The Election of 1868

After he was appointed as a Commander of the US Army, he worked under president Andrew Jackson, a southern democrat. Jackson tried to use Grant to defeat the Radical Republicans by placing him as the Secretary of War. However, Grant denied and keeps his military command. Because of this, he became a hero for the Republicans and was nominated as presidency candidate in 1868. Grant was one of the most popular men in the north because he help won the Civil War. Because of this, he easily won the election. His rival was Horatio Seymour, a Democrat. Grant easily beat Seymour on this election. The result of the election are as followed:

When grant wrote the letter of acceptance to the party, he concluded with "Let us have peace". This became his campaign slogan. He won the election with a lead of 300,000 popular votes out of 5,716,082. He received 214 electoral votes which is almost 3 times compared to Seymour. Schuyler Colfax was Grant's running mate. He later became the vice-president.

At the age of 46, he was the youngest person yet elected president.