Who won Indiana in the 1868 presidential election?

Seymour (Democratic) carried Indiana in 1868, winning its 13 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Indiana have in 1868?

Indiana cast 13 electoral votes in the 1868 presidential election.

Did Indiana vote for the national winner in 1868?

No. Indiana backed Seymour, while Ulysses S. Grant won the presidency nationally.

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1868

Indiana: Seymour carries 13 EV.

Indiana cast its 13 electoral votes for Seymour (Democratic). National winner: Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) — Indiana voted against the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1868 result in Indiana

Indiana backed Seymour (Democratic) in the 1868 presidential election, casting 13 electoral votes for the ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Indiana among the states he did not carry.

Seymour's win closed out Indiana's 2-election run of voting Republican. The region divided — Kentucky joined Indiana for the Democratic ticket, while Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan did not. Across the 53 presidential elections Indiana has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (32 times). The vote fell within the Reconstruction — Republican rule and contested returns.

In the national count, Ulysses S. Grant took 214 of the 294 electoral votes, against Horatio Seymour's 80. Ulysses S. Grant led the national popular vote with 52.66% of the ballots cast.

The 1868 national map

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