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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.
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]
1872 United States presidential election in Maryland [3] | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
Count | % | Count | % | |||||
Liberal Republican | Horace Greeley of New York | Benjamin Gratz Brown of Missouri | 67,687 | 50.34% | 0 [lower-alpha 1] | 0.00% | ||
Democratic | Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana | N/A of N/A | 0.00% | 8 | 100.00% | |||
Republican | Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois | Henry Wilson of Massachusetts | 66,760 | 49.66% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Total | 134,447 | 100.00% | 8 | 100.00% |
County | Horace Greeley Liberal Republican | Ulysses S. Grant Republican | Other | Margin | Total Votes Cast [4] | ||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Allegany | 2695 | 44.95% | 3301 | 55.05% | 0 | 0.00% | -606 | -10.11% | 5996 |
Anne Arundel | 2249 | 46.90% | 2546 | 53.10% | 0 | 0.00% | -297 | -6.19% | 4795 |
Baltimore (City) | 24694 | 55.85% | 19522 | 44.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 5172 | 11.70% | 44216 |
Baltimore (County) | 4173 | 52.51% | 3774 | 47.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 399 | 5.02% | 7947 |
Calvert | 692 | 39.27% | 1070 | 60.73% | 0 | 0.00% | -378 | -21.45% | 1762 |
Caroline | 1036 | 48.32% | 1108 | 51.68% | 0 | 0.00% | -72 | 3.36% | 2144 |
Carroll | 2505 | 49.19% | 2587 | 50.81% | 0 | 0.00% | -82 | -1.61% | 5092 |
Cecil | 2103 | 45.23% | 2547 | 54.77% | 0 | 0.00% | -444 | 9.55% | 4650 |
Charles | 1200 | 43.00% | 1591 | 57.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -391 | -14.01% | 2791 |
Dorchester | 1755 | 48.66% | 1852 | 51.34% | 0 | 0.00% | -97 | -2.69% | 3607 |
Frederick | 4065 | 43.94% | 5186 | 56.06% | 0 | 0.00% | -1121 | -12.12% | 9251 |
Harford | 1955 | 48.01% | 2177 | 51.99% | 0 | 0.00% | -162 | -3.98% | 4072 |
Howard | 1196 | 47.74% | 1309 | 52.26% | 0 | 0.00% | -113 | -4.51% | 2505 |
Kent | 1623 | 49.47% | 1658 | 50.53% | 0 | 0.00% | -35 | -1.07% | 3281 |
Montgomery | 2121 | 52.11% | 1949 | 47.89% | 0 | 0.00% | 172 | 4.23% | 4070 |
Prince George's | 1631 | 41.87% | 2264 | 58.13% | 0 | 0.00% | -633 | -16.25% | 3895 |
Queen Anne's | 1804 | 52.17% | 1654 | 47.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 150 | 4.34% | 3458 |
St. Mary's | 1139 | 42.28% | 1536 | 57.02% | 19 | 0.71% | -397 | -14.74% | 2694 |
Somerset | 1122 | 40.99% | 1615 | 50.91% | 0 | 0.00% | -493 | -18.01% | 2737 |
Talbot | 1521 | 47.77% | 1663 | 52.23% | 0 | 0.00% | -142 | -4.46% | 3184 |
Washington | 3204 | 46.38% | 3664 | 53.04% | 40 | 0.58% | -460 | -6.66% | 6908 |
Wicomico | 1470 | 57.62% | 1081 | 42.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 389 | 15.25% | 2551 |
Worcester | 1734 | 59.79% | 1166 | 40.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 568 | 19.59% | 2900 |
Total | 67687 | 50.34% | 66760 | 49.66% | 59 | 134447 |
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