1868 United States presidential election in Oregon

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1868 United States presidential election in Oregon

November 3, 1868

Nominee Horatio Seymour Ulysses S. Grant Party Democratic Republican Home state New York Illinois Running mate Francis Preston Blair, Jr. Schuyler Colfax Electoral vote 3 0 Popular vote 11,125 10,961 Percentage 50.37% 49.63%

President before election Andrew Johnson Democratic Elected President Ulysses S. Grant Republican

The 1868 United States presidential election in Oregon took place on November 3, 1868, as part of the 1868 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Oregon voted for the Democratic nominee, Horatio Seymour over the Republican nominee, Ulysses S. Grant. Seymour won the state by a narrow margin of 0.74%.

As a result of his win, Seymour became the first Democratic presidential candidate to ever win Oregon. Another Democrat would not win Oregon again on a presidential level until Woodrow Wilson won the state in 1912.

Results

1868 United States presidential election in Oregon
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Democratic	Horatio Seymour of New York	Francis Preston Blair, Jr. of Missouri	11,125	50.37%	3	100.00%
	Republican	Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois	Schuyler Colfax of Indiana	10,961	49.63%	0	0.00%
Total				22,086	100.00%	3	100.00%