See main article: 1868 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1868 United States presidential election in North Carolina |
| Country: | North Carolina |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Year: | 1861 (Confederate) 1860 (Union) |
| Next Election: | 1872 United States presidential election in North Carolina |
| 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: | 9 |
| Popular Vote1: | 96,939 |
| Percentage1: | 53.41% |
| Nominee2: | Horatio Seymour |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | New York |
| Running Mate2: | Francis Preston Blair Jr. |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 84,559 |
| Percentage2: | 46.59% |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| 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 North Carolina took place on November 3, 1868, as part of the 1868 United States presidential election. North Carolina voters chose 9 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.[1]
North Carolina 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 53.41% 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 46.59% of the vote. As of the 2020 presidential election this is the last election in which Yadkin County voted for the Democratic presidential nominee.[1]
| County[2] | Ulysses S. GrantRepublican | Horatio SeymourDemocratic | Margin | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data-sort-type="number" style="width:7%;" | % | data-sort-type="number" style="width:7%;" | data-sort-type="number" style="width:7%;" | % | data-sort-type="number" style="width:7%;" | data-sort-type="number" style="width:7%;" | % | data-sort-type="number" style="width:7%;" | ||||||
| align="center" | Alamance | align="center" | 51.09% | align="center" | 1,102 | align="center" | 48.91% | align="center" | 1,055 | align="center" | 2.18% | align="center" | 47 | |
| align="center" | Alexander | align="center" | 40.48% | align="center" | 351 | align="center" | 59.52% | align="center" | 516 | align="center" | -19.03% | align="center" | -165 | |
| align="center" | Alleghany | align="center" | 46.31% | align="center" | 245 | align="center" | 53.69% | align="center" | 284 | align="center" | -7.37% | align="center" | -39 | |
| align="center" | Anson | align="center" | 48.83% | align="center" | 1,002 | align="center" | 51.17% | align="center" | 1,050 | align="center" | -2.34% | align="center" | -48 | |
| align="center" | Ashe | align="center" | 49.61% | align="center" | 634 | align="center" | 50.39% | align="center" | 644 | align="center" | -0.78% | align="center" | -10 | |
| align="center" | Beaufort | align="center" | 51.79% | align="center" | 1,318 | align="center" | 48.21% | align="center" | 1,227 | align="center" | 3.58% | align="center" | 91 | |
| align="center" | Bertie | align="center" | 66.83% | align="center" | 1,517 | align="center" | 33.17% | align="center" | 753 | align="center" | 33.66% | align="center" | 764 | |
| align="center" | Bladen | align="center" | 55.98% | align="center" | 1,372 | align="center" | 44.02% | align="center" | 1,079 | align="center" | 11.95% | align="center" | 293 | |
| align="center" | Brunswick | align="center" | 55.74% | align="center" | 879 | align="center" | 44.26% | align="center" | 698 | align="center" | 11.48% | align="center" | 181 | |
| align="center" | Buncombe | align="center" | 48.71% | align="center" | 1,035 | align="center" | 51.29% | align="center" | 1,090 | align="center" | -2.59% | align="center" | -55 | |
| align="center" | Burke | align="center" | 55.58% | align="center" | 927 | align="center" | 44.42% | align="center" | 741 | align="center" | 11.15% | align="center" | 186 | |
| align="center" | Cabarrus | align="center" | 45.81% | align="center" | 940 | align="center" | 54.19% | align="center" | 1,112 | align="center" | -8.38% | align="center" | -172 | |
| align="center" | Caldwell | align="center" | 39.09% | align="center" | 396 | align="center" | 60.91% | align="center" | 617 | align="center" | -21.82% | align="center" | -221 | |
| align="center" | Camden | align="center" | 50.09% | align="center" | 530 | align="center" | 49.91% | align="center" | 528 | align="center" | 0.19% | align="center" | 2 | |
| align="center" | Carteret | align="center" | 47.82% | align="center" | 823 | align="center" | 52.18% | align="center" | 898 | align="center" | -4.36% | align="center" | -75 | |
| align="center" | Caswell | align="center" | 58.14% | align="center" | 1,957 | align="center" | 41.86% | align="center" | 1,409 | align="center" | 16.28% | align="center" | 548 | |
| align="center" | Catawba | align="center" | 30.14% | align="center" | 488 | align="center" | 69.86% | align="center" | 1,131 | align="center" | -39.72% | align="center" | -643 | |
| align="center" | Chatham | align="center" | 53.42% | align="center" | 1,765 | align="center" | 46.58% | align="center" | 1,539 | align="center" | 6.84% | align="center" | 226 | |
| align="center" | Cherokee | align="center" | 51.15% | align="center" | 443 | align="center" | 48.85% | align="center" | 423 | align="center" | 2.31% | align="center" | 20 | |
| align="center" | Chowan | align="center" | 57.02% | align="center" | 690 | align="center" | 42.98% | align="center" | 520 | align="center" | 14.05% | align="center" | 170 | |
| align="center" | Clay | align="center" | 39.85% | align="center" | 155 | align="center" | 60.15% | align="center" | 234 | align="center" | -20.31% | align="center" | -79 | |
| align="center" | Cleveland | align="center" | 38.75% | align="center" | 656 | align="center" | 61.25% | align="center" | 1,037 | align="center" | -22.50% | align="center" | -381 | |
| align="center" | Columbus | align="center" | 34.45% | align="center" | 503 | align="center" | 65.55% | align="center" | 957 | align="center" | -31.10% | align="center" | -454 | |
| align="center" | Craven | align="center" | 70.31% | align="center" | 3,535 | align="center" | 29.69% | align="center" | 1,493 | align="center" | 40.61% | align="center" | 2,042 | |
| align="center" | Cumberland | align="center" | 48.66% | align="center" | 1,592 | align="center" | 51.34% | align="center" | 1,680 | align="center" | -2.69% | align="center" | -88 | |
| align="center" | Currituck | align="center" | 31.44% | align="center" | 416 | align="center" | 68.56% | align="center" | 907 | align="center" | -37.11% | align="center" | -491 | |
| align="center" | Davidson | align="center" | 68.82% | align="center" | 1,843 | align="center" | 31.18% | align="center" | 835 | align="center" | 37.64% | align="center" | 1,008 | |
| align="center" | Davie | align="center" | 48.58% | align="center" | 652 | align="center" | 51.42% | align="center" | 690 | align="center" | -2.83% | align="center" | -38 | |
| align="center" | Duplin | align="center" | 39.35% | align="center" | 1,025 | align="center" | 60.65% | align="center" | 1,580 | align="center" | -21.31% | align="center" | -555 | |
| align="center" | Edgecombe | align="center" | 64.50% | align="center" | 2,676 | align="center" | 35.50% | align="center" | 1,473 | align="center" | 28.99% | align="center" | 1,203 | |
| align="center" | Forsyth | align="center" | 61.57% | align="center" | 1,261 | align="center" | 38.43% | align="center" | 787 | align="center" | 23.14% | align="center" | 474 | |
| align="center" | Franklin | align="center" | 50.98% | align="center" | 1,431 | align="center" | 49.02% | align="center" | 1,376 | align="center" | 1.96% | align="center" | 55 | |
| align="center" | Gaston | align="center" | 56.43% | align="center" | 878 | align="center" | 43.57% | align="center" | 678 | align="center" | 12.85% | align="center" | 200 | |
| align="center" | Gates | align="center" | 40.21% | align="center" | 452 | align="center" | 59.79% | align="center" | 672 | align="center" | -19.57% | align="center" | -220 | |
| align="center" | Granville | align="center" | 56.18% | align="center" | 2,754 | align="center" | 43.82% | align="center" | 2,148 | align="center" | 12.36% | align="center" | 606 | |
| align="center" | Greene | align="center" | 57.58% | align="center" | 756 | align="center" | 42.42% | align="center" | 557 | align="center" | 15.16% | align="center" | 199 | |
| align="center" | Guilford | align="center" | 59.18% | align="center" | 2,169 | align="center" | 40.82% | align="center" | 1,496 | align="center" | 18.36% | align="center" | 673 | |
| align="center" | Halifax | align="center" | 66.81% | align="center" | 3,206 | align="center" | 33.19% | align="center" | 1,593 | align="center" | 33.61% | align="center" | 1,613 | |
| align="center" | Harnett | align="center" | 44.98% | align="center" | 645 | align="center" | 55.02% | align="center" | 789 | align="center" | -10.04% | align="center" | -144 | |
| align="center" | Haywood | align="center" | 38.43% | align="center" | 412 | align="center" | 61.57% | align="center" | 660 | align="center" | -23.13% | align="center" | -248 | |
| align="center" | Henderson | align="center" | 63.94% | align="center" | 640 | align="center" | 36.06% | align="center" | 361 | align="center" | 27.87% | align="center" | 279 | |
| align="center" | Hertford | align="center" | 51.03% | align="center" | 744 | align="center" | 48.97% | align="center" | 714 | align="center" | 2.06% | align="center" | 30 | |
| align="center" | Hyde | align="center" | 41.97% | align="center" | 572 | align="center" | 58.03% | align="center" | 791 | align="center" | -16.07% | align="center" | -219 | |
| align="center" | Iredell | align="center" | 37.82% | align="center" | 859 | align="center" | 62.18% | align="center" | 1,412 | align="center" | -24.35% | align="center" | -553 | |
| align="center" | Jackson | align="center" | 26.60% | align="center" | 220 | align="center" | 73.40% | align="center" | 607 | align="center" | -46.80% | align="center" | -387 | |
| align="center" | Johnston | align="center" | 47.18% | align="center" | 1,204 | align="center" | 52.82% | align="center" | 1,348 | align="center" | -5.64% | align="center" | -144 | |
| align="center" | Jones | align="center" | 58.38% | align="center" | 592 | align="center" | 41.62% | align="center" | 422 | align="center" | 16.77% | align="center" | 170 | |
| align="center" | Lenoir | align="center" | 58.53% | align="center" | 1,215 | align="center" | 41.47% | align="center" | 861 | align="center" | 17.05% | align="center" | 354 | |
| align="center" | Lincoln | align="center" | 45.85% | align="center" | 625 | align="center" | 54.15% | align="center" | 738 | align="center" | -8.29% | align="center" | -113 | |
| align="center" | Macon | align="center" | 36.09% | align="center" | 323 | align="center" | 63.91% | align="center" | 572 | align="center" | -27.82% | align="center" | -249 | |
| align="center" | Madison | align="center" | 53.60% | align="center" | 529 | align="center" | 46.40% | align="center" | 458 | align="center" | 7.19% | align="center" | 71 | |
| align="center" | Martin | align="center" | 49.85% | align="center" | 1,021 | align="center" | 50.15% | align="center" | 1,027 | align="center" | -0.29% | align="center" | -6 | |
| align="center" | McDowell | align="center" | 54.94% | align="center" | 740 | align="center" | 45.06% | align="center" | 607 | align="center" | 9.87% | align="center" | 133 | |
| align="center" | Mecklenburg | align="center" | 47.73% | align="center" | 1,962 | align="center" | 52.27% | align="center" | 2,149 | align="center" | -4.55% | align="center" | -187 | |
| align="center" | Mitchell | align="center" | 81.89% | align="center" | 529 | align="center" | 18.11% | align="center" | 117 | align="center" | 63.78% | align="center" | 412 | |
| align="center" | Montgomery | align="center" | 68.07% | align="center" | 727 | align="center" | 31.93% | align="center" | 341 | align="center" | 36.14% | align="center" | 386 | |
| align="center" | Moore | align="center" | 53.55% | align="center" | 1,019 | align="center" | 46.45% | align="center" | 884 | align="center" | 7.09% | align="center" | 135 | |
| align="center" | Nash | align="center" | 43.30% | align="center" | 837 | align="center" | 56.70% | align="center" | 1,096 | align="center" | -13.40% | align="center" | -259 | |
| align="center" | New Hanover | align="center" | 63.41% | align="center" | 3,968 | align="center" | 36.59% | align="center" | 2,290 | align="center" | 26.81% | align="center" | 1,678 | |
| align="center" | Northampton | align="center" | 64.89% | align="center" | 1,931 | align="center" | 35.11% | align="center" | 1,045 | align="center" | 29.77% | align="center" | 886 | |
| align="center" | Onslow | align="center" | 32.18% | align="center" | 417 | align="center" | 67.82% | align="center" | 879 | align="center" | -35.65% | align="center" | -462 | |
| align="center" | Orange | align="center" | 43.24% | align="center" | 1,453 | align="center" | 56.76% | align="center" | 1,907 | align="center" | -13.51% | align="center" | -454 | |
| align="center" | Pasquotank | align="center" | 63.96% | align="center" | 1,047 | align="center" | 36.04% | align="center" | 590 | align="center" | 27.92% | align="center" | 457 | |
| align="center" | Perquimans | align="center" | 61.15% | align="center" | 913 | align="center" | 38.85% | align="center" | 580 | align="center" | 22.30% | align="center" | 333 | |
| align="center" | Person | align="center" | 47.48% | align="center" | 953 | align="center" | 52.52% | align="center" | 1,054 | align="center" | -5.03% | align="center" | -101 | |
| align="center" | Pitt | align="center" | 52.91% | align="center" | 1,752 | align="center" | 47.09% | align="center" | 1,559 | align="center" | 5.83% | align="center" | 193 | |
| align="center" | Polk | align="center" | 67.50% | align="center" | 405 | align="center" | 32.50% | align="center" | 195 | align="center" | 35.00% | align="center" | 210 | |
| align="center" | Randolph | align="center" | 66.64% | align="center" | 1,752 | align="center" | 33.36% | align="center" | 877 | align="center" | 33.28% | align="center" | 875 | |
| align="center" | Richmond | align="center" | 60.81% | align="center" | 1,254 | align="center" | 39.19% | align="center" | 808 | align="center" | 21.63% | align="center" | 446 | |
| align="center" | Robeson | align="center" | 49.64% | align="center" | 1,318 | align="center" | 50.36% | align="center" | 1,337 | align="center" | -0.72% | align="center" | -19 | |
| align="center" | Rockingham | align="center" | 49.16% | align="center" | 1,463 | align="center" | 50.84% | align="center" | 1,513 | align="center" | -1.68% | align="center" | -50 | |
| align="center" | Rowan | align="center" | 46.54% | align="center" | 1,332 | align="center" | 53.46% | align="center" | 1,530 | align="center" | -6.92% | align="center" | -198 | |
| align="center" | Rutherford | align="center" | 65.12% | align="center" | 1,279 | align="center" | 34.88% | align="center" | 685 | align="center" | 30.24% | align="center" | 594 | |
| align="center" | Sampson | align="center" | 41.49% | align="center" | 1,026 | align="center" | 58.51% | align="center" | 1,447 | align="center" | -17.02% | align="center" | -421 | |
| align="center" | Stanly | align="center" | 41.72% | align="center" | 466 | align="center" | 58.28% | align="center" | 651 | align="center" | -16.56% | align="center" | -185 | |
| align="center" | Stokes | align="center" | 51.28% | align="center" | 783 | align="center" | 48.72% | align="center" | 744 | align="center" | 2.55% | align="center" | 39 | |
| align="center" | Surry | align="center" | 52.60% | align="center" | 818 | align="center" | 47.40% | align="center" | 737 | align="center" | 5.21% | align="center" | 81 | |
| align="center" | Transylvania | align="center" | 44.50% | align="center" | 186 | align="center" | 55.50% | align="center" | 232 | align="center" | -11.00% | align="center" | -46 | |
| align="center" | Tyrrell | align="center" | 36.52% | align="center" | 195 | align="center" | 63.48% | align="center" | 339 | align="center" | -26.97% | align="center" | -144 | |
| align="center" | Union | align="center" | 46.58% | align="center" | 811 | align="center" | 53.42% | align="center" | 930 | align="center" | -6.84% | align="center" | -119 | |
| align="center" | Wake | align="center" | 53.76% | align="center" | 3,433 | align="center" | 46.24% | align="center" | 2,953 | align="center" | 7.52% | align="center" | 480 | |
| align="center" | Warren | align="center" | 68.67% | align="center" | 2,308 | align="center" | 31.33% | align="center" | 1,053 | align="center" | 37.34% | align="center" | 1,255 | |
| align="center" | Washington | align="center" | 73.29% | align="center" | 955 | align="center" | 26.71% | align="center" | 348 | align="center" | 46.58% | align="center" | 607 | |
| align="center" | Watauga | align="center" | 46.54% | align="center" | 303 | align="center" | 53.46% | align="center" | 348 | align="center" | -6.91% | align="center" | -45 | |
| align="center" | Wayne | align="center" | 48.87% | align="center" | 1,421 | align="center" | 51.13% | align="center" | 1,487 | align="center" | -2.27% | align="center" | -66 | |
| align="center" | Wilkes | align="center" | 59.51% | align="center" | 1,205 | align="center" | 40.49% | align="center" | 820 | align="center" | 19.01% | align="center" | 385 | |
| align="center" | Wilson | align="center" | 44.85% | align="center" | 897 | align="center" | 55.15% | align="center" | 1,103 | align="center" | -10.30% | align="center" | -206 | |
| align="center" | Yadkin | align="center" | 37.95% | align="center" | 266 | align="center" | 62.05% | align="center" | 435 | align="center" | -24.11% | align="center" | -169 | |
| align="center" | Yancey | align="center" | 57.46% | align="center" | 840 | align="center" | 42.54% | align="center" | 622 | align="center" | 14.91% | align="center" | 218 | |