1872 United States presidential election in South Carolina

none June 2025 September 2023 1872 United States presidential election 1872 United States presidential election in South Carolina South Carolina presidential no 1868 United States presidential election in South Carolina 1868 1876 United States presidential election in South Carolina 1876 November 5, 1872 x200px UlyssesGrant.jpg Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Illinois Henry Wilson 7 72,290 75.75% Horace Greeley restored (cropped).jpg Horace Greeley Liberal Republican Party (United States) C154C1 New York Benjamin G. Brown 0 22,683 23.77% 1872 United States presidential election in South Carolina results map by county.svg 325px County results Grant #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% #800000 90–100% Greeley #86b6f2 50–60% President Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) The 1872 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 5, 1872. All contemporary 37 states were part of the 1872 United States presidential election. The state voters chose 7 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. South Carolina 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 51.98%. With 75.75% of the popular vote, South Carolina would be Grant's second strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Vermont.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 election would also prove to be the high water mark for any Republican presidential candidate in the state as of 2026. Results + General Election ResultsReports and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina at the Regular Session, 1872-'73 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112052705834&seq=137 Reports and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina 129-132 HathiTrustParty Pledged to Elector Votes Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant D. H. Chamberlain72,290 Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant S. A. Swails72,289 Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant Henry Sparnick72,287 Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant W. B. Nash72,282 Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant William Gurney72,260 Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant W. N. Taft72,164 Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant T. J. Mackey72,124 Democratic Party Horace Greeley S. A. Pearce22,683 Democratic Party Horace Greeley M. P. O'Connor22,669 Democratic Party Horace Greeley W. H. Wallace22,663 Democratic Party Horace Greeley Johnson Hagood22,648 Democratic Party Horace Greeley S. Farr22,641 Democratic Party Horace Greeley W. W. Robertson22,606 Democratic Party Horace Greeley W. W. Walker22,472 Straight-Out Democratic Party Charles O'Conor W. H. Stack204 Straight-Out Democratic Party Charles O'Conor J. D. McCarley202 Straight-Out Democratic Party Charles O'Conor William T. Wilkins202 Straight-Out Democratic Party Charles O'Conor T. D. Napper201 Straight-Out Democratic Party Charles O'Conor J. W. Covar201 Straight-Out Democratic Party Charles O'Conor J. R. Lambson194 Straight-Out Democratic Party Charles O'Conor A. J. Vandergrift185 Write-in N/A Scattering259Votes castBased on totals for highest elector on each ticket 95,436 See also United States presidential elections in South Carolina Notes References South Carolina 1872 Category:1872 South Carolina elections