The 1868 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 3, 1868, as part of the 1868 United States presidential election. Voters chose 33 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

New York voted for the Democratic nominee, former Governor of New York Horatio Seymour, over the Republican nominee, General Ulysses S. Grant. Seymour won his home state by a very narrow margin of 1.18%, making him the first Democratic candidate since Franklin Pierce in 1852 to win the state. Seymour also became the first losing Democratic presidential candidate to win New York.

Seymour received 69.4% of the vote in New York City (which at the time only included New York County); no candidate would exceed that share until Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936.

Results

Results by county County Horatio SeymourDemocratic Ulysses S. GrantRepublican Margin Total votes cast # % # % # %Albany14,08053.70%12,13946.30%1,9417.40%26,219Allegany2,82330.10%6,55569.90%-3,732-39.80%9,378Broome3,88540.42%5,72759.58%-1,842-19.16%9,612Cattaraugus3,86838.60%6,15361.40%-2,285-22.80%10,021Cayuga4,88037.14%8,26162.86%-3,381-25.73%13,141Chautauqua4,44132.12%9,38767.88%-4,946-35.77%13,828Chemung3,70749.99%3,70950.01%-2-0.03%7,416Chenango4,09341.06%5,87558.94%-1,782-17.88%9,968Clinton3,70946.82%4,21353.18%-504-6.36%7,922Columbia5,66151.39%5,35448.61%3072.79%11,015Cortland2,10934.07%4,08265.93%-1,973-31.87%6,191Delaware4,28843.27%5,62156.73%-1,333-13.45%9,909Dutchess7,49047.74%8,19952.26%-709-4.52%15,689Erie14,45447.74%15,82252.26%-1,368-4.52%30,276Essex2,15037.35%3,60662.65%-1,456-25.30%5,756Franklin2,26439.95%3,40360.05%-1,139-20.10%5,667Fulton2,69844.41%3,37755.59%-679-11.18%6,075Genesee2,84740.09%4,25459.91%-1,407-19.81%7,101Greene3,95453.43%3,44746.57%5076.85%7,401Hamilton45261.33%28538.67%16722.66%737Herkimer4,10943.46%5,34656.54%-1,237-13.08%9,455Jefferson5,88341.13%8,42158.87%-2,538-17.74%14,304Kings39,83858.98%27,71141.02%12,12717.95%67,549Lewis3,23848.69%3,41251.31%-174-2.62%6,650Livingston3,46541.81%4,82358.19%-1,358-16.39%8,288Madison3,96838.77%6,26661.23%-2,29822.45%10,234Monroe10,01946.17%11,68253.83%-1,663-7.66%21,701Montgomery3,81048.91%3,98051.09%-170-2.18%7,790New York108,31669.40%47,74830.60%60,56838.81%156,064Niagara4,69547.84%5,11952.16%-424-4.32%9,814Oneida11,27647.24%12,59352.76%-1,317-5.52%23,869Onondaga9,02342.28%12,32057.72%-3,297-15.45%21,343Ontario4,16341.86%5,78258.14%-1,619-16.28%9,945Orange7,87949.22%8,12950.78%-250-1.56%16,008Orleans2,44638.52%3,90461.48%-1,458-22.96%6,350Oswego6,10838.98%9,56261.02%-3,454-22.04%15,670Otsego6,07548.05%6,56851.95%-493-3.90%12,643Putnam1,72852.60%1,55747.40%1715.21%3,285Queens6,38856.23%4,97343.77%1,41512.45%11,361Rensselaer10,38149.59%10,55150.41%-170-0.81%20,932Richmond3,01957.61%2,22142.39%79815.23%5,240Rockland2,76259.68%1,86640.32%89619.36%4,628Saratoga5,26644.93%6,45455.07%-1,188-10.14%11,720Schenectady2,33348.54%2,47351.46%-140-2.91%4,806Schoharie4,73659.05%3,28440.95%1,45218.10%8,020Schuyler2,04042.40%2,77157.60%-731-15.19%4,811Seneca3,28753.94%2,80746.06%4807.88%6,094St. Lawrence3,94124.90%11,88875.10%-7,947-50.21%15,829Steuben6,46142.77%8,64757.23%-2,186-14.47%15,108Suffolk4,18547.70%4,58952.30%-404-4.60%8,774Sullivan3,66252.70%3,28747.30%3755.40%6,949Tioga3,19142.47%4,32357.53%-1,132-15.07%7,514Tompkins3,10040.02%4,64659.98%-1,546-19.96%7,746Ulster8,52451.45%8,04448.55%4802.90%16,568Warren2,23945.23%2,71154.77%-472-9.54%4,950Washington4,06337.88%6,66262.12%-2,599-24.23%10,725Wayne4,40541.06%6,32258.94%-1,917-17.87%10,727Westchester11,66754.75%9,64245.25%2,0259.50%21,309Wyoming2,59138.01%4,22661.99%-1,635-23.98%6,817Yates1,75035.82%3,13664.18%-1,386-28.37%4,886Totals429,88350.59%419,91549.41%9,9681.17%849,798

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Clinton Erie Montgomery Rensselaer Schenectady

See also United States presidential elections in New York

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