See main article: 1868 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1868 United States presidential election in Missouri |
| Country: | Missouri |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1864 United States presidential election in Missouri |
| Previous Year: | 1864 |
| Next Election: | 1872 United States presidential election in Missouri |
| 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: | Ohio |
| Running Mate1: | Schuyler Colfax |
| Electoral Vote1: | 11 |
| Popular Vote1: | 86,860 |
| Percentage1: | 56.96% |
| Nominee2: | Horatio Seymour |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | New York |
| Running Mate2: | Francis Preston Blair Jr. |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 65,628 |
| Percentage2: | 43.04% |
| Map Size: | 340px |
| 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 Missouri took place on November 3, 1868, as part of the 1868 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.[1]
Missouri was won by Ulysses S. Grant, formerly the 6th Commanding General of the United States Army (R-Ohio), running with Speaker of the House Schuyler Colfax, with 56.96% 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 43.04% of the vote.[1]
Grant's victory in Missouri made him the second Republican presidential candidate to win the state, but the first to do so exclusively on the Republican ticket, as President Abraham Lincoln had won the state on the National Union ticket in 1864. Schuyler Colfax became the first Republican vice presidential candidate to win the state, as Lincoln's running mate on the National Union ticket in 1864 was Democrat Andrew Johnson. Grant would also be the last Republican to carry the state until Theodore Roosevelt won it in 1904.
| Ulysses S. GrantRepublican | Horatio SeymourDemocratic | 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;" | % | ||||||
| Adair | 930 | 76.35% | 288 | 23.65% | 1,218 | ||||||
| Andrew | 1,412 | 73.27% | 515 | 26.73% | 1,927 | ||||||
| Atchison | 781 | 81.02% | 183 | 18.98% | 964 | ||||||
| Audrain | 312 | 52.79% | 279 | 47.21% | 591 | ||||||
| Barry | 371 | 53.54% | 322 | 46.46% | 693 | ||||||
| Barton | 277 | 54.74% | 229 | 45.26% | 506 | ||||||
| Bates | 782 | 55.78% | 620 | 44.22% | 1,402 | ||||||
| Benton | 705 | 68.18% | 329 | 31.82% | 1,034 | ||||||
| Bollinger | 331 | 80.73% | 79 | 19.27% | 410 | ||||||
| Boone | 177 | 50.86% | 171 | 49.14% | 348 | ||||||
| Buchanan | 1,971 | 58.98% | 1,371 | 41.02% | 3,342 | ||||||
| Caldwell | 844 | 69.29% | 374 | 30.71% | 1,218 | ||||||
| Callaway | 202 | 34.59% | 382 | 65.41% | 584 | ||||||
| Camden | 406 | 75.46% | 132 | 24.54% | 538 | ||||||
| Cape Girardeau | 1,009 | 54.72% | 835 | 45.28% | 1,844 | ||||||
| Carroll | 967 | 54.42% | 810 | 45.58% | 1,777 | ||||||
| Carter | 33 | 45.21% | 40 | 54.79% | 73 | ||||||
| Cass | 1,010 | 46.54% | 1,160 | 53.46% | 2,170 | ||||||
| Cedar | 630 | 68.18% | 294 | 31.82% | 924 | ||||||
| Chariton | 799 | 48.93% | 834 | 51.07% | 1,633 | ||||||
| Christian | 573 | 82.09% | 125 | 17.91% | 698 | ||||||
| Clark | 1,080 | 78.15% | 302 | 21.85% | 1,382 | ||||||
| Clay | 293 | 48.27% | 314 | 51.73% | 607 | ||||||
| Clinton | 585 | 47.60% | 644 | 52.40% | 1,229 | ||||||
| Cole | 861 | 53.38% | 752 | 46.62% | 1,613 | ||||||
| Cooper | 972 | 66.67% | 486 | 33.33% | 1,458 | ||||||
| Crawford | 385 | 47.18% | 431 | 52.82% | 816 | ||||||
| Dade | 734 | 83.60% | 144 | 16.40% | 878 | ||||||
| Dallas | 620 | 75.70% | 199 | 24.30% | 819 | ||||||
| Daviess | 1,089 | 60.77% | 703 | 39.23% | 1,792 | ||||||
| DeKalb | 597 | 69.91% | 257 | 30.09% | 854 | ||||||
| Dent | 214 | 57.07% | 161 | 42.93% | 375 | ||||||
| Douglas | 445 | 95.09% | 23 | 4.91% | 468 | ||||||
| Franklin | 1,624 | 58.63% | 1,146 | 41.37% | 2,770 | ||||||
| Gasconade | 1,074 | 88.83% | 135 | 11.17% | 1,209 | ||||||
| Gentry | 769 | 63.45% | 443 | 36.55% | 1,212 | ||||||
| Greene | 1,304 | 63.80% | 740 | 36.20% | 2,044 | ||||||
| Grundy | 1,082 | 77.95% | 306 | 22.05% | 1,388 | ||||||
| Harrison | 1,428 | 75.04% | 475 | 24.96% | 1,903 | ||||||
| Henry | 980 | 57.99% | 710 | 42.01% | 1,690 | ||||||
| Hickory | 479 | 81.05% | 112 | 18.95% | 591 | ||||||
| Holt | 1,080 | 88.74% | 137 | 11.26% | 1,217 | ||||||
| Howard | 171 | 11.98% | 1,256 | 88.02% | 1,427 | ||||||
| Howell | 170 | 88.54% | 22 | 11.46% | 192 | ||||||
| Iron | 308 | 59.57% | 209 | 40.43% | 517 | ||||||
| Jackson | 1,441 | 32.07% | 3,052 | 67.93% | 4,493 | ||||||
| Jasper | 1,099 | 71.22% | 444 | 28.78% | 1,543 | ||||||
| Jefferson | 796 | 48.86% | 833 | 51.14% | 1,629 | ||||||
| Johnson | 1,512 | 63.72% | 861 | 36.28% | 2,373 | ||||||
| Knox | 759 | 68.94% | 342 | 31.06% | 1,101 | ||||||
| Laclede | 400 | 51.81% | 372 | 48.19% | 772 | ||||||
| Lafayette | 709 | 58.50% | 503 | 41.50% | 1,212 | ||||||
| Lawrence | 850 | 68.16% | 397 | 31.84% | 1,247 | ||||||
| Lewis | 830 | 50.15% | 825 | 49.85% | 1,655 | ||||||
| Lincoln | 459 | 53.87% | 393 | 46.13% | 852 | ||||||
| Linn | 1,216 | 65.17% | 650 | 34.83% | 1,866 | ||||||
| Livingston | 1,127 | 58.85% | 788 | 41.15% | 1,915 | ||||||
| Macon | 1,221 | 52.29% | 1,114 | 47.71% | 2,335 | ||||||
| Madison | 217 | 57.41% | 161 | 42.59% | 378 | ||||||
| Maries | 145 | 31.52% | 315 | 68.48% | 460 | ||||||
| Marion | 973 | 58.05% | 703 | 41.95% | 1,676 | ||||||
| McDonald | 193 | 82.48% | 41 | 17.52% | 234 | ||||||
| Mercer | 1,082 | 74.06% | 379 | 25.94% | 1,461 | ||||||
| Miller | 573 | 78.49% | 157 | 21.51% | 730 | ||||||
| Mississippi | 20 | 5.75% | 328 | 94.25% | 348 | ||||||
| Moniteau | 781 | 69.12% | 349 | 30.88% | 1,130 | ||||||
| Monroe | 174 | 11.79% | 1,302 | 88.21% | 1,476 | ||||||
| Montgomery | 703 | 59.38% | 481 | 40.62% | 1,184 | ||||||
| Morgan | 586 | 60.79% | 378 | 39.21% | 964 | ||||||
| New Madrid | 10 | 2.84% | 342 | 97.16% | 352 | ||||||
| Newton | 778 | 78.90% | 208 | 21.10% | 986 | ||||||
| Nodaway | 1,104 | 65.25% | 588 | 34.75% | 1,692 | ||||||
| Oregon | 5 | 2.14% | 229 | 97.86% | 234 | ||||||
| Osage | 634 | 48.84% | 664 | 51.16% | 1,298 | ||||||
| Ozark | 156 | 73.58% | 56 | 26.42% | 212 | ||||||
| Pemiscot | 3 | 2.00% | 147 | 98.00% | 150 | ||||||
| Perry | 602 | 51.37% | 570 | 48.63% | 1,172 | ||||||
| Pettis | 1,022 | 56.18% | 797 | 43.82% | 1,819 | ||||||
| Phelps | 530 | 56.68% | 405 | 43.32% | 935 | ||||||
| Pike | 1,008 | 38.37% | 1,619 | 61.63% | 2,627 | ||||||
| Platte | 567 | 42.79% | 758 | 57.21% | 1,325 | ||||||
| Polk | 892 | 68.35% | 413 | 31.65% | 1,305 | ||||||
| Pulaski | 176 | 61.75% | 109 | 38.25% | 285 | ||||||
| Putnam | 1,255 | 83.50% | 248 | 16.50% | 1,503 | ||||||
| Ralls | 225 | 53.70% | 194 | 46.30% | 419 | ||||||
| Randolph | 223 | 13.64% | 1,412 | 86.36% | 1,635 | ||||||
| Ray | 769 | 59.02% | 534 | 40.98% | 1,303 | ||||||
| Reynolds | 53 | 27.75% | 138 | 72.25% | 191 | ||||||
| Ripley | 45 | 29.41% | 108 | 70.59% | 153 | ||||||
| Saline | 602 | 61.49% | 377 | 38.51% | 979 | ||||||
| Schuyler | 509 | 67.96% | 240 | 32.04% | 749 | ||||||
| Scotland | 775 | 52.29% | 707 | 47.71% | 1,482 | ||||||
| Scott | 247 | 51.78% | 230 | 48.22% | 477 | ||||||
| Shannon | 4 | 3.27% | 172 | 97.73% | 176 | ||||||
| Shelby | 579 | 65.50% | 305 | 35.50% | 884 | ||||||
| St. Charles | 1,542 | 58.39% | 1,099 | 41.61% | 2,641 | ||||||
| St. Clair | 570 | 64.41% | 315 | 35.59% | 885 | ||||||
| St. Francois | 254 | 40.25% | 377 | 59.75% | 631 | ||||||
| St. Louis | 16,182 | 54.53% | 13,491 | 45.47% | 29,673 | ||||||
| Ste. Genevieve | 246 | 28.84% | 607 | 71.16% | 853 | ||||||
| Stoddard | 222 | 65.49% | 117 | 34.51% | 339 | ||||||
| Stone | 177 | 63.21% | 103 | 36.79% | 280 | ||||||
| Sullivan | 926 | 61.98% | 568 | 38.02% | 1,494 | ||||||
| Taney | 208 | 80.00% | 52 | 20.00% | 260 | ||||||
| Texas | 202 | 67.11% | 99 | 32.89% | 301 | ||||||
| Vernon | 341 | 36.98% | 581 | 63.02% | 922 | ||||||
| Warren | 851 | 69.87% | 367 | 30.13% | 1,218 | ||||||
| Washington | 419 | 36.72% | 722 | 63.28% | 1,141 | ||||||
| Webster | 548 | 62.13% | 334 | 37.87% | 882 | ||||||
| Worth | 369 | 51.39% | 349 | 48.61% | 718 | ||||||
| Wright | 298 | 74.87% | 100 | 25.13% | 398 | ||||||
| Totals | 86,860 | 56.96% | 65,628 | 43.04% | 152,488 | ||||||