1868 Presidential Election

Results of the presidential election of 1868, won by Ulysses S. Grant with 214 electoral votes.

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Ulysses S. Grant's Cabinet

President: Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877)

Vice President: Schuyler Colfax (1869-1873)

Secretary of State: Hamilton Fish (1869-1877)

Secretary of the Treasury: George S. Boutwell (1869-1873)

Secretary of War: William W. Belknap (1869-1876)

Attorney General: Ebenezer R. Hoar (1869-1870), Amos T. Akerman (1870-1871), George Henry Williams (1871-1875)

Postmaster General: John Creswell (1869-1874)

Secretary of the Navy: George M. Robeson (1869-1877)

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1868 Candidate Electoral Votes

148 to win
2,708,744 popular votes (47.3%)
Running Mate: Francis Preston Blair Jr.
3,013,650 popular votes (52.7%)
Running Mate: Schuyler Colfax

Nebraska becomes a state during this election cycle. Mississippi, Texas and Virginia do not participate.

State Electoral Votes

Alabama

8

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

5

California

5

Colorado

Connecticut

6

Delaware

3

District of Columbia

Florida

3

Georgia

9

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

16

Indiana

13

Iowa

8

Kansas

3

Kentucky

11

Louisiana

7

Maine

7

Maryland

7

Massachusetts

12

Michigan

8

Minnesota

4

Mississippi

Missouri

11

Montana

Nebraska

3

Nevada

3

New Hampshire

5

New Jersey

7

New Mexico

New York

33

North Carolina

9

North Dakota

Ohio

21

Oklahoma

Oregon

3

Pennsylvania

26

Rhode Island

4

South Carolina

6

South Dakota

Tennessee

10

Texas

Utah

Vermont

5

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

5

Wisconsin

8

Wyoming