1868 United States presidential election in Maryland

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1868 United States presidential election in Maryland
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Nominee Horatio Seymour Ulysses S. Grant
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Illinois
Running mate Francis Preston Blair, Jr. Schuyler Colfax
Electoral vote70
Popular vote62,35730,438
Percentage67.20%32.80%
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County Results
President before election

Andrew Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Ulysses S. Grant
Republican

The 1868 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 3, 1868, as part of the 1868 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Maryland voted for the Democratic nominee, Horatio Seymour over the Republican nominee, Ulysses S. Grant. Seymour won the state by a margin of 34.4%.

In this election, Maryland voted 39.72% more Democratic than the nation at-large. [1]

With 67.2% of the popular vote, Maryland would be Seymour's third strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Kentucky and Louisiana. [2] To date this is the best performance by a Democrat in Maryland history.

This was the first presidential election that Wicomico County was able to vote in.

Results

1868 United States presidential election in Maryland [3]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Democratic Horatio Seymour of New York Francis Preston Blair, Jr. of Missouri 62,35767.20%7100.00%
Republican Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois Schuyler Colfax of Indiana 30,43832.80%00.00%
Total92,795100.00%7100.00%

Results by county

CountyHoratio Seymour

Democratic

Ulysses S. Grant

Republican

MarginTotal

Votes

Cast [4]

#%#%#%
Allegany 272152.85%242847.15%2935.69%5149
Anne Arundel 167082.92%34417.08%132665.84%2014
Baltimore (City) 2170270.45%910329.55%1259940.90%30805
Baltimore (County) 437765.21%233534.79%204230.42%6712
Calvert 62590.32%679.68%55880.64%692
Caroline 260753.13%230046.87%3076.26%4907
Carroll 90765.68%47434.32%43331.35%1381
Cecil 248159.13%171540.87%76618.26%4196
Charles 113697.01%352.99%110194.02%1171
Dorchester 141574.83%47625.17%93949.66%1891
Frederick 381349.64%386950.36%-56-0.73%7682
Harford 231366.31%117533.69%113832.63%3488
Howard 101267.38%49032.62%52234.75%1502
Kent 133283.35%26616.65%106666.71%1598
Montgomery 174581.39%39918.61%134662.78%2144
Prince George's 166491.03%1648.97%150082.06%1828
Queen Anne's 155284.95%27515.05%127769.90%1827
St. Mary's 118296.81%393.19%114393.61%1221
Somerset 98970.14%42129.86%56840.28%1410
Talbot 125277.81%35722.19%89555.62%1609
Washington 311450.47%305649.53%580.94%6170
Wicomico 146477.67%42122.33%104355.33%1885
Worcester 131985.21%22914.79%109070.41%1548
Total6235767.20%3043832.80%3191934.40%92795

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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References

  1. ↑ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  2. ↑ "1868 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  3. ↑ "1868 Presidential General Election Results - Maryland".
  4. ↑ "County Project (WIP)". Google Docs. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
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