The 1868 Florida gubernatorial election was held on May 4, 1868. Republican nominee Harrison Reed defeated the Democratic nominee George W. Scott in a landslide. This stood as the best Republican gubernatorial performance, in terms of total percentage of the vote, in state history until 2022.
General election Candidates Harrison Reed, U.S. postal agent in Florida (Republican) George W. Scott, former Confederate Lieutenant colonel (Democratic) Samuel Walker, former Monroe County prosecutor (Radical Republican)
Results
Results by county County George W. Scott DemocraticHarrison Reed Republican Samuel Walker Radical Republican Total votes # % # % # %Alachua23413.27%1,52886.67%10.06%1,763Baker7550.00%7550.00%00.00%150Bradford17162.18%10437.82%00.00%275Brevard00.00%5100.00%00.00%5Calhoun14166.82%7033.18%00.00%211Clay1510.14%11879.73%1510.14%148Columbia26027.78%67672.22%00.00%936Dade533.33%1066.67%00.00%15 Duval44034.87%14611.57%67653.57%1,262Escambia22921.75%82478.25%00.00%1,053Franklin17361.57%10838.43%00.00%281Gadsden64036.61%1,10863.39%00.00%1,748Hamilton36452.15%31545.13%192.72%698Hernando9131.82%19568.18%00.00%286Hillsborough16658.87%11641.13%00.00%282Holmes8064.52%4435.48%00.00%124Jackson56129.50%1,34070.45%10.05%1,902Jefferson53925.00%1,61674.95%10.05%2,156Lafayette3522.01%12477.99%00.00%159 Leon45715.97%1,09638.31%1,30845.72%2,861Levy8148.80%8551.20%00.00%166Liberty9752.43%8847.57%00.00%124Madison51528.53%1,28871.36%20.11%1,805Manatee1726.56%4773.44%00.00%64Marion22316.31%1,14483.69%00.00%1,367Monroe31258.21%22441.79%00.00%536 Nassau5617.07%3410.37%23872.56%328Orange10774.31%3725.69%00.00%144Polk10684.80%1915.20%00.00%125Putnam19842.31%27057.69%00.00%468Santa Rosa18842.44%25557.56%00.00%443St. Johns26363.53%15136.47%00.00%414Sumter11152.11%10247.89%00.00%213Suwannee14835.75%26664.25%00.00%414Taylor9452.11%8848.09%10.55%183Volusia8656.58%3623.68%3019.74%152Wakulla16238.48%25961.52%00.00%421Walton20380.88%4819.12%00.00%251Washington18963.64%10836.36%00.00%297Actual totals7,83232.24%14,16758.32%2,2929.44%24,291Official totals7,73131.67%14,42159.08%2,2579.25%24,409
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Alachua Brevard Clay Columbia Dade Escambia Gadsden Hernando Jackson Jefferson Lafayette Levy Manatee Madison Marion Putnam Santa Rosa Suwannee Wakulla
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Radical Republican Duval Leon Nassau
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Tied Baker
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