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]
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Turnout | 15.51% of the total population[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 (D–New 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
edit1868 United States presidential election in Alabama[2] | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
Count | % | Count | % | |||||
Republican | Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois | Schuyler Colfax of Indiana | 76,667 | 51.25% | 8 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic | Horatio Seymour of New York | Francis Preston Blair Jr. of Missouri | 72,921 | 48.75% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Write-in | Write-in of United States | Write-in of United States | 6 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Total | 181,498 | 100.00% | 8 | 100.00% |
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