1868 Presidential Election:
Partisan control
Republican Gain
Popular vote margin
Republican +5.4%
Electoral vote
Ulysses S. Grant (R)
214
Horatio Seymour (D)
80
1868 presidential election results. Red denotes states won by Grant, blue denotes states won
by Seymour, and green denotes states that had not yet been restored to the Union. Numbers
indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate.
41st House of Representatives: 1869
1870 United States elections
Midterm elections
Election day
November 8
Incumbent president
Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
Next Congress
42nd
Senate elections
Overall control
Republican Hold
Seats contested
25 of 70 seats[1]
Net seat change
Democratic +3[2]
House elections
Overall control
Republican Hold
Seats contested
All 243 voting seats
Net seat change
Democratic +37[2]
42nd House of Representatives: 1871
1872 Presidential Election:
Nominee
Party
Alliance
Home state
Running mate
Electoral vote
States carried
Popular vote
Percentage
Ulysses S. Grant
Republican
–
Ohio
Henry Wilson
286[a]
29
3,598,235
55.6%
Horace Greeley
Liberal Republican
Democratic
New York
Benjamin Gratz Brown
none (66 elected, 3 rejected)[b]
6
2,834,761
43.8%
Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Grant/Wilson, blue denotes those won by
Greeley, yellow denotes those won by Hendricks, and the various shades of green denote those won by Brown,
Jenkins and Davis; this reflects the posthumous scattering of Greeley's electoral votes. Numbers indicate the
number of electoral votes allotted to each state.
When states rejoined the Union:
Party Membership by Congress, 1865-1899:
Congress
Senate
Total D
House
Pres.
R
Oth.
Total
D
R
Oth.
-
191
46
145
-
193
49
143
-
39th
1865–1867
52
10
42
40th.
1867–1869
53
11
42
41st.
1869–1871
74
11
61
-
243
73
170
-
42nd
1871–1873.
74
17
57
-
243
104 136
3
/
43rd
1873–1875
74
19
54
-
293
88
-
/
44th
1875–1877
76
29
46
-
293
181 107
3
/
45th.
1877–1879
76
36
39
1
293
156 137
46th.
1879–1881
76
43
33
2
293
150
128 14
/
47th.
1881–1883
76
37
37
2
293
130
152 11
C. Arthur
48th.
1883–1885
76
36
40
-
325
200
119
6
49th
1885–1887
76
34
41
-
325
182
140
2
50th.
1887–1889
76
37
39
-
325
170
151
4
51st.
1889–1891
84
37
47
-
330
156
173
1
52nd.
1891–1893
88
39
47
2
333
231
88
14
53rd.
1893–1895
88
44
38
3
356
220 126 10
54th
1895–1897
88
39
44
5
357
104
55th
1897-1899
90
34
46
10
357
203
246
134 206
A. Johnson
/
U. S. Grant
R. Hayes
/
7
16
G. Cleveland
/
B. Harrison
/
G. Cleveland
/
Wm. McKinley