With 68.43% of the popular vote, Tennessee would be Grant's fourth strongest victory in terms of popular vote percentage after Vermont, Massachusetts and Kansas.[2]
This was the last presidential election in which Tennessee would back the Republican nominee until 1920.
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United States presidential election in Tennessee, 1868[1]
1868, united, states, presidential, election, tennessee, main, article, 1868, united, states, presidential, election, took, place, november, 1868, part, 1868, united, states, presidential, election, tennessee, voters, chose, representatives, electors, electora. Main article 1868 United States presidential election The 1868 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 3 1868 as part of the 1868 United States presidential election Tennessee voters chose 10 representatives or electors to the Electoral College who voted for president and vice president 1 1868 United States presidential election in Tennessee 1864 November 3 1868 1872 Nominee Ulysses S Grant Horatio SeymourParty Republican DemocraticHome state Illinois New YorkRunning mate Schuyler Colfax Francis Preston Blair Jr Electoral vote 10 0Popular vote 56 628 26 129Percentage 68 43 31 57 President before electionAndrew JohnsonDemocratic Elected President Ulysses S GrantRepublicanTennessee was won by Ulysses S Grant formerly the 6th Commanding General of the United States Army R Illinois running with Speaker of the House Schuyler Colfax with 68 43 of the popular vote against the 18th governor of New York Horatio Seymour D New York running with former Senator Francis Preston Blair Jr with 31 57 of the vote 1 With 68 43 of the popular vote Tennessee would be Grant s fourth strongest victory in terms of popular vote percentage after Vermont Massachusetts and Kansas 2 This was the last presidential election in which Tennessee would back the Republican nominee until 1920 Results editUnited States presidential election in Tennessee 1868 1 Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral voteCount Count Republican Ulysses S Grant of Illinois Schuyler Colfax of Indiana 56 628 68 43 10 100 00 Democratic Horatio Seymour of New York Francis Preston Blair Jr of Missouri 26 129 31 57 0 0 00 Total 82 757 100 00 10 100 00 References edit a b c 1864 Presidential Election Results Tennessee 1868 Presidential Election Statistics Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections Retrieved March 5 2018 nbsp nbsp This Tennessee elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1868 United States presidential election in Tennessee amp oldid 1173612135, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
