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Election 1868 Results

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1868 Georgia governor election

Rufus B. Bullock (Republican) beat John B. Gordon (Democrat) in Georgia in 1868, 52.2% to 47.8%, a margin of 4.5 points and 7,171 votes.

Georgia changed party: in 1865 it went Democratic, for Charles J. Jenkins.

Democrats led in 67 of the 130 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 63. The largest, Chatham, cast 6,953 votes and went to the Republican by 20.0 points. The closest was Ware, where 1 vote separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Rufus B. Bullock won Republican 83,527 52.2%
John B. Gordon Democratic 76,356 47.8%
Total159,883

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Chatham 2,782 40.0% 4,171 60.0% 6,953 R+20.0
Richmond 1,749 36.2% 3,078 63.8% 4,827 R+27.5
Fulton 2,357 54.8% 1,944 45.2% 4,301 D+9.6
Bibb 1,919 46.7% 2,192 53.3% 4,111 R+6.6
Houston 1,866 55.0% 1,526 45.0% 3,392 D+10.0
Troup 1,215 42.0% 1,680 58.0% 2,895 R+16.1
Dougherty 1,151 40.8% 1,668 59.2% 2,819 R+18.3
Muscogee 1,170 41.6% 1,640 58.4% 2,810 R+16.7
Monroe 1,314 49.4% 1,346 50.6% 2,660 R+1.2
Burke 492 18.8% 2,122 81.2% 2,614 R+62.4
Sumter 1,355 52.0% 1,249 48.0% 2,604 D+4.1
Greene 808 33.1% 1,632 66.9% 2,440 R+33.8
Washington 1,278 54.3% 1,075 45.7% 2,353 D+8.6
Coweta 1,021 47.6% 1,126 52.4% 2,147 R+4.9
Floyd 1,223 60.3% 804 39.7% 2,027 D+20.7
Harris 975 48.5% 1,035 51.5% 2,010 R+3.0
Newton 988 49.7% 1,001 50.3% 1,989 R+0.7
Hancock 525 27.4% 1,394 72.6% 1,919 R+45.3
Clarke 836 43.9% 1,068 56.1% 1,904 R+12.2
Cobb 1,341 71.4% 536 28.6% 1,877 D+42.9
Meriwether 728 39.4% 1,120 60.6% 1,848 R+21.2
Talbot 758 41.8% 1,057 58.2% 1,815 R+16.5
Randolph 1,113 61.8% 687 38.2% 1,800 D+23.7
Macon 683 39.0% 1,067 61.0% 1,750 R+21.9
Decatur 684 39.7% 1,038 60.3% 1,722 R+20.6
Baldwin 713 41.7% 996 58.3% 1,709 R+16.6
Oglethorpe 557 32.7% 1,144 67.3% 1,701 R+34.5
Stewart 940 55.6% 752 44.4% 1,692 D+11.1
Columbia 457 27.2% 1,222 72.8% 1,679 R+45.6
Warren 544 32.6% 1,124 67.4% 1,668 R+34.8
Morgan 455 27.5% 1,202 72.5% 1,657 R+45.1
Wilkes 672 40.7% 979 59.3% 1,651 R+18.6
Thomas 337 21.6% 1,221 78.4% 1,558 R+56.7
Putnam 467 30.1% 1,082 69.9% 1,549 R+39.7
Upson 785 51.9% 728 48.1% 1,513 D+3.8
Pulaski 702 46.5% 809 53.5% 1,511 R+7.1
Jefferson 428 28.9% 1,052 71.1% 1,480 R+42.2
Spalding 801 54.5% 670 45.5% 1,471 D+8.9
Jasper 665 45.7% 789 54.3% 1,454 R+8.5
Pike 856 59.2% 589 40.8% 1,445 D+18.5
Whitfield 775 54.1% 657 45.9% 1,432 D+8.2
Wilkinson 583 40.9% 842 59.1% 1,425 R+18.2
Henry 780 56.0% 614 44.0% 1,394 D+11.9
Gwinnett 886 63.7% 505 36.3% 1,391 D+27.4
Twiggs 261 18.8% 1,128 81.2% 1,389 R+62.4
Lee 573 41.3% 813 58.7% 1,386 R+17.3
Walton 725 53.4% 632 46.6% 1,357 D+6.9
Jones 559 43.8% 718 56.2% 1,277 R+12.5
Walker 759 59.9% 509 40.1% 1,268 D+19.7
Jackson 576 46.2% 671 53.8% 1,247 R+7.6
Dooly 740 61.3% 467 38.7% 1,207 D+22.6
Carroll 624 52.6% 562 47.4% 1,186 D+5.2
Terrell 852 72.0% 332 28.0% 1,184 D+43.9
Dekalb 902 76.2% 281 23.8% 1,183 D+52.5
Marion 781 68.9% 353 31.1% 1,134 D+37.7
Gordon 787 70.6% 328 29.4% 1,115 D+41.2
Taylor 575 51.8% 536 48.2% 1,111 D+3.5
Baker 840 76.7% 255 23.3% 1,095 D+53.4
Cherokee 693 65.3% 369 34.7% 1,062 D+30.5
Brooks 420 39.6% 640 60.4% 1,060 R+20.8
Crawford 535 51.0% 514 49.0% 1,049 D+2.0
Campbell (Ext) 477 46.9% 539 53.1% 1,016 R+6.1
Hall 554 56.3% 430 43.7% 984 D+12.6
Elbert 760 77.5% 221 22.5% 981 D+54.9
Taliaferro 346 35.6% 627 64.4% 973 R+28.9
Screven 286 29.5% 683 70.5% 969 R+41.0
Lowndes 355 36.7% 611 63.3% 966 R+26.5
Early 597 62.7% 355 37.3% 952 D+25.4
Polk 601 64.1% 337 35.9% 938 D+28.1
Forsyth 580 63.3% 336 36.7% 916 D+26.6
Laurens 386 43.1% 510 56.9% 896 R+13.8
Fayette 483 54.1% 409 45.9% 892 D+8.3
Butts 499 56.6% 382 43.4% 881 D+13.3
Heard 444 50.5% 435 49.5% 879 D+1.0
Murray 509 59.3% 350 40.7% 859 D+18.5
Liberty 145 16.9% 711 83.1% 856 R+66.1
Paulding 412 49.0% 429 51.0% 841 R+2.0
Chattahoochee 551 66.5% 277 33.5% 828 D+33.1
Franklin 477 57.7% 350 42.3% 827 D+15.4
Calhoun 371 46.3% 431 53.7% 802 R+7.5
Mitchell 341 43.0% 452 57.0% 793 R+14.0
Schley 374 49.0% 389 51.0% 763 R+2.0
Clay 438 57.9% 319 42.1% 757 D+15.7
Lincoln 350 46.3% 406 53.7% 756 R+7.4
Bartow 0 0.0% 754 100.0% 754 R+100.0
Union 449 61.4% 282 38.6% 731 D+22.8
Chattooga 495 70.5% 207 29.5% 702 D+41.0
Clayton 349 51.7% 326 48.3% 675 D+3.4
Catoosa 428 65.0% 230 35.0% 658 D+30.1
Habersham 277 42.2% 380 57.8% 657 R+15.7
Lumpkin 385 58.8% 270 41.2% 655 D+17.6
Webster 444 68.7% 202 31.3% 646 D+37.5
Hart 193 31.2% 426 68.8% 619 R+37.6
Milton (Ext) 509 84.0% 97 16.0% 606 D+68.0
Gilmer 228 37.9% 374 62.1% 602 R+24.3
Pickens 212 35.8% 381 64.2% 593 R+28.5
Glynn 77 13.1% 510 86.9% 587 R+73.8
McIntosh 135 23.2% 446 76.8% 581 R+53.5
Banks 266 45.9% 314 54.1% 580 R+8.3
Camden 33 6.1% 511 93.9% 544 R+87.9
Madison 308 58.8% 216 41.2% 524 D+17.6
White 273 55.5% 219 44.5% 492 D+11.0
Effingham 248 52.1% 228 47.9% 476 D+4.2
Bryan 161 34.9% 300 65.1% 461 R+30.2
Emanuel 295 64.0% 166 36.0% 461 D+28.0
Haralson 204 45.0% 249 55.0% 453 R+9.9
Dawson 151 33.4% 301 66.6% 452 R+33.2
Bulloch 405 90.6% 42 9.4% 447 D+81.2
Fannin 139 31.4% 304 68.6% 443 R+37.2
Glascock 241 57.8% 176 42.2% 417 D+15.6
Towns 195 48.3% 209 51.7% 404 R+3.5
Rabun 220 55.0% 180 45.0% 400 D+10.0
Johnson 233 58.5% 165 41.5% 398 D+17.1
Miller 211 53.0% 187 47.0% 398 D+6.0
Clinch 176 44.4% 220 55.6% 396 R+11.1
Quitman 356 98.3% 6 1.7% 362 D+96.7
Tattnall 284 78.5% 78 21.5% 362 D+56.9
Dade 284 81.4% 65 18.6% 349 D+62.8
Worth 248 74.7% 84 25.3% 332 D+49.4
Berrien 279 87.5% 40 12.5% 319 D+74.9
Appling 238 80.1% 59 19.9% 297 D+60.3
Wilcox 281 98.9% 3 1.1% 284 D+97.9
Montgomery 239 87.5% 34 12.5% 273 D+75.1
Coffee 122 53.3% 107 46.7% 229 D+6.6
Ware 109 50.2% 108 49.8% 217 D+0.5
Echols 155 75.6% 50 24.4% 205 D+51.2
Pierce 95 49.0% 99 51.0% 194 R+2.1
Charlton 30 23.8% 96 76.2% 126 R+52.4
Colquitt 61 59.2% 42 40.8% 103 D+18.4
Wayne 62 64.6% 34 35.4% 96 D+29.2

Counties as they stood in 1868; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Georgia governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Brian Kemp (R) R+7.5
2018 Brian Kemp (R) R+1.4
2014 Nathan Deal (R) R+7.9
2010 Nathan Deal (R) R+10.0
2006 Sonny Perdue (R) R+19.7
2002 Sonny Perdue (R) R+5.2
1998 Roy E. Barnes (D) D+8.4
1994 Zell Miller (D) D+2.1
1990 Zell Miller (D) D+8.3
1986 Joe Frank Harris (D) D+41.0
1982 Joe Frank Harris (D) D+25.6
1978 George Busbee (D) D+61.3
1974 George Busbee (D) D+38.2
1970 Jimmy Carter (D) D+18.7
1966 Lester Maddox (D) R+0.3
1962 Carl E. Sanders (D) D+99.9
1958 S. Ernest Vandiver (D) D+100.0
1954 S. Marvin Griffin (D) D+100.0
1950 Herman Talmadge (D) D+98.4
1948 Herman Talmadge (D) D+97.5
1946 Eugene Talmadge (D) D+98.6
1942 Ellis Arnall (D) D+96.3
1940 Eugene Talmadge (D) D+99.6
1938 Eurith D. Rivers (D) D+94.3
1936 Eurith D. Rivers (D) D+99.7
1934 Eugene Talmadge (D) D+100.0
1932 Eugene Talmadge (D) D+100.0
1930 Richard Russell Jr. (D) D+100.0
1928 Lamartine Griffin Hardman (D) D+100.0
1926 Lamartine Griffin Hardman (D) D+100.0
1924 Clifford Walker (D) D+100.0
1922 Clifford Walker (D) D+100.0
1920 Thomas W. Hardwick (D) D+100.0
1918 Hugh Dorsey (D) D+100.0
1916 Hugh Dorsey (D) D+93.5
1914 Nathaniel Edwin Harris (D) D+100.0
1912 John M. Slaton (D) level
1910 Hoke Smith (D) D+84.8
1908 Joseph Mackey Brown (D) D+90.5
1906 Hoke Smith (D) D+99.8
1904 Joseph M. Terrell (D) D+100.0
1902 Joseph M. Terrell (D) D+93.6
1900 Allen D. Candler (D) D+78.6
1898 Allen D. Candler (D) D+69.7
1896 William Y. Atkinson (D) D+58.9
1894 William Y. Atkinson (D) D+55.6
1892 William J. Northen (D) D+66.6
1890 William J. Northen (D) D+99.3
1888 John B. Gordon (D) D+100.0
1886 John B. Gordon (D) D+99.2
1884 Henry Dickerson McDaniel (D) D+100.0
1882 Alexander H. Stephens (D) D+70.6
1880 Alfred Holt Colquitt (D) D+64.9
1876 Alfred Holt Colquitt (D) D+53.8
1872 James Milton Smith (D) D+38.9
1868 Rufus B. Bullock (R) R+4.5
1865 Charles J. Jenkins (D) D+98.2