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Election 1868 Results

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1868 presidential election in Ohio

Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) beat Horatio Seymour (Democrat) in Ohio in 1868, 54.0% to 46.0%, a margin of 8.0 points and 41,653 votes.

Ohio voted 2.7 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+5.3.

Republicans led in 53 of the 88 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 35. The largest, Hamilton, cast 42,935 votes and went to the Republican by 12.6 points. The closest was Belmont, where 31 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
Ulysses S. Grant won	Republican	280,159	54.0%
Horatio Seymour	Democratic	238,506	46.0%
Total		518,665

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Hamilton	18,768 43.7%	24,167 56.3%	42,935	R+12.6
Cuyahoga	7,993 38.8%	12,582 61.2%	20,575	R+22.3
Montgomery	6,113 48.5%	6,502 51.5%	12,615	R+3.1
Franklin	7,119 58.4%	5,079 41.6%	12,198	D+16.7
Stark	4,948 46.9%	5,601 53.1%	10,549	R+6.2
Muskingum	4,534 49.3%	4,671 50.7%	9,205	R+1.5
Butler	4,945 60.0%	3,298 40.0%	8,243	D+20.0
Lucas	3,087 38.8%	4,873 61.2%	7,960	R+22.4
Licking	4,432 56.0%	3,487 44.0%	7,919	D+11.9
Washington	3,503 44.6%	4,353 55.4%	7,856	R+10.8
Columbiana	2,938 37.6%	4,881 62.4%	7,819	R+24.8
Belmont	3,862 49.8%	3,893 50.2%	7,755	R+0.4
Trumbull	2,313 30.2%	5,338 69.8%	7,651	R+39.5
Ashtabula	1,400 18.6%	6,108 81.4%	7,508	R+62.7
Wayne	3,816 51.8%	3,557 48.2%	7,373	D+3.5
Summit	2,444 34.5%	4,634 65.5%	7,078	R+30.9
Clermont	3,594 50.8%	3,475 49.2%	7,069	D+1.7
Richland	3,754 53.2%	3,300 46.8%	7,054	D+6.4
Ross	3,645 53.0%	3,230 47.0%	6,875	D+6.0
Miami	2,659 40.2%	3,958 59.8%	6,617	R+19.6
Tuscarawas	3,432 52.2%	3,145 47.8%	6,577	D+4.4
Seneca	3,540 54.3%	2,977 45.7%	6,517	D+8.6
Fairfield	4,076 62.6%	2,439 37.4%	6,515	D+25.1
Lorain	1,930 30.3%	4,443 69.7%	6,373	R+39.4
Huron	2,243 35.8%	4,019 64.2%	6,262	R+28.4
Mahoning	2,757 44.9%	3,387 55.1%	6,144	R+10.3
Darke	3,145 51.3%	2,989 48.7%	6,134	D+2.5
Clark	2,198 35.9%	3,928 64.1%	6,126	R+28.2
Greene	1,829 30.2%	4,233 69.8%	6,062	R+39.7
Portage	2,362 39.6%	3,604 60.4%	5,966	R+20.8
Brown	3,238 54.4%	2,715 45.6%	5,953	D+8.8
Highland	2,850 48.4%	3,038 51.6%	5,888	R+3.2
Warren	1,875 32.4%	3,917 67.6%	5,792	R+35.3
Knox	2,766 48.7%	2,908 51.3%	5,674	R+2.5
Crawford	3,607 64.1%	2,019 35.9%	5,626	D+28.2
Meigs	2,027 36.6%	3,518 63.4%	5,545	R+26.9
Jefferson	2,117 38.4%	3,394 61.6%	5,511	R+23.2
Sandusky	2,846 53.8%	2,443 46.2%	5,289	D+7.6
Delaware	2,169 42.2%	2,976 57.8%	5,145	R+15.7
Scioto	2,192 43.0%	2,904 57.0%	5,096	R+14.0
Champaign	2,138 42.0%	2,954 58.0%	5,092	R+16.0
Erie	1,884 37.6%	3,130 62.4%	5,014	R+24.9
Pickaway	2,725 55.6%	2,176 44.4%	4,901	D+11.2
Wood	1,891 39.0%	2,957 61.0%	4,848	R+22.0
Monroe	3,397 70.6%	1,413 29.4%	4,810	D+41.2
Hancock	2,528 52.6%	2,279 47.4%	4,807	D+5.2
Lawrence	1,647 34.3%	3,159 65.7%	4,806	R+31.5
Coshocton	2,622 54.6%	2,176 45.4%	4,798	D+9.3
Ashland	2,504 53.2%	2,205 46.8%	4,709	D+6.3
Guernsey	1,949 41.5%	2,743 58.5%	4,692	R+16.9
Preble	1,908 41.1%	2,734 58.9%	4,642	R+17.8
Medina	1,693 37.0%	2,886 63.0%	4,579	R+26.1
Logan	1,770 38.9%	2,778 61.1%	4,548	R+22.2
Clinton	1,579 35.1%	2,922 64.9%	4,501	R+29.8
Athens	1,592 35.4%	2,908 64.6%	4,500	R+29.2
Allen	2,597 57.9%	1,892 42.1%	4,489	D+15.7
Morgan	1,895 42.9%	2,521 57.1%	4,416	R+14.2
Morrow	1,870 43.1%	2,469 56.9%	4,339	R+13.8
Gallia	1,620 37.7%	2,678 62.3%	4,298	R+24.6
Adams	2,247 52.4%	2,044 47.6%	4,291	D+4.7
Williams	1,814 44.3%	2,280 55.7%	4,094	R+11.4
Auglaize	2,754 68.5%	1,266 31.5%	4,020	D+37.0
Holmes	2,859 72.5%	1,083 27.5%	3,942	D+45.1
Wyandot	2,190 55.8%	1,734 44.2%	3,924	D+11.6
Noble	1,715 43.8%	2,204 56.2%	3,919	R+12.5
Shelby	2,274 58.3%	1,626 41.7%	3,900	D+16.6
Harrison	1,620 41.7%	2,267 58.3%	3,887	R+16.6
Union	1,454 38.1%	2,361 61.9%	3,815	R+23.8
Lake	889 23.4%	2,909 76.6%	3,798	R+53.2
Perry	1,986 53.5%	1,725 46.5%	3,711	D+7.0
Jackson	1,612 43.6%	2,083 56.4%	3,695	R+12.7
Hardin	1,766 48.4%	1,884 51.6%	3,650	R+3.2
Geauga	640 18.1%	2,892 81.9%	3,532	R+63.8
Marion	1,936 55.6%	1,548 44.4%	3,484	D+11.1
Hocking	2,111 60.7%	1,369 39.3%	3,480	D+21.3
Fayette	1,376 41.1%	1,970 58.9%	3,346	R+17.8
Fulton	1,150 34.6%	2,171 65.4%	3,321	R+30.7
Mercer	2,394 73.0%	884 27.0%	3,278	D+46.1
Madison	1,550 48.0%	1,682 52.0%	3,232	R+4.1
Putnam	2,003 62.8%	1,184 37.2%	3,187	D+25.7
Carroll	1,289 41.6%	1,807 58.4%	3,096	R+16.7
Vinton	1,554 50.9%	1,499 49.1%	3,053	D+1.8
Defiance	1,899 63.2%	1,108 36.8%	3,007	D+26.3
Van Wert	1,431 48.1%	1,547 51.9%	2,978	R+3.9
Pike	1,727 59.9%	1,155 40.1%	2,882	D+19.8
Henry	1,464 56.7%	1,117 43.3%	2,581	D+13.4
Ottawa	1,304 57.5%	963 42.5%	2,267	D+15.0
Paulding	623 42.8%	834 57.2%	1,457	R+14.5

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.

Ohio in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+11.2
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+8.0
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+8.1
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+3.0
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+4.6
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+2.1
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+3.5
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+6.4
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+1.8
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+10.9
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+18.7
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+10.6
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+0.2
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+21.6
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+2.3
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+25.9
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+6.6
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+22.2
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+13.5
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+0.2
1944	Thomas E. Dewey (R)	R+0.4
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+4.4
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+20.6
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+2.8
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+30.4
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+34.6
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+19.9
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+7.7
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+14.1
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+6.2
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+25.4
1900	William McKinley (R)	R+6.6
1896	William McKinley (R)	R+5.0
1892	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+0.1
1888	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+2.5
1884	James G. Blaine (R)	R+4.1
1880	James A. Garfield (R)	R+4.7
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+1.1
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+7.1
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+8.0

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