1868 United States presidential election

1868 United States presidential election
November 3, 1868
294 members of the Electoral College
148 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout80.9% [1] 4.6 pp
 
Nominee Ulysses S. Grant Horatio Seymour
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Illinois New York
Running mate Schuyler Colfax Francis Preston Blair Jr.
Electoral vote 214 80
States carried 26 8
Popular vote 3,013,421 2,706,829
Percentage 52.66% 47.34%
Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Grant/Colfax, blue denotes those won by Seymour/Blair, and green denotes those states that had not yet been restored to the Union and which were therefore ineligible to vote. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.
President before election

Andrew Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Ulysses S. Grant
Republican

The 1868 United States presidential election was the 21st election in the history of the United States. It occurred on November 3, 1868. This election was between the Republican nominee, Commanding General of the US Army Ulysses S. Grant of New York and the Democratic nominee, former Governor Horatio Seymour of New York. Grant won the election with 214 electoral votes. Seymour got only 80 electoral votes.

This was the last election until 1912 that Democrats won more electoral votes from the North (46) than from the South (34), as well as the last time the Republicans did better in the popular vote in the South than in the North until 1964, due to very large majorities in reconstruction states like South Carolina and Tennessee. This was also the last time that Missouri supported the Republican candidate until 1904.

Candidates

Republican Party

Presidential

  • Ulysses S. Grant, Commanding General of the US Army from Illinois (1864-1869) (Nominee)

Vice presidential

Democratic Party

Presidential

Vice presidential

  • Francis Preston Blair Jr., former Congressman from Missouri (1857-1859, 1860, 1861-1864) (Vice presidential nominee)
  • Augustus C. Dodge, former U.S. Minister to Spain from Iowa (1855-1859) (Withdrew)
  • Thomas Ewing Jr., Brevet Major General in the U.S. Army from Kansas (1862-1865) (Withdrew)
  • John A. McClernand, former Congressman from Illinois (1843-1851, 1859-1861) (withdrew, declined consideration)
  • William B. Franklin, Major General in the U.S. Army from Connecticut (1843-1865) (Withdrew)

References

  1. ↑ "National General Election VEP Turnout Rates, 1789–Present". United States Election Project. CQ Press.
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