1868 United States presidential election in Nevada

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1868 United States presidential election in Nevada
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November 3, 1868
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Nominee Ulysses S. Grant Horatio Seymour
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Illinois New York
Running mate Schuyler Colfax Francis Preston Blair Jr.
Electoral vote30
Popular vote6,4805,218
Percentage55.39%44.61%
Nevada Presidential Election Results 1868.svg
County results
President before election

Andrew Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Ulysses S. Grant
Republican

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

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Nevada 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 55.39% 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 44.61% of the vote. [1]

Results

General Election Results [2]
PartyPledged toElectorVotes
Republican Party Ulysses S. GrantJ. W. Haines6,480
Republican Party Ulysses S. GrantA. L. Page6,476
Republican Party Ulysses S. GrantCharles E. De Long6,474
Democratic Party Horatio SeymourWilliam M. Seawell5,218
Democratic Party Horatio SeymourR. B. Ellis5,215
Democratic Party Horatio SeymourWilliam Woodburn5,215
Votes cast [a] 11,698

Results by county

Ulysses S. Grant
Republican		Horatio Seymour
Democratic		MarginTotal votes cast [b]
County#%#%#%
Churchill 7550.00%7550.00%0 [c] 0.00%150
Douglas 25668.45%11831.55%13836.90%374
Esmeralda 26757.42%19842.58%6914.84%465
Humboldt 31352.25%28647.75%274.51%599
Lander 1,00050.13%99549.87%50.25%1,995
Lincoln 5047.17%5652.83%-6-5.66%106
Lyon 48858.72%34341.28%14517.45%831
Nye 35350.00%35350.00%00.00%706
Ormsby 50054.35%42045.65%808.70%920
Storey 2,31957.15%1,73942.85%58014.29%4,058
Washoe 85957.50%63542.50%22414.99%1,494
Totals6,48055.39%5,21844.61%1,26210.79%11,698

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
  2. ↑ Based on highest elector on each ticket
  3. ↑ Using the highest elector on the Republican ticket results in a tie, although the other two Republican electors received 76 votes each in this county

References

  1. 1 2 "1868 Presidential Election Results Nevada".
  2. ↑ Nevada State Archives, Official Canvass of the Vote Cast at the General Election held in the State of Nevada on the 3rd day of November A.D. 1868


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