See main article: 1868 United States presidential election.
Election Name: | 1868 United States presidential election in Tennessee |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1864 United States presidential election in Tennessee |
Previous Year: | 1864 |
Next Election: | 1872 United States presidential election in Tennessee |
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: | 10 |
Popular Vote1: | 56,628 |
Percentage1: | 68.43% |
Nominee2: | Horatio Seymour |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Home State2: | New York |
Running Mate2: | Francis Preston Blair, Jr. |
Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
Popular Vote2: | 26,129 |
Percentage2: | 31.57% |
Map Size: | 350px |
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 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]
Tennessee 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.