1868 United States presidential election in Nebraska

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| election_name = 1868 United States presidential election in Nebraska

| country = Nebraska

| type = presidential

| ongoing = no

| previous_election =

| previous_year =

| next_election = 1872 United States presidential election in Nebraska

| next_year = 1872

| election_date = November 3, 1868

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| image1 = Ulysses S Grant by Brady c1870-restored (3x4 crop).jpg

| nominee1 = Ulysses S. Grant

| party1 = Republican Party (United States)

| home_state1 = Illinois

| running_mate1 = Schuyler Colfax

| electoral_vote1 = 3

| popular_vote1 = 9,772

| percentage1 = 63.91%

| image2 = Hon. Horatio Seymour, N.Y - NARA - 528568 (cropped).jpg

| nominee2 = Horatio Seymour

| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)

| home_state2 = New York

| running_mate2 = Francis Preston Blair Jr.

| electoral_vote2 = 0

| popular_vote2 = 5,519

| percentage2 = 36.09%

| map_image = Nebraska Presidential Election Results 1868.svg

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Grant

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{{legend|#800000|90–100%}}

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Seymour

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| title = President

| before_election = Andrew Johnson

| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)

| after_election = Ulysses S. Grant

| after_party = Republican Party (United States)

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The 1868 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 3, 1868, as part of the 1868 United States presidential election. State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.{{cite web|title=1868 Presidential Election Results Nebraska|url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1868&off=0&elect=0&fips=31&f=0}}

Nebraska participated in its first ever presidential election, having become the 37th state on March 1, 1867. The state was won by Ulysses S. Grant, formerly the 6th Commanding General of the United States Army (R-Illinois), running with Speaker of the House Schuyler Colfax, with 63.91% of the popular vote, against the 18th governor of New York, Horatio Seymour (D–New York), running with former Senator Francis Preston Blair Jr., with 36.09% of the vote.