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.
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
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rufus B. Bullock won | Republican | 83,527 | 52.2% |
| John B. Gordon | Democratic | 76,356 | 47.8% |
| Total | 159,883 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |