The 1868 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 3, 1868, as part of the 1868 United States presidential election. State voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

North Carolina was won by Ulysses S. Grant, formerly the 6th Commanding General of the United States Army (R-Illinois), running with Speaker of the House Schuyler Colfax, with 53.41% of the popular vote, against the 18th governor of New York, Horatio Seymour (D–New York), running with former Senator Francis Preston Blair Jr., with 46.59% of the vote. As of the 2024 presidential election this is the last election in which Yadkin County voted for the Democratic presidential nominee.

Results

Results by county CountyUlysses S. GrantRepublicanHoratio SeymourDemocraticMargin%#%#%#Alamance51.09%1,10248.91%1,0552.18%47Alexander40.48%35159.52%516-19.03% -165Alleghany46.31%24553.69%284 -7.37% -39Anson48.83%1,00251.17%1,050 -2.34% -48Ashe49.61%63450.39%644 -0.78% -10Beaufort51.79%1,31848.21%1,2273.58%91Bertie66.83%1,51733.17%75333.66%764Bladen55.98%1,37244.02%1,07911.95%293Brunswick55.74%87944.26%69811.48%181Buncombe48.71%1,03551.29%1,090-2.59% -55Burke55.58%92744.42%74111.15%186Cabarrus45.81%94054.19%1,112 -8.38% -172Caldwell39.09%39660.91%617 -21.82% -221Camden50.09%53049.91%5280.19%2Carteret47.82%82352.18%898 -4.36% -75Caswell58.14%1,95741.86%1,40916.28%548Catawba30.14%48869.86%1,131 -39.72% -643Chatham53.42%1,76546.58%1,5396.84%226Cherokee51.15%44348.85%4232.31%20Chowan57.02%69042.98%52014.05%170Clay39.85%15560.15%234-20.31% -79Cleveland38.75%65661.25%1,037 -22.50% -381Columbus34.45%50365.55%957 -31.10% -454Craven70.31%3,53529.69%1,49340.61%2,042Cumberland48.66%1,59251.34%1,680 -2.69% -88Currituck31.44%41668.56%907 -37.11% -491Davidson68.82%1,84331.18%83537.64%1,008Davie48.58%65251.42%690 -2.83% -38Duplin39.35%1,02560.65%1,580 -21.31% -555Edgecombe64.50%2,67635.50%1,47328.99%1,203Forsyth61.57%1,26138.43%78723.14%474Franklin50.98%1,43149.02%1,3761.96%55Gaston56.43%87843.57%67812.85%200Gates40.21%45259.79%672 -19.57% -220Granville56.18%2,75443.82%2,14812.36%606Greene57.58%75642.42%55715.16%199Guilford59.18%2,16940.82%1,49618.36%673Halifax66.81%3,20633.19%1,59333.61%1,613Harnett44.98%64555.02%789 -10.04% -144Haywood38.43%41261.57%660 -23.13% -248Henderson63.94%64036.06%36127.87%279Hertford51.03%74448.97%7142.06%30Hyde41.97%57258.03%791 -16.07% -219Iredell37.82%85962.18%1,412-24.35% -553Jackson26.60%22073.40%607 -46.80% -387Johnston47.18%1,20452.82%1,348 -5.64% -144Jones58.38%59241.62%42216.77%170Lenoir58.53%1,21541.47%86117.05%354Lincoln45.85%62554.15%738 -8.29% -113Macon36.09%32363.91%572 -27.82% -249Madison53.60%52946.40%4587.19%71Martin49.85%1,02150.15%1,027 -0.29% -6McDowell54.94%74045.06%6079.87%133Mecklenburg47.73%1,96252.27%2,149-4.55% -187Mitchell81.89%52918.11%11763.78%412Montgomery68.07%72731.93%34136.14%386Moore53.55%1,01946.45%8847.09%135Nash43.30%83756.70%1,096 -13.40% -259New Hanover63.41%3,96836.59%2,29026.81%1,678Northampton64.89%1,93135.11%1,04529.77%886Onslow32.18%41767.82%879 -35.65% -462Orange43.24%1,45356.76%1,907 -13.51% -454Pasquotank63.96%1,04736.04%59027.92%457Perquimans61.15%91338.85%58022.30%333Person47.48%95352.52%1,054 -5.03% -101Pitt52.91%1,75247.09%1,5595.83%193Polk67.50%40532.50%19535.00%210Randolph66.64%1,75233.36%87733.28%875Richmond60.81%1,25439.19%80821.63%446Robeson49.64%1,31850.36%1,337 -0.72% -19Rockingham49.16%1,46350.84%1,513 -1.68% -50Rowan46.54%1,33253.46%1,530 -6.92% -198Rutherford65.12%1,27934.88%68530.24%594Sampson41.49%1,02658.51%1,447 -17.02% -421Stanly41.72%46658.28%651 -16.56% -185Stokes51.28%78348.72%7442.55%39Surry52.60%81847.40%7375.21%81Transylvania44.50%18655.50%232 -11.00% -46Tyrrell36.52%19563.48%339 -26.97% -144Union46.58%81153.42%930 -6.84% -119Wake53.76%3,43346.24%2,9537.52%480Warren68.67%2,30831.33%1,05337.34%1,255Washington73.29%95526.71%34846.58%607Watauga46.54%30353.46%348 -6.91% -45Wayne48.87%1,42151.13%1,487 -2.27% -66Wilkes59.51%1,20540.49%82019.01%385Wilson44.85%89755.15%1,103 -10.30% -206Yadkin37.95%26662.05%435 -24.11% -169Yancey57.46%84042.54%62214.91%218

See also United States presidential elections in North Carolina

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