1872 United States presidential election in Nevada

none June 2025 September 2023 1872 United States presidential election 1872 United States presidential election in Nevada Nevada 1872 presidential no 1868 United States presidential election in Nevada 1868 1876 United States presidential election in Nevada 1876 November 5, 1872 x200px UlyssesGrant.jpg Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Illinois Henry Wilson 3 8,413 57.43% Horace Greeley restored (cropped).jpg Horace Greeley Liberal Republican Party (United States) New York Benjamin G. Brown 0 6,236 42.57% President Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) 1872 United States presidential election in Nevada results map by county.svg x275px County results Grant #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% Greeley #86b6f2 50–60% The 1872 United States presidential election in Nevada 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. Nevada voted for the Republican candidate, Ulysses S. Grant, over Liberal Republican candidate Horace Greeley. Grant won Nevada by a margin of 14.86%. After this election, Humboldt County would not vote for a Republican candidate again until Theodore Roosevelt won it in 1904. Results + General Election ResultsNevada State Archives, Canvass of the Votes cast at the General Election held in the State of Nevada on the 5th day of November A.D. 1872 for Presidential ElectorsParty Pledged to Elector Votes Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant William B. Taylor8,413 Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant John H. Mills8,403 Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant James W. Haines8,392 Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley M. N. Stone6,236 Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley Robert M. Clarke6,235 Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley C. W. Lightner6,232Votes castBased on totals for highest elector on each ticket 14,649 Results by county Ulysses S. GrantRepublican Horace GreeleyLiberal Republican Margin Total votes castBased on highest elector on each ticket County # % # % # %Churchill4143.62%5356.38%-12-12.77%94Douglas23168.75%10531.25%12637.50%336Elko61152.27%55847.73%534.53%1,169Esmeralda26756.33%20743.67%6012.66%474Humboldt39252.27%35847.73%344.53%750Lander97251.43%91848.57%542.86%1,890Lincoln84944.83%1,04555.17%-196-10.35%1,894Lyon45771.63%18128.37%27643.26%638Nye33953.55%29446.45%457.11%633Ormsby51462.38%31037.62%20424.76%824Storey2,60363.89%1,47136.11%1,13227.79%4,074Washoe47762.68%28437.32%19325.36%761White Pine66059.35%45240.65%20818.71%1,112Totals8,41357.43%6,23642.57%2,17714.86%14,649 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Liberal Republican Churchill (was tied) Lincoln Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Nye (was tied) See also United States presidential elections in Nevada Notes References Nevada 1872 Category:1872 Nevada elections