1868 Election Cycle

En route to sweeping the Midwest, Ulysses Grant carried Minnesota with a 21.7-point victory – his fourth best showing in the 10-state region behind Kansas (37.7 points), Nebraska (27.8 points), and Iowa (23.8 points). For the first time since the Election of 1857, however, Democrats won a U.S. House seat (Eugene Wilson in the 2nd CD) due to a divided GOP vote between incumbent Ignatius Donnelly (who ran as an Independent Republican) and nominee Christopher Andrews.

Elections

Date Office Stage Winners Details
11/03/1868 State House, District 10 General Abner Tibbetts (Republican) won with 1,630 votes (28.48%) and a winning margin of +4.61
George Bryant (Republican) won with 1,549 votes (27.07%) and a winning margin of +3.20
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent
Abner Tibbetts Man Republican 1,630 28.48
George Bryant Incumbent Man Republican 1,549 27.07
William H. Amsbry Man Democrat 1,366 23.87
Sylvester (S.S.) Kepler Man Democrat 1,178 20.58
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11/03/1868 U.S. House, District 01 General Morton S. Wilkinson (Republican) won with 23,764 votes (61.87%) and a winning margin of +23.74
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent
Morton S. Wilkinson Man Republican 23,764 61.87
George Batchelder Man Democrat 14,646 38.13
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11/03/1868 U.S. House, District 02 General Eugene M. (E.M.) Wilson (Democrat) won with 13,506 votes (40.37%) and a winning margin of +6.70
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent
Eugene M. (E.M.) Wilson Man Democrat 13,506 40.37
Ignatius Donnelly Incumbent Man Independent Republican 11,265 33.67
Christopher Columbus (C.C.) Andrews Man Republican 8,598 25.70

Donnelly was a Republican who ran for reelection without his party's nomination.

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11/03/1868 State Senate, District 10 General William (W.W.) Prindle (Republican) won with 1,698 votes (58.27%) and a winning margin of +16.54
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent
William (W.W.) Prindle Man Republican 1,698 58.27
O. Wilcox Man Democrat 1,216 41.73

Prindle was a farmer from Wabasha.

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11/03/1868 State Senate, District 18 General William Henry (Independent Democrat) won with 1,206 votes (64.84%) and a winning margin of +29.68
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent
William Henry Man Independent Democrat 1,206 64.84
Charles Harkens Man Democrat 654 35.16

Henry was a resident of Belle Plaine.

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