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1872 United States presidential election in Mississippi
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1872 United States presidential election
1872 United States presidential election in Mississippi United States 1867 presidential no 1860 United States presidential election in Mississippi 1860 1876 United States presidential election in Mississippi 1876 November 5, 1872 x200px UlyssesGrant.jpg Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Illinois Henry Wilson 8 82,175 63.48% Horace Greeley restored (cropped).jpg Horace Greeley Liberal Republican Party (United States) New York Benjamin G. Brown 0 47,282 36.52% 1872 United States presidential election in Mississippi results map by county.svg 350px County results
Grant
#e27f90 50–60%
#cc2f4a 60–70%
#d40000 70–80%
#aa0000 80–90%
#800000 90–100%
Greeley
#86b6f2 50–60%
#4389e3 60–70%
#1666cb 70–80%
#0645b4 80–90%
#002b84 90–100% President Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States)
The 1872 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 5, 1872, as part of the 1872 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Mississippi voted for the Republican candidate, Ulysses S. Grant, over Liberal Republican candidate Horace Greeley. Grant won Mississippi by a margin of 26.96%. The state would not vote Republican again until Barry Goldwater won it in 1964.
Results
1872 United States presidential election in Mississippi1872 Presidential General Election Results - Mississippi https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1872&fips=28&f=0&off=0&elect=0 U.S. Election Atlas 5 December 20171872 Presidential Election http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1872 The American Presidency Project University of California Santa Barbara 5 December 2017
Republican Party (United States)
Ulysses S. Grant
Illinois
Henry Wilson
Massachusetts
82,175
63.48%
8
100.00%
Liberal Republican Party (United States)
Horace Greeley
New York
Benjamin Gratz Brown
Missouri
47,282
36.52%
0
0.00%
129,457
100.00%
8
100.00%
See also
United States presidential elections in Mississippi
References
Mississippi
1872
Category:1872 Mississippi elections