1868 Elections

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2 offices contested.

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1868

Balance of Power

47.5%Popular Vote52.5%

5,748,218 votes

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1868

Presidential Election · 1868

Elected President

Ulysses S. Grant

Republicandefeating Horatio Seymour

Seymour

Electoral

Votes

147 to win

211

Grant

80 EV147 needed to win211 EV

Popular Vote

Grant(REP)52.5%

Seymour(DEM)47.5%

candidates(OTH)0.0%

National margin:R+5.1%

5,748,218 total votes cast

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Results by State

Seymour: 8 states · 80 EV|Grant: 25 states · 211 EV

	State	EV	Cum. EV ▲	Seymour %	Votes	Grant %	Votes	Margin
▶	Vermont	5	5	21.4%	12,051	78.6%	44,173	R+57.1
▶	Massachusetts	12	17	30.2%	59,103	69.8%	136,379	R+39.5
▶	Kansas	3	20	31.2%	13,600	68.8%	30,027	R+37.6
▶	Tennessee	10	30	31.6%	26,129	68.4%	56,628	R+36.9
▶	Rhode Island	4	34	33.3%	6,494	66.7%	13,017	R+33.4
▶	Nebraska	3	37	36.1%	5,517	63.9%	9,751	R+27.7
▶	Maine	7	44	37.6%	42,460	62.4%	70,502	R+24.8
▶	Iowa	8	52	38.1%	74,040	61.9%	120,399	R+23.8
▶	Minnesota	4	56	39.2%	27,999	60.6%	43,306	R+21.4
▶	West Virginia	5	61	41.2%	20,306	58.8%	29,010	R+17.6
▶	South Carolina	6	67	42.1%	45,237	57.9%	62,301	R+15.9
▶	Michigan	8	75	43.0%	96,952	57.0%	128,512	R+14.0
▶	Missouri	11	86	43.0%	65,628	57.0%	86,860	R+13.9
▶	Wisconsin	8	94	43.8%	84,708	56.3%	108,920	R+12.5
▶	Illinois	16	110	44.3%	199,116	55.7%	250,304	R+11.4
▶	Nevada	3	113	44.6%	5,215	55.4%	6,474	R+10.8
▶	New Hampshire	5	118	44.8%	30,575	55.2%	37,718	R+10.5
▶	Ohio	21	139	46.0%	238,506	54.0%	280,159	R+8.0
▶	Arkansas	5	144	46.3%	19,078	53.7%	22,112	R+7.4
▶	North Carolina	9	153	46.6%	84,559	53.4%	96,939	R+6.8
▶	Pennsylvania	26	179	47.8%	313,382	52.2%	342,280	R+4.4
▶	Alabama	8	187	48.5%	71,701	51.5%	76,220	R+3.0
▶	Connecticut	6	193	48.5%	47,781	51.5%	50,789	R+3.0
▶	Indiana	13	206	48.6%	166,980	51.4%	176,548	R+2.8
▶	California	5	211	49.7%	53,881	50.3%	54,451	R+0.5
▶	Kentucky	11	11	74.7%	115,796	25.3%	39,207	D+49.4
▶	Louisiana	7	18	71.4%	79,439	28.6%	31,871	D+42.7
▶	Maryland	7	25	68.0%	84,059	32.0%	39,541	D+36.0
▶	Georgia	9	34	64.3%	102,707	35.7%	57,109	D+28.5
▶	Delaware	3	37	59.0%	10,957	41.0%	7,614	D+18.0
▶	New Jersey	7	44	50.9%	83,001	49.1%	80,132	D+1.8
▶	New York	33	77	50.6%	429,883	49.4%	419,888	D+1.2
▶	Oregon	3	80	50.4%	11,125	49.6%	10,961	D+0.7

Margin = (Dem votes − Rep votes) ÷ total votes × 100. Swing = current margin − 1864 margin. Cum. EV orders each winning ticket's states from largest win to closest win and accumulates the official EV awarded in each state, so the closest state is that candidate's final cumulative total.Other % shown when > 5% of total votes.

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22 contests|D won 4|R won 17|Other 1

	State ▲	Winner	W%	Votes	Runner-up	R-up%	Votes	Margin
▶	Alabama	SmithREP	100.0%	61,969	—	—	—	R+100.0
▶	Connecticut	EnglishDEM	50.9%	50,541	JewellREP	49.1%	48,777	D+1.8
▶	Florida	ReedREP	38.4%	8,441	ScottDEM	35.6%	7,838	R+2.7
▶	Georgia	BullockREP	52.5%	83,107	GordonDEM	47.5%	75,055	R+5.1
▶	Illinois	PalmerREP	55.5%	250,467	EdenDEM	44.5%	200,813	R+11.0
▶	Indiana	BakerREP	50.1%	171,523	HendricksDEM	49.9%	170,602	R+0.3
▶	Kansas	HarveyREP	68.2%	29,695	GlickDEM	31.8%	13,870	R+36.3
▶	Louisiana	WarmothREP	62.3%	62,926	TaliaferroDEM	37.7%	38,087	R+24.6
▶	Maine	ChamberlainREP	57.3%	75,523	PillsburyDEM	42.7%	56,207	R+14.7
▶	Massachusetts	ClaflinREP	67.6%	132,121	AdamsDEM	32.4%	63,266	R+35.2
▶	Michigan	BaldwinREP	56.8%	127,999	MooreDEM	43.2%	97,290	R+13.6
▶	Mississippi	HumphreysDEM	52.6%	62,321	EgglestonREP	47.4%	56,072	D+5.3
▶	Missouri	McClurgREP	56.7%	82,090	PhelpsDEM	43.3%	62,778	R+13.3
▶	Nebraska	ButlerREP	57.5%	8,571	PorterDEM	42.5%	6,343	R+14.9
▶	New Hampshire	HarrimanREP	51.6%	39,785	SinclairDEM	48.4%	37,262	R+3.3
▶	New Jersey	RandolphDEM	51.4%	83,955	BlairREP	48.6%	79,333	D+2.8
▶	New York	HoffmanDEM	51.7%	436,141	GriswoldREP	48.3%	407,698	D+3.4
▶	North Carolina	OtherOTH	69.5%	115,179	HoldenREP	30.6%	50,656	R+30.6
▶	Rhode Island	BurnsideREP	63.7%	10,038	PierceDEM	36.3%	5,731	R+27.3
▶	South Carolina	ScottREP	100.0%	70,054	—	—	—	R+100.0
▶	Vermont	PageREP	73.6%	42,615	EdwardsDEM	26.4%	15,289	R+47.2
▶	West Virginia	StevensonREP	54.6%	26,935	CamdenDEM	45.4%	22,358	R+9.3

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1868 Elections

Presidential Year

2 offices contested.

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1868

Balance of Power

47.5%Popular Vote52.5%

5,748,218 votes

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President

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1868

Presidential Election · 1868

Elected President

Ulysses S. Grant

Republicandefeating Horatio Seymour

Seymour

Electoral

Votes

147 to win

211

Grant

80 EV147 needed to win211 EV

Popular Vote

Grant(REP)52.5%

Seymour(DEM)47.5%

candidates(OTH)0.0%

National margin:R+5.1%

5,748,218 total votes cast

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Results by State

Seymour: 8 states · 80 EV|Grant: 25 states · 211 EV

	State	EV	Cum. EV ▲	Seymour %	Votes	Grant %	Votes	Margin
▶	Vermont	5	5	21.4%	12,051	78.6%	44,173	R+57.1
▶	Massachusetts	12	17	30.2%	59,103	69.8%	136,379	R+39.5
▶	Kansas	3	20	31.2%	13,600	68.8%	30,027	R+37.6
▶	Tennessee	10	30	31.6%	26,129	68.4%	56,628	R+36.9
▶	Rhode Island	4	34	33.3%	6,494	66.7%	13,017	R+33.4
▶	Nebraska	3	37	36.1%	5,517	63.9%	9,751	R+27.7
▶	Maine	7	44	37.6%	42,460	62.4%	70,502	R+24.8
▶	Iowa	8	52	38.1%	74,040	61.9%	120,399	R+23.8
▶	Minnesota	4	56	39.2%	27,999	60.6%	43,306	R+21.4
▶	West Virginia	5	61	41.2%	20,306	58.8%	29,010	R+17.6
▶	South Carolina	6	67	42.1%	45,237	57.9%	62,301	R+15.9
▶	Michigan	8	75	43.0%	96,952	57.0%	128,512	R+14.0
▶	Missouri	11	86	43.0%	65,628	57.0%	86,860	R+13.9
▶	Wisconsin	8	94	43.8%	84,708	56.3%	108,920	R+12.5
▶	Illinois	16	110	44.3%	199,116	55.7%	250,304	R+11.4
▶	Nevada	3	113	44.6%	5,215	55.4%	6,474	R+10.8
▶	New Hampshire	5	118	44.8%	30,575	55.2%	37,718	R+10.5
▶	Ohio	21	139	46.0%	238,506	54.0%	280,159	R+8.0
▶	Arkansas	5	144	46.3%	19,078	53.7%	22,112	R+7.4
▶	North Carolina	9	153	46.6%	84,559	53.4%	96,939	R+6.8
▶	Pennsylvania	26	179	47.8%	313,382	52.2%	342,280	R+4.4
▶	Alabama	8	187	48.5%	71,701	51.5%	76,220	R+3.0
▶	Connecticut	6	193	48.5%	47,781	51.5%	50,789	R+3.0
▶	Indiana	13	206	48.6%	166,980	51.4%	176,548	R+2.8
▶	California	5	211	49.7%	53,881	50.3%	54,451	R+0.5
▶	Kentucky	11	11	74.7%	115,796	25.3%	39,207	D+49.4
▶	Louisiana	7	18	71.4%	79,439	28.6%	31,871	D+42.7
▶	Maryland	7	25	68.0%	84,059	32.0%	39,541	D+36.0
▶	Georgia	9	34	64.3%	102,707	35.7%	57,109	D+28.5
▶	Delaware	3	37	59.0%	10,957	41.0%	7,614	D+18.0
▶	New Jersey	7	44	50.9%	83,001	49.1%	80,132	D+1.8
▶	New York	33	77	50.6%	429,883	49.4%	419,888	D+1.2
▶	Oregon	3	80	50.4%	11,125	49.6%	10,961	D+0.7

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Governor

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22 contests|D won 4|R won 17|Other 1

	State ▲	Winner	W%	Votes	Runner-up	R-up%	Votes	Margin
▶	Alabama	SmithREP	100.0%	61,969	—	—	—	R+100.0
▶	Connecticut	EnglishDEM	50.9%	50,541	JewellREP	49.1%	48,777	D+1.8
▶	Florida	ReedREP	38.4%	8,441	ScottDEM	35.6%	7,838	R+2.7
▶	Georgia	BullockREP	52.5%	83,107	GordonDEM	47.5%	75,055	R+5.1
▶	Illinois	PalmerREP	55.5%	250,467	EdenDEM	44.5%	200,813	R+11.0
▶	Indiana	BakerREP	50.1%	171,523	HendricksDEM	49.9%	170,602	R+0.3
▶	Kansas	HarveyREP	68.2%	29,695	GlickDEM	31.8%	13,870	R+36.3
▶	Louisiana	WarmothREP	62.3%	62,926	TaliaferroDEM	37.7%	38,087	R+24.6
▶	Maine	ChamberlainREP	57.3%	75,523	PillsburyDEM	42.7%	56,207	R+14.7
▶	Massachusetts	ClaflinREP	67.6%	132,121	AdamsDEM	32.4%	63,266	R+35.2
▶	Michigan	BaldwinREP	56.8%	127,999	MooreDEM	43.2%	97,290	R+13.6
▶	Mississippi	HumphreysDEM	52.6%	62,321	EgglestonREP	47.4%	56,072	D+5.3
▶	Missouri	McClurgREP	56.7%	82,090	PhelpsDEM	43.3%	62,778	R+13.3
▶	Nebraska	ButlerREP	57.5%	8,571	PorterDEM	42.5%	6,343	R+14.9
▶	New Hampshire	HarrimanREP	51.6%	39,785	SinclairDEM	48.4%	37,262	R+3.3
▶	New Jersey	RandolphDEM	51.4%	83,955	BlairREP	48.6%	79,333	D+2.8
▶	New York	HoffmanDEM	51.7%	436,141	GriswoldREP	48.3%	407,698	D+3.4
▶	North Carolina	OtherOTH	69.5%	115,179	HoldenREP	30.6%	50,656	R+30.6
▶	Rhode Island	BurnsideREP	63.7%	10,038	PierceDEM	36.3%	5,731	R+27.3
▶	South Carolina	ScottREP	100.0%	70,054	—	—	—	R+100.0
▶	Vermont	PageREP	73.6%	42,615	EdwardsDEM	26.4%	15,289	R+47.2
▶	West Virginia	StevensonREP	54.6%	26,935	CamdenDEM	45.4%	22,358	R+9.3

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