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Horatio Seymour (May 31, 1810 – February 12, 1886) was an American politician. He served as Governor of New York from 1853 to 1854 and from 1863 to 1864. He was the Democratic Party nominee for president in the 1868 United States presidential election , losing to Republican Ulysses S. Grant .
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Apr 8, 2024 · Horatio Seymour (born May 31, 1810, Onondaga county, N.Y., U.S.—died Feb. 12, 1886, Utica, N.Y.) was a governor of New York and the Democratic candidate for president in 1868. Seymour was admitted to the New York state bar in 1832. He then served as military secretary to Governor William L. Marcy (1833–39), was a member of the New York ...
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Jun 11, 2018 · Horatio Seymour (1810-1886) was a Democratic leader in New York and a presidential candidate in 1868. He supported the Union during the Civil War but opposed Lincoln's policies and the Radical Republicans.
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United States presidential election of 1868, American presidential election held on Nov. 3, 1868, in which Republican Ulysses S. Grant defeated Democrat Horatio Seymour. The election of 1868 was the first to be held after the American Civil War, and central to its outcome were the issues of
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Horatio Seymour served as New York governor twice, from 1853 to 1855 and from 1863 to 1865. He was also the Democratic nominee for president in 1868, but lost to Ulysses S. Grant.
In the U.S. presidential election on November 3, 1868, Ulysses S. Grant defeated Horatio Seymour in the popular vote by a 53% to 47% margin and in the electoral vote by a margin of 214 to 80. 78% of the American electorate participated in this election – including 500,000 African-American men who voted for the first time in this election.
Feb 28, 2023 · Introduction. Republican Ulysses S. Grant defeated Democrat Horatio Seymour in the presidential election of 1868. Grant, a former general and war hero, easily won the Electoral College vote, although the popular vote was much closer. It was the first presidential election after the Civil War.
