1872 United States presidential election in Wisconsin

1872 United States presidential election in Wisconsin

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Nominee Ulysses S. Grant Horace Greeley
Party Republican Liberal Republican
Home state Illinois New York
Running mate Henry Wilson Benjamin G. Brown
Electoral vote 10 0
Popular vote 104,992 86,477
Percentage 54.60% 44.97%

County Results

President before election

Ulysses S. Grant
Republican

Elected President

Ulysses S. Grant
Republican

The 1872 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 5, 1872, as part of the 1872 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Republican Party candidate and incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant won Wisconsin with 54.60% of the popular vote, winning the state's ten electoral votes.[1]

Horace Greeley was the last Democrat[a] until Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 to win Buffalo County.

  1. ^ "1872 Presidential General Election Results – Wisconsin". Retrieved August 18, 2016.


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