The 1868 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 3, 1868, as part of the 1868 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Maryland voted for the Democratic nominee, Horatio Seymour over the Republican nominee, Ulysses S. Grant. Seymour won the state by a margin of 34.4%.
In this election, Maryland voted 39.72% more Democratic than the nation at-large.
With 67.2% of the popular vote, Maryland would be Seymour's third strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Kentucky and Louisiana. To date this is the best performance by a Democrat in Maryland history.
This was the first presidential election that Wicomico County was able to vote in.
Results
Results by county +CountyHoratio SeymourDemocraticUlysses S. GrantRepublicanMarginTotal votescast#%#%#% Allegany272152.85%242847.15%2935.69%5149 Anne Arundel167082.92%34417.08%132665.84%2014 Baltimore (City)2170270.45%910329.55%1259940.90%30805 Baltimore (County)437765.21%233534.79%204230.42%6712 Calvert62590.32%679.68%55880.64%692 Caroline260753.13%230046.87%3076.26%4907 Carroll90765.68%47434.32%43331.35%1381 Cecil248159.13%171540.87%76618.26%4196 Charles113697.01%352.99%110194.02%1171 Dorchester141574.83%47625.17%93949.66%1891 Frederick381349.64%386950.36% -56 -0.73%7682 Harford231366.31%117533.69%113832.63%3488 Howard101267.38%49032.62%52234.75%1502 Kent133283.35%26616.65%106666.71%1598 Montgomery174581.39%39918.61%134662.78%2144 Prince George's166491.03%1648.97%150082.06%1828 Queen Anne's155284.95%27515.05%127769.90%1827 St. Mary's118296.81%393.19%114393.61%1221 Somerset98970.14%42129.86%56840.28%1410 Talbot125277.81%35722.19%89555.62%1609 Washington311450.47%305649.53%580.94%6170 Wicomico146477.67%42122.33%104355.33%1885 Worcester131985.21%22914.79%109070.41%1548Total6235767.20%3043832.80%3191934.40%92795
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Alleghany Caroline Carroll Cecil Talbot Washington Baltimore (city) Baltimore
See also United States presidential elections in Maryland 1868 United States presidential election 1868 United States elections
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