1868 United States presidential election in Oregon

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Nominee Horatio Seymour Ulysses S. Grant Party Democratic Republican Home state New York Illinois Running mate Francis Preston Blair Jr. Schuyler Colfax Electoral vote 3 0 Popular vote 11,125 10,961 Percentage 50.37% 49.63%

County Results Seymour   50–60%   60–70% Grant   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%

President before election Andrew Johnson Democratic Elected President Ulysses S. Grant Republican

The1868 United States presidential election in Oregon took place on November 3, 1868, as part of the1868 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.

Oregon voted for theDemocratic nominee,Horatio Seymour over theRepublican nominee,Ulysses S. Grant. Seymour won the state by a narrow margin of 0.74%.

As a result of his win, Seymour became the first Democratic presidential candidate to ever win Oregon. Another Democrat would not win Oregon again on a presidential level untilWoodrow Wilson won the state in1912. Democrats wouldn't again win a majority in Oregon untilFranklin D. Roosevelt won the state in1932.

This was the only time a Republican would win a presidential election without Oregon until1988, 120 years later; every Republican since then has lost the state.

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