As for Delaware, only the Democratic tickets of Johnson/Humphrey in 1964 (which was elected with the largest percentage of the popular vote since 1824) and Obama/Biden in 2008 (which had the first Delawarean on a national ticket) carried the state with a larger percentage of the vote. Two border states, Missouri and West Virginia, both under Republican control, gave their electoral votes to Grant.
National party platforms, 1840-1964 (1965) online 1840-1956 ==External links== Presidential Election of 1868: A Resource Guide from the Library of Congress 1868 popular vote by counties 1868 State-by-state Popular vote "How close were the US Presidential elections?" — Michael Sheppard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012 Election of 1868 in Counting the Votes Presidency of Ulysses S.
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Johnson, a War Democrat from Tennessee, had served as Lincoln's running mate in 1864 on the National Union ticket, which was designed to attract Republicans and War Democrats.
It was the first election in which African Americans could vote in the reconstructed Southern states, in accordance with the First Reconstruction Act. Incumbent president Andrew Johnson had succeeded to the presidency in 1865 following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, a Republican.
Conservative Ordeal: Northern Democrats and Reconstruction, 1865-1868.
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That cemented a solid party comeback at the grassroots level that had begun in local elections in 1867. The 1868 election is the only election since the Civil War in which the two major party candidates won over 99.9% of the vote.
The 1868 United States presidential election was the 21st quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 1868.
Johnson received some support for another term at the 1868 Democratic National Convention, but, after several ballots, the convention nominated Seymour, who had formerly served as Governor of New York.
The 1868 Republican National Convention unanimously nominated Grant, who had been the highest-ranking Union general at the end of the Civil War.
Democrats charged that Republicans wanted to give all freedmen the vote, regardless of fitness. == Nominations == ===Republican Party nomination=== By 1868, the Republicans felt strong enough to drop the Union Party label, but wanted to nominate a popular hero for their presidential candidate.
Grant announced he was a Republican and was unanimously nominated on the first ballot as the party's standard-bearer at the Republican convention in Chicago, Illinois, held on May 20–21, 1868.
Chase of Ohio The Democratic National Convention was held in New York City on July 4–9, 1868.
Broadhead, dated a few days before the convention met, in which he wrote that the "real and only issue in this contest was the overthrow of Reconstruction, as the radical Republicans had forced it in the South." ==General election== === Campaign === The 1868 campaign of Horatio Seymour versus Ulysses S.
Grant and the pro-Reconstruction Republicans in stark racial terms, warning of the rule of "a semi-barbarous race of blacks who are worshipers of fetishes and poligamists" and wanted to "subject the white women to their unbridled lust." Republicans advised Americans not to vote for Seymour, as Blair might succeed him. Blair had a reputation for outspokenness and his campaign speeches in 1868 attacked Radical Republicans.
That cemented a solid party comeback at the grassroots level that had begun in local elections in 1867. The 1868 election is the only election since the Civil War in which the two major party candidates won over 99.9% of the vote.
This strategy contrasted strongly with later years, when Republicans permitted complete black disfranchisement in the former Confederate states, since they had many new and secure votes in new states in the Western United States. Source (Popular Vote): Source (Electoral Vote): (a) Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia did not participate in the election of 1868 due to Reconstruction.
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The Era of Good Stealings (1993), covers corruption 1868-1877 ===Primary sources=== Chester, Edward W A guide to political platforms (1977) pp 86–89 online Official proceedings of the National Democratic convention, held at New York, July 4-9, 1868 Porter, Kirk H.
National party platforms, 1840-1964 (1965) online 1840-1956 ==External links== Presidential Election of 1868: A Resource Guide from the Library of Congress 1868 popular vote by counties 1868 State-by-state Popular vote "How close were the US Presidential elections?" — Michael Sheppard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012 Election of 1868 in Counting the Votes Presidency of Ulysses S.
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It reported to the House of Representatives on February 23, 1869.
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Out of a total of over 5.7 million votes, just 46 ballots were cast for anyone other than Grant and Seymour. That was the last election in which the Republicans won Tennessee until 1920, the last in which the Democrats won Oregon until 1912, and the last in which the Republicans won Missouri until 1904. That Grant lost New York to Seymour by 10,000 votes was a source of shame and anger to Republicans.
Out of a total of over 5.7 million votes, just 46 ballots were cast for anyone other than Grant and Seymour. That was the last election in which the Republicans won Tennessee until 1920, the last in which the Democrats won Oregon until 1912, and the last in which the Republicans won Missouri until 1904. That Grant lost New York to Seymour by 10,000 votes was a source of shame and anger to Republicans.
Out of a total of over 5.7 million votes, just 46 ballots were cast for anyone other than Grant and Seymour. That was the last election in which the Republicans won Tennessee until 1920, the last in which the Democrats won Oregon until 1912, and the last in which the Republicans won Missouri until 1904. That Grant lost New York to Seymour by 10,000 votes was a source of shame and anger to Republicans.
He was willing to return to the subject as long as he lived. In a 1943 book, novelist Irving Stone suggested that if Seymour had carried all four of the October states (Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Iowa), the Republican-controlled Congress would have acted to prevent the possibility of any Southern states supporting the Democratic ticket.
As for Delaware, only the Democratic tickets of Johnson/Humphrey in 1964 (which was elected with the largest percentage of the popular vote since 1824) and Obama/Biden in 2008 (which had the first Delawarean on a national ticket) carried the state with a larger percentage of the vote. Two border states, Missouri and West Virginia, both under Republican control, gave their electoral votes to Grant.
(Iowa State University Press: 1981). Edward McPherson.
As for Delaware, only the Democratic tickets of Johnson/Humphrey in 1964 (which was elected with the largest percentage of the popular vote since 1824) and Obama/Biden in 2008 (which had the first Delawarean on a national ticket) carried the state with a larger percentage of the vote. Two border states, Missouri and West Virginia, both under Republican control, gave their electoral votes to Grant.
National party platforms, 1840-1964 (1965) online 1840-1956 ==External links== Presidential Election of 1868: A Resource Guide from the Library of Congress 1868 popular vote by counties 1868 State-by-state Popular vote "How close were the US Presidential elections?" — Michael Sheppard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012 Election of 1868 in Counting the Votes Presidency of Ulysses S.
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