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1868 United States presidential election in Nebraska
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1868 United States presidential election
1868 United States presidential election in Nebraska Nebraska presidential no 1872 United States presidential election in Nebraska 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 9,772 63.91% Hon. Horatio Seymour, N.Y - NARA - 528568 (cropped).jpg Horatio Seymour Democratic Party (United States) New York Francis Preston Blair Jr. 0 5,519 36.09% 1868 United States presidential election in Nebraska results map by county.svg County results
Grant
#E27F90 50–60%
#CC2F4A 60–70%
#D40000 70–80%
#AA0000 80–90%
#800000 90–100%
Seymour
#86B6F2 50–60%
#002B84 90–100% President Andrew Johnson Democratic Party (United States) Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States)
The 1868 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 3, 1868, as part of the 1868 United States presidential election. State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.1868 Presidential Election Results Nebraska https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1868&off=0&elect=0&fips=31&f=0
Nebraska participated in its first ever presidential election, having become the 37th state on March 1, 1867. The state 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 63.91% 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 36.09% of the vote.
Results
1868 United States presidential election in Nebraska
Republican Party (United States)
Ulysses S. Grant
Illinois
Schuyler Colfax
Indiana
9,772
63.91%
3
100.00%
Democratic Party (United States)
Horatio Seymour
New York
Francis Preston Blair Jr.
Missouri
5,519
36.09%
0
0.00%
15,291
100.00%
3
100.00%
See also
United States presidential elections in Nebraska
References
Nebraska
1868
Category:1868 Nebraska elections