1868 United States presidential election in North Carolina

1868 United States presidential election in North Carolina
Grant 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%	Seymour 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%
President before election; Andrew Johnson; Democratic	Elected President ; Ulysses S. Grant; Republican

The 1868 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 3, 1868, as part of the 1868 United States presidential election. North Carolina voters chose 9 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.^[1]

North Carolina 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 53.41% 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 46.59% of the vote. As of the 2020 presidential election this is the last election in which Yadkin County voted for the Democratic presidential nominee.^[1]

Results

United States presidential election in North Carolina, 1868^[1]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Count	%	Count	%
	Republican	Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois	Schuyler Colfax of Indiana	96,939	53.41%	9	100.00%
	Democratic	Horatio Seymour of New York	Francis Preston Blair Jr. of Missouri	84,559	46.59%	0	0.00%
Total				181,498	100.00%	9	100.00%

Results by county

County^[2]	Ulysses S. Grant Republican		Horatio Seymour Democratic		Margin
County^[2]	%	#	%	#	%	#
Alamance	51.09%	1,102	48.91%	1,055	2.18%	47
Alexander	40.48%	351	59.52%	516	-19.03%	-165
Alleghany	46.31%	245	53.69%	284	-7.37%	-39
Anson	48.83%	1,002	51.17%	1,050	-2.34%	-48
Ashe	49.61%	634	50.39%	644	-0.78%	-10
Beaufort	51.79%	1,318	48.21%	1,227	3.58%	91
Bertie	66.83%	1,517	33.17%	753	33.66%	764
Bladen	55.98%	1,372	44.02%	1,079	11.95%	293
Brunswick	55.74%	879	44.26%	698	11.48%	181
Buncombe	48.71%	1,035	51.29%	1,090	-2.59%	-55
Burke	55.58%	927	44.42%	741	11.15%	186
Cabarrus	45.81%	940	54.19%	1,112	-8.38%	-172
Caldwell	39.09%	396	60.91%	617	-21.82%	-221
Camden	50.09%	530	49.91%	528	0.19%	2
Carteret	47.82%	823	52.18%	898	-4.36%	-75
Caswell	58.14%	1,957	41.86%	1,409	16.28%	548
Catawba	30.14%	488	69.86%	1,131	-39.72%	-643
Chatham	53.42%	1,765	46.58%	1,539	6.84%	226
Cherokee	51.15%	443	48.85%	423	2.31%	20
Chowan	57.02%	690	42.98%	520	14.05%	170
Clay	39.85%	155	60.15%	234	-20.31%	-79
Cleveland	38.75%	656	61.25%	1,037	-22.50%	-381
Columbus	34.45%	503	65.55%	957	-31.10%	-454
Craven	70.31%	3,535	29.69%	1,493	40.61%	2,042
Cumberland	48.66%	1,592	51.34%	1,680	-2.69%	-88
Currituck	31.44%	416	68.56%	907	-37.11%	-491
Davidson	68.82%	1,843	31.18%	835	37.64%	1,008
Davie	48.58%	652	51.42%	690	-2.83%	-38
Duplin	39.35%	1,025	60.65%	1,580	-21.31%	-555
Edgecombe	64.50%	2,676	35.50%	1,473	28.99%	1,203
Forsyth	61.57%	1,261	38.43%	787	23.14%	474
Franklin	50.98%	1,431	49.02%	1,376	1.96%	55
Gaston	56.43%	878	43.57%	678	12.85%	200
Gates	40.21%	452	59.79%	672	-19.57%	-220
Granville	56.18%	2,754	43.82%	2,148	12.36%	606
Greene	57.58%	756	42.42%	557	15.16%	199
Guilford	59.18%	2,169	40.82%	1,496	18.36%	673
Halifax	66.81%	3,206	33.19%	1,593	33.61%	1,613
Harnett	44.98%	645	55.02%	789	-10.04%	-144
Haywood	38.43%	412	61.57%	660	-23.13%	-248
Henderson	63.94%	640	36.06%	361	27.87%	279
Hertford	51.03%	744	48.97%	714	2.06%	30
Hyde	41.97%	572	58.03%	791	-16.07%	-219
Iredell	37.82%	859	62.18%	1,412	-24.35%	-553
Jackson	26.60%	220	73.40%	607	-46.80%	-387
Johnston	47.18%	1,204	52.82%	1,348	-5.64%	-144
Jones	58.38%	592	41.62%	422	16.77%	170
Lenoir	58.53%	1,215	41.47%	861	17.05%	354
Lincoln	45.85%	625	54.15%	738	-8.29%	-113
Macon	36.09%	323	63.91%	572	-27.82%	-249
Madison	53.60%	529	46.40%	458	7.19%	71
Martin	49.85%	1,021	50.15%	1,027	-0.29%	-6
McDowell	54.94%	740	45.06%	607	9.87%	133
Mecklenburg	47.73%	1,962	52.27%	2,149	-4.55%	-187
Mitchell	81.89%	529	18.11%	117	63.78%	412
Montgomery	68.07%	727	31.93%	341	36.14%	386
Moore	53.55%	1,019	46.45%	884	7.09%	135
Nash	43.30%	837	56.70%	1,096	-13.40%	-259
New Hanover	63.41%	3,968	36.59%	2,290	26.81%	1,678
Northampton	64.89%	1,931	35.11%	1,045	29.77%	886
Onslow	32.18%	417	67.82%	879	-35.65%	-462
Orange	43.24%	1,453	56.76%	1,907	-13.51%	-454
Pasquotank	63.96%	1,047	36.04%	590	27.92%	457
Perquimans	61.15%	913	38.85%	580	22.30%	333
Person	47.48%	953	52.52%	1,054	-5.03%	-101
Pitt	52.91%	1,752	47.09%	1,559	5.83%	193
Polk	67.50%	405	32.50%	195	35.00%	210
Randolph	66.64%	1,752	33.36%	877	33.28%	875
Richmond	60.81%	1,254	39.19%	808	21.63%	446
Robeson	49.64%	1,318	50.36%	1,337	-0.72%	-19
Rockingham	49.16%	1,463	50.84%	1,513	-1.68%	-50
Rowan	46.54%	1,332	53.46%	1,530	-6.92%	-198
Rutherford	65.12%	1,279	34.88%	685	30.24%	594
Sampson	41.49%	1,026	58.51%	1,447	-17.02%	-421
Stanly	41.72%	466	58.28%	651	-16.56%	-185
Stokes	51.28%	783	48.72%	744	2.55%	39
Surry	52.60%	818	47.40%	737	5.21%	81
Transylvania	44.50%	186	55.50%	232	-11.00%	-46
Tyrrell	36.52%	195	63.48%	339	-26.97%	-144
Union	46.58%	811	53.42%	930	-6.84%	-119
Wake	53.76%	3,433	46.24%	2,953	7.52%	480
Warren	68.67%	2,308	31.33%	1,053	37.34%	1,255
Washington	73.29%	955	26.71%	348	46.58%	607
Watauga	46.54%	303	53.46%	348	-6.91%	-45
Wayne	48.87%	1,421	51.13%	1,487	-2.27%	-66
Wilkes	59.51%	1,205	40.49%	820	19.01%	385
Wilson	44.85%	897	55.15%	1,103	-10.30%	-206
Yadkin	37.95%	266	62.05%	435	-24.11%	-169
Yancey	57.46%	840	42.54%	622	14.91%	218

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "1864 Presidential Election Results North Carolina".
^ Howerton, William (1874). "The Legislative Manual and Political Register of the State of North Carolina 1874" (PDF). Carolana.

[auto-1] "1864 Presidential Election Results North Carolina".

[2] Howerton, William (1874). "The Legislative Manual and Political Register of the State of North Carolina 1874" (PDF). Carolana.

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