See main article: 1868 United States presidential election.
Election Name: | 1868 United States presidential election in Florida |
Country: | Florida |
Flag Image: | Flag of Florida (1868–1900).svg |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1860 United States presidential election in Florida |
Previous Year: | 1860 |
Next Election: | 1872 United States presidential election in Florida |
Next Year: | 1872 |
Election Date: | November 3, 1868 |
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: | 3 |
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 Florida took place on November 3, 1868, as part of the 1868 United States presidential election. The state legislature chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. The vote in the legislature was 40 Republicans to 9 Democrats.[1]
Florida voted for the Republican nominee, Ulysses S. Grant.
As a result of the status of Reconstruction, the state's three electoral votes were allocated by the State Legislature to Grant. This was the only time in the state's history that the popular vote did not decide the election in the state,[2] as well as one of only two times nationally after the American Civil War (along with Colorado in 1876).