UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PRESDENTIAL ELECTIONS OF 1872 ===================================================================== Horace Greeley, a dissident Republican, ran for President as a "Liberal Republican." The Democratic Party convention endorsed him and he was for all practical purposes the Democrat candidate. POPULAR VOTE AND ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE BY STATE ===================================================================== Ulysses S Horace Grant Greeley (Republican, IL) (Democrat, NY) -------------------------------------------------------------------- State vote % ECV vote % ECV -------------------------------------------------------------------- ALABAMA 90,272 53.2 10 79,444 46.8 - ARKANSAS 41,373 52.2 * 37,927 47.8 - CALIFORNIA 54,007 56.4 6 40,717 42.5 - CONNECTICUT 50,307 52.4 6 45,685 47.6 - DELAWARE 11,129 51.0 3 10,205 46.8 - FLORIDA 17,763 53.5 4 15,427 46.5 - GEORGIA 62,550 45.0 - 76,356 55.0 11 ILLINOIS 241,936 56.3 21 184,884 43.0 - INDIANA 186,147 53.2 15 163,632 46.8 - IOWA 131,566 60.8 11 71,189 32.9 - KANSAS 66,805 66.5 5 32,970 32.8 - KENTUCKY 88,766 46.4 - 99,995 52.3 12 LOUISIANA 71,663 55.7 * 57,029 44.3 - MAINE 61,426 67.9 7 29,097 32.1 - MARYLAND 66,760 49.7 - 67,687 50.3 8 MASSACHUSETTS 133,455 69.3 13 59,195 30.7 - MICHIGAN 138,768 62.6 11 78,651 35.5 - MINNESOTA 56,040 61.4 8 35,131 38.5 - MISSISSIPPI 82,165 63.5 8 47,282 36.5 - MISSOURI 119,196 43.7 - 151,434 55.5 15 NEBRASKA 18,329 70.7 3 7,603 29.3 - NEVADA 8,413 57.4 3 6,236 42.6 - NEW HAMPSHIRE 37,168 53.9 5 31,425 45.6 - NEW JERSEY 91,656 54.5 9 76,456 45.5 - NEW YORK 440,738 53.2 35 387,282 46.8 - NTH CAROLINA 94,772 57.4 10 70,130 42.5 - OHIO 281,852 53.2 22 244,320 46.2 - OREGON 11,818 58.8 3 7,742 38.5 - PENNSYLVANIA 349,589 62.3 29 212,040 378 - RHODE ISLAND 13,665 71.9 4 5,329 28.1 - STH CAROLINA 72,290 75.7 7 22,699 23.8 - TENNESSEE 85,655 47.8 - 93,391 52.2 12 TEXAS 47,910 41.4 - 67,675 58.5 8 VERMONT 41,481 79.2 5 10,927 20.9 - VIRGINIA 93,463 50.5 11 91,647 49.5 - WEST VIRGINIA 32,320 51.7 5 29,532 47.3 - WISCONSIN 105,012 54.6 10 86,390 44.9 - -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3,598,235 55.6 286 2,834,761 43.8 66 * -------------------------------------------------------------------- * The Electoral College votes of Arkansas and Louisiana were not counted because of voting irregularities. * Greeley died on 29 November. His Electoral College votes were cast for several other Democrats.