See main article: 1868 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1868 United States presidential election in Maryland |
| Country: | Maryland |
| Flag Year: | 1868 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1864 United States presidential election in Maryland |
| Previous Year: | 1864 |
| Next Election: | 1872 United States presidential election in Maryland |
| Next Year: | 1872 |
| Election Date: | November 3, 1868 |
| Image1: | Hon. Horatio Seymour, N.Y - NARA - 528568 (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Horatio Seymour |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | New York |
| Running Mate1: | Francis Preston Blair Jr. |
| Electoral Vote1: | 7 |
| Popular Vote1: | 62,357 |
| Percentage1: | 67.20% |
| Nominee2: | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Illinois |
| Running Mate2: | Schuyler Colfax |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 30,438 |
| Percentage2: | 32.80% |
| Map Size: | 390px |
| 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 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.
| Horatio SeymourDemocratic | Ulysses S. GrantRepublican | Margin | TotalVotes Cast [3] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | |||||||
| 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 | ||