1872 United States presidential election in New York

none June 2025 September 2023 1872 United States presidential election 1872 United States presidential election in New York New York File:Flag of New York (1858–1896).svg 1778 presidential no 1868 United States presidential election in New York 1868 1876 United States presidential election in New York 1876 80.5%Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072. 11.2 pp November 5, 1872 x200px UlyssesGrant.jpg Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Illinois Henry Wilson 35 440,759 53.12% Horace Greeley restored (cropped).jpg Horace Greeley Liberal Republican Party (United States) C154C1 New York Benjamin G. Brown 0 387,279 46.68% 1872 United States presidential election in New York results map by county.svg 440px County results Grant #f2b3be 40–50%#e27f90 50–60%#cc2f4a 60–70%#d40000 70–80% Greeley #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 New York took place on November 5, 1872. All contemporary 37 states were part of the 1872 United States presidential election. Voters chose 35 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. New York 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 carried New York State with 53.12% of the vote to Greeley's 46.68%, a victory margin of 6.45%. New York weighed in for this election as slightly more than 5% more Democratic/Liberal Republican than the national average. Dutchess County would not vote Democratic again until 1964. Grant dominated much of upstate New York and also won some counties downstate in the New York City area, including Richmond County, Queens County, and Suffolk County. Greeley, however, did win New York City and Kings County. Greeley also won nearby Westchester County and Rockland County, along with a handful of rural upstate counties. Results 1872 United States presidential election in New YorkManual for Use of the Legislature of the State of New York 1873 1873 Weed, Parsons, and Company Albany 533-534 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000070389975&view=1up&seq=601 2 December 2025Official Canvass - Electoral https://www.newspapers.com/image-view/255079253/ 2 December 2025 Buffalo Evening Post 26 December 1872 BuffaloOfficial Canvass - Electoral https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=onct18730108-01.1.6&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN---------- 2 December 2025 The Ontario County Times 8 January 1873 CanadaiguaThe Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1873 1873 The Tribune Association New York 47 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951002271731x&view=1up&seq=367 2 December 2025Since New York voted for presidential electors directly, the totals below are based on the highest elector on each ticket. Republican Party (United States) Ulysses S. Grant Illinois Henry Wilson Massachusetts 440,759 53.12% 35 100.00% Liberal Republican Party (United States) Horace Greeley New York Benjamin G. Brown Missouri 387,279 46.68% 0 0.00% Straight-Out Democratic Party Charles O'Conor New York John Quincy Adams II Massachusetts 1,454 0.18% 0 0.00% Prohibition Party James Black Pennsylvania John Russell Michigan 201 0.02% 0 0.00% 829,693 100.00% 35 100.00% Results by county County Ulysses S. GrantRepublican Horace GreeleyLiberal Republican Charles O'ConorStraight-OutDemocratic James BlackProhibition Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # %Albany14,41551.07%13,79348.87%160.06%00.00%6222.20%28,224Allegany6,15067.07%2,98132.51%380.41%00.00%3,16934.56%9,169Broome5,71956.88%4,32242.99%130.13%00.00%1,39713.89%10,054Cattaraugus5,61460.40%3,60638.80%750.81%00.00%2,00821.60%9,295Cayuga7,99462.35%4,78237.30%400.31%60.05%3,21225.05%12,822Chautauqua8,14462.07%4,88037.20%960.73%00.00%3,26424.88%13,120Chemung4,35053.81%3,72846.12%60.07%00.00%6227.69%8,084Chenango5,57556.44%4,28043.33%120.12%100.10%1,29513.11%9,877Clinton4,56652.77%4,08547.21%20.02%00.00%4815.56%8,653Columbia5,46247.42%6,04752.50%100.09%00.00%-585-5.08%11,519Cortland3,57660.30%2,34739.58%40.07%30.05%1,22920.73%5,930Delaware5,35155.10%4,33844.67%230.24%00.00%1,01310.43%9,712Dutchess8,23548.62%8,63650.98%180.11%500.30%-401-2.37%16,939Erie17,83158.74%12,46741.07%580.19%00.00%5,36417.67%30,356Essex3,72865.78%1,93934.22%00.00%00.00%1,78931.57%5,667Franklin3,37161.79%2,07638.05%90.16%00.00%1,29523.74%5,456Fulton3,55154.48%2,92744.91%180.28%220.34%6249.57%6,518Genesee4,04460.89%2,59038.99%80.12%00.00%1,45421.89%6,642Greene3,44047.84%3,70451.51%470.65%00.00%-264-3.67%7,191HamiltonVoted with Fulton CountyOfficial Canvass, Fulton & Hamilton Counties - 1872 https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=fcr18721121-01.1.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN---------- 2 December 2025 Fulton County Republican 21 November 1872 Johnstown35341.78%49258.22%00.00%00.00%-139-16.45%845Herkimer5,51557.45%4,06642.35%190.20%00.00%1,44915.09%9,600Jefferson8,48159.47%5,76940.46%100.07%00.00%2.71219.02%14,260Kings33,36846.68%38,10853.31%100.01%00.00%-4,740-6.63%71,486Lewis3,40252.82%3,03347.09%60.09%00.00%3695.73%6,441Livingston4,75358.59%3,35041.30%90.11%00.00%1,40317.30%8,112Madison6,09660.98%3,89838.99%30.03%00.00%2,19821.99%9,997Monroe13,03358.44%9,26141.52%90.04%00.00%3,77216.91%22,303Montgomery4,11352.28%3,74247.56%130.17%00.00%3714.72%7,868New York54,67641.27%77,81458.73%00.00%00.00%-23,138-17.46%132,490Niagara5,40454.99%4,39644.73%270.27%00.00%1,00810.26%9,827Oneida13,38456.95%10,07842.88%330.14%70.03%3,30614.07%23,502Onondaga12,70856.50%9,74943.34%40.02%330.15%2,95913.15%22,494Ontario5,57857.83%4,04741.96%60.06%150.16%1,53115.87%9,646Orange8,47152.23%7,71247.55%360.22%00.00%7594.68%16,219Orleans3,85761.64%2,39138.21%90.14%00.00%1,46623.43%6,257Oswego9,55959.69%6,44340.23%10.01%120.07%3,11619.46%16,015Otsego6,23649.78%6,27550.10%150.12%00.00%-39-0.31%12,526Putnam1,70656.06%1,33743.94%00.00%00.00%36912.13%3,043Queens6,08251.74%5,65548.10%190.16%00.00%4273.63%11,756Rensselaer11,93757.71%8,67141.92%770.37%00.00%3,26615.79%20,685Richmond2,72851.42%2,54147.90%360.68%00.00%1873.52%5,305Rockland2,22047.59%2,43252.13%130.28%00.00%-212-4.54%4,665Saratoga6,95559.37%4,73440.41%250.21%00.00%2,22118.96%11,714Schenectady2,80955.04%2,24243.93%531.04%00.00%56711.11%5,104Schoharie3,28443.90%4,19656.10%00.00%00.00%-912-12.19%7,480Schuyler2,47854.96%1,99644.27%270.60%80.18%48210.69%4,509Seneca2,90349.89%2,87049.32%460.79%00.00%330.57%5,819St. Lawrence11,33171.70%4,39527.81%750.47%30.02%6,93643.89%15,804Steuben8,55155.09%6,94044.71%320.21%00.00%1,61110.38%15,523Suffolk4,83859.77%3,16039.04%961.19%00.00%1,67820.73%8,094Sullivan3,26051.03%3,06147.92%671.05%00.00%1993.12%6,388Tioga4,08155.80%3,21143.91%190.26%20.03%87011.90%7,313Tompkins4,31855.70%3,36943.46%360.46%290.37%94912.24%7,752Ulster8,67252.72%7,76047.17%180.11%00.00%9125.54%16,450Warren2,90161.55%1,80338.26%90.19%00.00%1,09823.30%4,713Washington6,53563.33%3,76536.49%190.18%00.00%2,77026.84%10,319Wayne6,16462.05%3,76837.93%20.02%00.00%2,39624.12%9,934Westchester10,234There is some uncertainly regarding the Republican vote in Westchester County. All sources agree that one Republican elector, Emil Sauer, certainly received 10,234 votes. But Sauer was not the elector on the Republican ticket to receive the most votes (in fact he received the second-fewest). The highest Republican elector was Stephen Sanford; his stated figure in Westchester County in 10,223. But the problem with this figure is that it results in Sanford's county by county votes not adding up to the statewide total. Using 10,234 does result in all the numbers aligning. In the 1873 Legislative Manual, the statewide summary lists 10,223 in Westchester despite two pages prior listing 10,234 on the county detail page.47.94%11,11252.05%30.01%00.00%-878-4.11%21,349Wyoming3,90962.65%2,30136.88%280.45%10.02%1,60825.77%6,239Yates2,76059.75%1,80839.14%511.10%00.00%95220.61%4,619Totals440,75953.12%387,27946.68%1,4540.18%2010.02%53,4806.45%829,693 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Albany Putnam Queens Richmond Seneca Sullivan Ulster Counties that flipped from Republican to Liberal Republican Dutchess Otsego See also United States presidential elections in New York Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant Notes References expanded New York 1872 Category:1872 New York (state) elections Category:Long stubs with short prose