1872 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

none June 2025 September 2023 1872 United States presidential election 1872 United States presidential election in Massachusetts Massachusetts presidential no 1868 United States presidential election in Massachusetts 1868 1876 United States presidential election in Massachusetts 1876 62.0%Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072. 4.9 pp November 5, 1872 x200px UlyssesGrant.jpg Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Illinois Henry Wilson 13 133,455 69.20% Horace Greeley restored (cropped).jpg Horace Greeley Liberal Republican Party (United States) C154C1 New York Benjamin G. Brown 0 59,195 30.69% 350px County results 350px| Municipality results 1 401px Grant #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% #800000 90–100% Greeley #86b6f2 50–60% Tie #AE8BB1 50% President Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) The 1872 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 5, 1872. All contemporary 37 states were part of the 1872 United States presidential election. The state voters chose 13 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. Massachusetts 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 by a margin of 38.51%. With 69.20% of the popular vote, Massachusetts would be Grant's fifth strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after neighboring Vermont, South Carolina, Rhode Island and Nebraska.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1872&f=1&off=0&elect=0 1872 Presidential Election Statistics Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2018-03-05 This is the last election in which Brighton, Charlestown, and West Roxbury voted in, as all three were annexed by the city of Boston in 1873. Results 1872 United States presidential election in Massachusetts1872 Presidential General Election Results - Massachusetts http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=25&year=1872&f=0&off=0 Republican Party (United States) Ulysses S. Grant Illinois Henry Wilson Massachusetts 133,455 69.20% 13 100.00% Liberal Republican Party (United States) Horace Greeley New York Benjamin Gratz Brown Missouri 59,195 30.69% 0 0.00% N/A Others Others 214 0.11% 0 0.00% 192,864 100.00% 13 100.00% See also United States presidential elections in Massachusetts References Massachusetts 1872 Category:1872 Massachusetts elections