1872 United States presidential election in Delaware

none June 2025 September 2023 1872 United States presidential election 1872 United States presidential election in Delaware presidential no 1868 United States presidential election in Delaware 1868 1876 United States presidential election in Delaware 1876 November 5, 1872 x200px UlyssesGrant.jpg Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Illinois Henry Wilson 3 11,129 51.00% Horace Greeley restored (cropped).jpg Horace Greeley Liberal Republican Party (United States) New York Benjamin G. Brown 0 10,205 46.76% President Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) 1872 United States presidential election in Delaware results map by county.svg 120px County results Grant #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% Greeley #86b6f2 50–60% The 1872 United States presidential election in Delaware took place on November 5, 1872, as part of the 1872 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Delaware voted for the Republican candidate, Ulysses S. Grant, over Liberal Republican candidate Horace Greeley. Grant won Delaware by a narrow margin of 4.24%, making him the first Republican to win the state in a presidential election. It would not be carried by another Republican presidential candidate until William McKinley won it in 1896. Results + General Election ResultsProclamation - State of Delaware, Executive Department https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84026837/1872-11-20/ed-1/?sp=2 17 December 2025 Wilmington Daily Gazette 20 November 1872 Wilmington 2Burnham W. Dean Presidential Ballots, 1836-1892 1955 The Johns Hopkins Press Baltimore 321 https://archive.org/details/presidentialball00burn/page/320/mode/2up 17 December 2025Party Pledged to Elector Votes Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant David W. Moore11,129 Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant Benjamin S. Booth11,115 Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant William T. Collins11,113 Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley Albert Whiteley10,208 Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley William G. Whiteley10,205 Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley George W. Willen10,172 Straight-Out Democratic Party Charles O'Conor William H. Ross487 Straight-Out Democratic Party Charles O'Conor William Reynolds483 Straight-Out Democratic Party Charles O'Conor Thomas D. Cubbage466 Write-in Scattering1There was one vote each for George G. Harmon, John G. Graham, and Edward Lord in Kent County. These appear to have been cast by a single voter for a separate slate of electors. Some sources count this as a vote for O'Conor. Burnham correctly lists 488 "Other" votes, but notes on page 901 that the breakdown was 487 for O'Conor and 1 Scattering.Votes cast"highest" Based on highest elector on each ticket 21,822 Results by county County Ulysses S. GrantRepublican Horace GreeleyLiberal Republican Charles O'ConorStraight-Out Democratic Margin Total votes cast"highest" # % # % # % # %Kent2,43645.37%2,86353.32%691.29%-427-7.95%5,369Includes 1 Scattering voteNew Castle5,84455.36%4,56443.23%1491.41%1,28012.12%10,557Sussex2,84948.32%2,77847.12%2694.56%711.20%5,896Totals11,12951.00%10,20546.76%4872.23%9244.23%21,822 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican New Castle Sussex See also United States presidential elections in Delaware Notes References Delaware 1872 Category:1872 Delaware elections