Election 1868 Results
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1868 presidential election in Missouri
Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) beat Horatio Seymour (Democrat) in Missouri in 1868, 57.0% to 43.0%, a margin of 13.9 points and 21,232 votes.
Missouri voted 8.6 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+5.3.
Republicans led in 83 of the 111 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 28. The largest, St. Louis, cast 29,673 votes and went to the Republican by 9.1 points. The closest was Lewis, where 5 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 | 86,860 | 57.0% |
| Horatio Seymour | Democratic | 65,628 | 43.0% |
| Total | 152,488 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis | 13,491 45.5% | 16,182 54.5% | 29,673 | R+9.1 | |
| Jackson | 3,052 67.9% | 1,441 32.1% | 4,493 | D+35.9 | |
| Buchanan | 1,373 41.1% | 1,971 58.9% | 3,344 | R+17.9 | |
| Franklin | 1,146 41.4% | 1,624 58.6% | 2,770 | R+17.3 | |
| St. Charles | 1,099 41.6% | 1,542 58.4% | 2,641 | R+16.8 | |
| Pike | 1,619 61.6% | 1,008 38.4% | 2,627 | D+23.3 | |
| Johnson | 861 36.3% | 1,512 63.7% | 2,373 | R+27.4 | |
| Macon | 1,114 47.7% | 1,221 52.3% | 2,335 | R+4.6 | |
| Cass | 1,160 53.5% | 1,010 46.5% | 2,170 | D+6.9 | |
| Greene | 740 36.2% | 1,304 63.8% | 2,044 | R+27.6 | |
| Andrew | 515 26.7% | 1,412 73.3% | 1,927 | R+46.5 | |
| Livingston | 788 41.1% | 1,127 58.9% | 1,915 | R+17.7 | |
| Harrison | 475 25.0% | 1,428 75.0% | 1,903 | R+50.1 | |
| Linn | 650 34.8% | 1,216 65.2% | 1,866 | R+30.3 | |
| Cape Girardeau | 835 45.3% | 1,009 54.7% | 1,844 | R+9.4 | |
| Pettis | 797 43.8% | 1,022 56.2% | 1,819 | R+12.4 | |
| Daviess | 703 39.2% | 1,089 60.8% | 1,792 | R+21.5 | |
| Carroll | 810 45.6% | 967 54.4% | 1,777 | R+8.8 | |
| Nodaway | 588 34.8% | 1,104 65.2% | 1,692 | R+30.5 | |
| Henry | 710 42.0% | 980 58.0% | 1,690 | R+16.0 | |
| Marion | 703 41.9% | 973 58.1% | 1,676 | R+16.1 | |
| Lewis | 825 49.8% | 830 50.2% | 1,655 | R+0.3 | |
| Randolph | 1,412 86.4% | 223 13.6% | 1,635 | D+72.7 | |
| Chariton | 834 51.1% | 799 48.9% | 1,633 | D+2.1 | |
| Jefferson | 833 51.1% | 796 48.9% | 1,629 | D+2.3 | |
| Cole | 752 46.6% | 861 53.4% | 1,613 | R+6.8 | |
| Jasper | 444 28.8% | 1,099 71.2% | 1,543 | R+42.4 | |
| Putnam | 248 16.5% | 1,255 83.5% | 1,503 | R+67.0 | |
| Sullivan | 568 38.0% | 926 62.0% | 1,494 | R+24.0 | |
| Scotland | 707 47.7% | 775 52.3% | 1,482 | R+4.6 | |
| Monroe | 1,302 88.2% | 174 11.8% | 1,476 | D+76.4 | |
| Mercer | 379 25.9% | 1,082 74.1% | 1,461 | R+48.1 | |
| Cooper | 486 33.3% | 972 66.7% | 1,458 | R+33.3 | |
| Howard | 1,256 88.0% | 171 12.0% | 1,427 | D+76.0 | |
| Bates | 620 44.2% | 782 55.8% | 1,402 | R+11.6 | |
| Grundy | 306 22.0% | 1,082 78.0% | 1,388 | R+55.9 | |
| Clark | 302 21.9% | 1,080 78.1% | 1,382 | R+56.3 | |
| Platte | 758 57.2% | 567 42.8% | 1,325 | D+14.4 | |
| Polk | 413 31.6% | 892 68.4% | 1,305 | R+36.7 | |
| Ray | 534 41.0% | 769 59.0% | 1,303 | R+18.0 | |
| Osage | 664 51.2% | 634 48.8% | 1,298 | D+2.3 | |
| Lafayette | 543 43.4% | 709 56.6% | 1,252 | R+13.3 | |
| Lawrence | 397 31.8% | 850 68.2% | 1,247 | R+36.3 | |
| Clinton | 644 52.4% | 585 47.6% | 1,229 | D+4.8 | |
| Adair | 288 23.6% | 930 76.4% | 1,218 | R+52.7 | |
| Caldwell | 374 30.7% | 844 69.3% | 1,218 | R+38.6 | |
| Warren | 367 30.1% | 851 69.9% | 1,218 | R+39.7 | |
| Holt | 137 11.3% | 1,080 88.7% | 1,217 | R+77.5 | |
| Gentry | 443 36.6% | 769 63.4% | 1,212 | R+26.9 | |
| Gasconade | 135 11.2% | 1,074 88.8% | 1,209 | R+77.7 | |
| Montgomery | 481 40.6% | 703 59.4% | 1,184 | R+18.8 | |
| Perry | 570 48.6% | 602 51.4% | 1,172 | R+2.7 | |
| Washington | 722 63.3% | 419 36.7% | 1,141 | D+26.6 | |
| Moniteau | 349 30.9% | 781 69.1% | 1,130 | R+38.2 | |
| Knox | 342 31.1% | 759 68.9% | 1,101 | R+37.9 | |
| Benton | 329 31.8% | 705 68.2% | 1,034 | R+36.4 | |
| Newton | 208 21.1% | 778 78.9% | 986 | R+57.8 | |
| Saline | 377 38.5% | 602 61.5% | 979 | R+23.0 | |
| Atchison | 183 19.0% | 781 81.0% | 964 | R+62.0 | |
| Morgan | 378 39.2% | 586 60.8% | 964 | R+21.6 | |
| Phelps | 405 43.3% | 530 56.7% | 935 | R+13.4 | |
| Cedar | 294 31.8% | 630 68.2% | 924 | R+36.4 | |
| Vernon | 581 63.0% | 341 37.0% | 922 | D+26.0 | |
| St. Clair | 315 35.6% | 570 64.4% | 885 | R+28.8 | |
| Shelby | 305 34.5% | 579 65.5% | 884 | R+31.0 | |
| Webster | 334 37.9% | 548 62.1% | 882 | R+24.3 | |
| Dade | 144 16.4% | 734 83.6% | 878 | R+67.2 | |
| De Kalb | 257 30.1% | 597 69.9% | 854 | R+39.8 | |
| Ste. Genevieve | 607 71.2% | 246 28.8% | 853 | D+42.3 | |
| Lincoln | 393 46.1% | 459 53.9% | 852 | R+7.7 | |
| Dallas | 199 24.3% | 620 75.7% | 819 | R+51.4 | |
| Crawford | 431 52.8% | 385 47.2% | 816 | D+5.6 | |
| Laclede | 372 48.2% | 400 51.8% | 772 | R+3.6 | |
| Schuyler | 240 32.0% | 509 68.0% | 749 | R+35.9 | |
| Miller | 157 21.5% | 573 78.5% | 730 | R+57.0 | |
| Worth | 349 48.6% | 369 51.4% | 718 | R+2.8 | |
| Christian | 123 17.7% | 573 82.3% | 696 | R+64.7 | |
| Barry | 322 46.5% | 371 53.5% | 693 | R+7.1 | |
| St. Francois | 377 59.7% | 254 40.3% | 631 | D+19.5 | |
| Clay | 314 51.7% | 293 48.3% | 607 | D+3.5 | |
| Audrain | 279 47.2% | 312 52.8% | 591 | R+5.6 | |
| Hickory | 112 19.0% | 479 81.0% | 591 | R+62.1 | |
| Callaway | 382 65.4% | 202 34.6% | 584 | D+30.8 | |
| Camden | 132 24.5% | 406 75.5% | 538 | R+50.9 | |
| Iron | 209 40.4% | 308 59.6% | 517 | R+19.1 | |
| Barton | 229 45.3% | 277 54.7% | 506 | R+9.5 | |
| Scott | 230 48.2% | 247 51.8% | 477 | R+3.6 | |
| Douglas | 23 4.9% | 445 95.1% | 468 | R+90.2 | |
| Maries | 315 68.5% | 145 31.5% | 460 | D+37.0 | |
| Ralls | 194 46.3% | 225 53.7% | 419 | R+7.4 | |
| Bollinger | 79 19.3% | 331 80.7% | 410 | R+61.5 | |
| Wright | 100 25.1% | 298 74.9% | 398 | R+49.7 | |
| Madison | 161 42.6% | 217 57.4% | 378 | R+14.8 | |
| Dent | 161 42.9% | 214 57.1% | 375 | R+14.1 | |
| Pulaski | 199 53.1% | 176 46.9% | 375 | D+6.1 | |
| New Madrid | 342 97.2% | 10 2.8% | 352 | D+94.3 | |
| Boone | 171 49.1% | 177 50.9% | 348 | R+1.7 | |
| Mississippi | 328 94.3% | 20 5.7% | 348 | D+88.5 | |
| Stoddard | 117 34.5% | 222 65.5% | 339 | R+31.0 | |
| Texas | 99 32.9% | 202 67.1% | 301 | R+34.2 | |
| Stone | 103 36.8% | 177 63.2% | 280 | R+26.4 | |
| Taney | 52 20.0% | 208 80.0% | 260 | R+60.0 | |
| McDonald | 41 17.5% | 193 82.5% | 234 | R+65.0 | |
| Oregon | 229 97.9% | 5 2.1% | 234 | D+95.7 | |
| Ozark | 56 26.4% | 156 73.6% | 212 | R+47.2 | |
| Howell | 22 11.5% | 170 88.5% | 192 | R+77.1 | |
| Reynolds | 138 72.3% | 53 27.7% | 191 | D+44.5 | |
| Shannon | 172 97.7% | 4 2.3% | 176 | D+95.5 | |
| Ripley | 108 70.6% | 45 29.4% | 153 | D+41.2 | |
| Pemiscot | 147 98.0% | 3 2.0% | 150 | D+96.0 | |
| Carter | 40 54.8% | 33 45.2% | 73 | D+9.6 |
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.
Missouri in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Donald Trump (R) | R+18.4 |
| 2020 | Donald Trump (R) | R+15.4 |
| 2016 | Donald Trump (R) | R+18.6 |
| 2012 | Mitt Romney (R) | R+9.4 |
| 2008 | John McCain (R) | R+0.1 |
| 2004 | George W. Bush (R) | R+7.2 |
| 2000 | George W. Bush (R) | R+3.3 |
| 1996 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+6.3 |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+10.1 |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush (R) | R+4.0 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+20.0 |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+6.8 |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter (D) | D+3.6 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+24.6 |
| 1968 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+1.1 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+28.1 |
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy (D) | D+0.5 |
| 1956 | Adlai Stevenson II (D) | D+0.2 |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+1.6 |
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman (D) | D+16.6 |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+2.9 |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+4.8 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+22.6 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+28.6 |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+11.4 |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge (R) | R+5.8 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding (R) | R+11.4 |
| 1916 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+3.6 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+17.6 |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft (R) | R+0.1 |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | R+3.9 |
| 1900 | William Jennings Bryan (D) | D+5.5 |
| 1896 | William Jennings Bryan (D) | D+8.7 |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+7.5 |
| 1888 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+4.9 |
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+7.5 |
| 1880 | Winfield Scott Hancock (D) | D+13.7 |
| 1876 | Samuel J. Tilden (D) | D+16.3 |
| 1872 | Third party (other) | |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+13.9 |