1868 United States presidential election in Louisiana

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

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	7	0
Popular vote	80,225	33,263
Percentage	70.69%	29.31%

President before election

Andrew Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Ulysses S. Grant
Republican

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Government

Louisiana voted for the Democratic nominee, former Governor of New York Horatio Seymour, over the Republican nominee, General Ulysses S. Grant. Seymour won the state by a margin of 41.38%.

With 70.69% of the popular vote, Louisiana would be Seymour's second strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Kentucky.[1]

Results

United States presidential election in Louisiana, 1868[2]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Count	%	Count	%
	Democratic	Horatio Seymour of New York	Francis Preston Blair, Jr. of Missouri	80,225	70.69%	7	100.00%
	Republican	Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois	Schuyler Colfax of Indiana	33,263	29.31%	0	0.00%
Total				113,488	100.00%	7	100.00%

References

"1868 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
"1868 Presidential General Election Results - Louisiana".

State results of the 1868 U.S. presidential election
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