1868 United States presidential election in Kentucky

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1868 United States presidential election in Kentucky

November 3, 1868

Nominee Horatio Seymour Ulysses S. Grant Party Democratic Republican Home state New York Illinois Running mate Francis Preston Blair Jr. Schuyler Colfax Electoral vote 11 0 Popular vote 115,889 39,566 Percentage 74.55% 25.45%

County Results Seymour   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90%   90-100% Grant   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90%

President before election Andrew Johnson Democratic Elected President Ulysses S. Grant Republican

The 1868 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 3, 1868, as part of the 1868 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Kentucky voted for the Democratic nominee, Horatio Seymour over the Republican nominee, Ulysses S. Grant. Seymour won the state by a margin of 49.1%.

With 74.55% of the popular vote, Kentucky would be Seymour's strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote. As of the 2020 presidential election, this remains the strongest-ever performance by a presidential nominee in Kentucky who had a major-party opponent since the First Party System, when Democratic-Republicans regularly routed Federalists with over 90% of the vote. It was also the last time that Clinton County or Cumberland County would vote for a Democratic presidential candidate.

Results

United States presidential election in Kentucky, 1868
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Democratic	Horatio Seymour of New York	Francis Preston Blair Jr. of Missouri	115,889	74.55%	11	100.00%
	Republican	Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois	Schuyler Colfax of Indiana	39,566	25.44%	0	0.00%
Total				155,455	100.00%	11	100.00%