US Election Results
1868 US Presidential Election Result, Past US election Result, US Presidential Election History Details winner candidates party vote %, US Election Results
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1868 US Presidential Election Result, Past US election Result, US Presidential Election History Details winner candidates party vote %, US Election Results
The United States presidential election of 1868 was the 21st quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 1868. It was the first presidential election to take place after the American Civil War, during the period referred to as Reconstruction. As three of the former Confederate states (Texas, Mississippi, and Virginia) were not yet restored to the Union, their electors could not vote in the election.
Presidential candidate |
Party |
Home state |
Popular vote |
Electoral |
Running mate |
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Count |
Pct |
vote |
Vice-presidential candidate |
Home state |
Elect. vote |
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Ulysses S. Grant |
Republican |
Illinois |
30,13,650 |
52.70% |
214 |
Schuyler Colfax |
Indiana |
214 |
Horatio Seymour |
Democratic |
New York |
27,08,744 |
47.30% |
80 |
Francis Preston Blair, Jr. |
Missouri |
80 |
Other |
46 |
0.00% |
— |
Other |
— |
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Total |
57,22,440 |
100% |
294 |
|
294 |
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Needed to win |
148 |
|
148 |