It was New York's former Governor Horatio Seymour that had the honor of being defeated by Grant in a close election.

One of Lincoln’s most notable critics was Horatio Seymour, the governor of New York. Tensions between the two leaders came to an ugly head during the Civil War Draft Riots of 1863.

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Two others lost gubernatorial races before winning a presidential nomination — future President James K. Polk, and Horatio Seymour, unsuccessful in his national bid as the 1868 Democratic nominee.

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When Jefferson residents gained their own vote in 1868, they backed Democrat Horatio Seymour over Civil War hero U.S. Grant, 67 to 6.

Horatio had served twice as governor of New York. Lowman dropped the Horatio when he became a young man. (Star Gazette, Nov. 26, 1924) ...

In accordance with the custom and laws of this State, I, HORATIO SEYMOUR, Governor of the State of New-York, do hereby designate Thursday, the 26th instant, to be a day of thanksgiving and prayer ...

On this day in history, Ulysses S. Grant, a West Point graduate and the 18th president of the United States, died of throat cancer in New York at the age of 63.

So during the 1868 election, Johnson tried to earn the Democratic nomination but lost to Horatio Seymour, the former Governor of New York. Seymour lost in the general election to Ulysses S. Grant.

Johnson failed to be nominated by the Democrats, who nominated Horatio Seymour. In the election, Republican Ulysses Grant defeated Seymour. 1856 election: Franklin Pierce ...

Gov. Horatio Seymour invoked that provision a century earlier, in 1864, when he vetoed proposed legislation to allow Civil War soldiers to vote by absentee, Lang said.