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1872 United States presidential election in Oregon
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1872 United States presidential election
1872 United States presidential election in Oregon Oregon 1872 presidential no 1868 United States presidential election in Oregon 1868 1876 United States presidential election in Oregon 1876 November 5, 1872 x200px UlyssesGrant.jpg Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Illinois Henry Wilson 3 11,818 58.66% Horace Greeley restored (cropped).jpg Horace Greeley Liberal Republican Party (United States) C154C1 New York Benjamin G. Brown 0 7,742 38.43% 1872 United States presidential election in Oregon results map by county.svg 375px County results
Grant
#f2b3be 40–50%
#e27f90 50–60%
#cc2f4a 60–70%
#d40000 70–80%
Greeley
#b9d7ff 40–50%
#86b6f2 50–60% President Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States)
The 1872 United States presidential election in Oregon took place on November 5, 1872. All contemporary 37 states were part of the 1872 United States presidential election. The state voters chose three electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Oregon was won by the Republican nominees, incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois and his running mate Senator Henry Wilson of Massachusetts. Grant and Wilson defeated the Liberal Republican and Democratic nominees, former Congressman Horace Greeley of New York and his running mate former Senator and Governor Benjamin Gratz Brown of Missouri.
Grant won the state by a margin of 20.23%.
Results
1872 United States presidential election in Oregon1872 Presidential General Election Results - Oregon https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1872&fips=41&f=1&off=0&elect=0
Republican Party (United States)
Ulysses S. Grant
Illinois
Henry Wilson
Massachusetts
11,818
58.66%
3
100.00%
Liberal Republican Party (United States)
Horace Greeley
New York
Benjamin Gratz Brown
Missouri
7,742
38.43%
0
0.00%
Bourbon Democrat
Charles O'Conor
New York
John Quincy Adams II
Massachusetts
587
2.91%
0
0.00%
20,147
100.00%
3
100.00%
See also
United States presidential elections in Oregon
References
Oregon
1872
Category:1872 Oregon elections