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The following elections occurred in the year 1868.


North America


United States

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1868 New York state election The 1868 New York state election was held on November 3, 1868, to elect the Governor of New York, governor, the Lieutenant Governor of New York, lieutenant governor, a Erie Canal Commission, Canal Commissioner, an New York State Prison Inspector, ...
* 1868 South Carolina gubernatorial election * United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1868 * 1868 and 1869 United States House of Representatives elections *
1868 United States presidential election The 1868 United States presidential election was the 21st quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 1868. In the first election of the Reconstruction Era, Republican nominee Ulysses S. Grant defeated Horatio Seymour of the ...
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1868 and 1869 United States Senate elections Events January–March * January 2 – British Expedition to Abyssinia: Robert Napier leads an expedition to free captive British officials and missionaries. * January 3 – The 15-year-old Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Japa ...


Europe

* 1868 Dutch general election *
1868 United Kingdom general election The 1868 United Kingdom general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom. It was the first ...


South America

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1868 Argentine presidential election The Argentine presidential election of 1868 was held on 12 April to choose the president of Argentina. Domingo Sarmiento was elected. Background Presiding over a prosperous economy overshadowed somewhat by the costly Paraguayan War, President Mi ...


Oceania

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First Māori elections The first Māori elections were held in 1868 in four newly formed Māori electorates during the term of 4th Parliament. All subsequent Māori elections were always held as part of the general elections. History New Zealand's parliamentary his ...


See also

* :1868 elections {{Electoral calendar navigation
1868 Events January–March * January 2 – British Expedition to Abyssinia: Robert Napier leads an expedition to free captive British officials and missionaries. * January 3 – The 15-year-old Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Jap ...
Elections An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operate ...