1872 United States elections

none February 2026 January 2025 1872 Presidential election year November 5 Republican Party (US)Ulysses S. Grant (R) 43rd Republican hold Ulysses S. Grant (R) 286 Horace Greeley (LR/D) 66Greeley died after the election, and his electoral votes were distributed to various Democrats and members of the Liberal Republican Party. Republican +11.8% 1872 presidential election results. Numbers indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate. Red denotes states won by Grant. The other colors denote electoral votes for various members of the Liberal Republican and Democratic parties; Greeley did not receive electoral votes because he died after the election. 24 of 74 seatsNot counting special elections. Republican hold Democratic +2Congressional seat gain figures only reflect the results of the regularly-scheduled elections, and do not take special elections into account. 400px Results:#0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold#CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 Republican hold#de35d0ff Liberal Republican gain #000000f2 Legislature Failed to Elect All 292 voting members Republican hold Republican +61 400px Results:#92C5DE Democratic hold #0671B0 Democratic gain#F48882 Republican hold #CA0120 Republican gain#ff9966 Conservative hold #E66101 Conservative gain#cd0f5d Liberal Republican gain#666666 Independent Gain Elections were held on November 5, 1872, electing the members of the 43rd United States Congress. The election took place during the Third Party System. The election took place during the Reconstruction Era, and many Southerners were disfranchised. Despite a split in the party, the Republicans retained control of the presidency and both houses of Congress. In the presidential election, the Republican president Ulysses S. Grant easily defeated the Liberal Republican newspaper editor Horace Greeley.1872 Presidential Election http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1872 The American Presidency Project 25 June 2014 Greeley's Liberal Republicans campaigned on civil service reform and an end to Reconstruction. Eager to defeat Grant, the Democratic Party also nominated Greeley. Greeley died after the election but prior to the meeting of the electoral college, so most of Greeley's electoral votes went to his running mate, Missouri Governor Benjamin Gratz Brown, as well as former senator Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana. Following the 1870 census, 49 seats were added to the House. Republicans made major gains in the House, picking up new seats while also winning seats from the Democrats.Party Divisions of the House of Representatives http://history.house.gov/Institution/Party-Divisions/Party-Divisions/ United States House of Representatives 25 June 2014 In the Senate, Republicans continued to control a commanding majority, but lost multiple seats to the Democrats and Liberal Republicans.Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present https://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/history/one_item_and_teasers/partydiv.htm United States Senate 25 June 2014 See also 1872 United States presidential election 1872–73 United States House of Representatives elections 1872–73 United States Senate elections References Category:1872 elections in the United States 1872