1872 United States presidential election in California

none June 2025 September 2023 1872 United States presidential election 1872 United States presidential election in California California 1846 presidential no 1868 United States presidential election in California 1868 1876 United States presidential election in California 1876 November 5, 1872 x200px UlyssesGrant.jpg Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Illinois Henry Wilson 6 51,181 56.00% Horace Greeley restored (cropped).jpg Horace Greeley Liberal Republican Party (United States) C154C1 New York Benjamin Gratz Brown 0 39,060 42.74% 1872 United States presidential election in California results map by county.svg 300px County results Grant #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% Greeley #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% President Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) The 1872 United States presidential election in California was held on November 5, 1872, as part of the 1872 United States presidential election. State voters chose six representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. As was standard at the time, voters chose electors directly rather than simply voting for their party's candidate. California voted for the Republican incumbent, Ulysses S. Grant, over the Liberal Republican nominee, New York Tribune publisher Horace Greeley. Results + General Election ResultsA Statement of the votes polled at the General Election held throughout the State on Tuesday November 5th A.D. 1872 for Presidential ElectorsParty Pledged to Elector Votes Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant C. Spreckles51,181 Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant J. E. Hale51,162 Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant J. O. Goodwin51,157 Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant J. F. Miller51,151 Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant J. B. Felton51,149 Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant T. H. Rose51,140 Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley J. C. Shorb39,060 Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley Jo Hamilton39,006 Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley John Yule38,972 Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley F. M. Pixley38,962 Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley Peter Donahue38,954 Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley F. H. Rosenbaum38,931 Straight-Out Democratic Party Charles O'Conor J. Mora Moss920 Straight-Out Democratic Party Charles O'Conor Z. Montgomery915 Straight-Out Democratic Party Charles O'Conor A. J. King905 Straight-Out Democratic Party Charles O'Conor W. J. Graves903 Straight-Out Democratic Party Charles O'Conor John Nugent883Straight-Out Democratic PartyCharles O'ConorM. R. C. Pullen880 Write-in Scattering226Votes castBased on totals for highest elector on each ticket 91,387 Results by county County Ulysses S. GrantRepublican Horace GreeleyLiberal Republican Charles O'ConorStraight-Out Democratic ScatteringWrite-in Margin Total votes castBased on highest elector on each ticket # % # % # % # % # %Alameda2,56467.21%1,22832.19%230.60%00.00%1,33635.02%3,815Alpine8964.49%3827.54%117.97%00.00%5136.96%138Amador99455.81%76643.01%130.73%80.45%22812.80%1,781Butte1,20456.95%81638.60%904.26%40.19%38818.35%2,114Calaveras90854.18%75144.81%171.01%00.00%1579.37%1,676Colusa49049.54%49950.46%00.00%00.00%−9−0.91%989Contra Costa95867.51%46132.49%00.00%00.00%49735.02%1,419Del Norte16954.87%13945.13%00.00%00.00%309.74%308El Dorado1,30952.30%1,09343.67%1014.04%00.00%2168.63%2,503Fresno11131.90%23768.10%00.00%00.00%−126−36.21%348HumboldtThe returns from this county arrived too late to be included in the official canvassOfficial Returns https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SDU18721126.2.10&srpos=2&e=01-11-1872-15-12-1872--en--20--1--txt-txIN-------- California Digital Newspaper Collection Sacramento Daily Union 18 June 2024 en 26 Nov 187299370.18%40328.48%191.34%00.00%59041.70%1,415Inyo20653.93%17646.07%00.00%00.00%307.85%382Kern17538.04%28561.96%00.00%00.00%−110−23.91%460Klamath8340.49%12259.51%00.00%00.00%−39−19.02%205Lake20236.14%35563.51%20.36%00.00%−153−7.37%559Lassen18266.67%9133.33%00.00%00.00%9133.33%273Los Angeles1,31247.23%1,22944.24%2368.50%10.04%832.99%2,778Marin60066.52%30133.37%10.11%00.00%29933.15%902Mariposa39952.29%36447.71%00.00%00.00%354.59%763Mendocino66245.28%72549.59%694.72%60.41%−63−4.31%1,462Merced26340.90%38059.10%00.00%00.00%−117−18.20%643Mono8863.77%5036.23%00.00%00.00%3827.54%138Monterey1,15453.62%97645.35%221.02%00.00%1788.27%2,152Napa90061.18%55237.53%191.29%00.00%34823.66%1,471Nevada2,03958.51%1,43741.23%90.26%00.00%60217.27%3,485Placer1,41662.24%83836.84%110.48%100.44%57825.41%2,275Plumas51264.65%28035.35%00.00%00.00%23229.29%792Sacramento3,39069.70%1,46930.20%50.10%00.00%1,92139.49%4,864San BernardinoThe returns from this county arrived too late to be included in the official canvass31853.74%18930.05%10216.22%00.00%14923.69%629San DiegoThe returns from this county arrived too late to be included in the official canvass51357.45%36040.31%202.24%00.00%15317.13%893San Francisco11,81151.02%11,18548.32%00.00%1540.67%6262.70%23,150San Joaquin1,78457.40%1,31242.21%120.39%00.00%47215.19%3,108San Luis Obispo46155.01%32138.31%566.68%00.00%14016.71%838San Mateo64868.14%30331.86%00.00%00.00%34536.28%951Santa BarbaraThe returns from this county arrived too late to be included in the official canvass69258.94%48241.06%00.00%00.00%21017.89%1,174Santa Clara2,21856.96%1,67042.89%60.15%00.00%54814.07%3,894Santa Cruz1,02966.99%47030.60%372.41%00.00%55936.39%1,536Shasta53962.38%28232.64%434.98%00.00%25729.75%864Sierra92571.21%37428.79%00.00%00.00%55142.42%1,299Siskiyou70951.68%66348.32%00.00%00.00%463.35%1,372Solano2,41265.61%1,25734.19%70.19%00.00%1,15531.42%3,676Sonoma1,70350.24%1,60147.23%461.36%401.18%1023.01%3,390Stanislaus46441.06%66658.94%00.00%00.00%−202−17.88%1,130Sutter49562.50%27634.85%192.40%20.25%21927.65%792Tehama40062.60%23536.78%40.63%00.00%16525.82%639TrinityThe returns from this county arrived too late to be included in the official canvass34552.75%30746.94%20.31%00.00%385.81%654Tulare39544.23%49855.77%00.00%00.00%−103−11.53%893Tuolumne81051.20%72645.89%462.91%00.00%845.31%1,582Yolo84153.74%71145.43%120.77%10.06%1308.31%1,565Yuba1,15857.53%85242.32%30.15%00.00%30615.20%2,013TotalDoes not include the votes from Humboldt, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Trinity counties51,18156.00%39,06042.74%9201.01%2260.25%12,12113.26%91,387 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 20em Amador Del Norte El Dorado Los Angeles Mariposa Monterey San Bernardino San Diego San Francisco Santa Clara Siskiyou Sonoma Tehama Tuolumne Yolo Counties that flipped from Democratic to Liberal Republican 20em Colusa Fresno Kern Klamath Lake Mendocino Merced Shasta Stanislaus Tulare See also United States presidential elections in California Notes References California 1872 Category:1872 California elections