Presidential election · 1868
1868 electoral map
Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) won the 1868 presidential election with 214 electoral votes to Horatio Seymour's 80. Grant carried 26 of the 34 states that took part.
Winner
Ulysses S. Grant
214
Democratic
Horatio Seymour
80
148 needed to win · official Electoral College count
RepublicanDemocraticNot a state yet / did not vote
States won in 1868
Ulysses S. Grant· Republican
26 statesHoratio Seymour· Democratic
8 statesElectoral College in 1868
34 states held 294 electoral votes in 1868; a majority was 148. The largest prize was New York with 33 electoral votes.
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Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): results by state, electors by state and year, and the 1868 election article.