1868 United States presidential election in Maryland

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	62,357	30,438
Percentage	67.20%	32.80%

County Results

Seymour

50-60%

60-70%

70-80%

80-90%

90-100%

Grant

50-60%

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Andrew Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Ulysses S. Grant
Republican

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Question P

The 1868 United States presidential election in Maryland 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.

Maryland voted for the Democratic nominee, Horatio Seymour over the Republican nominee, Ulysses S. Grant. Seymour won the state by a margin of 34.4%.

In this election, Maryland voted 39.72% more Democratic than the nation at-large.^[1]

With 67.2% of the popular vote, Maryland would be Seymour's third strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Kentucky and Louisiana.^[2] To date this is the best performance by a Democrat in Maryland history.

This was the first presidential election that Wicomico County was able to vote in.

Results

1868 United States presidential election in Maryland^[3]
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	62,357	67.20%	7	100.00%
	Republican	Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois	Schuyler Colfax of Indiana	30,438	32.80%	0	0.00%
Total				92,795	100.00%	7	100.00%

Results by county


County	Horatio Seymour Democratic		Ulysses S. Grant Republican		Margin		Total Votes Cast ^[4]
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total Votes Cast ^[4]
Allegany	2721	52.85%	2428	47.15%	293	5.69%	5149
Anne Arundel	1670	82.92%	344	17.08%	1326	65.84%	2014
Baltimore (City)	21702	70.45%	9103	29.55%	12599	40.90%	30805
Baltimore (County)	4377	65.21%	2335	34.79%	2042	30.42%	6712
Calvert	625	90.32%	67	9.68%	558	80.64%	692
Caroline	2607	53.13%	2300	46.87%	307	6.26%	4907
Carroll	907	65.68%	474	34.32%	433	31.35%	1381
Cecil	2481	59.13%	1715	40.87%	766	18.26%	4196
Charles	1136	97.01%	35	2.99%	1101	94.02%	1171
Dorchester	1415	74.83%	476	25.17%	939	49.66%	1891
Frederick	3813	49.64%	3869	50.36%	-56	-0.73%	7682
Harford	2313	66.31%	1175	33.69%	1138	32.63%	3488
Howard	1012	67.38%	490	32.62%	522	34.75%	1502
Kent	1332	83.35%	266	16.65%	1066	66.71%	1598
Montgomery	1745	81.39%	399	18.61%	1346	62.78%	2144
Prince George's	1664	91.03%	164	8.97%	1500	82.06%	1828
Queen Anne's	1552	84.95%	275	15.05%	1277	69.90%	1827
St. Mary's	1182	96.81%	39	3.19%	1143	93.61%	1221
Somerset	989	70.14%	421	29.86%	568	40.28%	1410
Talbot	1252	77.81%	357	22.19%	895	55.62%	1609
Washington	3114	50.47%	3056	49.53%	58	0.94%	6170
Wicomico	1464	77.67%	421	22.33%	1043	55.33%	1885
Worcester	1319	85.21%	229	14.79%	1090	70.41%	1548
Total	62357	67.20%	30438	32.80%	31919	34.40%	92795

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

References

^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
^ "1868 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
^ "1868 Presidential General Election Results - Maryland".
^ "County Project (WIP)". Google Docs. Retrieved November 1, 2022.

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(← 1864) 1868 United States presidential election (1872 →)

Republican Party
(Convention)

Nominees	President: Ulysses S. Grant Vice President: Schuyler Colfax
Other candidates	For Vice President: Benjamin Wade John Creswell Andrew Gregg Curtin Reuben Fenton Hannibal Hamlin James Harlan William D. Kelley Samuel C. Pomeroy James Speed Henry Wilson

Democratic Party
(Convention)

Nominees	President: Horatio Seymour Vice President: Francis P. Blair Jr.
Other candidates	George H. Pendleton Thomas A. Hendricks Winfield S. Hancock Andrew Johnson (incumbent) Sanford E. Church Asa Packer James E. English Joel Parker James R. Doolittle Stephen J. Field Francis P. Blair Jr. Salmon P. Chase John T. Hoffman

Other 1868 elections: House
Senate

v t e Elections in Maryland
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House of Delegates	1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
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U.S. House	1789 1790 1792 1794 1798 1803 1806 1822 1826 1829 1831 1833 1835 1837 1839 1841 1844 1845 1847 1849 1851 1853 1855 1857 1859 1861 1863 1864 1866 1868 1870 1872 1874 1876 1878 1880 1882 1884 1886 1888 1890 1892 1894 1896 1898 1900 1902 1904 1906 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 1918 1920 1922 1924 1926 1928 1930 1932 1934 1936 1938 1940 1942 1944 1946 1948 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
Attorney General	2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Comptroller	2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
County Executive	2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
County offices	2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
See also: Political party strength in Maryland

Results

Results by county

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

References