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ELECTION RESULTS:

REPUBLICANS:
ULYSSES S. GRANT (PRESIDENT)
SCHUYLER COLFAX  (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 214 (72.8%)
Popular Vote: 3,013,650 (52.7%)

DEMOCRATS: 
HORATIO SEYMOUR (PRESIDENT)
FRANCIS BLAIR, JR.  (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 80 (27.2%)
Popular Vote: 2,708,744 (47.3%)

RESOURCES:

American Presidency Project (UCSB)
Atlas of U.S. Elections
Library of Congress Resources
UVA Miller Center
Harper’s Weekly (Overview, Biographies, Events, Cartoons)
1868 Democratic Party Platform
1868 Republican Party Platform
Wikipedia

CANDIDATES:

REPUBLICAN:

ULYSSES S. GRANT (PRESIDENT)
SCHUYER COLFAX (VICE PRESIDENT)

DEMOCRATIC:

HORATIO SEYMOUR (PRESIDENT)
FRANCIS PRESTON BLAIR, JR (VICE PRESIDENT)