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1868 United States presidential election in Alabama
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1868 United States presidential election
1868 United States presidential election in Alabama presidential no 1860 United States presidential election in Alabama 1860 1872 United States presidential election in Alabama 1872 November 3, 1868 15.51% of the total population1868 Presidential Election Results Alabama Total Population Turnout https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=82385 x200px Ulysses S Grant by Brady c1870-restored (3x4 crop).jpg Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Illinois Schuyler Colfax 8 76,667 51.25% Hon. Horatio Seymour, N.Y - NARA - 528568 (cropped).jpg Horatio Seymour Democratic Party (United States) New York Francis Preston Blair Jr. 0 72,921 48.75% 200px County results 210px Congressional district results Grant
#e27f90 50–60%#cc2f4a 60–70%#d40000 70–80%#aa0000 80–90%
Seymour
#86b6f2 50–60%#4389e3 60–70%#1666cb 70–80%#0645b4 80–90%#002b84 90–100% President Andrew Johnson Democratic Party (United States) Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States)
The 1868 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 3, 1868, as part of the 1868 presidential election. State voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.1864 Presidential Election Results Alabama https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1868&fips=1&f=0&off=0&elect=0
Alabama 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 51.25% 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 48.75% of the vote.
Grant was the first Republican presidential candidate ever to have carried Alabama.
Results
1868 United States presidential election in Alabama
Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) #4F990C 76,667 51.25%
Horatio Seymour Democratic Party (United States) #3333FF 72,921 48.75%
Write-ins Other 6 0.00%
80,329 100%
Results By County
+1868 United States Presidential Election in Alabama (By County)Our Campaigns - AL US President Race - Nov 03, 1868 https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=82385 2024-09-11 www.ourcampaigns.comCountyUlysses S. GrantRepublicanHoratio SeymourDemocraticWrite-insOther partiesTotal votes cast#%#%#%Autauga1,50563.88%85136.12%00.00%2,356Baker28329.51%67670.49%00.00%959Baldwin55845.33%67354.67%00.00%1,231Barbour3,16858.91%2,21041.09%00.00%5,378Bibb49239.81%74460.19%00.00%1,236Blount27537.36%46162.64%00.00%736Bullock2,10356.28%1,63443.72%00.00%3,737Butler72428.43%1,82371.57%00.00%2,547Calhoun60032.02%1,27467.98%00.00%1,874Chambers1,10543.37%1,44356.63%00.00%2,548Cherokee17115.17%95684.83%00.00%1,127Choctaw92545.39%1,11354.61%00.00%2,038Clarke56232.73%1,15567.27%00.00%1,717Clay25627.26%68372.74%00.00%939Cleburne40250.76%39049.24%00.00%792Coffee808.67%84391.33%00.00%923Conecuh84348.48%89651.52%00.00%1,739Coosa63539.89%95760.11%00.00%1,592Covington00.00%534100.00%00.00%534Crenshaw906.90%1,21493.10%00.00%1,304Dale34622.31%1,20577.69%00.00%1,551Dallas7,13780.05%1,77919.95%00.00%8,916DeKalb49257.34%36041.96%60.70%858Elmore1,26251.32%1,19748.68%00.00%2,459Etowah28328.47%71171.53%00.00%994Fayette20231.76%43468.24%00.00%636Franklin9012.69%61987.31%00.00%709Greene2,92777.11%86922.89%00.00%3,796Hale3,29779.20%86620.80%00.00%4,163Henry41023.91%1,30576.09%00.00%1,715Jackson53925.42%1,58174.58%00.00%2,120Jefferson42043.84%53856.16%00.00%958Lauderdale37820.84%1,43679.16%00.00%1,814Lawrence69234.53%1,31265.47%00.00%2,004Lee1,65048.86%1,72751.14%00.00%3,377Limestone35523.17%1,17776.83%00.00%1,532Lowndes3,33974.04%1,17125.96%00.00%4,510Macon2,32768.40%1,07531.60%00.00%3,402Madison1,53541.59%2,15658.41%00.00%3,691Marengo2,79359.78%1,87940.22%00.00%4,672Marshall42240.66%61659.34%00.00%1,038Mobile5,20043.85%6,65856.15%00.00%11,858Monroe584.63%1,19695.37%00.00%1,254Montgomery6,77074.51%2,31625.49%00.00%9,086Morgan51843.53%67256.47%00.00%1,190Perry3,73373.63%1,33726.37%00.00%5,070Pickens53126.18%1,49773.82%00.00%2,028Pike25612.37%1,81387.63%00.00%2,069Randolph67852.03%62547.97%00.00%1,303Russell1,74658.67%1,23041.33%00.00%2,976Sanford16423.16%54476.84%00.00%708Shelby79948.63%84451.37%00.00%1,643St. Clair63259.57%42940.43%00.00%1,061Sumter2,51663.14%1,46936.86%00.00%3,985Talladega1,77159.37%1,21240.63%00.00%2,983Tallapoosa34014.03%2,08385.97%00.00%2,423Tuscaloosa1,16745.76%1,38354.24%00.00%2,550Walker28249.39%28950.61%00.00%571Washington10485.95%1714.05%00.00%121Wilcox3,39669.59%1,48430.41%00.00%4,880Winston28487.93%3912.07%00.00%323Totals76,38451.39%72,24548.61%60.00%148,635
See also
United States presidential elections in Alabama
References
Alabama
1868
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