The 1868 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 3, 1868, as part of the 1868 United States presidential election. State voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.[1]
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November 3, 1868
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 County Results
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North Carolina 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 53.41% 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 46.59% of the vote. As of the 2024 presidential election this is the last election in which Yadkin County voted for the Democratic presidential nominee.[1]
Results
edit| 1868 United States presidential election in North Carolina[1] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Republican | Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois | Schuyler Colfax of Indiana | 96,939 | 53.41% | 9 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic | Horatio Seymour of New York | Francis Preston Blair Jr. of Missouri | 84,559 | 46.59% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 181,498 | 100.00% | 9 | 100.00% | ||||
Results by county
edit| County[2] | Ulysses S. Grant
Republican |
Horatio Seymour
Democratic |
Margin | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | # | % | # | % | # | |
| Alamance | 51.09% | 1,102 | 48.91% | 1,055 | 2.18% | 47 |
| Alexander | 40.48% | 351 | 59.52% | 516 | -19.03% | -165 |
| Alleghany | 46.31% | 245 | 53.69% | 284 | -7.37% | -39 |
| Anson | 48.83% | 1,002 | 51.17% | 1,050 | -2.34% | -48 |
| Ashe | 49.61% | 634 | 50.39% | 644 | -0.78% | -10 |
| Beaufort | 51.79% | 1,318 | 48.21% | 1,227 | 3.58% | 91 |
| Bertie | 66.83% | 1,517 | 33.17% | 753 | 33.66% | 764 |
| Bladen | 55.98% | 1,372 | 44.02% | 1,079 | 11.95% | 293 |
| Brunswick | 55.74% | 879 | 44.26% | 698 | 11.48% | 181 |
| Buncombe | 48.71% | 1,035 | 51.29% | 1,090 | -2.59% | -55 |
| Burke | 55.58% | 927 | 44.42% | 741 | 11.15% | 186 |
| Cabarrus | 45.81% | 940 | 54.19% | 1,112 | -8.38% | -172 |
| Caldwell | 39.09% | 396 | 60.91% | 617 | -21.82% | -221 |
| Camden | 50.09% | 530 | 49.91% | 528 | 0.19% | 2 |
| Carteret | 47.82% | 823 | 52.18% | 898 | -4.36% | -75 |
| Caswell | 58.14% | 1,957 | 41.86% | 1,409 | 16.28% | 548 |
| Catawba | 30.14% | 488 | 69.86% | 1,131 | -39.72% | -643 |
| Chatham | 53.42% | 1,765 | 46.58% | 1,539 | 6.84% | 226 |
| Cherokee | 51.15% | 443 | 48.85% | 423 | 2.31% | 20 |
| Chowan | 57.02% | 690 | 42.98% | 520 | 14.05% | 170 |
| Clay | 39.85% | 155 | 60.15% | 234 | -20.31% | -79 |
| Cleveland | 38.75% | 656 | 61.25% | 1,037 | -22.50% | -381 |
| Columbus | 34.45% | 503 | 65.55% | 957 | -31.10% | -454 |
| Craven | 70.31% | 3,535 | 29.69% | 1,493 | 40.61% | 2,042 |
| Cumberland | 48.66% | 1,592 | 51.34% | 1,680 | -2.69% | -88 |
| Currituck | 31.44% | 416 | 68.56% | 907 | -37.11% | -491 |
| Davidson | 68.82% | 1,843 | 31.18% | 835 | 37.64% | 1,008 |
| Davie | 48.58% | 652 | 51.42% | 690 | -2.83% | -38 |
| Duplin | 39.35% | 1,025 | 60.65% | 1,580 | -21.31% | -555 |
| Edgecombe | 64.50% | 2,676 | 35.50% | 1,473 | 28.99% | 1,203 |
| Forsyth | 61.57% | 1,261 | 38.43% | 787 | 23.14% | 474 |
| Franklin | 50.98% | 1,431 | 49.02% | 1,376 | 1.96% | 55 |
| Gaston | 56.43% | 878 | 43.57% | 678 | 12.85% | 200 |
| Gates | 40.21% | 452 | 59.79% | 672 | -19.57% | -220 |
| Granville | 56.18% | 2,754 | 43.82% | 2,148 | 12.36% | 606 |
| Greene | 57.58% | 756 | 42.42% | 557 | 15.16% | 199 |
| Guilford | 59.18% | 2,169 | 40.82% | 1,496 | 18.36% | 673 |
| Halifax | 66.81% | 3,206 | 33.19% | 1,593 | 33.61% | 1,613 |
| Harnett | 44.98% | 645 | 55.02% | 789 | -10.04% | -144 |
| Haywood | 38.43% | 412 | 61.57% | 660 | -23.13% | -248 |
| Henderson | 63.94% | 640 | 36.06% | 361 | 27.87% | 279 |
| Hertford | 51.03% | 744 | 48.97% | 714 | 2.06% | 30 |
| Hyde | 41.97% | 572 | 58.03% | 791 | -16.07% | -219 |
| Iredell | 37.82% | 859 | 62.18% | 1,412 | -24.35% | -553 |
| Jackson | 26.60% | 220 | 73.40% | 607 | -46.80% | -387 |
| Johnston | 47.18% | 1,204 | 52.82% | 1,348 | -5.64% | -144 |
| Jones | 58.38% | 592 | 41.62% | 422 | 16.77% | 170 |
| Lenoir | 58.53% | 1,215 | 41.47% | 861 | 17.05% | 354 |
| Lincoln | 45.85% | 625 | 54.15% | 738 | -8.29% | -113 |
| Macon | 36.09% | 323 | 63.91% | 572 | -27.82% | -249 |
| Madison | 53.60% | 529 | 46.40% | 458 | 7.19% | 71 |
| Martin | 49.85% | 1,021 | 50.15% | 1,027 | -0.29% | -6 |
| McDowell | 54.94% | 740 | 45.06% | 607 | 9.87% | 133 |
| Mecklenburg | 47.73% | 1,962 | 52.27% | 2,149 | -4.55% | -187 |
| Mitchell | 81.89% | 529 | 18.11% | 117 | 63.78% | 412 |
| Montgomery | 68.07% | 727 | 31.93% | 341 | 36.14% | 386 |
| Moore | 53.55% | 1,019 | 46.45% | 884 | 7.09% | 135 |
| Nash | 43.30% | 837 | 56.70% | 1,096 | -13.40% | -259 |
| New Hanover | 63.41% | 3,968 | 36.59% | 2,290 | 26.81% | 1,678 |
| Northampton | 64.89% | 1,931 | 35.11% | 1,045 | 29.77% | 886 |
| Onslow | 32.18% | 417 | 67.82% | 879 | -35.65% | -462 |
| Orange | 43.24% | 1,453 | 56.76% | 1,907 | -13.51% | -454 |
| Pasquotank | 63.96% | 1,047 | 36.04% | 590 | 27.92% | 457 |
| Perquimans | 61.15% | 913 | 38.85% | 580 | 22.30% | 333 |
| Person | 47.48% | 953 | 52.52% | 1,054 | -5.03% | -101 |
| Pitt | 52.91% | 1,752 | 47.09% | 1,559 | 5.83% | 193 |
| Polk | 67.50% | 405 | 32.50% | 195 | 35.00% | 210 |
| Randolph | 66.64% | 1,752 | 33.36% | 877 | 33.28% | 875 |
| Richmond | 60.81% | 1,254 | 39.19% | 808 | 21.63% | 446 |
| Robeson | 49.64% | 1,318 | 50.36% | 1,337 | -0.72% | -19 |
| Rockingham | 49.16% | 1,463 | 50.84% | 1,513 | -1.68% | -50 |
| Rowan | 46.54% | 1,332 | 53.46% | 1,530 | -6.92% | -198 |
| Rutherford | 65.12% | 1,279 | 34.88% | 685 | 30.24% | 594 |
| Sampson | 41.49% | 1,026 | 58.51% | 1,447 | -17.02% | -421 |
| Stanly | 41.72% | 466 | 58.28% | 651 | -16.56% | -185 |
| Stokes | 51.28% | 783 | 48.72% | 744 | 2.55% | 39 |
| Surry | 52.60% | 818 | 47.40% | 737 | 5.21% | 81 |
| Transylvania | 44.50% | 186 | 55.50% | 232 | -11.00% | -46 |
| Tyrrell | 36.52% | 195 | 63.48% | 339 | -26.97% | -144 |
| Union | 46.58% | 811 | 53.42% | 930 | -6.84% | -119 |
| Wake | 53.76% | 3,433 | 46.24% | 2,953 | 7.52% | 480 |
| Warren | 68.67% | 2,308 | 31.33% | 1,053 | 37.34% | 1,255 |
| Washington | 73.29% | 955 | 26.71% | 348 | 46.58% | 607 |
| Watauga | 46.54% | 303 | 53.46% | 348 | -6.91% | -45 |
| Wayne | 48.87% | 1,421 | 51.13% | 1,487 | -2.27% | -66 |
| Wilkes | 59.51% | 1,205 | 40.49% | 820 | 19.01% | 385 |
| Wilson | 44.85% | 897 | 55.15% | 1,103 | -10.30% | -206 |
| Yadkin | 37.95% | 266 | 62.05% | 435 | -24.11% | -169 |
| Yancey | 57.46% | 840 | 42.54% | 622 | 14.91% | 218 |
See also
editReferences
edit- 1 2 3 "1864 Presidential Election Results North Carolina".
- ↑ Howerton, William (1874). "The Legislative Manual and Political Register of the State of North Carolina 1874" (PDF). Carolana.