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Election 1868 Results

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1868 presidential election in Georgia

Horatio Seymour (Democrat) beat Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) in Georgia in 1868, 64.3% to 35.7%, a margin of 28.5 points and 45,598 votes.

Georgia voted 33.9 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+5.3.

Democrats led in 114 of the 132 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 18. The largest, Chatham, cast 6,959 votes and went to the Democrat by 33.4 points. The closest was Clarke, where 11 votes 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.

Result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Horatio Seymour won	Democratic	102,707	64.3%
Ulysses S. Grant	Republican	57,109	35.7%
Total		159,816

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Chatham	4,643 66.7%	2,316 33.3%	6,959	D+33.4
Richmond	2,753 46.8%	3,128 53.2%	5,881	R+6.4
Fulton	2,812 53.2%	2,474 46.8%	5,286	D+6.4
Bibb	2,194 42.9%	2,918 57.1%	5,112	R+14.2
Muscogee	2,151 57.0%	1,621 43.0%	3,772	D+14.1
Dougherty	1,857 53.6%	1,607 46.4%	3,464	D+7.2
Houston	2,085 65.9%	1,079 34.1%	3,164	D+31.8
Monroe	1,652 63.0%	972 37.0%	2,624	D+25.9
Burke	931 36.3%	1,632 63.7%	2,563	R+27.4
Decatur	1,351 54.2%	1,141 45.8%	2,492	D+8.4
Newton	1,528 62.3%	923 37.7%	2,451	D+24.7
Thomas	1,048 43.1%	1,386 56.9%	2,434	R+13.9
Clarke	1,197 50.2%	1,186 49.8%	2,383	D+0.5
Coweta	1,329 57.3%	991 42.7%	2,320	D+14.6
Cobb	1,634 72.7%	613 27.3%	2,247	D+45.4
Troup	1,601 71.7%	632 28.3%	2,233	D+43.4
Greene	1,001 45.5%	1,200 54.5%	2,201	R+9.0
Bartow	1,473 68.8%	668 31.2%	2,141	D+37.6
Floyd	1,525 72.1%	591 27.9%	2,116	D+44.1
Harris	1,214 58.2%	872 41.8%	2,086	D+16.4
Meriwether	1,159 58.5%	821 41.5%	1,980	D+17.1
Spalding	998 53.4%	871 46.6%	1,869	D+6.8
Baldwin	719 40.5%	1,056 59.5%	1,775	R+19.0
Jefferson	922 54.7%	765 45.3%	1,687	D+9.3
Carroll	1,120 66.6%	562 33.4%	1,682	D+33.2
Morgan	635 37.8%	1,046 62.2%	1,681	R+24.4
Gwinnett	1,249 76.3%	388 23.7%	1,637	D+52.6
Putnam	645 40.4%	951 59.6%	1,596	R+19.2
Macon	804 50.6%	786 49.4%	1,590	D+1.1
Upson	813 51.2%	776 48.8%	1,589	D+2.3
Whitfield	936 59.0%	651 41.0%	1,587	D+18.0
Wilkinson	900 56.8%	684 43.2%	1,584	D+13.6
Lee	447 29.5%	1,070 70.5%	1,517	R+41.1
Henry	1,065 71.7%	420 28.3%	1,485	D+43.4
Sumter	1,245 84.2%	234 15.8%	1,479	D+68.4
Walton	1,082 73.9%	382 26.1%	1,464	D+47.8
Brooks	1,303 89.2%	158 10.8%	1,461	D+78.4
Wilkes	1,332 93.9%	86 6.1%	1,418	D+87.9
Terrell	987 73.2%	362 26.8%	1,349	D+46.3
Jackson	1,055 80.0%	264 20.0%	1,319	D+60.0
Dekalb	1,092 84.7%	197 15.3%	1,289	D+69.4
Pike	1,027 80.5%	249 19.5%	1,276	D+61.0
Campbell (Ext)	663 52.5%	601 47.5%	1,264	D+4.9
Twiggs	501 39.8%	759 60.2%	1,260	R+20.5
Walker	824 65.9%	426 34.1%	1,250	D+31.8
Gordon	894 73.2%	327 26.8%	1,221	D+46.4
Washington	1,076 88.3%	143 11.7%	1,219	D+76.5
Lowndes	733 61.8%	454 38.2%	1,187	D+23.5
Pulaski	955 81.8%	213 18.2%	1,168	D+63.5
Cherokee	814 70.6%	339 29.4%	1,153	D+41.2
Columbia	1,120 99.9%	1 0.1%	1,121	D+99.8
Laurens	711 63.6%	407 36.4%	1,118	D+27.2
Warren	881 82.4%	188 17.6%	1,069	D+64.8
Taylor	718 67.5%	345 32.5%	1,063	D+35.1
Elbert	1,014 96.8%	34 3.2%	1,048	D+93.5
Hancock	958 91.9%	85 8.1%	1,043	D+83.7
Marion	835 80.6%	201 19.4%	1,036	D+61.2
Talbot	963 95.2%	49 4.8%	1,012	D+90.3
Forsyth	699 69.7%	304 30.3%	1,003	D+39.4
Heard	647 66.0%	334 34.0%	981	D+31.9
Randolph	969 99.9%	1 0.1%	970	D+99.8
Murray	629 65.0%	338 35.0%	967	D+30.1
Oglethorpe	849 88.0%	116 12.0%	965	D+76.0
Hall	623 65.6%	327 34.4%	950	D+31.2
Calhoun	548 58.4%	391 41.6%	939	D+16.7
Fayette	649 69.4%	286 30.6%	935	D+38.8
Crawford	541 59.2%	373 40.8%	914	D+18.4
Dooly	850 96.4%	32 3.6%	882	D+92.7
Jasper	873 99.4%	5 0.6%	878	D+98.9
Butts	606 71.0%	247 29.0%	853	D+42.1
Clay	502 58.9%	351 41.1%	853	D+17.7
Gilmer	444 52.2%	406 47.8%	850	D+4.5
Glynn	210 25.1%	626 74.9%	836	R+49.8
Lincoln	824 100.0%	0 0.0%	824	D+100.0
Paulding	534 65.8%	277 34.2%	811	D+31.7
McIntosh	143 17.7%	664 82.3%	807	R+64.6
Polk	485 60.5%	317 39.5%	802	D+20.9
Lumpkin	493 61.5%	308 38.5%	801	D+23.1
Mitchell	677 85.8%	112 14.2%	789	D+71.6
Screven	628 81.0%	147 19.0%	775	D+62.1
Franklin	664 86.1%	107 13.9%	771	D+72.2
Baker	724 95.6%	33 4.4%	757	D+91.3
Webster	474 62.7%	282 37.3%	756	D+25.4
Hart	504 67.7%	241 32.3%	745	D+35.3
Union	435 60.8%	280 39.2%	715	D+21.7
Taliaferro	519 73.5%	187 26.5%	706	D+47.0
Chattooga	534 78.4%	147 21.6%	681	D+56.8
Fannin	251 37.4%	421 62.6%	672	R+25.3
Clayton	463 70.4%	195 29.6%	658	D+40.7
Catoosa	447 69.7%	194 30.3%	641	D+39.5
Berrien	614 97.0%	19 3.0%	633	D+94.0
Pickens	200 32.3%	420 67.7%	620	R+35.5
Banks	352 58.9%	246 41.1%	598	D+17.7
Dawson	274 46.4%	316 53.6%	590	R+7.1
White	433 75.2%	143 24.8%	576	D+50.3
Habersham	388 69.3%	172 30.7%	560	D+38.6
Camden	110 20.0%	440 80.0%	550	R+60.0
Early	548 100.0%	0 0.0%	548	D+100.0
Stewart	482 88.4%	63 11.6%	545	D+76.9
Chattahoochee	533 99.4%	3 0.6%	536	D+98.9
Bryan	221 42.3%	302 57.7%	523	R+15.5
Schley	454 86.8%	69 13.2%	523	D+73.6
Milton (Ext)	459 88.8%	58 11.2%	517	D+77.6
Liberty	288 58.2%	207 41.8%	495	D+16.4
Emanuel	460 94.1%	29 5.9%	489	D+88.1
Madison	398 81.4%	91 18.6%	489	D+62.8
Effingham	346 74.9%	116 25.1%	462	D+49.8
Tattnall	452 100.0%	0 0.0%	452	D+100.0
Jones	423 100.0%	0 0.0%	423	D+100.0
Haralson	218 52.0%	201 48.0%	419	D+4.1
Bulloch	416 100.0%	0 0.0%	416	D+100.0
Towns	186 44.8%	229 55.2%	415	R+10.4
Clinch	311 80.6%	75 19.4%	386	D+61.1
Rabun	316 85.2%	55 14.8%	371	D+70.4
Quitman	312 85.5%	53 14.5%	365	D+71.0
Pierce	240 69.6%	105 30.4%	345	D+39.1
Glascock	334 97.1%	10 2.9%	344	D+94.2
Appling	336 100.0%	0 0.0%	336	D+100.0
Dade	310 95.1%	16 4.9%	326	D+90.2
Worth	273 83.7%	53 16.3%	326	D+67.5
Miller	302 100.0%	0 0.0%	302	D+100.0
Telfair	291 100.0%	0 0.0%	291	D+100.0
Ware	172 66.7%	86 33.3%	258	D+33.3
Charlton	156 62.2%	95 37.8%	251	D+24.3
Johnson	232 95.1%	12 4.9%	244	D+90.2
Wilcox	237 97.1%	7 2.9%	244	D+94.3
Montgomery	220 100.0%	0 0.0%	220	D+100.0
Echols	171 83.8%	33 16.2%	204	D+67.6
Wayne	175 94.6%	10 5.4%	185	D+89.2
Colquitt	147 85.5%	25 14.5%	172	D+70.9
Coffee	160 100.0%	0 0.0%	160	D+100.0
Irwin	145 100.0%	0 0.0%	145	D+100.0

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 in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+2.2
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+0.2
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+5.1
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+7.8
2008	John McCain (R)	R+5.2
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+16.6
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+11.7
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+1.2
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+0.6
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+20.3
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+20.4
1980	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+14.8
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+33.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+50.4
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Barry Goldwater (R)	R+8.3
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+25.1
1956	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+33.8
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+39.3
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+42.5
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+63.5
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+70.0
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+74.5
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+83.8
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+13.2
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+55.8
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+44.6
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+72.5
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+72.4
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+23.4
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+45.4
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+38.6
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+21.0
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+36.3
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+42.0
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+32.2
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+30.9
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+44.1
1872	Third party (other)
1868	Horatio Seymour (D)	D+28.5

1868 presidential election in Georgia

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