1868 United States presidential election in North Carolina

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1868 United States presidential election in North Carolina
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  1861 (Confederate)
1860 (Union)
November 3, 1868 1872  
  Ulysses S Grant by Brady c1870-restored (3x4 crop).jpg Hon. Horatio Seymour, N.Y - NARA - 528568 (cropped).jpg
Nominee Ulysses S. Grant Horatio Seymour
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Illinois New York
Running mate Schuyler Colfax Francis Preston Blair Jr.
Electoral vote90
Popular vote96,93984,559
Percentage53.41%46.59%

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County Results

President before election

Andrew Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Ulysses S. Grant
Republican

The 1868 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 3, 1868, as part of the 1868 United States presidential election. North Carolina voters chose 9 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. [1]

Contents

North Carolina was won by Ulysses S. Grant, formerly the 6th Commanding General of the United States Army (R-Illinois), running with Speaker of the House Schuyler Colfax, with 53.41% of the popular vote, against the 18th governor of New York, Horatio Seymour(DNew York), running with former Senator Francis Preston Blair Jr., with 46.59% of the vote. As of the 2020 presidential election this is the last election in which Yadkin County voted for the Democratic presidential nominee. [1]

Results

United States presidential election in North Carolina, 1868 [1]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Republican Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois Schuyler Colfax of Indiana 96,93953.41%9100.00%
Democratic Horatio Seymour of New York Francis Preston Blair Jr. of Missouri 84,55946.59%00.00%
Total181,498100.00%9100.00%

Results by county

County [2] Ulysses S. Grant

Republican

Horatio Seymour

Democratic

Margin
%#%#%#
Alamance 51.09%1,10248.91%1,0552.18%47
Alexander 40.48%35159.52%516-19.03%-165
Alleghany 46.31%24553.69%284 -7.37%-39
Anson 48.83%1,00251.17%1,050 -2.34%-48
Ashe 49.61%63450.39%644 -0.78%-10
Beaufort 51.79%1,31848.21%1,2273.58%91
Bertie 66.83%1,51733.17%75333.66%764
Bladen 55.98%1,37244.02%1,07911.95%293
Brunswick 55.74%87944.26%69811.48%181
Buncombe 48.71%1,03551.29%1,090-2.59%-55
Burke 55.58%92744.42%74111.15%186
Cabarrus 45.81%94054.19%1,112 -8.38%-172
Caldwell 39.09%39660.91%617 -21.82%-221
Camden 50.09%53049.91%5280.19%2
Carteret 47.82%82352.18%898 -4.36%-75
Caswell 58.14%1,95741.86%1,40916.28%548
Catawba 30.14%48869.86%1,131 -39.72%-643
Chatham 53.42%1,76546.58%1,5396.84%226
Cherokee 51.15%44348.85%4232.31%20
Chowan 57.02%69042.98%52014.05%170
Clay 39.85%15560.15%234-20.31%-79
Cleveland 38.75%65661.25%1,037 -22.50%-381
Columbus 34.45%50365.55%957 -31.10%-454
Craven 70.31%3,53529.69%1,49340.61%2,042
Cumberland 48.66%1,59251.34%1,680 -2.69%-88
Currituck 31.44%41668.56%907 -37.11%-491
Davidson 68.82%1,84331.18%83537.64%1,008
Davie 48.58%65251.42%690 -2.83%-38
Duplin 39.35%1,02560.65%1,580 -21.31%-555
Edgecombe 64.50%2,67635.50%1,47328.99%1,203
Forsyth 61.57%1,26138.43%78723.14%474
Franklin 50.98%1,43149.02%1,3761.96%55
Gaston 56.43%87843.57%67812.85%200
Gates 40.21%45259.79%672 -19.57%-220
Granville 56.18%2,75443.82%2,14812.36%606
Greene 57.58%75642.42%55715.16%199
Guilford 59.18%2,16940.82%1,49618.36%673
Halifax 66.81%3,20633.19%1,59333.61%1,613
Harnett 44.98%64555.02%789 -10.04%-144
Haywood 38.43%41261.57%660 -23.13%-248
Henderson 63.94%64036.06%36127.87%279
Hertford 51.03%74448.97%7142.06%30
Hyde 41.97%57258.03%791 -16.07%-219
Iredell 37.82%85962.18%1,412-24.35%-553
Jackson 26.60%22073.40%607 -46.80%-387
Johnston 47.18%1,20452.82%1,348 -5.64%-144
Jones 58.38%59241.62%42216.77%170
Lenoir 58.53%1,21541.47%86117.05%354
Lincoln 45.85%62554.15%738 -8.29%-113
Macon 36.09%32363.91%572 -27.82%-249
Madison 53.60%52946.40%4587.19%71
Martin 49.85%1,02150.15%1,027 -0.29%-6
McDowell 54.94%74045.06%6079.87%133
Mecklenburg 47.73%1,96252.27%2,149-4.55%-187
Mitchell 81.89%52918.11%11763.78%412
Montgomery 68.07%72731.93%34136.14%386
Moore 53.55%1,01946.45%8847.09%135
Nash 43.30%83756.70%1,096 -13.40%-259
New Hanover 63.41%3,96836.59%2,29026.81%1,678
Northampton 64.89%1,93135.11%1,04529.77%886
Onslow 32.18%41767.82%879 -35.65%-462
Orange 43.24%1,45356.76%1,907 -13.51%-454
Pasquotank 63.96%1,04736.04%59027.92%457
Perquimans 61.15%91338.85%58022.30%333
Person 47.48%95352.52%1,054 -5.03%-101
Pitt 52.91%1,75247.09%1,5595.83%193
Polk 67.50%40532.50%19535.00%210
Randolph 66.64%1,75233.36%87733.28%875
Richmond 60.81%1,25439.19%80821.63%446
Robeson 49.64%1,31850.36%1,337 -0.72%-19
Rockingham 49.16%1,46350.84%1,513 -1.68%-50
Rowan 46.54%1,33253.46%1,530 -6.92%-198
Rutherford 65.12%1,27934.88%68530.24%594
Sampson 41.49%1,02658.51%1,447 -17.02%-421
Stanly 41.72%46658.28%651 -16.56%-185
Stokes 51.28%78348.72%7442.55%39
Surry 52.60%81847.40%7375.21%81
Transylvania 44.50%18655.50%232 -11.00%-46
Tyrrell 36.52%19563.48%339 -26.97%-144
Union 46.58%81153.42%930 -6.84%-119
Wake 53.76%3,43346.24%2,9537.52%480
Warren 68.67%2,30831.33%1,05337.34%1,255
Washington 73.29%95526.71%34846.58%607
Watauga 46.54%30353.46%348 -6.91%-45
Wayne 48.87%1,42151.13%1,487 -2.27%-66
Wilkes 59.51%1,20540.49%82019.01%385
Wilson 44.85%89755.15%1,103 -10.30%-206
Yadkin 37.95%26662.05%435 -24.11%-169
Yancey 57.46%84042.54%62214.91%218

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