United States presidential election in New York, 1868
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The 1868 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 3, 1868, as part of the 1868 United States presidential election. Voters chose 33 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
New York voted for the Democratic nominee, former Governor of New York Horatio Seymour, over the Republican nominee, General Ulysses S. Grant. Seymour won his home state by a very narrow margin of 1.18%, making him the first Democratic candidate since Franklin Pierce in 1852 to win the state. Although Grant won nationally, this election would also begin New York's role in US presidential elections as a heavily contested Swing state, to which whoever candidate won New York would almost always win the presidential election.
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