7 |
|---|---|
| Incumbent president | Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) |
| Next Congress | 45th |
| Presidential election | |
| Partisan control | Republican hold |
| Popular vote margin | Democratic +3.2% |
| Electoral vote | |
| Rutherford B. Hayes (R) | 185 |
| Samuel J. Tilden (D) | 184 |
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| 1876 presidential election results. Red denotes states won by Hayes, blue denotes states won by Tilden. Numbers indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate. | |
| Senate elections | |
| Overall control | Republican hold |
| Seats contested | 25 of 76 seats[1] |
| Net seat change | Democratic +5[2] |
| House elections | |
| Overall control | Democratic hold |
| Seats contested | All 293 voting members |
| Net seat change | Republican +33[2] |
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| 1876 House of Representatives election results
Democratic seat | |
The 1876 United States elections were held on November 7. In one of the most disputed presidential elections in American history, Republican Governor Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio ended up winning despite Democratic Governor Samuel J. Tilden of New York earning a majority of the popular vote. The Republicans maintained their Senate majority and cut into the Democratic majority in the House.
This marks one of four occasions where a newly elected president entered office with a divided legislature, occurring again in 1860, 1884, and 1980. 1980 is the only other occasion where the president's party held the Senate, but not the House. A divided Congress also occurred after the 1984 and 2012 elections.