United States presidential election, 1868

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The United States presidential election of 1868 was the post–Civil War contest in which Republican Ulysses S. Grant defeated Democrat Horatio Seymour, shaping the course of Reconstruction-era politics.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States presidential election ⓘ
political event ⓘ
campaignSloganOfGrant "Let us have peace" ⓘ
linked to: "Let Us Have Peace"
country United States of America ⓘ
electoralCollegeMeetingDate 1868-12-02 ⓘ
electoralVoteLoser Horatio Seymour ⓘ
electoralVotesReceivedByHoratio Seymour 80 ⓘ
electoralVotesReceivedByUlysses S. Grant 214 ⓘ
electoralVoteWinner Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
followedBy United States presidential election, 1872 ⓘ
follows United States presidential election, 1864 ⓘ
hasEndDate 1868-11-03 ⓘ
hasStartDate 1868-11-03 ⓘ
historicalSignificance first U.S. presidential election after the Civil War concluded ⓘ
helped determine direction of Reconstruction-era policies ⓘ
incumbentPresidentDuringElection Andrew Johnson ⓘ
incumbentPresidentParty National Union (aligned with Democrats by 1868) ⓘ
incumbentPresidentSoughtReelection no ⓘ
keyIssue Reconstruction policy ⓘ
civil rights for freedmen ⓘ
readmission of former Confederate states ⓘ
relationship between President and Congress ⓘ
loser Horatio Seymour ⓘ
losingParty Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
mainTopic Horatio Seymour ⓘ
Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
notableThirdPartyOrIndependentPresence none of major electoral significance ⓘ
numberOfStatesParticipating 34 ⓘ
occursDuring Reconstruction era ⓘ
officeContested President of the United States ⓘ
popularVoteLoser Horatio Seymour ⓘ
popularVoteMarginPercentageForGrant 52.7 ⓘ
popularVoteMarginPercentageForSeymour 47.3 ⓘ
popularVotesReceivedByHoratio Seymour 2808000 ⓘ
popularVotesReceivedByUlysses S. Grant 3398000 ⓘ
popularVoteWinner Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
precededByEvent impeachment of Andrew Johnson ⓘ
resultedIn election of Ulysses S. Grant as 18th President of the United States ⓘ
runningMateOfLoser Francis Preston Blair Jr. ⓘ
runningMateOfWinner Schuyler Colfax ⓘ
southernStatesWithLimitedParticipation former Confederate states under Reconstruction governments ⓘ
tookPlaceAfter American Civil War ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring Reconstruction in the United States ⓘ
linked to: Reconstruction era
tookPlaceUnderConstitutionalAmendment Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
vicePresidentialOfficeContested Vice President of the United States ⓘ
voterTurnoutPercentage 78.1 ⓘ
winner Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
winningParty Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party

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Frank Blair Jr. → candidateInElection → United States presidential election, 1868 ⓘ
Francis Preston Blair Jr. → election → United States presidential election of 1868 ⓘ
subject linked to: Blair political family
linked to: United States presidential election, 1868