1872 United States presidential election in North Carolina

none June 2025 September 2023 1872 United States presidential election 1872 United States presidential election in North Carolina North Carolina 1872 presidential no 1868 United States presidential election in North Carolina 1868 1876 United States presidential election in North Carolina 1876 November 5, 1872 x200px UlyssesGrant.jpg Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Illinois Henry Wilson 10 94,772 57.38% Horace Greeley restored (cropped).jpg Horace Greeley Liberal Republican Party (United States) C154C1 New York Benjamin G. Brown 0 70,130 42.46% 1872 United States presidential election in North Carolina results map by county.svg 400px County results Grant #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% Greeley #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% President Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) Ulysses S. Grant Republican Party (United States) The 1872 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 5, 1872. All contemporary 37 states were part of the 1872 United States presidential election. The state voters chose 10 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. North 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. Grant won the state by a margin of 14.92%. The state would not vote Republican again until Herbert Hoover won the state in 1928. Results 1872 United States presidential election in North Carolina1872 Presidential General Election Results - North Carolina https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1872&fips=37&f=1&off=0&elect=0 Republican Party (United States) Ulysses S. Grant Illinois Henry Wilson Massachusetts 94,772 57.38% 10 100.00% Liberal Republican Party (United States) Horace Greeley New York B. Gratz Brown Missouri 70,130 42.46% 0 0.00% Bourbon Democrat Charles O'Conor New York John Quincy Adams II Massachusetts 261 0.16% 0 0.00% 165,163 100.00% 10 100.00% See also United States presidential elections in North Carolina References North Carolina 1872 Category:1872 North Carolina elections