The south
The African American Voters (I believe)
Rutherford Hayes won the 1876 presidential election defeating Samuel Tilden. Ulysses S. Grant won the 1868 presidential election defeating Horatio Seymour. Ulysses S. Grant won the 1872 presidential election defeating Horace Greeley.
Ulysses S. Grant supported Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 presidential election.
In a Presidential election.
Presidential Election (Grant was elected)
1868 was the first election after the Civil War. Many of the white voters in the South were not allowed to vote and the black voters gave Grant and the Republicans Why_did_Grant_win_a_lot_of_southern_states_in_1868for their freedom.
There was no U.S. presidential election in 1866. Incumbent President Abraham Lincoln won reelection in the 1864 presidential election defeating George McClellan. Ulysses S. Grant won the 1868 presidential election defeating Horatio Seymour.
Republican Party candidateUlysses S. Grant won the 1868 presidential election defeating Democratic Party candidate Horatio Seymour. In the 1868 presidential election Ulysses S. Grant received 214 electoral votes and Horatio Seymour received 80 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Grant 3,013,650 and Seymour 2,708,744. Incumbent PresidentUlysses S. Grant won reelection in the 1872 presidential election defeating Horace Greeley. In the 1872 presidential election Ulysses S. Grant received 286 of the 352 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Grant 3,598,235 and Greeley 2,834,761.
Ulysses S. Grant
In the Presidential election of 1868, his competitor was Horatio Seymour.
In the U. S. Presidential Election of 1872, President Grant's major opponent was Horace Greeley, who died in November of 1872, after the casting of the popular votes but before the casting of the electoral votes. However, based on the Election Day voting Grant was the clear winner anyway.
Republican Party candidateUlysses S. Grant won the 1868 presidential election defeating Democratic Party candidate Horatio Seymour. In the 1868 presidential election Ulysses S. Grant received 214 electoral votes and Horatio Seymour received 80 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Grant 3,013,650 and Seymour 2,708,744. Incumbent PresidentUlysses S. Grant won reelection in the 1872 presidential election defeating Horace Greeley. In the 1872 presidential election Ulysses S. Grant received 286 of the 352 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Grant 3,598,235 and Greeley 2,834,761.
1868 was the first election after the Civil War. Many of the white voters in the South were not allowed to vote and the black voters gave Grant and the Republicans Why_did_Grant_win_a_lot_of_southern_states_in_1868for their freedom.