1868 Florida gubernatorial election

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1868 Florida gubernatorial election
Flag of Florida (1861-1865).svg
  1865 May 4, 1868 1872  
  Governor Harrison Reed of Florida.jpg George Washington Scott.jpg 3x4.svg
Nominee Harrison Reed George W. Scott Samuel Walker
Party Republican Democratic Radical Republican
Popular vote14,4217,7312,251
Percentage59.10%31.68%9.22%

1868 Florida Gubernatorial election by county.svg
County Results

Governor before election

David S. Walker
Democratic

Elected Governor

Harrison Reed
Republican

The 1868 Florida gubernatorial election was held on May 4, 1868. Republican nominee Harrison Reed defeated the Democratic nominee George W. Scott [1] [2] in a landslide. This stood as the best Republican gubernatorial performance, in terms of total percentage of the vote, in state's history until 2022.

Contents

General election

Candidates

Results

1868 Florida gubernatorial election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Harrison Reed 14,421 59.10%
Democratic George W. Scott 7,73131.68%
Radical RepublicanSamuel Walker2,2519.22%

Results by County

County [3] George W. Scott
Democratic
Harrison Reed
Republican
Samuel Walker
Radical Republican
Total votes
# %# %# %
Alachua 23413.27%1,52886.67%10.06%1,763
Baker 7550.00%7550.00%00.00%150
Bradford 17162.18%10437.82%00.00%275
Brevard 00.00%5100.00%00.00%5
Calhoun 14166.82%7033.18%00.00%211
Clay 1510.14%11879.73%1510.14%148
Columbia 26027.78%67672.22%00.00%936
Dade 533.33%1066.67%00.00%15
Duval 44034.87%14611.57%67653.57%1,262
Escambia 22921.75%82478.25%00.00%1,053
Franklin 17361.57%10838.43%00.00%281
Gadsden 64036.61%1,10863.39%00.00%1,748
Hamilton 36452.15%31545.13%192.72%698
Hernando 9131.82%19568.18%00.00%286
Hillsborough 16658.87%11641.13%00.00%282
Holmes 8064.52%4435.48%00.00%124
Jackson 56129.50%1,34070.45%10.05%1,902
Jefferson 53925.00%1,61674.95%10.05%2,156
Lafayette 3522.01%12477.99%00.00%159
Leon 45715.97%1,09638.31%1,30845.72%2,861
Levy 8148.80%8551.20%00.00%166
Liberty 9752.43%8847.57%00.00%124
Madison 51528.53%1,28871.36%20.11%1,805
Manatee 1726.56%4773.44%00.00%64
Marion 22316.31%1,14483.69%00.00%1,367
Monroe 31258.21%22441.79%00.00%536
Nassau 5617.07%3410.37%23872.56%328
Orange 10774.31%3725.69%00.00%144
Polk 10684.80%1915.20%00.00%125
Putnam 19842.31%27057.69%00.00%468
Santa Rosa 18842.44%25557.56%00.00%443
St. Johns 26363.53%15136.47%00.00%414
Sumter 11152.11%10247.89%00.00%213
Suwannee 14835.75%26664.25%00.00%414
Taylor 9452.11%8848.09%10.55%183
Volusia 8656.58%3623.68%3019.74%152
Wakulla 16238.48%25961.52%00.00%421
Walton 20380.88%4819.12%00.00%251
Washington 18963.64%10836.36%00.00%297
Actual Totals7,83232.24%14,16758.32%2,2929.44%24,291
Official Totals7,73131.67%14,42159.08%2,2579.25%24,409

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