See main article: 1868 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1868 United States presidential election in California |
| Country: | California |
| Flag Year: | 1846 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1864 United States presidential election in California |
| Previous Year: | 1864 |
| Next Election: | 1872 United States presidential election in California |
| Next Year: | 1872 |
| Election Date: | November 3, 1868 |
| Image1: | Ulysses S Grant by Brady c1870-restored (3x4 crop).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | Illinois |
| Running Mate1: | Schuyler Colfax |
| Electoral Vote1: | 5 |
| Popular Vote1: | 54,592 |
| Percentage1: | 50.24% |
| Nominee2: | Horatio Seymour |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | New York |
| Running Mate2: | Francis Preston Blair, Jr. |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 54,078 |
| Percentage2: | 49.76% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Andrew Johnson |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Ulysses S. Grant |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1868 United States presidential election in California was held on November 3, 1868, as part of the 1868 United States presidential election. State voters chose five representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
California narrowly voted for the Republican nominee, Union general Ulysses S. Grant, over the Democratic nominee, DNC chair Horatio Seymour by a margin barely over 500 votes. Additionally, this was the last time until 1968 where a Republican won the white House without carrying Santa Clara County.
| Republican Party | Ulysses S. Grant | Alfred Reddington | 54,592 | ||
| Republican Party | Ulysses S. Grant | John B. Felton | 54,588 | ||
| Republican Party | Ulysses S. Grant | O. H. La Grange | 54,576 | ||
| Republican Party | Ulysses S. Grant | D. B. Hoffman | 54,565[1] | ||
| Republican Party | Ulysses S. Grant | Charles Westmoreland | 54,551 | ||
| Democratic Party | Horatio Seymour | Thomas J. Henley | 54,078 | ||
| Democratic Party | Horatio Seymour | W. T. Wallace | 54,069 | ||
| Democratic Party | Horatio Seymour | E. J. C. Kewen | 54,068 | ||
| Democratic Party | Horatio Seymour | A. D. Dibble | 54,068 | ||
| Democratic Party | Horatio Seymour | George Pearce | 54,061 | ||
| Votes cast | 108,670 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Ulysses S. Grant Republican | Horatio Seymour Democratic | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | |||||||||||||
| Alameda | 1,860 | 59.58% | 1,262 | 40.42% | 598 | 19.15% | 3,122 | ||||||||
| Alpine | 154 | 69.68% | 67 | 30.32% | 87 | 39.37% | 221 | ||||||||
| Amador | 1,110 | 47.56% | 1,224 | 52.44% | -114 | -4.88% | 2,334 | ||||||||
| Butte | 1,279 | 50.67% | 1,245 | 49.33% | 34 | 1.35% | 2,524 | ||||||||
| Calaveras | 1,143 | 52.12% | 1,050 | 47.88% | 93 | 4.24% | 2,193 | ||||||||
| Colusa | 359 | 33.93% | 699 | 66.07% | −340 | −32.14% | 1,058 | ||||||||
| Contra Costa | 1,091 | 59.65% | 738 | 40.35% | 353 | 19.30% | 1,829 | ||||||||
| Del Norte | 162 | 48.36% | 173 | 51.64% | -11 | -3.28% | 335 | ||||||||
| El Dorado | 1,676 | 49.90% | 1,683 | 50.10% | -7 | -0.21% | 3,359 | ||||||||
| Fresno | 72 | 15.89% | 381 | 84.11% | −309 | −68.21% | 453 | ||||||||
| Humboldt | 769 | 60.27% | 507 | 39.73% | 262 | 20.53% | 1,276 | ||||||||
| Inyo | 113 | 53.05% | 100 | 46.95% | 13 | 6.10% | 213 | ||||||||
| Kern | 208 | 33.02% | 422 | 66.98% | −214 | −33.97% | 630 | ||||||||
| Klamath | 137 | 42.28% | 187 | 57.72% | −50 | −15.43% | 324 | ||||||||
| Lake | 248 | 35.33% | 454 | 64.67% | −206 | −29.34% | 702 | ||||||||
| Lassen | 210 | 63.25% | 122 | 36.75% | 88 | 26.51% | 332 | ||||||||
| Los Angeles | 748 | 37.70% | 1,236 | 62.30% | -488 | -24.60% | 1,984 | ||||||||
| Marin | 528 | 54.94% | 433 | 45.06% | 95 | 9.89% | 961 | ||||||||
| Mariposa | 456 | 40.75% | 663 | 59.25% | -207 | -18.50% | 1,119 | ||||||||
| Mendocino | 621 | 38.26% | 1,002 | 61.74% | −381 | −23.48% | 1,623 | ||||||||
| Merced | 98 | 26.49% | 272 | 73.51% | −174 | −47.03% | 370 | ||||||||
| Mono | 148 | 62.45% | 89 | 37.55% | 59 | 24.89% | 237 | ||||||||
| Monterey | 580 | 46.66% | 663 | 53.34% | -83 | -6.68% | 1,243 | ||||||||
| Napa | 752 | 52.37% | 684 | 47.63% | 68 | 4.74% | 1,436 | ||||||||
| Nevada | 3,014 | 55.11% | 2,455 | 44.89% | 559 | 10.22% | 5,469 | ||||||||
| Placer | 1,987 | 61.71% | 1,233 | 38.29% | 754 | 23.42% | 3,220 | ||||||||
| Plumas | 712 | 56.24% | 554 | 43.76% | 158 | 12.48% | 1,266 | ||||||||
| Sacramento | 3,207 | 59.14% | 2,216 | 40.86% | 991 | 18.27% | 5,423 | ||||||||
| San Bernardino | 263 | 41.03% | 378 | 58.97% | -115 | -17.94% | 641 | ||||||||
| San Diego | 129 | 35.44% | 235 | 64.56% | -106 | -29.12% | 364 | ||||||||
| San Francisco | 12,183 | 47.29% | 13,582 | 52.71% | -1,399 | -5.43% | 25,765 | ||||||||
| San Joaquin | 2,101 | 52.95% | 1,867 | 47.05% | 234 | 5.90% | 3,968 | ||||||||
| San Luis Obispo | 372 | 51.88% | 345 | 48.12% | 27 | 3.77% | 717 | ||||||||
| San Mateo | 628 | 60.10% | 417 | 39.90% | 211 | 20.19% | 1,045 | ||||||||
| Santa Barbara | 428 | 58.71% | 301 | 41.29% | 127 | 17.42% | 729 | ||||||||
| Santa Clara | 2,307 | 49.75% | 2,330 | 50.25% | -23 | -0.50% | 4,637 | ||||||||
| Santa Cruz | 1,153 | 61.01% | 737 | 38.99% | 416 | 22.01% | 1,890 | ||||||||
| Shasta | 638 | 53.43% | 556 | 46.57% | 82 | 6.87% | 1,194 | ||||||||
| Sierra | 1,328 | 62.58% | 794 | 37.42% | 534 | 25.16% | 2,122 | ||||||||
| Siskiyou | 835 | 47.63% | 918 | 52.37% | -83 | -4.73% | 1,753 | ||||||||
| Solano | 1,541 | 51.64% | 1,443 | 48.36% | 98 | 3.28% | 2,984 | ||||||||
| Sonoma | 1,799 | 42.82% | 2,402 | 57.18% | -603 | -14.35% | 4,201 | ||||||||
| Stanislaus | 350 | 35.28% | 642 | 64.72% | −292 | −29.44% | 992 | ||||||||
| Sutter | 581 | 50.88% | 561 | 49.12% | 20 | 1.75% | 1,142 | ||||||||
| Tehama | 351 | 46.86% | 398 | 53.14% | -47 | -6.28% | 749 | ||||||||
| Trinity | 505 | 56.36% | 391 | 43.64% | 114 | 12.72% | 896 | ||||||||
| Tulare | 338 | 33.24% | 679 | 66.76% | −341 | −33.53% | 1,017 | ||||||||
| Tuolumne | 994 | 47.13% | 1,115 | 52.87% | -121 | -5.74% | 2,109 | ||||||||
| Yolo | 995 | 48.39% | 1,061 | 51.61% | -66 | -3.21% | 2,056 | ||||||||
| Yuba | 1,331 | 54.48% | 1,112 | 45.82% | 219 | 8.96% | 2,443 | ||||||||
| Total | 54,592 | 50.24% | 54,078 | 49.76% | 514 | 0.47% | 108,670 | ||||||||