1872 Presidential General Election Results

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Presidential
Candidate

Vice Presidential
Candidate

Political
Party

Popular Vote

Electoral Vote

Ulysses Grant

Henry Wilson

Republican

3,597,439

55.58%

286

81.3%

Horace Greeley

B. Gratz Brown

Democratic

2,833,710

43.78%

18.8%

Charles O'Conor

Charles Adams

Straight-Out Democrat

23,054

0.36%

0.0%

Other (+)

17,780

0.27%

0.0%

Turnout

Data and Statistics:

Election Tools for 1872

Results for an Individual State:

Election Notes:

Horace Greely died on Nov 29, 1872. His electoral votes were cast for: 42 votes for Thomas Hendricks, 18 votes for B. Gratz Brown, 2 votes for Charles Jenkins, 1 vote for David Davis.
Three Greeley electoral votes from Georgia were not counted.
The Democratic Vice Presidential Electoral Votes were split amongst eight Vice Presidential candidates. Click on "Elect Vote" button above for details.
14 Grant electoral votes from Arkansas and Louisiana were not counted