1868 Presidential General Election Results

Presidential Candidate Vice Presidential Candidate Political Party Popular Vote Electoral Vote Ulysses Grant Schuyler Colfax Republican 3,013,790 52.66% 214 72.8% Horatio Seymour Francis Blair, Jr. Democratic 2,708,980 47.34% 80 27.2% Other (+) - - 46 0.00% 0 0.0% Total 5,722,816 294 Map Key  > 40%  > 50%  > 60%  > 70% Turnout Maps   Data and Statistics: Popular Vote State-Level Data (Table) Popular Vote State-Level Data (Graphs) Electoral Vote State-Level Data Election 1868 Statistics Compare National Data by Year (Table) Compare National Data by Year (Graphs) Compare National Maps by Year National JavaCompare! Data Sources for Popular Vote Election Tools for 1868 Electoral College Calculator for 1868 Blog Interactive Map Widget Code for This Contest (uselectionatlas.org Weblogs) Results for an Individual State: AlabamaArkansas California Connecticut Delaware Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Vermont West Virginia Wisconsin Election Notes: States in dark gray are non-voting due to reconstruction. Electors from the state of Florida were appointed by the state legislature (and not elected in a popular vote).