1872 United States presidential election in Georgia

none September 2023 1872 United States presidential election 1872 United States presidential election in Georgia Georgia (U.S. state) Pre-1879 Flag of the State of Georgia (non-official).svg presidential no 1868 United States presidential election in Georgia 1868 1876 United States presidential election in Georgia 1876 November 5, 1872 Horace Greeley restored (cropped2).jpg Horace Greeley Liberal Republican Party (United States) New York Benjamin G. Brown 0 (+3 rejected)greeleyElectors Greeley died after the election, but prior to the Electoral College meeting, and was thus ineligible for the office of President. Greeley had won 11 pledged electors, of which 8 cast their votes for other Democrats. 3 electors voted for Greeley; however, their votes were rejected. 76,356 54.97% Ulysses S. Grant 1870-1880 (cropped2).jpg Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Illinois Henry Wilson 0 62,550 45.03% BGratzBrown (cropped).png Benjamin Gratz Brown (Given electoral votes due to death of Greeley) Liberal Republican Party (United States) Missouri 6 CharJenkins (cropped).jpg Charles J. Jenkins (Given electoral votes due to death of Greeley) Democratic Party (United States) Georgia 2 President Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) 1872 United States presidential election in Georgia results map by county.svg 290px County results Greeley #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% #002b84 90–100% Grant #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% Tie #d4c4dc The 1872 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 5, 1872, as part of the 1872 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Georgia voted for the Liberal Republican candidate, Horace Greeley, over Republican candidate, Ulysses S. Grant. Greeley won Georgia by a margin of 9.94%. However, Greeley died prior to the Electoral College meeting, allowing Georgia's 11 electors to vote for the candidate of their choice: 6 voted for Greeley's running mate, B. Gratz Brown, and 2 for Charles J. Jenkins.American presidential election, 1872 https://www.britannica.com/media/full/1776346/67669 Encyclopædia Britannica 10 December 2017 3 electors attempted to vote for the deceased Greeley, but their votes were rejected after a House of Representatives resolution.Electoral 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 10 December 2017 Georgia was one of only two former Confederate states (along with Texas) that didn't vote Republican during the reconstruction elections of 1868, 1872, and 1876. During these elections, Southern Republicans were briefly empowered by newly registered black voters who would soon become disenfranchised again by anti-black laws known as black codes or Jim Crow laws in the late 1870s and 1880s.Reconstruction Definition, Summary, Timeline & Facts Britannica https://www.britannica.com/event/Reconstruction-United-States-history 2022-06-20 www.britannica.com en Despite failing to carry the state, Grant's 45.03% of the vote stood as the best performance by a Republican in Georgia until Barry Goldwater finally carried the state in 1964, 92 years later. This was the last time the Republican candidate carried Fulton County, home to Atlanta, and Clayton County until 1928; the last time they carried Bryan, Charlton, Lowndes, Harris, Houston, Putnam, Pike, and Fayette counties until 1964, and the last time they won Coweta, Meriwether, Butts, Newton, and Clarke counties until 1972, when Richard Nixon swept every county in the state.Presidential election of 1872 - Map by counties http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1872.htm 2022-06-20 geoelections.free.fr Results 1872 United States presidential election in Georgia1872 Presidential General Election Results - Georgia https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1872&fips=13&f=0&off=0&elect=0 U.S. Election Atlas 10 December 20171872 Presidential Election http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1872 The American Presidency Project University of California Santa Barbara 10 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 6 December 2017 Liberal Republican Party (United States) Benjamin G. Brown Missouri N/A – – 6 54.55% Democratic Party (United States) Charles Jones Jenkins Georgia N/A – – 2 18.18% Liberal Republican Party (United States) Horace Greely New York Benjamin Gratz Brown Missouri 76,356 54.97% 0 (+3 rejected)greeleyElectors 0.00% Republican Party (United States) Ulysses S. Grant Illinois Henry Wilson Massachusetts 62,550 45.03% 0 0.00% 138,906 100.00% 8 100.00% See also United States presidential elections in Georgia Footnotes References Georgia 1872 Category:1872 Georgia (U.S. state) elections