| Elections in North Carolina |
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The 1868 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 3, 1868, as part of the 1868 United States presidential election. North Carolina voters chose 9 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.[1]
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
| United States presidential election in North Carolina, 1868[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
| 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 |
References
- ^ a b c "1864 Presidential Election Results North Carolina".
- ^ Howerton, William (1874). "The Legislative Manual and Political Register of the State of North Carolina 1874" (PDF). Carolana.
