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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

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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

Count

Pct

vote

Vice-presidential candidate

Home state

Elect. vote

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

Total

57,22,440

100%

294

 

294

Needed to win

148

 

148