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1868 United States presidential election in New York|
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Turnout | 91.7%
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County Results
Seymour
50-60% 60-70%
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Grant
50-60% 60-70% 70–80%
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The 1868 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 3, 1868, as part of the
1868 United States presidential election. Voters chose 33 representatives, or electors to the
Electoral College, who voted for
president and
vice president.
New York voted for the
Democratic nominee, former
Governor of New York
Horatio Seymour, over the
Republican nominee,
General
Ulysses S. Grant. Seymour won his home state by a very narrow margin of 1.18%, making him the first Democratic candidate since
Franklin Pierce in
1852 to win the state. Seymour also became the first losing Democratic presidential candidate to win New York.
Results
Counties flipped (all from Democrat to Republican):
1. Clinton County
2. Erie County
3. Rensselaer county
See also
References