1868 United States presidential election in Georgia

none June 2025 September 2023 1868 United States presidential election 1868 United States presidential election in Georgia Georgia (U.S. state) Pre-1879 Flag of the State of Georgia (non-official).svg presidential Popular no 1860 United States presidential election in Georgia 1860 1868 11 3 1872 United States presidential election in Georgia 1872 x200px Hon. Horatio Seymour, N.Y - NARA - 528568 (cropped).jpg Horatio Seymour Democratic Party (United States) New York Francis Preston Blair Jr. 9 102,707 64.27% Ulysses S Grant by Brady c1870-restored (3x4 crop).jpg Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Illinois Schuyler Colfax 0 57,109 35.73% 1868 United States presidential election in Georgia results map by county.svg 250px County results Seymour #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% #002b84 90–100% Grant #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% President Andrew Johnson National Union Party (United States) Elected President Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) The 1868 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 3, 1868, as part of the wider United States presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. The first readmission of Georgia to the Union occurred in 1868. The election in Georgia, as in much of the former Confederacy, was marred by considerable violence against the state's African American voters by the Ku Klux Klan. Although at the time normally relegated to majority white areas, the Klan's violence in Georgia spread to the black belt, making it impossible for black voters in some counties to vote. As a result, eleven majority-black counties recorded zero votes for the Republican ticket. Aided by this, Democratic candidate Horatio Seymour and his running mate Francis Preston Blair Jr. won the state, one of their only two victories in the former Confederacy.Foner Eric Eric Foner Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863–1877 HarperCollins 2014 978-0-06-235451-8 Updated New York, NY 342–343 en With 64.27% of the popular vote, Georgia would be Seymour's fourth strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Kentucky, Louisiana and Maryland.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1868&f=1&off=0&elect=0 1868 Presidential Election Statistics Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2018-03-05 Results 1868 United States presidential election in Georgia Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1868 Presidential General Election Results – GeorgiaPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Horatio Seymour 102,707 64.27% 9 Republican Ulysses S. Grant 57,109 35.73% 0 See also United States presidential elections in Georgia Notes References 2 Georgia 1868 Category:1868 Georgia (U.S. state) elections