1872 United States presidential election in Maryland

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1872 United States presidential election in Maryland
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  1868 November 5, 1872 1876  
  Horace Greeley restored (cropped).jpg UlyssesGrant.jpg
Nominee Horace Greeley Ulysses S. Grant
Party Liberal Republican Republican
Home state New York Illinois
Running mate Benjamin G. Brown Henry Wilson
Electoral vote0 [lower-alpha 1] 0
Popular vote67,68766,760
Percentage50.34%49.66%

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County Results

President before election

Ulysses S. Grant
Republican

Elected President

Ulysses S. Grant
Republican

The 1872 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 5, 1872. All contemporary 37 states were part of the 1872 United States presidential election. The state voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

Contents

Maryland was won by 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. Greely and Brown defeated the Republican nominees, incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois and his running mate Senator Henry Wilson of Massachusetts.

Greeley won the state by a narrow margin of 0.68%. However, he died prior to the Electoral College meeting, allowing for Maryland's eight electors to vote for the candidate of their choice. [1]

In this election, Maryland voted 12.49% more Democratic than the nation at-large. [2]

Results

1872 United States presidential election in Maryland [3]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Liberal Republican Horace Greeley of New York Benjamin Gratz Brown of Missouri 67,68750.34%0 [lower-alpha 1] 0.00%
Democratic Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana N/A of N/A0.00%8100.00%
Republican Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois Henry Wilson of Massachusetts 66,76049.66%00.00%
Total134,447100.00%8100.00%

Results by county

CountyHorace Greeley

Liberal Republican

Ulysses S. Grant

Republican

OtherMarginTotal

Votes

Cast [4]

#%#%#%#%
Allegany 269544.95%330155.05%00.00%-606-10.11%5996
Anne Arundel 224946.90%254653.10%00.00%-297-6.19%4795
Baltimore (City) 2469455.85%1952244.15%00.00%517211.70%44216
Baltimore (County) 417352.51%377447.49%00.00%3995.02%7947
Calvert 69239.27%107060.73%00.00%-378-21.45%1762
Caroline 103648.32%110851.68%00.00%-723.36%2144
Carroll 250549.19%258750.81%00.00%-82-1.61%5092
Cecil 210345.23%254754.77%00.00%-4449.55%4650
Charles 120043.00%159157.00%00.00%-391-14.01%2791
Dorchester 175548.66%185251.34%00.00%-97-2.69%3607
Frederick 406543.94%518656.06%00.00%-1121-12.12%9251
Harford 195548.01%217751.99%00.00%-162-3.98%4072
Howard 119647.74%130952.26%00.00%-113-4.51%2505
Kent 162349.47%165850.53%00.00%-35-1.07%3281
Montgomery 212152.11%194947.89%00.00%1724.23%4070
Prince George's 163141.87%226458.13%00.00%-633-16.25%3895
Queen Anne's 180452.17%165447.83%00.00%1504.34%3458
St. Mary's 113942.28%153657.02%190.71%-397-14.74%2694
Somerset 112240.99%161550.91%00.00%-493-18.01%2737
Talbot 152147.77%166352.23%00.00%-142-4.46%3184
Washington 320446.38%366453.04%400.58%-460-6.66%6908
Wicomico 147057.62%108142.38%00.00%38915.25%2551
Worcester 173459.79%116640.21%00.00%56819.59%2900
Total6768750.34%6676049.66%59134447

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Liberal Republican

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Greeley died after the election, but prior to the Electoral College meeting, and was thus ineligible for the office of President. Greeley had won 8 pledged electors, of which all cast their votes for other Democrats.

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