See main article: 1868 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1868 United States presidential election in Alabama |
| Country: | Alabama |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1860 United States presidential election in Alabama |
| Previous Year: | 1860 |
| Next Election: | 1872 United States presidential election in Alabama |
| Next Year: | 1872 |
| Election Date: | November 3, 1868 |
| Turnout: | 15.51% of the total population[1] |
| Image1: | Ulysses S Grant by Brady c1870-restored (3x4 crop).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | Illinois |
| Running Mate1: | Schuyler Colfax |
| Electoral Vote1: | 8 |
| Popular Vote1: | 76,667 |
| Percentage1: | 51.25% |
| Nominee2: | Horatio Seymour |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | New York |
| Running Mate2: | Francis Preston Blair Jr. |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 72,921 |
| Percentage2: | 48.75% |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Andrew Johnson |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Ulysses S. Grant |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1868 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 3, 1868, as part of the 1868 presidential election. Alabama voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.[2]
Alabama was won by Ulysses S. Grant, formerly the 6th Commanding General of the United States Army (R-Illinois), running with Speaker of the House Schuyler Colfax, with 51.25% of the popular vote, against the 18th governor of New York, Horatio Seymour (D–New York), running with former Senator Francis Preston Blair Jr., with 48.75% of the vote.[2]
Grant was the first Republican presidential candidate ever to have carried Alabama.
| Ulysses S. GrantRepublican | Horatio SeymourDemocratic | Write-insOther Parties | Total Votes Cast | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data-sort-type="number" style="text-align:center;" | data-sort-type="number" style="text-align:center;" | % | data-sort-type="number" style="text-align:center;" | data-sort-type="number" style="text-align:center;" | % | % | |||||||||
| Autauga | 1,505 | 63.88% | 851 | 36.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,356 | ||||||||
| Baker | 283 | 29.51% | 676 | 70.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 959 | ||||||||
| Baldwin | 558 | 45.33% | 673 | 54.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,231 | ||||||||
| Barbour | 3,168 | 58.91% | 2,210 | 41.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,378 | ||||||||
| Bibb | 492 | 39.81% | 744 | 60.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,236 | ||||||||
| Blount | 275 | 37.36% | 461 | 62.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 736 | ||||||||
| Bullock | 2,103 | 56.28% | 1,634 | 43.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,737 | ||||||||
| Butler | 724 | 28.43% | 1,823 | 71.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,547 | ||||||||
| Calhoun | 600 | 32.02% | 1,274 | 67.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,874 | ||||||||
| Chambers | 1,105 | 43.37% | 1,443 | 56.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,548 | ||||||||
| Cherokee | 171 | 15.17% | 956 | 84.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,127 | ||||||||
| Choctaw | 925 | 45.39% | 1,113 | 54.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,038 | ||||||||
| Clarke | 562 | 32.73% | 1,155 | 67.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,717 | ||||||||
| Clay | 256 | 27.26% | 683 | 72.74% | 0 | 0.00% | 939 | ||||||||
| Cleburne | 402 | 50.76% | 390 | 49.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 792 | ||||||||
| Coffee | 80 | 8.67% | 843 | 91.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 923 | ||||||||
| Conecuh | 843 | 48.48% | 896 | 51.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,739 | ||||||||
| Coosa | 635 | 39.89% | 957 | 60.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,592 | ||||||||
| Covington | 0 | 0.00% | 534 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 534 | ||||||||
| Crenshaw | 90 | 6.90% | 1,214 | 93.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,304 | ||||||||
| Dale | 346 | 22.31% | 1,205 | 77.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,551 | ||||||||
| Dallas | 7,137 | 80.05% | 1,779 | 19.95% | 0 | 0.00% | 8,916 | ||||||||
| DeKalb | 492 | 57.34% | 360 | 41.96% | 6 | 0.70% | 858 | ||||||||
| Elmore | 1,262 | 51.32% | 1,197 | 48.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,459 | ||||||||
| Etowah | 283 | 28.47% | 711 | 71.53% | 0 | 0.00% | 994 | ||||||||
| Fayette | 202 | 31.76% | 434 | 68.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 636 | ||||||||
| Franklin | 90 | 12.69% | 619 | 87.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 709 | ||||||||
| Greene | 2,927 | 77.11% | 869 | 22.89% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,796 | ||||||||
| Hale | 3,297 | 79.20% | 866 | 20.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,163 | ||||||||
| Henry | 410 | 23.91% | 1,305 | 76.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,715 | ||||||||
| Jackson | 539 | 25.42% | 1,581 | 74.58% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,120 | ||||||||
| Jefferson | 420 | 43.84% | 538 | 56.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 958 | ||||||||
| Lauderdale | 378 | 20.84% | 1,436 | 79.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,814 | ||||||||
| Lawrence | 692 | 34.53% | 1,312 | 65.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,004 | ||||||||
| Lee | 1,650 | 48.86% | 1,727 | 51.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,377 | ||||||||
| Limestone | 355 | 23.17% | 1,177 | 76.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,532 | ||||||||
| Lowndes | 3,339 | 74.04% | 1,171 | 25.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,510 | ||||||||
| Macon | 2,327 | 68.40% | 1,075 | 31.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,402 | ||||||||
| Madison | 1,535 | 41.59% | 2,156 | 58.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,691 | ||||||||
| Marengo | 2,793 | 59.78% | 1,879 | 40.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,672 | ||||||||
| Marshall | 422 | 40.66% | 616 | 59.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,038 | ||||||||
| Mobile | 5,200 | 43.85% | 6,658 | 56.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 11,858 | ||||||||
| Monroe | 58 | 4.63% | 1,196 | 95.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,254 | ||||||||
| Montgomery | 6,770 | 74.51% | 2,316 | 25.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 9,086 | ||||||||
| Morgan | 518 | 43.53% | 672 | 56.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,190 | ||||||||
| Perry | 3,733 | 73.63% | 1,337 | 26.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,070 | ||||||||
| Pickens | 531 | 26.18% | 1,497 | 73.82% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,028 | ||||||||
| Pike | 256 | 12.37% | 1,813 | 87.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,069 | ||||||||
| Randolph | 678 | 52.03% | 625 | 47.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,303 | ||||||||
| Russell | 1,746 | 58.67% | 1,230 | 41.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,976 | ||||||||
| Sanford | 164 | 23.16% | 544 | 76.84% | 0 | 0.00% | 708 | ||||||||
| Shelby | 799 | 48.63% | 844 | 51.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,643 | ||||||||
| St. Clair | 632 | 59.57% | 429 | 40.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,061 | ||||||||
| Sumter | 2,516 | 63.14% | 1,469 | 36.86% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,985 | ||||||||
| Talladega | 1,771 | 59.37% | 1,212 | 40.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,983 | ||||||||
| Tallapoosa | 340 | 14.03% | 2,083 | 85.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,423 | ||||||||
| Tuscaloosa | 1,167 | 45.76% | 1,383 | 54.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,550 | ||||||||
| Walker | 282 | 49.39% | 289 | 50.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 571 | ||||||||
| Washington | 104 | 85.95% | 17 | 14.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 121 | ||||||||
| Wilcox | 3,396 | 69.59% | 1,484 | 30.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,880 | ||||||||
| Winston | 284 | 87.93% | 39 | 12.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 323 | ||||||||
| Totals | 76,384 | 51.39% | 72,245 | 48.61% | 6 | 0.00% | 148,635 | ||||||||