1868 United States presidential election in North Carolina

1868 United States presidential election in North Carolina
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Nominee Ulysses S. Grant Horatio Seymour
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Illinois New York
Running mate Schuyler Colfax Francis Preston Blair, Jr.
Electoral vote 9 0
Popular vote 96,939 84,559
Percentage 53.41% 46.59%
County Results

Grant

  50-60%
  60-70%
  70-80%
  80-90%

Seymour

  50-60%
  60-70%
  70-80%

President before election

Andrew Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Ulysses S. Grant
Republican

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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]

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(D–New 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]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois Schuyler Colfax of Indiana 96,939 53.41% 9 100.00%
Democratic Horatio Seymour of New York Francis Preston Blair, Jr. of Missouri 84,559 46.59% 0 0.00%
Total 181,498 100.00% 9 100.00%

Results by county

County[2] Ulysses S. Grant

Republican

Horatio Seymour

Democratic

Margin
% # % # % #
Alamance 51.09% 1,102 48.91% 1,055 2.18% 47
Alexander 40.48% 351 59.52% 516 -19.03% -165
Alleghany 46.31% 245 53.69% 284 -7.37% -39
Anson 48.83% 1,002 51.17% 1,050 -2.34% -48
Ashe 49.61% 634 50.39% 644 -0.78% -10
Beaufort 51.79% 1,318 48.21% 1,227 3.58% 91
Bertie 66.83% 1,517 33.17% 753 33.66% 764
Bladen 55.98% 1,372 44.02% 1,079 11.95% 293
Brunswick 55.74% 879 44.26% 698 11.48% 181
Buncombe 48.71% 1,035 51.29% 1,090 -2.59% -55
Burke 55.58% 927 44.42% 741 11.15% 186
Cabarrus 45.81% 940 54.19% 1,112 -8.38% -172
Caldwell 39.09% 396 60.91% 617 -21.82% -221
Camden 50.09% 530 49.91% 528 0.19% 2
Carteret 47.82% 823 52.18% 898 -4.36% -75
Caswell 58.14% 1,957 41.86% 1,409 16.28% 548
Catawba 30.14% 488 69.86% 1,131 -39.72% -643
Chatham 53.42% 1,765 46.58% 1,539 6.84% 226
Cherokee 51.15% 443 48.85% 423 2.31% 20
Chowan 57.02% 690 42.98% 520 14.05% 170
Clay 39.85% 155 60.15% 234 -20.31% -79
Cleveland 38.75% 656 61.25% 1,037 -22.50% -381
Columbus 34.45% 503 65.55% 957 -31.10% -454
Craven 70.31% 3,535 29.69% 1,493 40.61% 2,042
Cumberland 48.66% 1,592 51.34% 1,680 -2.69% -88
Currituck 31.44% 416 68.56% 907 -37.11% -491
Davidson 68.82% 1,843 31.18% 835 37.64% 1,008
Davie 48.58% 652 51.42% 690 -2.83% -38
Duplin 39.35% 1,025 60.65% 1,580 -21.31% -555
Edgecombe 64.50% 2,676 35.50% 1,473 28.99% 1,203
Forsyth 61.57% 1,261 38.43% 787 23.14% 474
Franklin 50.98% 1,431 49.02% 1,376 1.96% 55
Gaston 56.43% 878 43.57% 678 12.85% 200
Gates 40.21% 452 59.79% 672 -19.57% -220
Granville 56.18% 2,754 43.82% 2,148 12.36% 606
Greene 57.58% 756 42.42% 557 15.16% 199
Guilford 59.18% 2,169 40.82% 1,496 18.36% 673
Halifax 66.81% 3,206 33.19% 1,593 33.61% 1,613
Harnett 44.98% 645 55.02% 789 -10.04% -144
Haywood 38.43% 412 61.57% 660 -23.13% -248
Henderson 63.94% 640 36.06% 361 27.87% 279
Hertford 51.03% 744 48.97% 714 2.06% 30
Hyde 41.97% 572 58.03% 791 -16.07% -219
Iredell 37.82% 859 62.18% 1,412 -24.35% -553
Jackson 26.60% 220 73.40% 607 -46.80% -387
Johnston 47.18% 1,204 52.82% 1,348 -5.64% -144
Jones 58.38% 592 41.62% 422 16.77% 170
Lenoir 58.53% 1,215 41.47% 861 17.05% 354
Lincoln 45.85% 625 54.15% 738 -8.29% -113
Macon 36.09% 323 63.91% 572 -27.82% -249
Madison 53.60% 529 46.40% 458 7.19% 71
Martin 49.85% 1,021 50.15% 1,027 -0.29% -6
McDowell 54.94% 740 45.06% 607 9.87% 133
Mecklenburg 47.73% 1,962 52.27% 2,149 -4.55% -187
Mitchell 81.89% 529 18.11% 117 63.78% 412
Montgomery 68.07% 727 31.93% 341 36.14% 386
Moore 53.55% 1,019 46.45% 884 7.09% 135
Nash 43.30% 837 56.70% 1,096 -13.40% -259
New Hanover 63.41% 3,968 36.59% 2,290 26.81% 1,678
Northampton 64.89% 1,931 35.11% 1,045 29.77% 886
Onslow 32.18% 417 67.82% 879 -35.65% -462
Orange 43.24% 1,453 56.76% 1,907 -13.51% -454
Pasquotank 63.96% 1,047 36.04% 590 27.92% 457
Perquimans 61.15% 913 38.85% 580 22.30% 333
Person 47.48% 953 52.52% 1,054 -5.03% -101
Pitt 52.91% 1,752 47.09% 1,559 5.83% 193
Polk 67.50% 405 32.50% 195 35.00% 210
Randolph 66.64% 1,752 33.36% 877 33.28% 875
Richmond 60.81% 1,254 39.19% 808 21.63% 446
Robeson 49.64% 1,318 50.36% 1,337 -0.72% -19
Rockingham 49.16% 1,463 50.84% 1,513 -1.68% -50
Rowan 46.54% 1,332 53.46% 1,530 -6.92% -198
Rutherford 65.12% 1,279 34.88% 685 30.24% 594
Sampson 41.49% 1,026 58.51% 1,447 -17.02% -421
Stanly 41.72% 466 58.28% 651 -16.56% -185
Stokes 51.28% 783 48.72% 744 2.55% 39
Surry 52.60% 818 47.40% 737 5.21% 81
Transylvania 44.50% 186 55.50% 232 -11.00% -46
Tyrrell 36.52% 195 63.48% 339 -26.97% -144
Union 46.58% 811 53.42% 930 -6.84% -119
Wake 53.76% 3,433 46.24% 2,953 7.52% 480
Warren 68.67% 2,308 31.33% 1,053 37.34% 1,255
Washington 73.29% 955 26.71% 348 46.58% 607
Watauga 46.54% 303 53.46% 348 -6.91% -45
Wayne 48.87% 1,421 51.13% 1,487 -2.27% -66
Wilkes 59.51% 1,205 40.49% 820 19.01% 385
Wilson 44.85% 897 55.15% 1,103 -10.30% -206
Yadkin 37.95% 266 62.05% 435 -24.11% -169
Yancey 57.46% 840 42.54% 622 14.91% 218

References

  1. ^ a b c "1864 Presidential Election Results North Carolina".
  2. ^ Howerton, William (1874). "The Legislative Manual and Political Register of the State of North Carolina 1874" (PDF). Carolana.