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Wisconsin was won by Republican Party candidate Ulysses S. Grant, over Democratic candidate, Horatio Seymour. Grant won the state with 56.22% of the popular vote, winning the state's eight electoral votes. [1] Lafayette County voted for a Republican for the first time in this election and would continue to vote Republican in every election ...
Source (Electoral Vote): "Electoral College Box Scores 1789–1996". National Archives and Records Administration (a) Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia did not participate in the election of 1868 due to Reconstruction. In Florida, the state legislature cast its electoral vote for Grant by a vote of 40 to 9.
Home state Popular vote Electoral vote Running mate Count Percentage Vice-presidential candidate Home state Electoral vote Ulysses S. Grant (incumbent) Republican: Illinois: 3,598,235: 55.6%: 286: Henry Wilson: Massachusetts: 286: Thomas A. Hendricks: Democratic: Indiana — (a) — 42 — (c) 42 Benjamin Gratz Brown: Liberal Republican ...
The vote in the legislature was 40 Republicans to 9 Democrats. [1] Florida voted for the Republican nominee, Ulysses S. Grant. As a result of the status of Reconstruction, the state's three electoral votes were allocated by the State Legislature to Grant.
Voters chose 29 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Pennsylvania voted for the Republican candidate, Ulysses S. Grant, over the Liberal Republican candidate, Horace Greeley. Grant won Pennsylvania by a margin of 24.42%.
Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Virginia voted for the Republican candidate, incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant over the Democratic and Liberal Republican candidate, former U.S. Representative Horace Greeley.
However, Greeley died prior to the Electoral College meeting, allowing Georgia's 11 electors to vote for the candidate of their choice: 6 voted for Greeley's running mate, B. Gratz Brown, and 2 for Charles Jenkins. [1] 3 electors attempted to vote for the deceased Greeley, but their votes were rejected after a House of Representatives ...
Voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. Michigan was won by Republican nominee General Ulysses S. Grant over Democratic candidate Governor Horatio Seymour by a margin of almost 14%.