Election 1868 Results
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1868 presidential election in Indiana
Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) beat Horatio Seymour (Democrat) in Indiana in 1868, 51.4% to 48.6%, a margin of 2.8 points and 9,568 votes.
Indiana voted 2.5 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+5.3.
Republicans led in 50 of the 92 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 42. The largest, Marion, cast 12,547 votes and went to the Republican by 11.7 points. The closest was Crawford, where 12 votes 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.
Result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ulysses S. Grant won | Republican | 176,548 | 51.4% |
| Horatio Seymour | Democratic | 166,980 | 48.6% |
| Total | 343,528 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion | 5,539 44.1% | 7,008 55.9% | 12,547 | R+11.7 | |
| Allen | 5,604 64.8% | 3,047 35.2% | 8,651 | D+29.6 | |
| Wayne | 2,480 33.1% | 5,018 66.9% | 7,498 | R+33.8 | |
| Tippecanoe | 3,174 44.7% | 3,925 55.3% | 7,099 | R+10.6 | |
| Vanderburgh | 3,148 48.1% | 3,395 51.9% | 6,543 | R+3.8 | |
| Vigo | 3,085 47.6% | 3,390 52.4% | 6,475 | R+4.7 | |
| La Porte | 2,876 48.4% | 3,064 51.6% | 5,940 | R+3.2 | |
| Elkhart | 2,706 47.7% | 2,962 52.3% | 5,668 | R+4.5 | |
| St. Joseph | 2,249 42.2% | 3,075 57.8% | 5,324 | R+15.5 | |
| Montgomery | 2,656 50.3% | 2,628 49.7% | 5,284 | D+0.5 | |
| Dearborn | 2,924 56.5% | 2,255 43.5% | 5,179 | D+12.9 | |
| Jefferson | 2,287 44.4% | 2,869 55.6% | 5,156 | R+11.3 | |
| Cass | 2,673 52.9% | 2,376 47.1% | 5,049 | D+5.9 | |
| Kosciusko | 2,119 42.6% | 2,861 57.4% | 4,980 | R+14.9 | |
| Clark | 3,082 62.2% | 1,870 37.8% | 4,952 | D+24.5 | |
| Boone | 2,324 47.7% | 2,550 52.3% | 4,874 | R+4.6 | |
| Henry | 1,412 29.1% | 3,436 70.9% | 4,848 | R+41.7 | |
| Madison | 2,744 58.3% | 1,966 41.7% | 4,710 | D+16.5 | |
| Shelby | 2,592 55.6% | 2,069 44.4% | 4,661 | D+11.2 | |
| Putnam | 2,493 53.8% | 2,145 46.2% | 4,638 | D+7.5 | |
| Bartholomew | 2,510 55.5% | 2,010 44.5% | 4,520 | D+11.1 | |
| Hamilton | 1,278 28.3% | 3,242 71.7% | 4,520 | R+43.5 | |
| Randolph | 1,415 31.3% | 3,103 68.7% | 4,518 | R+37.4 | |
| Noble | 2,090 46.3% | 2,421 53.7% | 4,511 | R+7.3 | |
| Wabash | 1,547 34.5% | 2,940 65.5% | 4,487 | R+31.0 | |
| Miami | 2,271 50.9% | 2,193 49.1% | 4,464 | D+1.7 | |
| Hendricks | 1,462 33.0% | 2,973 67.0% | 4,435 | R+34.1 | |
| Franklin | 2,796 63.6% | 1,603 36.4% | 4,399 | D+27.1 | |
| Marshall | 2,381 55.3% | 1,921 44.7% | 4,302 | D+10.7 | |
| Knox | 2,417 56.6% | 1,853 43.4% | 4,270 | D+13.2 | |
| Floyd | 2,716 63.9% | 1,537 36.1% | 4,253 | D+27.7 | |
| Decatur | 1,893 45.6% | 2,262 54.4% | 4,155 | R+8.9 | |
| Ripley | 2,042 49.3% | 2,099 50.7% | 4,141 | R+1.4 | |
| Huntington | 1,984 48.9% | 2,075 51.1% | 4,059 | R+2.2 | |
| Rush | 1,933 47.8% | 2,115 52.2% | 4,048 | R+4.5 | |
| Posey | 2,054 51.5% | 1,938 48.5% | 3,992 | D+2.9 | |
| Harrison | 2,210 56.0% | 1,735 44.0% | 3,945 | D+12.0 | |
| Fountain | 2,059 53.4% | 1,795 46.6% | 3,854 | D+6.9 | |
| Johnson | 2,149 55.9% | 1,696 44.1% | 3,845 | D+11.8 | |
| Spencer | 1,850 48.3% | 1,982 51.7% | 3,832 | R+3.4 | |
| Jackson | 2,337 62.0% | 1,430 38.0% | 3,767 | D+24.1 | |
| Gibson | 1,824 48.4% | 1,941 51.6% | 3,765 | R+3.1 | |
| Sullivan | 2,457 65.5% | 1,294 34.5% | 3,751 | D+31.0 | |
| Parke | 1,349 36.4% | 2,362 63.6% | 3,711 | R+27.3 | |
| Delaware | 1,011 27.3% | 2,699 72.7% | 3,710 | R+45.5 | |
| Washington | 2,038 55.3% | 1,650 44.7% | 3,688 | D+10.5 | |
| Grant | 1,600 43.4% | 2,086 56.6% | 3,686 | R+13.2 | |
| Carroll | 1,812 50.2% | 1,794 49.8% | 3,606 | D+0.5 | |
| Clay | 1,856 52.1% | 1,708 47.9% | 3,564 | D+4.2 | |
| Clinton | 1,764 49.6% | 1,794 50.4% | 3,558 | R+0.8 | |
| Morgan | 1,460 41.6% | 2,047 58.4% | 3,507 | R+16.7 | |
| De Kalb | 1,726 49.7% | 1,750 50.3% | 3,476 | R+0.7 | |
| Greene | 1,653 47.8% | 1,802 52.2% | 3,455 | R+4.3 | |
| Warrick | 1,863 54.2% | 1,573 45.8% | 3,436 | D+8.4 | |
| Daviess | 1,732 50.7% | 1,682 49.3% | 3,414 | D+1.5 | |
| Jennings | 1,449 44.1% | 1,838 55.9% | 3,287 | R+11.8 | |
| Owen | 1,896 57.8% | 1,383 42.2% | 3,279 | D+15.6 | |
| Lawrence | 1,469 45.2% | 1,781 54.8% | 3,250 | R+9.6 | |
| Porter | 1,264 40.1% | 1,892 59.9% | 3,156 | R+19.9 | |
| Howard | 1,131 35.9% | 2,017 64.1% | 3,148 | R+28.1 | |
| Hancock | 1,682 54.3% | 1,414 45.7% | 3,096 | D+8.7 | |
| Lagrange | 1,076 35.6% | 1,945 64.4% | 3,021 | R+28.8 | |
| Jay | 1,444 48.2% | 1,551 51.8% | 2,995 | R+3.6 | |
| Whitley | 1,622 54.2% | 1,372 45.8% | 2,994 | D+8.4 | |
| Monroe | 1,369 47.8% | 1,496 52.2% | 2,865 | R+4.4 | |
| Perry | 1,444 51.2% | 1,375 48.8% | 2,819 | D+2.4 | |
| Pike | 1,369 49.3% | 1,406 50.7% | 2,775 | R+1.3 | |
| Steuben | 830 30.6% | 1,881 69.4% | 2,711 | R+38.8 | |
| Switzerland | 1,209 45.2% | 1,466 54.8% | 2,675 | R+9.6 | |
| Fulton | 1,419 53.3% | 1,245 46.7% | 2,664 | D+6.5 | |
| Orange | 1,370 52.0% | 1,264 48.0% | 2,634 | D+4.0 | |
| Fayette | 1,131 43.4% | 1,475 56.6% | 2,606 | R+13.2 | |
| Wells | 1,465 57.2% | 1,094 42.8% | 2,559 | D+14.5 | |
| Dubois | 1,986 79.6% | 510 20.4% | 2,496 | D+59.1 | |
| Warren | 843 35.6% | 1,527 64.4% | 2,370 | R+28.9 | |
| Lake | 759 33.0% | 1,539 67.0% | 2,298 | R+33.9 | |
| Tipton | 1,268 55.4% | 1,020 44.6% | 2,288 | D+10.8 | |
| White | 1,101 48.4% | 1,173 51.6% | 2,274 | R+3.2 | |
| Martin | 1,202 57.3% | 894 42.7% | 2,096 | D+14.7 | |
| Adams | 1,393 67.0% | 687 33.0% | 2,080 | D+33.9 | |
| Vermillion | 806 39.0% | 1,263 61.0% | 2,069 | R+22.1 | |
| Crawford | 982 50.3% | 970 49.7% | 1,952 | D+0.6 | |
| Scott | 912 56.8% | 693 43.2% | 1,605 | D+13.6 | |
| Union | 658 41.8% | 915 58.2% | 1,573 | R+16.3 | |
| Pulaski | 928 59.1% | 642 40.9% | 1,570 | D+18.2 | |
| Brown | 1,080 70.2% | 458 29.8% | 1,538 | D+40.4 | |
| Blackford | 673 55.3% | 544 44.7% | 1,217 | D+10.6 | |
| Jasper | 393 34.2% | 756 65.8% | 1,149 | R+31.6 | |
| Ohio | 465 44.2% | 586 55.8% | 1,051 | R+11.5 | |
| Newton | 412 40.4% | 608 59.6% | 1,020 | R+19.2 | |
| Benton | 421 43.7% | 542 56.3% | 963 | R+12.6 | |
| Starke | 353 53.1% | 312 46.9% | 665 | D+6.2 |
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.
Indiana in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Donald Trump (R) | R+19.0 |
| 2020 | Donald Trump (R) | R+16.1 |
| 2016 | Donald Trump (R) | R+19.2 |
| 2012 | Mitt Romney (R) | R+10.2 |
| 2008 | Barack Obama (D) | D+1.0 |
| 2004 | George W. Bush (R) | R+20.7 |
| 2000 | George W. Bush (R) | R+15.6 |
| 1996 | Bob Dole (R) | R+5.6 |
| 1992 | George H. W. Bush (R) | R+6.1 |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush (R) | R+20.2 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+24.0 |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+18.4 |
| 1976 | Gerald Ford (R) | R+7.6 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+32.8 |
| 1968 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+12.3 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+12.4 |
| 1960 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+10.4 |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+20.2 |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+17.1 |
| 1948 | Thomas E. Dewey (R) | R+0.8 |
| 1944 | Thomas E. Dewey (R) | R+5.7 |
| 1940 | Wendell Willkie (R) | R+1.4 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+14.7 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+11.7 |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+20.1 |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge (R) | R+16.6 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding (R) | R+14.6 |
| 1916 | Charles Evans Hughes (R) | R+1.0 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+20.0 |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft (R) | R+1.5 |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | R+13.8 |
| 1900 | William McKinley (R) | R+4.0 |
| 1896 | William McKinley (R) | R+2.9 |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+1.3 |
| 1888 | Benjamin Harrison (R) | R+0.4 |
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+1.3 |
| 1880 | James A. Garfield (R) | R+1.4 |
| 1876 | Samuel J. Tilden (D) | D+1.3 |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+6.4 |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+2.8 |