1872 United States presidential election in Wisconsin

none June 2025 September 2023 1872 United States presidential election 1872 United States presidential election in Wisconsin Wisconsin 1866 presidential no 1868 United States presidential election in Wisconsin 1868 1876 United States presidential election in Wisconsin 1876 November 5, 1872 x200px UlyssesGrant.jpg Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Illinois Henry Wilson 10 104,992 54.60% Horace Greeley restored (cropped).jpg Horace Greeley Liberal Republican Party (United States) C154C1 New York Benjamin G. Brown 0 86,477 44.97% 1872 United States presidential election in Wisconsin results map by county.svg 315px County results Grant #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% #800000 90–100% Greeley #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% President Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) The 1872 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 5, 1872, as part of the 1872 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Republican Party candidate and incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant won Wisconsin with 54.60% of the popular vote, winning the state's ten electoral votes.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1872&fips=55&off=0&elect=0&f=0 1872 Presidential General Election Results – Wisconsin August 18, 2016 Horace Greeley was the last DemocratGreeley was on the Liberal Republican ticket in Wisconsin until Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 to win Buffalo County. Results + General Election ResultsWisconsin Historical Society, Tabular Statement of the Votes polled for Electors of President and Vice President of the United States, and on the Proposition to amend the Constitution, at a General Election held in the several Towns, Wards and Election Precincts in the State of Wisconsin, on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday, being the fifth day of November, A.D. 1872Annual Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Wisconsin for the Fiscal Year ending September 30, 1873 Appendix "N" Wisconsin Secretary of State 146–151 Madison, Wisconsin https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89064850183&seq=194Party Pledged to Elector Votes Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant Edward C. McFetridge104,992 Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant F. Fleischer104,990 Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant Frederick Hilgen104,990 Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant Romanzo Bunn104,989 Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant Jerome S. Nickles104,989 Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant George G. Swain104,989 Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant Henry D. Barron104,988 Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant Ormsby B. Thomas104,988 Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant William E. Cramer104,987 Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant George E. Hoskinson104,986 Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley Mons Anderson86,477 Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley Milton Montgomery86,477 Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley Amasa G. Cook86,476 Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley Robert H. Hotchkiss86,475 Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley George H. King86,474 Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley Wyman Spooner86,474 Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley Matthew Wadleigh86,474 Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley Samuel Rindskopf86,472 Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley Anton Klaus86,460 Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley John Black86,310 Write-in ScatteringBased on reporting in newspapers at the time, it appears that these votes were intended for Straight-Out Democratic Party electors. However, the canvass does not list any names for O'Conor electors. All of these votes are simply listed as "Scattering" in a single column.834Votes castBased on totals for highest elector on each ticket 192,303 Results by county County Ulysses S. GrantRepublican Horace GreeleyLiberal Republican Charles O'ConorListed as "Scattering" on the official canvassStraight-Out Democratic Margin Total votescastBased on highest elector on each ticket # % # % # % # %Adams88579.09%23320.82%10.09%65258.27%1,119Ashland8666.67%4333.33%00.00%4333.33%129Barron12075.95%3824.05%00.00%8251.90%158Bayfield8967.94%4232.06%00.00%4735.88%131Brown2,69454.98%2,18544.59%210.43%50910.39%4,900Buffalo84248.59%86149.68%301.73%-19-1.10%1,733Burnett16095.81%74.19%00.00%15391.62%167Calumet75736.48%1,31363.28%50.24%-556-26.80%2,075Chippewa1,02557.75%75042.25%00.00%27515.49%1,775Clark80186.97%11812.81%20.22%68374.16921Columbia3,07062.45%1,83537.33%110.22%1,23525.12%4,916Crawford1,16249.94%1,15149.46%140.60%110.47%2,327Dane5,14251.77%4,78848.20%30.03%3543.56%9,933Dodge3,05135.17%5,62264.80%30.03%-2,571-29.63%8,676Door87380.31%21419.69%00.00%65960.63%1,087Douglas7242.86%9657.14%00.00%-24-14.29%168Dunn1,39073.54%49826.35%20.11%89247.20%1,890Eau Claire1,61566.43%81633.57%00.00%79932.87%2,431Fond du Lac4,29249.10%4,43050.68%190.22%1381.58%8,741Grant4,30764.84%2,31834.89%170.26%1,98929.94%6,643Green2,45065.70%1,24633.41%330.88%1,20432.29%3,729Green Lake1,54159.57%1,04540.39%10.04%49619.17%2,587Iowa2,07851.03%1,97848.58%160.39%1002.46%4,072Jackson95672.75%35827.25%00.00%59845.51%1,314Jefferson2,57941.49%3,55957.26%781.25%-980-15.77%6,216Juneau1,42157.09%1,06842.91%00.00%35314.18%2,489Kenosha1,40853.68%1,21546.32%00.00%1937.36%2,623Kewaunee50333.20%1,01266.80%00.00%-509-33.60%1,515La Crosse2,17852.33%1,96547.21%190.46%2135.12%4,162Lafayette2,08150.89%1,90946.69%990.42%1724.21%4,089Manitowoc2,28946.09%2,67753.91%00.00%-388-7.81%4,966Marathon49134.10%91163.26%382.64%-420-29.17%1,440Marquette64341.40%91058.60%00.00%-267-17.19%1,553Milwaukee5,83540.65%8,51259.30%70.05%-2,677-18.65%14,354Monroe2,11759.53%1,42540.07%140.39%69219.46%3,556Oconto1,07771.90%39626.44%251.67%68145.46%1,498Outagamie1,53543.73%1,97056.13%50.14%-435-12.39%3,510Ozaukee57425.30%1,59470.25%1014.45%-1,020-44.95%2,269Pepin64469.92%27229.53%50.54%37240.39%921Pierce1,46068.38%63429.70%411.92%82638.69%2,135Polk65977.62%18922.26%10.12%47055.36%849Portage1,53665.81%79834.19%00.00%73831.62%2,334Racine2,88057.82%2,10042.16%10.02%78015.66%4,981Richland1,67561.42%99936.63%531.94%67624.79%2,727Rock5,13874.47%1,74025.22%210.30%3,39849.25%6,899Sauk2,70266.58%1,35433.37%20.05%1,34833.22%4,058Shawano41647.27%46452.73%00.00%-48-5.45%880Sheboygan2,68747.67%2,94852.30%20.04%-261-4.63%5,637St. Croix1,37353.57%1,19046.43%00.00%1837.14%2,563Trempealeau1,45777.71%41722.24%10.05%1,04055.47%1,875Vernon2,44581.66%54218.10%70.23%1,90363.56%2,994Walworth3,51269.82%1,49929.80%190.38%2,01340.02%5,030Washington94725.78%2,72774.22%00.00%-1,780-48.45%3,674Waukesha2,67149.47%2,72050.38%80.15%-49-0.91%5,399Waupaca2,05068.42%94531.54%10.03%1,10536.88%2,996Waushara1,70880.38%38918.31%281.32%1,31962.07%2,125Winnebago4,28059.04%2,96940.96%00.00%1,31118.09%7,249Wood56350.45%47342.38%807.17%908.06%1,116Total104,99254.60%86,47744.97%8340.43%18,5159.63%192,303 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Ashland Bayfield Brown Chippewa Crawford Wood Counties that flipped from Republican to Liberal Republican Buffalo Fond du Lac Shawano Sheboygan See also United States presidential elections in Wisconsin Notes References Wisconsin Category:1872 Wisconsin elections 1872