Who won the 1868 presidential election?

Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) won the 1868 presidential election with 211 electoral votes and 52.5% of the popular vote.

What was the Electoral College result in 1868?

The 1868 Electoral College result was 80 Democratic to 211 Republican (294 total electoral votes, 147 needed to win).

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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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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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