1872 United States presidential election in Tennessee

none June 2025 September 2023 1872 United States presidential election 1872 United States presidential election in Tennessee presidential no 1868 United States presidential election in Tennessee 1868 1876 United States presidential election in Tennessee 1876 November 5, 1872 x160px Horace Greeley restored (cropped).jpg Horace Greeley Liberal Republican Party (United States) New York Benjamin G. Brown 93,391 52.16% Ulysses S. Grant 85,655 47.84% UlyssesGrant.jpg Republican Party (United States) Ohio Henry Wilson 350px 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% #800000 90–100% Unknown/No Vote #808080 President Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) yes Electoral College vote December 17, 1872 presidential no 12 members of the Electoral College from Tennessee File:Thomas Andrews Hendricks (cropped 3x4).jpg Thomas A. Hendricks Democratic Party (United States) Indiana B. Gratz Brown 12 File:Proposed flag of Tennessee (1861).svg The 1872 United States presidential election in Tennessee 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. Tennessee voted for the Liberal Republican candidate, Horace Greeley, over Republican candidate, Ulysses S. Grant. Greeley won Tennessee by a narrow margin of 4.32%. However, Greeley died prior to the Electoral College meeting, allowing for Tennessee's twelve electors to vote for the candidate of their choice.American presidential election, 1872 https://www.britannica.com/media/full/1776346/67669 Encyclopædia Britannica 5 December 2017 Results 1872 United States presidential election in Tennessee1872 Presidential General Election Results - Tennessee https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1872&fips=47&f=0&off=0&elect=0 U.S. Election Atlas 6 December 20171872 Presidential Election http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1872 The American Presidency Project University of California Santa Barbara 6 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 Democratic Party (United States) Thomas A. Hendricks Indiana N/A N/A – – 12 100.00% Liberal Republican Party (United States) Horace Greeley New York Benjamin Gratz Brown Missouri 93,391 52.16% 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. 0.00% Republican Party (United States) Ulysses S. Grant Illinois Henry Wilson Massachusetts 85,655 47.84% 0 0.00% 179,046 100.00% 12 100.00% See also United States presidential elections in Tennessee 1872 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee 1872 Tennessee gubernatorial election Footnotes References Tennessee 1872 Category:1872 Tennessee elections