1868 United States presidential election in New York

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1868 United States presidential election in New York

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Turnout91.7%[1] Increase 2.4 pp
 
Nominee Horatio Seymour Ulysses S. Grant
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Illinois
Running mate Francis Preston Blair, Jr. Schuyler Colfax
Electoral vote 33 0
Popular vote 429,883 419,888
Percentage 50.59% 49.41%

County Results

President before election

Andrew Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Ulysses S. Grant
Republican

The 1868 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 3, 1868, as part of the 1868 United States presidential election. Voters chose 33 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

New York voted for the Democratic nominee, former Governor of New York Horatio Seymour, over the Republican nominee, General Ulysses S. Grant. Seymour won his home state by a very narrow margin of 1.18%, making him the first Democratic candidate since Franklin Pierce in 1852 to win the state. Seymour also became the first losing Democratic presidential candidate to win New York.

Results[edit]

1868 United States presidential election in New York[2]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Democratic Horatio Seymour of New York Francis Preston Blair, Jr. of Missouri 429,883 50.59% 33 100.00%
Republican Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois Schuyler Colfax of Indiana 419,888 49.41% 0 0.00%
Total 849,771 100.00% 33 100.00%

Counties flipped (all from Democrat to Republican): 1. Clinton County 2. Erie County 3. Rensselaer county

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.
  2. ^ "1868 Presidential General Election Results - New York".