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1868 United States presidential election in Nevada
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1868 United States presidential election
1868 United States presidential election in Nevada Nevada presidential no 1864 United States presidential election in Nevada 1864 1872 United States presidential election in Nevada 1872 November 3, 1868 x200px Ulysses S Grant by Brady c1870-restored (3x4 crop).jpg Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Illinois Schuyler Colfax 3 6,480 55.39% Hon. Horatio Seymour, N.Y - NARA - 528568 (cropped).jpg Horatio Seymour Democratic Party (United States) New York Francis Preston Blair Jr. 0 5,218 44.61% 1868 United States presidential election in Nevada results map by county.svg x275px County results
Grant
#E27F90 50–60%
#CC2F4A 60–70%
Seymour
#86B6F2 50–60%
Tie
#d4c4dc President Andrew Johnson Democratic Party (United States) Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States)
The 1868 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 3, 1868, as part of the 1868 United States presidential election. Nevada voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.1868 Presidential Election Results Nevada https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1868&off=0&elect=0&fips=32&f=0
Nevada 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 55.39% 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 44.61% of the vote.
Results
+ General Election ResultsNevada State Archives, Official Canvass of the Vote Cast at the General Election held in the State of Nevada on the 3rd day of November A.D. 1868Party Pledged to Elector Votes Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant J. W. Haines6,480 Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant A. L. Page6,476 Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant Charles E. De Long6,474 Democratic Party Horatio Seymour William M. Seawell5,218 Democratic Party Horatio Seymour R. B. Ellis5,215 Democratic Party Horatio Seymour William Woodburn5,215Votes castBased on totals for highest elector on each ticket 11,698
Results by county
Ulysses S. GrantRepublican Horatio SeymourDemocratic Margin Total votes castBased on highest elector on each ticket County # % # % # %Churchill7550.00%7550.00%0Using the highest elector on the Republican ticket results in a tie, although the other two Republican electors received 76 votes each in this county0.00%150Douglas25668.45%11831.55%13836.90%374Esmeralda26757.42%19842.58%6914.84%465Humboldt31352.25%28647.75%274.51%599Lander1,00050.13%99549.87%50.25%1,995Lincoln5047.17%5652.83%-6-5.66%106Lyon48858.72%34341.28%14517.45%831Nye35350.00%35350.00%00.00%706Ormsby50054.35%42045.65%808.70%920Storey2,31957.15%1,73942.85%58014.29%4,058Washoe85957.50%63542.50%22414.99%1,494Totals6,48055.39%5,21844.61%1,26210.79%11,698
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Churchill (became tied)
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Nye (became tied)
Lincoln
See also
United States presidential elections in Nevada
Notes
References
Nevada
1868
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