1872 United States presidential election in Kentucky

none September 2023 1872 United States presidential election 1872 United States presidential election in Kentucky 1872 presidential no 1868 United States presidential election in Kentucky 1868 1876 United States presidential election in Kentucky 1876 November 5, 1872 x200px Horace Greeley restored (cropped2).jpg Horace Greeley Liberal Republican Party (United States) New York Benjamin G. Brown 0greeleyElectors Greeley died after the election, but prior to the Electoral College meeting, and was thus ineligible for the office of President. Greeley had won 12 pledged electors, of which all cast their votes for other Democrats. 99,995 52.32% Ulysses S. Grant 1870-1880 (cropped2).jpg Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Illinois Henry Wilson 0 88,766 46.44% Thomas Andrews Hendricks (cropped 3x4).jpg Thomas A. Hendricks (Given electoral votes due to death of Greeley) Democratic Party (United States) Indiana 8 BGratzBrown (cropped).png Benjamin Gratz Brown (Given electoral votes due to death of Greeley) Liberal Republican Party (United States) Missouri 4 1872 United States presidential election in Kentucky results map by county.svg 380px County results Greeley #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% Grant #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #AA0000 80–90% President Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) The 1872 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 5, 1872, as part of the 1872 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Kentucky voted for the Liberal Republican candidate, Horace Greeley, over Republican candidate, Ulysses S. Grant. Greeley won Kentucky by a margin of 5.88%. However, Greeley died prior to the Electoral College meeting, meaning for Kentucky's 12 electors could vote for the candidate of their choice: eight voted for Indiana Senator Thomas A. Hendricks, while four voted for Greeley's running mate, Benjamin Gratz Brown.American presidential election, 1872 https://www.britannica.com/media/full/1776346/67669 Encyclopædia Britannica 5 December 2017 This is the last time a Republican won two terms without ever carrying the state. Results 1872 United States presidential election in Kentucky1872 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1872&fips=21&f=0&off=0&elect=0 U.S. Election Atlas 9 December 20171872 Presidential Election http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1872 The American Presidency Project University of California Santa Barbara 9 December 2017Electoral Votes for President and Vice President 1869–1877 https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/1869_1873.html#1872 U.S. Electoral College U.S. National Archives and Records Administration 9 December 2017 Democratic Party (United States) Thomas A. Hendricks Indiana N/A N/A – – 8 66.67% Liberal Republican Party (United States) Benjamin G. Brown Missouri N/A N/A – – 4 33.33% Liberal Republican Party (United States) Horace Greeley New York Benjamin Gratz Brown Missouri 99,995 52.32% 0greeleyElectors 0.00% Republican Party (United States) Ulysses S. Grant Illinois Henry Wilson Massachusetts 88,776 46.44% 0 0.00% Straight-Out Democratic Charles O'Conor New York John Quincy Adams II Massachusetts 2,374 1.24% 0 0.00% 191,135 100.00% 12 100.00% See also United States presidential elections in Kentucky Footnotes References Kentucky 1872 Category:1872 Kentucky elections