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Notes :
- The ^V1notations refers to notes in the red cell immediately below.
- The popular vote shown is for the Party Ticket. Popular Vote Results will vary among sources but will give a general idea of the percentage in relation to the other results.
- - - Amendment XII was enacted after the tie in 1800 - In 1804 the electors began voting for President and Vice President using separate ballots. This change ensured the Vice President would most likely be of the same party as the President.
- Beginning in 1848 all States hold the presidential election on the same day in November.

Year

Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

Popular Vote

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1868

1
2
3
4

Ulysses S. Grant^V1
Horatio Seymour^V3
Votes not counted
Other

Republican^V2
Democratic
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(nominal parties)^V4

214 *
80
(23)**
0

3,013,650
2,708,744
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46

Vice Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

1
2
3
4

Schuyler Colfax
Francis P. Blair, Jr.
Votes not counted^V4
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Republican
Democratic
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214
80
(23)
0

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^V1	Ulysses Simpson Grant had won the popular vote in every region as well as an overwhelming majority of electoral votes.
^V2	To maintain the Union victory, Republicans passed the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to give Blacks the vote.
^V3	Seymour had won the Democratic nomination over George H Pendleton, vice president nominee 1864; Thomas Andrews Hendricks, future Vice President 1876 and Winfield Scott Hancock, Presidential nominee in 1880.
^V4	23 Southern States were excluded from casting electoral votes.
*	The State legislature of Florida selected the electoral votes.
*	Nebraska had become a State adding to the total electoral count.
**	Mississippi, Texas and Virginia had not yet been readmitted to the Union as yet, and were not allowed to cast electoral votes.

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