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1868
| Presidential / Vice presidential candidates | Popular votes | Electoral votes |
| Ulysses S. Grant / Schuyler Colfax (Republican) | 3,012,833 | 214 |
| Horatio Seymour / Francis P. Blair Jr. (Democrat) | 2,703,249 | 80 |
Incumbent president Andrew Johnson, severely weakened politically by his impeachment, received very little support for election at the Democratic convention. Seymour won the nomination on the twenty-second ballot.
1872
| Presidential / Vice presidential candidates | Popular votes | Electoral votes |
| Ulysses S. Grant / Henry Wilson (Republican) | 3,597,132 | 286 |
| Horace Greeley / Benjamin G. Brown (Democratic) | 2,834,079 | — |
Wilson defeated incumbent vice president Colfax for the Republican vice presidential nomination. Democratic presidential nominee Greeley died less than one month after the election; his electoral votes were redistributed to four other men.
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