1868 United States presidential election in New York
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November 3, 1868
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The 1868 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 3, 1868, as part of the 1868 United States presidential election. Voters chose 33 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
New York voted for the Democratic nominee, former Governor of New York Horatio Seymour, over the Republican nominee, General Ulysses S. Grant. Seymour won his home state by a very narrow margin of 1.18%, making him the first Democratic candidate since Franklin Pierce in 1852 to win the state. Seymour also became the first losing Democratic presidential candidate to win New York.
Seymour received 69.4% of the vote in New York City (which at the time only included New York County); no candidate would exceed that share until Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936.
Results
[edit]| 1868 United States presidential election in New York[2][3][4][a] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Democratic | Horatio Seymour of New York | Francis Preston Blair Jr. of Missouri | 429,883 | 50.59% | 33 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican | Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois | Schuyler Colfax of Indiana | 419,915 | 49.41% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 849,798 | 100.00% | 33 | 100.00% | ||||
Results by county
[edit]| County[2][3][4] | Horatio Seymour Democratic |
Ulysses S. Grant Republican |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Albany | 14,080 | 53.70% | 12,139 | 46.30% | 1,941 | 7.40% | 26,219 |
| Allegany | 2,823 | 30.10% | 6,555 | 69.90% | -3,732 | -39.80% | 9,378 |
| Broome | 3,885 | 40.42% | 5,727 | 59.58% | -1,842 | -19.16% | 9,612 |
| Cattaraugus | 3,868 | 38.60% | 6,153 | 61.40% | -2,285 | -22.80% | 10,021 |
| Cayuga | 4,880 | 37.14% | 8,261 | 62.86% | -3,381 | -25.73% | 13,141 |
| Chautauqua | 4,441 | 32.12% | 9,387 | 67.88% | -4,946 | -35.77% | 13,828 |
| Chemung | 3,707 | 49.99% | 3,709 | 50.01% | -2 | -0.03% | 7,416 |
| Chenango | 4,093 | 41.06% | 5,875 | 58.94% | -1,782 | -17.88% | 9,968 |
| Clinton | 3,709 | 46.82% | 4,213 | 53.18% | -504 | -6.36% | 7,922 |
| Columbia | 5,661 | 51.39% | 5,354 | 48.61% | 307 | 2.79% | 11,015 |
| Cortland | 2,109 | 34.07% | 4,082 | 65.93% | -1,973 | -31.87% | 6,191 |
| Delaware | 4,288 | 43.27% | 5,621 | 56.73% | -1,333 | -13.45% | 9,909 |
| Dutchess | 7,490 | 47.74% | 8,199 | 52.26% | -709 | -4.52% | 15,689 |
| Erie | 14,454 | 47.74% | 15,822 | 52.26% | -1,368 | -4.52% | 30,276 |
| Essex | 2,150 | 37.35% | 3,606 | 62.65% | -1,456 | -25.30% | 5,756 |
| Franklin | 2,264 | 39.95% | 3,403 | 60.05% | -1,139 | -20.10% | 5,667 |
| Fulton | 2,698 | 44.41% | 3,377 | 55.59% | -679 | -11.18% | 6,075 |
| Genesee | 2,847 | 40.09% | 4,254 | 59.91% | -1,407 | -19.81% | 7,101 |
| Greene | 3,954 | 53.43% | 3,447 | 46.57% | 507 | 6.85% | 7,401 |
| Hamilton[b][5] | 452 | 61.33% | 285 | 38.67% | 167 | 22.66% | 737 |
| Herkimer | 4,109 | 43.46% | 5,346 | 56.54% | -1,237 | -13.08% | 9,455 |
| Jefferson | 5,883 | 41.13% | 8,421 | 58.87% | -2,538 | -17.74% | 14,304 |
| Kings | 39,838 | 58.98% | 27,711 | 41.02% | 12,127 | 17.95% | 67,549 |
| Lewis | 3,238 | 48.69% | 3,412 | 51.31% | -174 | -2.62% | 6,650 |
| Livingston | 3,465 | 41.81% | 4,823 | 58.19% | -1,358 | -16.39% | 8,288 |
| Madison | 3,968 | 38.77% | 6,266 | 61.23% | -2,298 | 22.45% | 10,234 |
| Monroe | 10,019 | 46.17% | 11,682 | 53.83% | -1,663 | -7.66% | 21,701 |
| Montgomery | 3,810 | 48.91% | 3,980 | 51.09% | -170 | -2.18% | 7,790 |
| New York | 108,316 | 69.40% | 47,748 | 30.60% | 60,568 | 38.81% | 156,064 |
| Niagara | 4,695 | 47.84% | 5,119 | 52.16% | -424 | -4.32% | 9,814 |
| Oneida | 11,276 | 47.24% | 12,593 | 52.76% | -1,317 | -5.52% | 23,869 |
| Onondaga | 9,023 | 42.28% | 12,320 | 57.72% | -3,297 | -15.45% | 21,343 |
| Ontario | 4,163 | 41.86% | 5,782 | 58.14% | -1,619 | -16.28% | 9,945 |
| Orange | 7,879 | 49.22% | 8,129 | 50.78% | -250 | -1.56% | 16,008 |
| Orleans | 2,446 | 38.52% | 3,904 | 61.48% | -1,458 | -22.96% | 6,350 |
| Oswego | 6,108 | 38.98% | 9,562 | 61.02% | -3,454 | -22.04% | 15,670 |
| Otsego | 6,075 | 48.05% | 6,568 | 51.95% | -493 | -3.90% | 12,643 |
| Putnam | 1,728 | 52.60% | 1,557 | 47.40% | 171 | 5.21% | 3,285 |
| Queens | 6,388 | 56.23% | 4,973 | 43.77% | 1,415 | 12.45% | 11,361 |
| Rensselaer | 10,381 | 49.59% | 10,551 | 50.41% | -170 | -0.81% | 20,932 |
| Richmond | 3,019 | 57.61% | 2,221 | 42.39% | 798 | 15.23% | 5,240 |
| Rockland | 2,762 | 59.68% | 1,866 | 40.32% | 896 | 19.36% | 4,628 |
| Saratoga | 5,266 | 44.93% | 6,454 | 55.07% | -1,188 | -10.14% | 11,720 |
| Schenectady | 2,333 | 48.54% | 2,473 | 51.46% | -140 | -2.91% | 4,806 |
| Schoharie | 4,736 | 59.05% | 3,284 | 40.95% | 1,452 | 18.10% | 8,020 |
| Schuyler | 2,040 | 42.40% | 2,771 | 57.60% | -731 | -15.19% | 4,811 |
| Seneca | 3,287 | 53.94% | 2,807 | 46.06% | 480 | 7.88% | 6,094 |
| St. Lawrence | 3,941 | 24.90% | 11,888 | 75.10% | -7,947 | -50.21% | 15,829 |
| Steuben | 6,461 | 42.77% | 8,647 | 57.23% | -2,186 | -14.47% | 15,108 |
| Suffolk | 4,185 | 47.70% | 4,589 | 52.30% | -404 | -4.60% | 8,774 |
| Sullivan | 3,662 | 52.70% | 3,287 | 47.30% | 375 | 5.40% | 6,949 |
| Tioga | 3,191 | 42.47% | 4,323 | 57.53% | -1,132 | -15.07% | 7,514 |
| Tompkins | 3,100 | 40.02% | 4,646 | 59.98% | -1,546 | -19.96% | 7,746 |
| Ulster | 8,524 | 51.45% | 8,044 | 48.55% | 480 | 2.90% | 16,568 |
| Warren | 2,239 | 45.23% | 2,711 | 54.77% | -472 | -9.54% | 4,950 |
| Washington | 4,063 | 37.88% | 6,662 | 62.12% | -2,599 | -24.23% | 10,725 |
| Wayne | 4,405 | 41.06% | 6,322 | 58.94% | -1,917 | -17.87% | 10,727 |
| Westchester | 11,667 | 54.75% | 9,642 | 45.25% | 2,025 | 9.50% | 21,309 |
| Wyoming | 2,591 | 38.01% | 4,226 | 61.99% | -1,635 | -23.98% | 6,817 |
| Yates | 1,750 | 35.82% | 3,136 | 64.18% | -1,386 | -28.37% | 4,886 |
| Totals | 429,883 | 50.59% | 419,915 | 49.41% | 9,968 | 1.17% | 849,798 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.
- ^ a b "Official Canvass - Electoral". The Rome Sentinel. Rome. December 22, 1868. p. 6. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
- ^ a b "Official Canvass - Electoral". The New-Paltz Times. New Paltz. December 3, 1868. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
- ^ a b The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1869. New York: The Tribune Association. 1869. p. 57. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
- ^ The World Almanac for 1869. New York: The World. 1869. p. 85. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
