U.S. presidential election, 1868

The United States presidential election of 1868 was the 21st quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 1868. In the first election of the Reconstruction Era, Incumbent President Gregory Brooke defeated Federalist Mills and other minor campaigns in a landslide. It was the first presidential election to take place after the conclusion of the American Civil War and the abolition of slavery.