1868 United States presidential election in Nevada
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 County results Grant 50–60% 60–70% | Seymour 50–60% | Tie |
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The1868 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 3, 1868, as part of the1868 United States presidential election. Nevada voters chose three representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.[1]
Nevada was won byUlysses S. Grant, formerly the 6thCommanding General of the United States Army (R-Illinois), running withSpeaker of the HouseSchuyler Colfax, with 55.39% of the popular vote, against the18thgovernor of New York,Horatio Seymour (D–New York), running with formerSenatorFrancis Preston Blair Jr., with 44.61% of the vote.[1]
| Ulysses S. Grant
Republican | Horatio Seymour
Democratic | Margin | Total votes cast[b] |
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| County | # | % | # | % | # | % |
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| Churchill | 75 | 50.00% | 75 | 50.00% | 0[c] | 0.00% | 150 |
| Douglas | 256 | 68.45% | 118 | 31.55% | 138 | 36.90% | 374 |
| Esmeralda | 267 | 57.42% | 198 | 42.58% | 69 | 14.84% | 465 |
| Humboldt | 313 | 52.25% | 286 | 47.75% | 27 | 4.51% | 599 |
| Lander | 1,000 | 50.13% | 995 | 49.87% | 5 | 0.25% | 1,995 |
| Lincoln | 50 | 47.17% | 56 | 52.83% | -6 | -5.66% | 106 |
| Lyon | 488 | 58.72% | 343 | 41.28% | 145 | 17.45% | 831 |
| Nye | 353 | 50.00% | 353 | 50.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 706 |
| Ormsby | 500 | 54.35% | 420 | 45.65% | 80 | 8.70% | 920 |
| Storey | 2,319 | 57.15% | 1,739 | 42.85% | 580 | 14.29% | 4,058 |
| Washoe | 859 | 57.50% | 635 | 42.50% | 224 | 14.99% | 1,494 |
| Totals | 6,480 | 55.39% | 5,218 | 44.61% | 1,262 | 10.79% | 11,698 |
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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
[edit]- ^Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
- ^Based on highest elector on each ticket
- ^Using the highest elector on the Republican ticket results in a tie, although the other two Republican electors received 76 votes each in this county
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