1868 United States presidential election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1868_United_States_presidential_election
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date November 3, 1868
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1868 United States presidential election
gptkbp:incumbent gptkb:Andrew_Johnson
gptkbp:losingParty gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:mainCandidate gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:Horatio_Seymour
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:1872_United_States_presidential_election
gptkbp:notableFor First presidential election after the Civil War
Southern states under Reconstruction had limited participation
First election in which African American men could vote in some states
gptkbp:presidentAfterElection gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkbp:previousEdition gptkb:1864_United_States_presidential_election
gptkbp:runnerUp 80
2,706,829
gptkbp:troopContributingCountries 34
gptkbp:type presidential
gptkbp:vicePresident gptkb:Schuyler_Colfax
gptkbp:vicePresidentCandidateDemocratic gptkb:Francis_Preston_Blair_Jr.
gptkbp:voterTurnout 78.1%
gptkbp:votesForWinner 214
3,013,421
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Francis_Preston_Blair_Jr.
gptkb:1864_United_States_presidential_election
gptkb:Frank_P._Blair,_Jr.
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6