1868 United States presidential election in Alabama

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1868 United States presidential election in Alabama
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  1860 November 3, 1868 1872  
Turnout15.51% of the total population [1]
  Ulysses S Grant by Brady c1870-restored (3x4 crop).jpg Hon. Horatio Seymour, N.Y - NARA - 528568 (cropped).jpg
Nominee Ulysses S. Grant Horatio Seymour
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Illinois New York
Running mate Schuyler Colfax Francis Preston Blair Jr.
Electoral vote80
Popular vote76,66772,921
Percentage51.25%48.75%

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President before election

Andrew Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Ulysses S. Grant
Republican

The 1868 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 3, 1868, as part of the 1868 presidential election. Alabama voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. [2]

Contents

Alabama 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 51.25% of the popular vote, against the 18th governor of New York, Horatio Seymour (DNew York), running with former Senator Francis Preston Blair Jr., with 48.75% of the vote. [2]

Grant was the first Republican presidential candidate ever to have carried Alabama.

Results

1868 United States presidential election in Alabama [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ulysses S. Grant 76,667 51.25%
Democratic Horatio Seymour 72,92148.75%
OtherWrite-ins60.00%
Total votes80,329 100%

Results By County

1868 United States Presidential Election in Alabama (By County) [3]
CountyUlysses S. Grant

Republican

Horatio Seymour

Democratic

Write-ins

Other Parties

Total Votes Cast
#%#%#%
Autauga 1,50563.88%85136.12%00.00%2,356
Baker 28329.51%67670.49%00.00%959
Baldwin 55845.33%67354.67%00.00%1,231
Barbour 3,16858.91%2,21041.09%00.00%5,378
Bibb 49239.81%74460.19%00.00%1,236
Blount 27537.36%46162.64%00.00%736
Bullock 2,10356.28%1,63443.72%00.00%3,737
Butler 72428.43%1,82371.57%00.00%2,547
Calhoun 60032.02%1,27467.98%00.00%1,874
Chambers 1,10543.37%1,44356.63%00.00%2,548
Cherokee 17115.17%95684.83%00.00%1,127
Choctaw 92545.39%1,11354.61%00.00%2,038
Clarke 56232.73%1,15567.27%00.00%1,717
Clay 25627.26%68372.74%00.00%939
Cleburne 40250.76%39049.24%00.00%792
Coffee 808.67%84391.33%00.00%923
Conecuh 84348.48%89651.52%00.00%1,739
Coosa 63539.89%95760.11%00.00%1,592
Covington 00.00%534100.00%00.00%534
Crenshaw 906.90%1,21493.10%00.00%1,304
Dale 34622.31%1,20577.69%00.00%1,551
Dallas 7,13780.05%1,77919.95%00.00%8,916
DeKalb 49257.34%36041.96%60.70%858
Elmore 1,26251.32%1,19748.68%00.00%2,459
Etowah 28328.47%71171.53%00.00%994
Fayette 20231.76%43468.24%00.00%636
Franklin 9012.69%61987.31%00.00%709
Greene 2,92777.11%86922.89%00.00%3,796
Hale 3,29779.20%86620.80%00.00%4,163
Henry 41023.91%1,30576.09%00.00%1,715
Jackson 53925.42%1,58174.58%00.00%2,120
Jefferson 42043.84%53856.16%00.00%958
Lauderdale 37820.84%1,43679.16%00.00%1,814
Lawrence 69234.53%1,31265.47%00.00%2,004
Lee 1,65048.86%1,72751.14%00.00%3,377
Limestone 35523.17%1,17776.83%00.00%1,532
Lowndes 3,33974.04%1,17125.96%00.00%4,510
Macon 2,32768.40%1,07531.60%00.00%3,402
Madison 1,53541.59%2,15658.41%00.00%3,691
Marengo 2,79359.78%1,87940.22%00.00%4,672
Marshall 42240.66%61659.34%00.00%1,038
Mobile 5,20043.85%6,65856.15%00.00%11,858
Monroe 584.63%1,19695.37%00.00%1,254
Montgomery 6,77074.51%2,31625.49%00.00%9,086
Morgan 51843.53%67256.47%00.00%1,190
Perry 3,73373.63%1,33726.37%00.00%5,070
Pickens 53126.18%1,49773.82%00.00%2,028
Pike 25612.37%1,81387.63%00.00%2,069
Randolph 67852.03%62547.97%00.00%1,303
Russell 1,74658.67%1,23041.33%00.00%2,976
Sanford 16423.16%54476.84%00.00%708
Shelby 79948.63%84451.37%00.00%1,643
St. Clair 63259.57%42940.43%00.00%1,061
Sumter 2,51663.14%1,46936.86%00.00%3,985
Talladega 1,77159.37%1,21240.63%00.00%2,983
Tallapoosa 34014.03%2,08385.97%00.00%2,423
Tuscaloosa 1,16745.76%1,38354.24%00.00%2,550
Walker 28249.39%28950.61%00.00%571
Washington 10485.95%1714.05%00.00%121
Wilcox 3,39669.59%1,48430.41%00.00%4,880
Winston 28487.93%3912.07%00.00%323
Totals76,38451.39%72,24548.61%60.00%148,635

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References

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