1872 United States presidential election in Arkansas

none June 2025 September 2023 1872 United States presidential election 1872 United States presidential election in Arkansas presidential no 1868 United States presidential election in Arkansas 1868 1876 United States presidential election in Arkansas 1876 November 5, 1872 x200px UlyssesGrant.jpg Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Illinois Henry Wilson none (6 elected) 41,373 52.17% Horace Greeley restored (cropped).jpg Horace Greeley Liberal Republican Party (United States) New York Benjamin G. Brown 0 37,927 47.83% President Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) 1872 United States presidential election in Arkansas results map by county.svg 300px County results Grant #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% Greeley #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% #002b84 90–100% The 1872 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 5, 1872, as part of the 1872 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Arkansas voted for the Republican candidate, President Ulysses S. Grant, over Liberal Republican candidate Horace Greeley. Grant won Arkansas by a margin of 4.34%. However, due to the turbulent conditions of Reconstruction, along with various irregularities and allegations of electoral fraud, Congress rejected Arkansas' six electoral votes.American presidential election, 1872 https://www.britannica.com/media/full/1776346/67669 https://web.archive.org/web/20171206075442/https://www.britannica.com/media/full/1776346/67669 December 6, 2017 Encyclopædia Britannica Neighboring Louisiana's electoral votes were also rejected. This would be the last time a Republican presidential candidate won Arkansas until Richard Nixon carried the state in 1972 Results 1872 United States presidential election in Arkansas1872 Presidential General Election Results - Arkansas https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1872&fips=5&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 (incumbent) Henry Wilson Massachusetts 41,373 52.17% 0 (6 elected) 0.00% Liberal Republican Party (United States) Horace Greeley New York Benjamin Gratz Brown Missouri 37,927 47.83% 0 0.00% 79,300 100.00% 0 0.00% See also United States presidential elections in Arkansas References Arkansas 1872 Category:1872 Arkansas elections