1868 United States presidential election

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The 1868 United States presidential election was the first national contest after the Civil War, in which Republican Ulysses S. Grant defeated Democrat Horatio Seymour amid Reconstruction-era tensions.

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1868 United States presidential election canonical 3

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instanceOf United States presidential election ⓘ
political event ⓘ
afterConflict American Civil War ⓘ
campaignSloganOfUlysses S. Grant "Let us have peace" ⓘ
context impeachment and near removal of Andrew Johnson earlier in 1868 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date November 3, 1868 ⓘ
electoralVoteRunnerUp Horatio Seymour ⓘ
electoralVotesForHoratio Seymour 80 ⓘ
electoralVotesForUlysses S. Grant 214 ⓘ
electoralVoteWinner Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
era Reconstruction era ⓘ
excludedFormerConfederateStates some states not yet fully readmitted to the Union ⓘ
featuredNewlyEnfranchisedGroup African American men in some Southern states ⓘ
incumbentPartyBeforeElection National Union Party ⓘ
incumbentPresidentBeforeElection Andrew Johnson ⓘ
loser Horatio Seymour ⓘ
losingParty Democratic Party ⓘ
mainIssue Reconstruction ⓘ
civil rights for freedmen ⓘ
readmission of former Confederate states ⓘ
majorDemocraticPlatformPlank criticism of military rule in the South ⓘ
opposition to Radical Reconstruction ⓘ
majorRepublicanPlatformPlank support for the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
support for the Reconstruction Acts ⓘ
nextElection 1872 United States presidential election ⓘ
notableFor being the first presidential election after the Civil War ⓘ
occurring while several Southern states were under military rule ⓘ
widespread violence and intimidation against Black voters in the South ⓘ
officeContested President of the United States ⓘ
Vice President of the United States ⓘ
partyOfPresidentAfterElection Republican Party ⓘ
popularVoteRunnerUp Horatio Seymour ⓘ
popularVotesForHoratio Seymour about 2,706,000 ⓘ
popularVotesForUlysses S. Grant about 3,013,000 ⓘ
popularVoteWinner Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
presidentAfterElection Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
previousElection 1864 United States presidential election ⓘ
resultedIn Republican control of the presidency ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring military Reconstruction ⓘ
tookPlaceDuringPresidencyOf Andrew Johnson ⓘ
tookPlaceInNumberOfStates 37 ⓘ
totalElectoralVotes 294 ⓘ
vicePresidentialRunningMateOfHoratio Seymour Francis P. Blair Jr. ⓘ
vicePresidentialRunningMateOfUlysses S. Grant Schuyler Colfax ⓘ
voterTurnout high ⓘ
wasFirstNationalContestAfter American Civil War ⓘ
winner Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
winningParty Republican Party ⓘ

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1864 United States presidential election → nextEvent → 1868 United States presidential election ⓘ
Ulysses S. Grant administration → election → 1868 United States presidential election ⓘ
Horatio Seymour → candidateInElection → 1868 United States presidential election ⓘ