1868 United States presidential election
Results

1868 United States presidential election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: None

Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Popular vote(a)	Electoral vote(a)	Running mate

Count	Percentage	Vice-presidential candidate

Ulysses S. Grant	Republican	Illinois	3,013,650	52.66%	214	Schuyler Colfax	Indiana	214

Horatio Seymour	Democratic	New York	2,708,744	47.34%	80	Francis Preston Blair, Jr.	Missouri	80

Other	46	<0.01%	—	Other	—

Total	5,722,440	100%	294	294

Needed to win	148	148

Sentence(s)

Schuyler Colfax from Indiana was contested for vice-president.

final_sentence: Schuyler Colfax from Indiana was contested for vice-president.