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The 1868 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 3, 1868, as part of the
1868 United States presidential election. North Carolina voters chose 9 representatives, or electors, to the
Electoral College, who voted for
president and
vice president.
[1]
North Carolina 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 53.41% 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 46.59% of the vote. As of the 2020 presidential election this is the last election in which
Yadkin County voted for the Democratic presidential nominee.
[1]
Results
Results by county
County
[2]
|
Ulysses S. Grant
Republican
|
Horatio Seymour
Democratic
|
Margin
|
%
|
#
|
%
|
#
|
%
|
#
|
Alamance
|
51.09%
|
1,102
|
48.91%
|
1,055
|
2.18%
|
47
|
Alexander
|
40.48%
|
351
|
59.52%
|
516
|
-19.03%
|
-165
|
Alleghany
|
46.31%
|
245
|
53.69%
|
284
|
-7.37%
|
-39
|
Anson
|
48.83%
|
1,002
|
51.17%
|
1,050
|
-2.34%
|
-48
|
Ashe
|
49.61%
|
634
|
50.39%
|
644
|
-0.78%
|
-10
|
Beaufort
|
51.79%
|
1,318
|
48.21%
|
1,227
|
3.58%
|
91
|
Bertie
|
66.83%
|
1,517
|
33.17%
|
753
|
33.66%
|
764
|
Bladen
|
55.98%
|
1,372
|
44.02%
|
1,079
|
11.95%
|
293
|
Brunswick
|
55.74%
|
879
|
44.26%
|
698
|
11.48%
|
181
|
Buncombe
|
48.71%
|
1,035
|
51.29%
|
1,090
|
-2.59%
|
-55
|
Burke
|
55.58%
|
927
|
44.42%
|
741
|
11.15%
|
186
|
Cabarrus
|
45.81%
|
940
|
54.19%
|
1,112
|
-8.38%
|
-172
|
Caldwell
|
39.09%
|
396
|
60.91%
|
617
|
-21.82%
|
-221
|
Camden
|
50.09%
|
530
|
49.91%
|
528
|
0.19%
|
2
|
Carteret
|
47.82%
|
823
|
52.18%
|
898
|
-4.36%
|
-75
|
Caswell
|
58.14%
|
1,957
|
41.86%
|
1,409
|
16.28%
|
548
|
Catawba
|
30.14%
|
488
|
69.86%
|
1,131
|
-39.72%
|
-643
|
Chatham
|
53.42%
|
1,765
|
46.58%
|
1,539
|
6.84%
|
226
|
Cherokee
|
51.15%
|
443
|
48.85%
|
423
|
2.31%
|
20
|
Chowan
|
57.02%
|
690
|
42.98%
|
520
|
14.05%
|
170
|
Clay
|
39.85%
|
155
|
60.15%
|
234
|
-20.31%
|
-79
|
Cleveland
|
38.75%
|
656
|
61.25%
|
1,037
|
-22.50%
|
-381
|
Columbus
|
34.45%
|
503
|
65.55%
|
957
|
-31.10%
|
-454
|
Craven
|
70.31%
|
3,535
|
29.69%
|
1,493
|
40.61%
|
2,042
|
Cumberland
|
48.66%
|
1,592
|
51.34%
|
1,680
|
-2.69%
|
-88
|
Currituck
|
31.44%
|
416
|
68.56%
|
907
|
-37.11%
|
-491
|
Davidson
|
68.82%
|
1,843
|
31.18%
|
835
|
37.64%
|
1,008
|
Davie
|
48.58%
|
652
|
51.42%
|
690
|
-2.83%
|
-38
|
Duplin
|
39.35%
|
1,025
|
60.65%
|
1,580
|
-21.31%
|
-555
|
Edgecombe
|
64.50%
|
2,676
|
35.50%
|
1,473
|
28.99%
|
1,203
|
Forsyth
|
61.57%
|
1,261
|
38.43%
|
787
|
23.14%
|
474
|
Franklin
|
50.98%
|
1,431
|
49.02%
|
1,376
|
1.96%
|
55
|
Gaston
|
56.43%
|
878
|
43.57%
|
678
|
12.85%
|
200
|
Gates
|
40.21%
|
452
|
59.79%
|
672
|
-19.57%
|
-220
|
Granville
|
56.18%
|
2,754
|
43.82%
|
2,148
|
12.36%
|
606
|
Greene
|
57.58%
|
756
|
42.42%
|
557
|
15.16%
|
199
|
Guilford
|
59.18%
|
2,169
|
40.82%
|
1,496
|
18.36%
|
673
|
Halifax
|
66.81%
|
3,206
|
33.19%
|
1,593
|
33.61%
|
1,613
|
Harnett
|
44.98%
|
645
|
55.02%
|
789
|
-10.04%
|
-144
|
Haywood
|
38.43%
|
412
|
61.57%
|
660
|
-23.13%
|
-248
|
Henderson
|
63.94%
|
640
|
36.06%
|
361
|
27.87%
|
279
|
Hertford
|
51.03%
|
744
|
48.97%
|
714
|
2.06%
|
30
|
Hyde
|
41.97%
|
572
|
58.03%
|
791
|
-16.07%
|
-219
|
Iredell
|
37.82%
|
859
|
62.18%
|
1,412
|
-24.35%
|
-553
|
Jackson
|
26.60%
|
220
|
73.40%
|
607
|
-46.80%
|
-387
|
Johnston
|
47.18%
|
1,204
|
52.82%
|
1,348
|
-5.64%
|
-144
|
Jones
|
58.38%
|
592
|
41.62%
|
422
|
16.77%
|
170
|
Lenoir
|
58.53%
|
1,215
|
41.47%
|
861
|
17.05%
|
354
|
Lincoln
|
45.85%
|
625
|
54.15%
|
738
|
-8.29%
|
-113
|
Macon
|
36.09%
|
323
|
63.91%
|
572
|
-27.82%
|
-249
|
Madison
|
53.60%
|
529
|
46.40%
|
458
|
7.19%
|
71
|
Martin
|
49.85%
|
1,021
|
50.15%
|
1,027
|
-0.29%
|
-6
|
McDowell
|
54.94%
|
740
|
45.06%
|
607
|
9.87%
|
133
|
Mecklenburg
|
47.73%
|
1,962
|
52.27%
|
2,149
|
-4.55%
|
-187
|
Mitchell
|
81.89%
|
529
|
18.11%
|
117
|
63.78%
|
412
|
Montgomery
|
68.07%
|
727
|
31.93%
|
341
|
36.14%
|
386
|
Moore
|
53.55%
|
1,019
|
46.45%
|
884
|
7.09%
|
135
|
Nash
|
43.30%
|
837
|
56.70%
|
1,096
|
-13.40%
|
-259
|
New Hanover
|
63.41%
|
3,968
|
36.59%
|
2,290
|
26.81%
|
1,678
|
Northampton
|
64.89%
|
1,931
|
35.11%
|
1,045
|
29.77%
|
886
|
Onslow
|
32.18%
|
417
|
67.82%
|
879
|
-35.65%
|
-462
|
Orange
|
43.24%
|
1,453
|
56.76%
|
1,907
|
-13.51%
|
-454
|
Pasquotank
|
63.96%
|
1,047
|
36.04%
|
590
|
27.92%
|
457
|
Perquimans
|
61.15%
|
913
|
38.85%
|
580
|
22.30%
|
333
|
Person
|
47.48%
|
953
|
52.52%
|
1,054
|
-5.03%
|
-101
|
Pitt
|
52.91%
|
1,752
|
47.09%
|
1,559
|
5.83%
|
193
|
Polk
|
67.50%
|
405
|
32.50%
|
195
|
35.00%
|
210
|
Randolph
|
66.64%
|
1,752
|
33.36%
|
877
|
33.28%
|
875
|
Richmond
|
60.81%
|
1,254
|
39.19%
|
808
|
21.63%
|
446
|
Robeson
|
49.64%
|
1,318
|
50.36%
|
1,337
|
-0.72%
|
-19
|
Rockingham
|
49.16%
|
1,463
|
50.84%
|
1,513
|
-1.68%
|
-50
|
Rowan
|
46.54%
|
1,332
|
53.46%
|
1,530
|
-6.92%
|
-198
|
Rutherford
|
65.12%
|
1,279
|
34.88%
|
685
|
30.24%
|
594
|
Sampson
|
41.49%
|
1,026
|
58.51%
|
1,447
|
-17.02%
|
-421
|
Stanly
|
41.72%
|
466
|
58.28%
|
651
|
-16.56%
|
-185
|
Stokes
|
51.28%
|
783
|
48.72%
|
744
|
2.55%
|
39
|
Surry
|
52.60%
|
818
|
47.40%
|
737
|
5.21%
|
81
|
Transylvania
|
44.50%
|
186
|
55.50%
|
232
|
-11.00%
|
-46
|
Tyrrell
|
36.52%
|
195
|
63.48%
|
339
|
-26.97%
|
-144
|
Union
|
46.58%
|
811
|
53.42%
|
930
|
-6.84%
|
-119
|
Wake
|
53.76%
|
3,433
|
46.24%
|
2,953
|
7.52%
|
480
|
Warren
|
68.67%
|
2,308
|
31.33%
|
1,053
|
37.34%
|
1,255
|
Washington
|
73.29%
|
955
|
26.71%
|
348
|
46.58%
|
607
|
Watauga
|
46.54%
|
303
|
53.46%
|
348
|
-6.91%
|
-45
|
Wayne
|
48.87%
|
1,421
|
51.13%
|
1,487
|
-2.27%
|
-66
|
Wilkes
|
59.51%
|
1,205
|
40.49%
|
820
|
19.01%
|
385
|
Wilson
|
44.85%
|
897
|
55.15%
|
1,103
|
-10.30%
|
-206
|
Yadkin
|
37.95%
|
266
|
62.05%
|
435
|
-24.11%
|
-169
|
Yancey
|
57.46%
|
840
|
42.54%
|
622
|
14.91%
|
218
|
References