1872 United States presidential election in Maryland

none 1872 United States presidential election October 2022 October 2022 1872 United States presidential election in Maryland Maryland 1872 presidential no 1868 United States presidential election in Maryland 1868 1876 United States presidential election in Maryland 1876 November 5, 1872 x200px Horace Greeley restored (cropped).jpg Horace Greeley Liberal Republican Party (United States) C154C1 New York Benjamin G. Brown 67,687 50.34% UlyssesGrant.jpg Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Illinois Henry Wilson 66,760 49.66% 1872 United States presidential election in Maryland results map by county.svg 390px County results Greeley #86b6f2 50–60% Grant #e27f90 50–60% #CC2F4A 60–70% President Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) yes Electoral College vote December 17, 1872 presidential no 8 members of the Electoral College from Maryland File:Thomas Andrews Hendricks (cropped 3x4).jpg Thomas A. Hendricks Democratic Party (United States) Indiana Benjamin Gratz Brown 8 The 1872 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 5, 1872. All contemporary 37 states were part of the 1872 United States presidential election. The state voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. Maryland was won by 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. Greely and Brown defeated the Republican nominees, incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois and his running mate Senator Henry Wilson of Massachusetts. Greeley won the state by a narrow margin of 0.68%. However, he died prior to the Electoral College meeting, allowing for Maryland's eight electors to vote for the candidate of their choice.American presidential election, 1872 https://www.britannica.com/media/full/1776346/67669 Encyclopædia Britannica 5 December 2017 In this election, Maryland voted 12.49% more Democratic than the nation at-large.Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ 2023-04-06 uselectionatlas.org Results 1872 United States presidential election in Maryland1872 Presidential General Election Results - Maryland https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1872&fips=24&f=1&off=0&elect=0 Liberal Republican Party (United States) Horace Greeley New York Benjamin Gratz Brown Missouri 67,687 50.34% 0Eight electors were pledged to Greeley, who had died after the election but before the meeting of the Electoral College; these electors voted for Hendricks. 0.00% Democratic Party (United States) Thomas A. Hendricks Indiana N/A N/A 0.00% 8 100.00% Republican Party (United States) Ulysses S. Grant Illinois Henry Wilson Massachusetts 66,760 49.66% 0 0.00% 134,447 100.00% 8 100.00% Results by county +CountyHorace GreeleyLiberal RepublicanUlysses S. GrantRepublicanOtherMarginTotal votescastCounty Project (WIP) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qW_PF3ONwrR0pp6tZpxvcin0GN5O2VOZfBrtJNhjv3Y/edit?usp=sharing&usp=embed_facebook 2022-11-01 Google Docs en-US#%#%#%#% Allegany269544.95%330155.05%00.00% -606 -10.11%5996 Anne Arundel224946.90%254653.10%00.00% -297 -6.19%4795 Baltimore (City)2469455.85%1952244.15%00.00%517211.70%44216 Baltimore (County)417352.51%377447.49%00.00%3995.02%7947 Calvert69239.27%107060.73%00.00% -378 -21.45%1762 Caroline103648.32%110851.68%00.00% -72 3.36%2144 Carroll250549.19%258750.81%00.00% -82 -1.61%5092 Cecil210345.23%254754.77%00.00% -444 9.55%4650 Charles120043.00%159157.00%00.00% -391 -14.01%2791 Dorchester175548.66%185251.34%00.00% -97 -2.69%3607 Frederick406543.94%518656.06%00.00% -1121 -12.12%9251 Harford195548.01%217751.99%00.00% -162 -3.98%4072 Howard119647.74%130952.26%00.00% -113 -4.51%2505 Kent162349.47%165850.53%00.00% -35 -1.07%3281 Montgomery212152.11%194947.89%00.00%1724.23%4070 Prince George's163141.87%226458.13%00.00% -633 -16.25%3895 Queen Anne's180452.17%165447.83%00.00%1504.34%3458 St. Mary's113942.28%153657.02%190.71% -397 -14.74%2694 Somerset112240.99%161550.91%00.00% -493 -18.01%2737 Talbot152147.77%166352.23%00.00% -142 -4.46%3184 Washington320446.38%366453.04%400.58% -460 -6.66%6908 Wicomico147057.62%108142.38%00.00%38915.25%2551 Worcester173459.79%116640.21%00.00%56819.59%2900Total6768750.34%6676049.66%59134447 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 20em Alleghany Anne Arundel Calvert Caroline Carroll Cecil Charles Dorchester Harford Howard Kent Prince George's St. Mary's Somerset Talbot Washington Counties that flipped from Democratic to Liberal Republican 20em Baltimore (city) Baltimore Montgomery Queen Anne's Wicomico Worcester See also United States presidential elections in Maryland 1872 United States presidential election 1872 United States elections Notes References Maryland 1872 Presidential