1868 United States presidential election in North Carolina

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]

1868 United States presidential election in North Carolina

← 1860 November 3, 1868 1872 →
 
Nominee Ulysses S. Grant Horatio Seymour
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Illinois New York
Running mate Schuyler Colfax Francis Preston Blair, Jr.
Electoral vote 9 0
Popular vote 96,939 84,559
Percentage 53.41% 46.59%

County Results

President before election

Andrew Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Ulysses S. Grant
Republican

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(DNew 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 edit

United States presidential election in North Carolina, 1868[1]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
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 edit

County[2] Ulysses S. Grant

Republican

Horatio Seymour

Democratic

Margin
% # % # % #
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 edit

  1. ^ a b c "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.