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1872 United States presidential election in Kansas
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1872 United States presidential election
1872 United States presidential election in Kansas Kansas File:Flag_of_the_United_States_(1867–1877).svg presidential no 1868 United States presidential election in Kansas 1868 1876 United States presidential election in Kansas 1876 November 5, 1872 x200px UlyssesGrant.jpg Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Illinois Henry Wilson 5 66,805 66.46% Horace Greeley restored (cropped).jpg Horace Greeley Liberal Republican Party (United States) New York Benjamin G. Brown 0 32,970 32.80% President Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) 1872 United States presidential election in Kansas results map by county.svg 300px County results
Grant
#e27f90 50–60%
#cc2f4a 60–70%
#d40000 70–80%
#aa0000 80–90%
#800000 90–100%
Greeley
#86b6f2 50–60%
#4389e3 60–70%
The 1872 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 5, 1872, as part of the 1872 United States presidential election. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Kansas voted for the Republican candidate, Ulysses S. Grant, over Liberal Republican candidate Horace Greeley. Grant won Kansas by a margin of 33.66%.
Results
1872 United States presidential election in Kansas1872 Presidential General Election Results - Kansas https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1872&fips=20&f=0&off=0&elect=0 U.S. Election Atlas 3 December 20171872 Presidential Election https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1872 The American Presidency Project University of California Santa Barbara 3 December 2017
Republican Party (United States)
Ulysses S. Grant
Illinois
Henry Wilson
Massachusetts
66,805
66.46%
5
100.00%
Liberal Republican Party (United States)
Horace Greely
New York
Benjamin Gratz Brown
Missouri
32,970
32.80%
0
0.00%
Write-ins
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
581
0.58%
0
0.00%
Straight-Out Democratic
Charles O'Conor
New York
John Quincy Adams II
Massachusetts
156
0.16%
0
0.00%
100,512
100.00%
5
100.00%
See also
United States presidential elections in Kansas
References
Kansas
1872
Category:1872 Kansas elections