1868 United States presidential election in Minnesota
The 1868 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 3, 1868, as part of the 1868 United States presidential election. State voters chose four representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Image: Ulysses S Grant by Brady c 1870 restored (3x 4 crop)
Image: Hon. Horatio Seymour, N.Y NARA 528568 (cropped)
1868 United States presidential election
The 1868 United States presidential election was the 21st quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 1868. In the first election of the Reconstruction Era, Republican nominee Ulysses S. Grant defeated Horatio Seymour of the Democratic Party. It was the first presidential election to take place after the conclusion of the American Civil War and the abolition of slavery. It was the first election in which African Americans could vote in the reconstructed Southern states, in accordance with the First Reconstruction Act.
Image: Ulysses S Grant by Brady c 1870 restored (3x 4 crop)
Image: Hon. Horatio Seymour, N.Y NARA 528568 (cropped)
Andrew Johnson, the incumbent president in 1868, whose term expired on March 4, 1869
Former Governor Horatio Seymour of New York