Election 1868 Results
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1868 presidential election in New Hampshire
Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) beat Horatio Seymour (Democrat) in New Hampshire in 1868, 55.2% to 44.8%, a margin of 10.5 points and 7,143 votes.
New Hampshire voted 5.1 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+5.3.
Republicans led in 8 of the 10 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 2. The largest, Hillsborough, cast 12,686 votes and went to the Republican by 14.5 points. The closest was Belknap, where 8 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 | 37,718 | 55.2% |
| Horatio Seymour | Democratic | 30,575 | 44.8% |
| All other candidates | 11 | 0.0% | |
| Total | 68,304 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsborough | 5,421 42.7% | 7,265 57.3% | 12,686 | R+14.5 | |
| Rockingham | 4,742 43.7% | 6,119 56.3% | 10,861 | R+12.7 | |
| Merrimack | 4,317 47.5% | 4,770 52.5% | 9,087 | R+5.0 | |
| Grafton | 4,113 47.4% | 4,557 52.6% | 8,670 | R+5.1 | |
| Cheshire | 2,350 38.1% | 3,825 61.9% | 6,175 | R+23.9 | |
| Strafford | 2,064 37.8% | 3,388 62.1% | 5 | 5,457 | R+24.3 |
| Sullivan | 1,885 43.1% | 2,479 56.7% | 5 | 4,369 | R+13.6 |
| Carroll | 2,163 52.6% | 1,947 47.4% | 1 | 4,111 | D+5.3 |
| Belknap | 1,978 49.9% | 1,986 50.1% | 3,964 | R+0.2 | |
| Coos | 1,542 52.7% | 1,382 47.3% | 2,924 | D+5.5 |
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.
New Hampshire in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kamala Harris (D) | D+2.8 |
| 2020 | Joe Biden (D) | D+7.4 |
| 2016 | Hillary Clinton (D) | D+0.4 |
| 2012 | Barack Obama (D) | D+5.6 |
| 2008 | Barack Obama (D) | D+9.6 |
| 2004 | John Kerry (D) | D+1.4 |
| 2000 | George W. Bush (R) | R+1.3 |
| 1996 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+10.0 |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+1.2 |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush (R) | R+26.2 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+37.7 |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+29.4 |
| 1976 | Gerald Ford (R) | R+11.3 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+29.1 |
| 1968 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+8.2 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+27.8 |
| 1960 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+6.8 |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+32.3 |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+21.8 |
| 1948 | Thomas E. Dewey (R) | R+5.7 |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+4.2 |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+6.4 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+1.8 |
| 1932 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+1.4 |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+17.6 |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge (R) | R+25.1 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding (R) | R+20.4 |
| 1916 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+0.1 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+2.0 |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft (R) | R+21.8 |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | R+22.3 |
| 1900 | William McKinley (R) | R+20.9 |
| 1896 | William McKinley (R) | R+43.2 |
| 1892 | Benjamin Harrison (R) | R+4.0 |
| 1888 | Benjamin Harrison (R) | R+2.6 |
| 1884 | James G. Blaine (R) | R+4.8 |
| 1880 | James A. Garfield (R) | R+4.7 |
| 1876 | Rutherford B. Hayes (R) | R+3.7 |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+7.9 |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+10.5 |