Everything about The 1868 Democratic National Convention totally explained
The
1868 Democratic National Convention was held at
Tammany Hall in
New York City. Although
Horatio Seymour of
New York was nominated as the candidate for President, he stood virtually no chance of defeating the hero of the
Civil War, Republican candidate
Ulysses S. Grant. The Republican candidate for Vice-President was
Schuyler Colfax of
Indiana.
Francis P. Blair, Jr. of
Missouri was the Democratic candidate for Vice-President.
In the election of
1868, the Democratic nominee received 33 electoral votes from his home State of New York, and 47 electoral votes from other places. General
Grant received electoral 214 votes. The Democrats carried only eight states.
New attendees
The most memorable occurrences at the convention were the return of politicians from the defeated, war-ravaged southern States. In attendance was
Robert Barnwell Rhett of
Louisiana (formerly of
South Carolina) who had been one of the strongest advocates of secession.
In 1868, the States of
Arkansas,
Alabama,
Florida,
North Carolina,
South Carolina,
Georgia, and
Louisiana were readmitted to the
Union.
Nebraska had been admitted to the Union on March 1,
1867.
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