Electoral College

1868 Electoral College Results

President Ulysses S. Grant [R]
Main Opponent Horatio Seymour [D]
Electoral Vote Winner:  214 Main Opponent: (71, excluding Georgia; 80, including Georgia)* Total/Majority:  294/148
Vice President Schuyler Colfax (214)
V.P. Opponent Francis P. Blair, Jr. (71, excluding Georgia; 80, including Georgia)*
Notes

*The electoral votes of Georgia were contested and the Senate and the House of Representatives could not agree whether to accept – and count – them or not. Grant was the clear winner in either case.

 

Electoral College Votes by State

State Electoral Vote of Each State For President For Vice-President
Ulysses S. Grant, of Illinois Horatio Seymour, of New York Schuyler Colfax, of Indiana Francis P. Blair, Jr., of Missouri
Alabama 8 8 - 8 -
Arkansas 5 5 - 5 -
California 5 5 - 5 -
Connecticut 6 6 - 6 -
Delaware 3 - 3 - 3
Florida 3 3 - 3 -
Georgia* 9 - (9) - (9)
Illinois 16 16 - 16 -
Indiana 13 13 - 13 -
Iowa 8 8 - 8 -
Kansas 3 3 - 3 -
Kentucky 11 - 11 - 11
Louisiana 7 - 7 - 7
Maine 7 7 - 7 -
Maryland 7 - 7 - 7
Massachusetts 12 12 - 12 -
Michigan 8 8 - 8 -
Minnesota 4 4 - 4 -
Mississippi** - - - - -
Missouri 11 11 - 11 -
Nebraska 3 3 - 3 -
Nevada 3 3 - 3 -
New Hampshire 5 5 - 5 -
New Jersey 7 - 7 - 7
New York 33 - 33 - 33
North Carolina 9 9 - 9 -
Ohio 21 21 - 21 -
Oregon 3 - 3 - 3
Pennsylvania 26 26 - 26 -
Rhode Island 4 4 - 4 -
South Carolina 6 6 - 6 -
Tennessee 10 10 - 10 -
Texas** - - - - -
Vermont 5 5 - 5 -
Virginia** - - - - -
West Virginia 5 5 - 5 -
Wisconsin 8 8 - 8 -
Totals (excluding Georgia's votes)* 285 214 71 214 71
Totals (including Georgia's votes)* 294 214 80 214 80
Notes

*The electoral votes of Georgia were contested and the Senate and the House of Representatives could not agree whether to accept – and count – them or not. Grant was the clear winner in either case.

**Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia did not participate in the election because they were not yet readmitted to the Union.

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