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.
In the election of 1868, Ulysses S. Grant took 214 electoral votes.
In the election of 1872, he took 286 electoral votes.
270 votes from the electoral college are required to become president.
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To be declared the winner, a candidate needs at least 270 electoral college votes.
A Presidential candidate must obtain 270 Electoral Votes (the vote cast in the electoral college of the U.S. by the representatives of each state in a presidential election) to be elected President of the United States.
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.
Grant won 3,013,421 popular votes in 1868 which led to 214 electoral votes and3,598,235 popular votes (286 electoral votes) in 1872.
none,electoral college only votes for president n vice president
270 votes from the electoral college are required to become president.
A candidate needs 270 electoral votes to be declared President of the United States. Indiana has 11 electoral votes.
It cast 31 electoral votes for Obama.
No the next president is decided by the amount of electoral votes the candidate gets. They need to have so many electoral votes to win the elections.
Grant won 3,013,421 popular votes in 1868 which led to 214 electoral votes and3,598,235 popular votes (286 electoral votes) in 1872.
NUMBER of ELECTORAL VOTES RECIEVED by RICHARD M. NIXON:1952 : 442 votes for vice president (83.2%)1956 : 457 votes for vice president (86.1%)1960 : 219 votes for president (40.8%)1968 : 301 votes for president (55.9%)1972 : 520 votes for president (96.7%)
To become president they need 265 electoral votes.
In November 2012, President Obama received 332 electoral votes; his challenger, Mitt Romney, received 206.
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